I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

Rainbow Dash doesn't really pay attention to all of the details, but catches enough to get a basic image of what happened. Her attention is then grabbed when she hears how the Black Pearl was the only warship that Equestria had to fight the armada. She finds herself riveted as she hears that the Black Pearl and Captain Jack Sparrow were single-handedly responsible for the armada's total destruction, having raided a few ports and completely driving the griffons out of the Griffish Isles, and finally ending the war. With her eyes open wide and her jaw hanging open, she then closes it while completely missing the solemn look on the princess's face saying, "So the Black Pearl sank every single ship in the armada, attacked several ports, and ended the war single-handedly...by themselves? That...is...totally...AWESOME!!"

Fluttershy sees the solemn look on the princess's face and then asks out of concern, "Uhm...Princess Celestia, did the captain do something bad to upset you?"

Celestia looks at Fluttershy and then sighs saying, "Well, I learned from the ponies I had keeping track of him that he had snuck into the griffon princess's chambers during the night, and during the next morning he beheaded the king in front of his own daughter." She then takes a moment before continuing the story, telling them how she waited at the dock in Baltimare for them to return. When he did return, she shared what happened in the cabin. Continuing on with the story she then says, "After he explained what happened with the griffon princess, he then shared his plan to build a neutral port on the Griffish Isles and rename it Portuga."

As she continues the story, she decides to tell them about her periodic stays onboard the ship. Deciding to skip over their first night together completely, she tells them about the building of Portuga. As the story progresses to when the port town was nearly complete, she absentmindedly rubs the spot on her right wrist. She looks down to catch herself doing that and then brings her hand before her eyes, staring at where the hidden tattoo is.

Twilight sees the princess looking at her wrist and asks in a concerned note, "Uhm...Princess Celestia, is something wrong with your wrist?"

Celestia diverts her attention to Twilight and smiles saying, "No, nothing is wrong with it. I was just lost in thought is all." She then looks at her wrist again and sighs, then looks at the girls saying, "There is something I wish to share with you all, but before I do, could you all Pinkie promise not to tell anyone else about it?"

A few moments pass as everypony eventually nods their heads, more curious than worried, and goes through the motions to make a Pinkie Promise.

The princess smiles at hearing that and then looks to Rarity and asks, "Rarity, might I get a wipe from you to remove some makeup?"

Rarity summons her makeup bag and digs through it saying, "Of course you can, darling." then pulls one out and hands it to her saying, "Here you go, Your Majesty."

Celestia takes it and then continues the story saying, "About when Portuga was nearing completion, I was completely in love with Jack. I felt like he was keeping something from me as I sat at the oval table with them, then Jack wanted to test my love for him by saying, 'Before our relationship could go any farther, I must tell you something that only the ones in this room know.' So, I thought it over for a moment, and couldn't bear to end our relationship and so I agreed to keep it a secret from anyone not considered family. So he told me that he had a couple of family members in this world, which Rich Bit was his grandmother he called Grandmama, and Tacky Jack was his uncle he called Uncle Jack. After some more talking, his grandmother told me if I wanted to be part of her grandson's life, I had to make a choice...to either become a pirate or say goodbye." She then brings the wipe to her wrist saying, "I thought about it a bit more and it hurt my heart to say goodbye..." and starts to wipe the makeup away, then shows them all her wrist bearing a black P saying, "So I chose to be a pirate to stay with him."

They all stare at Princess Celestia's tattoo in shock as Pinkie Pie's mane explodes, shooting out confetti everywhere and sounding like party favors being blown as she stands there shocked.

Luna looks at the black tattoo on her sister's wrist in shock as she has no clue what to think about this revelation, and then asks, "Can you continue the story? That way I can sort out how I feel about all of it and what I think."

