In dedication to those piraty partners (yaarrrr to the fans) :

Grittlebone, maskedcat, PirateGoddess27, Elz, Anni, OpraNoodlemantra and all the others...

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SUMMARY OF THE STORY:

A woman has been accused for a crime she didn't commit. Jack takes her aboard the Black Pearl for one reason : the loot she promised. But what if things are revealed? What really happened to Charity's husband that may put Charity, the crew and Jack's life in danger... ? (No Will or Elizabeth in this story)

Gibbs : "Women are trouble, Jack..." I guess Jack should have just listened...

drama/angst/adventure

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Chapter I : "The escape"

It's not like I wanted to wake up this morning... I believe my first reaction was to glitch at the shiny sun as it's rays warmed my skinny body.

It was a beautiful morning and I had a wonderful dream... but then it hit me, right at that moment when I looked down, remembering where I was. A small boat. The same filthy old boat I've been sleeping on for days, maybe weeks... I don't know... I didn't keep count, to tell the truth. Why? It's a long story. Bluntly put, I'll tell you a secret : I had to escape the prison of Aldurate. They kept me locked up for months for a crime I hadn't committed... But I had time to think of my escape over and over again. Nobody can keep a witty mind like mine dead, especially if they're going to keep me in a cage. On the contrary ; that's when my mind thinks at a high point. They didn't have a chance. I made my way at the Aldurate port and robbed what was left unguarded : a small boat with so little space.

Maybe one day I will have the courage to enter in the details of my escape, but I'm too tired. I'm hungry, weary, and I think I will die soon. I've ran out of food, the only thing left being a dried piece of bread. I think that eating it will only break my teeth, so I have to abstain. It had rained once and I drank as much water as I could, leaving my mouth open for as long as I could. Drinking the salted water of the sea would have only dehydrate me faster than not drinking any water at all. My thoughts as of now : I just feel as though the salt is my worst enemy, leaving the sun aside, that's cooking me up like meat on fire... I'll die burning after all... Either of that or famine.

One last time, I gazed upon the sky, looking for birds, trying to hear any sound... any thing that could possibly tell me I was near land... but the silence of these few days have left me deaf...

How long had it been since I decided to condemn myself for fleeing Destiny ? Bah. It didn't matter. It would catch up sooner or later. I couldn't escape Fate.

All I remember was the blue sky and that wretched, miserable sun from hell burning me inside.

Then, I fainted.

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And so this adventure begins... Who is this woman and what/who is she escaping from ? Follow her story in the next chapter "Help, is it ?" !