-Chapter 9
Nobody really knew what to say as they entered the boat to head back to the Pearl. After being loaded with information that changed their lives and humanity in general they loaded into the boat in silence.
After clambering into the boat, Jack and Ana sat side by side and began rowing.
After they had been rowing for a few minutes, Jack turned towards Ana and began whispering to her so that Gibbs and the others wouldn't be able to hear them.
"So?" He asked, "Is it really true?"
Ana eyed him with a questioning glance, "is what true?"
"About the sirens voice…"
Ana's eyes lowered a bit in anger, was he assuming what she thought he was?
"And just what are ya assumin'? Tha I made ya become attracted ta me, an' somehow made ya fall in luv wit me?" She asked her voice becoming harder to control with each passing second.
"No, I was just wonderin about tha curse."
Ana once again eyed him with a questioning glance, "Jack I kno about as much as ya do. I found out today tha Alex and I are sirens cuz of our mums an' we have tha sirens curse, one of tha most deadly curses eva."
"But obviously ya must kno somethin' bout it luv cuz ya knew wha Tia wuz talkin' bout earlier."
Ana thought back to the hut and what Tia was talking to her about.
"Tha wuz because I had traveled, when ya travel ta different places ya learn different things. Ya out of all people should kno tha Jack."
"Well I do, but I guess I'm still a bit confused bout some things luv." He replied with scratching his head a bit.
"I kno, me too." Was all she said as she fell back into rowing.
Alex and Legba who had heard the entire story pretended that they hadn't heard a word, because they wanted them to have some alone time.
As the Pearl came into sight there was one man standing on the railing looking outwards with a telescope. His eye peeped throuh the peephole and he noticed the boat that had sailed out before.
"Oi!!" He called out towards the other men on board.
Some of the men looked up wearily from having taken a nap and wandered over towards him.
"They're back..." He replied but then his voice trailed off which caught some of the men's attentions.
"But wha?" Spoke up a man named Epilson with caution which caused some men to draw out their guns.
The man holding the telescope, Matthews spoke up again, "But they have some people wit 'em."
"Let me see tha!" Demanded Epilson as he took the telescope from Matthews.
After seeing for himself, he whispered in awe, "Matthews's right. Cap'in's brought an old man, some brats, and a mangy mutt wit 'em."
The crew surrounded him in wonderment; "A dog ya say?" asked one.
"Brats?! I knew Cap'in gone a bit soft when he married Anamaria, but bringin' brats on da ship? Sparrow's gone daft now."
"An old man?! Great now anotha mouth ta feed!!" Proclaimed the cook who was at his wit's end trying to ration out food for the crew.
The crew looked amongst themselves, "well," spoke up a man named James, "what do ya think we should do?"
Silence overtook the crew for a bit, before Epilson spoke up again.
"I say we kill 'em."
The crewmembers turned towards Epilson with confusion.
Matthews walked up to him, "do ya really think killin' em is necessary?"
Epilson frowned, "of course it is. Our cap'in has failed in his duties. When was tha last time any of ya have actually seen any treasure?"
The crew became silent until someone from the back spoke up, "not since we almost got killed thanks ta his wife."
The crew nodded their heads in agreement.
"When was tha last time we've gone on an adventure and actually got somethin' in return?"
Silence once again enveloped the crew causing some to shake their heads in thought.
"Then obviously killin' them is tha only necessary way fa us ta solve this problem."
Some of the crewmembers shook their hands in understanding while Matthews stepped forward.
"Well I think there's some otha way we can solve this problem. Why don't we just tell 'im tha we want some more adventure? Obviously he must've brought those people on here for a reason."
"Yea I guess ya might have a point," agreed Epilson slightly as he turned towards Matthews, "alright Matthews I have a bet for ye. If tha cap'in as ya say is true ta his word, then I'll do whateva ya ask of me. If not, I say we do things my way."
Matthews stopped and thought for a moment, he could be jeopardizing the life of his captain who really wasn't that bad of a guy after all along with the rest of the crew, who were they to pass judgment? Those people obviously were there for a reason.
After a few minutes of pausing, Matthews stuck out his hand, "alright Epilson I'll accept ya challenge."
By the time that the rowboat had come up the crew were waiting eagerly by the side of the Pearl to get a first hand look at the new members.
The first one up the ladder was Anamaria who eyed the crew suspiciously but didn't say anything as she helped Alex up who was making careful not to slip on her skirt. The two kids were right behind her racing up trying to see who was gonna be the first one up while Gibbs came up next appearing at first to be wrapped in a fur coat of some kind, but only finding out that it was Papa Legba wrapped around his neck because he was not able to manage up by himself. The last one up was Jack as if signaling an end to all of the madness that came on board.
