Okay so I apologise, this is my first time writing a fic about Jack Sparrow! So I don't know if it will be good and I know there are a few like this but I like them when people are added but it goes along with the movie, so I thought I would write one aswell, just to see how this would turn out.

Disclaimer: I do not own pirates of the Caribbean

Chapter One

Charlotte

Charlotte groaned as she felt something poking her side. She turned away from the offending poker and buried her head in her pillows. She heard a low chuckle from her right and suddenly the blankets were ripped off of her and she curled into a tight ball. She squeaked when she felt a pair of hands grab her ankles and started to drag her off the bed. She quickly grabbed the headboard and tried to stay on the bed. From this attempt her body got lifted off the bed and into the air and when the person let go off her ankles she fell onto the bed and bounced slightly.

"Come on, get up." a deep masculine voice said right next to her ear. She groaned loudly and cracked her eyes open to see
her big brother smiling wildly down at her. She grumbled and rubbed her eyes.

"Why so early?" she slurred and he chuckled.

"Actually I let you sleep in today." he admitted. "But you need to get dressed, you are coming with me to the Swann's to deliver the sword remember?" She sighed and slowly got off the bed and went to her closet that was at the other side of the room. Going there meant that she would have to wear a dress and she didn't really like wearing dresses if she was honest about it. Will turned around and left the room to give her some privacy. She pulled out a blue dress that set off her eyes nicely. She put it on and smoothed it out. It was a nice but simple dress with the sleeves off the shoulder. She put on some boots underneath; no way would she wear high heeled shoes. She walked outside and met her brother at the door. She wasn't going to do anything with her hair, just leave it down. Her hair was the exact same colour as her brother's; dark brown except hers was really wavy.

They slowly made their way up to the Swann's. They didn't really talk about much but then again, it didn't matter, they had always been comfortable around each other. They were rather close and he had even taught her how to sword fight. They finally got to the Swann residence and the butler let them in and told them to wait as he went to go and get the Governor Swann. She walked to the window but watched as Will walked over to the sconce and studied it. She sighed as upon touching it a piece came off in his hand; Just his luck. She heard someone coming and ran over to him and grabbed it out of his hand and dropped it in the vase that held umbrellas and canes. They were just in time as Governor Swann just walked in.

"Ah, Mr and Ms Turner, good to see you again." he said with a small smile on his face. Will bowed and Charlotte smiled and inclined her head.

"Good day sir, I have your order." Will said politely, as usual, as he held out the case he had in his hand and opened it. Inside the case was a shiny new sword. Governor Swann leaned forward and unsheathed it.

"Well." he murmured to himself as he looked it over. Charlotte turned away as she knew her brother was going to give out a commentary on it.

"The blade is folded steel. That's gold filigree laid into the handle. If I may?" He took the sword and balanced it. "Perfectly balanced. The tang is nearly the full width of the blade." He flipped the sword around in his hand and gracefully presented it to the Governor. Charlotte stared out the window but had a small smile on her face as she listened to him talk.

Governor took the sword and smiled. "Impressive. Very impressive. Ah, now, Commodore Norrington is going to be very pleased with this. Do pass my compliments on to your Master. Hmm?" Will give him a very strained smile. Charlotte grimaced and felt bad for her brother. It was actually him that made that sword but she knew that Will would never point out that fact to the Governor, he was too nice.

"I shall. A craftsman is always pleased to hear his work is appreciated." Will said with a small smile. Charlotte shook her head sadly. The sound of heels was heard and they turned to see Elizabeth walking down the stairs in a beautiful cream dress. Elizabeth smiled as she saw who was in the entrance hall.

"Oh, Elizabeth." her father sighed with a happy smile on his face. "You look absolutely stunning." Elizabeth smiled and looked towards Will and Charlotte.

"Charlotte, Will, it's so good to see you." she said earnestly. She smiled at her friend Charlotte before she turned towards Will fully. "I had a dream about you last night." she said matter-of-factly. Charlotte bit her lip to stop herself from smiling or laughing, she knew hearing that probably made Will's day.

