I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

A week passes them by as the Black Pearl sails into the destroyed and looted port town called Griffington located at the south side of the island as Celestia stands at the bow of the ship beside Jack. She looks over the extensive damage that was done to the buildings around the port and says, "You have done some serious damage to this port, I am amazed that no civilians died during the night attack you staged. Where does the clean-up begin with this harbor, and how can I assist with it?"

Jack looks at the masts sticking up out of the water and nervously chuckles asking, "Might you be willing to use your marvelous alicorn magic to move the sunken ships onto dry land, so they can be stripped down and reduced to nothing after the wood dries?"

Celestia looks at jack and narrows her eyes saying, "You wish to use my magic to remove the shipwrecks?! I surely hope that this is not all that I am good for, I do have other useful skills you know?"

He smiles and places his right arm around her shoulders and whispers, "Oh I'm well aware of those skills."

She blushes and then sighs and concentrates her magic on the first wreck, then slowly lifts it off the bottom of the harbor and moves it well inland. She lightly sweats from moving the one ship and releases her hold on it, then takes a short break saying, "I am surprised that moving one ship was going to be so difficult, I will continue moving the others after a bit of rest."

Jack nods his head to her and says, "I thought that it may be a little challenging for you, but I appreciate you sticking to the task. I shall then order the men to head ashore and start gathering the debris and setting it into piles and dousing it with oil, then set it alight. I shall take a few men with me ashore to gather the dead griffons that were left behind and find a spot further inland to build a graveyard so they receive a proper burial."

Celestia smiles and briefly rests her head against his saying, "You really are a good man for showing such kindness and respect for the fallen warriors, once I finish moving these wrecks to the shore so the water can run out of them, I shall come to join you and help clear an area of the palm trees."

He then smiles and says, "Very well then, I shall give the men their orders and head ashore. I will see you when you complete the task." He then looks to his men as they finish furling the sails and dropping the anchor saying, "Alright lads, let us head ashore and begin burning this debris away. After the port is all cleaned up of the old buildings and wharf, we shall begin with designing a new port and name it Portuga! Take a few barrels of whale oil ashore, and be sure to keep them far away from the fires.

Later in the day, near sunset

Celestia watches as the crewmen work on chopping holes in the bottoms of the ships, removing the remaining cannons still on board as well as what else they can salvage from the ships. The griffons still inside the wrecks are lined on the sand to be carried off and buried, bringing a few tears to her eyes at how terrified they must have felt knowing they were going to die. She then looks away at the setting sun as several piles of debris burn as the old port of Griffington slowly is taken down and put to the fire by the crew. Knowing that it is time to lower the sun and raise the moon, she looks up into the sky and begins to set the sun slowly towards the horizon.

Gibbs watches the princess set the sun slowly and says, "What a beautiful sunset Yer Highness, ya should do it that way more often."

She looks to the first mate and smiles, then gives him a nod saying, "I thank you for the compliment, I will consider doing that more often."

Jack looks to the crew and says, "You all have done a good day's work lads, you may choose to sleep on the ship tonight or sleep under the night sky. Goodnight lads, for tomorrow we finish cleaning up the remaining buildings as the shipwrecks are searched and burned." He then looks to Celestia and offers her his hand saying, "Shall we turn in for the night, my love?"

Celestia finishes raising the moon and takes his hand saying, "I think that we should, for I am quite tired from moving those ships to shore."

Six months later, at the newly finished wharf of Portuga

Jack walks Celestia down the wide dock and looks at her saying, "We are making decent progress, however, I think that more experienced building crews are needed if we are to have this port town finished before winter comes."

She smiles and looks at Jack and says, "I agree with you on that since we have all agreed on the layout and design of the town and its defenses, I can send a letter to my assistant to send the building crews needed to build it." She then pulls out a scroll and writes down the message to the assistant, then writes what is needed for the project on another scroll and sends it off with a flash.

Swift Quill watches as a scroll pops up before her in the princess's magic and smiles thinking, 'I wonder how your vacation is coming along, Your Majesty. Let's see what news she has from her relaxing vacation.' She opens it and reads it, her eyes go wide in shock at how she is enjoying assisting the Black Pearl's crew to erect a neutral port city for all creatures to trade goods and have fun. She turns to the other page to find the list of resources that are needed to get the port finished before winter comes, forcing them to wait to continue after spring comes around. She double-checks the numbers required and feels herself become dizzy at how much materials the princess is calling for, she looks at the bottom of the list to see the number of skilled craftsmen she is requesting and finally falls to the floor as the list lands on the ground over her head thinking, 'You want to erect a new port city with full defenses in five months using all of these materials?! That would be like taking Canterlot apart brick by brick and redesigning it and building it again in a year, but I shall follow your request Your Highness, and start immediately.'

