I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

Before Discord snaps his fingers, he remembers what time it is and turns to Jack asking, "Perhaps it would be best to wait until morning to do this as the relatives will be very sad about hearing of their grim fate?"

Jack looks up at the night sky as the moon sits high in the sky and nods saying, "I think that you might be right about that, let's get some sleep and find the harbormaster in the morning so I can find out what needs to be repaired on the ship. I would fear hearing the price, but I have a deal with Celestia about all costs being paid by the current ruler of Equestria."

The Draconequus nods saying, "Alright then, I shall come find you an hour after sunrise. Goodnight Captain Sparrow, may you have a good night's rest." and snaps his fingers to return home so he can rest for tomorrow.

The captain makes his way back to his ship and crawls into bed, however, as he dreams about the happier days of the past, his pleasant dream of the Black Pearl sailing on an endless sea slowly morphs into a much darker dream. Storm clouds begin to form and quickly begin to fill the sky, slowly growing darker as a nasty storm starts to roll in. The sea begins to come alive with swells that grow in size, becoming 100-foot swells in several minutes. He orders his crew to man their stations when he sees flashes of lightning in the clouds ahead of him, seeing a ship's silhouette against the brief moment of illumination, he squints even harder and focuses on the spot where the ship was when another flash grants him another look as he spots a vaguely familiar shape but shakes his head at the impossibility and says, "That's impossible cause they're dead and gone now." but when he turns around to head back to the wheel, he hears a gravelly voice dripping with venom whisper to his ear, "I'm coming for you, Sparrow."

Jack spins around, looking for whoever said that but sees no one around him, recognizing the voice, saying, "That's not possible mate because you're dead, you perished over there."

As the captain looks around in vain to find the one who is whispering into his ear, the voice chuckles and says, "Si, that is true. You survived, but I didn't. I will find a way to hunt you again, little Sparrow."

He wakes up with a start and looks around to see that his cabin is empty, to his relief as he thinks on what the voice said and thinks, 'I shall make the most of what time I have left here before that happens, and I will do whatever possible to keep him from coming to Equestria.'

The next morning

The next morning comes as Jack walks out of his cabin to find Discord just outside and says, "Ah, good. You're here, so I won't need to track you down. Let's go see what the harbormaster has to say about repairing my ship."

As he makes his way toward the harbormaster with Discord following him, Jack hears a faint sobbing coming from an alley to his left and then heads toward it.

An orangish-colored filly lies on the ground with her back against the cold stone wall behind her, using a broken box as a shelter after the attack. Missing her parents terribly, she continues to sob and mumbles, "Mother...why did you have to leave me?"

Jack stops a little ways into the alley when he spots a young pony with an orangish coat and clears his voice before asking, "Oi there little one, what troubles you?"

The filly stays put and curls up on herself saying, "What's it to ya, leave me alone bub."

He makes his way in front of the shelter and crouches down to look inside, seeing a dirty, young earth pony filly lying down with her back to the wall having dark green eyes, different shades of amaranth in her mane and tail with a pair of apple-bottomed scissors for a cutie mark and says, "It troubles me to see a young filly such as you in a dark, dank alley. Where do your parents live?"

She looks up to see a strange-looking being and says, "My parents are dead, they died in the attack a few days ago when their roof collapsed and crushed them."

Jack remains crouched and asks, "What happened to you when that happened?"

The filly scowls at him and shouts, "You wanna know my story, FINE! I was sleeping when the attack woke me up, the loud noises outside scared me. My mother then entered my room and dragged me from my bed into the living room when the house shook, we then started to hear a cracking coming from above so my mother picked me up and threw me out of the window hurriedly. I scrambled back onto my hooves in time to see the roof cave in and crush my parents, I tried to go back in to save them but the window was blocked by debris. I tried to clear the debris so I could save my mother and father, but by the time I cleared the window...I saw my parents lying under debris holding each other when the house started to burn. I must have passed out at some point because I woke up to see the house burnt to the ground. Now leave me to my misery!"

The captain sighs and says, "I apologize for the suffering you went through, love. Do you have any other family that can take you in?"

The filly's scowl softens a little as she then sniffles and says, "Y-Yeah, Aunt and Uncle Orange, my cousin Applebloom that lives with her sister at Sweet Apple Acres in Ponyville but I don't wanna trouble any of them, so beat it!"

