Sapphire lay awake, remembering what happened last night. Her father had hugged her. She felt safe and warm and loved, and she knew she wasn't alone any longer. Turning over she remembered Rachel. The girl was gone and the boat wasn't moving.
"Rachel!" Sapphire whispered as she jumped out of the bed, "Where are you?" She quickly looked under the bed. Sapphire gasped suddenly, what happened if she had gotten off and was lost on a pirate island? She ran quickly up the stairs to the deck and stopped. Rachel sat on a pile of rope while Jack stood there his back facing Sapphire, talking. Slowly, but steadily Sapphire made her way towards them, careful not to interrupt Jack. Rachel seemed fully immersed in the story.
".... Then I knew that I could save Ms. Elizabeth and myself if...." Jack was off in his own little world.
"You could rope a couple of sea turtles together, with hair from your back." Jack turned to see Sapphire mocking him, and Rachel snapped out of her trance.
"That's not how it goes!" Rachel said disappointedly.
"Captain Jack if you would please refrain from telling a girl false pirate stories." She ignored Rachel's remark.
"But it was just getting good!" Rachel cut in again.
"How do you know it wasn't true?" Jack replied slyly.
"Because you're a pirate." Sapphire crossed her arms.
"Not all pirates tell lies, love." He smiled, and she glared at him as he walked away.
"Well he was getting to the good part." Rachel sighed. "Besides it wasn't hair from his back it was that he made a fire to attract..."
"Rachel those stories are all false, nothing good comes from piracy." She looked at the girl who just crossed her arms in a huff. Sapphire just sighed and looked out to where they were docked. The town, the famous Tourtuga was nothing but sleeping men in the streets and filth.
"So this is the grand city of Tourtuga?" She looked at it questionably. Even if it was a pirate city she could've expected it to be cleaner.
"Don't worry its better at night." The two girls turned to meet the gaze of Sparrow. He walked over to them.
"Funny thought people sleep during the night not the day." Sapphire smiled at him.
"But remember we're pirates," He returned her smile, and came closer to her, he lowered his voice. Rachel just smiled and slowly backed away from the situation, "you don't consider us people."
"If you would act like a real person then maybe I would." She whispered back, and backed away only to feel the rope against her back.
"What do you consider a real person, Ms. Turner?" Sparrow asked stepping back, "Is a person that has feelin's, does a person love, does a person care?" Sapphire looked down, "Or is a person someone that is not me?"
"No, I did not mean that Mr. Sparrow." Sapphire looked back up at him, she knew what she meant and she meant to hurt him, but yet she didn't want to.
"Then what did you mean?" He asked looking at her, she looked back down and shrugged, he put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, love, some rum may let you see things differently." Sparrow walked away, and Sapphire, looked back at the city, and sighed, she was beginning to wish she would just shut up once in a while.
Sapphire looked all around her. Filthy, dirty, stinking pirates all fighting, and doing whatever they felt like. She followed, Will, Jack, Tim, and Sparrow where ever they were going. A pirate and a woman pushed her into the wall with them. Quickly she escaped their little kissing fit and hurried up to the rest of the group.
"Dreadful place isn't it?" Will whispered into her ear.
"How can you stand this place?" She whispered back.
"I don't." He smiled, and she just looked at him. Finally they arrived at a tavern. Will, Jack, and Tim took a table. Sparrow and Sapphire starred at each other. Sparrow sat down in the seat and put his feet on the table. Sapphire remained standing, and he just starred at her.
"Do you want me to pull a chair out for you or somethin'?" He smiled as if he found the point amusing. She answered his question by just pulling out a chair for herself and sitting in it. He gave a little chuckle.
"Do you think all females are helpless Mr. Sparrow?" She lifted a brow.
"You're kind, yes." He answered
"Why is that?" Sapphire wondered.
"You can't fight none of you can!" Sparrow shrugged.
"I wasn't allowed to." She said quietly, Sparrow took his feet off the table and leaned closer to her.
