Hope you all liked the last chapter. I'm getting even more ideas for things that Isobel will do. What is Barbossa up to? Read and review to find out!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the "pirates of the Caribbean" characters, Disney does. Humph. ON with the story!

3. Dinner with the cap'n

"Here, poppet. Ye can wear this dress. It should fit you." Pintel explained, giving Izzie a fancy dress in a violet colour (Elizabeth's dress later on lol).

"Thank you, Pintel. That's very kind of you." Izzie said, grabbing the dress from the pirate's hands, making him blush like crazy. "By the way, who is your friend over there?" Isobel asked, pointed to a young man in his twenties, in rough clothes. She could tell that it was the man that was polishing something earlier that night.

"That is my friend, Ragetti. He came on board about ten years ago. He's been my best mate since. He seems kind of awkward at times, but don't blame him. He has a glass eye too. Hey Ragetti! Come here and show this pretty poppet your glass eye!" Pintel yelled across the deck, making his friend jump in surprise.

The next thing that Izzie knew was that there was a new man standing right in front of her, perhaps an inch away. This new realization made Izzie jump back in surprise. Something was not right with this man. One of his eyes was popping out a bit. This really seemed to bother Izzie.

"Mate, show it to 'er!" Pintel ordered. At that moment, the man that was standing right in front of Izzie, was starting to fidget with his right eye. Before she knew it, the man had take out his eye and put it into Izzie's hand!

"That's me pride and joy, that is!" Ragetti bellowed, being very pleased with himself.

"Oh god! That's disgusting!" Izzie screeched, dropping the glass eye and letting it roll down the deck towards a group of drunken pirates.

"Dang it! Why did you let it drop?" Ragetti asked, quite flustered. Now he was on his hands and knees, stumbling after his glass eye. Izzie turned around and saw that Pintel was opening a door for her. She was quite surprised as his gesture and asked what he was doing.

"You best be going, miss. You don't want to be late for the dinner with the cap'n." Pintel smiled, picking up the dress that she had dropped when Ragetti was giving her the glass eye. "I don't want to be punished when the cap'n finds out that it was me that was responsible for you being late." Pintel whispered, opening the door a bit more, so that Izzie could go inside.
"Thank you, Pintel. That is very much appreciated." She whispered back, giving him a light kiss on the cheek, sending poor Pintel into a blushing frenzy. Izzie quickly said her goodbyes and shut the door behind her.

"God, this dress it so tight!" Isobel screeched, trying to put on the dress. Izzie had never really worn a fancy dress, but this was the first one. She knew that many women needed corsets for this kind of dress. For this dress, you didn't really need one. It was THAT tight! "Why do these women always have to be so thin?" Izzie yelled, not knowing that her screech had attracted some unwanted attention.

"Need some assistance, poppet?" Pintel asked, peering from behind the door. "I heard ye screeching before, so I came to check up on ye." At this moment, Izzie started to go soft inside. In all the stories, Izzie heard that all pirates were scum, but this one was actually being nice to her. She couldn't understand it.

"I'm alright Pintel," Izzie replied, "Could you escort me to the captain's cabin, please?"

"'tis a pleasure, miss." At that moment, Pintel swept into the room, took Izzie's arm, and escorted her out the door. When she stepped out of the cabin, which she was dressing in, Izzie began to feel uncomfortable. She came to face all of the pirates that were on the deck. They were all shooting remarks like, "Nice clothes there darling." And several shouts of, "Take them off! Take it off!" Izzie didn't really want to ear all of this. The dress was already making it hard to breathe.

"Come in.," a voice said from inside the captain's dining cabin. She felt a shiver go down her spine as she entered the little wooden house. Once Izzie looked around, she was stunned. She saw wonderful food placed on platters. Many candles were lit and there was nice silverware. 'This is definitely not what I expected.'

"Come in, come in. Don't be shy." The captain reassured her, gesturing her to take a seat. "How do ye like the accommodations?"

"They are fine. Apart from the drunk pirates, it's actually quite cozy." Izzie explained, trying to sound confident.

"That quite good to hear." Said the captain, raising his goblet to his mouth and taking a sip. "Tell me, Isobel. What brings ye to the possession of this gold." He asked, pointing to the gold that his monkey, Jack, was playing with.

"It was a gift. I was a maid in a rich household. The owner and father of the house was dying, and he gave it to me in his will. That's how it all happened." Izzie explained, grabbing a piece of French bread and biting into it.

"I see. Well, you must be hungry. Seeing as ye were a maid, it wasn't possible that ye could have such luxury. Dig in!"

A few minutes later, Izzie had stuffed her face, with Barbossa watching. After Izzie had finished, she wanted to ask the aging captain some questions.

"Captain Barbossa?"

"Aye?"

"Why do you need the gold?"

"Cannot tell ye right now. I will tell ye when the time is right."

"Okay...why can't I go home now?"

"I already told ye. We aren't returning to your town for a while. You're stuck here."

"Where are we headed then?"

"To Port Royal. It a navy base, but also a quite beautiful town."

"Why do we need to go there?"

"There lies the last piece of the Aztec gold. We need to get that piece."

"Can you please tell me?"

"All I can say is this: we have a curse, alright?"

"Oh." Izzie said. She was still a little confused by the thought of a curse. She didn't believe in such things before. If she believed in pirates, she could believe in curses.

"Cap'n! We be approaching Port Royal!" a fellow pirate yelled from on deck. The captain quickly left the cabin with Izzie right at his heels.

I liked this chapter. It kinda gets mysterious. Why is Barbossa keeping this secret from Isobel? What's this thing going on with Pintel? Does he have a crush on her? Soon be will find out! Please review