HI! This is Alaina! Just to let you know, Kat's gone away until Sunday, and
I just found out that I'M leaving tomorrow until Sunday. I might be able to
get a chapter up tomorrow before I leave, but no promises. Other than that,
don't expect to hear from us until Sunday evening at the earliest, but
more than likely until Monday.
I can't believe all the reviews we've gotten. Thank you all soooo much. I love you all!!
To answer some of your questions:
Julie Moran: Nope, no wife for Jack. At
Aubery Ash: Jade is 15, and Jack is almost 16. And of course they meet! As you'll see. And they do duel. Sort of.
Scarlett Red Rose: Jade's mother is.. Sorry, can't tell you. You'll find out later.
Harrypotter4ever: Sure you can use the name Jade. Have fun! And no Jade doesn't have a drinking problem. She just likes her rum. She doesn't have a decent tongue problem either. She really doesn't swear that much. And of course she doesn't have a father problem. Do you know how cool it would be to have Jack Sparrow for a father??
LotRseer3350: He's sixteen. As stated in this chapter.
MadamStella: You didn't ask anything, but you get a special thank you just because you reviewed twice. And because you reviewed my other story.
Also a thank you to Brooke, The Black Pearl, bratprincess, Drew L., LizZ SpaRRoW, Sabre and szhismine. I'm so glad you all liked our story.
And with no further ado, chapter 4!! Yay!
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"I still can't believe you have a child. A daughter no less," Will said for the sixth time.
"Yes. I believe we've established that fact," Jade muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Jade!"
"What? She asked, turning to face her father innocently. The four of them were seated in the large parlor of the Swann estate, as it was still called, and Jade was getting bored. The continual reference to things she'd never heard of was beginning to vex her.
"I told you to keep a civil tongue."
"I did!" she protested. "Not one of those words were uncivil." Jack shook his head ruefully.
"You're impossible."
"Well I got it from you, so stop complaining."
"Go away, you nuisance," Jack ordered. "Go outside, or something."
"Okay," Jade agreed quickly, leaving the room.
"I abhor children," Jack announced, watching her fondly.
"Well, there's certainly no doubt as to whose child she is," Elizabeth laughed. "She's the exact image of you."
"Yes," Jack agreed distractedly. "Sometimes too much like me, I fear."
"What do you mean?" Will asked. Jack turned to look at them.
"A pirate's life is no life for a young girl. It's dangerous and I fear for her sometimes. She's every bit as reckless as I was, and I don't think she has any sense of the real dangers of life. I want her to know I real life, a proper life." Will and Elizabeth didn't look convinced.
"She does seem happy," Elizabeth said.
"Aye, she is," Jack agreed. "But she's only 15. She has no other life to compare it with. She doesn't know what is best for her. Which is why I was hoping I could leave tonight. Alone. I'd like to leave her in your care for a year or so."
"Without telling her? Do you really thing that's best?" Will asked.
"Are you kidding? If I were to tell her, she'd throw a fit. There's no way I would be able to convince her to stay. Mind of her own, that one. Doesn't listen to a thing anyone says."
Well, we'd be glad to keep her as long as you like," Elizabeth assured him. Jack looked visibly relieved.
"You foolish honest people. Always doing something incredibly stupid."
*
Jack Turner was just returning along the path to the house when he heard a girl's voice up ahead.
"We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Yo- ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me." Turning the corner, he saw a tall girl up ahead with shoulder length dark hair, blown by the wind. She was wearing a long, loose dark skirt with a loose white top that hung off the shoulders. She wore a necklace made of large medallions, which jangled as she turned around. Her eyes were as dark as her hair and every finger had a least one ring on it, each of a different stone.
*
The first thing Jade noticed about the boy she had discovered behind her was that he was identical to Will Turner, minus about twenty years.
"Hello," she called out before returning to her song. "We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Maraud and embezzle and even hijack, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me!"
"Who are you?" he questioned suspiciously.
"A pirate," she answered nonchalantly, picking up on his unease. She hardly made your average lady. Jack scoffed.
"Don't be ridiculous. Women can't be pirates."
