I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

Four months pass by as Galanda makes her way back from speaking with Jack Sparrow, wondering if he will actually go through with his promise to honor the debt. She returns home to see her friend in tears and hurries over to her worriedly and says, "What's wrong, did something happen?!"

Lyrupa is in tears as she tenderly rocks her chick, trying to calm her down, and says, "It's bad Gilly, she's got the measles and needs to see a doctor quickly!"

Galanda nods her head and grabs the coins she has been saving from under the floorboard and says, "Alright Lyru, let's go see the doctor. I wish that you didn't have to work tonight so you could stay home and care for your chick."

She gets up and nods her head saying, "Oh I know, so do I. I have to work though, the treatment for this is not going to be cheap and we have to afford food and keep the lamps supplied with oil. The twins are getting much better at helping out around the house at least, and I have you to look after my chick. So I know she is in good hands with you looking after her."

Presently, One week after hiding the chest from the world, in the neutral port of Portuga

Jack makes his way through town at sunset, heading for his grandmama's home to share his scheme with her thinking, 'After I talk to Grandmama about this plan and convince her to go through with it, I shall unload the coins and some gold so they can be melted down. After that, my men and I shall visit various nations in this world, and sell our treasures to them and be rich beyond measure.'

Lyrupa is walking down the main street towards the brothel she works in when she spots a familiar face belonging to the famous hero, Captain Jack Sparrow. She forces herself to smile while adding a little venom to her voice saying, "Well well well...if it isn't the infamous hero of the war, Captain Jack Sparrow. What brings a scoundrel such as you to Portuga?"

He spins around to spot a snow-white griffon with green eyes and black-tipped feathers standing before him in a red low-cut, off the shoulder, short-skirted dress and raises a hand to his beard, twiddling it between his fingers in thought for a few moments before saying, "You look vaguely familiar, have I threatened you before?"

She crosses her arms and narrows her eyes at him saying, "Oh you most certainly have, I am surprised you don't remember the day you beheaded my father before me. Perhaps you even forgot when I had my way with you a few hours before?"

Jack straightens his posture and takes a step back saying, "Oh...so you're her. I won't apologize for killing your father or beheading him, the things he said he'd do to Princess Celestia when they won the war were unforgivable. Aside from the ugliness of war, how have you been Princess?"

Lyrupa taps the talons on her feet against the cobblestone street in annoyance and says, "Yes I'm the ex princess that forced myself upon you and had my way, my life has been bad since the war ended. Where do I begin...well let's just start from the beginning shall we? I had nightmares every night after looking into the eyes of my father's head as it came to a stop at my talons, and after that, the kingdom broke apart. So I fled the castle two weeks later when I couldn't sleep with only one dress and whatever money I could carry with me, then another few weeks later I was ridiculed by my own people and learned later that day that I was with child." and continues to rant and tell her story.

He takes a step back, shocked to hear that he may have a child with another, and tries to figure out if he is the father saying, "Now are you dead certain that I am the father and not some handsome griffon prince out there?"

She sees him trying to find a way to escape and takes a step closer saying, "Oh no you don't, I know you want to run away from this but I won't let you. I don't know what princesses do in the world you came from but they do not sleep around here, we feel obligated to retain our honor and pride. Though I don't want to admit it, we are both at fault for what happened that night. You are partly to blame for being a scoundrel and sneaking in through an open window, and I'm to blame for forcing myself upon you after you threatened me." She then blushes and looks away briefly quietly whispering, "I didn't know that I enjoyed being threatened so." She then grabs him by the shoulders and drives him into a small, shaded, grassy square between two buildings.

Jack steps backward to avoid falling and feels his back hit some wall, saying, "Oh bugger." knowing instantly that the plan he was coming up with won't work anymore, and tries to come up with something new.

Lyrupa glares into his eyes and takes a breath before saying, "Though you are the father of my chick Captain Jack Sparrow, I do not want you to have any part in her life so stay away from Cliffside lane. Now get out of my sight you filthy pirate." She then pushes herself away from him and storms off down the street, feeling that same itch from before when he threatened her and grins thinking, 'Imagine that, I actually do like getting rough. Wonder if I can make extra money with this new knowledge...'

He takes a moment to register what just happened and lets out a sigh thinking, 'I can't believe that I fathered another child and can't have any part in her life. Belay that, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow and I shall have some hand in that girl's future.' He then thinks of how he could accomplish that and continues on his way to his grandmama's.

