Chapter 4: The Trip
Elizabeth turned around to find Jack. She smiled, "Thanks Jack,"
He went up and leaned on the edge of the ship, "In the mornin' you'll have more cloths to clean. Not as much as this mornin' but still it'll be a lot,"
Elizabeth nodded and her stomach growled. Jack slightly laughed and put his arm around his...daughter. He brought her to his personal dining hall. On it was a nice big pig, lots of fruit, wine, bread, and, of course, plates and silver wear. Jack motioned for her to sit and she did. He sat on the other side in his purple chair. Jack started to eat and Elizabeth just looked at him.
"Well? Eat," Jack tried to say with a mouth full of bread.
Elizabeth put some bread and a piece of meat on the plate. She ate it and grabbed some more. Jack pored some wine in her glass. She took a gulp and continued to eat. Then she grabbed some more meat and bread. When she was done she got up and walked out. She had no urge to tell him where she was going. She went to the sleeping chambers and went into her secret sleeping chambers. It wasn't really secret because Anamaria slept in it to. Anamaria was already asleep. Elizabeth got in the bed next to Anamaria and fell asleep.
When she awoke she looked to see if Anamaria was still asleep and she was. Elizabeth quickly changed and put her weapons in their proper places. She quickly and quietly got through the male sleeping chambers and went up to the deck. As she looked around she saw no one on top. She went to the bottom of the ship and there were lots of cloths piled up. She sighed and got to work. It took her longer then she thought. When she got to the top she saw no one was aboard. She delivered the cloths to the sleeping chamber. All the men were sleeping. She refilled the barrels and went to the top deck. As she looked out behind the ship she saw a hug ship coming into the distance. She noticed it had a skull on it's flag.
'This isn't going to be good,' Elizabeth thought.
She heard a cannon fire and she fell to the ground. It hit right next to the boat. Water splashed all over the ship. All the men came out in a blob. They all quickly went to their posts. Jack got to the ships stirring wheel and started to turn it. It seemed as if he was turning it in no particular way but Elizabeth ignored it and went up to her father.
"What do ye want me to do Jack?" Elizabeth asked. Jack looked at her insulted but still drunk.
"Call me father," Jack insisted.
"Fine! What do ye want me to do..Father?" she asked trying to make it sound a slight bit rude.
"That's better. Now go get me a apple and some left over bread," Jack demanded.
Elizabeth huffed and went to get him the apple and bread. As she went Jack followed. When she went in he locked the door behind her and locked it. She quickly turned around and banged on the door.
"What are ye doing Jack!" she yelled.
"Punishment for calling me by me first name!" Jack yelled back and walked off.
'Will not call you father,' Elizabeth thought.
She went and sat in Jacks chair. As she did she saw something shiny in the corner of her eye. She turned her head and saw a gold coin laying on the floor. She got up and picked it up.
"What do we have here?" Elizabeth asked herself. She examined it.
It was royal money. She stuck it in her pocket and sat back on the chair.
"I bet Jack thinks I have no education from the way I speak in front on him. Ha! But why does he keep insisting I call him dad. He is my dad but I haven't seen him in so many years. At first he was going to kill me and now he's locking me up? What is with him?" she asked herself.
She ignored all the cannon fire going around her and continued to talk to herself. As she talked to herself a cannon ball went straight threw the wall. It barely missed her head by an inch. She instantly stopped talking and paused. Then she turned around and another cannon fired. It went right next to the first one. The ball missed her by a few inches. She ducked down and more came threw the back. When it stopped she looked at the wall. It was completely gone. She got up and looked out it. The ship was now less then thirty feet away. She could see most of the mens faces. Her eyes got as wide as Jacks were when he discovered that he had a daughter. A man noticed her and started to yell.
"Hey, ol' captain Sparrow has a wench aboard," the man yelled. She's not the kind of woman to talk about her life but being called a wench is more insulting then being called royalty.
"Me not a wench! Me Captain Jack Sparrows daughter!" Elizabeth yelled. All the guys fake ooed and awed.
"Well, more reason to take you hostage," the man yelled.
