This was no fever, but it still filled me with dread. I was pregnant.

December 23rd1719

When Edward had told the tavern that he was being followed by a hunter hardly any believed the Jackdaw could survive that strength of attack, yet pulling into the cove of Great Inagua the corpse of a burning ship said otherwise. The cannons had been ripped from its deck, the sails torn down and any other useful materials plundered. Judging from the scenes on the beach the celebrations were still going strong. After the ship had docked I headed straight for the bonfire, Ah Tabai had entrusted me with a message for Kenway. I was prepared for celebrations but what greeted me was a party in full force, men were passed out whilst women were draped over them in a very similar manner. It made my job much easier, being one of the semi-conscious ones made him easier to find.

"Mary, there you are. Have a drink!"

"Shut your trap Kenway, or I'll shut it for you" I glance around glad for the fact everyone within a metres radius of us is incapacitated by drink "is there anywhere we can talk, where no one else can hear?"

Stumbling to a stand he slurs "the captain's cabin" he indicates the Jackdaw docked up. It takes a while to get there, him tripping and me waiting for him to catch up. Clumsily he climbs aboard and I follow with trepidation.

"a drink Read!" I accept the bottle of rum, god knows I'm going to need it, he scans the letter I handed him, although I don't know how much he takes in "tell Ah Tabai I'll do it, until then celebrate with us!" he raises his bottle and gestures for me to do the same.

"celebrate what?" I raise an eyebrow

"to the Jackdaw achieving the impossible" we chink bottles and reminisce, it's not long before I feel rather merry, I can feel my control slipping away every second. As I get up to leave I trip, landing in a heap, all around me it feels like the world is spinning. Edward goes to help me up but finds the same raised floorboard that I did, fat lot of good that was. I start to giggle the travel here and liquor make a toxic mix. A mix of emotions cross his face until his stare fixes onto me, his eyes stare intensely into mine.

"you know I have feelings for you Mary, ever since Thatch died you've been there for me, one of the most loyal friends I have ever had the honour to sail with" he goes to kiss me, I want it, but I know I can't have him.

"what about your wife?" he falters and groans, stroking a stray hair off my face.

"I haven't seen her for years, I write to her yet never get replies. I believe she has moved on, I think I've known it for some time" he tries again, only this time. I don't stop him, he tells me everything I want to hear, so I let him do what he wants to. We lie tangled in a sweaty mess covered only by the flag from the hunter ship and fall asleep to the waves lapping against the side of the ship.

The next morning my head feels like it's going to explode, I sit up and it feels like the world is rocking. The waves that lapped against the ship yesterday now crash loudly around me, I soon realise that it means we are moving. I dress quickly making sure there is no hint of Mary on show, I can't risk the crew seeing me.

"bring us into shore lads, captain wants to go for a walk" two sets of footsteps go down the stairs, each thud adding to my headache "go ashore men" I recognise the voice as Adewale the jackdaws quartermaster, suddenly the doors a thrown open, stumbling back the light that flows through blinds me.

"gosh Ade couldn't you have knocked" I joke, we exchange smiles.

"Edward wanted to make sure you got back to Tulum, he also told me that he's sure your paths will cross sometime in the future" I'm glad he protected me from the crew, but I feel dirty that he wasn't the one to say goodbye, I leap from the ship and head to my hut, on my way I see Edward. He catches my eye and I reply with a smirk

I hope you all enjoyed this, I guess its a bit more romance than action like the game, but it is an alternative universe that I imagined up, second chapter coming soon. Please review and tell me your thoughts