Two girls, both around the same age stand next to each other, waiting. One girl has long brown hair currently piled beneath a hat. The other has black hair piled beneath a hat as well. "Kar- do you see them?" Asks the black haired girl.
"No Nika... I don't. Do you think they forgot?" Karen says back.
"They wouldn't. I mean I know our fathers tend to forget things. But I doubt that they'd forget to pick us up from school."
"Nika, we are two of five people still waiting. The other three are waiting for the carriage to take them to the ship back to the America's. That ship sails in Spain!"
Just then a man with a crutch walks up to the girls, "Nichole? Karen?" he asks.
"Mr. Valdir? Oh, then the Pearl is home?" Nichole asks.
"Yes, miss. Your fathers have asked that I come and get ye's." He says, pointing to the cart behind him. "Come on then."
Both girls walk up to the cart and, without help, get into the cart by themselves. "So Justin. How is the Pearl?" Karen asks, when Mr. Valdir gets back into the cart after putting the four bags of luggage and the cat carrying cases into the back of the cart with the rest of the things there.
"The Pearl be fine young Miss. Though she has been through 4 battles in the last 9 months." he says while the cart pulls away from the school.
"Four? Are you serious? Goodness she must be in bad shape then." Nika says.
"Aye. She calls for ye's touch. The sails are torn sumthin' awful, and the starberd side's seen better days. Ye'll have yer work cut out for ye." He says. They reach the docks, and already can see the Pearl's (the ones not damaged) black sails billowing out ominously. The girls each carry their things along the docks, until they see two men standing in the middle of the dock, looking at them. Carefully putting down the cat carriers and throwing their bags down the girls run towards them.
"Daddy!!" they both shriek, and get caught in each father's embrace.
"What do you think Will? Did they miss us?" Captain Jack Sparrow asks his first mate.
"I don't know Jack. I think they were more excited last year." Will Turner replies.
Each girl gets out of their father's embrace and hit each in the arm. "Honestly father, Uncle Jack, do you EVER stop?" Karen asks.
"No, I don't think we do, luv." Jack says, hugging his adopted niece as does Will to Nika.
"Well then. Maybe you should. You know you are getting older." Karen says and she and Nika giggle together.
"Old?! Well, avast ye then. Fight ye will." Will says smiling.
"Avast? Daddy, is that even in," she lowers her voice, "the pirate slang dictionary?" She asks. Jack bursts out laughing, as do Karen and Nika.
"Get your bags you lot. We have a ship to tend to." Jack says.
"Very Captian-ly Daddy." Nika says, as she and Karen go and get the cats and their bags.
"How are Mr. Socks and Sir John doing girls?" Jack asks as they leisurely walk along the docks to the Pearl.
"Socks is fine, though he misses his tail in the worst way." Karen replies. Socks had lost his tail when another pirate fired his gun and knocked his tail off, literally.
"Sir John is fine as well, though he misses his Lady Gwen." Nika replies as well. Lady Gwen is the cat of the Pearl hunting the mice there. "How is she by the way father?"
"Lady Gwen is expecting. The crew can't wait to have more of the little buggers around. Honestly, you girls have softened my crew. I'll be needing a new one, as soon as this lot start picking flowers and giving them to our enemies." They reach the plank leading up to the Pearl.
"Ah, it is nice to be home." Nika and Karen say at the same time. It became tradition for the girls to do that every year since they started schooling. As they walk up the plank, the ship's deck is completely empty.
"Where is everyone?" Nika asks.
"Let's go check below. Will, stay here and keep guard of the hatch. Come on girls." They head down to the hatch and no one is there either.
"WHAT is going on here?" Karen asks. Getting suspicious.
"Girls why don't you go and put your bags in your room." The girls head to the secret trap door that leads to their room. Jack and Will specifically built the floor over the room and then made a trap door, because they knew they'd have children and they wanted them to be safe. When they return they head back up to the hatch, Jack first. When the girls emerge---
"SURPRISE!!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!!!!!" All the crew and Jack, Will, Elisa, and Elizabeth yell out. The girls screamed in surprise and then laughed.
"Wow! Did you all arrange this?" Nika asks.
"Well you are now sixteen, and since your birthday's were when you were away at school, we decided to throw you a birthday party on your return!" Christopher Callum announces. Rounds of 'Yeah's' and 'Yes's' were said.
