Chapter 11-Brethren Court
They're over! My exams have finished for this month :D so now I can focus on my stories. I have an idea for a charmed story and also another POTC story is coming up, if you have any ideas for Scarlet be sure to message me! Plus I'm still searching for the script for POTC 4 any help would be appreciated. I don't own POTC, but Scarlet is my pirate, enjoy.
It was morning and due to my terrible night sleep I was in a partially bad mood, we were nearly at Shipwreck cove the place of the Brethren court, and our only hope now. I watched as everyone prepared to lower the anchor. Gibbs was standing near the Starboard side of the ship, with Jack next to him.
"Look alive, and keep a weather eye! Not for naught it's called Shipwreck Island, where lies Shipwreck Cove and the town of Shipwreck," Gibbs yelled at the crew, who were moving around.
"You heard him. Step lively!" Pintel yelled as everyone stop for a second.
"For all that pirates are clever cobs, we are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things," Jack said talking to Gibbs.
"Aye," Gibbs replied.
"I once sailed with a geezer lost both of his arms and part of his eye," Jack said smiling slightly at the memory. I remembered that man, he was on Jack's father's ship.
"And what'd you call him?" Gibbs asked interested in the answer.
"We called him Larry," I said simply as I walked passed, up to the helm of the ship, where I could see Barbossa talking to my mother. I began to look out at sea again
"I don't renege on a bargain once struck. But we agreed on ends only, the means are mine to decide," Barbossa said to my mother, looking at her in a way I didn't like much.
"Caution, Barbossa," My mother replied, her voice strong and brave, "Do not forget it was by my power you return from the dead, or what it means should you fail me."
"Don't forget why you had to bring me back, and why I could not leave Jack to his well deserved fate. It took nine pirate lords to bind you, Calypso. And it'll take no less than nine to set ye free," Barbossa said quite loudly. I looked around seeing if anyone had heard, "Masters Pintel and Ragetti take this fishwife to the brig," he said calling them over.
"Right this way, Mrs. Fish," Pintel said, taking my mother's arm and pulling her away.
"No! Barbossa let her go!" I yelled at him, walking towards him angry, and moving my hand up to slap him. Barbossa grabbed hold of my wrist stopping my movement. I stared at him and felt his hand begin to rot away, showing only his bones left and a few random pieces of muscle. Barbossa looked back at me in shock. I didn't realise that I had that sort of power again. It meant that my mother was going to get freed soon and the sea could seen it's goddess returning allowing my powers to change to what they would have been if she had never been bound into her bones.
"I made a promise a long time ago to protect the sea from people like Beckett, but something went wrong," I said softly, my voice no longer sounded like my own. I was no longer myself completely the power was over welling. I was finally free from my cursed life again. Free to live, "I lost my powers until a few months ago, when they started to come back. Thank you Cap'n. I will help your crusaded."
Jack walked slowly over seeing Barbossa's hand and what I was causing he looked at me in shock, like everyone seemed to be these days, "What is going on?" he asked looking between us.
"I have somewhere to go," I said simply, ripping my hand away from Barbossa, allowing his hand to change back into flesh.
I walked towards the crows nest, and straight through it, just before I vanished to where I was needed I heard Jack speak, "How does she do that?"
I stood at the edge of the room, hidden from view as Shipwreck Cove began to fill with the famous Pirate Lords. The hall was grand and well decorated. I had explored the site while waiting. It wasn't much to look at but you could tell why they had chosen Shipwreck Cove as their meeting point. It was one of the best armed places I had ever seen. Filled with guns and food. In a siege the fortress would hold for days, if not weeks and months.
I looked up to see the first to enter Etan Shaza, who was the Lord of the Mediterranean, his white curly wig I had seen on many rich French men. He walked in with his crew, famous for picking off the weak ships that crossed his path. Which is probably why he survived so long in his occupant.
Behind him followed Mistress Ching one of the most famous female pirate to ever sail the seas. Also Lord of the Parsific ocean, she was retired for pirating, but her crew where still feared as one of the bloodthirstiest ever. Even without her sight Mistress Ching had amazing presents in a room.
Gentlemen Jocared was an ex-salve who had killed him master. He was now Lord of the Atlantic ocean. I didn't know a lot about him, minus the fact he took his master's name when he began a pirate.
Ammand the Corsair took a seat next, Lord of the Black sea. He is wanted by the church for assaulting a nun, which in itself was entertaining.
Season Bargy, the Lord of the Indian Ocean followed afterwards, and his speaker. I had once heard him speak, when I was travelling around in that area. No one dared to make fun of his voice, when in his presents, but he still didn't speak often.
Villain Avar, Lord of the Spanish seas, he had a very obvious on going feuded with the French including Etan Shaza. He was a noble pirate which was in itself almost impossible however he was retired.
The final two to walk in with their crew was the two I obvious knew most about. Hector Barbossa, Lord of the Caspian seas, he owns the biggest piece of sea and was famous for bending the rules, just to get his own way.
My Jack Sparrow was the last to walk in, well not 'mine' any more. The Lord of the Caribbean, one of the few pirates who has sailed in all the oceans in the world, as shown by the Sparrow on his arm, similar to the one I have on my lower hip.
