Chapter 2- Stow away!

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Fern woke with a start as the ship suddenly jerked and some of the barrels of water around her fell out of place rolling across the floor. Fern got up and looked out of the gap she had to see out of but nothing was unusual until she heard a shout of surprise from the crew as the ship lurched again. Fern looked out her gap and saw through the window for the cannons the ship was no longer in any water but in the sky. Fern suddenly saw strange light around the ship that shone in through the tinyest cracks in the decks abover her. She shielded her eyes as the lights got brighter and brighter till Fern closed her eyes and was blinded by them. SUddenly the lights faded and Fern opened her eyes to hear shouts of amazment from the crew above then a sudden lurch shook through the ship knocking over all the barrels. Fern heard a loud slpash as the ship landed in water then the ship slowled and the anchor was dropped. Fern was so busy watching through the cannon window she never saw the pirates who had come up behind her. Suddenly a rough hand clamped over her mouth and dragged her out of her hidding place. She kicked and fought but the pirate held her well as she was dragged up onto decks and blinded by the sunlight. The pirate who had found her put his sword to her neck and Fern's yells where muffled by his hand. Then the msaller man wearing the striped shirt came out of the cabin and saw Fern.
"What's she doing on the ship?" Smee cried in surprise and the other pirate who had found her threw her bag onto the deck in front of Smee. "She's a stow away that's why!" Smee was about to speak when Fern slammed her heel into her captors toes making him yell and let go of her. She swung around drawing her dagger and kicked the pirate into three others before grabbing her grapple which had fallen out of her bag and hooked onto the wood holding up the main sail and swung around the mast before landing on the top of the mast. The pirates yelled and some began climbing into the rigging after her but she used the pistol she had stolen off pone of the pirates and fired hitting their hands making them all fall back onto the decks angrily. "Get her!" One of the pirates from the fight fired his pistol at her but she dodged it quickly. Suddenly the pirate in the crows nest leapt down and engaged Fern in a dual, Fern dualed him with both dagger before kicking off the mast but he grabbed her foot pulling her with him. Fern grasped hold of the mast and held her and the pirate in mid air above the decks. None of the pirates dared fire in case they killed the other pirate when Fern lifted her leg up slowly and with a huge amount of strength and sliced her dagger across the pirates hands making him let go. The pirate fell yelling loudly to the decks wer he landed on two other pirates. But just as Fern got up onto the mast again the cabin door slammed open silencing the crew. A man in a large black coat walked out onto the decks and saw his men bleeding and injured. He turned slowly to Smee who stood trembling in his skin and the man shrowded by a large hat grabbed Smee's shirt and pulled him to his face. The ma muttered something and Smee began stuttering and pointed to Fern who had hidden behind the mast when no one was looking. The man let go of Smee and threw his hat to another pirate before looking up and revealing his evil face. He had a big black moustache and piercing blue eyes but the thing that frightened the crew the most was the shining, iron hook he had instead of a right hand. "I don't see a girl Mr Smee, are you sure your right?" Hook spoke with an evil and annoyaed tone and Smee nodded furiously. "That's right cap'n, she was a stow away this is hers!" Smee showed Hook Fern's bag but he held up his hand pushing Smee away. H drew his pistol menacilly and narrowd his eyes at the mast. "Let's see shall we?" Fern looked up and saw a rope leading to the crows nest and grabbed it just as H pulled the trigger and fired right through the mast where she had been standing. H scanned the rigging and saw a rope move and fired again but nothing happened. Fern climbed silently into the crows nest and peered down on H and his crew, she studied H with interest. He had a greasy black moustache, a long leather coat on and he prefured using his hook than his actual hand. Fern watched entraced by Hook's evil face and menacing smile when she saw him look at the crows nest and she ducked back. Suddenly a bullet ripped through the crows nest just missing Fern but did just catch her arm. A drop of blood fell from the crows nest on the deck in front of Hook and Smee and H smiled evilly to two pirates who began climbing silently up the rigging to Fern. Fern looked around and heard the rigging moving, she drew her daggers silently and crouched ready to pounce. Suddenly the two pirates got to the crows nest and Fern leapt out laping onto a rope and facing the two pirates who were surprised by her move but moved along the mast towards her but as they did she swung around off the rope and onto the mast in front of them. As she dualed the pirates H watched from below annoyed by the girl's interferance but very impressed with her skills. "Let's bring our little frined to our level!" Hook smiled evilly and aimed his pistol at Fern before pulling the trigger. Fern heard the shot before she felt it but she had no where to move to and the bullet cut through the rope she had just leapt onto beringnig her crashing to the decks. Before she could recover she felt a sword under her chin, she looked up and saw Hook standing his sword drawn smiling evilly down on her. "What do we have here?!" Hook moved his sword closer to Fern's neck and she slowly got up before a pirate grabbed hr again. Hook walked frward and stroked his hook down her face gently. "Do you have a name?" Hook asked with his hook against Fern's cheek threatenly, Fern didn't reply and Hook suddenly pulled his hook away leaving a small scratch on Fern's cheek. Fern flintched at the scratch but stil said nothing. Hook took hld of Fern's chin and pulled it closer to his evil face, Fern looked defiantly at him and he suddenly looked confused. He reached to her belt and pulled out one of her daggers and saw the shape of a skull and cross bones carved into the side. He then grasbbed Fern's hair and pulled it back putting his hook on her neck. "Where did you get this from!" Fern struggled but H held her tightly against him. "I said, where did you get it from!" Hook pressed his hook against her neck and Fernflintched at the pain as he began to push his hook into her skin. "My mother." Fern finally burst out and H stopped putting preasure on his hook. "she told me she made it when she was a little girl!" Hook looked stunned then pulled on Fern's hair again pulling his hook against herneck again. "What is your mother's name!" Fern struggled but Hook pulled roughly on her hair again and she flinched. "Cassady!" Hook looked stunned and amazed, He let go of Fern and she stumbled away frim him still glaring defiantly at him. "Fern? " Fern stopped and frowned holding up her dagger. "How do you know my name?" Hook stepped forward and pulled up his sleeve to show Fern a tattoo of a skull and cross bones. Fern looked at the tatto then at the carving on her dagger. "Becuase I'm your father." Fern looked up stunned and H smiled at her but when he went to stwep forward again she ran to the side of the ship and jumped off the side. H ran to the side and sighed as Fern swam to the shore. "I never knew you had a daughter cap'n," Smee stood beside Hook who covered up his tatto again roughly. "Well now you do and now she's on that island, so does Peter!"

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