I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

Jack watches as his fellow-cursed crew returns to the ship in the moonlight, then makes his way to the helm and calls out, "Full sail lads!"

Captain Celaeno watches as the Black Pearl sails away and calls out to her captain, "Sparrow! Do you really intend to just leave us here stranded?!"

He then looks at her saying, "Aye love, I do. If you're descended from the one's child I gave that to as a present, I've no doubt that you'll find a way out of that mess. After all, I was that child's father."

It takes a moment for what he said to register in her brain when her eyes dilate and grow larger, then stares at her suggested forebearer in disbelief, squawking, "WHAT!!! YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT I AM RELATED TO YOU!!"

Not saying another word, he grins at her and begins to guide the ship to the port side of the ship. He watches as the crippled ship starts to shrink, with a look of disbelief still on her face.

Starlight sits in her cell for what feels like an eternity and groans from extreme boredom saying, "I'm going to go insane if I have to sing 99 bottles of cider on the wall..."

Jack walks into the brig and glances down at his compass to see it still pointing to the unicorn having a light off-pink-colored coat, a purplish mane, and tail with a light aquamarine streak through them both. He shifts his gaze up from his compass and snaps it shut and narrows his eyes at her and asks, "Just what might your name be love? If you were wondering, if you start singing that...I will shoot you."

She gulps nervously and looks up at him saying, "O-Ok...well, Captain Sparrow, my name is Starlight Glimmer."

He then walks up to the bars while drawing his cutlass, saying, "Now...would you be a dear and tell me what you intend to do about Chelly with you being way out here instead of with her?"

Starlight sighs and says, "Well, after figuring out your elaborate puzzle, Cadance came up with a plan to find you..."

Jack smiles at hearing that and says, "Oh so someone took notice of my clues, well that just brightens my day! So you've come to save me have you, that is quite kind of you."

She then looks at him grimly and says, "Well...not really. We came here to get you so that you could talk to Celestia and make amends between you two in order to save her source of love, keeping her from losing herself completely and going insane."

The smile falls from his face as he glares at her and throws his hands up angrily saying, "Yet again am I secondary to another..." he then sheathes his sword and paces back and forth between the cells, continuing his rant, "When will someone come to save me just because they like me!!?? Why never, because I'm a twice-cursed pirate that is feared and hated by all..."

Starlight then ignores his ranting and says above his voice, "If it makes you feel any better, you are the key to our plan. For it to work, we need you to come with us to Ponyville, try to make amends with your wife, and protect her ability to love."

Jack then stops and looks at her curiously, saying, "That does make me feel a little better, but I still don't like playing second." He then sighs and faces at the back of the ship, crossing his arms and saying, "There's no doubt she found a way to turn our daughter against me by now..."

She then sighs and hesitantly says, "Well...about that..." and trails off at the end, leaving it to hang in the air.

Jack then looks at her curiously and asks, "What is it?" and walks up to her, and places his hands on the cell.

Starlight gulps nervously at how close he is to her and says, "About your daughter...Princess Celestia didn't turn her against you..."

He drums his fingers against the cell in annoyance asking, "Well, what did she do then, banish her too? Spill it already!"

Cadance sighs and smiles sadly at how Starlight tries to find a way to tell him the hard news, standing up and placing her hands against the cell. She then clears her throat and looks at the captain, saying in a gentle voice, "Well, mere hours after you were banished into the sea...she told your daughter about what happened. When your daughter learned it was impossible to bring you back, she..." trailing off for a moment before looking into his eyes and continues, "She used a spell to punish her mother for taking you from her, and turned herself into a statue while Celestia sobbed and watched helplessly." She waits a few moments to let it sink in before saying, "There is more that happened, but if there is anything inside you that still cares for Princess Celestia... Please be there for her and keep her from losing her ability to love and going completely insane forever."

Hearing about his daughter's fate touches his heart deeply, causing him to feel an ache deep down, and coughs saying, "What would you have me do?"