Three months pass by as the port city quickly starts to take shape thanks to how the streets are laid out neatly, having a wide brick street running from the port north, then up and around a hill to the Governor's office, a series of scattered residences, taverns, restaurants, and inns sit on either side of the wide Mainstreet. A market sits near the harbor with a street extending further to the left of the wharf leading to several warehouses for various goods storage protected by an unfinished wall surrounding them all and connecting to the outer unfinished wall with stairs leading down inside the district. On the opposite end of the storage area sits open fields with pens for livestock to be kept and sold, just north of that sits a few butcher shops that make meat from the livestock or any animals brought in to be food. On the opposite side of the Mainstreet, north-northwest of the butcher shop a couple of brothels sit, offering services to either males or females. South of the brothels sits a couple of foundries and smithies for making weapons. A large drydock for building new ships is close to the storage area, having the harbormaster's office in the same place.

Three Months later, one week before winter comes to Equestria

Jack sits at the large oval table in the cellar of the large manor overlooking the newly completed port city of Portuga and looks around the table stopping at the Governor of the whole Island saying, "Now that this city is finished Governor Rich Bit, shall we discuss what is to be done next?"

Governor Rich Bit looks at the room full of pirates and sets her eyes on Celestia, then looks to her nephew and says, "Are you sure we can trust her with this information Jack? She is the Princess of Equestria after all."

He gets Celestia's attention by bumping his hand lightly against hers then looks into her eyes saying, "Before our relationship can progress further love, I must tell you something that only the ones here in this room know. Can you keep this secret from anyone not considered family?"

Celestia's eyes turn away and consider it for a moment, then look back into his eyes and says, "If it's for you, of course, I would keep anyone not my direct family. What do you wish to share with me, my love?"

Jack then nods his head and says, "I do have a couple of members of my family from the world I came from, Rich bit ais my Grandmama and her son Tacky Jack is my Uncle Jack. They both prefer to be called by their names to avoid unwanted attention." He then looks to his Grandmama and says, "Grandmama, I would like you to meet my better half, Princess Celestia." He then looks to Celestia and says, "Love, meet my grandmama who is responsible for me turning out the way I have. Would you wish to become closer to my family by joining us as a pirate yourself?"

Grandmama looks to Celestia with a hard look and says, "Am I to understand you are of royal blood? Then understand this, you will be getting no special treatment. If ya want to be treated like everyone else here and be part of my grandson's life, ya will have to either become a pirate or say goodbye to him. So make yer choice now, what will it be...princess.

She looks to Rich Bit as her mouth hangs open in shock at what she just heard, then spends several minutes considering what she really wants to do. She returns her eyes to her and says, "Then I shall become a pirate, for I do not want to lose what I have with Jack."

The governor grins and nods her head saying, "Very well then Princess Pirate, to make it official we will have to give you a tattoo to show your commitment." She then looks to her son and says, "Jack, go get the enchanted tattoo set as she works to earn herself a name."

Celestia cocks her head curiously and asks, "Umm...where is this tattoo going to be placed, and how big will it be?"

Grandmama smiles and says, "This tattoo goes on the underside of your right forearm, just behind your wrist. As for how big it is, you shall find out shortly when we begin shaving the fur away where the tattoo will be."

Jack takes hold of Celestia's hand and taps it reassuringly saying, "Be glad that you aren't being branded with a hot iron as most pirates were that ran afoul of the East India Trading Company, that hurts a hundred times more than just getting a simple tattoo."

Uncle Jack returns with the kit and places it in front of his mother saying, "Here ya go mum, shall we get started then?"

The princess watches as the governor makes her way towards her with the strange-looking needle, a wooden mallet, and inkwell, and watches as Captain Jack takes her right hand and lays it on the table with the palm facing up then holds it in place.

He looks the princess in the eyes and says, "Try to keep your forearm relaxed, it will make it less painful for you when the tattooing starts."

Tacky Jack takes a razor blade and some cream then smears it into the fur just past her wrist. He then unfolds the blade and sharpens it for a couple of minutes before wiping it clean and begins shaving off her white fur, dipping the blade in a basin of water to rinse it off a few times before finishing her wrist and cleans the blade off then folds it closed.

Celestia's heart begins to beat harder as she watches the needle get dipped into the inkwell, then is set against her skin when she grabs the wooden mallet. She gasps in brief pain as Grandmama begins tapping on the needle with the mallet, wincing in mild pain as she watches her dip the needle back into the inkwell to reload it.

