Don't know if this fulfills the prompt, but its a bit of "fanfic" - just a snippet really. If you haven't seen Pirates of the Caribbean, neither the snippet nor the HA will make much sense.

Private Outfit

"Become a prirate! There will be lots o' booty, they said. Hmph...they di'nae say it would be cursed. Wenches, they said, wenches a plenty. Hmph...they di'nae say we'd be th' wenches! Travel and excitement, they said. Hmph...they di'nae say that we be travellin' in a leakin' boat, with targets painted on our backs!"

"Oh quit yer bellyachin' afore I toss ye overboard!"

Private Outfit "Did you really think you could trap me?"

I am really enjoying reading your stories and seeing your characters come to life! Great job everyone!

Private Outfit They will pay for what they've done. I swear on the gods themselves that I will spend the rest of eternity making them regret their very own existence for what they did to me... My name is Captain Chadwick, owner of [I]The Devil's Whip[/i]. I was the most infamous captain on all the lands and seas, known to be cutthroat and ruthless to everyone who spoke my name. Treasure and islands were conquered by my men under my rule and many more adventures awaited until I was betrayed by my closest ally...

It was early dawn. My ship was nestled near the land under the shadow of a cliff and my men were under deck sleeping before the quartermaster clocked them up to work. I sat on the main deck, watching the rising sun's light crept over the top of the cliff, waiting for my younger brother to arrive from land. My brother, Elwin, works as a lieutenant general for the Navy from the nearest town of Bramptford. Perhaps different in... the exact line of work we do, he and I have always had money and power in common. He had been quite useful in my line of work as well, as his commands and actions have prevented numerous army ships from taking siege or attacking during one of my adventures. Being such a high ranking officer definitely does has its benefits. I received a letter from him several weeks ago warning about how Bramptford's army is increasing their watch for pirates on the sea. Bramptford is a busy city with many ships transporting various goods of the land to other main cities. Fortunately for my men and I, the docks are far east of my current position and due to the wind and sea tides, only experienced crew could travel in our current direction. However, it would be not too long before a ship passes by and alert the officials that there were pirates hugging the cliffside. Fortunately, my brother came rowing towards the ship on a dingy little boat before that opportunity would arise.

Dressed in rough and tattered clothes, he wore a large black hat and a fake beard. As he closed near to the side of the ship, I went to the edge to help him up. "Hello, brother." I griped Elwin's shoulders tight. "Tell me, what's the urgency for?" "You have to be careful Chadwick, they're cutting down on all the piracy and you can't be seen on the ocean anymore. I have a place for y-" "WHAT? Blimey Elwin, you honestly can't be telling me that I have to take my men and I off the sea..." I sharply interrupted him. "Please. It's not safe anymore. Here, take this map..." Elwin handed me a roll of parchment tied with a red piece of string closing the paper tight. I opened it to show a simple map from the land to what appeared to be a little cave not too far from his current location. "... I found this hidden cave on one of my expeditions. You've been to the island before, however, if you follow this map by its exact directions you can find this hidden entrance to a cave. You can stay there for now until the patrol clears up a bit." Elwin continued to say. All I could do was grumble under my breath before I saw Elwin sharply turn around and began to climb off of the ship towards his raft. "Farewell, brother,." I said as I watched him row around the corner of the cliff. In all honesty, I was furious. How could I possibly leave my life behind to sit in a dingy cave until... until god knows when, I thought to himself. How will I ever explain this to the crew...

Soon enough, my ship was on the sea towards this secret cave. Several hours earlier when my brother left his ship I could hear the quartermaster wake up the remainder of the crew below deck. Once he came up to the main deck, I told the quartermaster about the plan and how for a short period of time, they would need to be in hiding. "Sir! Are ye sure about all this? I reckon the men wouldn't like this at all, and blimey I ain't gon- " "AVAST! We are going to this island, and if I hear another complaint from either you or the crew, I'll make sure to carve the map on all yer backsides!" I yelled. The quartermaster then shrunk down in fear before he scurried away to let the crew know the plan. I now gripped the wheel as I steered our way towards the island, and it was not before long until the island's silhouette was in sight. Once we got closer I steered the ship towards the cave, everything going according to plan until the ship reached the mouth of the cave. In front of the ship, coming out of the cave was a Navy Official's ship. I steered the wheel sharply as my men frantically ran around on deck to lower the sails and prepare the cannons. Just as I was cutting the ship past the cave entrance we were blindsided by another ship coming from behind a corner. All I could hear were cannons frantically crash into the side of the ship and shouting from both of the ships. The cannons from the Navy ship were hitting ours one after another until before I knew it, the ship began to sink, folding itself on myself and my crew members. Just before I went under, I saw on the deck of the adjacent Navy ship, the face of my brother...

I... I don't know how long it's been. I don't exactly know how long I've been down here for, or when I awoke. All I remember is my brother's face staring back at me as the ship sunk into the sea. Most of my men are gone, probably drifted off into the sea or taken hostage by the Navy Officers. The only ones remaining are those that were stuck under pieces of the ship as it crashed to the floor of the ocean. Like I said, I don't know how long I've been under here, nor do I know what caused myself to rise from the dead. But what I do know is my purpose. After staring at the remainder of my ship and my men, all I can think of is revenge. And I promise that I will make Elwin and his men pay. I will make him suffer for killing my men, sinking my ship, and most of all for betraying me. And just like myself, he will not get out of this alive...

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[center]"There I was standing dead center in the middle of the Garden of Swords. As I knew, and as you likely know too, this was where so many great pirates had fallen before me. Hence the name. For once dead, their weapons were left behind. They no longer needed steel in the after life. I remember the fog creeping in all slow like, like an anaconda as it creep up on its prey. My fingers twitched on my pistol in my left hand and my grip tightened on the sword's hilt in my right hand. Suddenly, I heard a scream!

And that's it. That's the last thing I remember before I died. What? Not good enough a story for yeh? Well, I' ain't hear to apologize, but just by a poor lonely pirate ghost a pint like ye promised."

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On the high seas, it's every pirate for themself. That's what Vey thought as she rowed away from the concealed cave.... and the body of the first mate of The Galatea. Personally, she didn't really consider it murder. It was more of a disagreement of sorts. The first mate thought that he should replace the captain; She simply did not.

And so, a duel was inevitable. That the altercation took place during a covert mission to recover a mystical item was of no concern of hers. She smiled, gray eyes twinkling despite the darkening clouds, and admired the glowing pearl stowed in her breast-pocket before continuing an arduous journey to her beautiful Galatea.

On her return the crew would ask about the events of the mission, but newly appointed Captain Vey would never say. Not even in her last days would she tell where the mysterious pearl pendant was found... or, whatever really happened to the first mate all those years ago.

Congrats to the winners! Great stories!

Awww, pleased as punch to have won one of the raffles :)

Congrats everybody!

I can't believe that I won alongside Kenobi this round, there were a lot of great stories and fun HA's. Thank you! Congratulations to the other winners.

Congrats to the winners! Some great stories and loads of fun!

congrats winners

no idea what happened with outfit, got deleted by accident, might have clicked delete for another double and wardrobe messed up, anyways it's ok.

Aaaah thank you so much! It was super fun and I'm pleased as punch right now.

Congratulations!

Congratulations and ! Definitely a well deserved win for such awesome stories!

Thank you, and congratulations to you too! Really well constructed story on your part.

Thank you!