"Get off me ya mangy mutt!!" Exclaimed Gibbs as Legba leapt down from Gibb's shoulders to sit down and stare at the crew in amber eyes with gold irises leaving the crew with an eerie sort of feeling.
"Well I can see tha tha crew has met some new membas."
The crew eyed the scene before them with a questioning glance, crewmembers? Did they hear right?
Jack saw their questioning glances and ignored them for the moment before he continued on.
"Yes they're tha new crewmemba's and they will be comin' wit us ta our next adventure."
"An' where is tha?" Piped up a voice from the crew.
"Haragon Islands off the British coast." Replied Jack.
The rest of the crew looked uneasily between each other but didn't say a word as they listened to what he said.
"Now tha all of tha introductions 'ave been made...get back ta work!!" Exclaimed Jack in his demanding tone as the crew scrambled back inta work.
"Come on Alex, Legba, I'll show ya where ya an' tha ki..." Ana replied turning around but then stopping when she didn't see the kids.
"Alex where are tha kids?"
Alex looked at the spots where they had been beside her and shrugged her shoulders shaking her head, "I don't know. I could've sworn they were right behind me..."
Ana sighed in annoyance putting a hand over her eyes, "It's already tha first day an' they're provin' ta be a handful." she mummered to herself more than anyone else.
'Well they are children after all Ana..' replied a voice.
Ana looked over at Alex, "did ya say somethin'?"
"Hmm? no not me." said Alex shaking her head.
Ana looked around in confusion no one else was around them so how could someone spoken if it wasn't her or Alex.
'That was me, down here.' Came the voice again causing Ana to look down at Legba who was still in dog form.
"Am I hearin' things?" She asked.
'No, I'm a god remeber Tia tellin' you that. Because I'm a god I'm able to converse through thought only with the Orichas , the Oracles, and the both of you.' He replied calmly while Alex and Ana were staring at him in shock.
Alex and Ana looked at each other and then back at Legba.
"You mean you can only talk with the both of us and the children?" asked Alex slowly trying to understand.
Legba snorted in a calm-like annoyance, 'no, when I'm in human form I can talk with anyone I want to, but when I'm in dog form I can only talk to the both of you and the Orichas through telekinesis.'
"Oh..." replied Alex and Ana in understanding slightly nodding their heads.
"Now where'd those lil' rascals get off ta to?" Asked Ana her brown eyes darkened a bit with concern as they looked around the ship.
A whistle caught their attentions from above them causing them to look up and notice both the little girl and boy hanging from the top of the crow's nest their bodies resembling sails as the wind caused them to rock gently back and forth.
"Bonjour l'ami cherchiez-vous nous ?" Hello friend, were you looking for us? asked the girl swinging slightly more than the boy smiling widely.
"WHA THA HELL??!!!" exclaimed Ana in a mixture of fear and worry that they might fall with the slightest error of their arms.
"GET DOWN FROM THERE!!!"
The boy turned towards the girl his face twisted in confusion, "Que dit-elle ?" What's she saying?
The girl shrugged her shoulders, "Les battements me." Beats me. She turned down to face now the entire crew looking up at them. "L'ami je ne comprends pas que vous dites." Friend I don't understand what you're saying.
"Wha's goin' on?" demanded Jack as he was beside Ana in a second looking up.
"Tha kids are hangin' round on tha crow's nest an' tha don't understand why they 'ave ta come down." explained Ana.
Jack turned towards her with a slight frown, "well I don't really see a problem 'ere."
Ana and Alex turned towards him and were looking at him as if he was the biggest idiot in the world.
"Uh...Jack you do realize that two children are hanging many feet above us possibly risking injury and possible death?" asked Alex nervously as her eyes sweeped back to the kids above them.
"Yea well obviously they knew how ta get up there so they know how ta get down." He replied with that well known cocky attitude.
Ana's eyes slanted in anger at him her hand itched in desire of slapping some sense into him, but she had to focus back on the matter at hand.
"Wha do ya mean they don't understand me?" She asked Alex.
Alex shrugged her shoulders but once again Legba's telekinitic thoughts broke through.
"They don't understand because you're not speaking in French to them."
"What?" thought Alex looking over at Legba.
"Well you see, your mother's are French sirens..."
Ana turned towards Legba as well, "what do you mean they're French sirens, I thought sirens were everywhere?"
