Author's Note: The last thing I need to do is start a new story, but oh well. I would like to apologize in advance if timelines are a little iffy and whatnot, I'm not that great with history to begin with, so researching on my own takes a lot out of me.. Also, the name I provided for Gilette is one that I just gave him as I do not know and cannot find his name anywhere. Also, I'm putting up a picture of who I envision Katherine as in my profile. Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean. 'Nor do I own any of the characters except for my own, original ones. Thank you. I also do not own the title of this story or the excerpt below. It is from Head Over Heels by Tears For Fears. Thanks.

You keep your distance with a system of touch,
And gentle persuasion.
I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
Oh, you're wasting my time. You're just wasting time.

Head Over Heels - Tears For Fears

Elizabeth Swann woke up in her bed with a start after seeing the ship that had haunted her dreams for the past eight years plague her yet again in her nightmares. She opened her dresser drawer and hit the false bottom, pulling out an old, golden Aztec coin. She put it around her neck, admiring it, before a knock came on her door. "Yes?"

"Elizabeth, are you decent?" her father's voice flowed through the door.

"Yes!" she cried out again, wrapping a robe around herself and placing the necklace under her night dress. The door opened and in entered her father, her maid, and her sister who looked a bit amused with her own maid.

"Still in bed at this hour?" her father jested with a smile as the maid opened the curtains in the room, blinding Elizabeth. She just smiled painfully.

"I brought you a gift," he continued on, handing her a box. She placed it on the bed and opened it immediately, "Oh, father, it's beautiful!" She glanced over at her sister who had a dress in her arms as well. "Might I inquire as to the occasion?" she raised a playful brow to her sister who smirked.

"Does a father need an occasion to dote upon his daughters?" he grinned before both of his offspring gave him a look. "Well," he spoke as the girls were dragged behind their privacy screen and undressed, "I was hoping you would wear them to Captain Norrington's promotion ceremony."

Elizabeth popped her head out from behind the curtain with wide eyes as her sister giggled, "I knew it!"

"Commodore," her father grinned.

Elizabeth groaned as the maid began to tie the corset around her waist, glancing over at her sister who looked less than thrilled as well.

"Girls, how's it coming?" their father beamed.

Katherine Swann, the younger of the two siblings, decided to finally speak, "Well, it's difficult to say really.."

"I'm told it's the latest fashion in London," he explained as Katherine looked to her sister. Why did their father know about women's fashion in London?

"Well, women in London must have learned not to breathe," Elizabeth grasped the front of her chest, pulling the corset away a bit so she could have room.

As their father left them to get dressed, the two began to gossip about their dresses. Elizabeth's was a golden color with white lace and white and beige detailing while her sister's was almost a near replica, just a light blue with white lace and white and lighter blue detailing. They noted that there were hats as well and groaned in unison, knowing that their hair would be pinned up.

Elizabeth stood after her dress was put on and after her hair had been painfully curled and pinned up, watching as her sister's maid did her hair.

Katherine was young, but she was just as beautiful as their mother had been. She had long brown hair that fell to her elbows in natural curls, which Elizabeth envied. Her skin was slightly tanned although it wasn't supposed to have been and her body was toned from her secret sword fighting lessons with William.

Elizabeth glared playfully at her sister, meeting Katherine's blue eyes with her own brown in the mirror, "I envy your hair, you know."

"What? OW!" she pouted as she was stabbed in the head with a pin. Elizabeth laughed, "At least they don't have to curl your's!"

Katherine stood up when her maid proclaimed that she was done and stood to face her sister. She was a few inches shorter than her and equally as thin. However, she had more curves than her elder sister did. Each girl also had a small nose, full and thick eyelashes and perfect eyebrows. However, Katherine's lips were more of a full pout than her sister's and Elizabeth's hair was dark blonde instead of dark brown like Katherine's.

The girls turned to each other after the maids left them and Elizabeth reached down her dress and yanked out the coin, pulling it from around her neck, "Here you go, it's your turn to wear it, Kat."

"Lizzie," Katherine sighed with a smile, "Don't you want it? For luck with the Norrington thing?"

Elizabeth shrugged, "Don't worry about it, I'll wear it tonight. It's your turn, I wore it the last time we went to something."

Katherine took the coin from her and put it around her own neck, tucking it into the dress to be hidden. After eight years, she still felt awkward as they had stolen the coin from Will and he still didn't know. As they made their way downstairs, they saw their father talking to him ironically.