She nods her head and then continues on, saying, "After I was given this tattoo, I was slapped on the back just above my wings and welcomed to the family, called a scurvy mongrel. Grandmama had two personalities, her natural cantankerous one, and the affectionate one hidden deep down inside that was brought out by our world's magic. Anyways, back to the story...after that it was decided that a new Brethren Court would be formed, a book would be written pertaining to the Pirate's Code, and contests would be held in the forms of duels to decide who would become Pirate Lords." Celestia then chuckles in embarrassment as she remembers what happened later, saying, "Grandmama and the others decided to introduce me to the rum that they make, however, I turned them down. After Jack became the Pirate Lord of the Celestial Sea, I continued our discussion about expanding our family which he always tried to avoid. I managed to warm him up to the idea and got him to agree, so we discussed how I would manage to get away from my duties in Canterlot for that to happen when he mentioned kidnapping me. After a short discussion, we decided that he would abduct me during the dreadfully dull Grand Galloping Gala."

Celestia then pauses a moment to take a sip of her tea, then continues, "When I was finally ready to begin trying to add to our little pirate family, I flew towards the Black Pearl after hearing that she was sighted in Portuga recently. When I got there, he told me he needed to talk to me. At first, I was worried that he didn't want to have foals with me, but that night, I found out it was something else..." She then looks off to the side and resumes her tale, "He told me in his cabin that during the war, he had encountered a ship captained by griffon and his family. After killing everyone on board, he was looting the ship when he found a portrait of his family. He went outside and saw movement above them, after recognizing the two griffons above as the ones in the portrait, he called out to them and offered them the portrait, which one of them accepted and flew off. Earlier that day, he learned that during his attack on Griffonstone, he caused one of the surviving family members to suffer greatly after the adults were slain. With the three children left to fend for themselves, she held him responsible for also being responsible for ruining the griffon princess's life. Therefore, she claimed that he owed her a blood debt. So you know, a blood debt is very serious because it means that only blood can settle it, meaning one's life or conceiving a child with them. With me wanting a foal, I told him that I would rather he have a child with her instead. So after that, we started trying for our first foal that night."

Luna listens intently, hearing how she was suffering from a strange illness one day when the crew came across a grand treasure inside Black Skull Island.

She continues on with her story, saying, "When he returned while the crew was loading the treasure onto the ship as I had Pintel wash out the smell from the bucket, Jack led me to his cabin on the Pearl and sat me on the bed before presenting me with a lovely coral ball gown having a scooped neckline with lace around the neck and on the ends of the sleeves with intricate gold designs on it which I would wear for the upcoming Gala. Sadly, the dress was in very rough shape and had a waist that was for a much smaller woman from his world. At first, I thought it was remarkable how the women survived childbirth having waists so tiny, but then he told me how they used corsets with whalebones inside them to force their bodies into a different shape. A couple of weeks prior to my visit to the Black Pearl, I had banned the use of corsets, permitting their use in formal events." She then gets a stray thought and chuckles at it saying, "In fact, I still have that dress... Sorry, I digress."

Rarity is drawn further into the story when she hears about how he had dove into the sea to save a maiden who had fallen from a cliff and was forced to remove the heavy dress dragging her to the bottom and then cutting her corset off to allow her to breathe. Sighing dreamily at how lovely that sounds, she says, "Oh how brave of him, did he date her after that?"

Celestia chuckles and answers, "I asked the same thing. He said that he once entertained the idea, but gave up on pursuing it when she betrayed him."

Applejack cocks her head and asks, "Betrayed him how?"

She smiles darkly at the other ponies and chuckles asking, "Have any of you heard or believe in Davy Jones?"

Every pony around the room shakes their head except for Rainbow Dash who says, "I have, but he is a fairy tale. The legend says that he travels between worlds, ferrying souls to and from the beyond. For those that cross him, he sends the Kraken after you."

Celestia smiles and says, "Very good, Rainbow. For once, that legend is mostly correct."

Twilight then jerks her head back to Celestia and stares at her with wide eyes saying, "W-Wait a moment...you mean to say that D-Davy Jones a-actually exists?!"

