I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

Rarity then smiles and says, "Oh you most definitely needed to freshen up, your...aroma was intense enough to knock out a single pony with just one whiff. You won't find a better establishment than this to cater to most of your body's needs, but do not expect to get any intimate treatments here as it offers only massages, baths, manicures and pedicures, mane and tail treatments, body wraps and facial masks."

Jack then huffs in light indignation and retorts, "Of course not, love, what do you take me for?"

She then grins and says, "A no-good scoundrel of a man that honors his word to others, but gets all he can from it in the meantime."

The captain continues relaxing on the table as the stallion moves onto his shoulders and back, saying, "Trifles." pausing a moment to change the subject saying, "Well with the Black Pearl in the drydock for a good six months, I hope that Celestia and Luna will permit me to stay in the castle until the ship's seaworthy again."

Rarity then chuckles and says, "I'm sure they will allow it...as long as you don't go chasing the maids around, darling."

Bulk massages his upper arms when he notices markings all over his back and asks, "What are these markings all over your back, sir?"

Jack remembers the day he got the tattoo and says, "It is an old poem I heard about one day, called...Desiderata. If I recall correctly, the words to it went something like this, 'Go placidly amid the noise and the haste...'

Everyone stops what they're doing to listen to the poem as fashionista is completely taken aback by how eloquent the poem is and says, "Whoever pony wrote that had a real way with words, if only you could follow those ideals...you might make a decent stallion."

He chuckles and then sighs blissfully as the stallion massages his stiff shoulder, then says, "I do...more or less, but I already am a good stallon...errr...man in this case."

Rarity half chuckles, saying, "Ha, your actions speak otherwise dearie. Didn't you attack Manehattan several days ago?"

Jack huffs and says, "I was cursed and was not in the right frame of mind, mind you, and I gave back what I took from those ponies."

A couple hours pass as the two continue lightly bickering when their sessions come to an end and walk out of the spa together when the captain huffs and says, "I don't have to take any of this from you, I have a previous engagement at the Canterlot Gardens. Discord, buddy, old pal, won't you please take me there?"

Discord watches from his realm and writes a letter while laughing, then sends it to him with a snap of his fingers, along with his voice saying, "My dear friend, Captain Jack Sparrow. I am unfortunately tied up at the moment, so you will have to find your own way to Canterlot. I would recommend taking the train, as it is the fastest way to travel across Equestria these days."

Jack crinkles up the paper as he makes a fist and says, "Fine then Discord, be that way. I never needed your help anyhow..." then storms off towards the train station.

Rarity chuckles at Discord's behavior and quietly says, "I know you are enjoying this chaos, Discord, but make sure you don't take it too far." and then trots to catch up with the captain.

Pinkie Pie watches and giggles as Rarity and Jack bicker amongst themselves and joins them wherever they may be going and asks, "Hey you two, where are you going?"

Without missing a beat, they both turn around at the same time and speak in unison, saying, "I'm going to the Canterlot Gardens."

She then giggles and joins them saying, "OOH, ME TOO! LET'S ALL GO TOGETHER!"

As Jack, Rarity, and Pinkie head to the station, bickering the whole way there, they are joined by Fluttershy, Rainbow, and Applejack. Fluttershy does what she can to get the two to stop bickering when she turns to Pinkie Pie and asks, "What happened to make those two so mad at each other, Pinkie?"

Pinkie then giggles and whispers into her ear, "Oh, don't worry about it, it's just a lover's quarrel because Rarity is attracted to Jack but doesn't want to admit it, while Jack likes her sophisticated behavior."

Rainbow then groans and says, "...oh, so it's going to be a long journey to the Gardens then...great."

Applejack then huffs and says, "Why don't ya both just pipe down and make out already, JEESH!"

Without missing a beat, Jack and Rarity turn on Applejack with irritation and say in unison, "I would never make out with a heathen!/I would never make out with a tease!"

The countryfied mare then pauses for a moment after getting her head bitten off like that and blinks a couple times before asking,"Jeesh, ya try to help out a couple friends and see what happens?"

Rainbow Dash trots along and puts her arm around Applejack's shoulders, pulling her along and says, "Nah, don't worry about it, Aj. They are just having a lover's quarrel."

They both turn on Rainbow for saying that and shout in unison, "This is not a lover's quarrel!"

