(The Raven)
(The young girl remained on the floor unconcious sweat beads rolling down her face)
(her long black hair lay tangled around her nicely tanned slightly red face)
(Molly sat next to her a damp cloth in her hand)
(the rest of the crew surrounded her all waiting curiously)
(Molly carefully pressed the cold cloth on the girl's forehead allowing the water to roll down her face)
(the water reached her eyes stinging them slightly before reaching her red lips)
(the girl shot up instantly catching everyone off guard)
(her eyes fluttered open exposing her beautiful brown eyes and her long eyelashes)
(she started to cough furiously water flying out of her mouth)
(her eyes remained open and began to ajust to the surroundings)
(she looked around finally noticing the figures around her)
(she leapt to her feat suddenly her eyes wide with fear)
Girl: Who are you!
(she demanded)
(Molly stood up slowly holding her hands out in surrender)
Molly: Miss er Sparrow calm down ... my
Girl: How do you know who i am?
(she asked quietly)
Molly: Your tattoo
(she said nodding toward the tatoo of a sparrow clearly visble on her right arm)
Girl: Oh, who are you and where am i?
(she asked)
Molly: My name is Molly, and your on the Raven
(she replied)
(a smile appeared on the girls face)
(the crew looked at each other nervously)
Girl: Well then in that case, my name is Clara
(she told them slowly walking toward the helm)
Clara: And i take it this is my sisters ship
Mary: Aye
Chelsea: But your..
Clara: But my brother took her on the dutchmen
(she interupted)
(the girls all nodded)
Clara: Well then lets go find her
(she exclaimed)
(the girls looked back at her unconvinced as she gripped the large black and gold wheel)
Sam: But we dont know where she is
(she explained)
Clara: I can fix that
(she told them reaching into one of her fairly damp pockets)
(she withdrew a black weathered compass which now sat in the palm of her hand)
(The girls instantly crowded her)
Molly: The captain has one of those
Clara: Aye, there are three in total. I have one, Abby has one, and Jack does as well
(she explained)
Mary: We never really understood though, how that compass worked
Sam: Aye, how is that compass going to take us to the dutchmen
(she asked)
(Clara grinned)
Clara: It's not
(everyone looked at her confused)
(she ignored their blank stares as she opened the lid of the compass)
(the needle spun around furiously in all directions before finally resting, they had a heading)
(Clara shut the lid quickly)
(she spun the wheel abruptly causing Molly to jump out of the flying wheel)
(Clara caught it in time setting the ship in a straight steady direction)
(without a word she grabbed the rope that lay on the floor and fixed the wheel in place)
Molly: Where are we going??
(she asked finally)
Clara: Port Royal
(she told them)
(a few of them gave blank stares while the others nodded)
(Clara walked down the stairs away from the helm heading to her sisters cabin ignoring the various calls from the crew)
(she reached for the brass door knob and opened it slowly)
(she was about to enter when a single question reached her ears)
Chelsea: How do you know she is there??
(Clara spun around and sighed)
(she walked to the side of the ship sitting on the rail before addressing the crew)
(who now stood in front of her very confused of what had just happened in such a short amount of time)
Clara: Do you know how Jack, i mean Captain Sparrow became the way he did??
(she asked)
(no one replied)
Clara: It was a woman
(she supplied)
(a few oh's and nods were received)
Clara: Do you know who Aprodite is??
Chelsea: Aye, she is the goddess of love
Mary: Isn't she the one who made Davy Jones fall in love with her and turned him to the sea and made him Captain of the Dutchmen
Clara: Aye both are correct, but she was also a mother
(she explained)
Molly: DAVY JONES IS A FATHER!
(she exclaimed)
(the girls all gave shocked expressions)
Clara: No
(she continued shaking her head)
Clara: Aprodite meant a man, a soon to be governor of a town. They had a child, a daughter together
(she told them taking a small breath)
Clara: As you can imagine she was beautiful, she caught the eye of many, one day her mother faked her own death and disappeared
Mary: Why???
Clara: Because she and her daughter have so much power, a power unimaginable by most. Twas not safe for her, so she left her daughter with her father to grow up while she fled to the sea, in hope that her daughter would grow up in England have a decent education get married, you know all that
Girl: Aye
(they replied in unison)
Clara: However as it seems it didnt quite work out as she planned, the father took her daughter to a town called Port Royal where he was appointed Governor, she grew up by the sea reading pirate stories, like most of you i imagine
(a few nodded)
Clara: However being the governor's daughter she received many proposals, and was forced to live very upclass. Until one day she fell in love with a young blacksmith who had loved her for many years. However she loved him in a different way she loved the freedom he provided for her
Molly: Who is this girl?
Clara: I'm getting to it
Clara: One day a newly appointed commodore proposed to her, however she didnt have time to refuse
Chelsea: What happened??
Clara: She fell off a cliff
(a few gasps could be heard)
Mary: Did she die???
Clara: No, she was unconcious and drowning rapidly
Molly: Did the commodore save her????
Sam: Did the Blacksmith come?
(Molly and Sam said at the same time)
Clara: No, a pirate happened to come into town that day, and dove in after her
Chelsea: Was that...
Clara: Aye and its that very same woman who he in a way fell in love with
(she summed up)
Sam: But doesnt she still love that blacksmith???
Clara: Loved in a diferent way, she loves my brother. However they are both not willing to admit it, so Tia cast a spell upon them one, of Aprodites spells
Molly: What spell?
Clara: Well the spell goes that they can not die until they both confess, however they can feel one anothers pain and sometimes they can experience it alot worse. They are so to speak joined together
Silence
(everyone was slowly taking in the information)
(without another word Clara stood up and walked toward the open cabin door)
Clara: We'll be arriving in Port Royal around nightfall keep us in this direction
(she called breaking everyone from their thoughts)
(she entered the cabin and closed the door behind her she wouldnot leave until they got there and they were a few things she had to do before)
(the crew got up from where ever they sat each in silence heading to their various workstations and attending to their jobs the though of getting their Captain back sooner than anticapted brightened their spirts)
(little did they know they weren't the only ones heading towards Port Royal)