Rich Bit looks over some trade requests from various nations and shoves them aside with a sigh as she hears the doors to her office open and hears a rhythmic sound belonging to a pair of boots and says, "What brings ya back to Portuga ya scallywag?"

Jack looks at his grandmother as she sits behind the large oak desk with a smile saying, "Well Grandmama, I've arrived with a scheme to earn us gold and encourage other nations to trade with each other, and therefore I need your help in getting it started."

She half chuckles and looks up at her grandson with curiosity and says, "Hmm...and just what is this scheme of yers ya cooked up?"

He chuckles and pulls out a silver piece of eight and tosses it towards her saying, "I found a grand treasure that was lost due to Isla de Muerta being claimed by the sea. You know the story of when I was marooned at sea and finally reclaimed the Black Pearl with a little help right?"

Grandmama nods her head and catches it deftly, then harshly blows across it and holds it close to her ear for a moment saying, "Aye I do, get to the point ya bilge rat." Knowing that there is no danger now, she then places it back in her palm and closes her fist.

Jack sighs and says, "Fine then, I have the treasure hoard from that dreaded isle. Unfortunately, that accursed stone chest also came with the treasure but fear not, I have secured it in a nigh impregnable vault."

She nods her head and chuckles saying, "Good, that accursed treasure deserves to stay lost for I too know what misery it can bring. Now tell me what this scheme of yers is and why ya mentioned that treasure."

He shakes his head and says, "You are always straight forwards and to the point, you don't have a taste for theatrics. Whatever then, my scheme is to sell all the pieces of eight to you so you can sort them out and melt them down. After turning them into bars, we sell them to Equestria to open up trading opportunities with other nations...savvy?"

Grandmama rubs her chin curiously and says, "Aye...so how much treasure did ya find?"

Jack smiles and says, "Enough to set us both up for several years and turn this into a bustling and profitable port city, shall we walk and catch up on our way over to the Pearl so you can see it for yourself?"

She smiles and grabs her cane saying, "Aye, it's been several days since I last went outside."

He then turns around and starts heading for the door when he is whacked by his grandmother's cane and says, "Oww! What did you whack me like that for?"

Grandmama shakes her head and takes the lead, saying, "No reason other than age before beauty, and that ya annoy me with the odd way ya walk."

Jack dares not to ask about her age and says, "I rather like the way I walk, and how do you know what that treasure does?"

She fights the urge to stab him with a dagger and turns around, then uses her cane to beat on him saying, "It's rude to be so coy about learning someone's age ya filthy mongrel!"

He guards his head against her cane as she whacks him on the arms, legs, top of his head, and along his torso shouting ow repeatedly for several seconds before saying, "Sorry, I just couldn't help it! No one ever dared to wonder about it, and I wanted to know what you did in your earlier years...OW!"

Grandmama stops beating him for a moment and grumbles saying, "Ungrateful lout...If ya really want to know, I was somewhere close to your age when I had a brief fling with Hernan Cortes and 'borrowed' a piece of the treasure he was given. So a few years passed by and he was pulled away to deal with some trouble, I started to realize I couldn't feel anything such as heat, or cold. I could still feel the pain of being injured but could not die, or satisfy my thirst or hunger. I then went ashore and 'asked' them what they did to his treasure and how to cure myself. They told me after watching me torture a few of their tribal leaders, but I didn't care that much for Cortes and his men so I didn't pass on the knowledge and held onto the coin for a while to enjoy being able to survive a mortal wound. Maybe some other time I will tell ya more, let's go look at what we have ta work with." She then turns around and starts walking towards the docks, thinking back about what happened during Cortes's time among the Aztec people.

Jack is shocked to hear that and says "That is quite impressive to hear, I'm surprised you still look so youthful grandmama."

She smiles and silently chuckles saying, "SHUT UP YA BACKWATER BARNACLE!"

Ten minutes pass as Jack leads his grandmother down into the Black Pearl's hold and says, "There are two decks of gold and jewelry here to sort through, I plan on saving the rings, jewelry made with pearls, and gemmed necklaces and crowns to sell elsewhere. So anything here that is pure gold is to be melted down, though I shall give that silver and blue throne to you if you can give me a slightly better price on the loot. So grandmama, what say you?"

Granny walks through the hold and looks into the various sacks and barrels, taking notice of a golden chandelier with a few half-used candles still in their holders and chuckles saying, "I once heard a tale that this was stolen from the bedroom where the wife of King George the second shared a night of passion with a certain pirate while the king was tending to the needs of his kingdom, how did you manage to smuggle this out of the room with her not noticing?"