Will looked at her surprised. "About me?"

"Yes well, is that entirely proper for you to?" her father asked disgruntled. He had a sour look on his face and he looked entirely too uncomfortable. Charlotte hid a smile when Elizabeth just ignored her father. Good Elizabeth, she snickered.

"About the day we met, remember?" Elizabeth said. Charlotte rolled her eyes. Did he remember? Of course Will remembered that day, she thought to herself.

"How could I forget Miss Swann?" Will said politely with a small smile on his face. Charlotte mentally groaned, they were going to get into it again.

"How many times must I tell you to call me Elizabeth?" she sighed exasperated. Here it comes...

"At least one more time Miss Swann, as always." Will said and inclined his head. Charlotte noticed that Governor Swann was getting rather uncomfortable and awkward and fought the urge to smirk, she had never really liked that man anyhow so it made no difference to her how he felt right now. But she was enjoying it.

"There. See? At least the boy has a sense of propriety. Now, we really must be going." Governor Swann said and handed her a parasol."There you are."

"Good day Mr, Ms Turner." Elizabeth said and shot Charlotte a small smile which she returned.

"Come along." her father urged and dragged her out the house and to the carriage that was outside waiting for them to take them to Norrington's ceremony today. Charlotte and Will trailed after them and Will watched them leave.

"Good day... Elizabeth." Charlotte rolled her eyes and whacked him over the head. "Ow. What was that for?"

"Now you say her name?"

"Well I didn't want to do anything to upset Governor Swann now did I?" he said dryly and scowled at her. She rolled her eyes and grabbed him by the arm and started to pull him back to where their home was.

"Come on, I want to get this thing off." she said and glared at the offending fabric that she had been made to wear. Will rolled his eyes at her and chuckled, but let her drag him back home.

When they had gotten home, Charlotte had changed into her tight black trousers and a long sleeved plain white top with a red sash tied around her waist with her boots on that came to the middle of her calf. She put her hair up into a messy bun and grabbed her sword. She skipped out of her room silently and found her brother in the front room of the blacksmith's. She jumped up behind him and hit him gently but firmly on the top of his head with the end of the sword. He jumped up and glared at her. He smirked when he saw who it was and picked up his sword. He swung hard and fast and she quickly blocked it. She pushed his sword away and took a swipe at him which made him jump back and then jumped forward to attack again. They continued their practising for about a half hour when they decided to call it quits.

Will stayed at the blacksmith's but Charlotte had decided to go and take a walk. She sheathed her sword and walked to the docks. Charlotte walked down to where one of the ships was and saw a strange looking man on it with Murtogg and Mullory, the guards that were stationed there. He had a red bandana from what she could see on his head and a three point hat on top of that. He had a long black/blue coat on and some beige coloured boots. He had what looked like some dreadlocks in his hair and beads and other things that she didn't have any clue what they were as he was too far away. His beard was braided too, she noticed with slight amusement. She shook her head and walked the other way from where he was, though she heard some of his conversation that he was having with the two guards.

"...and then they made me their chief." the man said in a deep husky voice and raised his hands in a wild gesture. She carried on walking down the docks when her head snapped up when she heard a loud splash. She frowned and looked out to the water where the splash came from. When she finally realised what was going on the man that was in the boat with the guards had already jumped in the water and was now swimming with Elizabeth back to the shore, to where she currently was. He dropped Elizabeth on the ground and the guards came running over. Charlotte dropped to her knees and moved some wet hair from Elizabeth's face, which had gone incredibly pale.

"She's not breathing!" Murtogg cried.

"Move." The man said irritably and grabbed his dagger and cut the corset open and Elizabeth gasped for breath and water dribbled out of her mouth and she kind of looked like a fish just being caught on land. Charlotte reached forward and helped her to sit up so she wouldn't choke on the water.

"Never would of thought of that." She heard Mullory say quietly and mostly to himself and she had to roll her eyes at him. Elizabeth was panting and she smiled weakly when she saw Charlotte.