She then smiles at the possibility of this plan succeeding, and says, "Well, we need you to come with us to Ponyville where both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna are, and find some way to repair her source of love."

Jack then paces around the mast in thought for a few moments and says, "Fine then, I suppose I could be persuaded to join you on your little trip to go see the missus...so persuade me."

Thinking of a way to entice him, she smirks and says, "Well, I'm sure that Starlight would enjoy a kiss..."

Starlight nearly snaps her neck with how fast she turns to look at Cadance, having an aghast look on her face along with a fierce blush at being sailed down the river like that and tries desperately to come up with a response, but ends up looking like a fish out of water. When a few more moments pass by, she finally says in an exasperated tone, "WHY DO I HAVE TO K-KISS HIM, ISN'T THERE SOMETHING ELSE YOU COULD OFFER?"

He then waves his hand and turns toward Cadance with a slight grin on his face saying, "Sorry love, but as enticing as that sounds, I wouldn't be able to enjoy it while suffering from this curse...what else have you to offer?"

Cadance chuckles and says, "As it turns out, one of us has what you have been searching for which was taken from you. Though they are hidden in another dimension, we will only return them after you manage to restore Princess Celestia's source of love. Do we have a deal, Captain Jack Sparrow?"

Jack's eyes narrow briefly as he studies her for any clues that she may be lying, looking at her with a scrutinizing gaze for a few seconds before extending his hand into the cell with a grin, saying, "Alright, you've persuaded me. Let's be on our way to see 'ol Chelly... We have an accord, let us be on our way once we find a place to drop anchor." he then makes his way towards the stairs, leaving them locked in the cells.

Starlight watches him leave with a blush on her face and calls out, "Aren't you going to let us out, now that we are working together?"

He then looks back and says over his shoulder, "Of course not, I will not give you the opportunity to make a fool of me and disappear." and then returns to heading towards the stairs to the upper deck saying, "Fear not, for I shall come to release you once we are ready to depart."

Gibbs is at the helm when he sees Jack make his way toward the wheel and grins asking, "Is our salvation at hand, cap'n?"

Jack stands beside Gibbs and looks at the crew with a grin and shouts, "Rejoice lads, return to the ship, our suffering is nearly at an end!" and hears the crew cheer out in happiness and fire off their pistols.

Hours pass by as Starlight is woken by a loud, metallic clack and looks to see what it was, seeing that the door to her cage has been opened along with Cadance's and smiles saying, "We've finally arrived at Baltimare?"

He then chuckles and shakes his head saying, "No love, we are a bit south of Horseshoe Bay. We shall be making our way to Baltimare by land, walking the rest of the way there. After we arrive, it is up to you two to get us to wherever this Ponyville is at."

Starlight and Cadance follow Jack out of the hold and into the deck above, looking around curiously and saying, "Is it just me or does this ship seem really eerie?"

Jack grins at hearing that and says, "It looks eerie because of the crew's curse, once it is lifted it will need some repairs."

Gibbs watches the sun rise over the horizon and looks forward to being rid of the curse, saying, "I can't wait to be able to feel the heat from the sun, savor the taste of food and drink, and smell the environment around me."

He hears what his first mate said and nods his head in agreement, then goes up the last set of stairs saying, "Lower the longboat, I am off to see the missus. Mind the tide and guard the ship while I go see my beloved ball and chain. Don't think about taking off with my ship in my absence or you know what will happen to you when I catch up to you later." He looks over his shoulder at the two girls with him and asks, "Is there a need for us to be in any rush?"

Cadance watches as the longboat is lowered and smiles at how the plan is working out for the moment saying, "Yes there is, Captain Sparrow. We have less than two weeks to get back to Ponyville.

Jack then says, "If we're going to make it back in time, we will need to run most of the way. By chance, did you take a chariot to the port you sailed from?"

Starlight shakes her head and says, "No, we took a train from Ponyville to Baltimare."

The captain then groans in annoyance saying, "What's a train? They weren't around 300-400 years ago."

