Raven's Song
N/OFC angst H/C, J/A angst some W/E. There is murder in Port Royal and Norrington is the ultimate target but why? In the meantime Anamaria seeks out her sister with Jack's help while Jack tries to understand the pull that Anamaria has on his heart Rating may go up but right now language and violence is the reason for current rating.
Nothing in this story belongs to me except some of the themes and all original characters
Chapter One
Jack, I need you to do me a favor. If you do it we'll be all square. No complaints about boats, being your first mate, I'll even cut back on the slappin'. All you have to do is say yes…
Jack Sparrow knew he should have thought very hard about a very accommodating Ana Maria but the chance to keep Ana on his ship without owing her one was great. Jack is fond of Ana, in fact in his inner most thoughts he loves the girl more than he can really afford. And by the Gods he knows he trust her. So only thinking about it for a moment, Jack agreed to listen to Ana about her little quest.
Its me sister Jack. I have to find her. I failed to do so for far too long. I have to try and find her now. I promised her that I would and was on my way when your idiot arse stole me boat. Jack she is my younger sister. We have the same mother different fathers but we cared for each other all the same. We got separate when I was fourteen and she was ten. You see Jack we was slaves…
He knew that. Somehow he always knew that about Ana. There just weren't too many blacks in the Caribbean who wasn't a slave at some point in time in their life. Jack himself had managed to free a few, and there were some on his former crew. However, the news of Ana having a sister shocked him, though he didn't know why. They barely knew each other before he stole her boat. She was someone he spotted off and on in Tortuga and speaking to her was always a chore. He liked her though because she was a challenge. It took a whole lot of talk and convincing to get into her knickers but it was worth it and now Jack is always trying to find a way back into them, sometimes he succeeded sometimes not.
My mother was on a huge plantation in Louisiana. My father was a free man of color and my sister's father was a slave. My father was killed when he tried to free my mother after she gave birth to me. It devastated my mother to no end but eventually she came to love my sister's father.
It was around the time I was eight that the master of the house took an interest in my mother. He thought that my mother was due to pay him for allowing her to keep me. My mother resisted of course and the man I began to know as my father tried to protect her but eventually the master got his way. When my father learned of this he grew angry and tried to rile up the slaves to start a revolt. It didn't go anywhere because another slave sold him out. My father was burned alive in front of me and my sister…
The paleness of her skin scared Jack much more than the haunted look in her eyes. He couldn't imagine such a traumatic experience for himself although his childhood left plenty to be desired. But staring at Ana he could tell the effect of having something so horrifying happen to her still frightens her even now.
My mother was devastated but the master delighted in tormenting her about it. Mother then used all her efforts to keep us safe and thinking of ways to help us escape. By the time I was twelve she knew she had to have a plan because master was starting to look at me like a piece of meat…
Jack almost sneered at the very idea of the man daring to look at Ana like that. He wanted to kill the man himself, rip him apart with his bare hands for even making Ana fear that she would be touch by the filthy trash.
Mother knew it was only a matter of time and decided something had to be done. She tried to escape with us but we were caught. The man beat my mother within an inch of her life, and then forced her to watch as he…as he raped me…
The coolness of his expression didn't compare to deathly void of hers. She spoke so matter of factly that Jack wasn't sure if he heard correctly. But then he saw the water glisten in her eye and knew that she had suffered. Jack was so very angry. Pissed at the man pissed at the world that made Ana suffer but a part of him was mad at himself for failing to be there as if he could have been or even if he were that somehow he would have been able to stop it. Hell it is happening all the time. Ana is not an exception she is a norm. It was that idea that serves to anger him more.
My sister was afraid for me and mother after that. And for two years she had a reason to be because master torture mother through me. I endured his lustful wants just as my mother and every day I prayed I wouldn't get pregnant. But eventually my sister came of age and his eyes turned to her. She is very pretty, though darker than me, hair coarser than mine, but she is a little fuller in body and master loved that. And the first time me and Mother saw that look, we both swore that he would never do to her what he did to us…
Jack tried to imagine Ana's sister and couldn't really. A darker Ana, with thicker hair and fuller body. It seemed so weird so perverse. There is no one like Ana but apparently there is someone almost like her out there that she wanted to protect her. Jack could imagine the determine glint in Ana's eye for he had seen it many times on this very ship. She is a force to be reckoned with when angry. And he knows she means every word she says. His cheek can attest to it.
We planned and planned and when it all was said and done our mother told us to run and she would stay. Both of us disagreed but mother said it was the only way. I protested again but mother was strong in her will and told me that my sister and me have to be strong and get out. She told me that my sister and me were destined to be more than slaves and if she has to sacrifice her life for that to happen so be it. That night she sent us off and we ran and ran and ran until we made it to water. There we stowed away on a ship to Jamaica.
Jack thought about her mother's sacrifice and wished he had a parent half as devoted. His mother's only wishes were that he stole more than he brought back. His father, when he was around told him to get his arse parts on the street to earn his keep. There was no devotion in the family and Jack didn't expect any from any parent as a result of it although he knew his parents were not the norm.
We were safe for a while and I look after her but then there was a slave revolt near a plantation we was hiding by and the white men started rounding up every dark face they could find. My sister and I got separated but not before I told her that I would find her. We promised to find the other. We promised to look until we died and still keeping looking until we found each other again. Jack I need to keep that promise. Nothing I will ever do in my life will be right if I don't find my sister. And I know in my heart that she needs me. She needs me more than ever and I have to help her. I have to.
Ana ended quietly not looking at Jack. He didn't know what to say about it. As much as he wanted to help and is willing to help, what she is asking could take a very long time to accomplish. And though he feels for Ana he could never convince his crew of pirates to give up treasure hunting to find a long lost family member. They would laugh their asses off and start a mutiny for sure. Hell he would. But he didn't want to say no to Ana. To say no is to also say good bye for as sure as the whelp loves Lizzie Ana would get off at the next shore to finish her task. Her voice made that perfectly clear. Jack understands too that if she went alone she will surely get hurt or even worst captured as a slave or killed.
I know you have a crew to answer too but all I'm asking Jack is that you help me follow my leads. Please Jack I never asked for anything before except what is rightfully mine. And I'm asking you now because I need help Jack and…and I think you may be able to give it to me.
Jack sat there shocked by this woman almost begging for his assistance. He never thought he would see the day that Ana begged for anything even death but here she is begging to him to help her find her sister. He knows there is a right way and a wrong way to handle it. Thinking hard he said, "Ana luv, of course I'll help you find your sister. But understand that I have ta look out for me crew too. So how about we do a little looking as we pirate and when on down time we do a lot of looking?"
That was the right answer.
A/N: Made a few corrects in the beginning.