When I had finally made it back to Port Royal it was nearly morning. I tied the skiff to the dock and stumbled up to my house. My parents saw me coming and rushed out to meet me. They knew I had gone out to fight but wondered why I hadn't come back when the pirates left. So I explained that I had been knocked out and taken aboard the ship, then released. I left out the part about meeting Barbossa because I knew they would report him.
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It had been two weeks and I was very excited. I ate breakfast as quickly as possible and raced down to the docks. I wore the same clothes with the addition of a red vest. Soon enough, I saw a skiff come from behind the cliff. It was Barbossa. He tied the boat up and strode over to me.
"Ye came." he sounded somewhat surprised.
"Of course." I smiled.
"The Pearl will be back fer me at sunset."
"Then we have all day to talk."
"Aye, that be right." he smiled.
We walked across the beach while I listened to him tell me about how he ran away from home when he was thirteen and boarded a pirate ship as a cabin boy. He worked his way up in rank, then about two years ago, he was in Tortuga when the Black Pearl sailed in. The Captain, a man called Jack Sparrow was asking around for men to join his crew. So Barbossa became his first mate and he had been ever since.
"You've had quite the life." I commented before telling him about mine.
He seemed impressed, "Ye would make a great pirate."
"It might be fun."
"How 'bout a little sword fightin' practice?"
"That would be great!" I smiled and pulled out my sword.
Barbossa also pulled out his and we dueled for the rest of the afternoon. In my opinion we were pretty evenly matched. We put away our swords and saw that it was almost sunset.
"I'll have ta be goin' soon." Barbossa was trying to keep the unhappiness out of his voice.
I looked down sadly. After a couple minutes he drew me close for a kiss.
"I'll be goin' now. I'll try to be back as soon as possible." he started to walk away.
"I'll be here." I whispered as I watched him walk back to the skiff.