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It was a cold, silent night except for the repetitive clang of metal. "Argh, you're as good as th' stories say." Blackheart said as he dodged one of the strikes from Morgan's scimitar.
"Ha, you thought you could defeat Morgan Teach," Morgan said as she jumped up onto a barrel. "I'm called Bloody Morgan for a simple reason. Whenever I fight somebody I leave them a torn apart, bloody mess!" She yelled as she dove at Blackheart sword first.
"This is one man ye won't be beatin', girl," Blackheart rolled out of the way of Morgan's attack causing her to get her scimitar stuck in the ground. "Looks to me like ye lost." Blackheart said as he put his cutlass to Morgan's neck. He put his cutlass in his belt as he extended his hand towards Morgan.
"I was really hoping I could win. It would have been great if ye had-," Blackheart put his hand in front of Morgan's mouth before she could finish her sentence.
"Aye, but I Won so you are the First-Mate of my fine vessel, Marie-Antonnette's Revenge.
"Under one condition."
"Which is?"
"I get to bring Buffo Giggles with us."
"Who in the hell is Buffo Giggles?"
"He's my parrot of course," Morgan said as she skipped off to her house to get her things. "Come on, Captain."
"I'm starting to wonder if this was a good idea," Blackheart said to himself as he followed Morgan.

"Bri, are you up yet?" Morgan shouted as a girl in her night clothes walked out into the main room of the house. When she saw Blackheart she ran off and quickly got changed. Morgan laughed, "That's my best friend, Bri. She's the Glitter Pirate."
"Woah," Blackheart shouted, "You're kidding. Bloody Morgan and The Glitter Pirate!"
Bri walked into the room and shook Blackheart's hand, "Hi, I'm Bri, The Glitter Pirate, and.........oh my god your hat is awesome! I'm so jealous of you."
"Ye be the oddest pirate I've ever met. You do know that right?" Blackheart said as he shook Bri's hand, "My name is Captain Alexander Blackheart."
Morgan jumped up and down saying, "You know how you wanted to navigate for a ship?"
"Aye," Bri said puzzled.
"Well now ye can because Alex has his own ship and we need a navigator."
"Ye must be kidding."
Alex walked forward and said, "We would be honored to have you navigate on our ship."
Bri smiled and said, "Ye have The Glitter Pirate at your service."
"Oh we can't forget," Morgan said then she whistled for Buffo. Buffo flew over to Morgan's outstreched arm. "That's a good parrot."

The group walked over to the Marie-Antonnette's Revenge carrying cases belonging to Morgan and Bri. Buffo rested on Morgan's shoulder. "OK is there anything else we need to get before we leave?" Alex asked while briing on the last case.
"Hmm," Morgan said as she took inventory, "Swords, clothes, food, guns, parrot, and maps. Nope, we have everything, Captain."
"Aye, let's set a coarse for The Isle of Tortuga then!" Alex yelled to Bri.
Bri yelled back to Alex and Morgan, "Aye aye, Captain, but where is that?"
Morgan jumped down next to Bri, "Remeber that crazy place with all the pirates in the middle of nowhere."
"Aye, we should go back the the Moon Ring Bar and see if we can find anyone to join us."
"You can find anything on that island from human help to cursed treasure." Alex said, "Ye lasses ever hear of the legend of the Black Pearl. It was a ship faster than any other ever built. It was captained by a man by the name of Jack Sparrow. He was double crossed by his treacherous first make Barbossa. Barbossa told the captain that everything should be shared equally so Jack gave up the location of the treasure. That very night a mutiny took place. The crew marrooned Jack on an island. They gave him a pistol with a single shot, which won't help you hunt. After three weeks that pistol started looking real good but instead he went out onto the shallow and roped himself a couple of sea turtles."
"Wow, that's crazy Captain," Bri said looking up from her maps, "OK, go that way!" she shoted as she pionted East.
"Ye really gotta work on yer directions, Bri." yelled Morgan from below the deck. Bri just ignored her and continued looking at the maps. After a couple more of Bri's hard to follow directions they ship docked at the port of Tortuga.
Alex jumped down onto the dock and sniffed the air, "Still the same old Tortuga. Come on girls let's head to the bar."