"You have obviously never been to Singapore then." The strange man stated to what Mullory had said a second ago. He looked at the guards and then looked intently at Charlotte and what she was wearing and then stopped at Elizabeth and what she was currently wearing around her neck; A medallion. "Where did you get that?" he asked seriously but quietly and pointed at it before he touched it. Norrington had finally come running over with some soldiers and pointed his sword at the man's neck.

"On your feet." Norrington barked and the man slowly stood up and faced him as Governor Swann came running over just as Charlotte had managed to get Elizabeth on her feet and hugged her closed before he put his coat around her.

"Are you alright?" he asked his daughter concerned.

"Yes, I'm fine." she nodded and shivered slightly. Governor Swann turned around and saw Murtogg holding Elizabeth's corset and Murtogg's eyes widened and he quickly pointed at the mysterious man whilst shaking his head.

"Shoot him!" Governor Swann barked and scowled at the soaking wet man. Charlotte's eyes widened and she looked at Elizabeth who in turn looked at her father.

"Please, do you really intend of killing my rescuer?" she asked disbelieving. She looked at her father and Norrington pleadingly and Norrington gave the man a look that Charlotte couldn't understand. He sniffed slightly and then straightened up.

"A thanks is in order." he said and the unknown man hesitantly raised his arm to shake Norrington's outstretched hand. Norrington squeezed it tight and flipped his arm over and pulled up his sleeve. He had a satisfactory look in his eyes when he saw a P branded on his right arm, on his wrist. "Had a brush in with the East India Trading Company did we... pirate?" Charlotte's eyes widened, this man was a pirate? She gasped and the unknown man and Elizabeth, who were the only ones who heard her turned to look at her. She blushed but took a glance at the pirate. He was looking at her questioningly but then suddenly smirked and he turned back to Norrington.

"Hang him!" Governor Swann shouted and Charlotte's eyes widened, they couldn't do that! It was so unjust.

"Keep your guns on him men. Gillette, fetch some irons." Commodore James Norrington ordered and a soldier quickly scuttled off to do as requested. Norrington pushed the pirate's sleeves up further and smirked slightly. There was another tattoo that was a swallow flying past the sun. "Well, well, Jack Sparrow isn't it?" Charlotte's eyes widened, she was stood next to the infamous Jack Sparrow! She finally met him; she had heard stories about him and had always dreamed of getting to meet him. Jack glanced at her without her seeing it and saw her smiling. He raised an eyebrow and turned back to the Commodore.

"Captain Jack Sparrow... if you please, sir?" he responded a little tightly. They always forgot his title.

"Well I don't see your ship... Captain!" he mocked and Jack grit his teeth.

"I'm in the market, as it were." Charlotte snickered under her breath and was glad no one had heard her. She was sure she would be reprimanded for laughing at something Jack Sparrow had said.

"He said he'd come here to commandeer one." Murtogg said suddenly.

Mullory turned to face Murtogg and gave him a 'I told you so' look. "Told you he was telling the truth." he accused. "These are his sir." Mullory passed Jack's effects to Norrington who then started to go through them.

"No additional shots... nor powder. A compass that doesn't point North." he commented, going through his things. He then unsheathed his sword and smiled. "And I half-expected it to be made of wood." Norrington looked up towards Jack and sneered. "You are without a doubt the worst pirate I have ever heard of." Charlotte just could not help herself.

"But you have heard of him." she pointed out. Everyone, and she meant everyone, turned to look at her, making her blush under all the gazes and Jack smirked at her. He liked her.

"Exactly." he said and she sighed in relief when all the looks left her way, except Elizabeth's, and went back to the pirate. A lieutenant then came over when Gillette came back with the iron cuffs and placed them on his wrists.