Seeing that she isn't going to come willingly, Jack then stands up and starts tearing the box apart.

As she hears him tearing the wooden shelter down, she scrambles out of it and gets up on her hooves shouting, "Wha-What are you doing, that's my home!"

He smiles at getting her out of the box and stops, saying, "Oh good, you decided to join me out here..." then swiftly spins around and hits her hard in the side of the head with the back of his boot, adding, "Sorry love, hope you'll forgive me for this someday."

She stumbles forward from the punch when her head bashes into the wall, causing her vision to swim, saying, "Ow..." before everything goes black as her eyes close, leaving her to collapse to the ground.

Jack watches as the filly collapses onto the ground wearing a dirty, torn-up top that covers very little of her chest and a pair of dirty shorts with numerous tears. He then walks up beside the unconscious body and picks her up in a bridal carry, shifting her head so that it rests against his shoulder to avoid making any ponies aware of her unconscious state while making his way back to his cabin on the Pearl.

Discord gasps when he sees the filly and lowers his voice asking, "What happened to this poor little one, Captain Sparrow?"

He looks around to see a few curious looks and says loud enough for others to hear, "Poor filly was living in a box since the attack, so I'm taking her to my ship's cabin, would you mind looking after her while I go speak to the harbormaster, Discord? Once that's done, we can be on our way to take her to her relatives in Ponyville."

He nods his head and says, "Of course, I will."

After returning to the ship with the filly in his arms, he places the filly on the ground for a moment to throw the covers on the bed back and asks, "Discord, do you think that you can bind her hands and hooves so she can't run away, then do something to ensure she can't scream for help?"

The draconequus crosses his arms and looks at the captain suspiciously and asks, "What for, are you planning on doing something nefarious to an innocent, young filly while she is unconscious?"

Jack rolls his eyes at him and scoffs saying, "Of course not, mate. I fully intend to take her to her relatives in Ponyville, I just don't want her to get any bright ideas and make a big bloody scene about me showing her this kindness."

Discord smiles at hearing that and relaxes his arms saying, "That is good to hear, now I won't encase you in ice and turn you in to Princesses Celestia and Luna." then snaps his fingers, making ropes wind around her wrists and ankles and tighten themselves up before making a knot. He smirks and snaps his fingers again to take her mouth away saying, "Now you won't be a scoundrel and kiss her while she is out."

He spins around to face him and says with an annoyed look, "I would never do such a thing, she is still a bloody child you miscreant!"

The draconequus chuckles and says, "Oh how sweet, a pirate with a heart."

Jack huffs and yanks the covers back, only to discover that they stink. He then smells the mattress and discovers it also reeks, letting out a sigh, he looks to Discord and asks, "Would you be able to replace the mattress and bedding?"

Discord walks up to the bed and pushes down on it and clicks his tongue saying, "Tisk, tisk, tisk, spring mattresses are so last millennium. What you need is a cloud-stuffed mattress, allow me to dispose of these relics of a bygone era." and snaps his fingers to get rid of the old mattress and bedding, then snaps his fingers to make a new one appear. Finding out that it is too small for the frame and snaps his fingers to adjust the size to fit.

He watches Discord work his magic, making a bedding set appear, having a white silk cover and matching silk sheet. A comforter then appears, dark red in color with fancy black and gold intersecting diamond embroidering. Impressed, he then smiles and says, "Good work, Discord."

He then literally pats himself on the back and smiles saying, "I know, I should be an interior decorator, but nobody appreciates my brand of designs. Now for the finishing touches..." and snaps his fingers one more time to make four white pillows with two red pillows in the front of the four appear at the front of the bed. With the last bit put into place, he looks at Jack and bows saying, "Now everything is as it should be, shall we get back to the previous task?"

Jack shakes his head saying, "I can't believe you actually thought that I would do such things with a little filly!" He stands back up and throws the new covers back, then turns back to the unconscious filly missing a mouth with her hands and hooves bound. He shifts her around so that her head is on his right shoulder instead of his left and turns back towards the bed, then walks toward it and leans forward to set her on the mattress.