The group headed for the Moon Ring Bar to find some pirates to join them. They walked in and took a seat in the corner of the bar. Alittle while later a bloody, beaten-up man stumbled into the bar. Another man ran over to him, helped him to a table and asked what was wrong. The bruised man replied, "It be that damned Tempting Turner. I walked over to the middle of the forest and met a pretty, young lass so I figured I'd introduce myself," the man paused to take a swig of his ale then continued, "We talked for awhile and then all of the sudden she starts undoin' me shirt. Then next thing I know she taking her shirt off. So I'm sitting there in amazement as this pretty thing is getting undressed but before I could get a good look at her naked she knocks me out and steals all me stuff."
"Aye, that would definatly be Temtping Turner," another man added, "She likes to start talking to ye and then she starts taking her clothes off and the next thing you know you are laying on the ground with nothing. She usually stays in the middle of the forest. She is one tricky pirate."
Alex looked at his crew, "A pirate, huh? She seems to know how to make good money, too."
Bri leaned closer, "How about we have one of these guys go into the woods and have alittle chat with her? Then we can see what actually happens."
Morgan rushed over to another table with a burly man sitting at it and talked for alittle bit. She walked back with him, "He agreed to it."
The man said, "It's one hell of a deal, You give me 3 shilings and I get to meet Tempting Turner."
"Aye, that be the deal," Morgan said with a smile.

Later that night the man wandered into the woods and waited for Tempting Turner. The group sat in a tree waiting for the same person. Out of the forest a girl came and sat next to the man. They started talking for awhile. "That must be Tempting Turner," Morgan whispered. All of the sudden Tempting Turner started to take her shirt off. Right at that moment Morgan put her hands over Alex's eyes. Before she actually took her shirt off Tempting Turner took out sapphire and emerald encrusted rapier and smashed the man's head with the back end of it. She went through the man's stuff until she found his money. Before she could run Alex, Bri, and Morgan surrounded her.
"You must be Tempting Turner."
"Aye, what be it to you?" she replied with an arrogant smirk.
" We are a crew of pirates seeking others with the skills to handle the seas." Alex replied.
"My name is Anne Turner and I guess I could help ye out," Anne said as she threw her arms around Alex. "So do you have a ship at least?"
"Aye, we have the best ship on Tortuga."
"She's called Marie-Anntonnette's Revenge," Bri said excitedly, "She's the fastest ship I ever navigated."
"Well, let's get going then." Anne exclaimed as she walked over in the direction of the port.
Alex put his arm around Morgan and said, "Look at this. Our crew consists of a navigator who can't tell East from West, a first mate with a parrot named Buffo Giggles, and now we have a-"
"Don't even say it, Alex," Morgan said as she put her hand over his mouth. "So what if our crew is kinda disfunctional. We are still a crew."

As the group walked back to the bar Anne remembered something, "If we need a good pirate we should get Dragonfire. Dragonfire is a legendary pirate who took down the Royal Navy single-handedly"
"Sounds like this Dragonfire charecter is pretty reliable," Alex said as he opened the door to the bar. As he said the name Dragonfire everyone in the bar turned around, "Umm, Did I say something wrong?"
A girl approached him and said, "You are looking for Dragonfire?"
"Aye, I wish to invite Dragonfire to join my crew. We are looking for capable pirates and Anne here has heard of Dragonfire's reputation."
"That's Temtping Anna Turner!" a man exclaimed. Some of the men stood up and gripped their weapons. One man who looked like he would pop a blood vessel took a swing at Anne but his sword was caught on Alex's cutlass.
Alex looked up at the man and said, "Ye can go and sit down and not mess with me crew or I can spill ye blood over the floor." The man sat down, defeated.
Morgan was awstruck by what just happened, "What happened? One second ago he was looking for a pirate then next he's defending his crew from death. He really is a great captain."
"Bravo, Captain. You'll put ye neck on the line to defend ye crew. That's amazing. I, Shana Dragonfire, accept your initation to join your crew."
Alex's eyes widened, "Then ye are Dragonfire. Why in the hell is my crew made entirely of lasses?"
At that moment Anne threw her arms around Alex and said, "Well, if ye really want me to tell
ye a good reason..." She started laughing.
"Let's just get back to the ship." Alex said as he walked out the doors of the bar with Anne still clinging onto him.

