I am Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?

Jack stands at the helm and follows his compass as it leads him south across the Celestial Seas towards the extremely cold and frozen ice fields in the southern Neighdian Deep when it changes course to the southwest, adjusting his course to follow it thinking, "What treasures shall we find on this journey?"

Celestia sits in the cabin as another bout of sickness overwhelms her, making her grab the nearby bucket and throws up the contents of her stomach into it. When it passes, she puts the bucket back down on the floor and returns to laying in the bed with a groan saying, "Uuuggghhh...When will this sickness pass so we can continue trying for a child." Her eyes drift closed and slowly returns to sleep.

The day wears on when Jack spots an island in the distance shaped like the skull of a large dragon and snaps his compass closed and says to the crew, "Prepare to furl the sails lads, we have finally arrived at our destination."

Gibbs looks at the island as he watches smoke rise from the broken horn at the end of the skull's snout while lava trickles out of the nostril and eye socket, turning his head to the captain saying, "Are we really going to venture inside that rock, Cap'n?"

He looks to his first mate and nods his head saying, "Aye mate, this be where the compass points to. Are you telling me that you are scared of a smoking rock with lava running out of it?" He then looks to his crew and says, "Ready the longboat, we are heading to that rock shaped like a dragon skull to search for treasure."

The first mate watches as they sail into the mouth of the skull-shaped rock, and sees a cave at the back of the mouth saying, "Something don't feel right here cap'n, I get the feeling we should avoid this place and whatever treasure that lies within."

Jack steps onto the cave floor as the longboat reaches the end of the passage, holding a lantern before him as he takes the first step and looks back saying, "Mind the boat." and continues walking down the passage.

Not wanting to miss out on another journey at seeing the pirates call back to the one behind them to mind the boat, Mr cotton stands up and looks to the cook behind him and gestures with his hand for him to mind the boat and tries to say, "Migh ha hoa." and follows the others into the cave with a smile on his face.

Mr. Cotton's parrot flies ahead into the cave to scout for dangers within and squawks, "Steady as she goes." He continues to fly through the passage, darting around stalactites hanging down from the ceiling and a few large stalagmites rising up from the floor. He spots a glint in the distance and focuses on it as he continues flying through the cave, and spots a pile of gold that slowly turns into two large piles of gold. When he finally reaches the room, he looks at a vast treasure hoard and squawks, "Shiver me timbers!" and lands upon a stalagmite as he stares at the detailed stone chest before him.

Jack continues down the passage, following the squawks that Mr. Cotton's parrot makes saying, "I'm glad that you have that parrot, Mr. Cotton, he makes an impressive scout. Although he wasn't very clear on the danger we were in when we landed on that island inhabited by the Pentecostals, he still tried his best to warn us." He then continues down the long passage and draws his sword saying, "Best be on your guard lads, I do not fancy acting as a god for some crazy tribe of cannibals." He then hears his crew say aye and draw their swords as well, as he continues down through the wide passage, he finally spots a glint of light and tries to identify what it was.

A few more minutes pass when Jack is able to see a large pile of gold and jewels, more piles come into view as he gets closer to the room. He smiles when he looks around the room at all of the piles containing gold, jewels, and jewelry, his smile turns into a frown as his eyes land on a familiar stone chest saying, "No...I thought I was rid of you, why in the devil are you in this world?"

Gibbs follows the crew into the room and sees the same chest that Jack is looking at and says, "We all know about the curse involved with that stone chest, so I propose that we all help ourselves to the treasure AROUND that accursed stone chest. Do ya agree with that, cap'n?"

He walks up to the stone chest and sees that it is cracked open from when he and Will Turner placed the lid back on the chest, then places his hands on the far side of the lid saying, "I agree with that proposal Gibbs. After we load all this treasure into the hold, let us properly hide this chest away from the world so none shall ever find it. If there is room for all this treasure in the Pearl's hold, load everything else first and keep an eye out for any rings then set them aside for now." and pulls it completely shut, watching the cursed gold disappear as the lid slides closed and breathes a sigh of relief.