After tending to a few of her duties, Celestia returns to the Black Pearl after yesterday's events and raises her hand to knock on the door when she remembers that she is still married to him, pausing mid-air and just opens the door and walks right on in to find him leering at a young filly lying on his bed. Her anger rises rapidly as her mane begins to smoke and emit flickers of fire, shouting without using her royal voice, "CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW, EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT YOU ARE DOING LEERING AT THIS YOUNG FILLY AT ONCE!" then casts a spell to light every candle in the room and sees that it is a young filly, causing her mane to burn and shouts, "HOW DARE YOU BRING A YOUNG FILLY INTO OUR BED AND HAVE RELATIONS WITH HER! I'M GOING TO SEND YOU TO THE CANTERLOT DUNGEONS!"

Discord watches from a beam at the back of the cabin, snacking on plunderseeds while trying to keep his laughter down thinking, 'You really are a wonderful source of chaos, Captain Sparrow.'

Jack turns towards his angry wife and smiles at her while pleading, "Now hold on love, hold on. I don't intend to have relations with her, I just found her in the alley living in a beat-up crate, I swear!!"

As she looks at the filly, she sees that her hands and hooves are bound and has no mouth. The filly has woken from her shouting and starts to writhe on the bed and attempts to speak, then narrows her eyes at Jack and says, "Why is she tied up and missing her mouth, are you kidnapping innocent fillies and making them join your crew?!"

Jack pleads his innocence and says, "Not at all love, her parents died in the attack a few days ago and she is the only survivor, young fillies like her can't live on their own. Therefore I am going to be taking her to her relative's home in Ponyville, whether she likes it or not. Family will always take care of you, no matter what. Don't be mad, but I had Discord use his magic to keep her from screaming for somepony to help her. She is a stubborn filly who doesn't want to admit she can't care for herself right now."

Celestia calms down and rolls her eyes at hearing Discord was a part of this and looks at the filly saying, "Little filly, I am sorry for what you are going through, but Jack is right." then looks at Jack with a sigh saying, "Of course, Discord just had to have something to do with this, I assume the mattress and bedding are his doing as well?"

He smiles and nods his head saying, "It is indeed, would you wish to try it out after I take the little filly to Ponyville?"

She chuckles and shakes her head saying, "Perhaps another time, and be sure to take a decent bath when you have a chance so I don't have to breathe through my mouth."

Jack turns towards the bed and sees the filly writhing madly on the mattress, then places a knee on the bed and reaches for her legs. It takes him a couple of moments to get a grip on her legs as he pulls her toward him, causing her shirt to ride up her body and reveal the bottom part of her breasts saying, "Stop squirming like an eel or I will see more of you than I want to see, savvy?"

The filly's face turns red with embarrassment as she immediately stops trying to get free and settles for glaring angrily at the Captain for knocking her out.

He then picks her up in a bridal carry, then sets her down on the floor, and pulls her shirt back down saying, "There, now you are somewhat covered despite that tattered top and bottoms you're wearing. I will have Discord return your mouth to you once we get to Sweet Apple Acres, savvy?"

She huffs and looks away from him, then gives him a reluctant nod as her mind recalls how warm she felt sleeping in his bed, shaking her head to get her mind off of it.

Jack turns back to his wife and picks her back up in the same manner as before, asking, "Now what may I do for you, Your Royal Highny?"

Celestia then says, "I was just wondering when you would be available to pay a visit to the Canterlot Gardens?"

He sighs sadly and says, "I have a few unfortunate duties to tend to first, but I might be finished by this afternoon. Be sure to tell your guards to be expecting me and to let me keep my weapons, eh?"

She rolls her eyes at him and nods saying, "Very well, Jack, make sure you clean yourself up and launder your clothes before you come to the castle because you smell horrible."

The captain then huffs and snarkily says, "Well forgive me, I wasn't given a chance to bathe after spending a few centuries on the bottom of the sea." and bows his head flirtatiously toward his wife before looking for Discord saying, "Alright Discord, let's be on our way to Ponyville..."

The draconequus snaps his fingers with a heavy sigh saying, "Very well, Captain Sparrow." and takes them to the outskirts of Ponyville, at the end of the road leading to Sweet Apple Acres.

Jack sets the filly down on the driveway, looking at her, and asks, "Right this way little one or do you want me to carry you there in my arms?"

She sighs through her nose as a blush rises to her cheeks and looks down at the ground, then shakes her head and waits for the bindings to be removed so she can follow him down the road.

