I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

Jack puts his compass away and looks at the remaining fore and aft masts, seeing the sails are fully open, he shouts, "All hands! Open every gunport and slide cannons away from the openings. Then grab every bucket you can find that can hold water and start throwing it back into the sea to buy this ship more time, we find ourselves in a new world with Goddess Calypso's blessing and Davy Jones's help. Get to scooping out seawater mates, because tomorrow is going to be a new day in a new world for us all!" He hears cheers coming from below and opens the compass again and adjusts his course due west, then snaps it shut and looks at his wound to see how bad the bleeding is and says, "Hopefully, with a wind like this we'll reach our destination within a few days if the flooding is slow enough, I hope the men can last that long until we get to where this compass points.." Reminding himself of heading towards the unknown destination, he looks over at the flag in the water and says, "Bring in the Jolly Roger, we don't know the colors of any nations in this world!" He then watches a couple of crewmembers head up on deck, and cut the rope holding the flag to the top of the mainmast then start pulling it on board to put the flag away until the time comes to fly it again.

Gibbs makes his way onto the deck, then towards Jack to dress his wound saying, "You should consider yourself lucky Jack, if Angelica wanted you to die quickly, she would have struck your heart. It seems that the bleeding is not all that serious, so I think that we all may yet live to see the morrow." He then looks at the crippled mainmast and says, "Shall I have the men cut it free and get rid of the drag?"

He looks to his first mate as he starts to dress his wound and says, "No mate, we don't know if the inhabitants of this world understand us or even have the same kind of ships we do where we came from. We will have to put up with the drag until we reach where this compass leads, I do pray they can fix this ship though. How bad is the Pearl taking on water, mate?"

The first mate sighs saying, "Well Cap'n, it isn't terrible. The men are working to close up some holes to slow the flooding to keep the Pearl afloat by throwing the water back out, I have done what I could to aid the men in dressing their wounds but I am no doctor and a few do need to see a surgeon as should you to have any hope to survive."

Jack smiles at Gibbs and says, "Have a few men we can spare get some rest and switch them out after a couple of hours, it is going to be a tough journey until we get there. The men won't be happy about this, but have them switch to half rations to make the food and drink last until we can repair the ship, heal the men, and resupply the Pearl."

A couple of days later at the small port town of Baltimare

An elderly pegasi pony sits in a chair on the dock sipping his cider ale when he spots something in the distance, making him put down his drink and raise the spyglass to his good right eye and takes a closer look at what it is and says, "That is neither an Equestrian ship, a Griffonian ship, nor even Saddle Arabian. It's certainly not the ghost ship I've 'eard tales of, so which unknown nation in Tartarus do you come from?" He then looks to the dockmaster and says, "Ship of unknown nation spotted near the bay's outskirts, hold a moment and I'll have a better description." He extends the spyglass fully and gets a better look at the distant ship and says, "Holy Celestia it is huge! It is completely black, has three masts, one of which is crippled and is being dragged." He continues looking at the ship and says, "It is some kind of a warship because I see cannons on her deck, she appears to be heavily damaged and managing to keep afloat. I would not want to face the ship that caused such damage."

The dockmaster rushes over to the elderly pegasi and holds a board with a paper on it, writing a letter to Princess Celestia describing it to her and asks, "Can you see ponies, griffons, or any beings on deck?"

The elderly pegasi examines the ship for any crew and spots one at the helm, standing off to the side saying, "I see something bipedal wearing a frock coat and a Tricone hat. I can't make out any further details until it gets a lot closer, my eyesight isn't what it used to be."

Jack pulls out his spyglass to check out the land ahead and sees structures of some sort along with a wharf having some people on it and says, "Gibbs, come up here at once!"

Gibbs hurries to the captain's side and says, "Aye Cap'n, what ya be needin' from me?"

He looks at him and asks, "Do we have a white flag onboard?"

The first mate thinks for a moment before nodding his head saying, "Aye Cap'n we do, are ya intending to surrender to them without a fight?"

Jack thinks for a moment before saying, "No mate I do not, but the crew and I require aid. I only hope that they understand my intention and don't attack us right away.

Gibbs nods his head and goes to find the white flag saying, "I sure hope ya know what you're doing Cap'n, I don't fancy being in a cell again."

He watches as his first mate spends a few minutes to find a flag as he notices a handful of ships in the harbor, deciding to keep a close eye on them for any potential threats that may arise.

A half hour later, at the castle's throne room in Canterlot

Celestia listens to another noble petitioner complaining about the lack of respect from the commoners and sighs saying, "I am not going to do anything about that because all ponies have the ability to control their own fate and to earn the respect they receive through their accomplishments in life, next petitioner please." She then hears the doors quickly open and watches as a pegasi courier rushes into the room, then comes to a stop and bows before her breathing hard. She then spots a scroll sticking out of a pocket in the pony's uniform and says, "What do you have to report, my little pony?"

