Chapter One

"She is Mine."

Brunette curls danced in the breeze as she stepped daintily into the rowboat. Her eyes, the same blue as the ocean as she'd been raised on, sought her father's, fear and confusion filled them. "Father," her voice rang like the most precious of bells. "Why must I be sent away?"

"Endelisa," her name was as beautiful and rare as she was. Her father handed her the small wriggling black puppy in his arms. "We will see each other again. Keep a weather eye on the horizon, love. I promise you."

With that, the crew lowered the rowboat into the water, leaving the girl behind in their wake. The truth was, Holden Magnum had anticipated an unavoidable storm. Her rowboat wouldn't reach it until far after the fact. And by then, the winds would have changed and she would float safely to Port Royal.

Endelisa, seventeen and far more gorgeous than any governor's daughter or princess could ever hope to be., sat in her rowboat, bewildered and let her puppy go. "Don't chew on the boat now, Chomper." She warned.

Her father had left her only a crate of apples to get her through whatever adventure she'd been set on. She sighed and laid down in the boat, trying to sleep away the confusion.

Jack Sparrow had just finished riding in on his sinking rowboat to Port Royal. He had paid the dockmaster to forget his name and he was about to be on his merry way to do all things pirate before a rowboat with a young, blindingly beautiful girl asleep in it floated past him. A puppy hopped out of the boat and onto the dock. The puppy stopped in front of him, cocking its head to the side, barked at him and ran off. He looked around to see if anyone had noticed her to see that absolutely everyone had noticed. He wanted to walk away but something about her held him there. He sighed and lifted her with ease from the rowboat.

"Excuse me, sir, but who is she?" The dockmaster asked.

"She is mine." He said and raised his eyebrows at the man. "I gave you three shillings, if you recall. You need not her name."

The dockmaster nodded and waved him along. He took the girl to the dock of The Interceptor, a British fleet ship that he planned on commandeering. He laid her down and splashed some water on her face. She coughed and opened her eyes in panic. Her eyes ran shocks through him as he stared into the deep blue of them. "Who are you?" She asked, her voice was a beautiful as music to him.

He was lost in her eyes a moment longer before responding. "I could ask you the same thing, lass, but you're safe now, this all the knowledge you need." He said. He began to get up but her small hand grabbed his sleeve.

"You're a pirate." She stated. "So was my father. He's dead. I have nothing but the clothes on my body. You can't just abandon me."

"You're a beautiful young woman. I am sure someone will find something for you here." He attempted to get up but she held tightly to him.

"I highly believe that there are no coincidences. My name is Endelisa Magnum." She stared into his chocolate eyes, using her hypnotic gaze against him. "Take me with you."

Something about her held him there. He may have wanted to leave but that part of him was muted out by his heartbeat, much too loud to be normal. He opened his mouth but the words he wanted to say wouldn't come out. Instead, he stuttered; "F..fine, fine, you have to keep up, though. Right now, stay here." He said. "I am not abandoning you, just commandeering us a ship."

"Sir." Her voice rang again, stopping him in his tracks. He briefly wondered if she knew the power of her own voice and turned around.

"Yes, love?" he said, somewhat exasperatedly.

"You never gave me your name."

He smiled. "Captain Jack Sparrow." He stated and left, wondering what this moronic warmness in his chest was from.