Chapter Seven
Captain
For the last two hours I have been filing the bars down. Well, guess what? That only works in movies, if it doesn't work they shouldn't show it on TV! By now everyone was awake again. "Hey, guard person?" I said trying to get his attention.
"What do you want?!?" he snapped back.
"Why are we in here?" I asked him.
"Well, the British want Jack and they are paying us to bring him and all the women."
"Then why did you get us?" Peter asked referring to him and Will.
"Because you are the little girl's weakness. And the older one is the lady's weakness."
"Why do they want us though?" I asked him trying to get all the information out of him.
"Because they want to hang Jack and…and I don't know why they want the girls," he said. "Sorry, I cannot tell you anymore."
"Please?" Jenna and me said together doing the puppy dog face.
"No, sorry." He said looking away. "I have already told you too much."
After about an hour later I fell asleep and this time I was the only one asleep. I think I slept for about three hours. When I woke up I was still in the same spot, with the same people, in the same clothes, and on the same ship. I was hoping it was a dream. A few minutes after I woke up we all toppled over. The ship docked. I was guessing that we were now in Port Royal.
"Welcome to Port Royal!" A cheery voice said about fifteen minutes later. Then ten navy people came down the stairs each grabbed one person. When they took us out onto the deck of the ship, we all squinted at the sight of the sun. "Well, well, well," said one of them. "Looky here! We have Jack Sparrow."
"Captain," Jack muttered but they ignored him.
By now we were off the ship but still near the dock. Behind the guy talking to us, I saw it. I saw the brand. They were going to brand us as pirates. "Boy," he said pointing at Peter. "You first."
I could tell he was trying to be brave for me. He was pretty good at it. When the iron stick hit his flesh he didn't even flinch. But I could see his eyes were staring to water up. But he didn't cry all the way. This time he didn't even say anything, he just pointed to Will. When the brand hit his skin, he jumped a little then it was over. Now he pointed at Jenna. "Haha!" I said as she walked up. As they branded her she stuck out her tongue, and they pressed it even harder into her wrist.
Next was Elizabeth. Then was cute little Lilly. When they did her she started screaming her little head off. But they didn't care.
Next was me. The moment I was dreading. I walked slow, really slow hoping that something would happen so that I wouldn't have to get branded.