"Will!" Both girls cried, fleeing down the steps. He smiled up at both of them. Elizabeth was the love and light of his life, though he didn't believe that she knew it. He only talked to her on rare occasions which he treasured. Katherine Swann, however, could sneak under their father's radar easily because he was so focused on Elizabeth and the future Commodore that she was one of Will's best friends. He saw her almost every day and if not, every other.

"Miss Swann," he nodded to each of them politely.

"I had a dream about you last night!" Elizabeth cried out. Katherine locked her eyes with Will's and rolled them with a small smile on her face.

Jack could have cried, he found it so humorous. They had left only two guards to guard the best ship in Port Royal? He chuckled to himself as he strolled over. He however paused when he saw a young woman approaching the two guards. Both guards stood straight up and took their hats off, placing them over their chests and bowing slightly to her. She smiled and giggled a bit before waving them to stand normally.

She was beautiful, Jack noticed. He hid behind a tree to spy on her. He had only seen a few women during his walk throughout Port Royal, and none of them had been remotely attractive. They all wore plain clothes and all basically looked the same. This woman, however, was dressed in the latest fashion of London and seemed to have an air of importance about her.

She was short, he noted, the top of her head came to almost the nose of the taller guard. She was also tanned, unlike the other women in the town. She had long, brown hair that was up in curls. She was gorgeous, he concluded, as he decided to make his way back up to the dock. He figured he could speak to her as well as commandeer a ship; there'd be no harm in it.

Katherine had been nearly bored to death at Norrington's ceremony. She had decided to sneak off and bother two of her favorite guards: Murtogg and Mullroy. She had no problem sneaking off, as usual, and her sister envied her for it. Because her sister was the apple of the new Commodore's eye. James Norrington had had a crush on Elizabeth since she was probably fourteen years old. Katherine was deeply disturbed by this fact, but no one else had seen anything wrong with it.

Elizabeth Swann was the eldest of the two siblings, being nineteen years old. She hadn't wed yet, because of her love for the blacksmith, William Turner. No one knew this, save for Katherine. There was reasonable doubt if whether or not Elizabeth knew it herself; she hadn't yet admitted to it. Katherine Swann, however, was only eighteen. She looked as if she was twenty though, because her body had more womanly curves than her sister's.

"Good afternoon, you two," she smiled as she curtsied at the guards; she loved bothering them on a daily basis. They were the only people besides her father, her sister, James Norrington, Nathaniel Gillette, the maids, and William Turner that she interacted with.

"Good afternoon, Miss Swann," They both replied.

Murtogg smiled, "Miss Swann, why aren't you up at the ceremony?"

"It's such a beautiful day," she smiled, "I can't stand to be cooped up with a bunch of men staring at me that are the same age as my father," she chuckled. "Besides, if I was up there, who would be here to keep you company?"

The two men grinned; Katherine Swann was known as the more sociable, sweet Swann sister. Elizabeth had a reputation to sticking to their father's rules and talking only to whom she was told to. And her excuse of elder men slipped past the two guard's heads as only she knew that she was really only referring to Gillette.

Lieutenant Nathaniel Gilette was actually James Norrington's cousin on his mother's side and a few years younger than him. While she had exaggerated on him being as old as her father, he still held a good ten year difference over her. He had been trying to court Katherine for the past two years now and she was always busy on the days he wanted to take her out.

Jack had begun to walk up. The men pointed at him, "This dock is off limits to civilians."

"Well, she's down here, and I shall let you know if I see any," he tried to step away from them.

Katherine giggled and Jack looked over at her. Her giggle was one of the cutest noises he had ever heard. Wait, he thought for a moment, Cute? Jack, get a grip on yourself, it's just a girl, mate.

She smiled at him and he noticed that she had eyes that were a blue-green. The color of the ocean…

"Yes, well, if so, you can't be here Mr…"

"Smith."

"Mr. Smith."

Katherine tried not to laugh aloud that time and she coughed into her hand delicately to cover it up. What morons, these two could be. The man was obviously a pirate and they did nothing to stop him. He locked eyes with her and knew instantly that she had seen through his ruse as the guards had not. He smiled at her, "And you are, m'lady?"

"Katherine Swann," she held a dainty hand out and he leaned down to kiss it, "A pleasure, Miss Swann."

"Lovely to make your acquaintance as well," she paused with a glint in her eyes, "Mr. Smith."

He chuckled, amazed that she hadn't told on him, before he began to fight with the two guards before him.

Katherine watched amused for a moment as they fought before her eyes wandered up to where the ceremony was. She yawned into her hand, looking away from the men. The sun was dangerously hot today. As she looked back, she noticed that the men had made their way onto the ship and were all conversing. Katherine followed up to see what they were saying.