Jack watches as a thick black P is tattooed on her wrist and says, "You're doing well love, just continue to relax and it will be over before you know it."

Grandmama finishes the tattoo and wipes away the excess ink saying, "Keep this clean or it may get infected, the tattoo is enchanted and will retain its shape and not blur. When your fur grows back, the tattoo will be visible underneath. It can be concealed with dye or paint, but will have to be maintained every month." She puts the items away and looks at the princess's face, then roughly slaps her on the back just above her wings saying, "Welcome to the family ya scurvy mongrel! Now we shall need to get ya accustomed to the good rum that we drink, after dealing with other important pirate matters first."

Gibbs then smiles and chuckles, saying, "I wouldn't be drinking and flying on our rum Yer Majesty, for it packs quite a punch."

Rich Bit then looks around the table and says, "Now first off, we need a Brethren Court and write a book stating the Pirate's Code. What do ya all think about holding a contest between pirate captains, set up in a series of duels where the winner of the last duel at the end of each set chooses where their domains will be? Before the contest, we will need to collect small trinkets for the captains to use as their proof of leadership."

Jack looks around, seeing them all agree with the idea, and says, "I think that the duels should be with any melee weapons with the exception being no pistols, and not to the death."

She looks at him curiously and nods her head saying, "That is wise, it would be bad to not have enough winners to be pirate lords. I shall remain here and begin getting this port in working order, so start emptying the warehouse in Baltimare and bringing it all here to be sorted."

He nods to her and says, "Very well Grandmama, we shall begin at once." He then looks to the crew in the room and says, "Alright lads, head back to the Black Pearl and set sail for the port town of Baltimare!"

Several months later, around mid-Spring in Canterlot

Celestia finishes the day's tasks as she sets the sun slowly, eager to go find the Black Pearl to continue discussing her desire to add to their family.

Jack sails the Black Pearl out towards the sea, feeling very pleased with claiming his position as Pirate Lord of the Celestial Sea. He puts away his manticore tooth when he hears a flapping sound approaching the ship and shouts, "Oi, who goes there!?"

She approaches the back of the Black Pearl after flying for nearly an hour from her room in Canterlot, saying, "It is Princess Celestia, I wish to have an important discussion with you regarding our relationship."

He watches her land on the deck near the wheel and says, "Anything that's of importance to you matters to me, what is it you wish to discuss?"

Celestia looks into his eyes and stops beside him and lowers her voice a little, saying, "About my desire to add to our family, and the fact that you keep trying to avoid talking about it."

Jack's eyes lock onto hers as he flinches and says, "Why do you have your heart so set on adding a child into our equation and becoming a mother?"

She tilts her head to the side lightly and says, "I have seen the way other mothers smile when looking upon the face of a life they helped bring into the world, and how much joy it brings them as fully realized women. I really would like to complete our beautiful family of pirates with you, my love, don't you feel the same way about raising a family?"

His face cringes as he then says, "I have seen many mothers where I came from, and the looks on their faces were most definitely not happy ones. Babies are quite bothersome, noisy, smelly, and ugly creatures that seem intent on making their parents suffer from bringing them into existence."

Celestia giggles lightly and says, "Well this world is different than yours is, there is a lot more love among us ponies than you humans. It is true that babies are a big responsibility, but after the first few years, they are much easier to care for once they learn to speak. Have you never thought of having a child with someone, or at least ever giving it a second thought?"

Jack scoffs and then says, "HAH! Me? Have a child with someone?! Perish the thought. If I brought a child into this world, it would be quite a terror to raise. You would have to conceal the child from the public's eyes or they would want to know who the parents are, and I do enjoy not being chased around by mobs of ponies demanding answers."

She saunters up to him and giggles again saying, "Awe, does the big bad pirate feel that they will lose their freedom and have to live on land?"

He turns and looks at the wheel like it is the most interesting thing in the world and blushes saying, "That is part of it, the other half is that I worry about being a good enough father to raise the child properly."

Celestia brushes up against him and coos in his ear saying, "Well I for one, think that you would make a marvelous father. With how roughly you were raised, you strive to be better with every task you take on."

Jack then looks past the bow of the ship for a few moments in deep thought asking, "If I do help in adding to our family, will you always be there for our child should I meet my fate at sea. I will always consider the sea my home, which means I won't ever buy a house nor live on land. For this child to have the freedom to do what they wish, the child must be introduced to the public as an orphan. When they are old enough to understand, inform them of why we chose to keep their existence hidden from the eyes of the public. I do request that you both spend the first few years on this ship, though for you to be able to get away for that long would require you to be kidnapped publicly while I am disguised as a pony."

