I don't know how to do a Copyright thingy so really I don't own any characters apart from Maria Barbossa, Copyright to the creators of Pirates of the Caribbean.

I woke up to Hannah opening the curtains for me, I love waking up to the sun light however looking out of the window I can see that today is going to take a turn for the worst as there are dark clouds closing in. I live in the Governors household as he is my father. I also have a sister, Elizabeth, she is father's favourite daughter and only she is allowed to call him Father. It hurts me when he says this but I just let it pass.

"Morning Miss, Mr Swan has asked that you dress appropriately today as it is Commodore Norrington's celebration today."

"Morning Hannah, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Maria?"

"Morning Maria, which dress would you like to wear today?" Hannah asks while looking through my wardrobe, I hate dresses they are so heavy and normally I ditch the corset but today I am to wear one as it is a formal event we are attending, well FORCED to attend.

"There was that so hard? And you can pick, you know how much I LOVE dresses" Hannah laughs at my sarcasm while helping me with my corset.

"Knock Knock it's only me. Morning Maria" Elizabeth my older sister calls as she walks into my room.

"Morning Elizabeth what can I do for you?" I ask while trying to adjust to the lack of oxygen in my lungs from this damn corset. Elizabeth looks beautiful however in her new imported gown from England, she always does.

"Hannah you may leave I will help Maria continue to dress." Hannah nods respectfully and then leaves the room.

"What is the matter Elizabeth why did Hannah have to leave?" I am starting to worry as Elizabeth has a sad look in her eyes.

"Well today is your 18th birthday yes?" She pauses so I nod in reply Elizabeth continues "Well when you were just a month old you put on our doorstep and with you were to notes one addressed to Father and one to you. Father never liked you calling him Father because he isn't yours it wasn't because he hated you or preferred me it was just that he knew if he grew close to you; it would hurt him more when you were taken away. I'm sorry I never told you this, and I am afraid to say that Fathers plan didn't work as he loves you dearly, as do I." Elizabeth was crying now and I felt a trickle slowly running down my cheek. The people I called my family weren't all these years the people who I trusted the most lied to me. At least now I know that it wasn't favouritism from Father, I mean Mr Swan, it was just because I wasn't his daughter.

"Maria are you ok? I am so sorry that I didn't tell you please forgive me I don't care that we are not related by blood you will always be my sister."

"Miss Elizabeth your Father requests your presence downstairs, please." Hannah says while poking her head around the door, she then leaves again. When Elizabeth has finished helping me into my dress she leaves a note on the table and leaves. I can't bring myself to talk to her or forgive her; of course I love her it's just that she lied to me for my whole life how can we ever get past that? Well I better read the letter now rather than later, why put it off what else could be worse than being lied to? My parents being: pirates? Tyrants? Dead? I honestly couldn't care anymore, they obviously didn't.

To my dearest Maria,

I am terribly sorry that I must leave you. I am dying and I would hate for you to go through losing a Mother as it would be too hard for you to deal with and then being left to fend for yourself on the streets. It is with deep regret that I have to give you up, my beautiful baby girl, you see I met your Father and we conceived you out of wedlock and because my Family was one of high class they shunned me away. I am to live on the streets, where I have picked up an awful disease. I have written to your Father and he will now know about your existence. I have told him where you live and will grow up, I also asked him to leave you alone and to grow into a woman of 18 until he can contact you, I want you to have a good life so please don't hate me for keeping your Father away. He is neither a noble man nor a man who follows the law. He is a pirate, and that is why I can't let him have you until you are 18, by then you will be wise enough to know the dangers and learn how to fight. Your Father's name is Captain Barbossa of the Black Pearl, he will come for you but only go if you want to, do not be forced.

Remember that this is the hardest decision I have ever had to make and the hardest letter I have ever had to write and I am sorry, but I believe and know that it is the best possible way for you to have a life that is worth living. I have left you with the Governor and I hope that he follows my wishes and treats you as his own, and leaves this a secret until you are 18. I will always love you and I hope that you will never forget this. Please know that your Father is a good man he just doesn't show it all the time.

I have given you a necklace that was a gift from your father as it is a heirloom of his, it is very precious so please keep it with you. As it belonged to both me and your father it is now a part of us and now you too.

Be safe and lead a happy and long life my beautiful baby Maria.

My love for always,

Rosa Clingard, Your Mother.

My mother is dead? My father a pirate? I think my life will never be the same after today. I look into the envelope and see a small necklace well a locket really, it must have been hers. I clip it to my neck and put on some shoes and make my way to the entrance hall. That is when I see my childhood friend, Will Turner. I see him gazing longingly into Elizabeth's eyes and Elizabeth returning the same look so I clear my throat and run down the stairs and throw myself into Will's arms.

