DISCLAIMER: I do not own Pirate's of the Caribbean. I own Adrian and her mother, Helen.
Long ago, before the Caribbean was tamed, a young woman named Helen Townsford lived on the rock island of Tortuga. In some circles, she was called Helen of Troy, for she was very, very beautiful. Her hair was blonder than what was thought to be possible and her eyes were a clear exotic green that laughed and teased. Her father owned a tavern on the island, for sailors often stopped there and, occasionally, a pirate ship would stop to refresh their supplies and spend their plunder. It was not a place for people of high class. Helen often had to break up a tavern brawl or help a drunk out the door. It would do the reader good to know that Helen was not a tavern girl with a naughty profession. She merely helped keep the place clean and served the men during the day. Most of her nights were spent down the street in her father's home, unless it was a busy night. Like the night when she first met a certain man who would change her life. He came in smelling of the ocean. He was Barbossa, the first mate aboard the ship The Black Pearl. When his eyes first locked with Helen's, it was obvious where their relationship was going. He was smitten with her. From then on, whenever he was in Tortuga, he always called on her. She grew fond of him, and soon they were deeply in love. It came as no surprise to the crew when, one day, he announced his engagement to her. The next time the ship landed at Tortuga, Barbossa and Helen were married, with Captain Jack Sparrow as their witness. All were happy for them until Barbossa insisted on taking her onto the ship. The crew balked at his, for it was considered very bad luck if a woman was brought aboard. It was also very dangerous. But Helen would hear nothing of the danger. She was determined to stand beside her new husband. So the captain relented and she joined the crew, saying goodbye to Tortuga. Helen quickly proved the old superstition wrong. She brought the crew very good luck. Their plunder increased. And when the ship was attacked, she was up manning a cannon with a pistol in her belt. This went on for a couple of years, then Helen became pregnant. When The Black Pearl docked at Tortuga again, she stayed there to have the baby and raise it. Barbossa was at sea when her time came. She gave birth to a beautiful baby girl whom she named Adrian. The baby's eyes were a beautiful light aqua blue, like the sea. Helen remained in Tortuga until Adrian was four. When the ship came, she begged to be let aboard with her daughter and sail away. Jack Sparrow regretfully relented, and Helen brought Adrian aboard. Adrian took to the sea like a duck on water. Se quickly won over the black hearts of the pirates and many of them spent their spare time playing with her, including Jack Sparrow. On Adrian's second voyage on the Pearl, however, things changed. They were going after the treasure of Cortez. Jack Sparrow knew where it was. Adrian's father convinced him to tell the crew where the treasure was. After he did, Barbossa turned mutinous and marooned Jack on a desert island. One of the men, Bootstrap Bill Turner, was then killed because he did not like what they did to Jack. Adrian didn't see them do this. All she heard was the firing of a cannon, then a loud splash. But the sight of Jack standing on the island alone would forever be burned into her mind. Barbossa's heart had grown black, but Helen refused to believe it, blinded by love. The luck of the crew turned after these two events. The days grew hot and humid, and Helen was seized with a fever and passed during the night. Barbossa was devastated, and his heart grew blacker and harder than it had ever been. He drove the crew on relentlessly and grew very cold towards his only daughter. Adrian spent her days alone in her cabin or up on deck, anywhere her father wasn't. She missed her mother horribly, and his treatment toward her did not help. Ironically, she grew as cold as a five-year-old can. When the pirates finally did reach the treasure, she was virtually ignored. So no one noticed when she slipped her hand into a large chest and took one of the gold coins.
But now, ten years later, they were starting to notice.
Okeedokee, that is the beginning. I like to explain stories before I begin writing them, hence this long intro. If you know my writing, then you know that this will get better. If you don't, then you will have to wait and see! I will update as soon as possible!