She nods her head and says with a grin, "He does, and so is the Kraken. You see, when the maiden betrayed Jack, she and him stood on the deck of the Black Pearl when she kissed him passionately before sneakily guiding him against the mast, where she then locked his wrists in a manacle and left him for the Kraken. He managed to escape in time to turn and see the Kraken open up its round mouth, having rows upon rows of large pointed teeth, as it began roaring at him. After being covered in slime from the beast's roar, he found his favorite tri-corned hat and returned it to his head, then drew his sword and charged the Kraken. It then swallowed him whole and dragged his ship down into Davy Jones's locker. He was there for a time, but he did manage to escape, however that is his tale to tell. Let's return to the main story, shall we?"

Luna listens to more of the story with rapt attention, gasping at hearing the possibility of her being pregnant, saying eagerly, "Sister, was it true? Were you really pregnant?"

Celestia keeps her smile from becoming a knowing smile and chuckles saying, "I will be getting to that part shortly, be patient, dear sister." As she thinks of the next part of the story, the smile slowly slips from her face as she says, "Unfortunately, the treasure and the dress wasn't all they found that day..." She then releases a sad sigh as her mood sours and tries to force the frown away, but fails and continues the story, "He then mentioned that they found a great stone chest, and when I asked about it he told me that it must be either destroyed or hidden from the world. For owning a single piece of it is a curse worse than death, and that is all he said about it at the time. Sometime later, I was curious and explored the hold to see just how much treasure they found, which was a lot. Two of the lowest decks were so full that I thought the ship would not stay afloat for much longer, then I spotted the stone chest underneath the cargo grates in the very lowest deck with two high-backed thrones on either side of it, one was gold with red cushions, and the other was silver with blue cushions. Curious, I approached the gold and red throne first, then sat upon it and found it comfortable, more so than the other when I sat on it next. After I made my way back to the cabin, I found him putting something under his desk and inquired about what he intended to do with the two thrones down below. He told me he planned on selling them in Portuga, so I then asked how I might get one of them from him."

Luna listens to her story intently, eagerly wanting to know if she was pregnant. Her sister tells her about their plan to buy the melted foreign currency from Portuga and turn it into bits while he sells the rest to other nations, then hears about how and where they decided to hide the chest saying with a questioning glance, "Why would you hide it at the old vault instead of Canterlot where it is well guarded?"

She then smiles at her sister and says in a gentle tone, "Because what was in that chest is extremely dangerous, and must be well guarded where very, very few have access to it. I will tell you why momentarily." She then goes back to her story saying, "So, after I took him to the vault and showed it to him, he agreed to hide it there after arranging several conditions to ensure that nopony would ever learn of its existence. So, we returned to the ship via teleport and talked about the future regarding our child if I was indeed pregnant. So, after I disguised myself with magic and returned to Canterlot by teleporting, I quickly went to find a doctor suitable to keep the results secret. I finally got my results two hours later and acted dramatically to keep ponies from learning who I was, then hurried back to my room in the castle to look over the test results again." She lets the moment hang in the air for a bit before saying, "And the results were...positive, I was indeed with foal. My assistant Swift Quill knocked on the door after I kissed the paper and held it close, so once she entered with my permission, I told her my plans to go on a secret vacation so I could give birth to my foal and spend some time raising it. After telling her my intentions of legalizing herds due to the stallion population being down after the war, I made my way back to the Black Pearl to load the chest and hide it away in the old vault. When I got back to the ship with a large chariot, I moved them into place and started to lift the chest into place. Despite being made of stone and containing solid gold coins, the chest proved to be quite a challenge for me to lift. I asked why it was so heavy and Gibbs said there's no greater burden than sin and punishment. Once it was loaded, we went on our way while first discussing mine and Jack's foal, then continued to go over the plans for my abduction at the Grand Galloping Gala."

Rarity gasps and says, "You actually helped to plan your own marenapping?!? You were really quite bold to go that far to escape ruling over ponies."