An hour and a half later, in the Canterlot Throne Room

Celestia, Luna, and Barbossa sit side by side in the throne room as they start to hear a bickering coming from the corridor, when they eventually open to reveal most of the element bearers and Celestia's husband. Celestia smiles at seeing them here to see her daughter return when she notices that Jack and Rarity are bickering back and forth and tries to quiet them saying, "Greetings, my little ponies."

Luna watches as the two continue to ignore her sister's greeting and says, "Excuse me, you two, but could you quiet down?"

Rainbow groans and rolls her eyes, saying, "I'm sorry Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, but they have been like this ever since they left the Ponyville Spa."

Luna hears Barbossa whisper into her sister's ear saying, "They be having a lover's quarrel, Your Highness. Perhaps you could make them cease their arguing by forcing them to...kiss and make up?"

Celestia rolls her eyes at hearing that and says, "I don't really want to use the royal voice...so, alright then." and makes her way down the steps to stand beside the two as they face each other and argue nonstop. She then places her left hand behind Jack's head and her right hand behind Rarity's, and then pushes their faces together suddenly.

The bickering suddenly comes to a stop as their lips collide, causing Rarity's face to turn beet red from embarrassment. She jerks her head back and turns her head to the side as Jack pulls away and starts spitting on the floor, then tries to brush the sensation off his lips with his fingers before turning his head to the right saying, "OI, WHAT THE BLOODY HELL WAS THAT FOR MATE?!" then smiles widely and tries to act like nothing happened saying, "Hello love, been standing there long, have you?"

She taps her left hoof on the ground irritably while her arms are crossed over her chest with her eyes narrowed as she frowns at her husband, saying, "I have, dear, and I am none to pleased at how you were too busy arguing to hear me."

Jack then smiles even wider as he takes off his hat and bows his head to her saying, "I deeply apologize, your nibs."

Celestia then huffs and grabs his left ear saying, "Stow it, you're coming with me." She then starts heading to the doors to the throne room while dragging her husband with her by the ear and looks over her shoulder saying, "Please come with us everypony, there's someone you haven't met yet in the gardens."

As Jack is dragged from the throne room, he winces in pain saying, "Ow ow ow ow ow ow!" all the way to the gardens by his ear when he is finally released, and takes a moment to rub his ear saying, "That hurt, love."

After releasing her hold on her husband's ear, she crosses her arms over her chest and then huffs, saying, "Good, then you learned something." and looks up at her daughter's statue saying in a slightly softer tone, "Now break the spell trapping our daughter."

He then takes notice of a stone column in front of him and looks up to see the statue of Summer Poppet, his and Celestia's daughter, standing upon the column with her right fist about eye level and an open book held in her right hand. His daughter's long mane and tail locked in place by the spell she used, as if there was an invisible breeze blowing them along. He then looks at the stone cloak behind her, lightly flowing as if there was a breeze. With a gentle smile, he looks up at her and says, "Daddy's home."

Everypony watches the statue for a few minutes with bated breath when Rainbow cocks her head and asks, "Uhm...is something supposed to happen right away, is there a key word to use, or possibly some form of magic?"

Celestia then cocks an eyebrow and says in confusion, "I'm not sure, that spell has a cure that must be chosen by the one to cast it, so I have no idea what she would have chosen as a cure." She then looks to her husband and says, "Keep trying dear, our daughter really liked you better."

Jack then looks over his daughter's stone body for any clues or hints as to what to what the cure might be, running the fingers of his right hand through his beard before he decides to pull out his compass. He brings out his compass and says while opening it, "I need your help here mate, give me a clue."

The compass then spins around slowly and comes to a stop, pointing right at the statue.

The captain sighs and says, "She has the clue? Be more specific."

The compass then turns and points to the right, providing Jack with the next clue.

Jack turns to the right to locate where the clue is, but it then turns to the left to point at his daughter once more. He then turns back to the statue and says, "Okay mate, now what?" then watches the compass point to the right side and then turns right, but keeps turning right as the arrow continues to point to the right.

Pinkie Pie giggles and laughs as the captain spins in circles to the right, only making himself dizzy.

The captain stops when he feels like he is going to throw up and says, "Come on mate, give me a better clue, I'm getting sick over here from the spinning."

