Female Pirates

Treasure Map

While exploring a deserted island for a pile of treasure promised to me by a map my grandfather left to me in his will, I was entranced by a beautiful cove I found. Neglecting the path I had been following to find the treasure, I ventured into the water. When I got back to shore, a large, old-timey wooden ship was docking, and many raggedy men began to scurry off. As I rushed to gather my clothes, I realized that the clothes I left on the sand were not the same as the ones I returned to, and as I dawned my colonial time dressings, I was approached by two of the raggedy men, hit on the head with the handle of a cutlass, and dragged aboard their ship.

Female Pirate

When I came to, I was greeted with a not-so-friendly voice. It sounded rough, yet higher pitched than that of the men who knocked me out. Upon looking up, I noticed that this rough fellow was a lady. I must have appeared astonished because, immediately, she taunted me; "What? You've never seen a lady pirate before?"
Confused as to where I was and what had happened, I pleaded with the pirates to let me go. I was just a lost traveler after all! My pleas, however, were in vain because, as the pirates pointed out, if they left me on the island, I would surely die.
The lady captain felt sympathy for me. She allowed me to join her crew until I found safe passage back to wherever I came from. As her crew began to unload the plundered treasure from the ship in order to get an accurate count of the plunder so they could divide it amongst themselves, the captain and I talked. I soon realized that this was no ordinary woman. She spent her whole life growing up as a boy, and when she set on the Carribean, she disguised herself as one too. Then she explained how she got a crew of men in a patriarchal world to follow her as loyally as they did. Simply put, she was more viscous than the men she commanded, and her anger and cruelty terrified them to speak out against her. They respected her and understood the position she held, but she was often mocked by others not in her crew. She had to make a reputation for herself, and she did so through absolute violence.

Sleeping Quarters

After we finished talking, I went to my quarters to sleep for the night. In the morning I woke up on my own vessel in my old clothes with the treasure map still in hand. Encouraged by the female pirate's story of beating the odds, I set out yet again to find the treasure.