Celestia grins and nods her head with a chuckle saying, "I disliked the nobles at the time, so stuffy, way too formal, pompous, and of course a few were corrupt and greedy." She then returns to the story, saying, "Once we got there, we talked a bit as he worried for the foal growing in my belly. When I offered my key to him after opening the door, I saw that he was afraid. For both the growing baby in my belly, and of the chest we were hiding. I asked him why he was afraid of it, and this is what he said." She then repeats what Jack told her word for word, taking a moment before adding, "So, after I lifted the lid and set it aside, I looked inside the chest. I saw many pure gold pieces inside, two of which were partially stained a deep red. There was also an ancient dagger inside that chest, which piqued my curiosity so I asked. So as he placed his fingers upon the coins in the chest, dragging a few of them a few inches to make them clink against each other, and this is what he told me about the coins." She then recounts what he said word for word, shuddering as she thinks back on hearing it the first time.

Rainbow tries to keep her body from trembling and tries to act brave saying, "That would be a great story to tell around a campfire or during Nightmare Night, but it isn't real. Curses don't really exist." chuckling nervously after she says it.

She then raises one eyebrow curiously and asks, "Oh, you really think that?" then returns her look to normal and smiles before telling them a bit more of the story.

Rarity listens as she hears the part after she loaded the throne onto the chariot and asks curiously, "Sorry to interrupt Princess Celestia, but what happened to the throne after that? Do you still have it?"

Celestia smiles and nods her head saying, "I do still have it, you've all been in the throne room a few times. I'm certain you couldn't have missed it."

Luna's eyes widen a little as she says, "That is where that came from!? no wonder it is so detailed..."

As Celestia continues her story, she sighs saying, "A few weeks after we hid the chest, Jack told me about something that had happened between Grandmama and him, and how that led him to cut her out of our lives which saddened me." Changing the mood a bit, she then tells them about the Grand Galloping Gala saying while laughing, "Oh you should have seen their faces when he asked me to dance, then again when he all but demanded they return to playing. I found it so exhilarating when he finally gave me the signal words to start our act to steal me away from that boring Gala, everyone bought it. With the exception of Sturdy Shield, who took a bit more effort to convince. After we made our escape, we hurried to the Black Pearl to spend the following years together." She then reminisces about that day, saying absentmindedly, "Oh I remember that day I got my freedom for a few years so well...the clinking of the heavy anchor chains as the anchor was hauled in, the smell of the ocean air as it blew across the coast. He also gave me the best gift that I treasure to this day...my beloved Philomena. Even though the ship's cook found it in the cave on the skull island, he managed to hatch it."

Fluttershy says sweetly, "Awwe, how nice of him. What was the cook's name?"

She thinks back to those days and chuckles saying, "If I remember right, he might be a relative of Rarity's. Your family's name is Belle right?"

Rarity smiles nervously and nods her head slowly, asking, "Umm...yes it is, what is his name?"

Celestia then smirks and says, "His name was Shining Belle, is he related to you?"

She gasps dramatically and screams like a little filly for a moment before collapsing onto the floor, crying into her arms sobbing, "Oh no!!! I am ruined!!! I enjoy making fabulous outfits with gems on them because I have pirate blood in me!!"

Applejack giggles softly and pats her on the back saying, "There there Rarity, you may have pirate blood in you, but you are still the Element of Generosity. So those scoundrel's genes must be way back in your family tree."

Celestia looks at Applejack with the same smirk and says, "Actually, you are also related to Jack through Money Pear. I learned this many years later in the story though, through a letter she wrote to me. She apologized to me after having her way with Jack one estrus season and found herself with foal, so she then partnered with Mister Apple. Mister Apple and her were traveling together after he left Portuga to make his family proud."

The honest pony's face is filled with shock, her eyes are fully dilated, her jaw is completely slack, and her body is completely frozen in shock. She then blinks slowly and finds herself only able to say, "Huh?? Wha?"

Pinkie then takes an ecstatic gasping breath, then shouts, "THAT MEANS I'M RELATED TO HIM TO THROUGH APPLEJACK'S FAMILY!"