Jack grins and laughs at remembering that saying, "Why I simply knocked out a guard, switched his clothes with mine, hauled him before another guard, and informed him that he was to be taken to the stockade. After that, I simply unhooked the rope that secured it and dropped it to the floor quietly. I then simply picked it up and carried it out after informing the king it required some repairs and I was just doing as ordered, I then took it somewhere secluded and wrapped it in cloth before hiding it. I later found Gibbs and informed him of its location, and released the still unconscious guard and swapped clothes again before leaving him there behind the stables in a pile of horse dung, and finally returned to my ship. Unfortunately, I couldn't sell it off as I was viciously mutinied and marooned by Barbossa."

She cackles at hearing that and says, "Oh I see now, Barbossa was jealous of ya. Ya should keep that to remember yer adventures."

He considers it for a moment and nods his head while thinking, 'Oh...so 'that' is why he looked familiar, there was a portrait of him on the wall just past the end of her bed.' and then says, "It would be nice to have something to remind me of the past...okay, maybe I should hold onto it."

Grandmama moves to the deck above to look at the rest of the treasure and nods her head, liking what she sees with how much there is to be melted down, and says, "We have an accord, have yer crew sort out what ya want to be saved. After we weigh it in the smuggled goods warehouse, we'll git ya paid and ya can return to yer business."

Two hours later, in the captain's cabin aboard the Black Pearl

Jack paces back and forth in his room, talking aloud to anyone in the room saying, "What in the devil can I do to have a part in the child's life...hints...anyone?"

Polly then squawks saying, "Diamonds are forever."

He stops and stares at the bird dumbfounded and shouts, "I'M NOT MARRYING MY OWN CHILD YA FEATHERBRAIN!" He then huffs in irritation at the terrible idea and says, "If I think about the obvious and focus on items themselves, I might come up with something good."

The parrot squawks again saying, "Walk the plank."

Jack nearly pulls out his pistol to shoot the irritating bird saying, "Do ya want me to pluck ya and eat ya fer dinner?"

Polly then looks at the captain and squawks again saying, "Shiver me timbers. No, don't eat me. No, don't eat me."

He then nods with satisfaction and resumes talking to anyone in the room saying, "Now where did I leave off... Ah yes, women tend to like jewelry and such to make them look nice. I wonder what is appropriate for a child...hmmm...I do recall seeing some young boys fighting each other using wooden sticks like swords. Perhaps a wooden sword would be appropriate, but should I give her something that she could use later as she grows up?" He then resumes pacing but stops when he looks at his desk, seeing his cylindrical spyglass sitting between a candlestick and an empty bottle of rum. He stares at the items scattered on top of his desk and finally gets an idea, picking up his spyglass and looking it over saying, "Two gifts for her, one she can enjoy in her younger years and one she can use after she grows up." He then moves behind his desk and searches for the case for it, finding it stuffed behind a large captain's hat different from Barbossa's having two large, split peaks at the front and a long purple feather on one side. He pulls the hat out saying, "Maybe it will be three..." He sets the hat on his desk and grabs the leather case with a strap on it, opens it up, and lets the cap dangle by the string attaching it to the case. He then picks up his spyglass and puts it into the case with a sad sigh saying, "I have had you since I ran away from home, but I think I shall give you to someone else who might appreciate you more." and returns the cap to the top of the case, just now remembering that he will be having a child with Celestia and returns the case to the drawer.

Lyrupa gets off of her client, having finished servicing him for the past hour, and wipes herself clean. She then tosses away the cloth and gets dressed, holding up her paw saying, "Alright bub, pay up. That's 250 since ya wanted another half-hour." She then takes the bag from him and stuffs it into her top and saunters out of the room, making her way downstairs to stand outside in front of the brothel. She leans against the post of the building and releases a sigh thinking, 'Only two more hours before my shift is over and I can go home to my darling baby chick.'

Jack spots a familiar griffon and stuffs the large hat under his shirt, then tucks the wooden sword under his belt and underneath his frock. He then makes his way towards her and leans against the post saying, "It's a beautiful night lass, would you care to join me inside for a moment?"

She looks up at the next customer and sighs unhappily saying, "Follow me upstairs then sir and we will get started." She then stands up and saunters her way inside, then heads for the stairs to the private rooms thinking, 'Of all the customers I get, why does he have to be one of them... Maybe I should charge him extra for a session...'

