Chapter One: The Ceremony

Lily's POV

Lily Evans, the Governor's daughter, stood on a balcony in her bedroom at Chesterville, the summer vacation home owned by the Governor. She sighed dreamily, mind wandering over the novel she had just completed, the adventures of wild buccaneers fresh in her mind. Half of Lily wished she could meet a real pirate, but the other half was fearful and wary of them, especially one called Captain Tom M. Riddle. He was one of the most gruesome and malicious pirates to sail the seven seas, plundering and destroying villages and settlements for nearly ten years now. And the worst part, he never left any survivors. Lily leaned up against the railing, fingering the ornate gold locket her mother had given her.

Flashback

Evangeline Evans stood next to her 10-year-old daughter, Lily, on the ship, Aphrodite. They were watching a bank of clouds creeping closer and closer every second, growing darker all the while. Evangeline could sense that this storm would be a killer, and she, one of its victims. Suddenly she turned to her young daughter and began speaking in a low, urgent voice, "Lily, darling, I need you to take care of something for me, alright?" she removed an intricate gold locket from around her neck and fastened it around Lily's. The chain was long enough that it could be hidden under one's dress. Lily fingered the necklace that hung around her throat. "What's inside?" she asked curiously. Her mother answered her quietly, "You mustn't open it, Flower, I don't believe it will unlock anyway, without the key," Evangeline glanced around uneasily, "Now listen darling, you must promise me two things, alright angel?" She waited until her young daughter had nodded to continue, "Alright then, number one, you must promise me that you will never lose track of this locket, it is very, very special. And number two Flower, you must never show this locket to anyone, including your father, okay darling?" When Lily had assured her mother that, of course she would keep that promise, Evangeline smiled in relief, and led her daughter over to the door that led down to the belly of the ship, and told her daughter to go and wait, and Mommy would come along later. Except she never did. Evangeline Evans died up on deck in that hurricane.

End Flashback

As the memories flashed in Lily's mind, she had to fight to keep away the tears that threatened to pour down her cheeks. Lily sighed, thinking she had better get off to bed. After all, she had quite a full schedule the next day.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. Came the booming sound from the doorway. "Miss Evans?" Lily's maid, Adelina called out, "Are you awake?" she walked into the room without waiting for a reply, throwing the curtains open so sunlight filtered into the room, and marching straight over to the armoire to pick out Lily's ensamble for the day.

"Ad-dy," Lily moaned, head under the pillow, "Why do you have to wake me up so bloody early!"

Addy walked over to the bed, yanking off the duvet and grabbing the pillow off Lily's head. "Because, Miss Evans, thats what I'm here for. Besides, It's Captain Dursley's promotion ceremony today."

"You make that sound like it's a good thing!" Lily said, outraged, "That's even more of a reason not to get up today!" Vernon Dursley was a man that looked like a cross between a pig and a small whale. He had almost no neck, a big, beefy head, and a handlebrush mustache. The man had absolutely no manners or consideration, and worst of all, he was quite smitten with Lily. Although, personally, Lily thought he was better matched with her elder sister, Petunia. Both of them were insufferable prats.

She was torn out of her musings by Addy, who announced that Lily would be wearing the pale green dress, embroidered with small white flowers, a green sash a the waist, fitted bodice, and square neckline with white lace decorating the edges. Lily would also wear the flat, wide-brimmed straw hat trimmed with pale green, and white slippers. After Addy had assisted Lily in dressing, and fixed her long, auburn into a half-ponytail, she barely had time to scarf down a light breakfast before her father rang for the carriage. Lily hurried towards the front door, and hopped into the carriage right after Petunia, who sneered when she saw Lily. Petunia had a longish face, thin blond hair, and pale, watery blue-gray eyes. She was tall and skinny, and always looked like she had just seen something terribly unpleasant, although that particular expression was normally only worn around Lily.

The ride on the way to the fort was silent and boring, as was the ceremony. Afterwards, Lily elected to take a walk, because she had seen Captain, no, Commodore Dursley glancing at her numerous times, and wanted to leave before he could corner her.

Lily set off upon a back road that was not often traveled, most likely because it winded around next to a cliff that hung over the ocean. The drop was probably only about 50 feet, but rocks scattered about at the base of the cliff made this particular part of the ocean trecharous. When Lily had reached this part, she was breathing quite heavily, (thanks to the corset she was wearing,) and seeing black spots in her vision. The sun was beating down on her, and Lily decided she best head back to the fort after a short rest, but she stumbled and fainted, falling off the cliff in the process.

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James POV

James Potter, pirate extrodinaire, captain of le Voleur, a french ship he and his crew had "borrowed" at a port in France, renaming it The Thief, only in french to remind them of where they had gotten the ship. Currently, Captain Potter and his ship and crew were floating just off shore of a settlement called Port George, after the king of England in that time. They had traveled through a most fearsome storm, and repairs were necessary if they were to continue hunting the Great Treasure. Captain James was currently discussing whether or not this was a good port to make berth at, with his first mate Sirius Black, and second mate Remus Lupin. Suddenly Remus, who was facing some cliffs off the the side of the ship, gasped loudly, his eyes widening.

"James! A woman just fell off that cliff and into the water!" he exclaimed.

James glanced over his shoulder and noticed, that yes indeed, a maiden did seem to have fallen. "Hmm," he said, "Will you be saving her then?"

Remus swallowed and said, "James you know I can hardly swim myself, and Sirius would hardly risk getting himself all salty would he?"

James thought, and said, "Good point," before sighing, removing his effects, and diving into the icy water. A couple of seconds later, (incidentally just as Lily's body came to a rest at the bottom of the ocean,) a huge shock wave went off through the water. Sirius and Remus looked at each other before their gazes returned to the waves, where a few seconds later, James head popped up. He swam over to the ship, dragging along a woman's body, and climbed back on deck with her on his shoulder. James plopped Lily's lifeless body down on deck, glanced a her for a second, before yanking open her dress and cutting apart her corset. Lily sat up immediately, coughing and choking up sea water.

"Where am I," she managed to splutter, but James ignored her, his brow furrowed as he reached down to grab her locket.

"Now where did you get that?" he asked her. Lily's eyes widened, and she snatched the locket out of James' grasp.

"My mother gave it to me the day she died, seven years ago, now if you please sir, where am I?" This time when Lily asked, the last three words sounded much more forceful than they had before. James half-smiled at her, and said, "Welcome aboard Le Voleur, Miss. . .?"

Lily raised an eyebrow, "Lily Evans. Le Voleur? The Theif?" she glanced around, seeming to take in the dirty crew, and the black flag hanging on the mast. Her eyes widened, and she gasped, "Are you, pirates?"

James chuckled, "Lass catches on quick, don't she? Now get back to your stations men, or your break or whatever. Party's over. Now you," he gestured towards Lily, "Need to be shown to your cabin. Sirius!" James called, craning his neck to look around for his first mate.

"Aye, James?" Sirius said.

"Show Miss Evans to her cabin please, Sirius."

Sirius saluted, "Aye Aye sir!" he said cheerfully, leading Lily, too dazed to resist, away to the hold where there was an extra cabin.

Remus watched them go, then turned to look at James. "You sir, have some explaining to do."

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