As the captain spots a farm in the distance, he glances at Discord and asks, "Could you remove her bindings so she can follow us, Discord? Thank you."

The filly stretches her arms and legs, causing her to inadvertently reveal more of her breasts than she wants and hurriedly crosses her arms over them to serve as some sort of cover while the blush deepens.

Jack coughs uncomfortably and starts walking toward the farmhouse saying, "Come on, keep up or I will carry you there on my shoulder."

She huffs frustratedly through her nose but follows the captain to her relative's home, not wanting to be a burden on them.

Inside the home, an elderly green mare hears somepony knocking on the door and calls out, "Applejack, could you get that? Someone's at the door."

Applejack makes her way to the door and opens it to find Captain Jack Sparrow outside with Discord beside him and a filly hiding from view behind Jack and says, "Mornin' Captain Sparrow, what can ah do ya for?"

Jack sighs and says, "Hello miss Applejack, I have come here to aid someone, perhaps you might know her..." then reaches behind him and brings the little filly before him saying, "Now before you get mad, you should know that I've found this filly in an ally living inside a box. I have done nothing to make her look like this, can you take her in and care for her?"

Her eyes widen at seeing her relative in tattered clothes that barely cover anything and says, "BABS! What in tarnation happened to ya?!" and looks at Jack asking, "Why is her mouth missing, and how come she looks so ashamed?"

The captain holds her in front of him and says, "Well, you see...during the attack a few days ago, her parents died saving her and the house collapsed and burned down. When I found her like this, she wanted nothing to do with me so I was forced to knock her out, tie her up and take her mouth away so she wouldn't make a fuss for me saving her from her own stubbornness."

Applejack sighs and steps forward, takes Babs by the shoulder saying, "Come with me young'un." then looks back at Jack saying, "We'll take her in, she's family after all. We will never abandon our family or friends. Thanks, Captain Sparrow for bringing her here. Do ya want to have dinner with us?"

Jack shakes his head and says, "I appreciate the offer, love, but unfortunately, I have other matters to tend to in Ponyville today."

She then nods her head and says, "Alright then, take care, Captain Sparrow." and starts to head inside to help Babs to settle in to her new home.

The filly then stops and turns around, glaring at the captain for a moment before looking down at her mouth repeatedly to remind him to return her mouth.

Not getting the hint right away, he looks at her in confusion for a couple of minutes before realizing that her mouth is missing and says, "Ah, right, I had Discord take your mouth. One moment." and looks over to his companion saying, "Would you mind giving it back to her, friend?"

Babs feels her mouth return to her after Discord snaps his fingers and says, "Thanks a lot, you filthy pirate!" before being pulled away by Applejack into their home.

Jack sighs and then heads back down the path saying, "Alright Discord, show me to the town of Ponyville."

A little while later in the town of Ponyville...

Rose Luck prepares to go to lunch when she spots someone heading towards her stall, accompanied by Discord, who hangs back after handing the other a small box. As the handsome being heads toward her, she flushes a little and says, "Hi sir, what can I get for you today?"

The captain looks around to see other ponies looking at him curiously and offers her his hand asking, "Might we have a word in a quieter place? I have an unyielding need to speak to you."

She blushes at thinking he will ask her out on a date and stammers a moment, saying, "O-Of c-course we c-can, right this way."

After being led just behind a shop called Sofa's and Quills, Jack watches the mare fidget nervously before taking a long, nervous breath before reaching for the small jewelry box containing a silver necklace bearing a white lily carved out of a pearl. He holds it before him gingerly and looks at her face asking, "Pardon me for this weirdness, but might you know this?" and opens the box to show it to her.

Rose smiles at seeing her sister's necklace that she gave to her on her wedding day, but it falls from her face as concern takes the happy feeling away and says, "I do, but why do you have this? This necklace belongs to my sister, Lilly."

Jack looks at her with a sad look and says, "I am sorry to inform you of your sister's passing during the attack on Manehattan a few days ago..." and looks away in shame and says, "We were cursed at the time, but have been set free and I sought to return what we took. Sadly, there are those that perished, and so the items we took must be given to their closest relatives. I am sorry for your loss, miss."

The mare stands on trembling legs threatening to give out on her from the devastating news and takes the box from them as her eyes slowly fill with tears, when her legs give out, causing her to land on the ground. She stares at the necklace as the tears begin to flow in trickles down her cheeks mumbling, "Nooo...not my Lucky Lilly..."

