A Pirate's life for Me

Nine

"Oi Ruby! Move along a bit, I'm shark dinner right now." Henry said in a loud whisper, as the youngest Sparrow rolled her eyes and scaled further along the stern of the ship and almost into the open window of the Captain's Cabin, she pulled back so that their shadows wouldn't be seen. "Ruby. Move!!" "Turner!! We are on the stern of a ship apart from the locker where exactly would you like me to move to??" Ruby said leaning around Carina. "We really should be quieter." The latter said as Ruby resumed her position lent in close to the window, she heard her father talking.

"So that's it. We just have to defeat him again. IF he is back. He can't be though, over half of us personally saw to it that he met his sticky end, and I for one don't believe people just come back from the dead." Barbossa was heard clearing his throat. "Ok you, me and the Eunuch excepted." "Jack! I think that nickname is getting quite old don't you?" Elizabeth scolded. "And besides.. if you three returned to the land of the living, I think it's safe to say that the same could be said for him? Do you not remember the efforts we went to for you?" Elizabeth said loudly. "Well luv, if you hadn't of sent me to the locker in the first place neither you, your beloved or Barbossa would have to have made that treacherous journey savvy?" "This is getting us nowhere!!" Angelica said loudly. "Quite right luv, now if you would all kindly vacate my cabin, my wife has needs." "Sparrow!!! You'll be sleeping in the hold if you don't take this seriously." "Fine. So who's got any ideas? Not like we can start asking around.. we'll cause a right panic." "Can we go to Shipwreck cove?" Elizabeth asked. This made Ruby's eyes widen, she loved going to Shipwreck cove, her grandfather, the keeper of the code resided there. "No we shall not." Jack said sternly. "What's the matter Jack.. scared to go and ask Daddy for help?" "Shut it Barbossa. I just don't think there is a need to involve any other pirate lords as of yet..." "Well what's your big plan?" Gibbs was heard asking. "I am working on that.. but I command we point the ship in the opposite direction." "JACK. Davy Jones is back and he's after us. We can't hide from it. We need to defeat him once more or he'll destroy everything we worked for." William said sternly. This made both Henry and Ruby gasp loudly. The adults heard a noise and stilled, Elizabeth and Angelica looked at one another but then shook their heads. Their children knew not to listen in to private conversations, didn't they? "Turner, you'll do well to remember who's Captain." "And you'll do well to remember we work best when we work together." "Right, so what do you suggest we do to kill Jones for good?" Jack said sitting down at his desk, placing his feet up on it. He pulled Angelica onto his lap as the conversation continued.

"Ruby..." Henry whispered. "Ruby.." "SHHHHH!" The youngest Sparrow replied in a loud whisper as she moved closer to the open window. "Ruby!!!" Henry said again making Carina stop and look at her boyfriend. "Henry!!" She said loudly as she spotted the rope that was fraying above them with the weight of all three of them. "Ruby!!!" Carina said in a loud whisper. "Will you TWO SHUT IT!!!" Ruby shouted loudly turning to face them. She then closed her eyes after realising how loud she had been. The Captain's cabin had gone deathly silent. Rolling her eyes at her stupidness, she then spotted the fraying old rope above Henry's head. "Follow me." She said in an almost silent whisper as she threw herself through the open Captain's window, followed by Carina and then a flustered Henry. As the trio got to their feet they were greeted by odd looks from all of the adults including their five angry parents. "And what exactly were you doing hanging off the stern of the ship?" Angelica said standing crossing her arms spotting the rope hanging from her daughter's hand "Isn't it obvious?" Ruby said standing and brushing herself off. Henry slowly stood and held his hand out to Carina who stood much more elegantly than Ruby had. "Obvious?" Elizabeth asked. "Well of course it's obvious." Henry said after receiving a jab to the ribs from Ruby. "You're saying there is a perfectly obvious and GOOD reason that you were hanging off the back of the Pearl?" Jack asked rubbing his beard. Ruby nodded "Yes father." She said with a smile before adding "Now if you will excuse us, Carina and I thought we would take tea on the deck before we retire for the evening, isn't that right Miss Barbossa?" Ruby turned to the confused woman and linked her arm through the youngest Barbossa's just like she had seen women in high society do and made way for the door. Henry followed "and I shall accompany these fine ladies. Wouldn't want them getting into any bother." "Any bother? On our own ship?" Will asked raising an eyebrow. "Little Sparrow would get in trouble in a room with no door." Gibbs said with a smirk before Ruby looked at him in shock but then relented shrugging and agreeing. "I'm sorry, maybe I missed the moment my daughter became a debutant and took TEA... but would you care to explain to us, how and why you made such a disruptive entrance to our cabin?" Angelica asked. "Umm no I actually wouldn't care to explain Mama... must dash. Tea is getting cold." Ruby said yanking Carina and Henry out the room. They ran to the most hidden furthest away place on board which happened to be the hold. It was dark but Henry soon found a lantern and lit it.

"He's back." Ruby said concerned. "Davy Jones?" Henry questioned, "it's nigh on impossible, I studied the sea my entire life, there was never anything that suggested he could come back." "Well believe it. I bet you never thought you'd actually find the trident and you did!" Ruby said pacing and stopping occasionally to rummage through the chests of treasure. She held up a gold ring with a large Ruby in it. Admiring it, she placed it on her finger and smiled. She liked it, but not enough to steal it from her own father and face his wrath so chucked it back in the chest. "Actually once I met Carina I knew we would break the curse." "Awww young love, so very inspiring but I'm not so sure love is gonna conquer the issue of facing old slimeface." Henry turned on the spot. "What we do know, is that the parents don't have a plan." He said looking at Carina. "My father came back from the dead. So did yours.." she stopped looking at Ruby. "And yours." She looked at Henry. "We are sailing on a ship that was once in a bottle and we have battled the dead. I'd say anything is possible." Ruby and Henry stopped right in front of Carina. The trio looked at one another nervously. "Then I say, we make a pact right here aye?" Ruby said holding her hand out flat. "Aye." Henry and Carina replied placing their hands on top of hers. "A Turner, A Sparrow and a Barbossa defeated him once before. Now it's our turn. Savvy?" She asked with a beaming smile that did little to hide how scared she was.