The princess then giggles softly, saying, "Distantly, but yes, you three are related to Captain Jack Sparrow. Anyways, let's return to the story at hand. A day had passed after that, so we were on our way to the Dragon Lands to do some trading." She then tells them about her encounter with Davy Jones, Calypso, the goddess of the sea, and the 1000-foot-long Kraken.

Spike then hears her talk about Captain Jack Sparrow's adventure into the Dragon Lands and gasps saying, "Wait, so Captain Sparrow was the one that started the tradition with the Dragon Scepter?! That is pretty cool!"

Celestia then continues telling them what happened during the months leading up to her inevitable birth saying with a smile and a happy glimmer in her eyes saying, "If any of you would like to skip the details about the birth, you may go outside and I will cast a privacy barrier. I will let you know when it is safe to come back in." She watches as only Spike takes her offer and steps outside, then prepares to cast the barrier saying, "You may leave the doors open, I will call you back in once I am finished. Thank you, Spike."

Luna listens intensely to how her sister grew to be so big that her robe couldn't fully close, and her size forced her to be bedridden and grounded. She quietly giggles at the little spat she had with Jack after her water broke, but her happy mood at the possibility of being an aunt instantly shifts to one of shock as she hears of Captain Jack's proposal to her in front of the doctor and how she said yes. Unable to even think due to the shock, she stares at her sister with wide eyes and a slack-jawed mouth.

She looks at each one of the shocked faces with a happy chuckle, seeing Pinkie's jaw actually stretching to the floor as her mane vibrates violently, shooting confetti everywhere. She puts her hand over her mouth to try to control her laughter, only succeeding in muffling it a degree saying between bouts of laughter, "Is it really that shocking?"

They all stare at the princess with shocked faces as Discord pops into the room saying, "OH boy was that little tidbit hilarious, I actually laughed myself into literal pieces!" He looks at the other's faces and then looks at Princess Celestia saying, "Allow me to translate what they are attempting to think and say at the moment. You just totally floored us with that information, Princess Celestia. We're too shocked to even think of responding right now, please wait until our brains reboot." He then smiles and floats in the air, shrinking in size saying, "Well, that is all I wanted to pop in and say, tata for now!" then vanishes with a snap of his fingers.

The others look at Celestia as she has a happy smile on her face when their brains finally start functioning and say in unison, "WHAT!?! YOU'RE ENGAGED?!?"

Celestia smiles and then says, "Yes, I had that same look on my face just before I got engaged to Captain Jack Sparrow on the day I gave birth. Are you ready to hear the rest of how that day went?" She watches as they all just stare and nod their heads, still having shocked looks on their faces.

Rarity listens to her continue as she manages to get her facial expression under control then thinks, 'At least he was protective and very loving to Princess Celestia.'

Twilight is unable to regain control of her facial muscles as a shocked expression remains on her face, failing to put her thought into words, 'You said no to taking the pain away during CHILDBIRTH?! Were you CRAZY?! I've read books on the subject, and they all say that a mare's first foal is the longest and most excruciating experience!'

Celestia watches Twilight's expression as it remains frozen to her face, continuing to tell them about the birthing right up to the end saying, "I'm sure you must be thinking that I was crazy, Twilight. But I was not, I just loved my baby too much to want them to be born into this world under the influence of some drug. After I gave birth, the doctor told me she was a little filly. He was kneeling down and staring at my filly, so I asked him to let me see her. When I looked at her, my heart jumped with joy at how beautiful she was. She was a beautiful unicorn filly with a blonde mane and tail, a painted two-tone coat with the more predominant color being snow white with black patches around her flank, running up her back to cover the base of her neck and most of her right shoulder, coming together in a strip going up her throat and completely covering her head minus her left ear and a stripe with a snip down her forehead and mouth. However, it was what I saw next that shocked me nearly speechless. I looked at both sides of my little filly, and I was startled for a moment to see that she had a pair of wings on her back."

