Chapter 1

Bloody Pirates: A girl of about twenty stood at a bar, "Um excuse me sir," She said to the man behind the serving bench, "I'd like to get a job here." "Grab a mug lassy, you start today." He said filling a mug, "Pirate time."

"Hu?" A mass of pirates came in, "Oh."

It was busy that night at "The Drunken Ship"(the pub she works at). There was one pirate especially who wouldn't stop drinking. He wore a leather hat, a red bandana that held his dark dreadlocks and entangled beads.

"'notherr one lovv." He said in a slurred voice. As she set the mug down her pendent fell out from behind her shirt. The pirate looked at it for a wile then turned to her, "What you say yerr nname wass?"

"Kat." She said glancing him a strange look. He choked on his rum. "You okay sir?"

"Ccaptain, Ccaptain Jackk Ssparrow he said after he had a control of himself. "Now how wouldd you sspell that?"

"Captain?" Kat asked, "C, a, p…"

"No, noo yer nname lovv."

"K, a, t." she said raising an eyebrow; it was true it was a strange name but come on.

"Can I…." He started but she walked away with a quick, "I must get back to work. She avoided the 'captain' for the rest of the night, until her shift was over, something seemed oddly familiar about him, it was eerie.

After her shift she walked outside taking in the calming night air that wiped her midnight black hair around her face.

Someone, she recognized as Jack, stepped wobbly in front of her.

"Yes?" She asked as politely as she could.

"I woulld like to tallk to yer." He said, " I have a proposition."

"No." She said bluntly.

"What? I hhaven't ssaid anything!"

"Let me say this so you understand me, hmm, I have no interest Mr. Sparrow."

"Captain, Captain." He said

"What ever." Kat said starting to walk away. She felt cold metal against her thought.

"Now will you lission?" Jack asked.

Kat stiffened, why me? "What?!"

"You come with me to find a tressure…." Jack started.

"NO!" Kat said outraged. "Go find one of your pirate friends to help you."

Jack rolled his eyes. "Please."

"No."

"Than you give me no choice." Next thing she knew all was black. The last thing she saw was Jack looking up at something….

When Kat woke she wasn't on the street or in the bar… but in a room totally unfamiliar to her. It seemed to be rocking back and forth to.

She stood and walked to the door, she walked out. There was water all around. She was on a ship!

"JACK!" She yelled drawing looks from the crew.

"Aye?" He asked looking up from a table.

She strode angrily to him, "What do ye yer do'n?"

"Mapping." He said shrugging.

"Why the bloody did you kidnap me!"

"No other choice." He said indifferently, "Ye wouldn't lesion and now ye have no choice."

Kat stormed off through to crowd of on lookers and, not knowing were to go, went back to the cabin.

Jack followed her, "Go away Sparrow." She said angrily.

"Hey, hey, this here is me cabin."

"Fine I'll leave." She turned to go but Jack blocked her.

"Move!' she demeaned but Jack ignored her asking, "Ye want ter know why yer here?"

"Duh." She said exasperatedly.

"Well seeing yer name means…." Waite what are you talking about, my name means nothing."

"Ye don't know do ye?"

"No!"

Jack sighed and took a leather bound book out of his jacket. He though it to her saying, "Read this, Savvy?" and left.

Kat opened the book. It was practically empty except for a page near the back titled simply, "Prophesy".

It read;

"A Treasure

Of great worth,

Found only were none survives

And truth lies.

Pure love is the only key."

At the bottom was an intranet drawing of her pendent that she always wore. Kat narrowed her eyes thinking, what did her and her pendent have to do with any of this?

She sat looking over the sea until sunset were she fell asleep still not understanding a word that that page had said. One sentence stuck hard in her mind. "Pure love is the only key."

That made no sense what so ever, yet all the sense in the world. Will I ever find the meaning of all I've been apart of so far?