I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

The griffon lookout counts the cannons on one side of the ship as his beak quivers in fear and shrieks out, "Captain, I count sixteen large cannons on just one side, which means she has 32 or more!"

Captain Grubor freezes up for a brief moment and recovers, turning towards his cabin and shouts, "Garella, come here at once!"

Garella comes out of her husband's cabin and looks at him with concern at hearing the fear in his voice and says, "It is not like you to scare easily dear, what is it that has you so afraid?" She then hears cheering coming from somewhere and turns her head to look, feeling a cold chill crawl up her spine and cause her to freeze in place asking, "What in the blazes of Tartarus is that?!"

He quickly looks to his wife and says, "I demand that you fly hard to Griffonstone, take our eldest daughter with you and take care of our children. That ship is a pirate ship, and we are outmatched in every way. Go now while we are not yet fighting, we will fight them to the end as you both get away!"

She gasps and stares at him for a brief moment before nodding her head saying, "As you wish dear, fight well and we shall remember you." She then quickly looks to the female standing at the bow of the ship, eager to fight the approaching ship and screeches, "GALANDA, GET YOUR FEATHERS OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!"

The griffoness winces at hearing her mother's loud voice and hurries to her side and says, "Yes mother, what is our plan of attack?"

Garella then looks into her daughter's eyes and says, "We have been told to take our leave and fly hard to Griffonstone, the crew will cover our escape and take as many enemies they can with them."

Galanda's face freezes in shock at what she just heard and looks to her father and says, "With us by your side father, there is no way that we can lose!"

Grubor stares at his daughter firmly and reprimands her saying, "Do not fight the decision I have made and do as you both are told!" He looks at her face closer and sees tears starting to form at the corners of her eyes and sighs saying, "Here, take this to remember me by, find your own path in life." while pulling his gold and silver compass out of his pocket and holds it in the palm of his outstretched claw towards her. He then slowly blinks his eyes and returns to being captain of the ship saying, "Now go! Get off my ship while you have any hope to survive this encounter!"

The griffoness slowly reaches for the compass with her claw as it trembles with worry for her father, she then lets out a sad sigh saying, "Goodbye father, take as many with you as you can." before she reaches out and takes the compass from him and holds it close to her chest, and looks to her mother saying, "Shall we go, mother, I am sure that the twins are causing Uncle Graefeel a lot of trouble." She then follows her mother into the skies, holding the compass tightly in her claw, then catches up to her mother and says, "Before we return home, I think it would be good to at least know the name of that large enemy ship. Can we circle around to take a look so we can inform the others of that ship's description as well as her name so they can hunt her down and destroy her?"

Garella looks to her daughter and thinks for a moment before saying, "I think that would be good information to have if we are the only ones to survive, I will follow after you and keep watch for enemy attacks." She then banks to the left, following her daughter in a wide circle as she keeps the ship at a distance to get a good description of it while finding out its name in the process.

Galanda keeps a fair distance between her and the ship as she finally gets a look at the stern of the magnificent looking black ship with gold trim, seeing a name on the back of a black plaque with a gold outline along its edge and reads in gold lettering, Black Pearl. She then continues the circle around to watch the two ships engage each other, slowing down a little to shout to her mother, "Let's watch the battle until father falls, it is the least we can do for him before leaving."

She looks down at her husband's ship called the Isla Griffona, then back to her daughter and nods her head responding, "You are correct, let's watch him fight to the end honorably."

On board the Black Pearl

Jack looks starboard as the ship reaches the prime spot for the first broadside and yells, "STARBOARD SIDE, BOTH DECKS FIRE!" He then hears the cannons roar to life and send their volleys towards the other ship, watching as the broadside hits and sends splinters flying from the multiple impacts along with a spray of blood as several bodies are torn apart from the grapeshot striking them.

Grubor watches as several griffon sailors are ripped apart from the broadside and paint the golden yellow deck red with body parts scattered around, he hears a cracking and watches the mainmast lean to port and fall into the water. He turns to look behind him to see the ship starting to turn back around for another volley and shouts, "Cut her loose, we'll give her a taste of our firepower!"

