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Enjoy the first chapter! PIRATES IN CHAPTER 5!
One particular hot summer afternoon, Annaliese was dancing alongside Nikko in the busy streets of Palisadoes, Jamaica. Every so often, passersby dropped coins into the little sack at their active feet.
The beautiful young woman was a Gypsy dancer. She beat the tambourine in her hand and moved ever so gracefully to the rhythm. Nikko, her pet goat, jumped about and caught the eyes of onlookers. He was small for his age. He had black and white fur and dark eyes. He also had a gold hoop earring in his left ear.
Annaliese had curly, vivid red hair the flowed down her back like a rushing river. She had big, icy blue eyes. Her bare feet moved swiftly about the ground beneath her. She was wearing a two piece outfit that she had made out of stolen fabric. The top wrapped around her chest and her skirt came down to her ankles. In between the articles, her stomach was visible, showing off her hourglass shape. A red bandana protected her scalp from the sun's ray. The gold bangles on her hands and feet clinked at her every move. She was also wearing a pair of gold hoop earrings.
The twenty-three year old girl had been orphaned at the age of fourteen and has been living on the streets ever since. At fifteen, she began a new life as a Gypsy and made enough money to buy food for herself. Nikko came into her life only two years ago when she turned twenty-one. Only a little kid, he started following Annaliese around one day and she immediately adopted him as her own. Now the inseparable pair performed together in the streets.
As she continued to beat her tambourine, Annaliese noticed a group of men watching her. The leader seemed most interested and was fiddling with his braided goatee. She quickened her pace and kicked her legs up impressively. After a minute, the men came closer. It seemed as if they could not withdraw their eyes from her.
Annaliese suddenly drew a sash from her pocket and dropped her tambourine. She waved it swiftly above her head before stepping forward and throwing it around the leader's neck. She pulled him towards her until their faces were an inch apart. A second later, Annaliese released him and went back to her original spot. The man was smiling to himself as he watched her finish her dance with a right split.
The group applauded her as she got to her feet and bowed. They tossed quite a few coins into her sack before slowly walking away. Annaliese picked it up and began counting the coins inside. She smiled at its sum and tied the bag to her skirt, along with her tambourine. She returned the sash to her pocket just when her stomach growled at her for food.
"Nikko!" Annaliese called the little goat and the pair set down the street side by side. They approached a fruit stand and bought two apples and bananas. As Annaliese paid for the fruit, she noticed the group of men were watching her from across the street.
"Come, Nikko…" said Annaliese in a wary voice when she received her fruit. Were the men following her? She and Nikko walked through the crowds. After a minute, she looked over her shoulder and gasped. Two of the men were right behind her.
"What do they want?" she asked herself, rather panicky.
"Nikko, come on…" They broke into a run and took a hasty right into the nearest passageway. Annaliese panted as she watched the men pass right by the passageway entrance. Relief flooded over her and she sighed. But a split second later, someone seized her arms and held them behind her. The fresh fruit tumbled to the ground just as a large hand covered her mouth, preventing any scream from escaping her lips.
A cliffhanger! What happens next? What do the men want from her? Find out in the next chapter!
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This story takes place after the first POTC movie, "Curse of the Black Pearl". "Dead Man's Chest" and "At World's End" never occurred/occur.
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