He follows her up the stairs and into a room, then stands behind her and wraps his arms around her midsection just below her breasts, and whispers to her, "I do not actually want you to service me, lass. I just came here to speak to you savvy?"

Lyrupa gasps at feeling him press up behind her and starts breathing a little faster and whispers back, "Don't get rough or I will have my way with you again, what do you want then you filthy pirate?"

Jack lets her go and closes the door gently behind him and says, "I understand you not wanting your child to have anything to do with me, but might I trouble you for one little favor?"

She turns around and crosses her arms, narrowing her eyes and staring right into his, and says, "I do not want you to visit my child, so say what it is, though I may just say no anyway."

He then leans against the wall and pulls out a bottle of rum and takes a drink from it before offering it to her and saying, "Well firstly, I would like to give you something for your daughter, you are free to give them to her whenever you think she can handle them. One of which is a large captain's hat with a long feather, and the other is a wooden sword to play with so she won't be bored as a child."

Lyrupa shakes her head side to side and says, "No thank you, I would prefer to raise my chick free from such foul drinks." She then thinks on it for a moment before saying, "Show me what this hat and sword look like, then I will tell you my answer."

Jack tucks the bottle away and pulls out the hat to show her, then spreads the fingers on one hand apart and rests the hat on it and grabs the sword with the other and says, "And these are the two, one-time gifts I would like to give our daughter. Since you don't want me to be part of her life, just tell her that her father is a rum-soaked, villainous and ruthless pirate that would steal from his own family to get rich. Doesn't really matter to me if you mention my name at all, for it is likely I may be dead by the time she is old enough to search for me."

She looks at the two gifts and really considers the offer, eventually releasing a sigh and nodding her head saying, "Okay, you have a deal. So what else do you want?"

He then places his thumb and forefinger on his beard and thinks for a moment before saying, "Ahh yes. Secondly, I would like to know two things. How much longer will you be here tonight, and how much is a session with you?"

Lyrupa rolls her eyes and says, "I thought you didn't want my services, but to answer your question, I have two more hours until my shift is over and a session is 125."

Jack looks at her and grins saying, "I don't want that kind of service, but that price is agreeable, however. I would like to spend two hours with you, just lying beside each other."

She stares at him like he just grew a third head and says in disbelief, "You seriously want to pay me 500 just to lay in bed beside you?"

He chuckles and nods his head saying, "Aye I do, for I find myself feeling rather lonely these days. You could even sleep the whole time for all I care, I would just like to feel the warmth and smell the fragrance of a female lying beside me."

Lyrupa laughs and shakes her head and says, "You are a strange pirate Captain Jack Sparrow, but you are amusing at times. Okay, I'll take you up on your offer, you best not fall asleep yourself or you'll owe more than what you asked for. Is there anything else you wish to add to your favor?"

Jack then thinks about it and holds up a finger as he thinks it over then says, "No, that is everything lass. Shall we lie down and pretend to like each other's company?"

She softly smiles and nods her head saying, "Very well then, I will be sure to give her these when I feel like it." and takes the two gifts from him and sets them on the ground, making her way to the bed and undoing a couple of her top buttons to be able to get comfortable saying, "Aren't you going to join me, you scoundrel?"

He takes off his hat and hangs it on the bedpost, then climbs onto the bed after her. He lays his head onto the pillow as she gets comfortable and wraps his arms around her saying, "Forgive me but I'm cold." and roughly pulls her against him.

Lyrupa is caught by surprise with the sudden pull saying, "Oof, you could have just asked me to get closer." and ignores the itch begging to be scratched.

Jack rests his head near the back of hers as he feels her snuggle up against him, sliding one leg between his, and says, "I never ask for things when it comes to the bedroom, I just take what I want lass."

She feels the itching get stronger as she starts to rub her thighs together and thinks, 'Don't give in to the burning desire, don't give in...'

The two strike up a normal conversation about their previous lives as Jack tells her a few stories he had heard about fellow pirates from his world and the adventures he had, then listens to her as she talks about her life in the castle before the war started.

Two hours pass by as Jack trails a finger up her side saying, "You know, I could get you work elsewhere if you'd like?"

Lyrupa looks back at the clock behind her and sighs saying, "What would I be doing, is it better paying than this?" She then sits up and hangs her legs over the edge of the bed, then stands up and turns to face him and says, "This is the end of our session Jack, so pay up so I can go home to my baby chick."