Galanda watches the Black Pearl turning to port to fire on the seriously damaged Isla Griffona and sheds a tear for the suffering of the crew and waits for the fight to end.

He turns the wheel back around to steer straight ahead as the Black Pearl comes out of the turn and begins to close in on their prey and shouts, "Prepare to board her lads!"

The griffon captain watches as the ship starts to get close enough for a broadside and says, "Starboard cannons prepare to fire!"

Jack watches as the Pearl gets into position and yells, "Main Deck Portside cannons, Fire all!"

Grubor hears the other captain shout the order to fire and shouts in return, "Starboard cannons, FIRE!" To his dismay, he doesn't hear his cannons fire and sees that the remaining crew are lying on the top deck in pieces or screaming in pain.

He then releases the wheel shouting, "Furl all sails! Plunder to your heart's content, leave the enemy captain to me and...GIVE NO QUARTER!!" He then watches as a few men swing over and start fighting a few crew that come out from below, then grabs a rope to swing over and face the captain.

Garella watches the two captains start fighting each other, seeing her husband having difficulty matching the other's skill, then lets out a sad sigh thinking, 'At least you will die honorably as a warrior with the rest of the men.'

The griffon captain's swing misses as the other leans back to dodge it, hearing a few cheers for the other captain to finish him off. He then lowers his right hand to point the sword's tip towards the ground and to the left, then swings it upward to the right.

Jack sees his opening and ducks out of the way, then steps forward and left to run his sword through the other captain's chest. He feels his sword come to rest against the other's chest and says, "Count your blessings I chose to give you a chance to prove your skill, and you have made it this far. You would have had a better chance if you were more skilled with a sword, but a true pirate doesn't fight fair." He then pulls out his pistol and steps in front of him, then shows the pistol to him saying, "This shot is not for you mate, but I will be doing you the favor and end your life quickly."

Grubor smiles and struggles to continue standing and coughs saying, "I am grateful that you are choosing to show respect, I am ready for this fight to end."

He nods and removes his sword, then stabs him through the heart saying, "Thank your lucky stars I'm doing you this favor" twisting his blade as he steps in closer and lowers his voice as he says, "At...all." He then roughly pulls out his sword and returns to its sheathe, then turns to the crew and says, "Enemy has fallen, take what you can carry and leave nothing of value behind. Even the cannons may prove useful later on lads, so bring them aboard and we'll either sell them to the ponies or we'll store them on land somewhere." He looks back and sees the door open to the captain's cabin, then walks towards it to have a look around inside. As he is rummaging around in the room, he sees a framed picture inside of a silver picture frame and picks it up. Curious, he takes a closer look around the room, seeing a vanity mirror with different colored brushes, and lifts his head up to look at the picture again. With a half-smile appearing on his face, he turns around and walks out of the room.

Gibbs is looking through a sailor's pockets when he sees the captain exit the cabin and look up into the sky, watching something, and heads over to him saying, "What be ye looking for, Cap'n?"

Jack's eyes follow the two griffons in the sky and smiles as he recognizes the two faces in the sky out of all the faces in the portrait standing next to the captain saying loudly, "OI UP THERE!" as he gets their attention, noticing looks of fear on their faces as they try to fly away and shouts, "PLEASE DON'T GO, I HAVE SOMETHING THAT MAY BE OF GREAT VALUE TO YOU!" He then extends his hand with the framed picture in it saying, "I think ye'll be wanting this..."

The first mate looks at the picture, seeing that it is framed in fine silver, and says, "What are ye doing Cap'n, that there would worth a coin or two!"

The captain looks to Gibbs and raises an eyebrow saying, "Are you questioning your captain, and shouldn't you be searching for your own treasure mate?"

Gibbs quickly nods his head and says, "Aye Cap'n." then turns and walks away to return to searching for valuables.

Garella looks at the enemy captain suspiciously when she notices the item in his hand and looks to her daughter saying, "Remain to circle the ship, I am going to find out what the captain is offering to us."

Galanda looks to her mother worriedly and says, "Please be careful, that is a pirate after all." as her mother flies down to him.

She takes a closer look at the item he is offering, and gasps as she recognizes it as the family's portrait. She feels her eyes swelling with tears as she slowly extends a claw to take the picture, unsure if the captain will actually let her take it.