The courier tries to catch their breath for a moment and then says, "Your Highness, I have news to report to you from Baltimare about a large warship belonging to no known nations in Equis. The ship has not yet reached the harbor and flies a white flag, here is the scroll containing the details of the matter." He then pulls out the scroll and holds it in his outstretched palm for her to take, anxious to return to Baltimare with her response.

She hastily takes the scroll from the courier, anxious to have something exciting to pull her out of the boring routine she has fallen into. Opening and looking through the report, her eyes go wide at the size of the vessel having three masts saying, "This ship is big having three masts, but why is it completely black? I shall investigate this personally, Court is adjourned for today and tomorrow. Guards, prepare a royal escort and a chariot, I shall be there momentarily." She then gets up as the guards hustle out of the room to follow their orders and makes her way to her chambers to wear a different outfit, trying to decide which outfit to wear today.

After reaching her chambers, she opens up her wardrobe and looks at the various dresses hanging in it. She then chooses a soft yellow dress with the skirt almost reaching her ankles, having a decorative lace trim around the shoulders and on the top half of the skirt with white frills at the edges of the dress. She then pulls the dress out to look at it closer, seeing that it has a scoop neckline with a few diamonds forming a loose ring around the middle of the dress. Choosing the dress, she places it on the bed and takes off the blue floor-length dress she wears for court. She tosses the dress onto the bed for the staff to clean it and stands there in her silver underwire silk bra and panties, then turns to look at her figure in the tall mirror and sighs saying, "I should lay off cake for a while and work on tightening my body, my posterior is almost as large as the moon." She then takes off her flat-heeled shoes and sets them near the bed, then goes to her drawer containing her shoes and finds a pair of gold shoes with a three-inch heel at the back, a long pair of ribbons to lace up her lower legs, and a short guard that protects the bottom edge of the hoof as well as keeping it from sliding around. She calls in her maids to dress her and watches as they enter the room and begin to put the dress on her and says, "As for my mane, put it up into a ballet bun. I wish to make a good first impression on the unknown visitors." She then recalls the ship putting up a white flag and showed heavy damage and looks to one of the maids saying, "Go and gather the three best healers you can and have them go to the chariot, there may be wounded on board that ship."

An hour and a half later, at the dock in the port town of Baltimare

The elderly pegasi's eyes are wide with wonder and fear as a ship with a hull and sails black as night, and having a figurehead looking like a female pegasus holding a dove with outstretched wings in her palm makes her way into the bay surpassing all of the warships Equestria has and counts sixteen cannons per side. He gulps audibly and looks to the dockmaster, who trembles nervously at its appearance and says, "I hope that they do not intend to attack us when they arrive, only Princess Celestia and her guards have the power to fight that ship." He takes another look at the being at the helm and says, "The creature at the helm is neither pony nor griffon, it has no fur, horns, hooves, wings, or even a tail for what I can tell." He then watches as a few rowboats hit the water, returning to their ships to make room for the incoming vessel.

The dockmaster hears the flapping of wings and the sound of armor and looks to the sky to notice Princess Celestia's chariot coming towards the port and says, "Princess Celestia is here, everypony clean up this area so Her Majesty stays clean!" He watches as every pony in the area start doing what they can to make the area clean for her arrival, he then begins hurriedly walking along the wharf to ensure that the ropes and crates are out of the way.

Celestia ignores the ponies scurrying around on the ground and focuses on the dark ship making its way further into the bay, noticing that it does not belong to any nation on Equis saying, "I wonder where that ship came from? I shall have words with her captain when they come to shore."

Just inside of Horseshoe Bay, onboard the Black Pearl

Jack watches the strange bipedal creatures run about onshore and calls out, "How nice of them, they are making the area more presentable for our arrival lads! Let's make a good impression in turn and be on our best behavior and try not to borrow anything!" He then notices something shiny in the sky and brings his glass out to examine it, seeing a flying carriage with winged creatures pulling it and wearing some sort of official-looking armor when he sees a creature inside the carriage wearing a golden crown and shouts to the crew, "BELAY THAT, take nothing but what is offered! We will be in the presence of royalty, be respectful and behave yourselves or we all will face the gallows or worse." He watches as the other ships in the bay begin moving out of their way, adjusting his course as he looks for a decent spot to bring the Pearl and moor her. He spots an empty space at the end of the longest dock on the right side of the wharf, noticing that there is a drydock but is much too small for his ship and says, "We may have to travel to a different port to get the proper repairs, but how might I pay for them? I shall have to think of that when the time comes, I need to reach this wharf first or my men will regrettably die."