The first mate and the crew all agree and start looking for empty chests to fill with the coins first, Gibbs spots a large chest with a pile of clothes near it. He takes a closer look at the clothes in the pile, then looks to Jack saying, "Perhaps there may be something suitable to use as a gift to the princess cap'n?" For example, he picks up a coral ball gown having a scooped neckline with lace around the neck and on the ends of the sleeves with intricate gold designs on the dress. At seeing the intricate designs on the dress, an idea comes to his head, and thinks, 'This would be perfect for Princess Celestia.' turning towards Jack and holds it up against himself saying, "What do you think about this one cap'n?"

Jack quickly turns and looks at Gibbs holding a dress up against his body and chuckles saying, "Not your color Gibbs."

Gibbs then shakes his head and says, "Not for me cap'n, for your princess!"

He steps towards him as he raises an eyebrow in curiosity and takes a closer look at it then says, "Hmmm, I do not think she has a coral dress this fancy. Perhaps she may like this, though she will have to get it repaired and properly cleaned before she can wear it. I wonder if there may be something else among these clothes in fair enough condition that she may like. Well done mate, you may have found something that may encourage the princess to learn how to use a sword and come pirating with us, after we kidnap her of course."

The first mate looks to his captain in shock and confusion saying, "Why would you have to kidnap your own woman cap'n?"

Jack smiles and looks to him and answers, "Because we are trying for a child and she will be spending the first few years with us, therefore, I am planning on kidnapping her at the Grand Galloping Gala in front of all her peers and guards while in disguise as a pony. I shall inform you of the details later on, so let us all get started on loading all of this onto the ship." He then looks around and says, "Remember to keep the rings separated from the rest of the treasure so I can look through it to find the perfect one, you all can take what you want from it after I'm done."

Gibbs's eyes widen in surprise at hearing Jack say that and says, "Cap'n...do you mean to..."

He sighs as a gentle smile comes to his face as he takes the dress from Gibbs carefully and nods whispering to him, "Aye I do, but I am still trying to find the right moment to do it. I will take a little time and start trying to plan the most opportune moment, be sure you keep this to yourself or every creature on this world will freak out about the news." He looks to the pile of clothes and spots a red, white, and gold sash lying under a corset and removes it. After looking it over for any damage, he tucks it under his own sash and looks to Gibbs saying, "Destroy the rest of those clothes, they have no other value to us."

The first mate is about to set a torch to them when he sees a trickle of lava running down the wall to a gap and goes to investigate it, and discovers a small river of lava flowing at the bottom of the crack. Seeing a better way to dispose of the clothing, he returns to the pile and grabs what he can then begins to drop it piece by piece into the crack.

Jack slowly makes his way back to the ship to present the dress to the princess when he reaches the end of the dry cave floor, he sees the longboat make its way carefully out to the Black Pearl and waits for it to return while he tries to think up a plan for his surprise to the princess.

Celestia exits the cabin for some fresh air and to empty the bucket over the side when she sees a few crewmen sending a few sacks down into the hold and asks, "What is inside those sacks, and why are they being sent down there, have you found something?"

Pintel looks to the princess and bows to her saying, "Aye we have Yer Majesty, we found a grand treasure deep inside the cave of that skull-shaped rock over there. We don't have any empty chests to hold it, so we thought about using empty rum barrels instead. These sacks contain the loose treasure from inside the cave, we could take ya over so ya can see it fer yerself Yer Majesty."

She smiles and shakes her head saying, "No thank you, I appreciate the offer though. I do not feel so well, so I shall return to the cabin after emptying this bucket over the port side." She then heads to the side of the ship and dumps the contents over the edge and into the water and looks to the one that spoke and asks, "Pintel, would you mind using the seawater to rinse the inside of this bucket and remove the foul smell coming from it? I would do it myself but I cannot swim, and with me not feeling well, I dare not to fly or use magic."