Jack waits for her claw to grab onto the picture and says, "Don't drop it." as he lets go of the picture, and lets her have it saying, "An item that priceless should be held near to the heart."

Garella then clutches it tighter and brings it to her chest tilting her head towards him as a few tears run off the tip of her beak saying, "I thought you just a heartless pirate, but this act of kindness proves that under all that darkness lies a heart. I will never forget this, thank you very much." she then turns around and hastily returns to her daughter and looks at the portrait in her claw says, "Now let us all go home, we have a family to care for."

He watches the two griffons fly away and returns to the Black Pearl's helm and addresses the crew saying, "Finish up lads and set fire to the magazine, we have some loot and cannons to either sell off or store. We return to the sea when our hold is empty of what we just took from that ship, there are many more ships out there for us to loot." He then listens to the cheers of the men and says, "Lower the colors, for we briefly return to Baltimare."

Mid morning at the Baltimare port

Jack looks to Gibbs and hands him a bag of coins saying, "Go find us a large warehouse to use and buy it mate, for I am planning something grand. We will need the space for what will be required to bring it to realization, savvy?"

Gibbs takes the bag of coins and cocks his eyebrows in confusion saying, "I beg ya pardon Cap'n, I have not a clue as to what is running through that head of yours."

He sighs and shakes his head saying, "Must I always simplify things for the crew? Let me put it this way, where is a place where everyone feels the happiest?"

The first mate thinks of an answer and says, "A tavern, Cap'n?"

Jack half-smiles and shakes his head saying, "No mate, try again." He then looks at him, eagerly waiting for him to figure out the right answer.

Gibbs looks to the ground then raises a hand to his chin and rubs it in thought, then raises his head back up and answers, "A brothel, Cap'n!" with a big smile on his face, expecting the answer to be correct.

He then chuckles and shakes his head saying, "Close mate, but where everyone feels the happiest is called Tortuga." as a cunning smirk comes to his face while he waits for the suggested idea to be discovered by his first mate.

A small smile comes to his face as he says, "Aye Cap'n, that would be the right place everyone feels the happiest. Tortuga is back in the other world though, so we can't get to it. Why would ye bring up Tortuga regarding a plan...unless...you-"

Jack grins widely and nods his head saying, "Indeed I do plan that mate, but there is much we must do in order for this dream to become a reality. After you finish your task, come find me at the Open Bar, I shall be conducting business with Rich Bit and her son, or as we know them, as Grandmama, and Uncle Jack."

Gibbs nods his head saying, "Aye Cap'n, I knew that ya'd come up with something!" and hurries off to find a warehouse that would suit their purposes.

He watches Gibbs run off to do his errand and heads for the tavern to find his grandmama and smirks thinking, 'I think Grandmama would enjoy running something a bit less honest, but let's ask her and find out what she thinks about it.'

Rich Bit wipes off the bar when she hears someone walk in through the door, smiles when it is Jack and says, "Did the big bad birds frighten you into returning here?"

Jack scoffs and says, "Hah, hardly. It was the other way around really, a few of them soiled themselves from fear as we devastated their ship and crew with just one broadside. Their ships are rather pathetic, you know."

She laughs and slams her hand down on the table and says, "Aye, that they are. Why are ya back so soon, did their cannons cause more damage to your precious ship?"

He shakes his head and says, "Of course not, they couldn't get a shot off at all because their crew was lying on the deck in pieces. The reason I am here is that I have a question to ask you." He then looks around the room and walks up to the bar, and lowers his voice saying, "Do you miss the pirate's life, and don't you long to return to it?"

Rich Bit raises an eyebrow and answers, "I might, what's the scheme ya have up yer sleeve?" She then pulls a bottle of rum out from below and uncorks it, taking a drink before setting it down on the bar to hear what he is planning.

Jack smiles and says, "I am planning to build a port town for pirates and run by pirates, it shall be able to easily defend itself against any attacks launched against it by sea or air. Are you interested in such a thing, Grandmama?"

She smirks and lightly chuckles at hearing the idea, her soft chuckles gradually get louder until she bursts out laughing and says, "That is the wildest idea ya have come up with yet ya crazy barnacle, I love it! Now come on and tell me the details of what we will be needing to do."

