Assassin's Creed 4: A Pirate Life!

The Pirate Life

"Hey, clean that spot there," a voice said to me. I nodded and went to clean the spot.
Cleaning was one of my jobs on the ship. I spent most of my time with those Pirates. They treat me really well. They feed me and they give me a place to sleep, even though it is in a room with a male. They are nice as long as I help and don't betray them.
I wasn't always with them. I had a family for myself. They took me when I was little. I can nearly remember how it happened.

***19 years ago...

"Sarah, can you please get the bucket of water outside?" my father asked.
"Yes, father," I replied.
I went outside to get the bucket of water. It was a sunny day outside. I lived on a farm with my father. I could hear the cows and the pigs.
I was eight at the time. I had short red hair and dark-blue eyes.
I walked to the bucket and grabbed it. Then, I walked to my father to give it to him.
"Thank you sweetie," my father said.
He patted my head and smiled. Then, he got the bucket and got a sponge to start cleaning the floor. He got on his hands and knees and started cleaning the floor.
I looked at him as he looked at me for a moment. He got up and walked to his room. He came out and handed me the necklace that was once my mom's. She was murdered when I was six. He put the necklace on me and smiled.
"Now, I want you to keep this safe, Sarah," my father said as he had his hand on my shoulder.
I nodded and smiled at him. We heard a knock on the door.
"You get it as I try to finish cleaning," my father said as I nodded and walked to the door.
I dusted my shirt and my pants off. They had dirt all on them. My father did not have enough money to get me a dress or anything like that. So, I looked like a boy. Me being flat chested did not help with me looking like a boy.
I reached for the door and opened it. There was a tall man with a scar or two on his face. His clothes we ripped and had holes in it. He grabbed me up. I screamed for my father. My father came rushing to the door. The strange man was not alone. He had two other friends. They came up to my father and started to beat him up.
"We are taking your little boy with us," the man said as he grabbed me and started to run with me.
"Don't worry. Daddy will come and rescue you one day," my father said with a smile. The last smile I saw from him.
The man took me to a ship and took me to their captain.
"Aye, a new one?" the captain asked the man. The man nodded as the captain smiled at me.
"Oh good. Ye will clean...if ye don't we can kill ye," the captain said to me. I nodded with my eyes full of tears as the man gave me stuff to clean with.