There was a Lord missing through, Sao Fang seemed not to have arrived yet. I had a sense we wouldn't be seeing him again. After all had assembled, and their swords had been placed into the globe, Barbossa began the meeting by banging a cannonball on the table. I stayed hanging around in the shadows out of the way, to watch and listen.
"As he who issued summons, I convene this, the fourth Brethren Court. To confirm your Lordship and right to be heard, present now your pieces of eight, my fellow Cap'n," Barbossa began in a powerful loud voice.
Ragetti walks around with a bowl and each person puts a piece of eight, otherwise known as junk in the bowl, there was a queen of shade playing card, a pair of spectacles, a tobacco cutter, a broken bottle top, snuff box, and a goblet.
"Those aren't pieces of eight, they're just pieces of junk," Pintel observed from the sidelines as the objects where dumped into the bowl.
"Aye, the original plan was to use nine pieces of eight to bind Calypso, but when the first court met, the brethren were to a one, skint broke," Gibbs explained.
"So change the name," Pintel replied.
"To what? 'Nine Pieces of Whatever We Happened to Have in Our Pockets at the Time'? Oh yes, that sounds very piratey," Gibbs replied back sarcastically.
Ragetti reached around to Barbossa who held him hand out, "Mr. Ragetti, if you will."
"I kept it safe for you, just like you said when you gave it to me," Ragetti replied, looking up at Barbossa.
"Aye, ya have, but now I need it back," Barbossa replied, whacking Ragetti on the back of the head causing his wooden eye pops out and then placing it into the bowl. That explained why Ragetti had never gotten a better glass eye then the one he had.
Ragetti turned to Jack next, "Sparrow!" Villanueva urged.
Jack reached his hand up and causally touched the coin on his bandanna which I had heard so many stories of, the bead from a French lady and the coin from Isam, he's first ever pieces he had pirated, along with his hat. Then he dropped his hand, "Might I point out that we are still short one pirate lord, and I'm content as a cucumber to wait until Sao Feng joins us."
Elizabeth entered placing her sword onto the globe as she walked in, "Sao Feng is dead. He fell to the Flying Dutchman." the room exploded into noise.
"And made you captain? They're just giving the bloody title away now," Jack said. Even through nobody could see me I couldn't help but nod in agreement. The Court seemed to begin to mutter to themselves.
"Listen. Our location has been betrayed. Jones is under the command of Lord Beckett, they're on their way here," Elizabeth said informing everyone.
"Who is this betrayer?" Jocard asked angry.
"Not likely anyone among us," Barbossa replied dismissively.
"Where's Will?" Elizabeth said looking around at the crowd to see if he would magically appear.
"Not among us," Jack replied simply, before turning back. He noticed me standing in the corner on my own and looked in confusion.
"And it matters not how they found us. The question is, what will we do now that they have?" Barbossa questioned the Court.
Elizabeth answered, "We fight!"
The whole Court room burst out laughing, Jack joined in slightly relucently.
"Shipwreck Cove is a fortress, a well supplied fortress. There is no need to fight if they cannot get to us," Mistress Chang said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"There is a third course," Barbossa began. I could tell this was the moment I had been waiting for, "In another age, at this very spot, the first court captured the sea goddess, and bound her in her bones. That was a mistake. Oh, we tamed the seas for ourselves, aye, but opened the door to Beckett and his ilk. Better were the days when mastery of seas came not from bargains struck with eldritch creatures, but from the sweat of a man's brow and the strength of his back alone. Y'all know this to be true. Gentlemen, ladies. We must free Calypso."
The whole room feel silent for a moment, then the chaos began.
"Shoot him!" Ammand yelled, pointing at Barbossa.
"Cut out his tongue!" Jocard yelled.
"Shoot him and cut out his tongue, then shoot his tongue. And trim that scraggly beard," Jack said joining in at the end.
"Sao Feng would have agreed with Barbossa," Tai Hang said, from behind Elizabeth.
"Calypso was our enemy then, she will be our enemy now." Jocard pointed out. I had to physical stop myself from screaming at them all.
"And it's not likely her mood's improved," Chevalle continued.
"I would still agree with Sao Feng, we release Calypso!" Villanueva said, making me smile
"You threaten me?" Chevalle challenged Villanueva, which wasn't surprising they will never get along.
"I silence you!" Villanueva said, taking out his gun and firing a shot. Just at that moment all hell broke loose, everyone yelling and firing shots at each other, the clashing of swords could be heard for miles.
"This is madness!" Elizabeth exclaimed looking around at the mayhem.
"This is politics," Jack said with a shrug as if that explained everything.
"Meanwhile our enemies are bearing down upon us," Elizabeth said looking around still as if she could stop this.
"If they not be here already," Barbossa said, he stood on table and fires gun to silence, "It was the first court what imprisoned Calypso, and we will be the ones to set her free, and in her gratitude she will see fit to grant us boons."
"Whose boons? Your boons?" Jack said looking in between Barbossa's legs, "Utterly deceptive twaddle speak, says I."
"You want proof. I call upon Scarlet Jones, Keeper of the secrets," Barbossa said, for the first time since was about seventeen someone had used my fall name. That was my cue!
Sorry for the cliff hanger but it will be worth it later. Please review I love to know what you think.
Until next time,
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