"Excuse? I'm one of the best bloody pirates out there. Mother ocean, you can't be Jack Sparrow's daughter, and NOT be a good pirate."
"You liar. You're not Jack Sparrow's daughter. He doesn't have daughter."
"Someone should inform him of that then. I expect he'll want to know."
"Prove it then," Jack dared her.
"I will," Jade agreed, eyes mocking him. She pulled back her left sleeve, revealing the scar of a 'P' branded into her arm. "See? Pirate." Jack glared at her. He didn't like being shown up by a girl. Especially this one.
"Anyone could get the letter p branded into their arm," he argued. "It proves nothing."
"Well how about this?" she offered, pulling the sleeve up more. There was a bright green tattoo of a sparrow sitting on a treasure chest. "You don't get a Sparrow tattoo if you're not a Sparrow." Jack just stared at her as she brushed past him and kept walking. "We kindle and char and inflame and ignite, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! We burn up the city, we're really a fright, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! We're rascals and scoundrels, villains and knaves, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me."
Jack had continued walking towards the house when he saw his mother coming in his direction.
"Jack dear, there you are. Come here, I'd like you to meet our guest." She continued along the path until they heard Jade's voice again.
"We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do well cads, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! Aye but we're loved by our mommies and dads, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me."
"Jade?" Elizabeth called, wondering where she was.
"Oh, hi!" she said, jumping down from a tree beside them.
"Jade, I'd like you to meet my son. Jack, this is Jade."
"Hello," Jack said, shaking her hand reluctantly.
"Hello. It's such a pleasure to have meet you." Jade gushed, smiling at him in a sugary sweet manner. Elizabeth smiled as she noticed exactly how much Jade resembled Jack. The pirate, not her son. She walked with the same bounce and her eyes seemed to mock everything, and yet held intensity too. She began to hum as they returned to the house.
"I meant it about the rum," her father threatened as he and Will came out to meet them. "I'll keep it under lock and key if I have too."
"I'd pick the lock."
"Then there just won't be any rum on the ship."
"You can't do that. The crew would throw a fit."
"More than likely. So please, stop humming and don't give them something to throw a fit about."
"Fine," Jade agreed, sighing over dramatically.
"Why don't you and Jack stay outside?" Will suggested. "Just until supper is ready?"
"Why do I have to stay outside?" Jack (the pirate) asked, looking hurt. "Surely I'm not that filthy."
"I disagree!" Jade piped up.
"Quiet you." She fell silent again. Will gave Jack an odd look.
"Not you. That Jack. My son." Will pointed to him.
"Oh, that's who you were talking about before. Right. Wait, you have a son? This calls for a celebration!" Jack announced.
"Rum for everyone!" Jade yelled.
"No."
"Fine." As Will, Elizabeth and Jack went inside, Jade stretched out on the ground and stared at the sky. She took a knife from her left boot and fingered it gently. Jack glared at her. For some reason he couldn't explain, she infuriated him, and that infuriated him more.
"Not much of a pirate, are you?" he asked. "You don't even have a sword."
"Just because it's not with me, doesn't mean I haven't got one. It's on the Pearl. I was only expecting to get drunk," she explained lazily.
"I bet you don't even know how to use one."
"Whatever you say."
"Come on then. Fight against me. I'll get you a sword." Jade sat up and looked him over.
"How old are you?"
"I'll be sixteen in three months time. What does that have to do with anything?"
"I wouldn't waste my time," Jade decided. "And it wouldn't do your dignity much good to be beaten by a girl nearly a year younger than you."
"You could never beat me."
"I wouldn't count on that." Jade was beginning to be annoyed by him.
"Oh really?" he asked, hauling her to her feet. Before he could make a move, she had wrenched herself free and kicked his feet out from under him. She held her knife at his throat.
"Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm completely incapable. I don't know what women you've grown up around, but I'm not one of them. I could kick your ass from here to Singapore in an instant. Savvy?" Looking disgusted, she stood up and held out her hand. Glaring at her, he got to his feet by himself.
"Master Turner, Miss Sparrow, dinner is prepared," a man announced, coming to the door. "Mrs. Turner asked me to bring you in." He turned around and returned inside.