She laughs and snorts saying, "You're too funny, Captain Sparrow! Hahaa! Why don't you try holding the compass on its side?"

Jack then shakes his head saying, "Oh...I haven't thought of that." and then turns the compass onto its right side while turning his body to face his daughter's statue.

The compass is relieved at someone finally getting the hint, then slowly turns to the left to point upward at the statue's face.

As he looks at the compass while it points upward, he looks in the direction to see only sky and thinks, 'The clue has something to do with my daughter's statue, so it can't be the sky. Might it be trying to tell me something specific about her statue?' then turns to his left and follows the arrow to where it leads. Following the arrow's direction leads him to gaze at his daughter's face and then smiles saying, "Hmm, it leads me to her face, so let's find out why."

Celestia watches as Jack climbs onto the column, grabbing onto their daughter's body just above her hips while he pulls himself up, shouting, "WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GRABBING, THAT IS OUR DAUGHTER UP THERE YOU MONGREL!"

Jack continues to pull himself up onto the column, holding onto his daughter's waist to help him keep his balance and looks back at his wife saying, "I do apologize for that love, but unlike pegasi and you alicorns, humans don't have wings and can't fly so I have to have somewhere to hold onto..."

Her face flushes with irritation as she huffs out a heated breath saying, "Just be careful of where your hands go, filthy husband of mine."

The captain then turns back to the statue, having to kneel down to look at his daughter's face to find out how to cure her. As he look over every inch of her face, he notices that her lips are parted slightly with her tongue pressed further into the bottom part of her jaw and cocks his head to the side thinking, 'Why would she leave her mouth open and her lips parted like that, was she thirsty?' Having reminded himself of thirst, he then reaches underneath his coat for his bottle of rum and pulls it out to take a swig when he sees how much is left and sighs at the tiny mouthful left, saying, "Why is the rum always gone..." then shrugs his shoulders and empties the last bit into his mouth. He is about to swallow it when he then gets an idea and drops the bottle before placing his lips against his daughter's then spits the rum into her mouth through her parted lips, earning him several gasps from everyone behind him.

Barbossa is shocked by what he sees Jack do to his own daughter and says, "Jack, I am utterly appalled at what you have done to your very own flesh and blood! How dare ye steal a young maiden's lips like that!"

Jack hears the others join in on berating him for his actions and looks over his shoulder saying, "Oh shut it, I'm trying to cure her." and then turns back to her and holds her shoulders and begins to sing a song he once heard long ago, "Yo Ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me...we pillage and plunder, we rifle and loot...drink up me hearty yo ho..."

Celestia stands there with her arms crossed, absolutely fuming that he stole their daughter's first kiss as he continues to sing, thinking, 'When you get done and find a way to free our daughter, you are going to get what you deserve for that...'

As he continues the song and brings it towards an end, singing, "We're devils and black sheep, we're really bad eggs...drink up me hearty yo ho..." he then gets closer to her ear and continues in a softer tone, "We're beggars and blighters, and ne'er do-well cads...aye but we're loved by our mommies and dads...drink up me hearty yo ho!" then whispers very softly into her ear, "Daddy's home...Poppet." and pulls her into a hug saying, "I've missed you."

A few moments ago, inside Summer's mind

Summer screams and pulls at her mane after her father kissed her, shouting, "All he had to do was pour some rum into my mouth and sing that song to release me!"

Elizabeth stands beside her with her hands on her hips, saying, "How was he supposed to do that when you were looking down, huh?"

She stomps her hooves and says, "He was supposed to have a bottle of rum with enough to just pour it into my mouth!!"

She looks at the angry filly and sighs, then shakes her head saying, "I tried to warn you about that, I do know your father better than you do since I knew and sailed with him on the Pearl."

The filly then stops throwing a tantrum and groans with exasperation saying, "I know that Lizzy, but I really thought that he would spare some rum for when he came back from his imprisonment..."

Elizabeth shakes her head and says, "Oh silly, naive little filly...you should realize that the rum is always gone when it comes to your father when he least expects it. I still can't believe you chose rum and that song to release you...will my torment ever end?"

Summer looks at her and then says, "Well you loved my father and that was your song to him, so I thought I would remind you of the good times you had with him."

