Heart of Glass

A Pirate's Daughter's Adventure

Chapter 11

"That's the second time I've had to watch that man sail away with my ship." Jack announced sourly to Sirius, Elizabeth, and me, as we walked up onto the beach.

"Forget your stories," Sirius snapped harshly, as I felt him wrap his arms around me, and help pull me up the sand bank

"Are you hurt?" Sirius whispered, holding me close to him, so our drench bodies pressed against one another's.

I shook my head, whipping away the last of my tears, but deep inside of my soul, I was crying out in pain and anguish.

"But you were marooned on this island before, weren't you?" Elizabeth trudged up behind Jack," So we can escape in the same way you did then."

Jack then turned around and shoved his finger in her face," To what point and purpose, young missy? The Black Pearl is gone and unless you have a rudder and a lot of sails hidden in that bodice, young Mr. Turner will be dead long before you can reach him."

"But how did you really get off?" Sirius spoke quietly, but his father just ignored him and began knocking upon a tree trunk, before taking four exact steps. He then began jumping up and down a few times, like he was testing the ground.

"But you're Captain Jack Sparrow!" Elizabeth began, following him," You vanished from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Company. You sacked Nassau Port without even firing a shot. Are you the pirate I've read about or not? How did you escape last time?"

"Last time," Jack reached down the ground and pulled open a cellar door," I was here a grand total of three days, all right? Last time the rumrunners used this island as a cache. Came by, and I was able to barter a passage off."

He then stepped into the cellar, amongst the dust and bugs, picking up several glass bottles, before he came back," From the looks of things, they've long been out of business. Probably have your bloody friend, Norrington to thank for that."

We all stood their silently starring at one another for a second, before I reached up and smack his face.

But Sirius pulled me back before I could punish him any further for his stupidity.

"SO that's it then?" Elizabeth gasped, while Jack shook off my smack," That's the secret grand adventure of the infamous Jack Sparrow? You spent three days lying on a beach, drinking run!"

"Welcome to the Caribbean, love," Jack smiled as he passed a bottle of rum to each of us, before he walked over to a shaded spot upon the beach, where he began to drink his rum, and problems, away.

"We're never going to leave this island, are we?" I cynically spoke to Elizabeth and Sirius.

"Yes we are," Sirius reaffirmed, kissing the top of my head. He then took my bottle of rum, and cooed to Elizabeth and me," Keep Jack busy. I'm going to start a fire."

I nodded, while Elizabeth watched Sirius walk off to the other side of the island.

"He's not like his father, at all," Elizabeth commented, while I looked up at her.

"I know," I smiled," Which is why I love him."

"Now," I took a deep breath, taking her bottle of rum, and taking a large swig of it, before passing it back to her," time to go keep Jack busy."

With that I added a little swagger into my step, as I made my way over to Jack, where I began to drunkenly converse with him, along with Elizabeth.

And hopefully, Sirius would be able to start a fire, large enough for someone to spot us. Hopefully.