He nods his head and says, "Not at all Yer Majesty, let me get a rope and take care of that for ya real quick." He then heads to the mainmast and pulls a coil of rope off of it, then makes his way to the princess and drops it on the ground while holding one end of it. He ties the rope around the handle to the bucket and takes the bucket from her then tosses it into the water, quickly grabbing the rope before the bucket sinks into the sea. After pulling it out of the water, then dumping it back into the sea and repeats the process a couple more times before untying the rope from the bucket and handing the bucket back to the princess saying, "There ya go Yer Majesty, all nice and clean for ya."

Celestia takes the bucket from him as he starts to coil the rope back up and return to his duty saying, "Thank you very much, you all are always so kind whenever I visit and stay on the ship for a short while."

Jack climbs his way up the side of the ship with the dress hidden under his shirt and sees the princess talking to Pintel and says, "Ahh, it is good to see you walking about, are you still feeling under the weather?"

She looks to Jack and smiles as she walks over to him, then wraps her arms around him in a hug saying, "Unfortunately, I am. I just came out to empty the bucket and clean the stench from it, did you find valuable treasure in that cave?"

He then backs out of the hug saying, "I have indeed found treasure in there, some of which certain ponies with ill intent would kill for. Let us retreat to the cabin, for I have a gift for you." He then wraps one arm around her waist and escorts her towards his cabin.

Celestia walks into the cabin and says, "Awwe, how sweet, you have some pirate treasure for little old me."

Jack chuckles and sits her down on the bed and stands before her saying, "The best kind of treasure a woman of your stature would love." He then pulls out the folded dress and holds it by the shoulders as it unfolds itself saying, "It desperately needs to see a tailor for repairs, cleaning, and to be adjusted to fit your body. I got this dress from inside the cave, Gibbs found it and thought it might be a nice gift for you. I thought it might look good on you as well, though you are certainly not little and neither are you old."

She narrows her eyes and glares at him suspiciously saying, "Are you calling me fat!"

He quickly tries to think of something to say to calm her down and says, "Not at all. What I meant to say was, you're not a little girl, you're all woman and this is a woman's dress."

Celestia sets the bucket down and takes the dress from him and carefully illuminates her horn to look at the dress a little closer saying, "A human woman has a waist that small, how are they even able to survive childbirth then?"

Jack chuckles and says, "The more fashionable human women over there have a trick to making their body appear smaller, they use corsets that were popular in France that have whale bones in the fabric to squeeze their bodies into a thinner form and push up their breasts. They were held together in the back by a very long, strong string and required a second or third pair to get it really tight. The previous owner of that dress wore such a contraption when she was standing in a high place and slipped over the edge and into the sea, I dove after her since no sailor I was around could swim. I tore off the heavy dress that was dragging her to the bottom and carried her to the dock where I quickly stepped in with my knife and cut it off of her, causing her to gasp for air and thus saving said maiden's life."

She feels a tinge of jealousy at how he mentioned saving her life in such detail, and asks, "And did you have relations with this maiden?

He smiles at her and says, "I once entertained the idea for a time and tried to charm her, but I stopped trying to charm her when she kissed me and drove me back against the mainmast. She then locked one of my wrists in a shackle and left me for the Kraken, where I managed to free my wrist in time to see the Kraken's mouth open up and bare its numerous rows of sharp teeth at me. It roared at me, covering me in stinking slime when my hat flew from its mouth onto the deck of my ship. After returning the hat to my head, I drew my sword and charged the Kraken. It then swallowed me whole and dragged my ship down to Davy Jones's locker, where I stayed for a time to suffer the punishment."

Celestia is shocked to hear that he survived facing the Kraken and says, "Davy Jones really exists? I thought it was just an old pony's tale, how did you escape?"

Jack shakes his head saying, "That's enough of my tale, for now, I shall tell you the rest another day. What do you think about the dress?"

She then looks at the designs on the dress and says, "I like it, though it really does need to see a seamstress for extensive alterations, thank you very much for this gift love. Perhaps the alterations will be done in time for me to wear it to the Gala when you kidnap me, though I will not be wearing corsets ever again because I have passed a law allowing them to be used only for events requiring fancy dress."