She then says, "It's relatively new to the Equestria, it is powered by magic that is stored in some kind of special device that travels along a pair of metal rails. You can go practically anywhere with the train, arriving much faster than if we were to travel by hoof."

Jack then twiddles his beard between two fingers, finding that interesting, saying, "How curious, if we are unable to find the train you took, we may have to travel to Ponyville on foot."

Cadance then smiles and says, "Oh we won't have to do that because the trains run on a schedule, Captain Sparrow."

He then heads toward the port side of the ship and starts climbing down to the longboat saying, "Well that is good news at least, let's be on our way, shall we?"

After the two girls join Jack in the longboat, the captain rows them to shore and pulls the boat further inland. Before departing, he ties a rope around a tree to keep the longboat from being carried out to sea by the tide.

Jack looks at his compass and says, "Alright, we need to go this way, ladies."

As they make their way toward Baltimare, Jack remains silent while the two girls talk to each other. Mostly ignoring what they're talking about as he thinks of what he will do next.

Starlight smiles when they finally reach Baltimare five hours later saying, "It feels so good to be back in Baltimare, doesn't it Cadance?"

Jack looks around at the large city with wide eyes saying, "Things sure have changed since I've been gone, this used to be a small town. Now look at it, it transformed into a noisy city."

Cadance then takes the lead and starts heading towards the train station saying, "Please follow us, Captain Sparrow, I shall lead the way to the train station."

As the group makes its way to the station, Jack looks around at the bustling city while ponies stop what they're doing to look at him and talk amongst themselves, asking things like, 'Who is that? What it that? Where did it come from?'

Jack follows the girls to the train station and looks it over saying, "It certainly looks strange enough."

She makes her way towards the ticket master and says, "Come this way, Captain Sparrow. We need to buy tickets to ride the train, and I shall pay for your ticket as well, so do not worry."

He follows her to a booth where she pays fifteen bits for three train tickets and then follows her onto the train saying, "I sure hope the ride is better than in a chariot, all that rocking and bumping was annoying."

Cadance makes her way to a train car, with a smile on her face and giggles saying, "Oh it is, though improvements were made in that mode of transport."

After Jack follows her onto the train, he sits on a bench across from the other two and waits for the train to depart. He then wonders what happened after he was banished and asks, "Now then, while we wait for the train to be on its way, how about you tell me what happened after I was banished?"

Starlight then sighs and looks over at him saying, "Alright, well after that, Celestia searched the Sunrise for survivors and rescued the captain, taking him to Van Hoover to get him aid..." and continues to relay to him what Celestia told them.

The captain sits in silence, thinking over what had happened to his daughter after he was banished. He wonders if there is a way to bring her back and goes over what she said in his head thinking, 'Hmm...so she will return when I do? There are a few different answers to that, but with me returning from my banishment, that makes for one less...'

Hours pass by on the train as Jack tries to think of a scheme to bring his daughter back, twiddling his beard while thinking, 'Well, first things first. I need to go to this Ponyville place and save my bonnie lass from certain doom, meet her sister, then return to the Pearl for my crew and head to the vault to lift our curses. After that, I will fulfill my deal with Hector and try to come up with some way to rescue my daughter from her prison...'

As the train pulls up to the station platform, Cadance rises from her seat and walks towards the end of the train car to exit the train. Starlight follows after her and looks over her shoulder at the still-seated captain and asks, "Captain Sparrow, why are you still sitting there? We have finally arrived at Ponyville, so please stand up and follow us to my mentor's home."

Jack is pulled from his thoughts and follows her off the train saying, "Hmm? Oh, right. Lead the way then, love."

Cadance looks back at Jack and says, "You can see my sister-in-law's crystal castle in the distance. That is where everyone else is, trying to help Celestia until we come back with a way to save her, meaning you."

He follows them into the town, looking around as ponies stop to look at him when he spots a familiar creature making its way toward town and smiles saying, "I see the zebra tribes have finally ventured out into the world."

