*NEVER LEFT*

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After yet another botched plan goes awry, Ricky Banes settles on with a drink to contemplate on his life and his past conversation with Israel Hands.

Insomnia and productivity hit so I've also completed editing Chapter 18!

The Moon That Turned The Tide.

Co-Captains Hornberry and Frenchie face their individual fears.

Jim recovers from the English Navy attack in Chapter 2, but memories float to the surface of their long forgotten BROTHER.

And all is not as it seems with Captain Hornberry's new crew!

(Fun fact, how and why Hornberry's crew ended up in the Navy ACTUALLY happened IRL!)

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Zheng, Auntie and Olu have escaped capture by Hornigold and the Spanish Navy and are hightailing it across the secret flattened CHANNEL through the PANAMA rainforest, that was created by her ships crossing over the land weeks before!

But they meet more than one predator along the way!

Auntie finally admits why she and Zheng took to selling soup on the Republic.

And realizes whatever happened to her must be connected to the spell she gave to Buttons!

I finally reached 3000 reads! ☺️

"Never Left!" - The fanfiction.

Ch16, The Kraken is Born.

This one is a long one so strap in or strap on! Either way it's going DEEP!

Through several flashbacks Ed confesses more to Stede about the dark storms of his past. And how the red silk is more closely linked to Ed's mother than Stede could ever realize.

We find out how little Eddie Teach met a young boy called JACQUE, who would later regress into the infamous pirate, Calico Jack!

And what really drove him to becoming

BLACKBEARD

If any scene can sum up my fanfiction, it's this one! 🤣

And on that note, Chapter 15 - The Trip of a Lifetime.

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Life is a blur of flare-ups, and mornings being grateful my son isn't at school yet, so I can lie in on my laptop and edit! I've now perfected up to Chapter 13, The Rebel Alliance of the Caribbean.

This is the return of Hornberry! And, like Frenchie, he's had a promotion!

Basically folks, I'm Lion's Maning out the waffle and getting to the story, and as I'm doing so, it's giving me ideas to perfect the last hurdle!

I am BEGGING you, forgive me, and please re-read? Let me know what you think? It truly helps x

Little update. I'm editing again! I've acquired a printer finally so I'm trimming a LOT of fat and waffle.

*mmmmm fatty waffles*

Anyway!

Yes, I'm trimming a LOT from chapters. While keeping the story to make it easier.

ON THAT NOTE; NEVER WRITE WHILE MICRODOSING FOR DEPRESSION! 😂

Chapters 1 through to 8 are 100% done. I'm currently working on no 9.

Yes, chapter 27 IS done but I NEED to sort this first so apologies on delay!

Going through some personal family issues at the moment.

My 11 year old son is autistic and despite his EHCP saying he needs a specialist school, the infamous idiots at the local council chose a mainstream school for him. So, as I'm appealing this, he is currently without a school.

Meaning I'm caring as well as home-schooling!

Free time has been very short!

But yesterday I did manage to return to chapter 27, change some things, delete others and work out where to go to make things speed along.

Watch this space!

Remember, "Never Left!" isn't just a title, it's a promise to myself, and you, that I WILL return!

Flares are flaring.

Bruises are healing.

Head is hurting

And I'm so tired

I believe it's a clue! 😉💛

(The truly honest and merciful confessions of Mrs. Elspeth McConnell. Fee McKinnon. (Wife, Mother, Parishioner, Pub Landlady))

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Got to take the pooch to the clippers today or I may have to bathe her in Immac!

I love her, but soon as you look at her she molts on you!!!