Hello again! I wanted to get as many chapters as I could up tonight. But this will be it until I finish writing some more chapters. So, after this, you'll have to wait just a bit for me to update. But I will! I'll try not to take too long.
Well, on with the story!
Chapter Two: Padfoot
I staggered out of the Faithful Bride into bright sunlight. I had been out all night, drinking and having great fun with my fellow pirates.
I almost tripped, but managed to catch myself. I pushed some loose hair back under my blue bandana, and I placed my hat dramatically on my head. My clothes were in rags, and I had spilled some rum on them last night.
I was covering up my identity as a woman while in Tortuga, because you never know what these men will do here, when I'm surrounded by them.
I had only been in Tortuga for two days, and had somehow kept out of trouble. By trouble I mean someone finding out I was a woman while I was in Tortuga, because if someone found out, I would be followed around everywhere by men eager for a woman. I had run into trouble like that before, on accident, and it wasn't pleasant.
Two days ago I had arrived in Tortuga exhausted and beat up.
I had been sailing under the command of another pirate, and we hit a big storm. Bigger than big, actually. Our ship was wrecked, and I just barely escaped. I think the others were lost.
So I found a way to Tortuga to have a bit of fun before finding another job on a ship.
I staggered and swayed down the street, passing drunk pirates and women seducing them. One woman, mistaking me for a man (which everyone was supposed to do), came up to try to get me to buy her for the night.
"'Lo, honey. Are you gonna want a lovely girl tonight?"
I smirked and used my best man's voice. "Sorry, luv. Not interested tonight."
She started to try to seduce me, so I flipped her a coin and told her to find another pirate. She walked away to find one, happy to have gotten a bit of free money.
I kept walking. I looked for a place to stay. I found a vacant inn nearby and walked inside.
When I walked in, I noticed a short pirate in the corner. He looked familiar. He was wearing a green bandana, and a tri-point hat like mine. His clothes were in better condition than mine, though.
But I noticed that, like me, he didn't have any whiskers. I walked over to him.
"Where you from? I don't think I've seen you 'round here, and I know a lot of the men in Tortuga." I asked him.
He looked up at me and smiled. He seemed to recognize me. "Padfoot, old friend! It's been awhile."
My eyes widened. How did he-
Then it dawned on me. I reached for the pirate's left wrist, where I found a rose tattooed above a P tattoo. I smiled.
"Prongs. Never thought I'd see you again."
Prongs was a friend of mine. We had been on the same ship for awhile, but when we came back to Tortuga, we went our separate ways. Prongs is a woman, like me.
We talked for awhile, but my eyes were starting to droop, and my speech was becoming even more slurred, if that was possible.
Prongs smirked. "Have you been out all night again Padfoot?"
I nodded. "Yah. I was havin' a bit o' fun last night. I deserved it, after surviving that shipwreck." I bragged.
Prongs laughed. I walked over to the innkeeper and paid for a room. I beckoned for Prongs to follow me.
"So, Virginia, how yah been?" she asked as we walked into the room.
When we got into the room, I figured it was safe to use our real names. But I hated mine, so I glared at her. "You call me that again and I'll blow yer brains out. So, Steph, have you heard the news goin' 'round Tortuga?" I asked.
She knitted her brows. "What news?" she asked.
I laughed. "I'll take that as a 'no'. Captain Jack Sparrow is looking for pirates to fill in his crew! He lost some crew members during that storm."
"Really? Well, are you gonna go talk to him?" she asked.
"Of course, you scallywag! I'm not gonna miss an opportunity like this! I mean, a crew member of the Black Pearl! Just think o' it! What 'bout you?"
"I wouldn't miss it for the world. I mean, Jack Sparrow as our captain? O' course I'm goin'!"
I shook my head amusedly. We may dress and act like men, but we still thought like women.
Well, it's women who have all the smarts anyway, right? So the men need us to think like women.
Sam stayed with me for the night. She didn't have enough money to buy her own room.
***
It was late night, and I could hear Steph's soft snores, so I knew she was asleep.
I had woken up for some reason. I had this feeling inside that something exciting and dangerous was going to happen. Now.
I heard a door open and close. I quickly and quietly dressed, and as I left the room, I saw a young girl about my age sneak down the stairs. I followed.
She went outside, and headed toward the forest. In the light of the full moon, I could see that she was as tall as me, and had reddish-brown hair that fell in messy waves down to the middle of her back. She was just standing there, in the middle of the dark forest.
Then the clouds moved away from the moon, and the light of the moon fell upon her. She began to shake violently. Then she threw up her head and howled. The howl was deep and filled with sorrow and anger. A shiver ran up my spine. Her nails lengthened to claws, and her nose became longer, like a wolf's snout. She started growing thick fur.
Then all of a sudden, she was down on all fours. In seconds, she had transformed into a werewolf.
'Oh no…' I thought.
Then she turned towards me, and growled.
My name is Virginia Ross, and this is my story.
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