Elizabeth Turner stood in front of her full length mirror as her
maids dressed her in a beautiful dress. Her hair is down and messy like
she has just awakened. She roles her eyes and yawns every now and then
proving that she did not want to be in this position.
The bedroom door thrusts open and Elizabeth saw a rag doll daughter sprinting toward her mother. Victoria grabs her mothers dress and yells, "Mum, mum! Guess what?"
"What is it dear?"
"I saw him again!" She said her blue eyes where wide and they sparkled. Elizabeth laughed lightly at her child.
"Your silly pirate dream, the handsome, swashbuckling pirate? What did he do this time?" She said with a sweet smile on her face.
"Oh it was wonderful!" She exclaimed twirling around in her dirty skirt. She jumped on her mother's bed and grabbed hold of the banister and pretended to look out to sea. "He came and brought me to his ship and he brought me all around the world. London, Paris, Rome, and even America! We went to a port in New York and I met so many fascinating people." She fell back onto the bed and sighed. Then she sat up. "Oh and mum..." Then she moved closer to her mother so she could whisper in her ear. "I think he is coming today!"
Elizabeth laughed. "Well then he can come and be your escort to the ceremony tonight." Elizabeth grabbed her daughter and started swinging her around like they where dancing.
Someone at the door cleared his thought. Daniel, Elizabeth's son and eldest child was there. He stood tall with his hands behind his back, being very proper. His brown eyes matched his fathers just like the rest of his looks. Elizabeth placed Victoria on the bed where she started jumping.
"Victoria, it's time for your bath." He said.
"I don't want to take a bath." She replied.
"You have to get ready for the celebration tonight."
Victoria jumped off the bed and when she walked past her brother she started swinging an invisible sword at him. "Avast young scallywag! Arrrgh!" The young man rolled his eyes at his sister and walked toward his mother.
"You should not encourage that behavior from her mother."
"She's only a child let her act the way she wants to while she still can."
"Oh mother, can you at least tell her not to steal and cheat and fight? She gets in so much trouble in town and my teachers at the academy are telling me everything that she does. It's very irritating."
Elizabeth sighed and looked at her son very displeased. "I'll talk to her. Now go down stairs and eat some breakfast. Be ready to leave in a few hours."
"Yes mother." The fifteen year old kissed his mother on the cheek and walked out of the room.
~~~
That night was the Turner's sixteenth wedding anniversary held by Elizabeth's father at a banquet hall outside of the town. There were many women dressed in elegant dresses and men acting like perfect gentlemen. All seemed perfect, except for one little girl who sat in the corner with a frown on her face. Victoria was in a puffy light blue gown with a bow holding up her curly hair. She pulled at the hair because it itched her neck and made her look like a prissy.
"Will you stop that?" Daniel said irritated. "Look like you're happy. Don't ruin this for mum and dad."
Victoria put on a fake smile and said through gritted teeth, "I hate this dress and my hair is itching the back of my neck."
"Just deal with it!" He said rolling her eyes and walking away.
Victoria pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. She watched all the adults on the dance floor doing their conservative steps. She sighed for it seemed her pirate wasn't coming.
Someone tapped Victoria on the shoulder. She turned around like she was about to meet the man of her dreams but no. A grinning boy looking well groomed held his hand out to her.
"Would you dance with me Victoria?" It was Gabriel, the son of a very well off merchant. Gabriel had a fancy for Victoria ever since she dropped a brick on his foot when they were five.
"Not a chance Gabriel!" She said and punched him in the stomach. She put her nose up in the air, picked up her dress and walked away from the boy.
Then she took a seat at one of the tables on the side of the hall. The table was set on top of a floral table cloth with all the many forks, knives and spoons for the separate courses. Out of irritation Victoria scrambled all of the utensils so they where in the wrong order. Se felt another tap on her shoulder and didn't bother to turn around.
"I'd rather eat sear urchins then dance with you!" When she finished and there was no reply she slowly turned around. She was surprised for it was not the lad Gabriel standing behind her but a fully grown man.
He had sharp beautiful features, dark eyes, a scruffy goatee, and a mess of long black hair held out of his face with a red bandana and a braid. He smiled at the young girl because of her awe and amazement.
"But I was so looking forward to dancing with you Victoria." He said smoothly. When he stood up she saw an assortment of weapons on his belt, a pistol and a sword. The man's cloths where dull and smelled greatly of the ocean. He held out his large calloused hand waiting for Victoria's reply.
Her mouth was open but no noise would be emitted. All she could manage was a nod as she put her hand in his. His hand was so much larger then her tiny hand and fingers. The pirate took the girl and started dancing back and forth with the dazed child. She wished to ask him so much so she gestured for him to lift her up and he did.