She blushes and stammers saying, "I-I didn't like him like him, I looked up to him so I could learn to be free like he was..."

Presently, back in Equestria

Celestia is the first to gasp as a shimmer ripples over her daughter's statue, clasping her hands together and placing them in front of her mouth as a light begins shining from the tip of her horn and slowly works its way down to the base while she whispers, "It's...working."

They all watch as the spell work its way down the filly's head, revealing a snow white horn and a blonde mane on top of a head having a black coat with a stripe and snip down her forehead and mouth. The spell continues its way down her head as her eyes fall closed due to exhaustion, revealing a white left ear and a two-tone, black and snow white painted coat. As the spell releases more of her body, the filly's head and neck fall onto Jack's right shoulder while her mane hangs straight down past Jack's elbow. A black strip goes down her throat to a band going around the base of her neck, the filly's arms fall to her sides as the spell releases them.

As the book to falls to the ground, Rarity thinks about how much Twilight would love to study a new book and hastily snatches it with her magic before it hits the ground and tucks it away into her saddlebags before returning her gaze to the fading spell. Curious, she walks around to the back of the statue to see the pattern of her two-tone coat. The filly's left arm and shoulder is mostly snow white as her left elbow and shoulder are black with a strip going down either side of her spine, running all the way to a patch covering a small part of her barrel, the front part of her flank and her knees. The last thing to return to normal is her hooves, which her body falls limp against her father as he shifts her into a princess carry position while holding her head against his right shoulder.

Jack smiles and nuzzles his daughter gently, turning his body around to face is wife and says to her, "Our daughter is free at last, love. Might you, our daughter, and I share a room until she wakes?" and then carefully hops off the column, trying not to disturb his sleeping daughter.

Celestia smiles and strokes her daughter's face affectionately and then nods saying, "Of course we can dear, our family is whole once again and I know just the room we can stay in. I can't wait for when she wakes up, though I doubt she will be happy to see me." She then looks to the others and smiles saying, "Would you all like a room to stay the night and meet Summer after we get her caught up and settled in?"

They all nod and smile happily, eager to get to finally meet the newest alicorn as Barbossa puts his arm around Luna's shoulder saying, "Aye, with a family whole once again, a celebration might be needed in a few days once the little missy here gets her bearings once more."

Pinkie Pie vibrates with an abundance of excitement as she prances in place saying with barely restrained shouting, "Definitely! A private party is totally going to happen!" then she looks to Celestia and Jack with a manic smile saying, "Ohhh...and there are so very...many...many questions I must have the answers to whenever you two have the time to spare."

Fluttershy gulps and softly says, "Oh no...Pinkie has 'that' look in her eye again..." She then tries to sidetrack Pinkie and says, "A party sounds really nice, but she needs time to adjust to not being a statue anymore. Plus, I think that she really needs to spend a few weeks with her family, why don't we get some much needed sleep first and give Princess Celestia and Captain Jack a few days alone with their daughter before you start asking your questions. Okay, Pinkie Pie?"

The party pony turns her head around to look at Fluttershy with a gentle giggle saying, "Of course they need some time alone, I'm not just gonna start spouting out questions like I used to! Besides, I have to go through my party schedule to see when I have openings for a party of this magnitude."

Celestia gulps and then says with a nervous chuckle, "Pinkie Pie, perhaps the first party can be a small, private party for just family and my husband and I's friends. When I tell my daughter the secret, perhaps we can let her decide if she would like a big party or not. Is that okay with you, Pinkie Pie?"

Pinkie Pie smiles and then nods her head with a giggle saying, "Of course it is, a party is still a party after all!" she then asks, "So where are our rooms going to be, Princess Celestia?"

Luna feels Barbossa's fingers running trails along her collarbone and then looks at him from underneath her long, dark lashes and smiles at him saying in a low, sultry voice, "Well, my dear, could you keep me company tonight as I watch over the Dream Realm?"

As Celestia, Jack and Summer head into the castle to find a room, Barbossa begins to walk with Luna saying, "It would be my pleasure, my beloved."

After setting the sun and raising the moon with Luna, Celestia heads inside the castle then looks at a passing maid and says, "Please find six other maids and go to the hallway where my chambers are, and clean the room on the left at the end of the corridor. It's the room that has a door leading onto one of the parapets, clean everything, but be sure to leave the objects where they lay."