Suddenly a splash below the cliff woke her up from her lazy state. She looked over to see water rippling just past the rocks. She stared up at the cliff, it was where the ceremony was being held. Curious, she tilted her head. She saw Norrington standing there.

"Elizabeth!" he cried out, looking down into the water.

"Elizabeth?" she whispered allowed, standing by the edge of the ship and looking at the water. Her eyes widened as she could make out the figure of her sister sinking below the surface, "Elizabeth!" she cried out louder. She stepped onto the edge of the ship and held onto one of the ropes, prepared to jump in after her sister.

Before the stranger could stop her, she was already under the water. The two marines looked at each other, "What do we do?" Murtogg asked before they saw the water almost shake for a moment. Jack raised an eyebrow and as he saw the brunette struggling to carry the other figure to shore, he decided to step in.

He took off all the items he wore around him and dove in the water gracefully. Eyes wide, the two men watched as he made his way to the girls and helped Katherine to pull Elizabeth to the docks. He pushed Katherine up first, handing her Elizabeth before he climbed out. Katherine knelt down by her sister, tapping her cheeks lightly, "Lizzie," she whispered.

"She's not breathing!" One of the men said.

Katherine pointed at the horrible corset, "That monstrosity…"

Jack chuckled and cut the corset in half. Elizabeth began coughing out water and Katherine squealed with joy. "Oh, Lizbeth!" she smiled, that was her nickname for her older sister, "You're alive!"

Jack had eyed up the golden medallion the girls had found on Will years earlier, "Where did you get that?" he picked it up off of where it rested on Katherine's chest.

The two sisters looked at each other wild-eyed, unknowing as to how to answer the stranger. Luckily, and not so luckily, Commodore James Norrington and Lieutenant Gillette had decided to make their entrance with some of the navy. Katherine rolled her eyes mentally when Gillette grinned at her and brought her over a blanket to dry herself with. She had to bit her tongue to quit from vomiting as she thanked him politely. Gillette had as much of a crush on her that Norrington had on Elizabeth. He assisted her to her feet, as James assisted Elizabeth into their father's arms where he awaited with a towel.

The stranger was yanked roughly to his feet after noticing the exchange of looks between the other Swann daughter and one of the men in the navy. He nearly chuckled at how obvious it was that the man in the wig liked her and how even more obvious it was that she didn't like him.

"Katherine Isabella Swann, why are you down here already? Where have you been?" Her father looked at her, hugging his eldest daughter to himself as she shivered.

"I came down to talk to-" she tried to explain, waving her arms at Murtogg and Mullroy.

"You don't wander around unsupervised, Katherine. It is not permitted."

"Yes, daddy," she mumbled, shuffling in place.

The attention was then turned to the stranger. Norrington held out his hand to shake and when the stranger accepted, James ripped his sleeve up, "Well, have a run in with the East India Trading company? Pirate…"he spit out the word. "Gillette, fetch some irons." James pulled the sleeve up higher, "Well…Jack Sparrow."

Katherine's eyes darted to look at the man's face. Jack Sparrow? She and Elizabeth had read many stories of this man, and he had just saved Elizabeth's life. Katherine felt herself grow angry as Jack's items were insulted by James one after one.

She heard Jack mutter the word 'finally' before she heard a clanking of metal and a force pulling her backwards by her neck. He'd put his handcuffs around her neck and tried to use her as a shield.

"Don't shoot!" Governor Swann cried out, "For goodness sake, lower your guns!"

"I knew you'd warm up to me," Jack grinned.

Katherine felt his hot breath against her ear and almost closed her eyes. "Now," he continued, "Commodore! My effects please…and my hat!"

"Now," he whispered in the young girl's ear, "if you'd be so kind."

Katherine turned to face Jack with his effects in her hands. She placed the hat on his head calmly, her eyes studying his face quickly, memorizing it. She then leaned in to wrap his holster around him. He studied the faces in front of him. Norrington looked disgusted, and her father and sister looked horrified. The boy that had glanced at her and who'd put the cuffs on him looked enraged. He gave the man a small smirk, almost mocking him. Then, he heard a small voice, as sweet as honey come from her as she seemingly hugged him, "Thank you for helping me save Elizabeth."

She then tied his belt on him calmly and gave him a small, sweet smile, "Any day, 'luv," he whispered so only she could hear him.

He then spun her around to face her family, "You will remember this day as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!" he yelled proudly. He then whispered, "I'm sorry," and shoved the young girl forward before grabbing onto a rope and kicking it at the bottom, he literally flew away from the navy and to freedom.