Chapter Three。.
Time go’s bye and children grow up.

Life went back to how it had been and Anne and Catherine returned to their home and went back to their everyday life. Mr. Jones and his sisters sometimes came to visit and when he did the two girls were given a day off. Mrs. Dawson wanted to show Mr. Jones that Catherine lied and that she was a good person and she made her daughters behave on those days, but on the other days she was as bossy and mean as ever.
Of course the girls would not wine to him about their problems but whenever he asked them how there life was they were forced to answer properly and Mr. Jones always went home with a bad impression of the mother and two daughters as did his sisters who where becoming more and more found of the two girls and wished to meet them more and more until they went to their brother with a request.

Henry was in his study when a servant came into the room and said “your sisters wish to speak with you”! “Send them in “he said as the servant left the room.
The door soon opened and both his sisters came into the room he smiled and said
“dear sisters what is it”? They both came up to him and said “brother we have a request to ask you”! “Yes” he sad looking at them curiously“ you know we have become very fond of the two girls and enjoy their company so much”. “Yes I can see it”. “Well brother we were both wondering if it would be alright for them to come and stay here at new castle for a few months”? “it is extremely dull and Mr. Dawson is taking his family for vacation so the girls will be at home by themselves.”

“Sisters you know I can’t have them live in this house what if they find out the truth they will be frightened away for eternity do you want that”?“No”! They both sighed “but brother do you really think it will affect them that much I mean we found out by accident and it only made us lock ourselves up in our room for a week after which when we saw you meant us no harm we got used to the fact and came out and just ignored it”.

“Yes but sisters you must remember you were living with me all those years and you knew me they don’t nor do they know Edwards true identity”.
“Well we don’t need to tell them that I mean it’s not like he is going to come back“. “True but he being Edward we never know what his planes are he could show up without warning anytime when he is on the run”! “That is true but what is to be done about that？” “Well it is likely that Anne will be going with them and Catherine will be left at home so I guess we could invite her over but remember keep her away from me as much as possible” .”You remember at the dance how he had to hold me back I would have jumped on her otherwise” !

The sisters nodded soberly “thank you brother we promise to make it as easy as possible for you while Catherine is hear”.

He nodded and they left the room .He sighed and pulled a Silver medallion out from under his shirt his face contorted as he calmed his breathing and bought his heart rate down then he stood up and left the room it was going to be a long summer with Catherine in the house.
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The ship whistle blew as Anne stood on the port saying her last goodbyes to Catherine who came to the port to say goodbye. “we’ll see you in a few months”.
Said Anne “Enjoy your stay at Newcastle and don’t do anything to fun without me”.

They both gave each other a tight hug and let go as the ship went out of the harbor and into the ocean Anne watched from the ship’s deck until Catherine was out of sight then she fixed her eyes on the blue ocean and tried to enjoy the sight before her and be excited about the cruse ahead of her.

The first few weeks of the cruise went by uneventfully.
They passed by many boats and ships and saw many sea creatures in the water some she had never heard or seen before. When the unexpected thing happened.

It was toward the center of their cruse when it happened.
Anne was in her cabin with her sisters when she heard noises on deck like running and screaming she ran up with her sisters and saw that there ship was being attacked by cannons from a ship with black sails and a skull and crossbones! Pirates! “Get below”! Shouted the captain to her “it is no place for you girl get below deck”!

Anne didn’t hesitate she got below where her cousins and Aunt where waiting for her to come back with the news. When she told them about the pirates the Aunt and two cousins went into hysterics and screaming uncle soon came down and the five of them hide in the cabin.

Then an explosion shook the whole boat it blew up!
And Anne remembered nothing after that…

The Swift Deaths sails waved in the wind as the boat sailed towered the wreckage the captain and second mate watched from the deck to see if there were any survivors.
“None it seems Captain”. said the second mate. “There is I can feel it” said the captain looking over at the wreckage “keep looking”! “There”! Called a voice “I see something down there”! “We’ll pull it up”! Shouted the captain hurrying over to the place he pulled back with a start when he saw the body they pulled up!“No”! He almost shouted “not her”! “Captain”? said the second mate “what is it “?
“Not her”! He said again, “take her down to the cabin and make sure she is well cared for” .Once she was gone the captain turned to the second mate and said “John you are to do as I say She is not to know I am on this boat so you will take my place as captain until we can get her to London and back to my friend in Newcastle. “Do not ask why”! But Sir there is no way we can get her into London the place is full of police!” “Well we will have to keep her with us them but she is not to know I am on board is that understood”?“Aye Aye Captain”! “Is that understood mates “? He said turning to his Men “Aye Aye Captain”!They all said. “Good now take her down I need to get out of the sunlight “!And he went off.“What do you suppose is wrong with the captain”? Said third mate Dan to John. “Beats me” he answered “but I guess he has met that girl somewhere before and doesn’t want her to know who he is”! Ahh”! Said all the other crew “woman”.. They all snickered and went back to their duty.