Her eyes grow larger in amazement as she smiles widely saying, "Oh thank you, my love, you will not regret making this choice!" while throwing her arms around Jack and hugs him tightly. She then softly asks, "We shall have to wait two weeks for the Moon Tea's effects to wear off before we start trying, I understand the secrecy to keep the public from finding out they are our child. Though I will not be calling them an orphan, they will have you as a parent while I raise them until they are of age to understand why we raised them the way we have. How about you kidnap me during the dreadfully dull Grand Galloping Gala, that will make it more enjoyable for me to be there. You can then kidnap me when I greet you and shake your hand, though I shall need to cover my appearance to remain hidden from the guards' search parties."

He looks into her eyes and nods his head as a smile makes its way across his face saying, "Aye love, I shall steal you away from your shackles of leadership for a few years, which you can then claim to have made a miraculous escape and punishing them in the process."

Three weeks pass by as Celestia ignores the urges to present herself to a stallion, and forcing her tail to stay down and not flag and wave her scent around. She fidgets in her throne as she eagerly waits for the moment she can set the moon and raise the sun. After handing a scroll to her assistant Swift Quill she says, "I shall be away from Canterlot on important matters for a month, therefore day court is canceled during that time so be sure to follow the orders on that scroll to a T." and walks down the steps to her throne, then makes her way to the balcony and changes the night into day. As she moves the sun and moon together, she eagerly waits for the moment she can stretch her wings and search for where her beloved captain has gone.

Jack wanders down the streets of the populated city of Portuga, looking towards the city square to see a white flag with a black skull with black swords standing vertically to either side as their tips point straight up. Seeing that the pirate flag of peace is flying, he smiles and continues to wander down the street as he walks past the brothels to see a pure white griffoness making her way towards him swiftly with an angry glare on her face.

Galanda's feathers ruffle in anger as she spots the pirate responsible for her situation, she stops before him and slaps him across the face shouting, "I was hoping to find you one day, you owe a price in blood for what your attack on Griffonstone cost my family."

He cocks his head in confusion and looks at her while rubbing his cheek saying, "A thousand pardons, but I do not see how I am responsible for what you lost."

She gets a little closer to him and raises her voice saying, "Do you remember the female griffon that you gave a family portrait to that was in a silver frame, that was my mother. I was there when you sank my father's ship, I was hovering in the sky watching over my mother when she went to go claim it from you. I hold you responsible for my family because when you attacked Griffonstone, my mother and my uncle lost their lives and left me as the one responsible to provide for the twins that survived your attack. You are also responsible for the princess's newfound freedom when you beheaded her father before her, you ruined her life and drove her to come here to work in a brothel, hoping to forget seeing her father's head stop before her paws. So Captain Jack Sparrow, Lord of the Celestial Sea, you have a debt of blood to settle with me. I shall give you time to reach a decision, return here when you have found a way to satisfy the debt."

Jack sighs and looks away briefly and gazes into her pain-filled eyes saying, "A blood debt means that no amount of coin or treasure will appease it, the only way to satisfy it is by paying the price with my blood. I shall honor this and return when I have reached a solution to the blood debt, might six years be too long to decide such payment?"

Galanda nods her head at what he asks, saying, "Do not forget about the deadline or I shall hunt you down and take your life as payment." She removes one of her feathers and makes a small cut on her hand. She places the tip of the feather against it to stain it red, then hands it over to him saying, "You have six years from today to make a decision, Lord of the Celestial Sea."

He takes the feather and tucks it under his top belt, then nods his head to her and turns away. He walks down through the streets, looking up at the walls having newly finished 38-pound cannons with steel wheels and sighs thinking, 'Celestia will not be too pleased about this blood debt I have accrued suddenly, but she will understand it once I explain how it started to her.'

Three hours pass by when Celestia finally locates the Black Pearl in Portuga and smiles thinking, 'Not too much longer to wait until we can begin trying, my love.'

Jack sails his ship out past the two towers near the ends of the bay, looking at the great, spiked iron chain hanging from the middle of each tower. The chain is spelled against corrosion and damage from being underwater for long periods of time, preventing any ship from escaping the harbor or trying to enter it. He then sees a pair of white wings in the distance, instantly recognizing the pony they belong to as his love. He continues to sail the ship past the harbor as he watches the princess circle around the ship to land on the aft of the ship saying, "Full canvas lads, we begin our search for lost treasures!"

