Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair; Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. -William Wordsworth

~*_+The Storm+_*~

~*+Chapter 1- The Beginning+*~

"AnnaLee , AnnaLee, AnnaLee!" a wavy haired girl yelled poking the purple eyed girl in the bed." Alana!" AnnaLee whined resentfully "I'm tired leave me alone!" Alana kept poking her cousin "I mean it get up! The Black Pearl is leaving in oh I don't know an hour!" Alana said annoyed AnnaLee bolted up and out of bed to her wardrobe pulling out a black cashmere dress calling her maids .A very pale maid with light brown hair and blue eye's walked in with a plump little girl behind her. AnnaLee turned to her maid "Oh Elizabeth! Why didn't you tell me you had Annastasia with you this week!" AnnaLee exclaimed kneeling down to hug the small ,timid, little Raven-haired girl" Hello Miss William." she said timidly hugging AnnaLee back. "You can sit on my bed, while your sister helps me. Alana help her up and then come help Minnie with this cursed corset." AnnaLee said walking to the dressing screen. Alana lifted Annastasia on to the bed."Wow Annastasia have you been eating your meals? Your as light as a feather. You need some meat on your bones. "Annastasia giggled and watched Alana and her sister lace up AnnaLee's corset.AnnaLee was breathing heavily."Alana!" she screamed "I felt that." Alana put on an innocent smile.

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Alana as yelling at the crew of her ship to hurry up she wanted to get to Tourtuga and get there fast "Hurry up you mangy seadogs." she bellowed. The men, amazingly enough, cowered before her and picked up the last case of supplies and scurried on to the ship.

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Alana stood at the wheel "Parker!" a not so scrawny man came up "Aye?" he replied. "Take care of steering." she said he just nodded taking the wheel. Alana walked to her quarters to find AnnaLee in them already "Why in the Bloody World are you in my quarters?" Alana asked her cousin patiently if you could call it patience. "Sitting." she replied "Well," Alana said with Sugar Sweetness "Go to your own quarters and Bloody sit. Because these are mine.'' AnnaLee made a sound that sounded vaguely like 'Prat' and got up and went to her quarters. Alana walked over to the table in which AnnaLee was sitting at. Alana looked on the table and saw what AnnaLee was writing. A card. In AnnaLee's clear neat calligraphy was written 'Happy Birthday Alana!' "Grrr!" Alana said. Alana was hoping her 19th birthday would slip by and not be touched. Alana turned over the now dry card and was about to make her way to AnnaLee's quarters when Parkers voice yelled "TOURTUGA!" At that word everything was lost in her mind. She went out on to the deck and started bellowing orders.