She sees the one he is talking about and walks towards her with a smile saying, "Excuse me Zecora, do you have a moment?"

Zecora turns to see a light pink alicorn calling to her and meets her halfway, bowing to her saying, "What a surprise, to see you with my own eyes, Princess Cadance. What assistance may I do you? Need any herbs, potion, or brew?"

Cadance smiles and then shakes her head side to side saying, "I don't need anything like that, I just wanted to introduce you to an...acquaintance of mine and Starlight's. Zecora, this is Captain Jack Sparrow. Captain Sparrow, this is Zecora, who happens to be good friends with Twilight, my sister-in-law."

The zebra turns her head to the tall being and gasps with fright and takes a step back nervously, "Blessed be! I see a dreadful legend before me!"

The princess tries to calm her down saying, "You have heard about him?"

Zecora looks at the princess with fearful eyes and nods while glancing at him briefly, saying, "I have indeed, he has done many a foul deed. Meeting the cursed ship's captain is a displeasure, for my friends, I shall guard and treasure. Many legends have I heard, the most dreadful came from my own herd. Many moons ago, the infamous Pearl roamed the seas, showing no mercy to any despite their pleas. Left with her last resort, Princess Celestia gave them their just desert!"

Jack sighs with a grin saying, "Ah, I have missed the traditional way the zebra tribes speak, for I shall relish this for the week. Alas, for that was centuries ago, I had no choice but said actions to undergo."

She looks at him with narrowed eyes and says, "Your actions brought fear to pony folk, your return is certainly not a joke!"

Starlight approaches the angry zebra and tries to pacify her saying, "Please calm down Zecora, we are going to remove his curse so he will not do bad things anymore."

Zecora looks at Starlight and says, "It is doubtful he shall find salvation, for his evil deeds he deserves damnation." then storms off into town without another word.

The captain smiles saying, "Well at least that one didn't slap me after seeing me."

As the girls let out a nervous sigh, they continue on toward Twilight's home. Arriving a few minutes later, Cadance goes to open the door when she turns to Jack and asks, "Are you ready to be reunited, Captain Sparrow?"

Jack looks at her and grins, then nods saying, "I am, but would you let me make a grand entrance?"

Starlight sighs and rolls her eyes asking, "What do you plan to do?"

He looks at their horns and pulls the ring off of them and returns them to his pocket saying, "Well, I need you to shroud the room with thick fog so I can have a bit of fun with them first."

Cadance grins at what he might do and says, "Let me check if the study's doors are closed or not..." She then goes to the front door and opens it a little, then peers inside before pulling her head out and closing the door saying, "The door to the study is open slightly, so the fog will drift into the room."

Jack smiles and heads to the door, opening it and peering inside briefly before closing the door again saying, "Starlight, could you do the honors and fill the outer room with fog thicker than pea soup?"

She rolls her eyes and casts the spell saying, "You're lucky I learned how to do this from my friend..." filling the room with a heavy fog clear to the ceiling, then says, "There...it's done, now hurry up and do whatever you plan on doing."

Inside the study, Pinkie Pie looks down at her knee and says, "Ooh, ooh, I have a pinchy knee!"

The captain then looks to them saying, "Follow me and close the door quietly behind you but make no sound..." He then opens the door and walks inside, then waits until he hears the door close softly. Hearing his cue, he begins to walk forward, making sure to step heavily to make a slow steady beat as he begins to sing in a slow, deep voice.

Luna hears the singing and looks towards the cracked door, seeing heavy fog rolling in through the crack saying, "I wonder who might be singing that?"

All eyes except for Celestia's turn to the mostly closed doors as a few stand between the door and the princesses, waiting to see what or who is on the other side of the doors.

Jack slowly makes his way to the cracked door, raising a foot in preparation to kick it open singing, "Ten fathoms deep on the road to hell...HA" and puts all his strength into the kick singing the end of the song, "Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!"

Luna watches the door fly open as fog shrouds the figure from sight and says, "Who are you and why are you bothering us?!"

