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Here's chapter 5!
The Silver Pendent
Chapter 5- A GIRL!?!
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"Brianna, how did yer mother die?" He asked, looking up from examining the pendent.
"Well, she was shot by a man named Captain Bailey." Jack could see the emotions in Brianna's eyes and looked away.
"Captain Bailey… Captain Bailey…" he whispered over and over. "I know that name! Stay here Brianna, I'll be right back."
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It was a very windy day, the clouds in the sky threatened to drop rain at any minute. That's when I decided that I would follow Jack. I moved slowly in the direction Jack went, and tried to make no noise at all. I followed him for a few minutes, in the darkness of the buildings, always wondering where he was going. He was silent as well, for a man who walks like that I'm surprised that he hasn't made more noise, I thought to myself. Jack unknowingly led me through the complex twists and turns of the back alleys. Staring at the muddy ground, I hadn't noticed that Jack had made a sharp turn until I felt my foot connect with something. I held back a scream as it moved, it was only a small cat, it hissed and ran away. I turned to make sure that Jack hadn't noticed it; sure enough he was still walking and never turned his head once. I heaved a sigh of relief and hurried along behind him, keeping a safe distance away, so he wouldn't notice. After a short while I saw that the alley was ending, and to my amazement there in the water at the eastern dock was the Black Pearl. Jack was making his was up the gang plank, while I waited in the shadows. Once he made it to the top I heard him scream, "ANA MARIA, I NEED TO TALK TO YE!" Finding that he was now on board his ship and talking to this person, Ana Maria, I decided that I could risk coming out of the darkness for a better look at the Black Pearl. It had started to slightly rain when I skimmed my eyes along the salt stained wood of the Pearl. It looked like a beautiful ship from down here, but I really wanted to see the beauty of it on board.
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Jack walked up the gang plank thinking to himself, so Brianna did follow me, saves me walking back. At this thought he grinned to himself and yelled for Ana Maria. "Captain?" She asked, coming from the galley.
"Aye, I need to know something Ana," Jack said looking around for Brianna. He couldn't find her, so he sighed and looked back at Ana Maria.
"Spit it out! I haven't got all day ye know."
"Right, ye have a friend named Captain Bailey, am I right?"
"Aye, what do ye want with her?"
"Her?" He looked stunned. "What do ye mean her?"
"Captain Bailey is a girl."
"She… no, Bailey is not a gurl, if 'she' is a gurl, then I'm not the most fearsome pirate in the Spanish Main!"
"JACK, CAPTAIN BAILEY IS A GIRL, GOT IT?"
"That's CAPTAIN! And no she is NOT a gurl!" Ana Maria started to turn away because of the stupidity of this conversation, but Jack grabbed her arm, "Wait, ye sure she's a gurl?"
"Captain, I've known her for years, ye would think that I knew if she were a girl or not!" she replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes.
"Fine, she's a gurl!" he sighed, "do ye know her parents?"
"WHAT THE 'ELL? Why the 'ell do ye want to know that… it's none of yer bloody business!"
"Fine! What ship does she sail then?"
"Uh, the Opalete…" replied Ana Maria, slightly confused at why he was asking her this, and angry at him for interrupting her breakfast!
"Great!" he turned around and screamed, "BRIANNA, YE CAN COME UP IF YE WANT!" Ana Maria just walked away confused and angry.
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I was looking around the sides of the Black Pearl when I heard my name being called, I jumped and looked up. No one was there that I could see, how did he know that I followed him, if he never looked back at me?, I thought. I walked around to the gangway and saw Jack standing at the top waiting for me to come up. Raising an eyebrow Jack said, "Ye didn't think a great Captain like me self wouldn't notice someone following me, did ye?" I smiled sheepishly and slowly walked up turning my head to look out at the water.
"Beautiful ain't it?"
"Yeah, I've never seen it from this high and close before. It's breath taking!" I turned to look at Jack, and noticed that he was looking at me. "Jack what were you talking to that person about?"
"Who? Oh Ana Maria… I was just asking her about something." He shifted and looked out at the water.
"Anything about my pendent or my mother's killer? It was only after you heard the name you came here."
"Yeh, there is something, Capt'n Bailey, was… is a woman." I frowned in thought, then that must mean that he, I mean she did not kill my mother! She was shot by a man…
"But Jack that means that she did not kill my mother, could she have any connection to my pendent… OH I'm just so confused!"
"Hold on, love, Let me go get ye Ana Maria and ye can ask her any questions ye like, if she will answer ye."
"Okay." Jack turned and walked down to the galley, so I was left there to try and puzzle out the thoughts I had on this information, I had been given.
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Jack made his way down the stairs, Ana Maria sighed and looked up. "Let me guess ye want me to go talk to the girl about me friend, am I right?"
"Actually, no I want ye to go up there and answer her questions." He said with a signature smirk.
"FOR THE LOVE OF RUM! --Jack gasped-- THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID!" and with that she walked up the stairs out into the sunshine. "Ye must be Brianna." Ana Maria said looking me up and down.
"Yes my name is Brianna Edwards, pleased to meet you, uh, --Jack mouthed Ana Maria-- Ana Maria."
"So what is it ye want to know?"
"I only have one thing to ask you, does she, I mean Captain Bailey, have a pendent like this one here?" I held out my necklace for her to get a better look. She took it and examined it, turning the pendent over and over in her palms, her eyes widening as she did so.
"Aye, she does, DID YE STEAL THIS FROM HER?!?"
"No, I've had this since I was a little girl, I did not even know that Captain Bailey was a girl before 5 minutes ago."
"Right, sorry my mistake!"
I stood there for at least 10 minutes thinking about what was going on. Captain Bailey a woman, her not being my mother's killer, and to top it all off she has the same pendent as me. Maybe that's why my mother had given it to me. I have so many questions… So that is why I am here now. It's a little wobbly, but I think I'll get used to it. But just think, now I get to follow my dreams and find some things out about my past!
Brianna dropped her quill, and closed the cover of her journal…
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