Jack pulls out a sack and counts out 500 and hands it to her saying, "It wouldn't be as good as this, but at least you would not have to sell your body. You would be working for the mayor in charge of this port doing what? I don't know, but it could be running errands for her or keeping her place clean. So what say you?"

She takes the coin while seriously considering it and says, "Hmmm, it would be nice to get away from this life, can you tell me what she is like?"

He gets up off the bed and says, "She's a cantankerous old bat with a temper and tends to throw things at those who annoy her. She also uses her cane to beat those she likes, are you still interested?"

Lyrupa sighs and nods, feeling unsure about working in a hostile environment saying, "If it means getting away from here, I will put up with it."

Jack grins and says, "Good then, it's settled then. I will go have words with Grandmama, and whatever you do...don't say that I am the father of your child to her."

Her eyes go wide as Jack puts the hat back on his head and says, "Wait...What?! Why not?"

He then looks at her seriously and says, "Because lass, if she finds out I am the father, she will no doubt find a way to raise her. She raised me after my mum died, nearly beating me to death on three separate occasions. My father says that is her way of showing love, my family is rather peculiar because we constantly get into fights with each other when we get together. Though it's both fortunate and not that my entire family hasn't come here, for every one of us is a pirate."

Lyrupa sighs and hangs her head a little, saying, "Great...so you have a dysfunctional family too. Is there anything else I should know before entering the dragon's den?"

Jack chuckles nervously and says, "Yes, one very important bit of advice...NEVER ask about her age because it is unsafe to ask."

She then nervously gulps and then asks, "Why is that?"

He then says, "Because I have heard that she once beat a man to death asking what her age was...with just a tankard."

Lyrupa then looks at him saying, "O-Okay then, I will make sure to never do that. How will you find me after speaking with your grandmother?"

Jack then smiles and says, "I won't because you are going with me up to her home."

A few minutes later, the two leave the brothel as she carries the gifts for her child and says, "I need to take these home and put them away, I will meet you back at the street corner up ahead when I am done."

Jack's debate inside his head

He nods and watches her walk away and vanish from sight as she turns a corner, then heads down the street to the corner she mentioned and sits on a nearby chair. He then pulls out his bottle of rum and takes a swig from it thinking, "Way to go, Jack, you have just potentially ruined her little girl's life."

He then hears a voice come from his shoulder, looking down and to the right to find a miniature Jack standing there saying, "Oh don't listen to him, you are just doing what you think is best for her and the child."

Jack then answers back, "Of course I was."

He then hears another voice speak up from the other side of him and turns his head to see another miniature Jack standing there saying, "Right, Right. But you found a way to stay in the child's life, how long until you come up with a scheme to take the child away from her mother and keep her to yourself?"

Jack then looks up and sighs saying, "Unfortunately, I don't know. Perhaps I am just a rum-soaked, ruthless villain of a pirate after all..."

Confidence speaks up and says, "Ignore that nonsense, it's not like you want the child to be raised by that cantankerous temperamental bat of a grandmother. No, you actually gave her advice to avoid said outcome"

Jack then looks to his right and says, "I did what I could to offer her a better life."

Doubt then considers what to say next to win the argument and says, "How is her life going to be better with Grandmama being the way she is? She could slip up and the child will be raised by her instead!"

Confidence notices Jack considering it and peers over to Doubt and shouts, "Oi! It is quite low to use fear to win an argument you know?!"

Doubt then looks over at Confidence, saying, "Well it wouldn't kill you to let me win once in a while!"

Confidence chuckles and says, "Well you are supposed to use logic and intelligence to win an argument mate, it's not my fault that you're lacking in both departments."

Doubt crosses his arms in annoyance and says, "No, it's not, it's his fault for creating me this way!"

Jack then looks down at both of them saying, "Oi, don't get me involved in your little spat. The choices I make are influenced by the both of you, so why don't you both just shut it!"

Outside of Jack's head, in the real world a few moments ago

Lyrupa walks towards the corner as she spots Jack arguing with himself out loud and thinks, 'Okay, so he is a little bit strange. It is amusing to watch him argue with himself though, I wonder which one will win...'

She can't stop herself from giggling at the argument he had with himself and says, "I didn't know that fearsome pirates argued with themselves like that, so who won?"

He then blushes slightly at being caught and looks at her saying, "All the best ones do lass, and obviously I won by telling the others to shut it."

Lyrupa walks past him with a smile on her face and says, "Okay then, shall we get moving, Dread Pirate?"

Jack stands up and moves beside her saying, "Of course, follow me to the perilous manor of the Mayor."