Vickie stood on the side of the boat, holding on to a rope so she wouldnt fall in.
"Vickie, you best be getting down from there." Will said. he had been watching the water meters infront of her. She was imbaressed.
"Vickie, we are almost to the starting place. best that you get down. really." Will said again.
"Alright. I'll get down." Vickie stepped off of the ledge and gasped at what she saw. Big ships, small ships, ships with white sails, ships with black sails, one had a pink sail, some were long, some were stout. But all shaired one thing. a pirate flag.
"Pretty amazing, eh?" Will asked.
"Yes, they are all so..." Vickie couldn't finish.
"many?" Will said, gazing at them all.
"What you two be doing?" Jack walked by and saw the ships.
"Aye, the ships. they will all be behind us. We have the Black Pearl, remember?" Jack said triomphantly.
All lined up at the starting point, the crews on all of the ships scurring around, trying to get ready with their sails. soon, the sun would rise over the mountains and they would sail, hoping to see the checkpoint so they know they are going the right way.
"Well crew, this is where we show who the Pearl really is. Freedom. All say aye!" He shouted at the crew and his acomplisess.
"AYE!" everyone shouted.
"Okay, we are the finest crew abord all these ships, the only one with a strong crew, a blacksmith/pirate, an elizabeth, a Vickie... okay, you get the idea. Anyhoo, We will not give up hope, because the Pearl is Freedom, the best freedom that ever sailed these waters. All say aye!"Jack shouted again.
"AYE!" everyone shouted.
"Now, crew on deck, ready the sails, hoist the anchor, man the lifeboats, no just kidding you there, annamaria is in crows nest. Now, go!" The crew scampered about, leaving will and elizabeth and Vickie standing at the front of the boat.
Just then, the sun slowly raised it's self over the mountain.
"GO GO GO!" Jack screamed!
And they were off, slicing threw the waters and leaving all troubles behind.
"This," Jack said to himself, "this is what a pirate dreams of."
Sam was looking out over the water. Thousands of ships, millions of sails it was a beautiful site. She sighed and was about to turn away when she heard Vicky.
"Wait! stay right there!" she dropped a bundle of rope and got her sketch pad.
"This isn't bleedin' doodling time." Jack commented.
"Jack when you get a plaque on that wall you're going to want this." Vicky said eyes on Sam. After about 10 minutes Vicky said she was done.
"What? so soon?"
"No I'm done my outline, now when i come back to sketching I'll know what the scene looked like."
"Oh." Just then A spanish ship pulled by.
"Looky here Captian, it's the nursery school fleet." A crew mate laughed.
"Aye, what about that one? The Italian girl." One interuppted
"She's quite a looker. Hey honey come over here and join some real winners." Vicky looked back at Jack.
"I WOULD...but i'm risking infection and disease." she retorted.
"AWwww come on!" they laughed, they then pulled away.
"Jack, why are we letting so many people pass us?" Elizabeth asked.
"Don't worry luv. We're going to let them think they're in the lead then we're going to unleash 'em." Jack gestured to two massive sails.
"Oh." Elizabeth was releaved, in a way. Once everyone had settled Sam
observed alot. She watched danial up at the crow's nest. She watched the crew at their posts, she watched Vicky work up by the sails, Will and Elizabeth in the gallows but most of all Jack. She watched Jack the most because he was the only one that would talk to her. Jack was flattered by the fact that Sam was fasinated by pirates.
"Captain," Will said from the back of the boat, "should we release the sails?"
"WAIT...wait...okayyyyyyyyyyyyyNOW!" Jack commanded and the crew let the sails free, new sails, black still, but new so they didn't have any holes.
The were speeding past the ships now, speeding past by alot, when they finally got to their speed, there was but 2 ships infront of them.
"Captain, is that the checkpoint?" Danial pointed from the crow's nest.
"Aye, it is. We are going the right way." Jack said to the crew.
Just for the heck of it, he added, "All say Aye!"
"AYE!" they shouted back.
He chuckled and steered the ship, his long fingers caressing each rung.
"Pirate, why arn't we looting off of some other boat?" Sam appered beside him.
"Because, luv, that would slow us down, savvy? We just want to finish, and we want to finish first. We WILL finish first." He replied.