When the group got to the docks they saw a a man standing infront of their boat, "So after all these years we finally meet again. I see ye boat is still holding up after all this time. She's a real beut."
"Get away from there, Skyme! I destroyed the Dark Hawk II and now your here to steal my boat? I don't think so."
"Boy, ye judge me to fast," just as the man said that he grabbed Alex by the neck and threw him out into the deep waters, "I'm going to drown ye, fool."
Anne, Morgan, and Shana all grabbed their swords but as they pulled them from their belts they were surrounded by a group of pirates. The pirates led the group to an old ship. The man turned around and said, "I'm Captain Angus Skyme, the roughest captain on the seven seas. Bring them aboard the Dark Hawk III." The band of pirates pushed the crew onto the ship and down into the brig.
Bri started to cry alittle bit, "How could he have been taken down so easily?" The rest of the group knew exactly who she was referring to. The sound of clanging metal was coming from the upper deck.
As the group stuck there heads out to try to see something they heard Skyme scream, "What in bloody hell are you doing back!? I've killed you twice already, Blackheart!"
"You gotta make sure I die ye damned fool." Alex responded. As soon as they heard Alex was still alive the group's hope was restored. After a couple more minutes Alex came down the stairs and unlocked the cell door.
"Wow, how did ye survive?" asked Shana.
"It's pretty simple. He threw me into a shallow part of the bay," Alex responded.
"Oh, I thought it might be some amazing story to tell through the ages," Anne said disappionted.

The crew got back to the docks and back onto the Marie-Annonnette's Revenge. Bri asked, "So he was part of your old crew?"
Alexed laughed and said, "No, I was part of his crew. He was Captain Angus Skyme, The Most Feared Pirate on the Spanish Main. Things changed a bit for him when he came to the Crimson Coast and met me. I challenged him and beat him but was too young to be captain of my own crew. I became his first mate. I got to know the crew quickly and I had their support for anything. Angus would every-so-often decide one of his crew wasn't doin' a good job so he killed 'em. That got on my nerves after awhile and then I led a mutiny against him. I got control of the Dark Hawk and the crew. Soon the crew fell apart and so did the ship. I was stuck on Tortuga until I "found" this ship". Just as Alex said that the Norweigan ship, The Intereceptor, rammed in the Marie-Anntonnette's Revenge's side.
As the Norweigan boarding party tied up the crew a man wearing a very fancy uniform walked foward and lifted Al;ex's head up. He said, "I am captain Michael Basedow of the norweigan navy and this ship is now property of Norway."
"Over me dead body it is!" Alex yelled in anger.
"We aren't gonna hand this ship over to ye," Morgan said.
"Very funny," Michael said as he saw a fin pop out of the water. "Was that a mermaid!?"
A couple of officers rushed over to go see, "Sir, it is only a dolphin." The officers then led the crew down to the brig and put them into a cell.

