K guys... I'm new to so I'll be posting parts of this fanfiction that my friends and I have been writing; NovaTail(she thinks that is her name :) ) and a girl who isn't on FF yet. :D

Conversation filled the pub, men throwing around their drinks like they didn't pay for them. They might not have. The bartender was passed out on the counter, drunk men behind it grabbing all of the whiskey they could find. The doors to the bar swung open and a young woman appeared in the doorway. All of the men were screaming,

"YO HO HO AND A BOTTLE OF RUM!"

The young woman sighed,

"Their brains are as dead as doorknobs."

A man came up to the young woman.

"Hayley!"

The man hiccups in between almost every word he speaks, "How- are- you doing- on- this- fine evening-?"

Hayley scowls, "Peter, go away. I don't mean to talk to you."

Peter gives her a drunken smile, "Why not, my deary?"

"You're a drunken lunatic, Peter. There's not a single pure thought in your mind, especially while you are intoxicated."

"You wee smart lassie. You're too smart for your own good. You're also too beautiful for your own good."

Peter puts an arm around Hayley. Hayley throws him to the floor.

"Peter, again, you're drunk. You mean nothing to me at this time. Go back to your drunken friends. I didn't come here for you to harass me."

Peter scowls at her, "Now, if I were you, I wouldn't be talking so big. For ye size doesn't match with ye talking."

Peter gets up from the floor and throws a punch toward Hayley. Hayley dodges and punches Peter square in the chest. He falls to the floor and doesn't get up. Hayley steps over him and says, "Good night, Peter."

Hayley walks across the bar to a door. She hesitates, but then opens the door. She steps inside and glances toward a dark part of the room. She walks toward it and lights a candle. "Didn't your mothers ever tell you? It's not good for your eyes to be hanging around in the dark."

Another young woman pushes Hayley slightly,

"Very funny, Hayley."

Hayley smiles,

"It's nice to see you both. Phoenix, Annabelle."

Phoenix smiles slightly.

"Our ship is in bad condition. I think every piece of wood has been destroyed."

"No, he's over exaggerating. It's just-" Annabelle got cut off.

"It's underwater now." Phoenix sighed.

"How did you get here then?" Hayley asked, putting her hands on the table that they were sitting at.

"We swam the rest of the way. We were maybe a couple hundred meters from shore. I'm surprised no one noticed the mast going under." Annabelle answered.

"Everyone here is drunk, more or less." Hayley sighed. "I thought this would be a formal rendezvous."

"You really thought that?" Phoenix laughed, "With these people?"

Hayley chuckled. "I really wasn't expecting much. Maybe a couple sober people, but you two are all I got."

Annabelle laughed. "How in the world did you even find your way past these bumbling fools?"
Hayley sighed. "Believe me, I encountered a few that were completely out of it. Including Peter."

Both sighed in disgust.

"That drunkard?"
Hayley nodded. Finally, she asked, "So, should we get on to our business or order a couple of drinks?"

Annabelle scoffed, "I'd rather reswim that couple hundred meters than be one of those drunks."

Hayley laughed, "Are you sure about that?"

Annabelle nodded. Hayley laughed again and called, "Waiter!"

A half-drunken man comes to the table and starts saying, "Hello. Welcome to the James. My name is the Green Dragon. How can you help me?"

The group gives him a confused glance. Then, Hayley smiles, "I'll take a meal. Whatever you think is the best."

James waddles away and Phoenix says, "You really trust that man to serve us? He's going to poison us!"

Trying to scare Phoenix, Hayley whispers, "I guess we'll have to find out."

Phoenix shudders and pushes Hayley playfully. "You're a fool."

Hayley smiles, "I know you are, but what am I?"

Phoenix laughs and pushes Hayley again.

Annabelle teases, "Look at you two. Such a cute couple."

Hayley and Phoenix back away from each other and Hayley blushes. The entire group starts laughing. Hayley says,

"How in the world did Phoenix make the swim without drowning?"

"I had to drag him." Annabelle laughed.

Phoenix glares at her. "I wasn't dragged! I just allowed her to pull me."

Annabelle rolls her eyes, "Oh, yes, yes you did! What was that screaming I heard behind me then?"

Phoenix states matter-of-factly, "I thought I saw a shark."

