A Bird's Journey - A One Piece Fan Fiction About Soul King Brook (Hiatus)

Part 21: The Start of Captain Sparrow

Sparhawk's Point of View...
So many emotions were going all over the place. It was hard to think. I had to explain everything to him. Looking up at the stars I calmed down a bit and started singing one of our favorite songs we made when we were young. I teared up a bit.

Brook started coming up the hill and I dry my eyes before he sees. "May I sit next to you?" He asked.

"Go right ahead. There's a lot to say." I replied. "Aren't the stars beautiful here? Like the last time I saw you."

He looked up at them. "I noticed you were singing one of our songs from when you couldn't make a sound. That brings back memories. The stars are beautiful but you wanted to talk. I want to know what happened and why you said you were someone named Star or Starlight. As well as the whole Byron and Kaley thing."

I showed a quick smile then spoke. "Well, for starters the last time I saw you I had a beard. As well as 2 kids that rarely left my side except in most fights."

"You don't mean..?" He asked a little shocked. "Captain Sparrow? Where those our youngest 2 kids or whose kids were they? Why didn't you say anything? And how did you have a beard? Are you secretly one of the ladies that can grow a beard?"

I chuckled. "Yes, I was Captain Sparrow. Those 2 kids were the ones I was pregnant with when I left for Reverie. They're names are Starlight, the little girl, after my real name, and Skylar, her twin brother. I didn't say anything because I had lost my memory of our time together. That's because I hit my head on a rock while I was drowning. The beard explanation is that it was some of Newgate's hair that we made into a beard. It was easy to make something to help it stay on and still make it look natural. Because if you remember it was extremely rare to openly have a female pirate back then. They'd be put down for it too usually. Either by their own crew members or targeted by other pirates first. Except Linlin. Even as young as she was back then it would have been difficult to take her down."

"You mentioned Newgate back when I met you as Captain Sparrow. How did Newgate help you out other than with the beard? Honestly, that doesn't really seem like helping a whole lot." Brook seemed curious.

"Let me tell you how I survived drowning. Then my time as as pirate." I said.

56 years ago after falling off the ship...
I woke up hacking up water and some blood. There was some pain on the back of my head. Then I noticed a bunch of swords drawn on me and without thinking my body reacted. Disarming many people as I went when there was a pain in my stomach. It slowed me down considerably until there was too much pain. A man with long wavy blonde hair stopped the others and had me see the doctor on the ship.

Some time later...
After some time and effort I gave birth to 2 babies. I felt tired. Once the babies were wrapped up in a bundle, the man who had the doctor take care of me and asked who I was. As hard as I tried I just kept getting a nasty headache and couldn't remember a thing. The man said to stop trying and introduced himself as Edward Newgate. Also that he just got promoted from cabin boy not that long ago.

I let out a quick chuckle. "I'm Sparrow." I replied. "Huh, seems like I kinda remembered something. Anyway I'm naming the little ones Starlight and Skylar, oddly enough."

"Why those names in particular?" Newgate asked.

"I'd have to say Starlight for the girl because her eyes sparkle with different colors in them. Like how I can imagine some stars look like close up. Then Skylar for my son because he looks so bright and cheery like the sky on a sunny day." I said. "They're silly reasons aren't they? Anyway thanks for helping but I'm not sure if I'm welcome."