He carefully maneuvers the Pearl closer to the longest dock and says, "Furl all sails lads and prepare to dock!" He then releases the wheel and takes another swig of his rum before tucking it away under his coat as the men furl the sails and toss lines to a few of the creatures on the dock, then makes his way from the helm down the stairs as a long boarding ramp is hoisted towards the deck with the aid of a couple of strong ropes and then set down upon the deck. He then calls for his first mate saying, "First Mate, come here at once and look presentable!"

Gibbs then does the best he can to look good in his condition, holding his side while he climbs up the steps onto the deck saying, "Aye Cap'n, what can I do ya fer?"

Jack looks him over and nods saying, "You've done the best you could in your condition mate, come with me for the introductions. Only speak when you are spoken to, and ixnay on whence we came eh? I will handle the important bits, I want you to relay orders to the crew as I say."

He nods his head in understanding saying, "Aye Cap'n, I'll follow yer orders, sir."

The captain then starts his way down the ramp and onto the dock, then towards the crowd of strange creatures on shore saying loud and clear, "Ahoy there, strange beings, might you understand the words I make?"

Princess Celestia then steps forward, closer to the wharf replying, "Yes, I understand what you say as do all ponies here. Who and what sort of being are you, and where do you hail from?"

Jack looks at the attractive being and says, "I and my crew are all humans, and each one of us is male. As for where we hail from, we hail from another world called Earth. Before I introduce ourselves, am I to assume that you are royalty?"

She smiles and nods her head slightly saying, "You are correct, I am Princess Celestia. I am the ruling princess of Equestria, and you are in Horseshoe Bay in the port town of Baltimare. Now if you would kindly introduce yourself and your friend there, we can continue with questions."

He removes his hat and bows before the princess and straightens his posture saying, "It is an honor to meet you, Your Highness. I am Captain Jack Sparrow, the one behind me is my First Mate Joshamee Gibbs. I only brought him with me to relay orders to my crew, might it be possible for them to receive aid for their injuries?"

Celestia nods her head again saying, "They shall receive the aid they require, please bring them ashore so the healers can tend to them right away."

Jack looks to Gibbs and says, "Go and begin bringing the men ashore, when that is done be sure to join them. I shall join you once everything has been taken care of mate."

Gibbs nods his head and says, "Aye Cap'n, I shall get to it immediately."

She then looks to the captain and asks, "What kind of ship is your vessel, and what happened to leave it in such a state."

He looks at the princess and smiles saying, "She was originally an East Indiaman Galleon under the employ of the East India Trading Company called the Wicked Wench, but I made quite a few changes to her since then and rechristened her the Black Pearl. As of what happened, I shall tell you that it is a grand tale of survival against all odds. We were on our way delivering supplies to a colony when a pirate ship chased us down called the Queen Anne's Revenge and started attacking us, she had the advantage over us with her 38 12-pound cannons and her ability to spew flames from her bow. The Black Pearl only has 32 thirty-two pound cannons, but we had speed and agility to our advantage. We traded broadside after broadside with her when she got lucky and nicked our mainmast, which lasted a few moments before it began leaning to port and fell completely. After they boarded us, an intense swordfight ensued where we managed to force them back and chased her away. Unfortunately, we fell into a maelstrom shortly after that glowed bright white to find ourselves sailing back on the sea somehow and took a chance by sailing due west."

Celestia looks at the Black Pearl, then back to her captain and says, "I welcome you all to Equestria, it will take time to repair the extensive damage as she is too large for any drydock currently in Equestria. We have no need for ships of war because our nation is at peace with the other nations of Equis, and it will take time to build a drydock large enough to fit your ship." She smiles as she finds a reason to avoid returning to Canterlot and asks, "In the meantime, would you like to accompany me to my chariot? I have many more questions I wish to ask you."

Jack then looks around at all of the other beings standing around and says, "I would like to go with you, however, I need to find treatment for my injury. I have questions to ask you as well Your Highness."

She sighs and nods her head, understanding that the questions will have to wait, and says, "Very well then, the questions shall wait until you have received treatment." She watches as he bows to her again and is led away by one of the healers that have accompanied her. She then looks to the ship and makes her way towards it to get a closer look at it from the inside, walking up the ramp and steps onto the deck when she gets a sudden chill up her spine and senses something different about this ship. She walks around the top deck and sees dried blood and debris scattered around with a few cannons laying on their side away from the side of the ship, she then makes her way down the stairs from the forward deck and heads down the stairs into the level below. She then walks around the gun deck and sees several cannons pulled away from the side a fair distance with a few laying in pieces, then makes her way down another set of stairs to find the hold slowly filling with water. Unable to explore the ship more, she heads back to the top deck when she spots a room at the back of the ship and says, "That must be the Captain's cabin, I will wait until he is well enough to give me a proper tour of the ship when it is repaired." As she steps onto the ramp, she breathes a sigh of relief at being off the ship. Not knowing why she was feeling so uneasy being on the ship, she then heads down the dock to go find someplace to eat before returning to Canterlot.