"Hey Maria, Happy Birthday, here's your gift it's not much really but I hope you like it." I thank Will and open the gift; it's a book of the poetry that I like. Will and I are best friends and I train with him for 3hours a day with the swords in case of an attack. He always said that I was naturally talented with the sword; I wonder if it is my pirate blood?

"Well we must be going thank you for delivering the sword and give our praises to its creator." Mr Swan said as he ushers us out of the door and into the carriage.

"Goodbye Will" Elizabeth says as she enters the carriage and as we pull away I'm sure I heard Will call goodbye to Elizabeth.

We have now been standing for hours now watching these men prance around in funny looking uniforms, so I decided to skip. I was walking down the pier when I heard to guards and another man talking. The guards obviously dressed in uniform and the other was wearing a funny hat with a long jacket. His hair was in dreadlocks and he had a handsome face, yeah he was really handsome.

"We'll there's no real ship that can match the interceptor." Guard number 1 says, he has a funny hat.

"The black pearl is a real ship." Guard number 2 says while turning to face guard number 1. Hmmm maybe I should call them Bill and Ben.

"No no it's not." Bill replied to Ben, Yes definitely should be there names.

"Yes it is I've seen it."

"You've seen it?"

"Yes"

"You haven't seen it"

"Yes, I have."

"You've seen a ship with black sails, that's crewed by the damned and captained by a man so evil that Hell itself spat him back out?"

While this was going on I notice the handsome man walking onto the Interceptor. So naturally I follow. I wonder what he is doing here anyway.

I stand to the side as I see Bill and Ben climbing onboard the Interceptor.

"Hey! You! Get away from there. You too Missy." Bill shouts. The Handsome man notices me now for the first time and bows slightly to notice my existence. I nod back respectfully; I'm not curtsying to him especially with these two pointing guns at me. Do they not know that I am the Governor's daughter; well they don't know I'm adopted.

"I'm sorry, it's just – it's such a pretty boat. Ship." I laugh at the man and his words. But he signals me to move near him so I do so with caution but he obviously wants to escape or protect me or something.

"What's your name?" Bill said.

"Smith. Or Smithy, if you like." Ahh so it's Mr Smith then is it handsome? I really need to stop calling him handsome I sound like Elizabeth; I'm not interested in men this way.

"What's your purpose in Port Royal, Mr. Smith?" Again Bill answered while watching me move closer to Mr Smith, probably wondering if I knew him.

"Yeah. And no lies." Ha Idiot, I love Ben he is so stupid it is unbelievable.

"Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out!" WHAT! I think I'm going deaf I might just collapse or something from heat stroke because it sounds like he just told them what he was planning to do.

"I said no lies!" Well Ben obviously didn't believe him.

"I think he's telling the truth." There was Ben with his ever so clever input once again.

"If he were telling the truth, he wouldn't have told us."

"Unless, of course, he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you." I was about to say something when I heard a splash and a man shout Elizabeth. Immediately I run to the boat to see a splash as to where my sister has fallen. I start to remove my dress but a hand comes and stops me. It was Mr Smith.

"You leave your clothes on Miss it'll ruin your name if you take them off." He says while he starts stripping too.

"She is my sister you idiot!" I shout at him while I remove my dress. He pauses to look at my breasts.

"You pervert stop staring!" Is he serious? He moves to touch me but I realise he wasn't staring at me but at my necklace that was in the letter.

"Where did you get that from? You're not a Barbossa are you?" But I didn't answer his question I jumped into the water to save my sister. I see Mr Smith in the water too, so he must have followed. Together we pull Elizabeth back to land. Bill and Ben where there to help us pull Elizabeth out of the water and onto the pier.

"Why isn't she breathing? Elizabeth? Can you hear me? Please be ok." I cry into her chest. It wasn't until after that I notice that Mr Smith has cut open Elizabeth's corset and she starts to breathe again. I throw myself at Mr Smith and cry my thanks into his chest.

"What is going on here? Why are both my daughters practically naked and my youngest sitting hugging a stranger? Maria stop it now!" I hear Mr Swan shout, and I pull away while looking down. I stand up and so does Mr Smith and Elizabeth. I was stood slightly in front of Mr Smith.

"Well Father I passed out because of too little air and fell from the fort. Maria and this man here jumped in to rescue me so if it wasn't for him then I wouldn't be here I would be at the bottom of the ocean floor." Elizabeth explained to Father and the Commodore.

"Well you can put your weapons down now men."Mr Swan told the armed guards.

"I believe thanks are in order." Commodore shakes Mr Smith's hand but then stops and pulls up his sleeve. I can't believe what I saw, he was a pirate. "Had a brush with the East India Trading company, did we, pirate? Keep your guns on him, men. Gillette, fetch some irons. Well, well? Jack Sparrow, isn't it?" Hmm I should have known all along that his name wasn't Smith. Doesn't matter really I like the name Jack better.

"Captain Jack Sparrow, if you please, sir." While he is put in chains.

