This is the second chapter. I hope you like. Any people who don't know Anne Bonny or Mary Read, the famous women pirates, I advise you to do a search to find out about them. Also remember to R&R. Now on with this story...
Chapter 2
Emma slowly opened her eyes. Everything was a bit in blur, but was coming into focus. She glanced down. She was lying on a fancy bed and still in her clothes from last night. She noticed something very strange, the room was moving! Maybe I had too much to drink last night, she thought. But I didn't drink last night, did I?
A loud bang brought her from her thoughts. The man from last night. What is he doing here?
The man sat on the end of her bed. She backed up towards the bed post.
"Don't worry, hon. I would never hurt my own kin, unless it was my smuck of a father. Or my whore of a mother."
"Kin?"
"Yes. We are cousins."
Emma shook her head. "I only have one cousin and she is a girl."
"Really now?"
As if on cue, the man slipped of his hat, revealing long black hair. He was a she. It was her cousin.
"Cousin Annie?"
"Yes. But tis now Anne, or Capt. Bonny."
"I thought you disappeared after your so-called father bought you clemency."
"I didn't. Welcome to El Gato Malo. My newest ship."
Anne threw her arms in the air.
"Whatever happened to Mary Read, your closest friend?"
"She died. Of a fever. In prison."
"I'm sorry."
"It's all right. Now I have to tell you the reason I brought you aboard."
"All right."
"I want you to take Mary's place. And when I die, mine as well."
Emma's mouth was wide open. "Me? A pirate? I don't know..."
"Please, cousin, I ask this as a favor. I don't want my ship going to a man."
"I'll think it over."
"While you do that, I have something from your mother."
"What?"
Anne hands her a package. "I can't touch it with my own hands. It has magic upon it. The key to the treasure of the Bronze Tiger. Only you can touch it. Or your mother or daughter. No one else."
Emma opened the package. It held a locket with a tiger engraved on the front and back. It made sense, after all Tigere, her last name in Spanish meant Tiger.
Someone knocked on the cabin door.
"Bloody hell! If this isn't important, I'll 'ave your guts for garters." yelled Anne.
"Cap'n, the Black Pearl is approaching! You might want to get up here!"
"Be up in a minute!" Anne grabbed her hat and hid her hair under it. She raced upstairs.
Emma sat in the bed, worried at what might happen.
Meanwhile, up on deck, Anne took her place at the wheel, shouting commands.
"RASIE SAILS HIGHER! HIGHER! ROLL OUT GUNS! RAISE SAILS HIGHER! CARTER! TAKE YOUR PLACE AT THE CROW'S NEST!"
They started moving faster, but the Pearl was still catching up. Finally the Pearl attacked.
Below the deck, Emma could hear guns fire and cannons sound. She cuddled the covers, so close, she was nearly choking herself.
Suddenley all the noise stopped. She let go of the covers and glanced around. The door opened.
"Anne?" she asked whisperingly.
Someone stuck there head in the door.
"Hello, luv."