Celestia watches as the ship's crew opens up all the sails, bringing a grin to her face as she then narrows her wings and goes into a dive. As she heads towards the deck while making small adjustments to her approach, she follows the ship as it moves away from her. Finally reaching a position to land, she flares her wings out and flaps them to slow her descent. She comes to a smooth and elegant landing saying, "I am here to spend some quality time with you my love, have you missed me?"

He looks at her and smiles saying, "Like a sailor that has no legs misses the sea, of course, I have missed you love. After we furl the sails for the night, we shall retire to my cabin and prepare for the future."

She smiles and nods her head saying, "In that case, may I retire to your cabin while you sail the ship?"

Jack nods his head saying, "Go right ahead, there is something I must discuss with you tonight. I shall join you once the sun sinks past the horizon, love." He takes her hand in his and kisses the back of it lightly, giving her a gentle bow before returning to steering the ship.

Celestia curtseys in response and says, "Thank you, milord, I shall see you tonight my love." She then turns and makes her way towards his cabin to make preparations for their first attempt at increasing their family.

The day wears on and passes them by as the sun sets, turning it into night as the moon rises into the sky above the horizon when the captain says, "Furl all sails and drop anchor, get some rest lads for tomorrow we shall start to look for lost treasure!"

She hears the door to the cabin open and close as he enters the room, hanging his hat on a hook beside her shoes while he removes his compass and pistol. She watches him set them on the nightstand as he heads over to the desk to take the sign from the drawer, walks to the door and opens it, then closes it after hanging the sign on the hook. She watches him walks towards the bed slowly and starts to strip out of his clothing, piling it onto the floor beside her dress, then looks up at him from the bed in her underdress saying, "What do you wish to discuss with me, did you change your mind about trying for a child?"

Jack strips out of his pants and his shirt, then unties the wrap around his wrist and slips out of his skivvies saying, "Perish the thought, love. I do want to try for a child with you, the matter I wanted to inform you about is in regards to what happened during my attack on Griffonstone." He then sits down beside her and looks into her eyes saying, "During the war between the Griffon Empire and Equestria, I came across a griffonian ship and killed its captain. I rummaged through the captain's quarters and found a picture in a silver frame and made my way outside, I noticed movement in the sky and spotted two griffons circling us. They started to move away when I got their attention and informed them I had something of theirs they might want, one of them came to investigate and accepted the family portrait I had offered. I let them fly away and had the crew set fire to the magazine, and resumed my journey to Baltimare. Today I have learned that I had caused a family to really suffer after I attacked Griffonstone, I claimed the lives of the griffons that were providing for the other children. Because I ruined her life and made her responsible for providing for two children, I have inadvertently created a blood debt to her. I have six years to decide how I am going to repay the debt to her, I feel remorse at being responsible for her situation and ruining the griffon princess's life as well."

Celestia sits up in bed after hearing the story and pulls him into a close hug saying, "Don't even consider offering her your life, I would rather you repay the debt by conceiving a child with her instead. With that matter settled, let us begin trying for a child of our own. After all, you have to the end of spring to make me with foal, and six years to try for our first."

He pulls out of the hug and grins at her saying, "Aye love, that does settle the issue. I was worried you would be furious with me for the debt. Let us start our first night of love-making in hopes of completing our family with a child." He then pulls her in for a kiss as he starts to remove her underdress.

She giggles playfully and silently whispers, "Who says we shall stop at just one..." as she feels her dress being pulled over her head, and reaches around her back to take her bra off. She tosses it to the floor while laying herself down on the bed, then raises her hips off the bed so the matching silken, coral-colored panties can come off. She slips one hoof out of them and uses her other hoof to deftly sling them across the room, giggling as a leg hole catches on a candlestick and hangs at the bottom of the arch. She looks into his eyes and says, "Did you know that the game of horseshoes is extremely popular now, there is a tournament coming up in a few months. Perhaps you and I can go watch it together, or would you rather spread more tales about our first night together?" as her mane slowly starts to smoke in annoyance at when she first heard of the game's invention and the story behind it.

Jack chuckles and stops kissing down her stomach saying, "That was several months ago, how are you still mad about that? For the record, I did leave your name out when I told them part of the story about what happened when your horseshoe happened to land on the hook perfectly."

Celestia lightly scowls and mocks him saying, "And thus, the game called horseshoes came to be." She titters and calms herself down saying, "That's enough talking for me, let's get started with the lovemaking." and casts a silencing barrier to prevent anyone from hearing her screams of pleasure while pushing his head further down her body.