A couple of hours later inside the Baltimare port hospital

The captain wanders around the hospital, looking for his first mate when he asks a passing nurse, "Pardon me miss, do you know where my crewmen are?"

The light blue unicorn looks at them and says, "Yes I do sir, they are just down this hall. There were so many that needed aid that we had to double book them in rooms to fit them all, have you been treated already?"

Jack follows her and watches her tail sway side to side with each step and clears his throat saying, "Umm...yes I have. I don't mean to be rude but I must ask, what is that thing protruding from your posterior?"

She looks back at him and chuckles lightly saying, "That would be my tail, and it is real. It helps us keep our balance as we walk, have you not seen one before?"

He looks up at her face and smirks nervously saying, "I have but it was on a four-legged horse, not a pony like you. What manner of pony are you, some kind of unicorn?"

The nurse nods her head and answers, "I am a unicorn, what were the ponies like where you came from?"

Jack continues to follow her down the hall and says, "Well for one thing they weren't able to talk, fly, or even make parts of their bodies glow."

She sighs sadly and says, "That is quite sad they haven't got any of those abilities, I couldn't imagine being unable to use magic. That is what causes our horns to glow, using our magical abilities granted to each of us before birth. What kind of a sailor are you captain, are you soldiers, merchants, explorers, or are you dreaded pirates?"

He smiles and half-chuckles saying, "We are certainly not pirates, but we are a sort of combination of the other three. We sail the seas looking for new places, trying to earn coin by plying our trade. Would you know if liquor exists in this world, my men and I rather enjoy a particular kind called rum?"

The nurse thinks for a moment and says, "I have never tried liquor before, but there is a brewery just south of the large warehouse on the south side of the port. If you look for an inn with a small keg hanging on chains called Open Bar, it is the building next door to the right. I couldn't tell you if they have rum or not, what does it taste like?"

Jack reaches under his coat and pulls the bottle out and says, "Thank you so much, would you care to try some lass?" He then uncorks the bottle and takes a small swig before offering it to her.

Curiosity gets the better of her as she accepts the bottle and sniffs it before taking a small sip, coughing a few times as the vapors rise up her throat. Taking another chance, she sips it again and exhales the fumes before saying, "It is rather delicious, I hope they do have it or at least know how to make it." She then takes a larger drink and hands it back, feeling a pleasant warmth slowly overtake her whole body as the liquor starts to take effect saying, "My name is miss Tender Care, your crew are on this side of the hospital and located on the floor directly below this wing as well. We weren't sure who the officers were, so you will have to check each room. Sorry sir, but I didn't catch your name handsome."

He then takes the bottle back and returns the cork, tucking it away under his coat. He then gets closer to her, and places his arms around her shoulders and lowers his voice saying, "Allow me to introduce myself miss Care, I am the one and only Captain Jack Sparrow." before pulling her in for a kiss.

As she watches him step away from her and make his way down the hall into one of the rooms, she sighs happily and says, "Oh he is so handsome and dreamy for a human...hic." before humming happily and wandering down the hall, adding a bit of sway into her hips.

Jack wanders through the rooms looking for Gibbs, finding him in the last room on the right in the second bed closest to the window and says, "You still alive there Gibbs?"

Gibbs looks to Jack and smiles saying, "Cap'n, this world is full of wondrous things that don't exist in ours! I find it quite interesting. With the Pearl out of commission for a while, how will we afford to pay for all the repairs and the treatment we received, sir?"

He looks to his first mate and smiles saying, "Worry not mate, have the men find honest work for the time being while I come up with a plan to make coin without causing any problems for us. We need to keep up the honest image I created for us, so no behaving like a pirate for the time being. If any tales are told by the men of our adventures, make sure they know to mention us as armed privateers. I must be off to continue learning more about this world, learn what you all can while you are here in the port town of Baltimare. We shall need to make new maps of this world since our old maps are useless here, so fold them up and put them into a drawer for sentimental value."

The first mate nods saying, "Aye Cap'n, I will relay the orders to our men. Do you know if there is a place where we can whet our whistles?"

Jack nods his head saying, "There is indeed mate, it is called the Open Bar on the south side of the port with a small keg hanging on chains as its sign. I am going there now to see if they have rum in this world, but if they don't have it I shall have to tell them how to make it. I shall let you know when I have figured something out, be sure to assist with the repairs and keep the ship's appearance the same, then replace all the sails as well as restoring the gold trim that she once had. Keep the men out of trouble until it is time for us to introduce ourselves properly to the world."

Gibbs smiles and nods saying, "Aye aye Cap'n, we will begin when we are fit enough."

He then turns and heads out of the room towards the Open Bar to see if they have rum and says, "It's a new day for us, let us not waste this chance eh?"