Everyone is shocked once more, but manages to speak in unison once more, screaming, "YOU GAVE BIRTH TO AN ALICORN!!" while Luna uses the royal voice to shout it.

Luna looks at her sister with desperate eyes and asks, "Where is she? What happened to her? Is she okay?!" while starting to panic.

Celestia walks up to her sister, fighting back the tears as she is reminded of the answer to all three questions. She grabs her sister's shoulders with both hands and squeezes them gently saying in an affectionate, but slightly sad tone, "I-I'm getting there dear sister, please be patient."

Confused, she looks at her sister and sees tears welling up in her eyes, making her wonder, 'Sister, what happened to your daughter to make you so sad?'

She then takes a breath and gathers her self-control and then continues the story saying, "Then together, I gave him the choice of the first name or the second. He chose the second name, so I decided to name her Summer while Jack picked Poppet. After I handed Summer back to the doctor to remove the cord, then she was swaddled and handed back to me. Then once the placenta came out, I told him that our family was nearly complete...with only one member missing." Remembering Spike is outside, she dispels the shield and says, "Okay Spike, you can come back in now." then continues on, saying, "He must have looked outside because he then asked when the sun was supposed to set, and I remembered that it was supposed to set a half hour ago. So as I tried to change the cycle, I found I didn't have the strength to make the sun budge. Fortunately, Jack quickly thought of the idea to claim that day as a holiday and let the sun stay up longer than the rest of the year, which I did just that and called it the Summer Sun Celebration. Once I threatened the doctor with a fate worse than Tartarus to ensure he kept quiet about my little alicorn filly, I asked Jack to bring the bassinet he traded some goods for. When I saw it an hour later, it was so beautiful that it brought me to tears." She then tells them what it looked like, continuing with the story a little bit before adding, "Later I asked Jack where he got that and who made it, which he told me that it was made by some zebras in Farasi."

Luna listens as the story continues, piquing her curiosity about why she would alter her daughter's body and asks, "Sister, why would you take away your little filly's wings? That is what makes her who she was meant to be."

Celestia hears her sister and sighs saying, "I know that sister, but do you remember how the ponies acted towards us growing up? They worshipped us and treated us like royalty, but I didn't want that for my little filly. I wanted her to grow up and experience life as a normal pony would, and away from the royal life inside a golden cage. All I did was seal her wings away inside her body as a magic she would never use, feel, or know of. To return them, all I need to do is end the spell on her."

Rainbow Dash listens to Celestia as she tells of what happened the following weeks, and collapses onto her side laughing her ass off at what Jack Sparrow did one night at the Storm King's realm. She gasps for breath desperately while trying to say, "S...So he...raided the...Storm King's realm...with...nothing but...full diapers?" she then continues squirming around on the floor laughing so hard she is crying tears of joy while Pinkie tries to catch her breath between manic giggle snorts.

She tries her hardest to keep a straight face, but a grin comes to her face as she says, "I'm sorry sister, I know I shouldn't find this funny, but I just can't help it." She then moves her right hand to her mouth as she begins to silently laugh, saying, "And it wasn't just that one time he went on a diaper raid..." her shoulders start to shudder as she giggles a bit louder adding, "It became a routine tradition he would do once or twice a month, depending on how much the filly fed. I learned early on to put a null ring on her horn to help with her magical outbursts, lost count of how many things we needed to fix on the ship from her fits."

Luna's face is red with embarrassment at how her sister let him continue with the diaper raids on the Storm King's realm, and sighs in frustration asking, "If you all are done laughing about the diaper raids, can we get back to hearing the rest of the story?"