"Commodore, I really must protest." Elizabeth said after she saw the desperate look her friend was sending her, plus she felt it was only right. He may be a pirate but he did save her life. Charlotte was looking at Jack Sparrow and she blushed when she was caught looking at him. He snickered and smiled as he turned to look at the commotion going on before him. He had missed something that Norrington had said apparently. "Pirate or not, this man saved my life!" Charlotte nodded her head in agreement. Norrington sighed and gave Elizabeth a strained look.

"One good deed does not redeem a man of a life time of wickedness." he tried to explain to her.

"Though it seems enough to condemn him." Jack added in, having his say.

"Indeed!" Norrington spat and glared at him. Gillette moved away from Jack just for only a second and Charlotte gasped as he put the chain around Elizabeth's neck. Elizabeth's eyes widened and she looked at Charlotte desperately. Charlotte didn't know what she could do and she felt rather helpless, plus she also didn't want to do anything that could harm Jack either.

"Don't shoot!" Governor Swann shouted at held up his arms when he saw the pirate with the chains around his only daughters neck.

Jack smirked and glanced at Charlotte before looking back. "Knew you'd would warm up to me." he said and smiled at him. He then turned to look at Norrington. "Commodore Norrington, my effects please. And my hat." He seemed to just add on as an afterthought. "Commodore!" Jack said and tightened the chains around Elizabeth's neck as a warning. Norrington hesitantly handed him his gun which he quickly put to Elizabeth's head. She gulped loudly and Charlotte watched the scene unfold with baited breath. "Elizabeth... It is Elizabeth isn't it?" Jack asked her and Elizabeth glared and turned to look at him.

"It's Miss Swann." she ground out harshly.

He smirked slightly at her tone and expression. "Miss Swann if you would be so kind." he said slightly mockingly and teasingly and then had the nerve to smile at her. Norrington slowly handed the effects to Elizabeth and she grabbed them and turned around slowly so she was facing him. "Come on, dear, we haven't got all day." he said as she didn't do anything, just stood there and glared at him. She scowled again and roughly put on his hat. She put her arms around him so it looked like she was hugging him to put on his effects. Jack smirked at the look on everyone's faces; Especially Norrington's. "Easy on the goods darli'n." He grunted as she pulled roughly on his belt and he winced. "Would like to save some for your pretty friend over there." he whispered in her ear so no one else could see and motioned towards where Charlotte stood. Elizabeth threw him a disgusted look and he grinned widely, showing off his gold teeth.

"You're despicable." she spat.

Jack didn't seem phased and shrugged at her. "Sticks and stones love. I saved your life, now you save mine; we're square." he said and smirked at her. "Gentlemen, m'lady, you will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow." He pushed Elizabeth away and her father quickly caught her and held her up in his arms safely. Charlotte watched in awe and fascination as she watched him swing up and land on a beam above all their heads and manage to stay standing.

"Now will you shoot?" Governor Swann snapped. Charlotte gasped and watched as they pointed their guns in the air and aimed and fired at him. Jack threw the chains about a rope and jumped off the beam and slid down to the ground perfectly.

"Gillette!" Norrington barked as he glared at where Sparrow was last. "Mr Sparrow has a dawn appointment with the gallows. I would hate for him to miss it." Charlotte's eyes narrowed when she heard that.

"Search upstairs. Look lively men!" Gillette shouted as they all split up to look for Jack Sparrow. Charlotte rushed over towards Elizabeth and she was pounced on. She hugged Elizabeth delicately and patted her back.

"We need to get you home." her father said gently as he walked closer to them.

"Can Charlotte please come?" Elizabeth said desperately and gave him such sad eyes. Governor Swann looked towards Charlotte and his eyes went wide, as though he had only just realised what she was wearing and didn't notice in all the commotion.

"Of course, just let's get you home." he said awkwardly and nodded his head.

Charlotte looked back to where Jack Sparrow was last and sighed. She finally got to meet him and it was for less than fifteen minutes, it was so unfair. She pouted and followed Elizabeth and her father to the carriage and held Elizabeth's hand as they were driven back to her home. At least she got to meet him, she thought happily. She smiled out the window. I wonder what it is like to be a pirate? She thought.