"Yes?" He said.
"Are you my pirate?"
"Who say's I'm a pirate?"
She gave him a crooked glance and he smiled, almost menacingly at her. People where beginning to stare at the man who looked out of place with his rugged looks and scruffy cloths. The pirate put down the girl but she still couldn't keep her eyes off of him.
"You are just like in my dreams! What is it like being a pirate? What's your name? Where's your crew?" She bombarded him with many other questions and the man just laughed at her curiosity.
"Excuse me sir," It was Will, Victoria's father. "Would you please leave now-" Will looked at the uninvited guest and almost screamed.
"JACK!"
"'ello Will!" He said. "How's everythin' mate?"
"Lovely! What are you doing here? It's been so long." He said picking up Victoria. "This is an old friend of daddy's. His name is Jack."
Jack's eyes widened and a worried look struck his face. "This is your daughter?"
"Yes." He said proudly. "Her name is Victoria."
"Will...there's somethin' I need to be tellin' you..." He said grabbing Will by the shoulder and putting his arm around his friend. Will put Victoria down leaving her unhappy near the window.
"You see...You do I put this," He said running his fingers over his mustache. "Your daughter, very pretty I might add, looks just like Elizabeth."
"Jack..."
"Right, right." He sighed. "You see that lovely necklace your daughter is wearing?" Will nodded. "Many pirates or so I hear are after that little jewel. That means the necklace, and your darling daughter."
"What?" Will screamed.
"I was about to take her myself," He started laughing. "But then I found out she was yours and I thought-"
"What's going to happen to her?"
The stained glass windows shattered as feet pushed them through. Men jumped down, swords drawn, guns out and teeth bared. The guests began to scream and panic broke loose.
"That's what is going to happen!" He said gesturing to the mess. Will and Jack started heading toward Victoria who was standing on a chair crying for her dad. The people where running in the opposite direction making it harder to reach Victoria.
The window behind Victoria shattered and another pirate jumped into the hall. This pirate was different; it was a woman. Will made a grab for Victoria's hand but it was too late. The female pirate grabbed her by the waste and jumped out the window.
"Victoria!" Will screamed.
"Papa!" She yelled back crying. The woman landed on the ground and started sprinting to the docks where a ship that had the pirates flag waving over it in the nights breeze.
The bedroom door thrusts open and Elizabeth saw a rag doll daughter sprinting toward her mother. Victoria grabs her mothers dress and yells, "Mum, mum! Guess what?"
"What is it dear?"
"I saw him again!" She said her blue eyes where wide and they sparkled. Elizabeth laughed lightly at her child.
"Your silly pirate dream, the handsome, swashbuckling pirate? What did he do this time?" She said with a sweet smile on her face.
"Oh it was wonderful!" She exclaimed twirling around in her dirty skirt. She jumped on her mother's bed and grabbed hold of the banister and pretended to look out to sea. "He came and brought me to his ship and he brought me all around the world. London, Paris, Rome, and even America! We went to a port in New York and I met so many fascinating people." She fell back onto the bed and sighed. Then she sat up. "Oh and mum..." Then she moved closer to her mother so she could whisper in her ear. "I think he is coming today!"
Elizabeth laughed. "Well then he can come and be your escort to the ceremony tonight." Elizabeth grabbed her daughter and started swinging her around like they where dancing.
Someone at the door cleared his thought. Daniel, Elizabeth's son and eldest child was there. He stood tall with his hands behind his back, being very proper. His brown eyes matched his fathers just like the rest of his looks. Elizabeth placed Victoria on the bed where she started jumping.
"Victoria, it's time for your bath." He said.
"I don't want to take a bath." She replied.
"You have to get ready for the celebration tonight."
Victoria jumped off the bed and when she walked past her brother she started swinging an invisible sword at him. "Avast young scallywag! Arrrgh!" The young man rolled his eyes at his sister and walked toward his mother.
"You should not encourage that behavior from her mother."
"She's only a child let her act the way she wants to while she still can."
"Oh mother, can you at least tell her not to steal and cheat and fight? She gets in so much trouble in town and my teachers at the academy are telling me everything that she does. It's very irritating."
Elizabeth sighed and looked at her son very displeased. "I'll talk to her. Now go down stairs and eat some breakfast. Be ready to leave in a few hours."
"Yes mother." The fifteen year old kissed his mother on the cheek and walked out of the room.
