I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

As the crew uses a smaller line to fashion a harness around Rainbow Dash's body, she makes sure they leave her wings unobstructed so she can pull the ship. She stands on the bow of the ship, feeling slightly nervous about pulling something so big and says, "I didn't realize how big this ship was, but I am determined to do my best."

Gibbs looks at her and nods his head saying, "Aye, aside from the Sunrise many years ago, she's the largest ship on the seas."

Rainbow chuckles and says, "Well, I wouldn't say that because there are cruise ships out there that have more decks and are far longer, but this ship is definitely the biggest sailing vessel though."

Pintel and Ragetti finish tying the harness and rope to Rainbow's body as Ragetti says, " There ya go, poppet, all done."

She looks at him like he has two heads and says, "My name's not Poppet, it's Rainbow Dash."

Pintel chuckles and says, "We know that missy, poppet is a term of endearment we use to address a female."

Ragetti nods his head and says, "Aye, it is, it means that we see you like an endearingly sweet or pretty child or young girl, we call many ladies like you poppet. We mean nothing by it, really."

Rainbow is relieved to hear that and says, "Oh, well then I have no problem with that, though I am not sweet at all, I am totally awesome!" She then stretches her wings out and says, "Alright, it's time for a workout, let's get this ship moving!"

Jack walks up to the bow and watches the blue pegasus take off and calls up after her, "Oi, be sure to avoid getting too close to rocky shores, the hull can't take that kind of a beating in this shape!"

As she slowly pulls the rope tight, she looks back down the rope to see that it is twisted and performs a few barrel rolls to remove the unnecessary stress on the rope. With a steadying breath, she puts more of her strength into her wings.

He nods as she begins to pull on the rope to get the ship to move, knowing that getting the ship to start moving will take a little bit saying, "Keep at it, Rainbow! The hassle is getting the ship moving at first, but once you achieve that, it's a little easier to keep it moving!"

Rainbow flaps her wings even harder, looking at the shore to the left of her to track her progress and sees that it hasn't budged an inch saying, "I know!"

Jack then looks at the three crew members and says, "I need you three to go down and patch up a few holes, and throw that spoiled food off the side while you're at it."

Rarity looks at the shredded sails and sighs saying, "I'm sorry Captain Sparrow, I thought that I might be able to patch up these sails with some thread but they are far too aged to patch. You would need to replace them, and I would be generous and make all the sails for you at no cost, but I do have a business to run. However, I shall be as generous as I can and make the sails on the center mast for you at no cost, though it will take me a little while to make them as they are so large."

He then grabs her left hand in his and pulls her to him in a swift motion, then places his right hand just above her waist saying, "Thank you love, that is certainly generous of you to offer. How much would it cost to replace all the sails?"

Her breath hitches in her throat as he holds her against him, her mind conjures up a fantasy to entice her with when she shakes her head and dismisses it saying, "O-Oh, it would be around 4500 bits, give or take, due to me having to make the sails myself."

Jack then pulls his hand off her waist and trails a finger along the underside of her jawline and says, "That sounds like a fair price for all that hard work, all I ask is that they are the same color."

Rarity's body heats up as he continues to hold her against him and takes a breath to calm herself down, gulping nervously and nodding her head saying, "Very well darling, I can handle that for you. Could you let me go now, or do you plan on offending this lady's dignity?"

He then lets go and scoots back with a flourish, then brings the back of her hand to his lips in a smooth move saying, "As you wish, love, I look forward to seeing what you create."

Her heart hammers in her chest as her mind starts to become overwhelmed at how smooth and suave he is. When she feels him kiss the back of her hand, her mind overloads and wars with itself over how she should feel about him. The overloading of her brain causes her to sigh, and instinctually raise her hand to her forehead as she faints dramatically, falling to the deck while her face has a dopey, doe-eyed lovestruck expression on it.

Rarity's mental debate

Rational Rarity looks at Dreamy Rarity with crossed arms and huffs saying, "Now what are we going to do about this little dilemma darling?"

Dreamy Rarity clasps her hands together and holds them under her cheek as she lies on the floor, fantasizing about how gentlemanly he was to her and sighs blissfully saying, "Oh he is so dreamy, and smooth..."