Annabelle widens her eyes, "Yes, that's exactly what happened."

Hayley and Annabelle start laughing. Phoenix mutters, "I need new friends."

Hayley and Annabelle started laughing even harder. Phoenix starts chuckling.

"But seriously," Hayley asks. "What are we even here for?"

The waiter stumbled back to the table, a half-empty bottle of whiskey in his hand. He slammed it down on the table, and passed out at the group's feet.

"That's not what we ordered." Hayley laughs.

Annabelle gets up from the table and tries to get him up. "He's out cold."

Phoenix gets up and says, "We should probably get him to the counter, so someone can help him."

Phoenix picks up his legs and says, "Annabelle, can you help me?"

Annabelle picks up the other half of him and they both carry him out the door. Hayley sits there in silence. Then, she hears a slam of a door and looks toward the door. It's Peter again. He scowls, "You are a tough little girly, aren't you?"

Hayley gets up and says, "Leave me alone, Peter."

Peter walks toward her and tries throwing his arms around her, "That's okay, child. I forgive you."

Hayley gets out of Peter's grip and pushes him away. "PETER! Go away!"

Peter gives her a naughty grin, "Now, you know what we do with children who are naughty. Right?"

Hayley gives him a frightened look and tries pushing him away again. The push has no effect on Peter and he keeps walking toward her.

Hayley screams, "Phoenix! Annabelle! HELP!"

Peter starts running toward her and picks Hayley up. Hayley starts kicking and screaming. Phoenix and Annabelle both rush in and see Hayley. Phoenix runs toward him and kicks Peter to the ground. Hayley escapes from Peter and starts running toward the other side of the room. Annabelle starts punching Peter. Phoenix finally gives the final blow and runs to Annabelle. Annabelle and Phoenix both run toward Hayley. Annabelle asks frantically, "Are you okay, Hayley?!"

Hayley says angrily, "If being attacked by a drunkard is the definition of 'okay', THEN I'M DOWNRIGHT PERFECT!"

Phoenix and Annabelle both give her a concerned look and Hayley finally says, "I'm fine. I was just scared and angry with the drunken fool."

Hayley glares in Peter's direction. Phoenix says, "We should leave. Before anything else happens."

Everyone starts walking out of the pub. Hayley starts shuddering. Phoenix puts his hand on Hayley's shoulder, "Hey, are you sure you're okay?"

Hayley nods, but she feels like melting into the floor from the shock of this. She keeps on thinking, What if that happens again and my friends aren't with me?

Hayley couldn't shake the thought from her head. Well, not until the entire group heard, "STOP, THIEF!"

Annabelle turns around and sees some guards running toward them. It only dawned on them that they were running after them, when Hayley screams, "RUN!" The group starts running throughout the town square until they found an alleyway with a hiding spot.

Phoenix asks, "What is happening, Hayley?!"

Annabelle follows with, "Why are we running?! We did nothing wrong!"

Hayley tries to quiet them and whispers, "I may have stole a couple of shillings to get by."

Annabelle groans. "Hayley! We gave you enough money to last you TWO years!"

Hayley sighs, "I know! I messed up, but it was for a good reason!"

Phoenix gives her a look of despair, "What good reason was there to spend all of the money?!"

Hayley bites her lip, "I had... I had a debt."

"Who did you have a debt with?!"

"Peter."

Phoenix scowls, "That man. How did you get in a debt with him?"

"Well, umm... I stole his bottle of wine and sold it..."

Phoenix smiled slightly, "Now that is a debt I'm okay with."

Then, a guard passes them and looks at them. "There she is!"

Phoenix grabs Annabelle's hand and screams, "Run, Hayley! Annabelle and I will fight them off!"

Hayley runs and screams, "TO THE PUBBY!" Pubby is our code for the docks, she thought. She kept running until she saw a ship. Hayley took out her dagger and put an 'x' into the ship. Hopefully they will see it. Hayley climbed into the boat and looked for a hiding place. She could hear people on the bottom floor, so she decided to jump into the second boat. A few minutes later, she heard people coming up. She wasn't sure if they were Annabelle and Phoenix or someone else. She decided to take a peek. Hayley found herself face-to-face with the most infamous pirate in the entire 7 seas. Captain Jack Sparrow.