He then thinks of something and asks, "Say, how long was it since you first started feeling sick?"

Celestia then thinks on it for a moment and sets the dress down beside her and says, "Umm...I think it started about a week and a half ago, why do you ask?"

Jack then cocks his head and raises an eyebrow and says, "Because I think that you may be pregnant, not sick."

Her eyes dart up to his as she places a hand upon her lower abdomen and says, "Do you really think so, oh how I wish that is true. I will have to pay a visit to a private doctor and ensure they keep the results of the test secret or risk being sent on a permanent vacation to Tartarus."

He chuckles at hearing that and says, "I doubt that the doctor would allow the results to get out if you threaten him with that. I would love to stay here with you, but unfortunately, I have a treasure hoard to move and a dangerous chest to load onto the ship."

Celestia cocks her head and asks, "Many races avoid this skull-shaped rock because of the legend behind it, they say that this was once a member of a far older race of creatures called Dragosaurs. They roamed Equis many millions of years ago, they were divided into two groups. One was prey and the other was predator, they further evolved into smaller creatures with cohesive thoughts and were nearly wiped out when a meteor struck the planet somewhere. They were forced to work together to find a way to survive when they discovered magic, further evolving after several passing eons, they eventually turned into the beings that inhabit Equis today. What is so dangerous about this chest that makes you have to hide it?"

Jack looks into her eyes, "I must find a way to destroy the gold or hide it, for owning one piece of it is a curse worse than death itself." He then makes his way out of the cabin and looks back at her saying, "I really do hope that you are with child, for you're the only woman that's made me want to be a better man."

She watches him close the door as her eyes tear up in happiness at being able to improve someone's character and uses both hands to tenderly rub along her abdomen saying, "I pray that I am with child as well, for I find myself missing what family I had in this world."

He watches as the men scour the cave for every single piece of treasure for several hours before it is time to move the chest saying, "Alright lads, let's carry this god-awful chest to the longboat. It's rather heavy so only two of you will be able to accompany it to the ship, be sure to mind the tide."

Gibbs joins the crew as they all surround the chest and prepare to lift it up saying, "Alright, now heave!" He feels the weight of the chest as it rises off the floor and they start to make their way towards the cave mouth carefully and slowly.

The unicorn cook sees the crew make their way back carrying a large stone chest with them and says, "What's in the strange chest lads?"

Jack looks to the cook and says, "It's nothing that we want any part of, so kill your curiosity or I'll kill you."

He nods his head up and down quickly saying, "Aye aye sir!" then quickly looks away from the chest and waits to be given orders.

The captain looks to Gibbs and says, "Gibbs and Pintel, you will go with the chest back to the ship while the cook and I go back to ensure we got every single piece from the cave."

The first mate nods his head and says, "Aye Cap'n, c'mon lads let's get this thing into the boat."

Jack leads the cook into the cave and asks, "You have a spell for locating things right?"

The cook nods his head saying, "Aye sir, I do. What exactly is it I am searching for?"

He smiles and then says, "Anything of monetary value, such as coin, rings, necklaces, or even jewels. Look for anything that we may have missed, you do have a sack with you right?"

He nods his head and pulls it out of a pocket and says, "I always have a sack on me, sir, to carry anything I find sir."

Jack then looks around the room and says, "Well then begin searching every inch of this passage for what may have been left behind, we shall not return here again."

The cook nods his head and illuminates his horn and starts to search the passage for any treasure, finding a few coins strewn about the floor and jewelry buried under some silt. He then eagerly starts to hunt for each piece they missed, as he starts to wonder how big his share of the treasure will be.

The captain watches as the unicorn starts to eagerly search every inch of the passage for treasure and asks, "What is your name pirate, I don't really see you above deck much."