"This is a bloody outrage!" Alex yelled to the men on guard duty.
"Save your breath, boy," the guard said. The tone in his voice hinted that he was bored and waiting for something to happen.
"Save my breath!? I'll make sure ye can never take a breath again if you dont let me outta this cell right now! Could you at least tell me why your captain is afraid of mermaids?"
The guard got bored and started to doze off to sleep, "The captain was taking a bath one day and he fell asleep. He started to drown in his bath and when he woke up he thought mermaids were trying to drown him."
"Ye are kiddin' ,right?"
"I wish I was."
"It must get pretty lonely out on the sea," Anne said as she started to undo the buttons of her shirt. "If you let me out I could keep you company," By that time her shirt was unbuttoned and she was holding it closed.
"Well, I guess. What harm could it do?"
"A hell of alot," Shana whispered to Bri who was trying not to laugh. As the gaurd opened up the door Morgan hit him in the back of the head which knocked him out. The rest of the crew dragged him into the cell and locked the door as Anne buttoned her shirt back up. The crew took their weapons back and ran to the captain's room where Captain Basedow was sleeping. Alex put his cutlass to Maichael's neck and said, "This is my ship and I'm taking it back. You can eith-"
Before Alex could finish Michael yelled, "Thank god! I would be honored to join your crew so would all of my men. We hate the rule of Norway. We are all impressed sailors who have no homes to go back to."
"Well, I wasn't expectin' that, but aye ye and ye crew can join us." Alex walked onto the deck and made the annoucment before the crew. Every member of the new crew was overjoyed.

As the Marie-Anntonnette's Revenge sailed across the ocean Bri spotted a small island with a signal fire on it. She called down to the ship from the crow's nest, "Land ho!" Shortly after the ship layed anchor alittle away fromt he island and Alex, Morgan, Bri, Michael, Shana, and Anne took a small raft and went to the island. By the signal fire they saw a man being nibbled on by monkeys. Morgan yelled, "They are so cute!" as she ran and picked one up. She smiled at the monkey and it smiled back at her. She hugged the monkey tightly.
Alex sighed, "My first mate is in love with a monkey." when he looked up Morgan was holding the monkey right in front of his face.
"Can we keep him?" Morgan begged.
"Fine can we just find out who that is?" Alex pionted to the body that the monkeys had run off from.
"I'm going to call you Hippopotamous," Hippopotamous then ran up Morgan's arm and sat on her shoulder. The group walked over to the man who had many cuts and scrapes from the monkeys trying to eat him.
"Are you alrite?" Anne said as she poked the man.
Shana walked over and kicked him, "I think he's dead." The man then sat up and yawned.
He got up, looked at all the scratches and yelled, "Damn ye all to hell, you damned furry devils!"
Bri walked over to him, "Umm...those be monkeys. Are ye ok?"
"Those monkeys as ye call them were tryin' to eat me alive!"
"Who are ye?" Bri asked as she helped the man up.
"My name is Corky. I'm the best cannoneer in the spanish main."
Bri looked at her maps, "We aren't by the spanish main anymore. We be by the Crimson Coast."
"I've been looking to join a pirate crew for some time now but I got run aground on this island with those little devils," Corky yelled, "Watch yourself, Miss," he said pointing at Hippopotamous, "That little devil will eat ye for dinner if ye arent careful.
Morgan and hippopotamous were horrified, "He would never do anything like that!" Just as Morgan took her sword from her belt Corky grabbed a gun from his but and shot the sword right out of her hand.
Shana came up from behind him, pressed her sword to his neck, and said, "If ye shoot at her again, I'm going to chop ye head off and feed it to the monkeys."
"OK before ye kill each other," Alex interuppted, "As we can tell Corky is good with gun and maybe a cannon. We need him for our crew."
"I would obligated to join your crew." Corky said with a bow.
"What in the hell are you talking about?" Michael asked puzzled.
He sighed and stuck out his hand. "I accept your invitation."
Alex laughed alittle and said, "Now let's get back to the ship." They all got on the raft and headed back toward the ship.

The ship was slowly sailing across the water when Bri shouted, "We made it to the Crimson Coast!"
Alex came out of this cabin and joined the rest of the group who was already admiring the red tinted sand and the ghosts walking among the people. He walked over next to Anne and said, "Welcome to the Crimson Coast. Where the dead walk among the living, there is no concern for wealth or prosperity, the only thing that matters is you are doing what you want when you want."
"Hmm...sounds like I'm going to have alittle fun." Anne said as she started to undo her shirt.
When the ship finally arrived everyone agreed to meet back in the morning.
Alex said to himself, "I have some business to take care of."