Young Jack Sparrow

by 13lue13erry

[DISCONTINUED] It's an AU! YAY. Jack is still a pirate, but he is an orphan raised by his Uncle, a captain, and his crew. It's a FF telling why he has the weird last name and why he is a drunk ( besides him being a pirate!)

1. Chapter 1

This is a story that I planned on writing for some time now. I'm not sure if all of this goes along with the story line of POTC, but this is how I envisioned it so… yeah. Its just a thought I had about how jack came to be… I know that Jack had a father who was a pirate called Teague so I guess it's an AU but not really? IDK hope you enjoy it anyway. Obviously I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean. DUH! Anyway, here it is. :D

Chapter 1

Jack Caton was a dashingly handsome pirate. (Well, by pirate standards) He had dark brown hair and eyes to match. He was young, only 18, but it was not odd to see someone of his age on a pirate ship. It was odd for a teenager to be captain of said ship.

He had been sailing since he was a boy, ever since he was a stow-away on his Uncle's boat The Drunken Mermaid. Probably not the best place for a boy to grow up, but Jack wouldn't have it any other way. His uncle was impressed that Jack was able to sneak onto his boat, and after giving him a beating (he was a pirate after all!) he put young Jack to work. He wasn't strong enough to man the sails , him being 8 years old, so he would swab the deck. It wasn't the best life style, working under for hours with the sun and everything. Yet Jack was content. He had everything he wanted, a family. Jack's parents had died of the flu and he really didn't want to end up on the streets. The pirates took him in and raised him, under their captain's orders. Jack started to grow on the men, and caring for him was no longer something they had to be ordered to do.

After Jack's uncle died of a gun shoot wound, the crew chose Jack as their new captain, not something you would expect from cut throat pirates. But they had seen how much Jack had grown over the years, and in time he had become the Captain's right hand man. Jack being a blood relative helped a little bit too. They really respected Jack and felt that he would do a good job in leading them. On board the Drunken Mermaid Jack became friends with Joshamee Gibbs who was only tenish years older than Jack. Most of the others had a 20 year difference. Over time they grew to be best friends and like brothers.