"C'mon then, down below again for your birthday dinner and presents." Jack says, as he leads Nika, and Will leads Karen down the stairs to the galley. In the galley, a long table sat in the middle of the room, with wooden cutlery, plates, and 'goblets' on it. Around the room were smaller tables filled with food and drink from various countries around the world. On two tables smaller than the main, but larger than the food tables were presents from the crew and the girls' family. "Alright you lot, get to eatin'" Jack calls out.
The usually rambunctious crew walk around much more quietly than they usually do, and get food. With Jack and Will at the head of the table and their wives around the corner next to each, and the girls next to their mothers, the crew choose spots and start to eat and drink.
"Gee, you lot! Act normal, this quietness is quite unnerving!" Karen says. With that the crew get a bit more loud, and act more like themselves. "What did you two do? Threaten them with the plank if they weren't polite??"
Jack and Will don't answer and they look around the galley. Once the crew had eaten their fill of food, (which most of was gone anyway) Elisa and Elizabeth grab their daughters hands and lead them to their present table, and the crew all stand or sit, and watch as they open the presents. The first both grab is from Will. Swords, that had beautifully silver and engraved designs on them, with a blue handle for Nika, and a black one for Karen. They each hug him and go back to their presents. Next both got dresses from Elizabeth, and from Elisa and Jack two outfits with trousers and tops like what Will wore, only with red and orange shirts and black pants for Karen and blue and white shirts and black pants for Nika. They hug each of them in return. Various gifts from the crew resulted in this for Karen: 6 new shirts in various colors, 2 daggers, 4 vests, 3 new dresses, a corset, a pair of shoes and hat matching the dress and a bed for Mr. Socks. Nika received: 5 new shirts in various colors, 3 daggers, 3 vests, 3 new dresses, a corset, a pair of shoes, a hat to match the dresses, a bed for Sir John, and a hat the looked oddly like her fathers that he wore currently.
With the party done with well into the night, the crew retreated to their quarters as do the families.
"Good night, Mum, Dad, Uncle Jack and Aunt Elisa," Karen says getting hugs from each as doing so.
"Good night, Mum, Dad, Uncle Will and Aunt Elizabeth," Nika says doing the same. Retreating to their room, down the trapdoor, the girls put their things away.
"Great party, aye Nika?" Karen says yawning.
"Aye, great indeed, Kar."
"G'night Nika."
"G'night Kar." With that both get into bed and fall asleep to the rocking of the boat and the sound of the water splashing onto the boats planks and onto the shore.
"No Nika... I don't. Do you think they forgot?" Karen says back.
"They wouldn't. I mean I know our fathers tend to forget things. But I doubt that they'd forget to pick us up from school."
"Nika, we are two of five people still waiting. The other three are waiting for the carriage to take them to the ship back to the America's. That ship sails in Spain!"
Just then a man with a crutch walks up to the girls, "Nichole? Karen?" he asks.
"Mr. Valdir? Oh, then the Pearl is home?" Nichole asks.
"Yes, miss. Your fathers have asked that I come and get ye's." He says, pointing to the cart behind him. "Come on then."
Both girls walk up to the cart and, without help, get into the cart by themselves. "So Justin. How is the Pearl?" Karen asks, when Mr. Valdir gets back into the cart after putting the four bags of luggage and the cat carrying cases into the back of the cart with the rest of the things there.
"The Pearl be fine young Miss. Though she has been through 4 battles in the last 9 months." he says while the cart pulls away from the school.
"Four? Are you serious? Goodness she must be in bad shape then." Nika says.
"Aye. She calls for ye's touch. The sails are torn sumthin' awful, and the starberd side's seen better days. Ye'll have yer work cut out for ye." He says. They reach the docks, and already can see the Pearl's (the ones not damaged) black sails billowing out ominously. The girls each carry their things along the docks, until they see two men standing in the middle of the dock, looking at them. Carefully putting down the cat carriers and throwing their bags down the girls run towards them.
"Daddy!!" they both shriek, and get caught in each father's embrace.
"What do you think Will? Did they miss us?" Captain Jack Sparrow asks his first mate.
"I don't know Jack. I think they were more excited last year." Will Turner replies.
Each girl gets out of their father's embrace and hit each in the arm. "Honestly father, Uncle Jack, do you EVER stop?" Karen asks.
"No, I don't think we do, luv." Jack says, hugging his adopted niece as does Will to Nika.
"Well then. Maybe you should. You know you are getting older." Karen says and she and Nika giggle together.
"Old?! Well, avast ye then. Fight ye will." Will says smiling.
"Avast? Daddy, is that even in," she lowers her voice, "the pirate slang dictionary?" She asks. Jack bursts out laughing, as do Karen and Nika.
