Note: Story title is lame, I know, can't think up anything better at the moment, so please just deal with it. Then this story was never really meant to be split in parts, but since it's not complete yet and putting all of it in one chapter isn't really the best choice either, I'll just cut it wherever I feel like it. ^-^ There was something else I though useful to stare here, but I somehow can't remember. I just hope you enjoy reading and are willing to review afterwards. I really like to know what you think, as I recently discovered this is actually one of the few fan fiction stories I am writing in English. (Yes, English isn't my mother language, please excuse me for strange sentence.)
Hi, I am Nina. This is my story. It started many years ago. I was a 17 year old girl living in Port Royal with her mother. Even though I asked my mother many times, she never wanted to tell me more about my father than two things. First, the sea was his first and only love, and second, he had a sparrow tattoed on his arm. When I was young, I believed he would return to me and my mother at a certain point of time, but when I grew older I started to realize he left us. I realized he would never return. Gradually I started to forget about my longing for him and got used to the life with just my mother. Since my mother got a child while she was unmarried, we were treated like outcast most of the time. Especially the high ranks did not like our kind. Still my mother managed to make a living with her own little shop. In the summer we sold fruits, vegetables and cakes. In the winter she cleaned houses of those with more money to spend. All in all we were really poor, but we survived.
On a bright summer day, things suddenly changed. appeared in our life. He was a high officer, in service of the East-Indian Trading Company. Though we were the completely opposite of him, he showed great interest in my mother. It was probably the first time I saw her happy again since many years. Her happiness was not enough to make me happy though, I realized really soon what this would mean. If my mother married that kind of guy, we would suddenly move up in the ranks. I was sure everything I was used to would change. Most fearsome though, was the thought of an arranged marriage. I was 17 years old already, old enough to marry. I was sure this new father would try to engage me as soon as possible.
As I couldn't have this happen, I packed some stuff and went to the docks in search of the man who gave life to me. Somehow I told myself my mother would dump that high officer if my real father returned. On the docks, I suddenly realized how foolish my search was. I only knew two things about him, and only one of those two might be usefull in identifying him. I got lucky though, extremely lucky that is. Gathering all my courage, I asked one of the older shipmen who did not seem to be too busy.
'You mean Jack Sparrow?' He answered. 'I never met him, but the tales about him are quite exciting. I guess half of them are not even true, but still, he is one of the best pirates in the Caribbean. I heard he is the captain of the Black Pearl. A pure black ship, fastest in the entire world.'
I never expected things to go that easily. I was only out for a few hours and got the name of my real father already. I am not sure what I was thinking at that moment, but I was probably really shocked by the fact he was a pirate. Quite a famous pirate that is. Even I heard tales about Jack Sparrow. He was supposed to be hanged when I was about 7 years old, but he escaped back then with some help of the governor's daughter. I had never been able to verify that kind of information though. I am sure that for a moment though, I felt like I lost. There was no reason why my mother would chose a pirate over and officer, still he was my only chance of meeting and horrible fate, and besides that, I was actually trilled by the idea of meeting a real pirate. Since I was his daughter, I should not have much to fear of him. At least that was what I thought. And my luck did not run out. The old shipman was even able to provide me with a possible location of his whereabouts.
'Where you would be able to find him? Why would a girl like you want to find him? He will just use you. But anyway, if you are really persistent to find him, go and take a look in Tortuga, a pirate port. He will show up there eventually, I am sure of that.'
So that is what I did, I went to Tortuga. That opposed a greater challenge though. No ships would sail to Tortuga, unless they had no other choice. Walking around on the docks for hours, I started to grab the attention of more people there and the rumor I wanted to go to Tortuga was heard by many ears. Most of the shipmen tried to avoid me. If I wanted to Tortuga, I could not be up to something good. Afterwards I think I have been really lucky none of the guards caught me and put me in jail to question. When the sun was about to set, I was spotted by some shabby looking guy asking why I wanted to go to Tortuga.
'I need to find someone.' was the simple answer I gave.
'Who are you looking for?' I had to think about this question for a bit, but it was soon clear to me. It was none of his business. Apparently the guy understood and did not ask more about it.
'Can you cook? If you can, I will gladly welcome you aboard my ship. We will leave for Tortuga in a couple of minutes.' I was not sure if I could trust the guy, but anything worse than an arranged marriage could not happen to me back then, so I agreed. In the end there was nothing to be afraid of. The captain was harsh, but he treated me well. All I had to do was cooking the meals for the crew. Still I was happy I could leave the ship in Tortuga. The captain was unexpectedly sad to let me go, making me suspect the crew had been taking peeks on me while I took a bath. I left these thoughts behind me soon, focusing on the task before me. I was in Tortuga now, but I still needed to find my father, Jack Sparrow.
Next: Nina arrived in Tortuga and goes looking for her father. Will she be able to persuade Jack to come home with her?