You Forget One Very Important Thing Mate – (9)
Over the next hour Ashley did as she'd been bidden. She stayed locked up in her room. Alone. She had been given her old clothes, sadly not her weapons though. She was just drifting off into a peaceful sleep when the door of her bedroom opened, and a short, plump maid stuck her head through the gap.
"Miss Swann says you are to come to the dining room and practice your studies,"
Ashley sighed and stood up, making sure that she acted nothing like a lady, for this would surely annoy Elizabeth. She stomped down the stairs to see Jack, Will, and Elizabeth talking in the hallway.
Does everyone talk in the hallway now? Ashley thought as Elizabeth threw a book into her hands. Will looked at her sympathetically and Ashley felt that Jack was pretending she wasn't there.
Fine, guess that's just how things are going to be.
Ashley thought to herself as she walked into the empty dining room and the door locked behind her.
She looked down at the book, it was old and thick, the writing was faded but Ashley could tell it was something to do with proper manners and other such things.
She had learned to read, surprisingly, one of the street boys in Tortuga used to be of a high class until his parents passed away and he was thrown out onto the streets. He had taught her to read; signs, old newspapers, anything they could get their hands on.
"I am not reading!" Ashley said aloud.
Her gaze drifted from the book to the fireplace, and then up, towards an ornament or something of that kind. It was a shield, and behind it were two broad silver swords. Ashley had longed to feel the familiar weight of a sword in her hand once more; it would appear that her moment had come.
She stood up and walked over to the shield, she picked it off the wall and tried pulling one of the swords out. No luck. She tried the other. Nothing happened.
Ashley turned the ornament around and saw that the swords where held onto the shield by two small clips, they were metal and all one had to do to was to pull them up. Ashley did this. Then she pulled on one of the swords again. It came.
Triumphantly she waved the sword around, pretending that thousands of Elizabeth's were in front of her. She sliced each of their heads off and stabbed them viciously.
(JACKS POV)
I had heard a noise coming from the dining room, and took it upon myself to see if everything was alright. I opened the door and saw the book on the dining table, next to it was a shield with one sword crossed behind it.
That's odd..don't they normally have two swords on them?
But then, I saw the other one in the hands of a very angry looking Ashley. She was waving it about in all directions, stabbing at the air. She hadn't seen me and so I took this as my chance to intervene. I drew my sword and stood behind her, waiting for her to turn around and take a swing at the air there. As she did so I brought my sword to her blade with a loud clang and blocked her attack. Ashley looked surprised, but then a nasty grin emerged on her face.
(END OF JACKS POV)
Ashley raised her blade once more, trying to hit Jack, he blocked. She tried again. He blocked. And I can say that she kept trying and he kept blocking.
Damn his fighting skills! Ashley thought as their battle raged out into the hallway where Elizabeth and Will stood talking.
"Jack! Ashley! What are you doing?" Elizabeth shouted in shock but the loud clanging of swords muffled her voice.
Ashley swung again, this time more wildly and her grip on her sword faltered. Jack took this to his advantage and disarmed her; he brought the blade to her throat.
"Do ye yield?" He asked.
"Never," Ashley said, she kicked him hard in the chest and he bounced backwards, losing both his sword and hers.
Dammit Jack! Why are you fighting with your on bloody daughter? Jack thought.
Why is he fighting with me? Does he want to see me dead? Ashley mused as she picked up both of the swords and pointed them firmly at Jack's chest.
"Do yo-" Ashley began but was interrupted by Will.
"Ah I think well call it a draw!"
He grabbed both of the swords and helped Jack up, Ashley glared at him.
"To your room!" Elizabeth said and she began pushing Ashley up the stairs.
Ashley being the stubborn girl that she was, yet again put up another fight, she let Elizabeth push her up four steps, then she turned around and shoved Elizabeth hard it the stomach. Liz flew backwards and landed in a heap at the bottom of the stairs.
"You! What did you do that for! Ashley, that was incredibly rude!" Will said, grabbing Elizabeth by the waist and helping her up.
Ashley merely shrugged her shoulders, grinned, and said "Pirate,"