"Get your bags you lot. We have a ship to tend to." Jack says.
"Very Captian-ly Daddy." Nika says, as she and Karen go and get the cats and their bags.
"How are Mr. Socks and Sir John doing girls?" Jack asks as they leisurely walk along the docks to the Pearl.
"Socks is fine, though he misses his tail in the worst way." Karen replies. Socks had lost his tail when another pirate fired his gun and knocked his tail off, literally.
"Sir John is fine as well, though he misses his Lady Gwen." Nika replies as well. Lady Gwen is the cat of the Pearl hunting the mice there. "How is she by the way father?"
"Lady Gwen is expecting. The crew can't wait to have more of the little buggers around. Honestly, you girls have softened my crew. I'll be needing a new one, as soon as this lot start picking flowers and giving them to our enemies." They reach the plank leading up to the Pearl.
"Ah, it is nice to be home." Nika and Karen say at the same time. It became tradition for the girls to do that every year since they started schooling. As they walk up the plank, the ship's deck is completely empty.
"Where is everyone?" Nika asks.
"Let's go check below. Will, stay here and keep guard of the hatch. Come on girls." They head down to the hatch and no one is there either.
"WHAT is going on here?" Karen asks. Getting suspicious.
"Girls why don't you go and put your bags in your room." The girls head to the secret trap door that leads to their room. Jack and Will specifically built the floor over the room and then made a trap door, because they knew they'd have children and they wanted them to be safe. When they return they head back up to the hatch, Jack first. When the girls emerge---
"SURPRISE!!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAYS!!!!!!" All the crew and Jack, Will, Elisa, and Elizabeth yell out. The girls screamed in surprise and then laughed.
"Wow! Did you all arrange this?" Nika asks.
"Well you are now sixteen, and since your birthday's were when you were away at school, we decided to throw you a birthday party on your return!" Christopher Callum announces. Rounds of 'Yeah's' and 'Yes's' were said.
"C'mon then, down below again for your birthday dinner and presents." Jack says, as he leads Nika, and Will leads Karen down the stairs to the galley. In the galley, a long table sat in the middle of the room, with wooden cutlery, plates, and 'goblets' on it. Around the room were smaller tables filled with food and drink from various countries around the world. On two tables smaller than the main, but larger than the food tables were presents from the crew and the girls' family. "Alright you lot, get to eatin'" Jack calls out.
The usually rambunctious crew walk around much more quietly than they usually do, and get food. With Jack and Will at the head of the table and their wives around the corner next to each, and the girls next to their mothers, the crew choose spots and start to eat and drink.
"Gee, you lot! Act normal, this quietness is quite unnerving!" Karen says. With that the crew get a bit more loud, and act more like themselves. "What did you two do? Threaten them with the plank if they weren't polite??"
Jack and Will don't answer and they look around the galley. Once the crew had eaten their fill of food, (which most of was gone anyway) Elisa and Elizabeth grab their daughters hands and lead them to their present table, and the crew all stand or sit, and watch as they open the presents. The first both grab is from Will. Swords, that had beautifully silver and engraved designs on them, with a blue handle for Nika, and a black one for Karen. They each hug him and go back to their presents. Next both got dresses from Elizabeth, and from Elisa and Jack two outfits with trousers and tops like what Will wore, only with red and orange shirts and black pants for Karen and blue and white shirts and black pants for Nika. They hug each of them in return. Various gifts from the crew resulted in this for Karen: 6 new shirts in various colors, 2 daggers, 4 vests, 3 new dresses, a corset, a pair of shoes and hat matching the dress and a bed for Mr. Socks. Nika received: 5 new shirts in various colors, 3 daggers, 3 vests, 3 new dresses, a corset, a pair of shoes, a hat to match the dresses, a bed for Sir John, and a hat the looked oddly like her fathers that he wore currently.
With the party done with well into the night, the crew retreated to their quarters as do the families.
"Good night, Mum, Dad, Uncle Jack and Aunt Elisa," Karen says getting hugs from each as doing so.
"Good night, Mum, Dad, Uncle Will and Aunt Elizabeth," Nika says doing the same. Retreating to their room, down the trapdoor, the girls put their things away.
"Great party, aye Nika?" Karen says yawning.
"Aye, great indeed, Kar."
"G'night Nika."
"G'night Kar." With that both get into bed and fall asleep to the rocking of the boat and the sound of the water splashing onto the boats planks and onto the shore.