***Present Day...

For years I cleaned for them when there needed cleaning. They had me do other things as well. I helped with raising the sail. I lived on that ship for years. just me and a lot of men.
I try to keep quiet so I can keep them thinking that I am a male. I keep my hair short. I wear big clothes to hide the fact that I had breasts. Cause I know what they'll do if they knew I was a female. They would kick me out of the crew. Or worse, they would rape me. I knew from the begging that I had to hide the fact that I was really a female.
I continued to clean the spot that I was told to clean up. Suddenly, I heard some men yelling.
"Hey, there be a storm comin'!" a man yelled to the others.
"Let's go around it," the captain said.
Men shouted at one another to make the ship go around the storm. The storm is too big to go around though. They tried their best to go around it but it came at the ship fast and strong. The ship swayed from side to side. Water came up to the deck. Men ran back and forth to trying to help. I stood there, letting the rain hit my body. I noticed the rain was making my big clothes stick to me. Starting to show my female features. I panicked.
"In here matey," A man said to me as he pointed to the lower part of the ship where it was a little dry.
I rushed towards him and we both went down to the lower part together. He went to a built-in bed. I followed him. We made it to the bed and he sat down on it. I sat down next to him. I saw a blanket and grabbed it up. I covered myself up, trying to get my clothes dry.
I looked outside and saw that the storm would soon be over. I sat there next to that man until the storm was over.
The storm was finally over. I got up and started to walk to the main hatch. The man stopped me and came towards me. He tripped and fell on me. He looked down.
"Why, you are a female-"
"Their tryin' to take our ship!" a man shouted, interrupting the man that was on top of me.
"Let's get 'em!" another man shouted even louder.
Everyone started to grab weapons and tried to fight off the other pirates.
The man got off of me to help fight off the pirates.
I got up and fixed my shirt. I grabbed a sword and walked up the stairs, slowly. A man came toward me and attacked me. I dodged it and hit him. I stabbed him and sliced him with the sword I had in my hand. I killed him.
I looked around everyone was getting beat. Suddenly, the captain surrendered. Everyone surrendered.
"We're goin' take your ship from you lads," the captain of the other ship said.
"Please take any man you want...Just don't take me ship!" our captain pleaded.
"Fine, we'll take ten of your men and we'll let you keep your ship," the other captain said.
"Okay, pick ye ten," our captain said. The other captain walked around.
"Well lads, pick ten men," the other captain said to his crew.
His crew walked around looking at all of us. One man stopped and had a look at me. I made no eye contact. He grabbed my face and forced me to look at him. I looked at him with angry eyes. He grabbed me up and tied my hands behind my back.
"Found one, cap'n!" the man yelled at his captain.
"Good. Bring him onto the ship," the captain said to the man that had me.
The man grabbed me by my waist and swung from a rope to get me to their ship. We waited for the others to get on board.
Finally, after a while they all got on board. The captain was the last to get on.
"Ok lads, I am your new captain. Captain Kenway," he said to us.
He walked around us and looked at our faces. He came to me and looked at me. I looked down, trying to hide my face.
"Now, lad. There is no reason to be hidin' your face like that," he said as he lifted my chin to see my face.
"Sir, what shall I do with him?" a man asked the captain.
"Take him to my cabin. I want a word with him," he said as he continued to look at the other men's faces.
The man took me to the captains cabin and threw me inside.
"You stay in here until the cap'n comes in," he said as he shut the door.
I decided to look around for a bit. I looked at some maps that were on his desk. There were maps of where to find treasures in the area. Maps of where you could go and buy materials for the ship. All kinds of maps.
I wonder what he is going to talk to me about. Am I in trouble? I have not been here enough to even be in trouble. I thought to myself.
Finally, Captain Kenway came and opened the door. I stood in one place, waiting for him to say something.
"What is your name, lad?" he asked me.
"Jacob," I replied in a fake deep voice.
"Jacob what?" he asked.
"Jacob Thomas," I replied in a fake deep voice again.
"Oh...so Jacob Thomas, how would ye like to be me quartermaster?" he asked with a smile.
I nodded and smiled back at him. He walked outside to tell everyone. They looked at me. A few smiled and the others did not.
I just looked at them. I did not say a single word. The captain patted my shoulder as I looked at him. I noticed a small scar on his face. I looked at it then at his blue eyes. He noticed me staring at him. He looked at me with a smile.
"You're Ok, lad," he said with a huge smile. I smiled back.
I looked at the crew. Most of them had torn up clothes.
"Lad, I want you to get a good nights sleep. You can go to my cabin and sleep there," he said as I looked around.
It was getting very dark. I started to walk to his cabin. I looked at the crew's faces. I could tell they did not like me. I walked inside of the captain's cabin. I found a bed on the floor and laid there. For some reason I could not go to sleep. I wasn't scared, I just had a lot on my mind.
I sat up and reached for my mom's necklace that was underneath my clothes. I thought about my father. I wonder if he is even still looking for me. He probably thinks I am dead or something. I hope he is still looking for me.
I heard the captain walk in. He saw me sitting up on the bed.
"You can go to sleep on that bed," he said as he pointed at the bed that I was on.
I laid down and went to sleep for a while. Not too long before I woke up. I sat up and decided to go out and get some fresh air. It was really dark but, there were a couple of lanterns. So, it was not that dark. There were nearly anyone on the deck. Most of them were under the main hatch, sleeping in the beds.
I stood near the edge of the side of the ship. My arms rested on the railing. I looked out at the sea. I started to sing a song I heard my father sing a couple of times. It was about London, where my father and mother were from. I sung the song softly and slowly.
"Take a look 'round lively old London, Buzzing crowds we sweat and we revel, Red-cheeked shouts and songs in the flicker of the gaslight. Eager Blighty bursts from the cobblestones, Racing, climbing blooming fertility, Born from secret seeds that were scattered in the nighttime. London is fed upon the meat of the dead, They're one shallow inch below the town...Underground, Underground, Leave them Underground...Them that whispered dreams that only poisoned up, Them that told us lies of their bravery, Them that preached of progress and put us in the poorhouse-"
"Hey, what are you singing?" the captain asked, interrupting me. He surprised me. I jumped and fell down.
"Are you ok, Jacob?" the captain asked as I nodded.
"I was just gettin' some fresh air," I said in a fake deep voice.
"Oh Ok," the captain said with a smile.
I could tell that his smile was fake. He helped me up and then continued to steer the ship. I looked at the sea again.
"Loved ones taken long before their work was done...Underground, Underground...Leave them underground," I sung slowly as I held my mom's necklace in my hand. I looked at it, then my eyes started to form tears.
I cried. I stood there crying for a while. I looked around, my eyes still having tears in them. I wiped the tears from my eyes then I put the necklace back under my clothing. I looked at the captain. He glanced at me a couple of times. I turned around and looked at the sea and then up at the stars.
I wonder why the captain favors me. He nearly knows me enough to even favor me. I thought to myself as I stared at the stars.
I decided to go to the cabin and sleep. I walked up to the bed and laid down.

***Captain Kenway's P.O.V***

That lad, Jacob Thomas. When I told the others that he was my quartermaster, they looked at him with sick looks. Looks that were jealous. I favor that lad Jacob, because for some reason he reminds me of my wife. Maybe it is his red hair, or maybe the look in his eyes. I don't know what it is about him that reminds me of her.
I saw him walk to the cabin. Maybe he is going to sleep now. I will check on him in a while.

***My P.O.V***

I fixed myself up before I went to sleep. I laid down on my side and started to go to sleep.

I woke up to a noise. A squeaky floorboard. I looked up and saw a figure. I started to scream for help, because I thought they were going to kill me. They covered my mouth. I started to kick them.

***Captain Kenway's P.O.V***

I went in my cabin to check on him. He was startled and started to scream. I covered his mouth. He tried kicking me and punching me. I got on top of him. I pined him down. Suddenly, he stopped

***My P.O.V***

The figure got on top of me and pinned me. I froze. I could tell he was a little confused by how I just suddenly stopped kicking and punching him. I was embarrassed as I blushed a little. The darkness of the room covered my blushing. He got close to my face. I could see now that he was the captain.
"Calm down lad, it is just me," Captain Kenway said.
He finally got off of me. I sat up.
"It is ok, go back to sleep," he said.
I laid back down on the bed as I drifted off to sleep...