Origins of A Pirate

Chapter 19

"So you expect me to give up everything I own; my family, my inheritance, and my girl to go frolicking around the Caribbean Sea with a friend that I have not seen for the past eight years?

"Look, mate… Hector. I am providing you with a unique opportunity, one that you will most likely never again have in your meager lifetime. I am giving you the opportunity to go where no man young or old has ever gone before, to a place filled with danger and enchantment. The world is changing, and I would like to view it before all of its mysteries have been explained. Between the two of us, you were always the more adventuresome. Are you still the same way? Or have you gone limp with the breading of society; crusting your scales until you can barley breathe until one day… you disappear."

"Are you comparing me to… a fried fish?"

"In a strange metaphorical sense…"

"Look… Jack… we were brothers as kids. But now we are going separate ways. You are a… pirate. And I… well I have Aleshia now. I'm on my way to a happy family. Besides, I have a successful career now. I have money."

"If you join with me, you will gain riches beyond your wildest dreams. The pennies you earn now will be cast aside as easily as an old napkin compared to what is in store. Hector. You and I, against conformity. The greatest battle of them all."

"What about Aleshia?"

"In our paradise, there will be more women than you can ever dream ready to do anything to please you. I have been there before, Hector. Have you ever had a reason not to trust me?"

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It was different than she imagined. The streets were not lined with the familiar glow of warm lanterns, their beautiful embers shining bright with comfort of safety, but instead they were dark and dirty, the corpses of dead rats strewing the area, the stench of garbage and rotten fish a dense haze through the air.

So this is what it was like. To be by oneself.

Ginny wished that she wasn't so naïve, that she hadn't decided to abandon her father and her only source of shelter and income. Although he was probably crazy, at least he could provide her with a roof over her head, food in her belly, and someone to cry to whenever she needed it.

But she was all alone now.

So very alone.

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There was no hope for Captain Edward Teague.

He was abandoned. Alone. Forgotten.

All of his children were gone.

Dead and gone.

He had no one to take his place, no one to learn from him.

He sadly stared at his reflection in the mirror. He was getting old. And soon he was going to die.

Then it would be too late. Then he would never be able to find his long lost Jack and maybe even Ginny once again.

But he still had a chance.

The map.

The map had been found many years ago, by the young merchant as he sailed around the coast of Africa.. He had swore to himself that it was a fake, that it was just a ruse put down by stupid natives trying to lead Europeans on an endless chase around the world. But maybe… just maybe…

The Fountain of Youth.

There was still hope.

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A/N: Hey everyone!! Thanks for reading!!! i'm kinda spazzing right now because yesterday I saw this guy who looked JUST LIKE johnny depp (And was wearing a fedora let me point out). it was... awsome. I almost glomped him until i realized that he would be rather weirded out. The funny thing was that this was at an event that johnny would probablly like :)

Well anyways... I'm sorry that these continue to be short chapters, but because I want to continue to have them posted as fast as possible, I decided to post this now, rather than continue to add length to it. Ya. well anyways...

This is evilquail signing out :)