Part 165

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(Black Pearl)

(Ocean)

(The night was dark, and the sun long gone, the deck was abandoned save for Abby Raven)

(Instead, she sat on the black railing of the ship, the wind in her hair, and salty tears running down her faces)

(The last hour had been a blur to her; Tia arriving, the black pearl, everyone getting on board, Elizabeth and Will, being pulled away from her father)

(She sighed as she turned her body around so that she lay the length of the rail)

(Without thinking, she raised her hands to her hair and undid her pony tail, allowing a curtain of hair to cover her)

(Oh how she wished something would cover her)

(But she knew that would never happen)

(Her father, her only father, was gone, dead, and she never had the chance to forgive him, and now...she never would)

(And only recently, she had heard what had happened to her only brother)

(It was true, her family was falling apart, all she really had left was her sister Clara)

(She shut her eyes tightly, forcing another two tears to fall from her face)

Will: Tia, why on earth don't Elizabeth and I just stay in the Captain's quarters?

(The faint voice of Will reached her ears from the other side of the deck)

Tia: I told ye, the Captain's quarters must be abandoned, now do not question me, she be down stairs still unconscious, with the crew, go rest now.

(Will opened his mouth once more to speak, but shut it quickly and headed for the stairs instead)

(Abby raised her head slightly, her eyes glancing for a second at Tia, before she turned her head to face The Raven, her beloved ship, her home and sanctuary for as long as she could she could remember)

(Soft footsteps made their way over to her, she didn't need to look up to know who they belonged to)

Clara: Abby? Are you okay?

(She asked maternally)

(Abby swung her legs over the water, so that she was now facing her sister)

(She gave her a small smile before she answered)

Abby: Yes, I'm fine

(Clara returned the smile)

Clara: We shall save him I promise

Abby: I know

(She whispered as she hopped off the rail)

(Clara didn't respond)

(Instead the two sisters, walked back together silently towards The Raven)

(Where they each clung to a rope and swung over to the ship)

(Night was approaching, and the girls were tired, however their lives would not be the ones changed on this dark december night)

(No, the people about to have their lives changed forever didn't know it yet)

(Only one single soul did, and she was well aware of that fact as she climbed up the mast of the Black Pearl, and sat in the crows nest)

(Her eyes closing, for tonight, there would be too much to see)

Woman: For now, destiny shall come true

(And with that, she gave a black tooth grinned and drifted into a slumber)