"What's stuck up his bum?" Jade asked. Jack ignored her.
I can't believe all the reviews we've gotten. Thank you all soooo much. I love you all!!
To answer some of your questions:
Julie Moran: Nope, no wife for Jack. At
Aubery Ash: Jade is 15, and Jack is almost 16. And of course they meet! As you'll see. And they do duel. Sort of.
Scarlett Red Rose: Jade's mother is.. Sorry, can't tell you. You'll find out later.
Harrypotter4ever: Sure you can use the name Jade. Have fun! And no Jade doesn't have a drinking problem. She just likes her rum. She doesn't have a decent tongue problem either. She really doesn't swear that much. And of course she doesn't have a father problem. Do you know how cool it would be to have Jack Sparrow for a father??
LotRseer3350: He's sixteen. As stated in this chapter.
MadamStella: You didn't ask anything, but you get a special thank you just because you reviewed twice. And because you reviewed my other story.
Also a thank you to Brooke, The Black Pearl, bratprincess, Drew L., LizZ SpaRRoW, Sabre and szhismine. I'm so glad you all liked our story.
And with no further ado, chapter 4!! Yay!
*
"I still can't believe you have a child. A daughter no less," Will said for the sixth time.
"Yes. I believe we've established that fact," Jade muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Jade!"
"What? She asked, turning to face her father innocently. The four of them were seated in the large parlor of the Swann estate, as it was still called, and Jade was getting bored. The continual reference to things she'd never heard of was beginning to vex her.
"I told you to keep a civil tongue."
"I did!" she protested. "Not one of those words were uncivil." Jack shook his head ruefully.
"You're impossible."
"Well I got it from you, so stop complaining."
"Go away, you nuisance," Jack ordered. "Go outside, or something."
"Okay," Jade agreed quickly, leaving the room.
"I abhor children," Jack announced, watching her fondly.
"Well, there's certainly no doubt as to whose child she is," Elizabeth laughed. "She's the exact image of you."
"Yes," Jack agreed distractedly. "Sometimes too much like me, I fear."
"What do you mean?" Will asked. Jack turned to look at them.
"A pirate's life is no life for a young girl. It's dangerous and I fear for her sometimes. She's every bit as reckless as I was, and I don't think she has any sense of the real dangers of life. I want her to know I real life, a proper life." Will and Elizabeth didn't look convinced.
"She does seem happy," Elizabeth said.
"Aye, she is," Jack agreed. "But she's only 15. She has no other life to compare it with. She doesn't know what is best for her. Which is why I was hoping I could leave tonight. Alone. I'd like to leave her in your care for a year or so."
"Without telling her? Do you really thing that's best?" Will asked.
"Are you kidding? If I were to tell her, she'd throw a fit. There's no way I would be able to convince her to stay. Mind of her own, that one. Doesn't listen to a thing anyone says."
Well, we'd be glad to keep her as long as you like," Elizabeth assured him. Jack looked visibly relieved.
"You foolish honest people. Always doing something incredibly stupid."
*
Jack Turner was just returning along the path to the house when he heard a girl's voice up ahead.
"We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Yo- ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me." Turning the corner, he saw a tall girl up ahead with shoulder length dark hair, blown by the wind. She was wearing a long, loose dark skirt with a loose white top that hung off the shoulders. She wore a necklace made of large medallions, which jangled as she turned around. Her eyes were as dark as her hair and every finger had a least one ring on it, each of a different stone.
*
The first thing Jade noticed about the boy she had discovered behind her was that he was identical to Will Turner, minus about twenty years.
"Hello," she called out before returning to her song. "We extort, we pilfer, we filch and sack, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Maraud and embezzle and even hijack, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me!"
"Who are you?" he questioned suspiciously.
"A pirate," she answered nonchalantly, picking up on his unease. She hardly made your average lady. Jack scoffed.
"Don't be ridiculous. Women can't be pirates."
"Excuse? I'm one of the best bloody pirates out there. Mother ocean, you can't be Jack Sparrow's daughter, and NOT be a good pirate."
"You liar. You're not Jack Sparrow's daughter. He doesn't have daughter."
"Someone should inform him of that then. I expect he'll want to know."