The maid looks at her and bows to the princess saying, "At once, your Highness." then heads back where she came from to begin searching for others to help her clean.

As Jack, Celestia, and their daughter Summer make their way through the castle with Jack carrying the little filly like a princess, taking their sweet time to allow the maids time to get the room fully clean when Jack asks, "I take it we are taking her to the room she had here, then?"

She walks beside Jack and lays her head on his shoulder saying, "Yes we are dear, and when we get to the room, we'll all squeeze onto her full-size bed and be there for when she wakes."

When the three of them get to their daughter's old room, they head to the bed so Jack can lay Summer down upon it. As Jack climbs in beside his daughter, Celestia snuggles up against her and lays her head on her shoulder, using her horn to keep her husband from doing anything in the night.

Jack then takes his hat off and tosses it onto a sconce, having a gem attached to the top of it to provide light. He then snuggles into his daughter's side with his head laying beside hers and his wife's horn just a few inches above his head and thinks, 'I sure hope that I remember that her horn is there, or I might lose an eye...'

The night passes relatively quickly for Luna as Barbossa keeps her company throughout the night, finishing her patrol of the Dream Realm and wakes up to find herself lying on top of him with her left leg wrapped around his right leg. Her head rests on his shoulder as she takes a deep breath, taking in his unique scent of hickory wood with a hint of firewood smoke. Picking her head up off his shoulder, she turns her head to look him in the eye before moving her muzzle closer to Hector's and rubs her nose against his gently saying, "I look forward to when it is time to set the moon and raise the sun, then we can cuddle before we rest."

Hector then reaches up with his right hand and places it behind her head, gently pulling her into a slow, romantic kiss before pulling away saying, "Although I have waited for your return for a few centuries, Lunie, I am most fortunate for having met you now. The way I feel about you now, my heart feels like it could beat right out of my chest whenever we're near another."

Luna's heart skips a beat and continues to beat quickly in her chest as a smile and a blush come to her face, saying, "Though it has only been a few days, I look forward to our time together in the years to come. Can we be lovers?"

The pirate then smiles and caresses her cheek fondly, then rubs her ear gently saying, "I would like nothing more than to court a lovely mare like you, and I could never fall for another as you are my special star in the night sky."

Feeling like she is going to float away, she begins to gently rub her body against Hector's. She then goes in for a deep, romantic kiss when she feels his hands roam along her sides.

Celestia wakes up and stretches, then looks over at the sky and gasps as she thinks of what time it should be and thinks, 'Oh how could I let myself sleep for so long, it is a half past sunrise!' She then gets up out of bed and hurries toward the throne room, hoping that Luna isn't upset with her for forgetting.

She looks at the doors up ahead, seeing the guard on her left looking to his right and the other guard looking to his left with a heavy blush on both of their faces. In too much of a hurry, she ignores it and hurries through the doors. However, the moment she enters the throne room and closes the doors behind her, saying, "Oh sister, I'm terribly sorry for..." but is cut off when she looks up to see her sister sitting on top of Barbossa's lap with his pants around his ankles. Frozen in place due to shock, she hears them reach the end of their lovemaking as her sister's back arches with her head bent behind her own back, with her face looking back at her locked in a state of pleasure with closed eyelids.

Luna sits there in bliss and bites her lower lip saying, "Oh Hector, that was amazing..." and slowly opens her eyes to see her sister staring at her with wide eyes and mouth agape. Her face turns cherry red at suddenly realizing her current state, stammering as her mind tries and fails to come up with anything to say.

She quickly turns around and heads outside the throne room blushing fiercely as she hears her sister call out, "Sorry!"

Hector lifts his head and looks towards the door asking, "Who was that, my beloved?"

Luna straightens her back out and then looks down at her love, sighing heavily with embarrassment all over her face saying, "My sister..."

Finding this funny, his shoulders begin to shake as he starts to slowly chuckle, unable to restrain himself from the humorous situation, he starts roaring with laughter.

She looks up at the sky, huffing at how he is finding this so funny when she begins to slowly chuckle along, then looks back down at him saying, "My poor sister just got an eyeful, and is probably going to be scarred after seeing us. It is past sunrise, so pull your pants back up so we can raise the sun and set the moon."