The Destiny of a Pirate

Summary: A girl is thrown into an adventure of a lifetime. She is an orphan, and stowaways on a ship, where she meets none other, than the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow himself. And, his son. Here is an epic tale of adventure, suspense, romance, and most of all.finding out who you really are....

She crouched down low underneath the table, as a brawl started. She watched the two men wearing ragged clothes fight. They were obviously, well.quite drunk. She sighed, clicking her tongue silently to herself, thinking how stupid they were. They were arguing over cheating, which both of them did, but neither of them would admit it. Not wanting to watch them beat one another to a pulp, she crawled out from underneath the table, and walked out of the bar, where she had just finished a piece of bread, with butter, which she had longed for a long time. She probably hadn't eaten in two days at least.

She had surprised the bartender when she asked for a piece of bread and butter. He almost didn't give it to her, thinking she was joking, but once he realized she wasn't.he gave in. "As long as you pay." He grumbled. The reason why he didn't believe her was because she was dressed as a boy. She wore breeches, a loose white shirt that tied in the front, boy shoes, and she had cut her hair short enough to pull back into a small ponytail. Then, she would put on a hat, to hide any hint of being a girl. It usually worked. The bartender certainly fell for it, because he probably though since she was a boy, she would want some rum. But, no. She had always thought rum was a vile drink.

Her name was Pearl. She had that name for as long as she could remember. She couldn't remember her last name, for her parents died when she was only a year old, and was sent to a foster home. She stayed there until she was twelve years old, then she ran away. She had lived, and survived on the streets since then, disguised as a boy. Pearl was sixteen now. Living almost five years on the streets, she knew what she was doing.
Once she left the bar, she walked down the dirt street with her hands in her pockets. She had nothing more than a little bit of money to buy another small piece of bread. She knew she had to get more money. She had taken up many odd jobs, and got money from that, but.often she wished she could do something more. She had dreamed about getting rich one day, but she had no idea how that could possibly happen to her. After all, she was just this lonely orphan girl. Who would really care about her? Pearl lived in the Caribbean, Tortuga, to be exact. She loved it in the Caribbean. But.she always wondered what lay beyond it. She had never been beyond Tortuga anyway.

She decided to go down to the docks, and watch the ships go by. She often did that when she just wanted to think. Once she got there, she breathed in the fresh, salty ocean air. As she stared out at the beautiful, almost translucent ocean, she saw some men loading a ship. She squinted past the glaze of the sun, at the writing on the ship. It read, "The Lasitta." She grinned. Pearl had heard of this ship. She overheard some men in the bar talking about it. They said that the ship was heading to Spain, to deliver very valuable goods. All of a sudden, Pearl had a great idea. "A ship.with valuables.heading to Spain!" Whispered Pearl to herself. "I've always wanted to go to Spain! Now's my chance!"
Knowing that it was a crazy, if not foolish idea, Pearl wondered if she should actually attempt to stowaway on a large, valiant ship such as that one. There were bound to be armed guards on board. But she forced herself to stop doubting her plan. This was probably her one and only chance to get away from this hellhole. After all, there weren't very many guards on the ship right now. She knew it was now or never.

With that thought in mind, she quickly, yet silently, went down more toward the docks; glad she had her disguise on. She realized that if she got into one of the large wooden boxes, she might just be able to sneak on board that way and they'd never catch her. And as soon as she was close enough to one of the boxes, when the guards weren't looking, she quickly sneaked into the box, and covered the lid back up. She realized that inside the box, along with her, were these strange goblets. She thought that they might be made of gold, which pleased her quite pleasantly. She felt the men lift up the box and she heard one of the men grunt, "This one is certainly heavy." "Probably just these bloody goblets." Complained the other.

Pearl just tried to hold in a laugh, as they carried the box up the wooden plank and onto this ship. She couldn't see where they ended up putting her and the box, but she felt them set the box down and heard their voices drift off, so she figured they were gone. She slowly lifted up the box, and looked around. It looked as if they had put the box down in the hold of the ship. Along with lots of other boxes, Pearl found that there was a door that led to another room, and some narrow wooden stairs that led up to the ships deck. She quietly closed the lid of the box she was in, and she went to the door that seemed to lead to another room. She opened it slowly, and thankfully found that no one was in there. Pearl stepped inside and closed the door behind her. Looking around, she saw a fairly good sized, but narrow room. She also saw that there were numerous shelves, and more storage space. There was also trunks, and holes in the ship, which she assumed were used to put cannons through. She realized that this was no ordinary ship. It was a military ship, but she knew that it was fairly dangerous to take all these valuables all the way to Spain. There were enemies of the British of course, and many other dangers they would face.but especially.there were pirates. Pearl shivered at the thought of them. She had heard quite a lot of talk about them, and she heard they didn't take any prisoners. They were murderers, everyone said. Pearl just went along with what everyone else said, and figured that they were right.

Pearl decided that the best hiding spot for her would be the underneath a shelf, that was dark and enclosed, end big enough for her to fit into. She was glad that she had brought her pack along with her. She opened it, and pulled out her one and only blanket, a frilly pillow that one of her friends at the orphanage gave to her. She set them up in the small, enclosed area that she had picked, and then she took out everything else she had ever owned in her pack. She took out a book by Charles Dickens that she had since she stole it from a bookstore. She knew it was wrong to steal, but she couldn't help it. It was one way she survived. Out also came the last piece of bread she had, a bottle of water, and most precious to her, her diary. She hugged it to her chest, breathing in its leather binding. It was the one thing that kept her sane; writing down her thoughts in that book.

After sitting in her spot, writing in her diary for about a half hour, she heard footsteps coming down the stairway, and she quickly tucked herself even further back into her hiding spot. She heard some men's voices right outside the door talking to one another. "What's in here?" Questioned one of the men. The other one shrugged as he pushed open the door and they stepped inside. From inside her hiding place, she could see two British soldiers dressed in their crisp red and white uniforms. The British soldiers had always annoyed her, for they seemed so uptight and too polite and "nice" foe their own good. They had often almost caught her numerous times when attempting to steal something. "It's just another storage area. Looks like it is clear in here." Said one of the soldiers. The other soldier nodded, and they went back out the door, closing it behind them. Pearl breathed in a sigh of relief, glad that they were gone. Of course, a lot of the British soldiers could be quite daft at times.

Pretty soon, the ship was on its way. It was leaving the docks. Pearl could see from outside the cannon holes in the ship, that they were certainly moving. She sighed, as she watched Tortuga get farther and farther away from her. She was leaving the home she had always known. It never occurred to her, that it would be kind of sad to leave the place she was raised in. But, then of course, she had to remember that she had to choose her own future, even if it was not completely certain what that future might have in store for her. It was only her that could choose her own destiny.

*** I hope you all like my new story! As you probably have already guessed, it's based on the movie, Pirates of the Caribbean. Isn't it awesome that they're making a sequel to that movie! I think it's pretty cool myself! Lol. Anyway, just to let ya all know, I LOVE Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom in this movie! They're really awesome/hot/talented actors I think. Please review!!! Thanx bunches!