Heart of Glass

A Pirate's Daughter's Adventure

Chapter 6

"So…"My father then paused and looked at me, he stopped pacing, while I stood in the center of the familiar cabin, letting my father examine me, to prove if I was his daughter.

"If you really are my daughter," he then smirked deviously," then you would know Jack Sparrow's number one rule of being a pirate, he would have told you, as a child?"

I smiled, as the old memory of me and Jack standing at the dock pooped into my head. I remember how he pointed to the ship and told me, his rules of pirating.

And his number on rule was…

"All the rum belongs to Jack. No matter what. And if you see any lying around, bring it directly to Jack." I answered with a smile.

My father's eyes softened, while he smiled at me. He then captured me in his arms and hugged me tightly.

I wrapped my arms around him in return, finally letting out a pent up sigh of relief.

"I missed you so much," I whispered, resting my head against his strong chest.

"Me too, darling. Me too." My father kissed the top of my head.

We stood there silently for several minutes, not knowing how to explain any of our situations to one another, nor did we really want to hear our troubling stories.

"Why," my father paused, as he stroked my head," why are you here with Jack?"

I closed my eyes and whispered," Mom forced me to go with him, when he arrived at our tavern, with Will-Bootstrap's only son, who was on a quest to get his lover Elizabeth back."

"William Turner, you say?" my father spoke, as he was obviously planning something.

"Dad," I began, pulling myself out of his loving arms, and looked up at him, and pleaded" My fiancé is on that boat."

"Fiancé?" My father mused back lifting up his eyebrow.

I held up my finger, which had the beautiful ring upon it, Sirius picked up from the water.

"A pirate?" my father scowled, noticing who much the ring was probably worth, along with the fact he was on a pirate boat.

I shook my head and corrected," Actually he is a mercenary, and an educated one, I might add. He is a self made man, father."

My father thought for a moment, before whispering," I'll have Pintell and Ragetti draw up a bath for you, plus find you a dress, and you can bathe here in the cabin. I shall go and talk to Jack, and see what he has to say for himself."

I sighed, and looked down at my feet and now tattered dress. It was once pink, but now is starting to look brown, and the beautiful silk that once decorated it, was now ripped to shreds, and the velvet belt was caked in dirt, mud. And my whole body and dress was now covered in a thin layer of dried salt water.

My father than kissed the top of my bowed head, before whispering," Pintell and Ragetti, will be up here in a few seconds, with the tub and fresh water for you, along with everything else you shall need."

I nodded in thanks, while I listened to him walk out of the room and shut the door behind him.

I was scared, for the first time, of what my father was going to do. Truly and thoroughly scared. I didn't want him to hurt Sirius. I don't know if I could live without Sirius. My life would be worth nothing, if I didn't have Sirius.

"Miss?"

I turned around to see both Ragetti and Pintell standing there with big smiles, carrying a large bath tub, which already had water in it, and over there shoulders they carried a towel and a fresh dress.

"Beaux!" Ragetti smiled widely, as his wooden eye lazily focused upon me too.

"Hello," I grinned back at both of them.

Quickly they both dropped the tub down behind a curtain, along with everything else they carried, before running over to me and both giving me a hug.

"We missed you so much!" "Oh so much!" "Yes we did!"

I laughed at me, and hugged them, missing their annoying conversation that they had with me as a child.

"I missed you two, very much," I whispered, as I gave each of them a kiss upon their cheek.

"Why are you with Jack?" Pintell suddenly asked, with a serious face.

"Yeah," Ragetti agreed," Why are you with Jack?"

I sighed and whispered," It's a long story." But then I let a smile go across my face," But I promise to tell you everything, after I bathe."

"Alright!" Pintel smiled.

"We'll see you on deck then," Ragetti grinned, as him and Pintel began giggling like girls, as they walked out of the cabin.

I locked the door behind them, before I looked back at the captain's cabin. It hadn't changed much, since I had last seen it, as a child, when I snuck aboard.

But suddenly a overwhelming feeling of sadness went over me, I missed Sirius, with all of my heart and soul, and the fact I had just seen my father, felt so miniscule right now, compared to Sirius.

I felt alone, weak, and unprotected. I missed him.