A/N - This story is one of my "what happened later" stories, and incorporates parts of the movies and the two prequel book serieses (mostly Jack Sparrow, but there's some Legends of the Brethren Court stuff a little later). I've been working on this story on-and-off for the last four years, and I felt like putting it up here. Hope people enjoy the story :)
Prologue
An auburn haired woman stumbled across the beach, holding a baby. Constance Stevens saw her from a distance and ran to the familiar looking woman. She took the woman and her child to her home and tried to help them. Constance asked, "Who are you? You look so familiar."
"My name's Arabella Smith," the woman said.
Constance gasped. "Arabella, do you remember me? Oh, of course you don't remember me. The last time you saw me I was a cat. And I rather disliked you then, I'm sorry to say."
"Constance!" Arabella replied. Constance's two year old daughter Corin toddled into the room. She approached the cradle where Constance had placed the child that Arabella had been holding.
The toddler said, "Who?" pointing at the baby. It was one of the few words that Corin could say, but it was exactly what Constance wanted to know.
Arabella replied, "That's my daughter. Jack wanted me to name her Arabella. He said she reminded him of me."
"Jack? You've seen Jack?" Constance questioned. Arabella nodded sadly and Constance didn't ask any more questions.
Several years later
Little Bella and Corin were running down the same beach where Constance had first found Arabella and her daughter. They'd been living in the home of Edward and Constance Stevens ever since. Bella was just a year younger than Corin and they'd gotten along well ever since they'd first met. Then Bella and Corin found the crying child. They brought the girl, who said her name was Kail, back to Constance and Arabella. Kail had been abandoned by her mother and her father had died.
And so, Kail became a part of their family.