"I could teach you." He smiled. Sapphire's eyes widened, she would absolutely love that, but what would her grandfather say? What would he say about her being on the pirate island?
"When?"
"Is any of you Tim Turner?" A woman came up to them, dragging a little girl by the hand behind her.
"Aye." Tim held his mug of rum up and took a sip. "What is it that you want, girl?"
"I think this belongs to you." She pulled the girl in front of her.
"Sara, have you been causing trouble?" He smiled as he put the little girl on his knee and she hugged him tightly.
"No she hasn't but her mum said to give her to you before she died." The woman crossed her arms.
"She what?" Tim looked up from his daughter to the woman. "What do you mean she died?"
"The woman died," She shrugged, "A bit of a shame if you ask me, quite nice and polite, never causin trouble like some whores here, but all the same she died."
"From what?" Tim bit his lip; his dreams of family life were gone,
"Child birth, 'fraid you been gone too long Mr. Turner." With that the woman left. Sapphire starred after her, and then looked at the little girl. Her light brown hair and her blue eyes you wouldn't think this was Tim's child, but yet facial structure she was. He stood there not daring to cry in front of everyone. The little girl looked at Will.
"Pappy!" She yelled and jumped into his arms, and he gratefully took her. Tim got up.
"Come on, Sara we're goin to the Pearl." He reached for her hand and she took it. They left the tavern and went to the Pearl. Sapphire and Sparrow quietly went over to the table that Jack and Will sat at.
"She was a good woman." Jack took a swing of rum.
"Yes," Will nodded, "Tim had a house already on an island for them."
"Poor bloke." Sparrow shook his head. Sapphire just looked at everyone, and sighed wishing she could say something.
"I better go see how he's doing." Will got up and left the table. Jack got up.
"Where are you going?" Sapphire lifted a brow at him.
"Got to go do some.... Business." He left, and Sapphire and Sparrow were alone.
"Ms. Turner?" He questioned.
"Yes?" She answered.
"Did you ever try rum before?" Sparrow asked, giving her a mug full of the vile drink, she just shook her head. "Try it and maybe we'll start practicin'."
"Rachel!" Sapphire whispered as she jumped out of the bed, "Where are you?" She quickly looked under the bed. Sapphire gasped suddenly, what happened if she had gotten off and was lost on a pirate island? She ran quickly up the stairs to the deck and stopped. Rachel sat on a pile of rope while Jack stood there his back facing Sapphire, talking. Slowly, but steadily Sapphire made her way towards them, careful not to interrupt Jack. Rachel seemed fully immersed in the story.
".... Then I knew that I could save Ms. Elizabeth and myself if...." Jack was off in his own little world.
"You could rope a couple of sea turtles together, with hair from your back." Jack turned to see Sapphire mocking him, and Rachel snapped out of her trance.
"That's not how it goes!" Rachel said disappointedly.
"Captain Jack if you would please refrain from telling a girl false pirate stories." She ignored Rachel's remark.
"But it was just getting good!" Rachel cut in again.
"How do you know it wasn't true?" Jack replied slyly.
"Because you're a pirate." Sapphire crossed her arms.
"Not all pirates tell lies, love." He smiled, and she glared at him as he walked away.
"Well he was getting to the good part." Rachel sighed. "Besides it wasn't hair from his back it was that he made a fire to attract..."
"Rachel those stories are all false, nothing good comes from piracy." She looked at the girl who just crossed her arms in a huff. Sapphire just sighed and looked out to where they were docked. The town, the famous Tourtuga was nothing but sleeping men in the streets and filth.
"So this is the grand city of Tourtuga?" She looked at it questionably. Even if it was a pirate city she could've expected it to be cleaner.
"Don't worry its better at night." The two girls turned to meet the gaze of Sparrow. He walked over to them.
"Funny thought people sleep during the night not the day." Sapphire smiled at him.
"But remember we're pirates," He returned her smile, and came closer to her, he lowered his voice. Rachel just smiled and slowly backed away from the situation, "you don't consider us people."