Rational looks at her and frowns saying, "Yes he most certainly is, but he is a pirate."

Lost in her own little world, Dreamy fantasizes about what her life would be like with him saying, "Oh he is a major improvement to the last stallion I set my eyes on..."

She scoffs and stares at her in disbelief screeching, "An improvement?!? He is not a noble! The captain is a pirate lord of all things, and he is already married...to the princess!"

Dreamy looks at Rational with a pout saying, "Stop ruining my fantasies, a mare has to have something to live for!"

Rational sighs at being able to bring her back to her senses and snorts dismissively saying, "I agree with you on that dear, but a life with him wouldn't be a dream come true for you...it would be a nightmare."

Hoping to find a new fantasy to get lost in, she then asks, "Oh, and why would you say that darling?"

She answers her and says, "Why? It would be bad for you because you would be stuck on the ship with him while he sails the seas with you onboard or at home worried sick like the princess was. If you were with him, he would no doubt go pirating and pull you into all that nonsense!"

Dreamy finds a couple of fantasies to get lost in and grins, then goes back to fantasizing about what their life would be like at sea saying, "Oh what a life we could have...a family maybe? Oooohh the possibilities!"

Rational sighs at realizing this may take awhile and says, "He would be a terrible role model, teaching his kids how to be a pirate like him?!? He does not deserve a lady of your stature!"

As she falls into her fantasy deeper, she sighs blissfully and says, "Oh how wonderful it would be if I became a mother, the clothes I could make..."

Groaning with frustration, she sighs and says, "Aaannd she's gone..." while thinking, 'This is going to take awhile...'

Back on the ship a few moments later

Celestia looks down from the aft deck and sees the look on Rarity's face as she lies on the deck beside the mast and groans thinking, 'Great, the Oh Jack face is back...'

Jack watches for several minutes as the ship begins to move finally and cheers Rainbow on saying, "Keep it up Rainbow, she's starting to move!"

Rainbow grunts from the effort she's putting in and says, "It's about time, I'm getting one heck of a workout from this! I'm loving it!" and puts even more of her strength into her wings, trying to see how fast she could get the ship to go."

As the crew work on patching holes and tossing the spoiled food overboard, a few work on tossing the water back into the sea. The ship gets lighter as the crew continues working on the leaking hull while the last of the food is tossed over.

Celestia takes a deep breath at not smelling spoiled food anymore and smiles saying, "The ship is starting to smell better already..." and turns to her sister Luna and asks very quietly, "Sister, do you enjoy our royal duties?"

Luna looks back at her sister and smiles sweetly saying, "I do enjoy looking after our subjects...but to be honest, it is getting a bit tedious and boring. Why do you ask?"

She smiles and then whispers into her ear, "What do you think about us retiring from leadership to enjoy our lives?"

A startled and shocked look crosses her face as she stares at her sister and tries to keep her voice a whisper, asking, "If we were to retire, who would lead Equestria in our place?!"

Celestia smiles and then says, "I believe that Twilight has proven herself and may fit the role quite well, what do you think sister?"

Luna smiles and nods her head, looking out to the sea happily and softly says, "I shall look forward to our retirement, when will that be?"

She grins and walks toward the side rail of the ship, with her sister following her as they look out at the water together and says, "It will be some years away yet, as we have much to do to prepare to step down and have her step in as ruler."

She looks at her sister with a refreshed smile saying, "Then let us make the most of these last few years as rulers." and then looks toward Hector with a smirk on her face and saunters up to him saying, "Hector, would you mind taking the time to help a princess that doesn't get out much, about sailing the seas?"

Barbossa looks at her as he holds the wheel and holds it with one hand, holding the other out towards her saying, "It would be my pleasure, Miss Luna." and begins to tell her about the workings of a ship first.

A few days pass as Celestia and Luna raise the sun and lower the moon once more while the crew lets Rainbow Dash sleep in a little due to the hard work she's putting into moving the ship towards Manehattan.

A few hours pass by as Ragetti and Pintel grab an old feather and tickle the sleeping pegasus's nose with the tip while the girls watch as Pinkie Pie stifles giggles at the prank the two are pulling on her.

Ragetti gets slapped in the face as the pegasus rolls over mumbling, "Buzz off stupid fly..." and sniggers under his breath as he hands the feather to Pintel on the other side to resume tickling her nose.

