A Pirate's Rose- Henry Turner

Chapter 6

"Hector! This is me best mate in the whole world." Jack says causing Bella's eyes to roll.

"I always knew you'd settle down eventually." Barbossa says, walking towards them.

"Did you bring me a gift?" Jack asks curiously. Barbossa then shoots Pig Kelly and he falls over dead, everyone running and screaming from the scene.

"That'll do." Jack says. "You look marvelous. Got quite a spring in your step. Has your leg grown back?" Jack asks.

"Captain, shouldn't we be getting back to Salazar? Trade Mr. Sparrow's life in for our own." One of Hector's henchmen asks.

"I know that we could. But I've come for the Trident of Poseidon." Hector says still staring at Jack.

"You're gonna double cross the dead?" The other man asked.

"You did promise!" The first man says.

"And with it I'll gut the dead that stole my command of the sea." Hector says.

"As much as I love this plan. No vessel can outrun that wretched haul of a ship." Jack counters.

"But there be one, Jack." Barbossa says, taking out a sword from Blackbeard. "The fastest ship I know." Hector says, tapping on bottle inside Jack's chest. "The Pearl, trapped in that bottle by Blackbeard. Five winters ago. By the power of that blaggard sovereign blade, I hereby release the Black Pearl, to her former and rightful glory." Hector says puncturing the blade through the bottle.

...

Everyone began to run as Jack held onto the leaking bottle, Bella's heart leaping. Her dream to sail the Black Pearl may come true.

"Get ready." Jack says, then dropping the bottle, the pieces smashing and the Pearl beginning to grow.

"It's coming. It is coming! Coming! Set aside! It's coming!" Jack yelled pushing everyone back. Bella's smile grew but it fell when the Pearl only grew to about the size of a model ship.

"It's shrunken." Jack says in disbelief, picking up with Pearl with his hands. "Why doesn't it unshrink? Maybe it's cold." Jack mutters to himself.

"She needs the sea." Barbossa says snatching the Pearl from his hands and throwing it into the water, only for it to sink.

"She was a fine ship." Jack says somberly. Then after a moment, the Black Pearl rose out of the water, water pouring out of its sides, causing Bella's smile to grow wider at the sight of her favorite ship. Jack was about to board when Barbossa pulls a pistol on Jack.

"There be room for only one captain." Barbossa says, as his monkey climbs onto his shoulders.

"Filthy beast." Jack shrieks.

"Time to race the dead." Barbossa says. Bella walked over to Hector as everyone climbed aboard the Pearl.

"Hector? Can I still be your first mate?" Bella asked with a pouty look on her face.

"Of course ye can! Your my favorite rose!" Hector says with his signature cackle. She squeals and then runs back onto the ship, feeling her heart explode with happiness that she is on her favorite ship.

...

On the Black Pearl, everyone was hard at work.

"Captain. Your map in incomplete. I can take us to the Trident, if you'd just trust me. Did you not hear anything I just said?" A tied up Carina pleaded.

"So you be saying, that that star is pretending to be a map?" Barbossa says, navigating his charts.

"Sir, there is no island, on any map to support what the woman says." One of the men says.

"Captain, you don't have to understand her. Just believer her." Bella perks up. Barbossa spots the Silent Mary and then shouts some more orders.

"Release them." He says.

"Sir, you wouldn't allow a woman to steer your ship?" A sailor says.

"She will follow her star. Or we'll all die together." Barbossa says. Carina walks over and then takes the wheel.

"This ship. Those ghosts. There can be no logical explanation." Carina says shocked to Bella and Henry.

"Myths of the sea are real, Carina." Henry says back to her, looking through his spyglass. "I'm glad you can finally see you were wrong." Henry says smirking.

"Wrong? Perhaps I had some doubts." Carina says, smirking to her friend.

"This is the worst apology I've ever heard." Henry says turning around to face the 2.

"Apology? Why would I apologize?" Carina says.

"Because we've been chased by the dead, sailing on a ship, raised from a bottle. Where is your science in that?" Henry pushes.

"Fine, I will apologize." Carina says.

"Go on, then." Henry says back to her, waiting for answer.

"Well then, one could argue that you owe me an apology. As my life has been threatened by pirates and dead men." Carina says.

"Which you now believe in, sorry to say." Henry says back.

"Apology accepted." Carina says, smiling, fist bumping Bella.

"I'm going to the lookout." Henry says, walking away, meeting Bella's eyes before tearing himself away.

"I'm glad you see it my way." Carina called. Bella met Carina's eyes and she motioned for her to go up with him. She nods and then follows Henry up to the lookout. She found Henry looking out through his spyglass out over sea.

"It's quite beautiful, isn't it?" Bella asked. Henry smiled at her seeing the wind blow through her hair, and parts getting stuck to her lip. He took his hand and moved her hair out of her face, making Bella's legs want to collapse.

"All my life, I have dreamed of sailing this ship. Jack has told me countless stories of the adventures he would go on with your parents. It's a dream come true." She whispers, looking over at the calm waters. "I have never told anyone this but, I think my new dream is to find true love." Bella says, looking over at Henry.

"I hope you find it someday." Henry says, truthfully.

"I think I already have." Bella whispered, her face inches from his. They both began to lean in towards each other, Henry reaching up to cup her face, until something caught Bella's attention. She snapped her head to the right to see a ship with flag. She grabbed the spyglass and looked through it, her eyes widening.

"Bella? What is it?" Henry asked. Bella didn't say a word but shouted one word.

"Redcoats!"

I did cut this one short so that way the chapters will be longer. I am thinking about 12-13 chapters for this book, but that could change! -Anaya