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Chapter 1: A Letter and Rum

It was a stormy night aboard a stolen English trading ship. Jack Sparrow captained it and was in a sour mood; he raised his near, empty bottle of rum to his lips and took a swig. His beloved Black Pearl was gone, the events of how he lost the beloved ship kept playing through his mind; how the Kraken had sunken it and left him to die. As Jack thought of his mistakes the rest of the crew worked hard to keep ship traveling in the right direction.

Jack managed to join up again with his acquaintances from Port Royal after he escaped Davy Jones for good. Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann were aboard the same ship as Jack and were heading for the nearest civilized island.

After a dinner prepared by the crew, Will walked slowly into his cabin. To his surprise he saw a strange person dressed in raggedy clothing.

"Argh… a message for William Turner," he said.

The stranger handed Will a letter with nothing written on the red envelope. When Will looked up, the stranger was gone. The odd thing was… no doors or windows had been opened and no trace was left of the late night messenger.

Will was about to open up the letter when someone knocked on the door. "Will?" called Elizabeth

"Be right there".

Will decided to leave the envelope for later and set it on the dark wooden desk in the corner of the room. Then he walked out to see what Elizabeth wanted.

Meanwhile, Jack was going on an extreme search for more rum. He set out half the crew to find him some. Without permission he wandered into Will's room and began searching through the cabinets. Disappointed, he began to leave when the red envelope caught his attention.

"What be this?" Jack asked himself.

Being as nosey as he is, Jack opened the letter. His eyes widened as he read what it was about. He snatched the letter and walked out of the room. There was no way he would allow Will to read what was in this message, especially now that he could use it to his advantage.