Disclaimer: I do not own POTC, just the characters I made up that were not in the original movies. Any quotes taken directly from the movie are not mine. I do not own the plotlines that follow any of the movies.
The Mark He Left
"What mark did he leave on you?" Will asked.
Beckett tightened the grip on the brand shaped into a P, and set it back on the fireplace.
Behind a closed door, she heard everything, but kept silent. Never be seen or heard until the opportune moment, which was the motto she lived by. With her jet black hair in a tight bun, her stern sapphire blue eyes, her flawless complexion, and her attire kept in perfect condition, Sarah Beckett looked like the epitome of a young English lady. However, the high society of London never looked past her "Oriental" appearance at first glance. The color of her eyes never concealed her Asian heritage, but she was never ashamed of it. Her father invoked power and respect, and she took advantage of that. The parents and governesses of the heiresses of England were always impressed with her respectful manners, intelligence, and above all docility.
But they never knew what she was truly born and raised to do… that secret remained between her, her father, and begrudgingly, Mercer. Her facade aided by upper-class breeding hid her more deadly nature. She was a rival to Mercer, her father's right-hand man and deadliest assassin, despite the difference in their lines of work. She was the bait, with her beauty and mask of innocence; she would lure targets into going after this seemingly defenseless girl. They would never have guessed her talent with a sword and a pistol, enhanced with training that began the moment she could walk. After the mark was subdued, she would interrogate either with charm or brute force. Pirates, she believed, were nothing more than the scum of the earth easily out-smarted…and murderers, but she quickly pushed that thought out of her head. She would always get the information her father needed, and once she was done…. Well that was up to her father and Mercer to decide. He despised her for as long as she remembered, she believed he saw her as competition for her father's attentions. Nothing more than a spine-less commoner who worships father she thought.
She closed the book that she was studying, and placed it back on the shelf. A library filled with books and maps, written in Latin, French, English, Chinese, Spanish, Hindu, and Italian and she read them all. Sarah silently got back into her chair and waited in boredom. Sometimes it felt that she seen it all and heard it all. Despite her hatred of pirates, she had to admit they had tales to be told. Every story she squeezed out of those bandits piqued her interest. Especially this particular one she heard only a couple of years before, the one that finally gave father a chance to rid the world of pirates and rule the seas themselves.
Sorry, I will return to this part of the story, but I wanted to give an idea of who Sarah is first. From this point on, I'm going in the chronological order of the movies, so bear with me. So now here is the Curse of the Black Pearl, and I won't be going through the entire movie, same thing with Dead Man's Chest. Hopefully you've watched those by now and are able to fill the plot holes I left. It's at World's End that's going to get revamped the most.