Celestia slowly gets her laughter under control again and cough laughs saying, "I do apologize Lulu, where was I...oh right. As the first few months flew by, I kept trying to figure out what Jack was planning for our wedding. The only thing that he would tell me is that it was a secret and to invite whoever I wanted, and he would only be inviting the people on the ship, Davy Jones, and Goddess Calypso. He then told me to have them meet us thirty miles west of Fillycity, where we would then sail toward our destination. Each time he would refuse to give me any details, I tried to pout to guilt him into telling me, though it never worked that time." She then looks around the room as she remembers that day and smiles when she sees the doll that she gave to Twilight, chuckling and saying with a nostalgic smile, "Princess Twilight, do you remember that doll I gave you so many years ago? The one you named Smarty Pants?"

Twilight cocks her head in confusion and looks around the room for the doll, then pulls it down with her magic saying, "Of course I remember it, I will never forget it because it is the first present you got me. Why do you ask about him, do you want the doll back?"

She shakes her head side to side slowly with the same nostalgic smile and says, "No, not at all Twilight. I was only asking because I wanted to say that when I tried to get information and pouted with Jack's refusal, I was holding Summer in my arms as she was playing with that very same doll, though she called him Spotty Pants."

She looks at the doll as her eyes widen as she then smiles and sets it down beside her saying, "I...I didn't know it belonged to your daughter."

Celestia then says, "I know you didn't Twilight, but I found you and I believed you were special deep down, so that is why I chose to give my daughter's old doll to you to cherish." and continues on with the story, saying, "When the big day finally arrived, I had to wait on the Windy Gale until we got there and the ceremony began. I asked them what day it was and Swift Quill told me that it was June 21st, the same day as the Summer Sun Celebration, which was when Summer Poppet was born." She looks at the mostly curious expressions with a few happy expressions among the faces of the group before her and then begins to tell them about the wedding in great detail.

Rarity oohs and awes at the picture that the princess is painting for her saying, "Oh wow darling, I can't believe he went so far to make the wedding so remarkable, I wish I could see it to get inspiration!"

Luna sighs and hangs her head, then looks down and away saying in a somber tone, "So I guess you became queen then since you married..."

She looks at her sister with a slight grin on her face and walks over to her, then uses a finger to gently lift her eyes up to her and shakes her head side to side slowly saying, "No sister, I didn't because Jack was adamant in his refusal to be given any such title that might take away his freedom to sail the sea. To be honest, I didn't want to rule Equestria by his side...I wanted to rule it by yours."

Luna looks up into her sister's eyes as her eyes start to tear up and overflow sobbing happily as she says, "Oh sister, I was so worried that you did not want to share leadership with me..."

Celestia pats her sister's back affectionately saying, "Don't be silly sister, of course I want to. I will never want to be without you again." She then holds her sister until she goes silent and calms down, then releases her after a gentle hug saying, "Now, let us return to what happened after we said our I do's..." and gets back to telling them what happened next. As she gets towards the end of the reception line, she grins and chuckles behind her hand saying, "When Calypso and Davy Jones presented their gifts to Jack and I, Jack was willing to accept one of them but not the other. The gifts that Davy Jones was offering to Jack were two new crew members, and one of them was Bootstrap Bill Turner while the one he didn't really want was his former first mate, Hector Barbossa. Jack didn't want to accept him because he had mutinied against him in the past. So, when Davy Jones threatened to send him to the locker to suffer, Jack gave in and accepted them, albeit a little bit snarkily. Once we were done with the reception for the gifts, we were guided to different places on the floating docks so that a couple of paintings could be made of Jack and I. Perhaps one day when you all are in Canterlot and have a little time, I could show them to you."

