Pintel walked into the Captain room carrying a small girl in his arms. Ragetti followed behind carrying a bag. "Captain?" Pintel said with a shaky voice. The dark pirate turned around to face them "What do ya want?" Pintel look back at Ragetti quickly then back at the Captain. "We found her over board, Cap. She still alive but need some attention. She badly wounded." The Captain look at the unconscious child. Then looked up at the two "Throw her over board." Pintel looked at the man in shock "Cap?"
The man turned around and went back looking at his maps. Ragetti step forward and drop the wet bag on the table "This is her, Sir." The Captain rolled his eyes and opened the bag. He pulled out the flock and threw it on the floor. Then he pulled out the journal, wish was wet, but still readible. Looking at the book he smiled "Wait." Pintel and Ragetti were walking away, they stop and turned around. "Get her fixed up." he comanded. Pintel and Ragetti looked at each other in confusion. "Do it now?" barked the Captain.
When they left the Captain looked through the pages of the journal. A smile creeped upon his face. He closed the book then put it in the drawer of his night stand.
Pintel laid the girl on a cot. He searched her body for any bad wounds. The only serious ones where a large gash on her right thigh and a gash on her forehead. The rest were just brusies. The pirate gently cleaned the wound and wrapped them up. "Who does she remind you of?" he asked his friend, Ragetti. "Don't know, someone, just don't know who." The two left the girl on the bed and went to rejoin the crew.
Two hours have passed, Abigail slowly opened her eyes. She looked around and realize she was not in the small place. Her heart started to race. She sat herself, but winced in pain as she did. She swinged her legs over the bed very slowly. She stood up and limped to the door. She opened it and saw that no one was blow deck. She hobled along and went up the stairs. She could tell that it was night and the moon was shining.
She looked around and saw skeleton's everywhere she looked. Her heart started to race faster. She wanted to scream but no sound came out of her. One grabed her by the arm and brought her to the captain cabin. She saw a man looking over his maps. He turned to face the girl "Welcome to the Black Pearl, missy."
"Www...What am I doing her?" she manged to get out. "If it wasn't for my men, you'd be dead. They found floating in the middle of the ocean." he said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. "What are those, out there?" she asked as the hair stood up on the back of her neck. "Missy, we are cursed men." She looked at him. "How so?" Then the captain sat her on his bed and told the story of how they became cursed. ( I would write the story down, but you all know how it goes.)
She stared at him in bewilderment "What does this have to do with me?" She asked. The Captain put his arm around her "Nothing, your just along for the ride. Now I will give you two choice: you can stay with us and learn how to become a pirate and be skillful with sword or we can throw you over board in the middle of the ocean. Your choice." She looked at him "I think I'll choose the first one."
The Captain smiled "Good choice. Now what be your name?" She smiled "Abi" The Captain looked at her "You need something more daring than that. How about Dark Angel Annie or The Black Rose?" She looked at the ground "My mother's name was Rose." The Captain smiled "Then how about it, Black Rose." She smiled and nodded her head. "Captain Barbossa." he said while giving her his hand. She looked at is "Black Rose." and she shook his hand.
"You can sleep here in my cabin tonight, Rose, but tomorrow we will find you an other place to sleep." He got up and left the room.
Abi woke up the next morning and walk out of the cabin. Barbossa was at the helm. She walk up there. He saw her and smiled. He introduced her to the crew as the Black Rose. Then he said he will give her time to let her wounds heal before he puts her to work.
A week later, she was able to walk normally and wasn't in pain. So Barbossa gave her the first order, she was to scrub the deck with the others in the morning. In the afternoon, Barbossa himself taught her how to handle a sword.
Years gone by and Abi could handle a sword almost as good as Barbossa. She joined them in their piliging and fighting. She killed many men without any guilt.
It has been five years since Abi found herself on the Black Pearl. Barbossa walked into her cabin. He woke her up "Rose, it's time to get up. I have suprise for you." She rolled out of bed with a yawn. The captain left so she could get dressed.
She wore black chaps that were rolled up to just below her need. She wore a dirty blouse and pulled over a black vest. She pulled her wavy black hair in a sloppy ponytail. Then she left to go see the Captain.
Above deck ship was floating just off shore. "What are we doin?" She asked the captain. Barbossa just smiled at her "It wouldn't be a suprise then. Get in the boat." Abi did what he said and got into the boat. The men rowed them to shore. Barbossa got out then offered his head to Aib. She took it and he helped her out.
He lead he to a building, as they walked in a small man walked up to the captain "Barbossa, is that you?" He said in a Indian acent. "The one and only." said the captain "I come for a favor. I have someone her how needs branding." he turned to Abi and motioned her to come forward. She stepped forward. "She needs the pirate mark." he said. Abi was not sure of this she looked at him confused.
The short Indian man told her to sit on the chair and put her arm on the table. She did what he said. Barbossa stood behind her. The man pulled a rod out of the coals. "You have to be very still." he said. Abi saw the rod had a "P" at the end and it was red hot. He placed it on her skin, just above her wrist. She winced in pain.
Abi looked at her arm and there was a burnt "P" mark on it. "Does this mean I'm offically a pirate?" Barbossa nodded his head. "Do you want anything else? A tattoo perhaps." Abi smiled at him.
Abi had got a tattoo on the back of her neck, just under her right ear. It was a picture of a black rose.
I hope you like it so far. Thank Dark Angel Pearl for you great review. I hope I get more reviewers soon.