Everyday I hope that he'll find me, take me in his arms and take me home. More often than not, I am disappointed.

The Kidnapping

My life changed completely 8 years ago. My father, Captain Jack Aubry, is captain of the HMS Surprise. When I was about 8 years old, my father had been traveling on the ship for about 3 years and was finally home. My mother and I were very excited. We cleaned the house, planted flowers and made everything look perfect for when he came home. I love my father, he's a great man and I would never put any of the blame on him for this. Anyway, After he came home, there was a ball for him and his sailors, but I was not allowed to go. I stayed with my aunt in a house nearby. My aunt had about 7 children and only one of them was my age, so we were expected to sleep in the same bed. I didn't like it very much in that house being that there were so many children and so much noise so that night I snuck out of the house and walked around outside. I was so young I never realized that something bad could happen in the dark. I waited until everyone was asleep and carefully creeped out of the bed and out the window. I put on my long coat over my simple nightgown. While I walked around that night, I saw a dark figure lurking near my house and I walked closer."What are you doing?" I said peering around him.

"who are you?" He hissed.

"My name is Jane Aubry," I smiled, "my dad's at the ball so he won't be home for a while."

"Aubry? Are you Jack's daughter?"

"Well..." I hesitated "Yes."

"Perfect." He whispered. After saying that, he grabbed me around the waist and held me against him with his hand over my mouth. I screamed as loud as possible but with all of the noise of the ball, no one could hear me. I could smell his hand. He smelled like sea salt and dirt. His clothes were brown with dirt and loose fitting while his pants were tucked into his worn dark brown boots. He had on a simple hat to keep away the sun during the day and any other possible weather problems. His pace quickened with every step and I couldn't keep up with my little legs. Finally, even in the dark, I started to realize where we were going. I knew the route from when mom and I would go to the docks to say goodbye to dad and I would walk with my friends to the docks to play. When we reached the docks, He threw me into a small boat and began to row away. I felt the water with my hand. A sharp pain ran up my arm. "That water is too cold for you to swim in, you'll be dead before you reach the shore." Suddenly, I knew what was happening. Tears began running down my cold cheeks as I began to sob. I hadn't realized that I may not see my parents again until now. "Oh calm down little one," he said "I'm not going to hurt you." My tears came quicker now and I couldn't control them. Eventually he stopped rowing and I realized we were close to a bigger ship. He stood, grabbed me around the waist and lifted me to the shadow figures at the top of the ship. They put me down and I looked around. I had never been on a ship like this before and I wasn't really sure of where to go or even where anything was. "Come with me." he said.

"The captain's been waiting, who's the girl?" one of the figures said.

"Aubry's daughter," he grinned "she walked right up to me." All of them began to laugh and he pushed me down a slanting ladder to the lower level of the ship. I waited for him to push me forward toward the other end of the ship. When we reached the door he knocked and opened the door, on the other end sat a man behind a desk with a bunch of maps spread out. He grinned and I could see his yellowing teeth,

"Come in my darling."