The Sunny Sparrow

Disclaimer: I only own my OC Captain Sunset Fauna.

Me and my PT and co-writer, kurounue13, will be taking you on a new adventure of sorts. In this story, we will be following the adventures of Captain Sunset Fauna, Captain of the Pirate ship The Glory Jewel. (Following the Curse of the Black Pearl events.)

The sun shined on the water and in the face of Sunset Fauna, who sat up with a groan as she held her hand to her eyes. She looked around once her eyes had adjusted to the sun and she picked up her hat as she put it on top of her head. She got up slowly as she looked around at where she was. Oh, I know this place...I can't remember anything right now, where are we?, she thought before she started looking around for anyone from her crew, her memory slowly coming back to her.

She remembered the storm. She remembered her beloved ship sinking into the
sea. But where was her crew? The most trusted friends she had ever had were on
that ship.

She looked around at where she was. She knew this place, but she couldn't place the name. I know this place...oh what's the name again?, she thought. She hadn't been on land in three years, but she knew this place...she just couldn't think of the name right now. The name was at the top of her mind and she just couldn't seem to reach out far enough in her mind to grab it and get it to come out of her mouth. She looked over and saw her first mate, Braham, drinking from a glass of rum. "BRAHAM!" she yelled as she ran over to him.

He looked up and saw his captain and the glass of rum fell from his hand as he stood. "Captain, you're alive!"

"What are you talking about? Of course I'm alive. Why wouldn't I be?" she asked, confusion taking over her again. "You don't remember?" he asked, his voice was full of concern. "No! I don't remember almost anything! I remember the Glory Jewel sinking, vaguely. What happened?" she asked. "We were blindsided completely by this wave. You fell overboard, most of the crew died. There is only a handful of us left." Braham said softly. Sunset sighed as she looked down. "Who's left?" she asked softly. "Young Bowen, Shawn, the Doc, Mr. Blair, James, and myself are all but who are left." he said. "Where are we?" she asked. Braham sighed. "Tortuga, captain. As much a curse as it is a blessing."

For the first time, Sunset smiled. "We're back in Tortuga?" she asked. Braham and everyone else knew that Tortuga was Sunset's favorite place to be. "Come, everyone is at the tavern getting some food in their bellies." Braham said. She smiled as she and Braham both went into the tavern.

The moment Sunset walked in, the remaning men of her crew went ghost white. "Boyo, be that a ghost wit ya?" Ask Doc. "It must be. Captain sank into the depths with the ship." said Blair. Sunset smacked him the back of the head. "Well apparently I made it back up." she said as she pulled on her coat.

"It is ya, Lass." Said Doc as he stood and embraced the younger woman, which Sunset returned. Her nose was instantly bombarded with the smell of irish wiskey, a smell that was only Doc's.

"Of course it is. I've told you all this once before, but apparently the sinking has effected you all greatly so let me just remind you. I am Captain Sunset Fauna of the now deceased Glory Jewel, and I can not and will not be brought down." she said in her true pirate fashion.

"AYE!" They shouted before all taking a drink of their rum. Sunset tipped her pirate's hat at her remaining crew before she went up to the bar for rum.

One Year Later...

Sunset wiped the sweat from her brow as she continued to work on the order of horseshoes for a local rich man. It'd been a whole year since she'd last seen her beloved, and destroyed, ship or her crew. She'd separated from them to try and make some money to build a new ship, but it wasn't adding up so far. She was barely close to what she needed.

"Sun, come on, you need to rest." Came the voice of Will Turner, a younger lad who also worked for Mr. Brown. Sunset smiled. "I'm fine, Will, besides I'm almost finished." Although Will was very handsome, Sunset held no feelings towards him except for friendship, besides she knew that his heart belonged to another and so did hers. His heart was to Elizabeth Swan and hers was to the sea and the Glory Jewel, which he knew nothing about.

"Just promise me you will take a break." He said as he handed her a glass of water which she drank heartily. "I promise." she said as she finished a horseshoe then put down her supplies and let out a tired breath as she sat down in a wooden chair off to the side of her work. "Break time." she smiled at Will.

Will rolled his eyes as he pulled on one of his nice coats. "Off to deliver the Commodore's new sword?" She asked teasingly. "I hope this time you will actually be able to speak to her without stuttering like a looney."

Will just smirked. "Thanks for the support." he said before he left. Sunset shook her head once he left and sighed. "The boy's doomed." she said quietly to herself. The donkey bayed in agreement. Sunset smiled over at the donkey, who she could never remember the name of, as she looked at her glass of water. "If only you were rum..." she said wistfully as she drank her water.

She got up with a sigh and walked into the other part of the shop to hopefully get a small nap. If that was even possible with Mr. Brown's drunken snoring ringing out every five minutes. Even after a year she should be able to drown out his snoring by now, but she just couldn't, they seemed to get louder and louder. She sighed as she laid down on a small blanket and closed her eyes to try and sleep.

