Chapter Eight

I am Brittney Turner one of the luckiest pirates alive

"You cannot help her" Kayla said from behind me "she has to work out her own emotional issues and come to grips with reality" she added, I sighed, still feeling bad for my friend. I had basically trampled over her chances of being with Jack. I returned to the Captain's side and he looked confused.

"She had a big crush on you...and..." I said trialing off.

"I get the idea" he said "don't feel bad" he said "more for you" he added with a grin, kissing my neck again, I smiled in satisfaction.

"Ahoy mates, Mermaid Waters approaches!" the crew member from the crows nest yelled, stopping all else we had going on.

"Good" I mumbled.

"About time" Kayla added, I pulled out my sword, as did everyone else on deck. You can't take chances with mermaids, they will drag a man down to the bottom of the ocean and then devour him. Though they are beautiful and sing wonderfully, they are dangerous and two-faced. The water lapped gently against the bottom of the boat as we crawled along. Too much noise and the mermaids will become angry and attack your vessel.

We would like the Black Pearl to make it through this. We huddled into a tightly packed group in the middle of the deck. If you're close to the sides the mermaids will jump up and snatch you right off board. Soon, I heard delightful singing "were close" I mumbled to Jack who was beside me, when I was looking away a mermaid popped up on the railing.

"You should have been a mermaid" she sang to me, placing her head in her hands.

"No, thank you I'd rather not eat men, it doesn't sit right on my stomach" I replied with a sarcastic smile.

"Then we will make you one...all of us...you are certainly pretty enough to be one..." she complemented, twirling her wet hair.

"Thank you and no thank you" I sweetly, grasping onto Jack's arm.

"You're cunning and violent enough to be one" then she paused "you are a child of Poseidon, just not in our form" she said with a smile "you wish to cut my head from my body...why is that?" she asked then another one came up, she had blond hair and looked a lot like me, but I was prettier...her nose was big.

"You nitwit, you're not supposed to be communicating with the enemy! Even if she is a child of Poseidon!" she yelled at the first mermaid.

"Child of Poseidon?" I asked confusingly, glancing to Jack.

"What you mean you don't know?...Moron...look at your left arm" she said, I pulled back my sleeve and there was a 'P' scar where my veins were supposed to be. I looked over at Jack again and he had the same scar! I glanced over to the person to my other side and they didn't have one. "No, you moron, they don't have one!"

She yelled then, another one popped up! "Enough talk...can we make her a mermaid already?" she asked, boorishly.

"No!" I yelled and put my sword down from guarding position, this new mermaid had dark brown hair and hazel eyes.

"I don't think father will like it, a Pirate lord Mermaid...I don't think so" the one in the middle said, she had red hair with green eyes.

"Excuse me, but did you just call me a Pirate lord?" I asked, Jack smiled and mouthed "I'll tell you later" I looked up at Gibbs and nodded whilst the mermaids where bickering. "I'm sorry ladies but we have to split" I said with a sickly grin, Gibbs nodded at others and the cannons fired, turning the mermaids into mer-goop. We didn't encounter another mermaid during our short but deadly visit to Mermaid Waters.

"Ahoy mates, we're now leaving Mermaid Waters!" The person from the crows nest yelled.

"Almost there" Gibbs yelled down to us then I turned to Jack.

"What's a pirate lord?"

*"So I am one of the Nine Pieces of Eight that only Pirate Lords can be, and there never has been a woman pirate lord before?" I asked, straightening out what Jack had just told me in my head.

"Exactly, and being one of the Nine Pieces of Eight you need a magic artifact" he said and I lifted my sword from its holster.

"it cuts the head clean off an enemy so no blood is spilt and will cut through absolutely anything" I replied with a smile, Jack smiled. "So you're one too?" I asked, my hands gently running over the hilt of my sword.

"Aye, my artifact is this compass...it will lead you to the thing you truly desire" he said with a grin, then he handed it to me. I opened it slowly and after a few moments of turning it pointed to him. He moved around and wherever he went, the compass followed. He smiled.

"What's it pointing to?" asked he, I knew he already knew the answer. I smiled and blushed in response.

"Who are the other Pirate lords?" I asked, attempting to divert his attention from the above subject.

"Captain Barbosa, Me, You, Captain Ammand, Captain Chevalle, Captain Angira, Captain Ching, Captain Villanueva, and Captain Jocard. We are the 4th generation of the brethren court...we have to meet soon...and I shall be taking you with me" he said with a sweet smile.

"Of course, I'm one of the Pirate Lords" I said, leaning back in my chair.

"Even not I would still take you" he said with a smile, leaning towards me and whispering in my ear, half of me melted.

"W-where is the brethren court meeting?" I asked attempting to compose myself as Jack wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed my ear.

"In a cave...in Stranger Tides" Jack whispered "remember how you had the impulse to go to Stranger Tides?" he asked in a whisper, his breath tickled the soft skin of my neck.

"Y-yes" I whispered, laying my head against his shoulder, my eyes were closed.

"They were calling you...they know your name and that Will and Elizabeth were your mother and father, but, they know nothing of what you look like or how you fight" he said in a hushed tone "which, I think you fight quite amazingly" he said, tone returning to normal. "Now, you speak of the Pirate Lords and the brethren court to no one except me" he said, kissing my neck, his lips made me shiver in delight.

"And Barbosa" I added, he looked at me strangely. "Hector has came for visits, but I do not know him in depth" I explained, Jack now sat beside me and pushed my hair off of my shoulders.

