Heart Of The Sea (PotC universe)

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"Captain, few more hours and we'll be in Singapore."

"Aye-"

"Aye."

Calypso looked at Jack, annoyance written on xyr face. Of course uncle would try to get a hold of xyr ship, along with the crew; who wouldn't try? It's the Black Pearl for dear heavens! The myths of this ship are incredible, and only few of people have seen it.

"Quit it, you're not the one to be the captain now."

Sparrow huffed, but didn't say anything; he knew better than to mess with Calypso, this kid had so many cards up xyr sleeves. The captain told xyr right hand to take the steer, xemselves walking away from the wheel. Calypso had so many things on xyr mind, and xe couldn't get rid of them.. for some odd reason; which made xem really frustrated.

Xe watched the sea, the deep blue of depths. Before suddenly xe had a flask of rum in front of xyr face.

"Tell me, Caly, what's on your mind?"

It was Jack, again. Calypso's frown turned into a smile, which xyr tried to hide; it wasn't everyday xe'd smile genuinely. Young captain grabbed the bottle from xyr uncle, taking few gulps of the liquor.

" 'S nothing, just some teenage things."

Calypso tried avoiding the question, and what could go further with more of those. Uncle Jack didn't have to know a young pirate fell in love.

If we can call it 'love at first sight'.

Sparrow nodded, but didn't quite buy what Barbossa was saying. A low, acknowledging hum came from him.

"Sure it ain't anythin' else, mate? You seem a bit out of it."

"You haven't seen me for few months, uncle."

They both chuckled, with Jack's small 'right' between it. How could he know something was up? He never had kid of his own nor had he ever spend time with one; so how could he read xem so easily?

Well, maybe because it was Jack Sparrow, goddamn it.

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They made it, finally they and their father made it to Singapore. Definitely looked more exotic than Port Royale on Caribbean, not like a fortress with a village. It had this less tension in it.

"Keep your guard up, Hugo. And don't walk away from anyone of ours, alright?"

Mr. Swann said, which his child only nodded as a 'yes'.  They got off of their ship, walking behind and in front of bodyguards; the governor right next to them. It felt weird being away from home, but they guessed it was a normal thing to feel; especially when it was their first time away from Port Royale.

It was a village on water, at least most of it was. Many wooden bridges connecting to many wooden huts, making it look like a maze. It looked poorer than what you see at Hugo's hometown, but it didn't fail to amuse them. Some had lit candles in them, some were completely dark. There were people walking around, different clothings than what British were wearing.

They've been walking for a while, until they made it to the center of the village; where their father was supposed to meet with someone. But Hugo didn't really want to do that, they found it boring. So what else they could do? They could disobey their father and walk away, giving themselves a tour around the village?

Hell yeah.

And so that happened. They just made sure no one was watching, before blending into the crowd; which was stupidly easy, considering they had blue-ish coat with gold details on it. Hugo felt more relaxed than when they were on a ship or with everyone else around, not counting the people that pass by. No one watched their every move, or babysit them; they never felt so free-

Until suddenly someone pinned them to a stone wall.

After the sudden shock, Hugo tried making out who was the attacker; and he did not believe the person was really short, with so much body strength.

"Hello, dear. We meet again."

They could hear a smirk in xyr voice, which made them sigh; more of a relieved sigh, that they didn't knew they were holding.

"I was seeking you on the horizon, just like you told me."

Calypso didn't actually expect that to happen. Which made xyr eyebrows rise in amazement, glad xyr hair covered xyr brows. Xe collected xemselves, going back to xyr role; eyes deeply staring into Hugo's.

And they swore they could feel their knees weaken.

"I'm flattered to hear that flow from lips of governor's descendant."

Hugo couldn't help but smile, even in that kind of situation; where a dangerous pirate has them flushed against a wall, xe still manages to get the other's guard down.

"You're coming with me, Mx. Swann. You can consider it.. uuh... A kidnapping..?"