He continues to hunt for treasure and starts to dig up a necklace buried under a large pile of silt saying, "My name is Shining Belle, I am an only child and lost my home when the griffons attacked Manehattan. Therefore I told my wife and son that I was going to join a crew on a ship for a steady job to provide for them. I keep to myself but I'm a good cook and like to be left alone when I'm not keeping the boys fed. I have a real talent for locating things because I got my cutie mark when I was trying to locate a book I misplaced, so I cast a spell to guide me to the area it was at and the book itself lit up incidentally. A flash under my pants on my rump caught my attention, so when I checked it out, I discovered that I got my cutie mark which is a purple diamond-shaped gem buried under a pile of debris."

Jack follows the cook into the large chamber when he spots a reddish glowing light coming from the other side of the cave where a trickle of lava splits and runs down the wall in a large downward arc, piquing his curiosity and starts to approach it. As he reaches the far wall, he sees the light coming from a crack and pulls out his knife. He sets the knife's blade into the crack and starts to pry and widen the crack further when a piece of the wall breaks off and falls to the floor below, revealing an empty space behind it with a swirling red and yellow light illuminating it. He starts to work on opening the space up more when he puts his knife away and pulls out his sword, slowly managing to chip away more pieces of the stone covering the space. He finally pries enough of the pieces away to find a glowing egg with flowing red and yellow flames saying, "Now this is interesting...I wonder what this strange egg is." He then carefully picks it up to see if it is hot, shocked at finding it is just slightly warm to the touch saying, "Hey Shining, do you know what this might be?"

Shining Belle looks up from the ground to the captain and gasps at what is in his hands and says, "Oh wow, I have never actually seen one of those up close! That is a phoenix egg, but not from just any phoenix, that is from a very rare phoenix matriarch. I don't know anything else about it though sir, I'm sorry."

He smiles and tucks it under his sash and says, "That is alright, you were able to tell me what this thing is and that it is special. Return to searching for the rest of what the crew missed, we shall be heading back to the ship as soon as you're finished here."

The cook quickly returns to his task at hand and scours every inch of the cave for treasure, then adds them to his sack saying, "What do you plan on doing with that egg sir, if you keep it warm it will be sure to hatch."

Jack returns to the mouth of the cave and grins saying, "I might have something very special planned for it if I can get it hatched."

A couple of hours pass by as the crew readies the ship to set sail and search for a place to hide the chest as Celestia exits the cabin, then makes her way downstairs to look at what was found in the cave. She walks around the hold looking at the number of empty rum barrels filled with treasure, she spots the stone chest with a couple of chairs on the other side of it and heads towards them for a closer look. She ignores her curiosity about the chest when she notices an ornate, high-backed throne with red cushions and a gold frame and grins saying, 'This would be a much better throne to sit in than that polished marble one currently in the throne room, I shall talk with my love about it.' She then approaches the throne and sits in it, sighing happily as she finds it very soft and comfortable to sit in. Knowing that she needs to talk to Jack to find a way to get that throne for herself, she stands up out of the chair and makes her way towards the cabin.

He looks around his cabin for a place to keep the egg hidden from Celestia's eyes when he sees a closet that has a secret compartment in it, making his way to it and wraps it up in his frock coat then shuts the door as he decides that it will have to work for now. He sees the small chest full of rings sitting on his desk and heads towards it to set it under the desk, hiding it out of Celestia's view when he hears his door open and sees her enter.

Celestia smiles at Jack as he places a chest under his desk and closes the door behind her and says, "That is quite a haul you found inside that cave, I am surprised that this ship is still afloat due to the weight of all the gold in the hold. What do you plan to do with the two thrones down there?"

Jack looks at her and smiles saying, "Well love, I plan to sell them at Portuga. I'm sure they'll fetch a nice price, why do you inquire about them? Do they catch your eye?"

She moves to the bed and sits down on it, then grabs her bucket as she begins to feel nauseous and says, "I have seen them both, and have sat in them both. The one that I have taken an interest in is the red and gold one, I wish to inquire as to how I may acquire it from you."

He grins and places his arms on his desk, then leans forward on them saying, "Hmmm...how indeed."