Three years pass by as Jack sails the Black Pearl into the Griffish Isles under a sky filled with clouds as he shouts to the crew, "Sink them all, and lay waste to any resistance!"

The harbormaster is abruptly woken by the sound of cannon fire in the night and hurries out of bed to see what is going on when he looks outside the bedroom window of his manor on a hill overlooking the port. He spots the muzzle blasts of a large ship's cannons, recognizing the sounds belonging to the Pirate ship known as the Black Pearl. He hurries to get dressed so he can head to the harbor and evacuate the civilian griffons living near the port, running out the door in a pair of breeches as he sees two ships explode as their magazines are hit. He shakes his head of the terrifying sight as screams of terror start to fill the air, he calls to a couple of griffon soldiers about to take to the air and yells to them, "Get every soldier you can find and get every civilian out of here, the Black Pearl is here to raid the port!"

Several minutes pass by as he continues to find more soldiers and tasks them to the evacuation when he hears the fort's batteries fall silent, making him gulp in fear as he knows that the harbor will be under attack soon and sounds out a shrill griffon call into the air and shouts, "EVERY GRIFFON CIVILIAN EVACUATE THE HARBOR, THE LANDING PARTIES WILL BE COMING SOON!" He watches carefully as he starts to see many griffons start to fly further inland, praying that no civilians are left behind.

Jack looks to his crew and shouts, "Kill those who wish to fight, but do what you can to drive all others from the island. Burn everything down once they are empty of inhabitants, no civilians die today! Other than that...raid, pillage, and plunder your weasely black guts out!" he then watches as his men head out in the boats to drive the inhabitants off of this island as a smile crosses his face thinking, 'One more nuisance out of the way, then I shall finish sinking their armada and hit their homeland then get them to surrender.'

One year later, at the port of Baltimare

Celestia stands at the start of the Black Pearl's dock, tapping her hoof rapidly in agitation at the actions that got the Griffons to surrender. She watches as the ship runs out oars and rows its way into the harbor, eager to speak to the captain as her mane lightly smokes thinking, 'I will most definitely be having words on how you conducted yourself during your travels, however, I am looking forward to seeing you after so long.'

Jack watches the ship row into the harbor and says, "Rack the oars, and throw the lines, men, we are back safe and sound in Baltimare for the time being!"

She watches as the ship is tied off to the dock and waits eagerly for the captain to come to her, continuing to tap her hoof impatiently when she sees him start to make his way from the helm. She sighs in relief that he is not injured at all as a small smile comes to her face and thinks, 'Now we can spend time together, perhaps we can see what the future holds for us.'

He strolls down the ramp and onto the dock towards Celestia, feeling happy to be reunited with his love and throws his arms wide as he reaches the end of the dock saying, "Come to me my love, and let us retreat to my cabin."

Celestia walks towards him with her eyes narrowed in annoyance and says, "Yes indeed, let us retire to your cabin, for there is much for us to talk about." She then walks past him and makes her way up the ramp towards the cabin.

Jack opens the door for her and enters the cabin, closing the door behind him, and turns to face his love when he is slapped across the face and asks, "Is this how all you ponies show you've missed someone?"

She sighs audibly in frustration and answers, "No, it is most definitely not, you earned that slap because of what you did at Griffonstone in the presence of their king! Do you not know how to conduct yourself in the presence of royalty?"

He raises both his arms slightly into the air saying, "Umm, I'm a pirate, I do believe I mentioned that. In my defense, he refused to surrender to me and end the war. I did offer him a chance to fight me as a pirate with the conditions being if he won, he could continue the war, however, if I won, the war would end and the Griffons would surrender to Equestria."

Celestia then huffs and says, "You still shouldn't have beheaded the king like that in front of his own daughter. I am angry with you for seducing the princess after you snuck into her room, how do you explain your behavior when you have feelings for me?!" as her eyes well up with tears.

