Crazy Little Thing

Summary: Set directly at the end of Dead Man's Chest. Led by Barbossa, the remainder of Jack's crew set sail in order to save Jack. Barbossa, however, isn't the only new person added to the crew. A young girl with many secrets joins them. The question most are asking…why does she hate Jack so much? Or does she really?

Rating: M

Disclaimer: I don't own the Pirates of the Caribbean characters.

"If you want to save Jack Sparrow, you'll need a captain who knows the waters." Tia Dalma said. She looked to the stairs of her shack and everyone else looked as well. What they saw, shocked them beyond speaking. There…standing at the end of the stairs…was none other then Barbossa.

"So tell me." He said, smiling as the monkey jumped onto his shoulder. "Where's my ship?" Barbossa bit into an apple. Everyone continued to stare at him. "You all look like you've seen a ghost."

"Pretty close." Elizabeth said.

"The Pearl…was destroyed." Will said. "By…the Kraken."

"Ah…the Kraken." Barbossa said. "And I suppose Sparrow went with it."

"Well…" Will said.

"Yes." Elizabeth said, tearfully. She was feeling bad for what she did.

"He's not dead though." Tia Dalma said.

"WHAT!" Everyone asked.

"He's still alive." Tia Dalma said. "In the belly of the beast."

"How do you know this?" Elizabeth asked. Tia Dalma just smiled. The door flew open, hitting Gibbs who was standing closest to it.

"The ship's ready." Everyone looked at the person that entered. A hat was tilted down slightly, covering the eyes from view.

"Aye." Barbossa said. "What are we waiting for?"

"Who's this?" Will asked.

"Introductions can be made later." Tia Dalma said. The person smiled at her. "Go! Now! Jack's time is limited."

"You heard the lady!" Barbossa snapped. Ragetti and Pintel, who knew about Barbossa's temper, jumped and scurried past the person and out the door to the boats.

"Hey!" The person said. "I'm the only one that knows where the bloody thing is." Along with Gibbs and Cotton, the person went out after them.

"Does that person sound like a girl trying to sound like a man to you?" Elizabeth asked as she and Will followed.

"I think so." Will said.

"He'll be surprised." Tia Dalma said to Barbossa. "Jack will fight you for captain role, you know that."

"Aye." Barbossa said. "I won before…"

"And you won't win this time!" Tia Dalma snapped. "That is one of the reasons why she is going with you."

"She hates Jack." Barbossa said.

"She hates you more." Tia Dalma said. "Now go." Barbossa left. Everyone was waiting impatiently in the boats.

"Right…you!" The stranger said, pointing at Pintel. "Row."

"Are you bossing me…" Pintel said but stopped as he suddenly had a sword at his throat. "Row, did you say?" He nodded quickly. The stranger smirked and removed the sword. Will and Elizabeth stared because the smirk reminded them of Jack. They were led to a ship where they got onto and the boats lifted up to be used later.

"How do we know where we're going?" Gibbs asked.

"Jack's compass!" Elizabeth said, pulling it out and flipping it open. "It points to what you want the most."

"Let me see that." Barbossa said, taking the compass. Elizabeth glared at him. "I'll take the first steering shift."

"I'll go next." The stranger said. "Right now…I'm getting sleep." Everyone watched as the stranger went into one of the cabins.

"Well…what are the rest of you waiting for?" Barbossa said. "Get us ready to sail!"

"That's the Barbossa we know." Elizabeth said, quietly. She helped Will getting the sails down. "Who do you think that person is?"

"Whoever it is…I don't think we can trust them either." Will said, staring at the door where the stranger disappeared into.

Night turned into day. At one point, no one was paying attention to who was staring so no one saw Barbossa leave and disappear below deck for a while, only to be replaced by a young girl with waist length dark brown hair. She held the compass, but she wasn't looking for the end of the earth.

"Who's that?" Gibbs suddenly asked when they all woke up with the monkey screeching at them, only to see the girl steering the ship.

"How'd she get on the ship?" Ragetti asked.

"She led us here you idiot." Will said. "She's the stranger."

"Is there something I can do for you people?" The girl asked suddenly.

"Yeah…you can tell us who you are." Elizabeth said.

"Now where's the fun in that?" The girl asked, looking down at them. They all looked at her. "You can just call me…"

"Madison!" Barbossa yelled suddenly.

"That." The girl said. "Aye?"

"Where are we?" Barbossa asked. "I know this isn't the right way."

"Aye." Madison said. Will and Elizabeth followed Barbossa up to the helm. They all looked at the compass while it was in Madison's hand. Barbossa took it from her and it changed direction.

"Where are we going?" Barbossa asked.

"To save him, of course." Madison said.

"You obviously know something young Tu…" Barbossa said, but then stopped because Madison was giving him an evil look.

"Are you forgetting what I can do?" She asked, still looking at him evilly.

"Aye, you be right." Barbossa said.

"Who are you?" Elizabeth asked.

"Madison." Madison said.

"Yes…we know that. But your other name." Elizabeth said. Madison didn't answer.

"Are you related to Jack?" Will asked.

"Why would you ask that?" Madison asked.

"Similarities." Will said.

"No…I'm not related to him." Madison said. "And it's a good thing too. He's the biggest ass in the seven seas."

"You do seem familiar." Elizabeth said. She slowly looked from Madison to Barbossa…then she looked at Will. Madison turned her brown eyes to look at Elizabeth and raised an eyebrow.

"There's a storm coming." She said. Will and Elizabeth looked up at the sky which was clear a few minutes earlier but was now clouding over. "Get ready for it." Reluctantly, the two left.

"Are long are you going to make them wait to find out?" Barbossa asked.

"They'll figure it out faster then you did." Madison said. "You only just found out."

"Aye…which means Sparrow was protecting you before." Barbossa said.

"He…was protecting me?" Madison asked, raising an eyebrow in disbelief. "Are you joking, in anyway?"

"He said there was only one child." Barbossa said. "If I had known about you earlier do you really think everyone would have been in the mess we were in?" Madison stayed quiet. Eventually Barbossa left her.

Jack…had protected her? Why the hell would he do that? Madison couldn't think of any two people who hated each other more then they did. Now that she thought about it…Jack had done that twice. To Barbossa and before everyone got cursed. Because of him and Bill Turner, she wasn't trapped either with a curse, on an island, or used as some whore amongst the crew.

"I…am never going to understand that bloody man." Madison said. She took off her hat and dragged her fingers through her hair before dropping the hat next to her and leaning on the wheel. She looked at everyone on the ship. "We definitely need a bigger crew." She looked out at the water. "What have you been up to pet?"

I just felt like doing this. I really don't know if it'll go but if it doesn't then that's ok. What does everyone think?