"What?" Elizabeth asked confused. Then the man swung aboard and grabbed her. She quickly got out her dagger and stabbed him. Then she took out her dagger and tide the man to the rope. After that she let him drop and she laughed. An other man cut the rope and let the body sick to Davy Jones Locker. She turned around to find the door blow open. She smiled and went out but before she did she grabbed a apple and a piece of leftover bread. As she got up to find Jack she saw a lot of dead bodies. In her mind she was screaming but on the outside she looked calm. She walked up to Jack, who was still steering, and smiled.
"Hey Jack," she smiled.
"What are you doing out?" he asked confused.
"The doors are gone so me thought me could leave," Elizabeth told him.
He nodded and looked forward. She took out the apple and bread and handed it to Jack. He smiled and took the apple.
"The bread is for you," he smiled. She smiled back and took a bite out of the bread.
"How are ye going to stop them?" Elizabeth asked.
"I'm not. You are," he told her.
"What! How!" she asked in a sort of loud voice.
"I've seen you fight. Just go over there, kill the captain, and kill anybody who wants to stop you," Jack told her as if it was the easiest ting in the world.
"How am I post to get on the ship?" Elizabeth asked.
Jack looked at her and smiled. Elizabeth got extra confused. Before she knew it the crew threw a hoist anchor (I don't know what the thing is called that people can get onto boats with...you probably don't know what I'm talking about) onto the other ship and she grabbed it. She got on to the ship and no one noticed her at first. Everyone was to busy filling the cannons. She took a deep breath and walked toward the captain. When she was about to go up the stairs someone shouted.
"Woman! Woman!" the man shouted pointing at her.
She sighed and noticed the men that weren't firing cannons taking out their weapons. Some of the men had swords, some had daggers, and two had nothing. She quickly took out her sword and started to fight. As she killed men she made her way up the stairs. She quickly grabbed a sword from a dead man and fought with it. She barley fought with two swords but she tried to look like she had fought with two swords for years. When she got close to the captain he took out his sword. All the men stopped trying to attack her and started to cheer. They got in fighting stances.
"Let's make a little wager on this battle. Winner takes the losers ship," Elizabeth told the captain.
"So if you lose I get the Black Pearl and if I lose you get a Bloody Skull?" the captain asked. All the men around smiled slightly.
"No, if me lose ye get the Black Pearl and if ye loose me get the Bloody Skull. Don't try to play ye pirate tricks because me a woman. Oh and just to remind ye it's to the death," Elizabeth explained throwing a sword to the crowd of men.
The captain nodded, "I agree to all of it,"
He attacked her left side and she attacked his left side with the back of her sword. He fell and slid. She ran and attacked him straight on but he stopped it. As their swords touched he got up. Then he pushed her away. As she went back she took out her dagger because she notice he was also. She quickly threw it before he managed to get his out. It hit him in the heart. All the men watched their captain fall.
"That wasn't fair!" a man shouted. All the men shouted in agreement.
"Why do ye say that?" Elizabeth asked.
"You ignored the rules of a fair fight!" an other man yelled.
"Pirate," Elizabeth said simply.
"Sense we're pirates we should ignore the rules of agreeing with the rules and kill you!" a third man shouted. All the men shouted in agreement.
"I was hoping you would say that," Elizabeth smiled.
All the men attacked her at once. She turned around completely and killed the circle of men around her. The men stopped in their place and looked at the circle of men. They all bowed and went down to the deck.
"Hale our new captain, Captain...What's your name?" A man asked.
"...Esmeralda Sparrow," Elizabeth told them. Esmeralda was a pretty name... her mothers in fact. She thought men would respect her more with a known pirates last name and she thought Esmeralda was a good name.
"Hale Captain Esmeralda Sparrow!" the man yelled. All the man raised up their fists and yelled "hale". She looked to see if Jack was watching and he was. He smiled and turned back around.
"Men, we are going to Port Royal!" Elizabeth shouted.
"Don't you mean we're going to follow the black pearl?" a man asked.
"Yeah, pretty much," Elizabeth smiled.
A man took the steering wheel and steered. It was almost like he could read her mind. She just smiled at him and looked forward.