The captain turns and says, "Your friends will be there for you in your time of need, so go to them when you are done mourning." and heads back to where Discord is, hearing the devastated mare wailing over her sister's death. When he reaches Discord's side, he sighs and says, "Onto the next location, Discord."

Without a word, Discord lets out a sad sigh and snaps his fingers thinking, 'I feel sad for those who lost family in the attack, but it is good that he is doing the right thing and returning the items they looted.'

A few hours later in Manehattan

After delivering the items to their owner's family and paying a visit to the harbormaster, Jack looks at Discord and says, "With that item returned, we're done mate. We best be on our way to Canterlot eh?"

Discord looks the captain over and then grins, saying, "We really should, yes, but might I make a suggestion first, Captain Sparrow?"

Jack raises an eyebrow and asks, "What might that be, mate?"

He chuckles and says, "I don't think that it would be wise to show up at the castle while smelling...as you do."

The captain raises an arm and smells himself, then gags from his own stench saying, "Unfortunately mate, I have to agree. I really do smell worse than a rotting corpse left to rot under the hot sun. Where can a man go to bathe?"

The Draconequus thinks of a place that would allow the captain to bathe due to way he presently smells and then says, "Hmm...there are two possible places. One is at the Spa in Ponyville, although a few customers there will be unhappy, and the other is a bath house slash sweat house. Which place will you choose, captain?"

Jack thinks about it for a moment and says, "I care not what ponies think of me, mate, so let's go to the place in Ponyville."

Discord nods saying, "Very well, I shall go on ahead and let them know to expect you and inform them of your...situation. I will be back in ten minutes, Captain Sparrow." and snaps his fingers to go there. Once he appears in front of the Ponyville Spa, he heads on inside and speaks to the receptionist saying, "Excuse me miss, but I have a friend who is a ship captain that is in dire need of a bath. He will be needing a standard treatment, and will pay the bits owed for it. Just so you know, he has been at sea for quite awhile and never had the chance to manage his hygiene. It is bad enough to make anypony's eyes burn and make them gag involuntarily, so you might want to warn your current customers as well as the staff."

The receptionist blinks a couple of times and says, "Are you pulling my leg, Discord? I'm not in the mood for your pranks."

He scoffs and crosses his arms, saying, "If I was, you would be able to feel it. For your information, I am being quite honest here so you might want to run along and let others know what to expect when I bring my friend here within five minutes." and snaps his fingers to return to the captain, saying, "Are you ready to go, Captain Sparrow?"

The captain nods and says, "I am, aye. Hopefully, I shall be ready before sunset. There be an appointment I'm keen on keeping, savvy?"

Discord is about to snap his fingers when he pauses to say, "I told them to just give you the standard treatment because prim and proper just isn't your style normally. I hope you don't mind, but you are going to have to pay for it." He then snaps his fingers and sends them both in front of the Ponyville Day Spa, then heads for the door.

An hour later, inside the spa

Inside the massage parlor, Rarity enjoys her time on the massage table when it comes to an end and she has to move to the next treatment. She then sits down into the chair so that Aloe and Lotus can give her a mani/pedi and a facial treatment.

Jack makes his way out of the shower with a towel around his waist after having Discord store his effects, following the abnormally muscled stallion leading him toward the massage table next. When he enters the large room, he looks around to spot a familiar light grey mare with a purple mane and tail in a chair. Recognizing the mare, he smiles and calls out, "Fancy meeting you here, miss Rarity. Enjoying a fancy high to-do treatment fit for royalty?"

Not recognizing the voice right away, she then asks, "Oh I am just loving the treatment these fine ponies are giving me. I'm sorry, but I don't recognize your voice, darling. What might your name be?"

He then lies down on the table and waits for the massage to begin and says, "I am slightly offended by you forgetting who I am, trifles, but I understand because we only met once or twice. My name is legendary and spoken of only in rumors, savvy?"

Rarity thinks on it for a moment before gasping and saying, "CAPTAIN JACK SPARROW?! What in Celestia's name are you doing here in Ponyville?"

Jack enjoys the firm massage he is getting and then says, "Well, I thought it would be an opportune moment to 'freshen up' as it were before my visit to the castle in Canterlot.