Chapter 8

The Black Pearl

Margot woke a few hours later snuggled in Johnny's arms. When he felt her stir he snaked his arm around her and stroked her skin lightly.

"Hey," he murmured.

Margot smiled and kissed him lightly on the lips, "Hey yourself".

His fingers lightly skimmed the tip of her breast and then closed around her necklace. He yelped in pain and jumped away from her.

"What the bloody hell is that?" cursed Johnny, cradling his hand protectively.

Margot looked at him strangely, "It's a necklace my mum gave me when I was wee. It was hers and her mothers before her".

She lifted the necklace, peering at it closely. It felt warm but did not burn her. As she touched it, it began emanating a strange light. She glanced over at Johnny and saw him staring at her with an odd expression on his face.

Margot grabbed his hand and examined it closely. A red imprint of her necklace was becoming visible where his fingers had grasped it.

"How is it not burning your skin?" muttered Johnny.

"I don't know. But this be black magic," whispered Margot.

She started to take it off when there was a loud thump above them. Johnny and Margot jumped out of bed.

"Bugger. What time is it?" asked Margot as she scrambled to find her clothes.

Johnny pulled on his breeches and peered out the porthole, noting that the rowboats were still by the caves. He grabbed Margot's arm as she reached for the door.

"Wait. The crew's still on shore. Stay here. I'm going above deck".

Margot opened her mouth to argue and Johnny silenced her with a kiss. He pulled away smiling and slipped out of her cabin, closing the door behind him.

Margot sighed and went over to the porthole, toying with her necklace as she stared at the cliffs. Suddenly a beam of light shot from the necklace, illuminating a cave to the left of where the crew was searching.

Margot gasped as pictures flashed before her eyes. Images of large golden doors leading to enormous piles of treasure materialized before her and Margot reached her hand out, coming away with nothing but air.

The images disappeared and the beam of light dissipated as the necklace fell back against her chest. Margot quickly tucked it inside her shirt and dashed upstairs to find Johnny.

Johnny had just discovered the source of the noise, an overturned barrel, when Margot came racing around the corner. He was about to call out to her when a dark figure stepped in front of her and grabbed her arms.

Johnny pulled out his dagger and headed for the cloaked man. He had almost reached a struggling Margot, when a monkey hopped down from the riggings and landed on his head. Johnny dropped his dagger and it went skittering across the deck.

The man set his foot on top of the dagger, restraining Margot with his arms as he stared at Johnny's attempts to remove the monkey from his person.

The man shouted a word in an unfamiliar language and the monkey jumped back onto the lines, scurrying up into the crow's nest. A furious Johnny looked up at the cloaked man.

"Release her," he ordered, reaching for his sword.

The man made a strangled sound and his arms loosened their hold. Margot took advantage and sent her elbow into the man's stomach before following up with a blow to his chin.

The man fell to the deck in pain as Margot glared down at him. Johnny ran over to her and pulled her into a one-armed hug, keeping his sword at the man's throat.

"Explain yourself," said Johnny sternly.

The man pushed his hood back, revealing a thin face that had aged before its time. The face looked familiar to Margot but she couldn't place it. She started to move closer to get a better look, when Johnny's arm tightened and pushed her back.

Margot looked up at him, prepared to yell, when she noted that his face had paled and his mouth dropped open in shock.

The man lifted himself off the deck slowly as Johnny retracted his sword.

"Father?" he hoarsely whispered.

"John," the man murmured, reaching for Johnny's face.

Margot looked between the two of them and was about to make a comment when she heard a noise behind her. She turned to see her father climbing aboard the Pearl.

He spotted her immediately and sauntered over to her, "Margot, lass. We searched the caves. There be no…"

He stopped talking as he stared at Johnny and the cloaked man hugging.

"Will?" asked Jack, rubbing his eyes.

Will Turner pulled away from his son and smiled sadly at Jack Sparrow.

"Aye it's me, Jack".

"But…what…I…you…dead?" stuttered Jack.

Will laughed and slapped Jack on the back, "I've got a lot to explain. But it's good to see you again".

Johnny didn't know how to react. His father who had been presumed dead all these years was actually alive and well?

"Why did you not come and find me?" demanded Johnny of his father as he watched him hug Captain Sparrow.

"It's a long story, John…" started Will.

Johnny shook his head and stormed away. Will began to follow him when Jack stopped him.

"Give the lad some time".

Will sighed, "Suppose you're right".

"But you're gonna have to talk to him eventually, being such a poor father and all," commented Margot as she stared sharply at Will.

"Margot, mind yer tongue," admonished Jack.

Will laughed and rubbed his chin, "Let her speak her mind. Just so long as she doesn't hit me again".

Margot met Will Turner's eyes, "I wouldn't have hit you if you hadn't grabbed me to begin with".

With that she turned and strode off, resolving to find Will for a chat.

Will smiled after her, "She has the right of it. Who is she?"

Jack rubbed his hand over his forehead, "That be Margot, my daughter".

"Your daughter? I should've known. She's a lot like you".

"Bloody hell. I need some rum," muttered Jack.

Margot found Johnny pacing in her cabin. He looked up when she came in, his face stark with emotion.

Margot walked over to him and pulled him into her arms, "Wanna talk about it?"

Johnny shook his head and placed his hands on her cheeks, pulling her in for a kiss, "I want to forget about it for a time".

Margot pulled him over to the bed as he unbuttoned her shirt. He tore his lips away from hers and ran his hands down to remove her pants as his mouth ravished her breasts.

Margot moaned as his fingers skimmed her moistness and two fingers slipped inside of her. Margot arched her hips into his hand and she reached up to unbutton his shirt.

Soon they were both naked and panting heavily as Johnny rolled over and pulled Margot on top of him.

He placed his arms behind his head and smirked up at her, "Do with me what you please".

Margot laughed and ran her hands down his body, grasping his straining manhood and positioning it at her entrance. She slowly lowered herself on top of him and began controlling the movements.

Johnny groaned and wrapped his arms around her hips as she orgasmed and then flipped her over, coming into her again and again. Margot reached ecstasy a second time and Johnny joined her, filling her with his seed.

Afterwards, they lay panting, wrapped in each others' arms. Johnny lightly stroked Margot's back.

"Margot, I think I might be fall…" started Johnny when there was a sharp knock at the door.

Margot's eyes widened as she leaped up and ran across the room, checking that the door was locked.

"Who is it?" she asked tremulously.

"It be Gibbs lass. Cap'n wants to see ye in his cabin".

"Thank you Mr. Gibbs," answered Margot as she listened for him to walk away. When he had she pulled on her clothes and ran her fingers through her hair.

"Hell that was close," she muttered.

Johnny stared at her from the bed, "Crew's gonna find out eventually. We should just tell them".

Margot let out a short laugh, "No, we'll just have to be better at sneaking around".

With that she blew him a kiss and exited the room. Johnny sat up and started pulling his clothes on.

"How do you tell the woman you love that you want more than sneaking around?" he muttered to himself as he left her cabin, "And what do you say to your new found father?"