I awoke the next morning to the sickly feeling of being rocked back and forth slowly and the sound of seagulls outside my window. Wait. Window? Seagulls?

It was then that the thought came back to me. The pirate attack! Mother! Father! Mary-Anne!

With all these thoughts rushing through my head, I tried my best to get up but with the rocking motion, it constantly threw me off balance. I held my head and slowly got up.

I was lying in a rather mangled looking bed with little but an old murky mirror opposite me for decoration. The room looked of hard wood, and the floors creaked as I placed my feet on them. I could hear the sound of waves coming from outside. It was then that I realized, I was on a Ship!
Finding my balance, I proceeded outside to behold over ten crewman moving back and forth carrying barrels and scrubbing the decks. On occasions they would yell out something to others who were atop the sails' boards and on the stairs which were fastened above my room.

"Well well well...looks like the Lady is awake!" I saw one of them turn and say to me. At that point, all work seized and all eyes were on me. I gulped and tensed up. what were they planning on doing to me? At that moment, a voice cried out "Stop!" and I saw a pirate jump from the top of the steps and land right in front of me. I was startled and stepped back a bit. He had his head down but I recognized those clothing anywhere; it was the pirate who knocked me out. From that point on, all cowardice faded away from me and only hatred and blood thirst boiled within me.

" You!..." I said to him.
At that moment, he looked up and I couldn't believe my eyes as to who this mystery pirate was.

"Lord LUKE!?" I said astonished. He laughed,

"I don't know about the 'Lord' part, but yea...Luke it is Mah lady."

He then bowed before me mockingly and I watched as all the pirates got a good laugh out of it. Somehow, I didn't think they were about to hurt me, instead, I thought they just brought me here to make a laughing stock of me. I watched as they all pointed and laughed. I watched as they Held their sides or held one to each other. It was then that I knew I had had enough.

"what is the meaning of this Luke!" I said angered.

" What? This? This is what you may call, a ship. And these here, are what you call...a crew" He cheekily replied.

they erupted in laughter once more.

"I demand to speak to your Captain!" I said and placed my arms akimbo.

"Then speak Love..." A voice over us said. Looking up, I saw a man, most-likely in his mid-thirties leaning over the balcony, peering down at us with humbled eyes. He smiled and revealed the gold tooth in his mouth.

"That's...our Captain." Luke said and pointed. the others erupted into a fit of giggles.

I knew exactly who he was of course. I watched as he descended the stairs and walked over to me, half drunk it seemed. He stopped right before me and squinted then expanded his eyes as if trying to decide whether or not I was who he wanted to speak with. his eyes were a dark brown and pierced my light blue ones as he twirled his knotty braids for a beard. I shifted my gaze up and down his body. He reeked of alcohol and adventure. It wasn't until he noticed my discriminating stares that he spoke up,

"We're in search of a long lost treasure of sorts hidden in a secluded location to which only the Blood child can locate...at the moment we are incredibly sorry for the inconvenience but you ARE the blood child thus you SHALL lead us to the treasure we seek. IF NOT!...we shall gladly sling you up with a crowbar and a few bands of rope and watch you walk the plank into your most brutal demise in the depths below. Do you accept? If not then either way you have no choice." He said all in one breath.

The entire crew along with myself stood their silent, as if we couldn't keep up with what he was explaining. I didn't know whether to think he was speaking as a drunkard or as a factual man for the things I heard, however little they were, made complete sense to me. Blood treasure? Hidden in a secluded location? He stared at me with sunken eyes and a grieved expression.

"Well say something Lass, don't hurt his feelings." I heard one of the crew members say behind me.

"I'm sorry but-"

"EXCELLENT! we start sailing at dawn! NOW BACK TO WORK YOU SCURVY DOGS!" He interrupted me and proceeded back up the stairs in his half drunken walk, waving his hands as if the world was his and he was most valuable.

"See you around..." I heard Luke say as everyone resumed their morning chores aboard the ship.

"wait!" I turned and said to him.

He raised an eyebrow and looked at me.

"Where am I?" I asked him.

"You're on the Black Pearl mah Lady. Captained by Jack Sparrow himself." He replied and pointed up to the steering board where Jack stood staring deeply into his compass while one hand stood freely on the wheel.

"I see..." I turned and said. turning back to Luke, I followed him as he proceeded along the deck of the ship, dodging and blocking incoming Pirates and equipment.

"But wait!...If you're not Luke, the Lord of Scarborough, then who the hell are you?" I grabbed him by the shoulder and turned him around. He sighed in annoyance.

"I've got work to do!..." He replied and left.

I stood there bewildered.

"Psstt..." I heard someone say.

I turned to see the same chubby man I saw back at the palace the night I was taken. As Always, he had the most benevolent eyes.

"If you wanted to know...that right there Is Luke Sparrow." He told me.

Sparrow?

"Sparrow?...but wait...then he would have to be-" I said

"Exactly...He's Jack Sparrow's Son." He finished.

His son!? Jack Sparrow had a Son? At this point I turned to look at him.
He stood there wrapping up rope and commanding other pirates here and there. The more I looked at him, the more I could see the resemblance. His boyish features, his sleek, mid-length golden brown hair. The only difference was his eyes, which were a lovely light green. It astonished me that he was the son of the Captain.

"I didn't even know tha-"

"well we don't really talk about it much...and the captain doesn't like talking about it either...so don't bring it up!"

"GIBBS!"

we both looked up to see Jack standing near the wheel looking down at us.

"I've got to go...why don't yuh get some more shut eye hmm?" He said and left me there.

I soon returned to my room and lay on the bed once more. I stared up at the ceiling. I never imagined this would happen to me. All my life I imagined just balls and coronations and etiquette. All the things a princess should imagine. But now I was a ship and not just any ship...The Black Pearl! Somehow I filled myself with excitement more than fear.

As I drifted of to sleep once more, I thought to myself,

what more can possibly happen?