A few minutes pass as the pegasus finally wakes up and tries to get out of the hammock and cries out in alarm, "WOAH!" as she falls into the waiting arms of Pintel and Ragetti and asks, "What's up guys?" and tries to move her arms and legs, but can't and asks, "What the hay...why can't I move my arms and legs?"

Pinkie Pie laughs and giggle snorts, saying, "Well because you're all tied up, Rainbow!" and falls over laughing.

Rainbow looks down and sees a rope coiled around her whole body and asks, "Nice prank, how'd this happen? Did you two do this while I slept?"

Ragetti chuckles as Pintel speaks first saying, "Nah, after you fell into the hammock, all we did was tickle your nose while you were asleep and you handled the rest on your own, you did."

She chuckles at that and says, "So I pranked myself, that's new! how about you two help me get out of this, I look like a spring roll."

After helping Rainbow get out of the rope, she makes her way back up the deck and stretches out before returning to pulling the ship to Manehattan saying, "Well, back to the workout I go, let's see how far I can get today."

Manehattan harbor, several hours later...near sunset

An old pegasus sits on the dock in a rocking chair, enjoying the breeze as he watches the ships come and go each day. He looks to the south as something catches his eyes, squinting at the distant object and sighs saying, "Oh these eyes ain't what they used ta be..." and looks back at his niece as she sits on the edge of the dock, dangling her hooves into the water and calls out to her, "Sweetie, could you be a dear and go get me my big spyglass?"

The freckle-faced mare looks at her uncle and nods her head saying, "Sure thing Uncle Knot!" then reels her line in, secures the hook, and sets it aside before hurrying off to her beloved uncle's house to get it for him.

Knot sits in his chair when his tan-coated earth pony niece stands beside him and holds it toward him and says, "Thank you, sweetie, you really should start looking for your special somepony, you aren't getting any younger you know?" and takes it from her hands, then removes the protective caps from the end.

She sighs and says, "I know that I should Uncle Knot, you sound just like my pa. Right now I can't because of how busy everypony has been after that terrifying attack not so long ago. It is hard enough to find a stallion these days, there are so few options to get a good one."

He raises the glass up to his left eye and starts to scan the watery horizon for the object and says, "I know I do, and you're probably sick and tired of hearing it. Perhaps if you can't find one here, you should look elsewhere... trailing off as he spots the object and extends his glass to get a closer look at it, whistling before saying, "That's the biggest one I've ever seen in all my years!"

Bittersweet Crunch looks out to where her uncle is looking and asks, "What do you see way out there, Uncle Knot?"

He looks at it a bit longer and says in a curious tone, "How many masts does she have...THREE? Does that ship really have three masts?! That must mean she's pretty large then if she has that much sail..." He then sees a pegasus in front of the ship with a rope leading to the ship and sighs sadly saying, "Poor girl's sails are in rough shape, as there is a pegasus out in front towing her. Must've been through one heck of a storm to leave 'em like that. Why in the hay is she completely black though? That is not a cheery color at all..."

Hearing the coloring of the ship raises a red flag to her as she steps further ahead and looks at her uncle and asks, "Uncle Knot, may I have a look? I've heard legends of a ship matching that color that menaced the seas a few centuries ago which proved to be quite troublesome."

Uncle Knot chuckles at hearing that and says, "What, you mean those stories they tell around the campfire about a ship of brigands that were cursed after angering a god and were changed into ghostly beings that sneak into ports during the dead of night to kidnap misbehaving fillies and colts in the night?"

She ignores his dismissive tone and huffs saying, "Well the legends have to come from some sort of truth, so can I look at it for myself?"

He continues to chortle at the tall tales and hands the spyglass to her saying, "Those are nothing but tall tales told by old ponies to mess with their grandfoals when they behave too wildly, I wouldn't put much stock in them being real at all Sweetie."

Bittersweet Crunch takes the spyglass and focuses in on the ship coming in and notices the pony out front saying, "Rainbow Dash is the pony out in front of that ship, and it looks like she is pretty worn out. I doubt that the ship will arrive tonight, so we will have to wait until tomorrow to find out if that legend is true or not..." She is about to hand it back when she sees something happening and looks again saying, "There are oars aboard that ship? I have never heard of a large ship carrying oars of that size before?"