As she continues on about the proceedings for the wedding, she then says, "I still haven't figured out who that strange pony was that gave me away, I couldn't make out any of her features due to the bright glow. She did give a speech though, wishing us happiness and said she would be always watching over us before she turned into a wisp of air and vanished." She then continues on with how the wedding proceeded and then giggles saying, "When it came time for the garter toss, Jack began to pull my underwear down with his teeth, but I slapped him and scolded him with a blush stating that if he tried that again, I would stomp on his hand. He then put them back and started removing the actual garter, though he did it in the most provocative way imaginable. Still using his teeth, he pulled it off my shoe. I found it tricky to stand on one leg wearing a very high heel while on a floating platform in the middle of a chilly ocean with ribbons of light dancing through the sky above us, though I never stumbled and fell. After he turned around and tossed the garter over his shoulder to the crowd behind him, a short brawl broke out over the garment which Barbossa emerged victorious while calling the others in the group cack-handed deck apes. He then put it against his cheek saying it was still warm, which got a laugh from several of the Black Pearl's crew before he put it on his hat. After that, it was time for the last dance..." she then pulls the locket from within the top of her dress and winds it up as both of her rings rest in the slack just above the locket, then presses the button to open it to allow it to play saying, "Though it was played on a Hurdy Gurdy, this is the song that played."

Luna recognizes the song and the locket from a couple times before, wondering why that song means so much to her and why was she in front of the statue of that pony crying.

Celestia reminisces about their last dance, then thinks about how lovely their wedding night was as the song finishes playing. Closing the locket, she then smiles fondly from the happy memory and says, "After that, Jack then lifted me up in his arms and carried me down the dock, up the plank, and all the way into the cabin where he welcomed me home before we both enjoyed our wedding night. When the next day came, I woke up and went outside to find Jack talking with his two new crew members Hector and Bootstrap. So as I saw the crew moving the gifts down into the hold, I suggested that we go down and see what we were given. After we went down there and started looking through them, Jack found these two lockets. It was an accident that he discovered it was a music box, when I recognized the tune and asked if it meant something to them, he told me this song was dear to them both because it showed how devoted Davy Jones was to Goddess Calypso before he cut out his heart and hid it from the world. Jack said that we were given these to remind us to stay true to each other and never forget our bond. If we should ever forget or lose sight of it, all we needed to do is be together or listen to the song to find our way again. He then handed this to me saying no matter what fate lies ahead for us, and that he would always keep me in his heart and mind. I asked him why he said that as if he knew something bad would happen, but he said quite a few things to assuage my worries. But of them all, only one made them go away, which was his plan to be with me until he was old, grey, and wrinkly while I was still young and beautiful, and taking care of him while his health declined from old age."

Applejack listens as she resumes the story, telling them about how she put the locket around her neck and asked to try some of the rum. She chuckles gently when she hears that she took a sniff of the rum at first. Finding the following piece funny, she can't help but ask, "So did you ever drink it in front of those pesky nobles, Princess Celestia?"

She smiles and then nods her head saying, "I most certainly did, though I told them it was just a different kind of apple cider. I wish I still had some of it left, it has quite an addictive kick and taste though it doesn't take much to make a pony drunk." She then tells them about her kissing him with a mouthful of rum, then tells them how he asked her to look into the nobles' dealings for illegal activity and his subtle hint of a plan for the dirty nobles during their honeymoon.

Luna shakes her head and sighs as she hears how he planned another diaper raid on the Storm King's realm, getting a few laughs from Rainbow and Pinkie Pie. She blushes fiercely as she hears she had sex behind the barrels while a guard was helping move the gifts to the top deck to load them into the chariots and gasps saying, "Please tell me you didn't actually do that behind the throne while during Daycourt!?"

Celestia giggles at her sister for a moment, then shakes her head saying, "No, of course I didn't, though I certainly did want to try it back then. When it was finally time for me to go back to Canterlot, Jack brought up the jug of rum I wanted to take with me and called it 'vegetable juice' in front of the guards. I still can't believe that I forgot it down below... Anyways, after saying goodbye to Jack and taking our leave, I had the guards circle around the Black Pearl a few times. I watched as the ships departed while the Kraken used her tentacles to smash the mostly empty platform and the surrounding docks, reducing the beautiful arch and wedding decorations left behind to debris. I shed tears while watching the place where Jack and I got married be destroyed, I then managed to watch as the Dutchman sailed below the surface of the sea. After everything was gone, I told the guards to take us back to Canterlot while imagining how many children we might have in the years ahead."