Disclaimer: see chapter one
What happened last time:
"NO! She's a pirate too?!"
"Yes, and happiest when in their company."
Arianna looked hurt and angry. "My father was killed by a Captain Barbossa. A pirate! She KNOWS that!" she shook her head. "How could she do this to me?"
"To you? She didn't do anything TO you Miss Lively. She has never killed a soul. I know this to be fact. She made her choice. She loves the sea and loves this ship. She's got spirit enough for twenty people! To be a lady and a wife has never been her dream."
Arianna started to reply, rigid with frustration, when Captain Jack yelled for the crew to get ready for a ball. The pirates aboard hustled to their quarters, and Rian grabbed Anna Maria.
"Ye'll hate me, but it's a dress for you Anna," smiled Rian. "Ye CAN'T be goin' to a fancy dinner wearing a MAN'S clothes!" Before her fellow piratess could argue, Rian dragged her off the ship, bidding her farewells over her shoulder.
Rian marched Anna Maria straight through her house to her room, where she promptly threw open her closet. "With your dark skin, a blue maybe?" asked Rian teasingly, but never the less held up a beautiful pale blue dress with front lacing.
"No dresses!" protested the dark skinned woman, black eyes flashing.
"Yes dresses!" Rian stated firmly. "No corsets, no fancy shoes, but yes, a dress." With that, she pushed her disgruntled friend behind the changing screen with the dress.
A few minutes later she emerged, looking like a queen, head held high and proud, black ringlets streaming down her back and shoulders. In her dark eyes was a look of shock at her reflection.
"I look like a classy woman!" she exclaimed.
"I bought it for you, you can keep it," Rian said, leading Anna Maria over to the vanity and pinning up the upper layers of thick curls, leaving the rest free. "So... any new women on the horizon for the Captain?" she asked, changing into her favorite pale green gown, that made her eyes look even darker, and letting her hair loose.
"No... I think he'll never fall in love again," sighed the usually good- natured pirate Anna. "Any men for you miss?"
"Aye..." spat Rian. "A man under my brother's command. A Captain Jason Roberts. Every girl in town's dream... A tall, muscled dream boat to trap and control me like a circus animal!"
"You really don't want to marry, do you?" said Anna Maria softly, looking sad.
"No. Not ever... Why would anyone?!... Anna... are you? You WANT to marry?"
What happened last time:
"NO! She's a pirate too?!"
"Yes, and happiest when in their company."
Arianna looked hurt and angry. "My father was killed by a Captain Barbossa. A pirate! She KNOWS that!" she shook her head. "How could she do this to me?"
"To you? She didn't do anything TO you Miss Lively. She has never killed a soul. I know this to be fact. She made her choice. She loves the sea and loves this ship. She's got spirit enough for twenty people! To be a lady and a wife has never been her dream."
Arianna started to reply, rigid with frustration, when Captain Jack yelled for the crew to get ready for a ball. The pirates aboard hustled to their quarters, and Rian grabbed Anna Maria.
"Ye'll hate me, but it's a dress for you Anna," smiled Rian. "Ye CAN'T be goin' to a fancy dinner wearing a MAN'S clothes!" Before her fellow piratess could argue, Rian dragged her off the ship, bidding her farewells over her shoulder.
Rian marched Anna Maria straight through her house to her room, where she promptly threw open her closet. "With your dark skin, a blue maybe?" asked Rian teasingly, but never the less held up a beautiful pale blue dress with front lacing.
"No dresses!" protested the dark skinned woman, black eyes flashing.
"Yes dresses!" Rian stated firmly. "No corsets, no fancy shoes, but yes, a dress." With that, she pushed her disgruntled friend behind the changing screen with the dress.
A few minutes later she emerged, looking like a queen, head held high and proud, black ringlets streaming down her back and shoulders. In her dark eyes was a look of shock at her reflection.
"I look like a classy woman!" she exclaimed.
"I bought it for you, you can keep it," Rian said, leading Anna Maria over to the vanity and pinning up the upper layers of thick curls, leaving the rest free. "So... any new women on the horizon for the Captain?" she asked, changing into her favorite pale green gown, that made her eyes look even darker, and letting her hair loose.
"No... I think he'll never fall in love again," sighed the usually good- natured pirate Anna. "Any men for you miss?"
"Aye..." spat Rian. "A man under my brother's command. A Captain Jason Roberts. Every girl in town's dream... A tall, muscled dream boat to trap and control me like a circus animal!"
"You really don't want to marry, do you?" said Anna Maria softly, looking sad.
"No. Not ever... Why would anyone?!... Anna... are you? You WANT to marry?"