"If you would act like a real person then maybe I would." She whispered back, and backed away only to feel the rope against her back.
"What do you consider a real person, Ms. Turner?" Sparrow asked stepping back, "Is a person that has feelin's, does a person love, does a person care?" Sapphire looked down, "Or is a person someone that is not me?"
"No, I did not mean that Mr. Sparrow." Sapphire looked back up at him, she knew what she meant and she meant to hurt him, but yet she didn't want to.
"Then what did you mean?" He asked looking at her, she looked back down and shrugged, he put a hand on her shoulder, "Don't worry, love, some rum may let you see things differently." Sparrow walked away, and Sapphire, looked back at the city, and sighed, she was beginning to wish she would just shut up once in a while.
Sapphire looked all around her. Filthy, dirty, stinking pirates all fighting, and doing whatever they felt like. She followed, Will, Jack, Tim, and Sparrow where ever they were going. A pirate and a woman pushed her into the wall with them. Quickly she escaped their little kissing fit and hurried up to the rest of the group.
"Dreadful place isn't it?" Will whispered into her ear.
"How can you stand this place?" She whispered back.
"I don't." He smiled, and she just looked at him. Finally they arrived at a tavern. Will, Jack, and Tim took a table. Sparrow and Sapphire starred at each other. Sparrow sat down in the seat and put his feet on the table. Sapphire remained standing, and he just starred at her.
"Do you want me to pull a chair out for you or somethin'?" He smiled as if he found the point amusing. She answered his question by just pulling out a chair for herself and sitting in it. He gave a little chuckle.
"Do you think all females are helpless Mr. Sparrow?" She lifted a brow.
"You're kind, yes." He answered
"Why is that?" Sapphire wondered.
"You can't fight none of you can!" Sparrow shrugged.
"I wasn't allowed to." She said quietly, Sparrow took his feet off the table and leaned closer to her.
"I could teach you." He smiled. Sapphire's eyes widened, she would absolutely love that, but what would her grandfather say? What would he say about her being on the pirate island?
"When?"
"Is any of you Tim Turner?" A woman came up to them, dragging a little girl by the hand behind her.
"Aye." Tim held his mug of rum up and took a sip. "What is it that you want, girl?"
"I think this belongs to you." She pulled the girl in front of her.
"Sara, have you been causing trouble?" He smiled as he put the little girl on his knee and she hugged him tightly.
"No she hasn't but her mum said to give her to you before she died." The woman crossed her arms.
"She what?" Tim looked up from his daughter to the woman. "What do you mean she died?"
"The woman died," She shrugged, "A bit of a shame if you ask me, quite nice and polite, never causin trouble like some whores here, but all the same she died."
"From what?" Tim bit his lip; his dreams of family life were gone,
"Child birth, 'fraid you been gone too long Mr. Turner." With that the woman left. Sapphire starred after her, and then looked at the little girl. Her light brown hair and her blue eyes you wouldn't think this was Tim's child, but yet facial structure she was. He stood there not daring to cry in front of everyone. The little girl looked at Will.
"Pappy!" She yelled and jumped into his arms, and he gratefully took her. Tim got up.
"Come on, Sara we're goin to the Pearl." He reached for her hand and she took it. They left the tavern and went to the Pearl. Sapphire and Sparrow quietly went over to the table that Jack and Will sat at.
"She was a good woman." Jack took a swing of rum.
"Yes," Will nodded, "Tim had a house already on an island for them."
"Poor bloke." Sparrow shook his head. Sapphire just looked at everyone, and sighed wishing she could say something.
"I better go see how he's doing." Will got up and left the table. Jack got up.
"Where are you going?" Sapphire lifted a brow at him.
"Got to go do some.... Business." He left, and Sapphire and Sparrow were alone.
"Ms. Turner?" He questioned.
"Yes?" She answered.
"Did you ever try rum before?" Sparrow asked, giving her a mug full of the vile drink, she just shook her head. "Try it and maybe we'll start practicin'."