"They are, but they're divided into regions just like humans. Anyways since your mothers were French and sirens, your Orichas as you know them to be spirit guides can only understand you in the native tounge that they were taught."
Ana turned up towards the crow's nest to see them now crossing the planks that were the foundation of the base of the crow's nest as if they were monkey bars, "Descendre maintenant avant que vous les deux blessure vous ! " Get down now before you both hurt yourselves!!
Then the boy appeared to be climbing down which began to ease Ana and Alex's nerves before he made their blood pressure rise again as he was now hanging upside down, "Mais pourquoi ?" But why? he asked his green eyes darkening a bit in confusion.
Before Ana and Alex could offer an answer, the girl flipped upside down as well causing the brown skirt that she was wearing to flip upside down, but she wore pants underneath so nothing was showing, "Nous l'aimons en haut ici nous nous amusons. " We like it up here, we're having fun.
The crew who was watching this scene unfold, smirked between themselves, "well this outta be good." Whispered Epilson with a slight smirk, "five shillings tha lil' girl falls."
A bag was passed around behind the backs of the crewmembers, "I match tha bet wit anotha five shillings if tha boy falls as well." Piped up another crewmember who had a bit of a scraggly voice.
"Je ne soigne pas si le Roi et la Reine de France sanglante pendaient des radeaux de Versailles dans rien mais leurs sous-vêtements s'amusant ! Descendre ici maintenant !" I don't care if the King and Queen of bloody France were hanging from the rafts of Versailles in nothing but their underwear having fun! Come down here now!
Both the boy and girl pouted their lips in defeat as they climbed down the crow's nest with the greatest of ease.
"L'ami bon que vous gagnez." Okay friend you win…. Declared the girl cleaning off her skirt for any dirt that might have fallen off.
"Alrigh' alrigh' nothin' ta see here boys." Said Gibbs as he ushered the crewmembers back to work earning some aww's of disappointment from the men.
As they were walking down the stairs that led to what used to be Ana's old room, the girl turned towards Ana while the boy turned towards Alex.
"L'ami vous me détestez ?" Friend do you hate me?
Both Ana and Alex turned around in shock at what she said.
Ana looked and saw that the girl's eyes were very glossy with what appeared to be tears in the making.
Ana sighed feeling some guilt settle in on her for yelling at them, "Non, je ne vous déteste pas." No I don't hate you.
"Alors pourquoi avez-vous hurlé à nous aime cela ?" Then why did you yell at us like that? Asked the little boy his eyebrows furrowed together in confusion.
"Parce que nous avons voulu pas non plus de vous obtenir la blessure après nous avons promis TANTE Tia que nous nous occuperions de vous." Because we didn't want either of you to get hurt after we promised Aunt Tia that we would take care of you.
The little girl rubbed her nose against her sleeve against her white tunic that was neatly tucked into her brown homespun skirt.
"Pour que les moyens que vous wanna calme est nos amis ?"So that means you still wanna be our friend? She asked her voice tinged with hope.
Ana once again sighed as she offered the girl a weak smile, "Bien sûr je wanna calme est votre ami. Juste parce que j'hurle à vous pour quelque chose, ne pas toujours signifie que je suis en le colère contre vous. Pourquoi j'hurle au Jack à tout moment pour faire de chose, mais cela ne signifie pas que je ne fais pas wanna est son ami plus." Of course I still wanna be your friend. Just because I yell at you for something, doesn't always mean that I'm mad at you. Why I yell at Jack all the time for doing stuff, but that doesn't mean I don't wanna be his friend anymore.
"Vous le signifiez ?" You mean it? Asked the boy still very confused if she was telling the truth or not.
"Bien sûr je le signifie ! Si je n'ai pas signifié qu'il peut Davy Jones me prend à son casier ce très immédiat !" Of course I mean it! If I didn't mean it may Davy Jones take me to his locker this very instant! Exclaimed Ana crossing a cream coffee colored hand over her heart.
The kids smiled as they ran over to Ana and wrapped their arms around her. At first Ana tensed up a bit because she wasn't used to this sort of appreciation by anyone not even Jack.
"Aww…how touching, it just melts my heart." Replied Legba sarcastically, tilting his head a bit to the side causing the appearance of a smirk.
Ana glared at Legba while Alex held up a hand to stifle the giggle that was coming out of her mouth.
"Legba, don't ya say anotha word, or I'll have ya sleepin' on tha deck."
Legba instantly laid down on the ground in a submissive position.
Ana smirked, "I knew you'd see things me way."