Uncle Knot looks up at his niece with a shocked expression and says, "Those were called sweeps back in the day. You're telling me that she has sweeps on board?"

She nods and continues to watch the ship row toward them as Rainbow returns to the ship's deck while the crew removes the rope from Rainbow's body saying, "I think that she might just make it here by sunset, Uncle Knot, but I can see right now that the ship is in very rough shape and needs a large dock to receive repairs."

He then looks at his niece and says, "Well, Sweetie, I guess you better go inform the Dockmaster about the incoming ship so he can prepare the dock for her arrival."

Bittersweet hands the spyglass back to him and nods with a sigh saying, "I'm on it, Uncle Knot, something just feels off about that ship to me, it's almost...creepy." and trots towards the Dockmaster about the ship coming in.

Back on the Black Pearl

Jack watches through his spyglass as ponies start working to prepare the drydock for their ship and says, "Keep up the hard work lads, we're almost there!"

Below deck, Pintel and Ragetti pull on one of the sweeps to the cadance Gibbs is keeping, Ragetti says, "Perhaps I might have the time to search for a glass eye now when we reach the drydock, what do you think Pin?"

Pin grins and pushes the sweep away from him, keeping with the cadance, and says, "It's possible, since we all will get the chance to take a well-deserved break from the sea."

Above deck, Barbossa stands beside Luna as he continues his lesson saying, "It will take some practice for you to become as skilled as me, but I have every ounce of faith that ye'll get there."

Luna smiles as she feels the wind pick up and gently blows her mane in front of her face, raising her left hand to move it behind her as she looks at Hector with a light blush on her cheeks, finding great pleasure in being behind the wheel of a ship and says, "Thank you for introducing me to this 'art of sailing' mister Barbossa, I shall endeavor to learn more about it in the days to come...and about you."

He looks back at her with an affectionate look as he stands to her left with a happy smile on his face as he trails his right forefinger along her cheek and down to her chin saying, "As do I missy, as do I."

Jack stands at the edge of the bow, looking forward at the quickly approaching dock and looks back hollering, "Row harder, you scabrous dogs! Our destination on this hellish journey is nearly upon us, row, ROW like the Kraken is chasing us!"

A pony on the shore watches as the ship passes by in front of them, the last rays of day land on the ships name at the back of the ship and reveal her name to the young filly. She looks at the name of the ship and freezes in place, subconsciously hugging the doll in her arms closer to her chest as she then squeals in fright and screams at the top of her lungs, "IT'S THE BLACK PEARL, SHE'S COME TO GOBBLE US UP!" and races back down the street, away from the harbor.

Another pony chuckles at the screaming filly, shaking his head saying, "Oh those youngins just love those campfire legends." and freezes in his tracks as well when he spots the name on the back of the arriving ship, then joins in on the filly's fear and screams, "Every pony run for your lives, THE CURSED SHIP HAS COME TO DESTROY MANEHATTAN!!" and drops the flowers he was carrying, then races towards his home to get his family and leave town.

Celestia sighs at hearing the screams as they pick up in volume and number, turning to Luna after they finish changing the cycle of day and releasing a sigh saying, "I was afraid this would happen...come, sister, let us go calm the citizen's fears before any serious damage is done in their panicked state."

Luna walks away from the back of the ship and follows her sister, saying, "I agree, it would be quite sad if anypony was hurt over their misconceptions of the past version of the Black Pearl."

Together, they both fly towards the panicking townsponies and try to get their attention, having to resort to using the royal voice to get their attention shouting in unison, "CALM YOURSELVES!/BE STILL!"

As the townsponies stop in their tracks at noticing the two princesses, they immediately bow in reverence to their princesses as Celestia addresses them first, saying a little softer in the royal voice, "My beloved subjects, you need not fear the cursed ship known as the Black Pearl any longer for the curse affecting them has been lifted!"

Luna then takes her turn and says, "It is true, my little ponies. You no longer have to fear the Black Pearl attacking you in the night, for her crew have been released from their curse! It is sad we could not foresee and prevent the attack you suffered several days ago, but we have convinced the crew to give the valuables they took, back to you."