~~~
That night was the Turner's sixteenth wedding anniversary held by Elizabeth's father at a banquet hall outside of the town. There were many women dressed in elegant dresses and men acting like perfect gentlemen. All seemed perfect, except for one little girl who sat in the corner with a frown on her face. Victoria was in a puffy light blue gown with a bow holding up her curly hair. She pulled at the hair because it itched her neck and made her look like a prissy.
"Will you stop that?" Daniel said irritated. "Look like you're happy. Don't ruin this for mum and dad."
Victoria put on a fake smile and said through gritted teeth, "I hate this dress and my hair is itching the back of my neck."
"Just deal with it!" He said rolling her eyes and walking away.
Victoria pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. She watched all the adults on the dance floor doing their conservative steps. She sighed for it seemed her pirate wasn't coming.
Someone tapped Victoria on the shoulder. She turned around like she was about to meet the man of her dreams but no. A grinning boy looking well groomed held his hand out to her.
"Would you dance with me Victoria?" It was Gabriel, the son of a very well off merchant. Gabriel had a fancy for Victoria ever since she dropped a brick on his foot when they were five.
"Not a chance Gabriel!" She said and punched him in the stomach. She put her nose up in the air, picked up her dress and walked away from the boy.
Then she took a seat at one of the tables on the side of the hall. The table was set on top of a floral table cloth with all the many forks, knives and spoons for the separate courses. Out of irritation Victoria scrambled all of the utensils so they where in the wrong order. Se felt another tap on her shoulder and didn't bother to turn around.
"I'd rather eat sear urchins then dance with you!" When she finished and there was no reply she slowly turned around. She was surprised for it was not the lad Gabriel standing behind her but a fully grown man.
He had sharp beautiful features, dark eyes, a scruffy goatee, and a mess of long black hair held out of his face with a red bandana and a braid. He smiled at the young girl because of her awe and amazement.
"But I was so looking forward to dancing with you Victoria." He said smoothly. When he stood up she saw an assortment of weapons on his belt, a pistol and a sword. The man's cloths where dull and smelled greatly of the ocean. He held out his large calloused hand waiting for Victoria's reply.
Her mouth was open but no noise would be emitted. All she could manage was a nod as she put her hand in his. His hand was so much larger then her tiny hand and fingers. The pirate took the girl and started dancing back and forth with the dazed child. She wished to ask him so much so she gestured for him to lift her up and he did.
"Yes?" He said.
"Are you my pirate?"
"Who say's I'm a pirate?"
She gave him a crooked glance and he smiled, almost menacingly at her. People where beginning to stare at the man who looked out of place with his rugged looks and scruffy cloths. The pirate put down the girl but she still couldn't keep her eyes off of him.
"You are just like in my dreams! What is it like being a pirate? What's your name? Where's your crew?" She bombarded him with many other questions and the man just laughed at her curiosity.
"Excuse me sir," It was Will, Victoria's father. "Would you please leave now-" Will looked at the uninvited guest and almost screamed.
"JACK!"
"'ello Will!" He said. "How's everythin' mate?"
"Lovely! What are you doing here? It's been so long." He said picking up Victoria. "This is an old friend of daddy's. His name is Jack."
Jack's eyes widened and a worried look struck his face. "This is your daughter?"
"Yes." He said proudly. "Her name is Victoria."
"Will...there's somethin' I need to be tellin' you..." He said grabbing Will by the shoulder and putting his arm around his friend. Will put Victoria down leaving her unhappy near the window.
"You see...You do I put this," He said running his fingers over his mustache. "Your daughter, very pretty I might add, looks just like Elizabeth."
"Jack..."
"Right, right." He sighed. "You see that lovely necklace your daughter is wearing?" Will nodded. "Many pirates or so I hear are after that little jewel. That means the necklace, and your darling daughter."
"What?" Will screamed.
"I was about to take her myself," He started laughing. "But then I found out she was yours and I thought-"
"What's going to happen to her?"
The stained glass windows shattered as feet pushed them through. Men jumped down, swords drawn, guns out and teeth bared. The guests began to scream and panic broke loose.
"That's what is going to happen!" He said gesturing to the mess. Will and Jack started heading toward Victoria who was standing on a chair crying for her dad. The people where running in the opposite direction making it harder to reach Victoria.
The window behind Victoria shattered and another pirate jumped into the hall. This pirate was different; it was a woman. Will made a grab for Victoria's hand but it was too late. The female pirate grabbed her by the waste and jumped out the window.
"Victoria!" Will screamed.
"Papa!" She yelled back crying. The woman landed on the ground and started sprinting to the docks where a ship that had the pirates flag waving over it in the nights breeze.