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Chapter 25

I laughed as I watched four children playing on the deck, two were my own and two belonged to the Turners, they jumped around, wielding wooden swords and swinging from low down in the rigging.

"Be careful up there!" Elizabeth called, her honey coloured hair blew into her face in the wind. She pulled it back and folded it under her hat so that it was out of the way.

"They get bigger and more energetic everyday" I laughed as Elizabeth dodged the children running towards her.

"And don't we know it" Elizabeth replied. We sat on the stairs that led up to the helm like we had so many years before.

Of course, I only had one child then, Charlie, she was seven then, but now she's eleven and just as loud as she was years ago. Lily and Jack Turner are now twelve and argue most of the time. They do have their moments when they're nice to each other, but as their teenage years creep in, they get more and more agitated with each other.

And then there was Caleb. Caleb had had such a big part of my life already, he was the baby I initially didn't want, but at the same time, the baby that I nearly lost and the baby that unknowingly saved his 'cousins' from a terrible fate and a terrible curse.

He had grown into a very energetic three year old and was already being taught by Oliver, Will and father how to wield a sword as good as his sister and the twins.

Anamaria and Richard got married; they now have a baby on the way. If we thought Anamaria had a temper on her when she wasn't pregnant, it's nothing to what she's like now. Just the other day I caught her shouting at father because he put an apple in the wrong place in the kitchen; she was close to tears as well!

Bill was enjoying the pirating life to the fullest, he and father are at the back end of life but they sure as hell aren't showing it. They still swing from the rigging and have swords fights that end up with people betting on them. If they weren't here, I dare say that The Black Pearl and The Star Maker wouldn't be as lively as they are right now, especially with four children on the loose…

I turned around when I felt a cold metal blade lie flat on my shoulder. The first noticeable thing I saw was Dad's trademark grin.

"What do you want?" I asked playfully, standing up and removing the sword from my shoulder.

"Well…the sea is calm, there's no land about for at least another three weeks and I'm bored" Dad replied, leaning on the hilt of his sword and looking at me as if I should already know what he wanted. Which I did.

"Why can't you ask Will, Oliver, Bill, Richard or Ben?" I asked interestedly.

"They can't be bothered and Bill's still sore about the last fight we had and I beat him" Father answered, his grin was now firmly set on his wrinkled face.

"oh alright, alright, I'll fight ye, just this once mind, Oliver hurt my arm last time we fought and it still hasn't healed properly" I pulled my shirt sleeve up to show him the bruise I had received when Oliver misjudged his swing and hit my arm instead of my sword.

"you're a darlin'" father said as I took out my sword and got ready, taking off unnecessary items such as necklaces that can be caught easily.

"I know, I know, its one of my many talents" I quipped, swinging my sword.

"Yes and I'm sure Oliver will agree with you their" Dad said cheekily.

I gasped at what he had just suggested and set my feet apart, ready to begin our duel, I watched father do the same. "You would have thought that old age would have taught you what to say and what not to say to a lady"

Dad's grin grew wider if that was possible, "well you see Luv, I'm not old, and you're no lady" I gasped again and we began to clash, swinging our swords and rushing back and forth on the deck.

"I can be a lady if I tried" I said, swinging my sword dangerously close to father's beaded beard, nearly cutting it clean off.

"You tried Luv, remember the whole Cedric Bailey episode, you failed miserably at being a lady" Dad countered, nearly pushing me over with the force of his blade.

I scrambled up to the rigging and made my way up to the crows nest, jumping up and trying to find where father had got to, I hadn't been paying attention to where he was.

"He's behind you Mum!" Charlie shouted, giggling. I turned around and sure enough, Dad was stood behind me, sword swinging and mouth grinning.

"You have to watch your opponent Luv" Dad advised me.

"I know" I mumbled, swinging my sword. As father dodged the blow I dived back down the rigging, landing on the deck gracefully. I winked as Caleb clapped his hands for me.

"I thought you were on my side, little man" Dad said to Caleb in mock hurt.

Caleb's response was to laugh even more.

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Needless to say, I won the sword fight, and we were all just finding something to do with occupying our time when we spotted a ship coming our way.

"Who is it?" I asked father, who was holding the spyglass and looking out to the other ship.

"The Jolly Wench" he replied grimly. I nodded and pulled a face, remembering that it was that ship that we got the cursed bracelet from. The ship we raided years ago and nearly caused our lives to be turned upside down.

"We aren't going to attack are we?" I asked, hoping the answer would be the one I wanted.

"No, we're not, that damned ship caused us too much trouble in the past and I don't want a life threatening adventure just yet, thank you very much" father said. I sighed with relief and nodded just as Oliver swung over from The Star Maker.

"I take it we're not attacking this one, seeing which ship it is and all that" he said.

"No, we're not" father replied.

"And we shan't ever again" I said. Oliver nodded and picked up our son who had just run to him with his arms open wide, his wooden sword swung loosely in his hand, a danger to anyone who got to close to the three year old.

As the Jolly Wench sailed past us, the crew stopped what they were doing and glared at the ship, unaware that they were even doing so. It was as though the world had stopped while the ship sailed past, and then it started again when the Jolly Wench sailed out of cannon reach.

"I don't ever want to see that blasted ship again!" Elizabeth said, still staring after the ship that the cursed bracelet had come from. "What were they thinking, carrying a thing like that aboard a ship?" she asked.

"Probably didn't know what it was" Will replied. We stood in silence for a moment we heard a door slam and saw the pregnant belly of Anamaria appear outside of her cabin, followed by the female pirate herself.

"Damned man" she hissed, oblivious to the fact that we were all watching her. Richard opened the cabin door again and stepped outside, coming up behind Anamaria and wrapping his arms around her.

"Get off!" she cried angrily, Richard chuckled and let her go, letting her turn to face him.

"You and you're mood swings, Anamaria" he joked, Oliver and Will laughed at him, knowing what he was going through.

"Mood swings!" she shouted, "I'll give you mood swings, Richard!" she clenched her fists and Richard visibly flinched behind his smile. He hastily grabbed her arms and leaned into her.

"I didn't mean it darlin' there's no need for violence is there" he said in a soothing tone of voice. For a moment Anamaria stood and glared up at him but then, without warning, she stomped on his foot and stormed off down into the galley, undoubtedly on her way to eat all the chocolate she could get her hands on. We heard the door slam and Anamaria angrily yell "BLOODY MAN"

"Richard!" I said, amusement lined my voice, "what've you done to her?"

"I umm… tried to suggest she stay abed for the last months of her pregnancy" Richard said, trying not to laugh at his wife's temper.

"Uh!" Oliver exclaimed "you don't ever suggest that Richard. I'm sorry, I should have warned you" he said in a mock sorry tone. We all laughed while I slapped his arm playfully.

Yes, life was good at the moment, but it made me wonder what will happen next, and what adventure would it take us on? Would my family and friends be safe throughout our lives, or are we damned to be unlucky in life forever?

Well there it is, the last chapter folks! I don't know what you were expecting the last chapter to be like but I thought it would be nice for them to go out nice and quietly – the crew have had a bit of a bumpy ride throughout the stories don't ya think?! It's sad to let Lily and the crew go but as you can see, I'm working on a new story for you all to enjoy!

Right then time to wrap up… thank you for all your reviews apart from the obvious one but I'm not bothered by that!

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