After a few moments of silence, the ponies watch the ship as it is pulled into the open drydock and begin cheering, stomping their hooves, clapping, or even grabbing each other and doing a cheerful dance.

Hearing their success, the two sisters fly back to the ship to await for Jack to speak with the dockmaster about making repairs to the ship as Luna returns to Hector's side, causing Celestia to sigh at what her husband schemed, saying, "Ugh...I sure hope that he treats her well..."

Jack stands beside Celestia on the deck as the two make their way off of the ship, laying an arm across his wife's shoulders saying, "Not to worry love, I'm sure he will love and treat her with the respect she deserves."

She leans into her husband's side, loving and missing the warmth from not having him at her side for the many past years saying with a blissful sigh, "Oh Jack, I have missed you so much."

The captain embraces her back, saying, "Aye, love, so have I. Soon, our family will be complete once more, do you have plans on revealing our union to your subjects?"

Celestia nuzzles into his shoulder, ignoring the foul odor of his desperate need for a bath and says in a cheerful tone, "After our big announcement in a few years, honey."

Jack looks at her curiously and asks, "And just what might said announcement be about, dear?"

She giggles and leaves his side, walking away from him while looking over her shoulder saying with a smirk, "That is something you'll find out then dear."

He then follows after her, trying to get more out of her, but fails each time and eventually gives up to go find the dockmaster to talk to him about making repairs to the ship when he sees a crowd of ponies coming their way and remembers hearing what Luna told them about getting their things back and calls out to them, "Ponies, please gather some long tables as there are many things to return to you."

Discord slithers out from under his hat and hovers in front of Jack, causing him to shiver and jerk away while asking who he was and how he did that. With a smile on his face, he gives him a flourishing bow saying, "Glad to meet you Captain Sparrow, Lord of the Celestial Seas, my name is Discord and I am a draconequus as well as the spirit of disharmony and chaos." He then straightens his back and walks across the air to stand in front of him and says, "I have greatly enjoyed the chaos you caused with no effort at all, it made me laugh myself to literal pieces a few times." Eager to be of service to him, he steeples his fingers in front of him and asks, "Might there be a way for me to aid you in your endeavor?"

Jack smiles at him and nods his head saying, "Pleasure to meet you, I am glad you enjoy my antics. It so happens there is a way you could assist me, might you be able to magic all the items my crew looted from these ponies back to them?"

He nods his head and says, "That is easier for me to do than breathing, my friend. Just bring everything that you took, out here and I will use my magic to return it to who it belongs to."

After Jack instructs the crew to start emptying the hold of their ill-gotten goods, Discord empties the barrels onto the tables with a snap of his fingers. He then begins to use his magic to enchant the items to return to their rightful owners when he hears a high-class mare cry out at getting her items back saying, "My golden brush and luffa! Oh how I have missed these..." and returns to her home.

It is a few hours into the night when the last few items are returned to their owners, however, when Jack looks down at the tables, there are a few items still on the table and looks at Discord curiously and asks,"Oi, how are these still here Discord, did you forget about them?"

Discord sighs and shakes his head and snaps his fingers to try again, but watches as they briefly get encased in a pinkish aura before it turns black and disappears, saying with a sad note, "I tried several times, but I think that the owners of these items are...no longer among the living, Captain Sparrow."

Jack turns his gaze toward the ground as he then sighs saying, "If that is the case, can you find out who the last owners of these items are closely related to?"

He nods his head with a sad smile and says, "I can, but what do you plan on doing after that?"

The captain looks at him with a sigh asking with a sorrowful tone, "Isn't it obvious mate? I intend to have you track down their closest relatives and pass the items to them so they can remember who they lost."

Discord gives him a sweet smile at hearing that and says, "Fluttershy would be proud of you, I'm sure of that."

Jack looks at the draconequus and says, "Alright mate, can you use that magic of yours to take us to the first items' relative?"

He then nods and picks up the items, then puts them into his storage space while holding onto one saying, "Certainly, let us be on our way to the first one, shall we?" and snaps his fingers to enchant the item to tell him who the closest relative would be for the previous owner. He sighs as he learns who the closest relative is and says, "Captain Sparrow, our first stop is Ponyville..."