"Please don't kill him; he saved my life, would you really kill my rescuer." Elizabeth tries to reason but stupid Commodore just ignores her and pushes her to Mr Swan behind him. I still stand a bit to the side of Jack standing my ground.

"Well, I don't see your ship Captain." Ignorant Commodore thinks he's so good.

"I'm in the market as it were." Jack replies coolly. I must give him praise he doesn't seem fazed at all.

"He said he'd come to commandeer one." Way Bill catches up at least.

"Told ya he was telling the truth. These are his, sir." Ways to go Ben just give up any chance of the saviour getting away. Hmmm maybe he knows my Father. I must help him. I walk up to Jack and whisper in his ear.

"Put the chains around my neck and pull me along, ask for your effects and then release me but please take me with you." He nods to show he heard me when Commodore thinks he is nodding to him. With that he pulls the chain around my neck I act along with him, giving him a slight wink as if to say that I'm good. I wonder if Mr Swan/ Father will let them shoot me, seen as though i'm not his real daughter.

"Shoot him" Commodore cries.

"No wait my Maria is still with him." I smile at my Fathers/ Mr Swan's words.

"I knew you'd warm up to me Miss. Commodore Norrington, my effects, please, and my hat. Commodore! Maria. It is Maria isn't it?" Jack said while moving backwards slightly.

"It's Miss Swan." I reply while acting along.

Miss Swan, if you'd be so kind. Come, come, dear, we don't have all day. Now if you'd be very kind." He says while I strap his belt around him. "Easy on the goods, darling." He gives me a cheeky wink.

By the way I'll be taking this little Miss with me, I need some fun." He winks suggestively at my sister and pushes me behind him and wraps my arms around his waist.

"Gentlemen, m'lady, you will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!" and with that we are catapulted into the air, no shots are fired because I was with him.

We manage to find our way to Will's shop. But then the inevitable happens. Will grabs me and pulls me behind him while pointing a sword at Jack.

"Will let me go, I want to go with him."

"No Maria you can't be a pirate it's not you."

"It is me Will it's in my blood my real Father was a pirate. Barbodda or something!" I scream at him and run towards Jack. He also pulls me behind him.

"Well then Will, can I call you Will? We'll I am going to anyway. You can't fight me i'm a pirate and you will know now that Maria here wanted to go with me." Jack says while we walk to the door. The next thing though I'm back in Will's arms and Jack is lying flat out on the floor. Will smashed him on the head with a glass.

"You Maria are not telling anyone that you wanted to go or you will be hung for helping a pirate escape understand?"

"Yes Will." I can't believe he did that, it was my way of freedom."

"Ahh Mr Turner I see you caught our pirate and pirate sympathiser." He turns his pointed glare towards me as if to tell me that he knows. Well I may as well glare back.

"Through her in a cell, him too." Commodore says and walks off. I hear a smash and feel pain in the back of my head but then the darkness consumes me.

[Few hours later]

Owh! My head, I roll over expecting to find a table with water on it but instead I feel something warm like a leg.

"Like feeling me up now do you Missy?" I hear a dark seductive voice say. As if his voice triggered something in the back of my mind I suddenly remember everything from the last couple of hours. I look down to see myself in only my under dress. Why was I not aware of this at the time?

"Would you like my coat? You're getting some weird looks of the pervy prisoner's lovey."

"Yes please I would really appreciate it. So what's happened since I was out?" I ask while putting on Jacks coat.

"Well the black pearl attacked and many people are injured. The Captain was said to be looking for a Maria in the Governors household. It wasn't you was it lovey?"

"Well-"I was about to tell Jack when Will came rushing in.

"Maria! Are you going to tell me why those pirates where looking for you."

"It's cos the captain was her Father." Jack answered for me... WAIT how he know.

"How do you know? I didn't tell you." I state sending him a glare while I do it.

"Well yesterday you said that your Dad was called 'Barbodda or something' and that necklace is an heirloom or you're Fathers."

"Oh right I forgot about that." Dum Maria stupid, stupid!

"Well anyway they came last night about some gold and you, well Elizabeth said her name was yours, she also had a medallion that they needed something about the Aztec gold? I'm not sure well anyway to sum up the story Elizabeth was taken by the pirates." Will said in a rushed breath.

"What's your name boy?" Jack asked from behind me.

"William Turner and you are Jack Sparrow a pirate."

"A pirate I maybe but it is in your blood son, those pirates will be needing it soon."

"Well guys as much as I want to listen to your nonsense I don't have time for it, I need to rescue my sister. Will get me out." I say while standing up and dusting myself off.

Bang! Will opens the door and we rush out.

"Wait, lovey, you're going to have to change, here in there." Jack ushers us into a pub and through to the female toilets.

"Go away if i'm to change then." Will did as I asked but all Jack replied was;

"Promise I won't look" And winked my way.

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