Prologue
The wind whistled past his ears, pushing his night black hair away from his clean shaven, ruggedly handsome face. His dark, mysterious and dangerous eyes were trained on the horizon, on the look out for enemy ships or land on which to make his fortune or simply just to have a good time.
On his face was a self satisfied smirk of a man who felt he knew the world very well. His eyes filled with the fire of defiance as his hands held on tightly to the spokes of the enormous ship's wheel.
For a moment he broke his attention away from the sea's surface and surveyed his ship from his great height, watching his loyal crew work below him, tirelessly toiling to keep the ship going, repairing the slightest damage, ensuring she was the best she could be.
Many of his men were scared from the many battles they had fought and won, and the very few they had lost. Each and every man who served him was willing to die for him. Their own captain. Captain Ja-
"JOHN SMITH!" yelled a stern voice, "come down from that tree at once! Stop it with your tomfoolery and daydreams. There is work to be done."
"I am not John Smith," said the ten year old boy indignantly, "I'm Jack Sparrow."
He paused for a moment, his dark eyes glinting with mischievousness and grinned impishly and the stout woman standing in the doorway of the house.
"Captain Jack Sparrow."
He jumped from the branches with the agility of a cat, his long black hair falling gently into his face as he looked up towards her again.
"The most Famous pirate captain in the Caribbean- NO!" he corrected himself, standing slowly, "in all the seven seas."
His aunt rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, watching him closely as he almost stalked towards her.
"The most feared. The most notorious. My crew will be the most loyal. I'll be strong! I'll be fierce! I'll be-" He tripped over a stone in his path to his aunt and fell flat on his face.
"Lucky to reach fifteen," his aunt finished for him, chuckling. She walked over to help the poor boy up.
"The name's Jack," insisted the young Jack Sparrow, shaking his aunt off him, "And you'll see. Soon everyone will know of Captain Jack Sparrow."