"Prove it then," Jack dared her.
"I will," Jade agreed, eyes mocking him. She pulled back her left sleeve, revealing the scar of a 'P' branded into her arm. "See? Pirate." Jack glared at her. He didn't like being shown up by a girl. Especially this one.
"Anyone could get the letter p branded into their arm," he argued. "It proves nothing."
"Well how about this?" she offered, pulling the sleeve up more. There was a bright green tattoo of a sparrow sitting on a treasure chest. "You don't get a Sparrow tattoo if you're not a Sparrow." Jack just stared at her as she brushed past him and kept walking. "We kindle and char and inflame and ignite, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! We burn up the city, we're really a fright, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! We're rascals and scoundrels, villains and knaves, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! We're devils and black sheep, really bad eggs, drink up me hearties yo-ho! Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me."
Jack had continued walking towards the house when he saw his mother coming in his direction.
"Jack dear, there you are. Come here, I'd like you to meet our guest." She continued along the path until they heard Jade's voice again.
"We're beggars and blighters and ne'er do well cads, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! Aye but we're loved by our mommies and dads, drink up me hearties, yo-ho! Yo-ho, yo-ho, a pirate's life for me."
"Jade?" Elizabeth called, wondering where she was.
"Oh, hi!" she said, jumping down from a tree beside them.
"Jade, I'd like you to meet my son. Jack, this is Jade."
"Hello," Jack said, shaking her hand reluctantly.
"Hello. It's such a pleasure to have meet you." Jade gushed, smiling at him in a sugary sweet manner. Elizabeth smiled as she noticed exactly how much Jade resembled Jack. The pirate, not her son. She walked with the same bounce and her eyes seemed to mock everything, and yet held intensity too. She began to hum as they returned to the house.
"I meant it about the rum," her father threatened as he and Will came out to meet them. "I'll keep it under lock and key if I have too."
"I'd pick the lock."
"Then there just won't be any rum on the ship."
"You can't do that. The crew would throw a fit."
"More than likely. So please, stop humming and don't give them something to throw a fit about."
"Fine," Jade agreed, sighing over dramatically.
"Why don't you and Jack stay outside?" Will suggested. "Just until supper is ready?"
"Why do I have to stay outside?" Jack (the pirate) asked, looking hurt. "Surely I'm not that filthy."
"I disagree!" Jade piped up.
"Quiet you." She fell silent again. Will gave Jack an odd look.
"Not you. That Jack. My son." Will pointed to him.
"Oh, that's who you were talking about before. Right. Wait, you have a son? This calls for a celebration!" Jack announced.
"Rum for everyone!" Jade yelled.
"No."
"Fine." As Will, Elizabeth and Jack went inside, Jade stretched out on the ground and stared at the sky. She took a knife from her left boot and fingered it gently. Jack glared at her. For some reason he couldn't explain, she infuriated him, and that infuriated him more.
"Not much of a pirate, are you?" he asked. "You don't even have a sword."
"Just because it's not with me, doesn't mean I haven't got one. It's on the Pearl. I was only expecting to get drunk," she explained lazily.
"I bet you don't even know how to use one."
"Whatever you say."
"Come on then. Fight against me. I'll get you a sword." Jade sat up and looked him over.
"How old are you?"
"I'll be sixteen in three months time. What does that have to do with anything?"
"I wouldn't waste my time," Jade decided. "And it wouldn't do your dignity much good to be beaten by a girl nearly a year younger than you."
"You could never beat me."
"I wouldn't count on that." Jade was beginning to be annoyed by him.
"Oh really?" he asked, hauling her to her feet. Before he could make a move, she had wrenched herself free and kicked his feet out from under him. She held her knife at his throat.
"Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm completely incapable. I don't know what women you've grown up around, but I'm not one of them. I could kick your ass from here to Singapore in an instant. Savvy?" Looking disgusted, she stood up and held out her hand. Glaring at her, he got to his feet by himself.
"Master Turner, Miss Sparrow, dinner is prepared," a man announced, coming to the door. "Mrs. Turner asked me to bring you in." He turned around and returned inside.
"What's stuck up his bum?" Jade asked. Jack ignored her.