He steps forth as the fog rolls into the room, coming into view of a beautiful, dark blue alicorn with a flowing mane and tail saying, "I have come here to see my wife who banished me to the bottom of the sea, I am Captain. Jack. Sparrow."

Rarity uses her magic to clear the fog and coughs, "OH DEAR, WHAT A DREADFULLY DRAMATIC ENTRANCE THAT WAS! THANKS TO YOU, I WILL BE HAVING BAD DREAMS OVER HOW DESCRIPTIVE THAT SONG WAS!"

Pinkie Pie then giggles and says, "CREEPILY EPIC GREETING...YOU NAILED IT!"

Jack then looks to the white unicorn with a grin saying, "You're quite welcome, love. Now where is my darling wife..." and looks around the room as the fog clears up, finding her with her face looking down at the floor and eyes downcast, saying, "Ah, there you are... Hello, my dear...did you miss me?"

Celestia trembles with fear as she looks up at her husband and says with a wavering voice, "Hello...dear, a little..." She then looks away with both fear and sorrow saying, "I-I'm sorry about what happened to our daughter Summer Poppet, I was having trouble walking due to how upset I was and wasn't able to stop her..."

He then takes a few steps forth toward his wife saying, "It was inevitable my love, even I was shocked to hear what our daughter did after I was banished. You know that she was totally a daddy's girl, so it is understandable for her to get mad like that. Turning herself to stone was a bit over the top I think..." He then tries to go to her, but finds his path blocked by the group up front and asks, "Would you lot mind parting and letting me through to talk to my dear Chelly?"

The group hesitantly parts, not trusting him yet and watch his every move as Rainbow says, "Don't you dare try anything bub, or you will regret it..."

Jack then chuckles saying, "You all must be the elements that one pegasus captain mentioned. Let's all introduce ourselves once this mess is dealt with completely, savvy?" and walks towards his wife, placing his left hand's forefinger under her chin with his thumb on the front of it. Lifting her head up, he looks into her eyes saying, "My love, I do not hate you for what happened to our daughter. It was something she did all on her own, so you are not to blame. Yes it is true that she was angry for you refusing to let her see me, but you were right to do so as I could not be a proper father figure to her. So do me a favor and stop crying already, I have a present for you."

Celestia blushes and looks into his eyes and asks, "W-What's that, are you going to curse me and return me to the ship as part of the crew?"

He scoffs and says, "Of course not dear, we're all sick of the curse. It has served its purpose, so now I get to continue on with my plan. Close your eyes and I will give you your belated birthday present, my love."

She closes her eyes, wondering what he is going to do or give her, and fearfully says, "O-Okay, but please make my suffering short."

Jack grins and reaches into his frock and pulls out a nearly empty bottle of rum, then yanks the cork out silently and drops it to the floor. Raising the bottle to his lips, he drains it into his mouth, ensuring to hold it there while tossing the now empty bottle into the chair behind her before placing his now free hand behind her head. He quickly opens her mouth with his left hand and tilts her head back, then leans in to kiss her.

Celestia feels his lips touch hers and then a liquid flows into her mouth, it takes her a few moments to identify it as rum and then starts to swallow it greedily. Wanting more, she places her hands behind her husband's head and pushes her tongue into his mouth, allowing more of the liquid she has yearned for so long.

Luna and the others turn their heads as she watches her sister making out with a pirate, a fierce blush on her face after seeing her wrap her left leg around the back of Captain Sparrow's hips saying, "I really hope you two don't start having sex in front of us because we all will need therapy afterward..."

Jack gives her the rest of the rum before it loses all flavor due to the curse, then breaks the kiss despite Celestia wanting more and looks at the blue alicorn saying, "Who are you?"

She looks at him out of the corner of her eye, saying, "I am Princess Luna, and that is my sister that you are currently trying to suffocate with kissing..."

He grins and says, "It's about time my grand scheme paid off, thanks to what I found in that book I didn't show to Chelly. It is good to finally get to meet you."