Chapter 1...

"I didn't mean to knock him out, honest."

"Course, you didn't, Kat, course you didn't." Katrice looked at Dylan, frowning. He shook his head, motioning back to the unconscious man on the floor. Dylan turned away. Katrice, quickly, pulled him back.

"What are we gonna do with him?" She asked. Dylan answered, simply.

"We leave him, Katrice, just like he would us." Katrice looked at the man then to Dylan, jutting out her bottom lip. Dylan sighed.

"Well what do you want us to do with him?" Katrice smiled.

"We take him back with us. And then we find where ever he should be and drop him off there. We can't leave him here; he'll be killed by some drunk lunatic." She said. Dylan put a hand on his head.

"He is a drunk lunatic for all you know." Katrice pouted more.

"Please? He'll be no trouble and I'll look after him. I promise I will." She said, pulling his arm. Dylan sighed.

"He's not a pet, Kat, he's a pirate. But if you are going to take full responsibility for everything he does then I s'pose I could let you bring him along." Katrice squealed and hugged her brother. Then she grabbed the man's arm and tried to pull him along. She looked to Dylan.

"He's heavy." She said. Dylan sighed again before going to help her. Dylan easily slung the man over his shoulders and began waking, swiftly, down the dirt track to the docks. Katrice followed behind onto the ship, stumbling into Dylan as he stopped.

"What?" She asked. Dylan turned to her.

"Where's he gonna sleep?" Katrice shrugged.

"He can have my bed and I'll sleep on the floor." Dylan frowned but as if Katrice had read his mind she jumped in.

"Before you say, 'But, Kat, he's a pirate! A rotten scoundrel!' You must remember we are pirates and I can defend myself because if I couldn't he wouldn't be unconscious." She said, quickly. Dylan nodded, carrying the man down the steps and to Katrice's cabin, dropping him on the bed. He turned to Katrice.

"Just call if he wakes up an' tries anything, yeah?" Katrice nodded, ushering Dylan from the room.

"Night." She said, slamming the door in his face and turning back to the mysterious man. He looked quite dashing in the candlelight, Katrice thought, grinning. She looked him over, from the tri cornered hat to his clumpy sea boots, currently getting mud on her bed. She, quickly, walked over and removed his boots. Then something caught her eye. She removed the small box from his belt and flicked it open. The needle spun around, non stop. Katrice tilted her head to one side, shaking the compass.

"What use is a broken compass? Stupid bloody compass." She muttered, chucking it back at the man.

"Oooh, nice hat." She plucked the hat form his head, trying it on. She looked in the mirror, grinning.

"Always thought Captain Katrice sounded good." She said, tipping the hat to the side. Finally she became drowsy, grabbing some blankets from her wardrobe and setting them on the floor. She laid down, slowly, drifting into an uncomfortable sleep.

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"Ahh, sunlight…stupid sun." Katrice shaded her eyes from the sunlight, sitting up. She was suddenly hit in the face by an arm dropping from her bed. The arm was attached to the man from last night, she remembered. She honestly hadn't meant to knock him out. She stood up, wobbling slightly, and walked to her mirror with a piece of leather to tie her hair in a messy bun. She straightened herself out, putting on a new dark blue shirt and trousers with her sea boots. After inspecting herself for a minute, she grinned, picking up the man's hat. Placing it on her head, she strolled from her cabin onto the deck. Seeing the miles of sea around them she rushed to the helm. Dylan stood proudly, humming.

"Can I steer? Please?" Dylan shook his head. Katrice scowled at him.

"Why not?"

"Because last time you steered we hit a reef and needed repairs at the next port, remember? And you have to go wake up that bloke." Dylan said, dismissing her. Katrice placed her hands on her hips.

"That wasn't my fault! The map said…"

"The map said there wasn't a reef there!" Dylan said, imitating her. She huffed in frustration, storming off. She swung open her cabin door and strode up to the man.

"Wake up!" She shouted in his ear.

"Bloody hell!" He shouted, rolling from the bed, knocking into Katrice and landing on top of her. He grinned as Katrice squirmed.

"Ello, love."

"You're on top of me." She said, her voice irritated.

"So it would seem." He drawled before taking his hat from Katrice's head and replacing it on his own. Katrice tried to push him off but he was heavier than her.

"Off." She demanded. The man shook his head. Katrice sighed before closing her eyes and screaming. The door swung open again and, when Katrice opened her eyes, the man was pinned to the wall, Dylan holding a pistol to his head.

"Don't touch my sister." Dylan growled and despite the pistol pressed to the man's head, he found it necessary to respond.

"But she's so pretty." Dylan snapped and punched the man in the face, forcefully. Why he hadn't been shot Katrice couldn't think.

"Take him to the brig!" Two men grabbed the now bleeding man and dragged him to the brig. Katrice was still on the floor. Dylan pulled her up, replacing his pistol.

"See why I didn't wanna bring him with us? Well, he's your responsibility." Dylan said, pointing a finger in Katrice's face. She smiled, sweetly.

"Now can I steer the ship?" She begged. Dylan scowled at her.

"No."

"Why not, brother dearest?" She asked, mockingly. Dylan clenched his fists.

"Because, baby sister, you can't steer. You aren't even a good pirate."

"I am too!"

"Not!"

"Am!" Katrice said, kicking her brother in the shin. He yelped and grabbed her wrist, twisting it.

"Owww, no fair! I'm telling!" Dylan sighed, pushing his sister away from him.

"Oh, real mature, Katie. Real mature. Zach, Jonathan , take her to the brig!"

"What?! Why? No, I don't think so. This ain't fair!"

"See this is why you make a rubbish pirate and why I should be captain." Dylan said, pushing passed Katrice as she was grabbed by the two burly men, Zach and Jonathon.

"Why would I make a rubbish captain?"

"Because you think everything has to be fair!" Dylan shouted to her as she was dragged to the brig.

There we go! Another chapter of a completely new story! Review and tell me what you think! Ummm, next chapter up now actually D!

Much love .x.