"Well" Jack began "my girlfriend is a Pirate lord...the honor is mine" he said with a smile, taking up my hand and kissing it, making me giggle in happiness.

Chapter Nine

I am Brittney Turner and I am a Pirate Lord (almost)

"How long until we reach the shore captain?" Gibbs asked, walking up to me from below deck.

"I don't know, but I have a feeling we'll be there soon" I replied, as glaciers loomed before us. Ice glaciers! In the middle of the Caribbean! "How?" I whispered over to Jack, he smiled.

"No one really knows how these formed or how they won't melt. But, they say that only a Pirate lord can find the truth" he finished, I nodded and stared at the mental sight around me. Soon, we came to a giant cave, it was big enough to fit at least twenty ships into!

"Is this it?" I asked hesitantly, staring uncertainly into the darkened cave.

"The entrance...you have to get through the cave and a maze of twists to get to the actual conference room...lucky for you I've been there before" He said with a confident smile.

"And what about the crew?" I asked, following him to the side of the boat.

"Forced to stay here" he answered then he turned to everyone "alright, I Captain Jack Sparrow, and Captain Brittney Turner have to go inside...Gibbs you're in charge." He quickly turned back around, stopped, and did a spin, facing the weary crewmen yet again. "Oh yeah, and no leaving!" He yelled jumping off and helping me down.

When we entered the cave there was a series of tunnels. One to each side (except for up and down) and each tunnel was lit by torches. "Okay, so which one is calling you most?" Jack asked from behind me. I closed my eyes and felt a tugging toward the right.

"There" I said and pointing toward the biggest tunnel. Jack nodded and we proceeded, the tunnel I pointed to lead to another series of tunnels, but, this time, less of them. Only three tunnels, one to the left, right, and one straight.

"Now?" he asked, appearing beside me, I pointed to the left. Soon, I heard music and I headed to it. "No" Jack said and put his arm in front of me "which way is pulling?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes, but did as he said, and it was the tunnel to the right. Now, only one tunnel. I closed my eyes and I felt like I was being pulled to the right. "That's strange" I whispered, more to myself than to Jack.

"What?" Jack asked, a smile attempting to hide itself on his face.

"It's coming from the wall now" I mumbled and his grin unveiled itself.

"Take out your sword" he said after I did, he nodded in the direction of the glacial wall. I dug my sword deep into the wall and only seconds later, the wall crumbled, revealing a brightly lit room. In the background there was soft music playing and in the room there was big table with nine wooden chairs, but only one person was present. I put my sword back in its holster.

"Ah, Jack...and you brought a friend" the man said, he had a Chinese accent, he was as pale as paper, he had his long, black hair tied in a bun with a brightly colored dress (I later learned it was a thing called a 'Kimono') on. He wore a black, curly mustache. "Oh, please, sit, sit...the others will be here shortly" he paused and glanced back over to me "Jack, I-I know you but...who is your pretty little friend?" he asked, raising his eye brows and licking his lips.

"Oh, Captain Ching, this is Brittney Turner" Jack said, just then Captain Ching's face flew into shock.

"Well...I wasn't expecting a Pirate Lord to be one with such beauty as yourself" Ching complemented, I nodded my thanks.

"Hey, calm down Ching, she's mine" Jack said with a friendly grin. The wall crumbled again as five other Pirate lords waltzed into the 'conference room' as Jack called it. I received uneasy glances by the other Pirate Lords.

"Who's this one?" One of them asked, he adorned a large, white beard and had a funny hat atop his head, with lots of moles upon his face, he was from India.

"Brittney Turner" I said and all of their faces seemed to grow two shades whiter and wrinkles of surprise cluttered their foreheads. "Is it really that hard to believe?" I mumbled, glancing over to Jack.

"The things that we've heard you've done just...don't sound like a..." one said, trailing off. He had grown dark brown hair along green eyes. He actually appeared half-way descent.

"Women would do them?" I finished and he nodded, sucking his gums.

"Well, she did...and I watched the whole thing" Jack said with love filling his eyes. I glanced across the table to find Hector Barbossa smiling at me.

"When I heard ye was a Pirate Lord I-" Hector attempted to say before being rudely cut off.

"She's not a lord yet" the half-way descent one said "she has to complete the trials" he added "by the way I'm Pirate Lord Ammand" he said, nodding to me.

"I'm Pirate Lord Chevalle" The Pirate Lord from India said

"I'm Pirate Lord Villanueva" a pirate with a brown goatee and loaded with muscle said.

"I'm Pirate Lord Jocard" a pirate that I could closely compare to a shrimp explained.

"I'm Pirate Lord Angria" said a pirate that twirled his long, dark brown hair.

"And of course you've met Jack and Hector and now you've have met me, Pirate Lord Ching" Ching said with a smile, revealing nasty, yellow and brown teeth, I nodded.

"What's this about trials?" I asked, leaning on the table, glancing around to the Pirate Lords.

"You must accomplish six trails to be counted as a Pirate Lord" Ammand explained. "They are speed, strength, agility, cleverness, ways with words, and fighting skills...but most likely not in that order" he added "they will begin tomorrow...oh, and welcome to Stranger Tides" he said with a wicked smile. All of the Pirate Lords rose and left Jack and I in the conference room.

"That was promising" Jack said with a smile "they'll go harder on you since you're a woman" Jack added, watching my movements.

"I needn't any pity from them" I growled "I can hold my own" I added getting up and following Jack back to the Black Pearl.