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A Broken Rose
Chapter 2:The GoldenHorizon
Mackenzie Rose, with a black cloak over her head and holding the hand of a little boy, walked quickly onto the ship and towards the Captain. The ship was called, The Golden Horizon, a merchant ship headed for the Caribbean, the Captain was a kind aging man and had agreed to take her and the boy over for a small, price. Mackenzie had only just managed to scrape the money together, her husband was careless and dropped a lot from his pouch and she would take it. He was away on business and she had seen this as the opportune moment to escape, so here she was standing on the cold docks of Dover in the little hours of the morning boarding the ship. Her brother was with her, he was young boy not much older than seven, he had been subjected to the abusive ways of her husband as well, and together they were both escaping their unsavoury lives under the guard of George Norrington. Mackenzie refused to use his name as her own as she didn't refer to him as her proper husband.
"Raise anchor, and set sail!" The Captain shouted, he may have been aging but he still had the authority of a Captain.
"Come on, Miss, I shall take you to your quarters." He said, leading her across the deck and down a passage. He walked past a few doors before stopping and opening the door on his right, they entered the small cabin. It wasn't much but would suit, there were two small bunks behind the door and in front of the door was another door that led to the wash room.
"Thank you, Captain." Mackenzie told him sincerely as she placed her and her brother's bags down at the end of the beds.
"It is fine, Miss. I hope you will join me for dinner in my cabin tonight." the Captain asked politely.
"Yes, of course. We will see you tonight." She replied, the Captain nodded before leaving and closing the door on his way out.
Mackenzie sighed as she flopped down on the bed, she looked around the cabin, it would have to do, she didn't have much money and the Captain was kind enough, to allow her passage and a decent room. She hoped things would get better when they arrived in the Caribbean.
"Is this our new home?" James, her brother, asked as he sat on the other bed watching her.
"Yes for now, but soon we will be in a new place, where we will be happy." Mackenzie said, trying to sooth the boy's feelings, she didn't know if things would be better she could only hope they would be.
Mackenzie was only 19, and had already lost both parents and been subjected to an abusive husband, the lively spirit of her youth had long since been drained from her. She had been married two years, two long terrible years.
She didn't know what had made her leave, it had been another beating same as always, but maybe it was the fact her brother had seen them and been forced to watch as his older sister, only family member left, was manhandled by her, loving husband. Whatever had set it off had been for the best as finally she was escaping; now she didn't have to worry about her husband.
She didn't know yet but she would find there were things far worse than her husband out there, in the blue Caribbean waters.
A/N: Next chappy up, so what did you think, I know it was short next time we get to meet some pirates but not really friendly ones... also in the next load of chappy's when we meet Captain Sparrow, he is quite out of character that will all be explained soon though.