Jack walks up to her and places his hands on her shoulders, then looks into her eyes saying, "I couldn't come with a plan to enter the castle without losing crew, my love, so I improvised when I saw an open window. It was unexpected that the room I entered belonged to the princess. I tried to sneak on through without her noticing, but she left her closet and saw me. She was about to scream, but I clamped a hand over her beak and held my sword to her throat. I told her that if she makes any fuss, I would chop off her wings and toss her to the crew. Things took a very different turn when she threw herself at me, I told her that I had feelings for another but she continued her actions. My feelings for you have not changed since the day I first met you, and I do want a future with you."

She begins to sob and wraps her arms around him as she starts to cry saying, "Oh Jack, I was so angry about that, anger turned to sadness when I thought that you might not love me anymore."

He pulls her against him and holds her close, using one hand to remove his hat and hang it on a hook softly saying, "Let's lie on the bed for a while and enjoy being in each other's arms, I plan on staying in port for a time before setting sail once more. Perhaps you could even come along with us and help build a neutral port where anybody can go enjoy themselves, wouldn't you like a break from your royal chores?" and gently starts to guide her towards the bed.

Celestia nods and follows him to the bed, then lays down beside him and rests her head on his chest as she continues to cry at how happy she feels to still be loved as herself by someone, being loved more than just a leader, an idol, a teacher, a celebrity or perhaps even a deity. She kicks off her golden-heeled shoes and takes off her crown and sets it on the table saying, "A place like that sounds like a pleasant place, where do you intend on building it?"

Jack smiles and says, "I plan on building it on the Griffish Isles, but renaming it Portuga to remind us of the port town we loved where we came from. You could use a vacation from all that work, how about you take a long one aboard the Black Pearl?"

She lifts her head quickly and says, "The citizens of Equestria would all panic if I were to just suddenly vanish, who would manage the affairs of Equestria in my absence?"

He then runs a hand over her back and underneath her wings, caressing her tenderly, and answers, "Well you would announce to the ponies that the war has left you feeling exhausted, and you need time to recover from it and enjoy life as a regular pony for a while. Have them write down any petitions they have and hand them over to your assistant, and order her to deal with what matters she's able. In case of emergencies, tell her where you can be found but not to reveal it to anyone else regardless of who they are, including the guards and stuffy nobles as well."

Celestia smiles widely as the idea is accepted in her mind and says, "That is a great idea and it will work, you are quite cunning at times when you actually try." She then leans in to kiss him as she slides her body on top of his.

Early the next morning, aboard the Black Pearl

Celestia crawls out of bed in her dress and sees that it is wrinkled, then stands up off the bed to put her shoes on and return the crown to her head. After returning herself to her regal appearance, she turns and looks at Jack as he sleeps. She then leans down and kisses him on the lips whispering to his ear, "I will be back once I have everything in place for my vacation, then you can take me sailing on the sea when I return. Be sure to get a decent cook, I do not want to starve."

Jack turns over in his sleep and mumbles, "Yes my love...get better cook, aye-aye."

She then quietly takes her leave and closes the door softly behind her, then heads towards the ramp and then flies towards Canterlot to prepare things for her vacation softly saying, "I will enjoy this vacation to its fullest, and learn more about my special somepony...rather my special somepirate."

After a few days of calming her subjects down before she is finally ready to take her leave and looks to her secretary saying, "Before I go, you do know where to find me in case of any IMPORTANT emergencies, right Swift Quill?"

Swift Quill nods to the princess and says, "I do Your Highness, and I will not bother you unless it is an emergency that threatens Equestria. I do have a question, though it may be silly to ask. Will you still be raising and lowering the sun and moon each day and night?"

Celestia chuckles and says, "That is a silly question, but don't feel ashamed for asking it. Of course, I will continue to raise and lower the sun and moon for Equestria, though it will be from the Black Pearl. I am off to enjoy a much-needed vacation, I might be back in a year...or it may be even a few years. So just deal with what you can while I am gone and save the rest for me, and I will handle them when I return."

The assistant nods to the Princess and says, "Enjoy your vacation, Your Highness." and gives her a knowing smile because she knows who she will be with.

She looks at her assistant endearingly, saying, "Thank you, you have no idea how much you help me do my job as my assistant and secretary." then turns and flies off from the balcony in her chambers, heading towards the Black Pearl.