Anne woke up to find herself in a cabin bed she sat up and looked around her she didn’t remember this place nor why she was hear the last thing she remembered was an explosion and then nothing . The cabin door opened and down the corridor came the sound of boots and she stood up and backed into a corner in front of her was a man with a scraggly beard and sea captains hat dressed in trench coat and boots!
Very much like pirate cloths she thought to herself as he came up to her and said “hello miss I am Captain John Scruffier of the Swift Death”!
A Pirate ships name she thought and looked at the men behind him they were all tough and gruff looking men dressed in nothing but pants and boots with hug muscle body’s or scrawny body’s."What do you want with me"? she said "I am alone and have no relations so you cannot keep me for ransom".
The Captain smile "oh come now I am sure there is someone who will be worried about you"? "No you just killed the only relation that dose care about me"!
"Well that is bad news isn’t it men we will just have to let her go somewhere where is the closest port"?
"London port Sir". "Well now the port is covered in armed clompers this time of the year we will just have to wait till next year to let her go till then she is a guest on this ship not a prisoner remember that men".
"Ayy Ayy Sir"! Said the men. "Good now get back to work all of you"!
They all saluted and left the room leaving the captain and Anne alone in the cabin.
"You can feel lucky miss that you have no relations otherwise we would have held you for ransom and you would have been a prisoner but since you do not and we cannot use you like that you just have to stay on this ship until we can set you free until then you are a guest on my ship and you will join me for dinner this evening in my cabin".With that he turned and left the room.Anne was frightened this was unlike anything she had ever experienced before taken by Pirates and stuck on there boat was the worst thing imaginable for her and now she was stuck on the swift Death with no way to get off she was as good as prisoner no matter what the captain said.
She sat on the edge of the Bed and cried! A knock at the door made her look up "who is it"? She chocked, "second mate hear to prepare you for this evening".
"Go away" she said "tell the captain I am not coming"!
"Oh I wouldn’t do that if I were you missy" said the voice" the captain does not like it when his orders are ignored". "What is he going to do to me"? Anne said "he can’t hurt me all he can do is threaten me" "True"! said the voice in a soothing tone "but you would like the way in which he threatened you would you"? Anne didn’t know why but she agreed and the door opened to revel a tale not to muscular man in his early twenties with a black beard and shinning eyes and he smelled! Not bad but it was a strange smell that made her mouth water and she came closer he pulled back holding out a dress as he said in the same soothing voice "the captain asks that you wear this dres"s! She took it from him still looking at him as she took the dress and left the room to change.

The black beard man smiled she didn’t recognize him at all his power was working on her nicely he had no worry of her recognizing him! She came back from the room she had been changing in and he smiled she looked very pretty in the dress he chose and was glad he chose it. "Follow me"! he said and opened the door for her as they left the cabin and walked toward the captain’s quarters."Wait hear". he said "I will go tell the captain you are hear"!She nodded and he went inside.

"Now" he said to John who was sitting at the captain seat "you did very well now you must go on a little deeper she is going to come in and I being second mate will eat with you continue your role as captain and everything will be fine".

John nodded and Edward went out again to get her he found her still in the same position he left her in and took her by the hand and brought her inside and sat her down by the Captain he sat on the other side of the table and the captain smiled and said "I see that you have not disappointed me I have always liked that dress and on you it looks very lovely"1 He smiled and she blushed Edward cleared his throat.
"Ahh yes" said the Captain "we should eat before the food gets cold". He passed her a plate of meat and she passed it on to Edward who put some on his plate.
Edward nodded to John who got Anne interested in something then Edward picked up his meat and put it back on the plat when she wasn’t looking. Also he filled his goblet with something from a pouch at his side when she wasn’t looking and drank it. After the meal was over He took her back to her room and locked the door behind him then he let out a deep sigh! "That would have been a giveaway" he thought
"if she had seen what he had done but it went all according to plan".
He then went to his own quarters where he and John shared a room .

John was in his room taking off the fake beard and whiskers and through a secret compartment he was pulling up a line on it were raw fish and other sea creatures he was draining the blood and throwing the fish back the blood then went into pouches all along the walls.Edward also removed his fake beard and whiskers and sank into the chair as he said "you did well for your first day of being captain". "Thank you sir and you did well at being second mate but I think your power over her did more did you see her face she was practically hypnotized"! "Yes but I only used it slightly to cloud her when it was meal time and to get her to come". "I have to do it without power tomorrow just to see if my disguise is enough if not then I will have to keep her hypnotized until we can let her go" .John nodded. "So asked Edward how is the food coming"? "Fine sir I even found a body of a dead person who still had blood in him I drained him and you should have enough to last for a few weeks"."Thank you John I really appreciate you helping me in this way".
"Think nothing of it Sir you and I were always good friends as young boys and just because you changed a wee bite dose make no difference to me" .
Edward smiled “thank you John you were always a Friend I could count on”.
“Thank you Sir said John for being a friend to me when I needed it the most”.
“May I ask”? Said John “where have you met that girl and why are you like this” ?
“I know her from shore and I don’t want her to know who I really am I am afraid she might tell my sister and then it would break her heart plus I like her”!
John laughed “oh it love is it I can understand that well enough but about your sister eh I don’t understand didn’t even know she was still alive!” “Oh she alive and healthy and living with Henry now that I just killed the people she was working for all for the best I suppose he will treat her much better than they ever did”. But now it is time for night watch and I need to make planes so until morning John.

“Goodnight sir” said John leaving the cabin to his own compartment to the only bed in the cabin .

Edward sat on the captains char and looked at the charts while he thought of Anne and the Adventure he was in store for with her!