Heart of Glass

A Pirate's Daughter's Adventure

Chapter 7

The boat rocked back and forth, as I felt the cannons firing and the Black Pearl being hit by oncoming cannons.

I pressed my face against the window, looking desperately at the ship my father was hunting down.

"Haul on the main brace! Make ready the guns!" I heard my father shouting at his crew, above me.

I heard the guns being dragged across the deck outside the door.

With that I jumped up, knowing my father was intent on damaging the ship, even after I told him Sirius was on it. I ran out the cabin, dodging pirates as I went, running up to my father, who had his monkey, Jack, upon his shoulder.

"Father!" I cried, grabbing onto him. "Don't do this!"

But he just ignored me, while I was left to stand there, looking up at the Interceptor.

My hair whipped around my face, as I desperately tried to find Sirius's figure on the Inceptor, which we were quickly approaching.

But then I saw their anchor drop off the edge, swinging them around in our direction.

I let out a gasp of shock, they were going to try to make a stand.

"They're clubhaulin'! Hard to port! Rack the starboard oars!" My father shouted to his crew, who went about shouting his orders, making the boat shake again, as we came up right against the Interceptor.

I looked directly across at the Interceptor, and spotted Will, Gibbs, and Sirius, along with Elizabeth, and the rest of the crew looking directly back at us.

"No!" I whispered to my father one last time, but his voice rang out," Fire!"

Instantly the ships began exchanging fire, making the boat rock again.

I stumbled awkwardly, falling back into a railing. The burning gunpowder was making it hard for me to see and breathe, while I heard their war cries echo around.

I scrambled, on all fours, around the ship, trying to make my way over to the railing, so I get catch sight of Sirius.

But with the massive gun battle going around me, made me even more vulnerable, yet when I reached the railing, and wrapped my hands around the railing, and screamed," Sirius!"

I kept screaming his name, hoping I would see him, or someone would find me, or at least see me.

"Raise yer colors ya bloomin' cockroaches! Hands, grapnels, at the ready. Prepare to board!"

I held my breath in shock, while I watched the mast fall over on the Interceptor, ad as the grapples were thrown across for the pirates to board the ship.

"Blast all to carcasses, men! Forward clear to the powder magazine. And the rest of you, bring me the medallion!"

With that pirates began jumping onto the interceptor.

I cringed against the railing, as men began jumping above me, nearly missing my head by inches, as the chaos still continued all around me. But my father now stood next to me, with a proud smile.

But then Jack, I saw out of the corner of my eyes, began swinging across, like a monkey, not landing on either ship, as he swung, until he finally jumped down onto the Interceptor.

"What a glorious sight." My father grinned, as he looked down at me.

I gawked at him in shock, I was watching everyone on the interceptor be killed or drowned, by my father's mutinous crew.

"This is murder!" I shouted back at him, before I heard someone shout my name.

I looked across to the other ship, where I saw Gibbs and Elizabeth shooting at the ship, but I didn't see Sirius.

"Sirius!" I stood up, shouting, but my father pushed me back down.

"Stay down," he hissed, while I shouted again," Sirius!"

Then my eyes became distracted, as the monkey jumped down onto my lap, and gave me the medallion.

I looked down at the medallion, that cursed medallion, which had ruined my very life and existence, before I saw Jack's hand cut into my vision, reaching down to grab the medallion.

I scowled at him, before I handed my father the medallion, and let the monkey crawl up onto my father's shoulder.

"You shouldn't have brought me along, Jack," I hissed to Jack Sparrow, as he starred at me and Barbossa in shock.

Barbossa then looked down at Jack Sparrow, before cooing," Why, thank you, Jack."

"You're welcome," Jack stupidly answered.

But I corrected him," Not you. He named the monkey Jack." With that the monkey smiled at Jack, while my father shouted at the now silent battle," Gents, our hope is restored!"

The pirate crew cheered around us, while I looked back at the ship.

I didn't see Sirius. And my stomach dropped. Please, god, please, don't let anything happen to him.

But my father began forcing the captives onto our boat, and I didn't see Sirius.

"Sirius!" I began shouting again at the boat, starting to make my way to a rope.

"No, you don't." Ragetti wrapped his arms around me, and pulled me back. "You are not going over to a boat that is going to blow."

"No!" I cried, letting tears stream down my face. "Sirius! Sirius!"

I saw Elizabeth's sadden face, as she watched me struggle. "Sirius!"

Pintel then grabbed my legs, while him and Ragetti threw me into the cabin, before locking the door.

I was all alone. Completely alone. My father was now a monster. My mother was slave owner. My old friends were now my father's minions. Jack was insane. And Sirius…Sirius was gone. I was alone in the world. All alone.