Chapter 14: Apples
A hearty dinner welcomed Amy and Mera aboard the Black Pearl. Since most of the attention was on the twins, only Jack noted the linked hands of one AnaMaria and James. Best save that for later, he thought.
That night, Jack fell into a very deep sleep, and did not plan on being interrupted tonight.
Deep sleep is an odd state of being. One has submitted to exhaustion completely in this state. It is not uncommon for a person to get a full 12 hours' sleep in this way.
An odd property of deep sleep is the conspicuous lack of dreams. For some reason, the sub-conscious mind does not develop anything to be seen by the sleeper.
So Jack Sparrow was rather disbelieving when a voice said, "I'll be taking my apples right about now, Jack."
Disgruntled, he awoke, leaned up in bed.
And was staring at a man in his room. Immediately, his hands were on his pistol. The man wore black, and had a very large hat on, with an enormous black feather. His features were craggy and old. His eyes were a disconcerting yellow. He was the one whose voice had haunted Jack's dreams, and whose voice had awoken him just now.
His name was Barbossa.