It hadn't been even twenty minutes yet when Sunset was woken up by loud hammering sounds. He's back already?, she thought as she got up from her place in the back room and made her way into the shop. "Will, what are you doing?" she asked loudly so he could hear her over his hammering. She stopped dead when she saw a tall dark man with dreads. They stared at one another before Sunset quickly grabbed a sword. "Who the hell are you?" she asked. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, love, and who might you be?" the man said and Sunset about dropped her sword.

She'd heard about Captain Jack Sparrow, he was her inspiration to go pirating in the first place. She was frozen as she looked at him, unsure of what to say, but trying to keep a strong face like she'd always done on her ship. "I'm Captain Sunset Fauna of the deceased Glory Jewel." she finally managed to say.

"Ah, I have heard of the sad tragedy that befell your beloved ship." He said sincerely. "You have me condolences, love."

"I don't need your condolences." she said, her strong pirate captain instincts coming back to her. "Oh a feisty one, eh?" He said. "But as much as I would love to woo you and drown you in affection and compliments like I would normally do, I need help, love. One pirate to another. Please?" He said, exposing his shackled wrists to her. "I am in a bit of a pickle and need to run as fast as me legs can carry me."

"And why should I help you? What's in it for me?" she asked. Jack thought for a moment. "I get away, you can come with me, love." He said getting closer. "You can be on a ship again. You can finally answer the call of the sea, which I know has been festering inside you to do so." He got closer to her. "Help me, and you can be a pirate again. A True Pirate."

"How I let a dog like you convince me, I'll never know." she said before she pulled him over to her work station. "Put them up there." She said, pointing to the gear and wheel as she went over to the donkey. Soon, with a little love and encouragement, the donkey was moving. "So you do have a soft side." Jack couldn't help but say. "I have many sides and if you would like to stay on my good ones I suggest you listen." she said. The rotating gear finally hit Jack's shackles and snapped the chain in half. But he didn't have much time to celebrate for the door sounded as someone began to open it.

"Will..." Sunset breathed out. She quickly shoved Jack away to hide and she quickly sat down with her glass of water. Of course she didn't expect for Jack to hide underneath the table she was sitting at. She wanted to glare, but she kept her face calm. "How'd it go?" she asked. Will only sighed heavily as he removed his coat. "Right where I left you." He said to Brown, but when he got to his work station he saw a hammer out of place. "Not where I left you."

Oh bugger., Sunset thought, but kept her face calm. Sunset sat back in her chair as she watched Will walk around, looking for anything else out of place.

Then as Will turned around, he got a sword in the face. "You, you're the one they are looking for." Will said as he stared at Jack.

Oh bloody hell!, She screamed in her head as she looked back, sighing heavily. She looked between Will and Jack before she pulled out her sword again. "You seem familiar have I threatened you before?" Jack asked Will in his usual manner. "I try not to have familiarity with pirates." Will said bravely, but Sunset could see he was scared. "Ah, then it would be a shame to put a black mark on your record. So if you will excuse me." Jack said turning, only to give Will the opportunity to retrieve a sword of his own. Jack turned and narrowed his eyes, still with a smile on his face. "You think this wise, boy? Crossing blades with a pirate?"

"You threatened Miss Swan." he said defiantly. Sunset stayed back to watch their exchange as she tried to pick a side. Jack ran his blade against Will's, making him step back. "Only a little."

Soon the sword fight began and Sunset was eager to join in. She hadn't had a good sword fight in a very long time.

"You have excellent form, I'll give you that. But...how's your foot work?" Jack challenged Will. Jack took a step forward. "Sword fighting," He said as he dodged a few of Will's attacks. "Needs to be smooth and fluid." He cast his eyes at Sunset. "Much like dancing with a beautiful woman." he took another step and landed a few blows himself. "Think of the sword as your lady, and you are engaged in a seductive and powerful," A few more dodges. "Tango."

Sunset smirked as she interfered, trying to throw Jack off his game. "Jack?"

"Yes, love?" He said, turning his head to her, allowing Will to advance a bit, but Jack, being Jack, was able to dodge all of them. "Now that wasn't nice, love." He said, attacking and dodging more of Will's attacks before finally, "tah." He said, turning to leave for the door. That was until Will threw his sword expertly as it went into the door, right in Jack's vision. Even Sunset was shocked.

Jack glanced back at Will then back at the sword. He grabbed it and shook it, jumping up and down slightly to try and get the damned thing loose, but it was stuck tight. No budging. "That is a wonderful trick. Except once again you are between me and my way out." Jack said as he drew close to Will. "Except this time." He drew his sword. "You have no weapon."

Will looked back and found a white hot sword that was sitting in the coals as he grabbed the handle and pointed it at Jack. The poor donkey saw the white hot sword and began moving as the two once again engaged in a battle.

Sunset merely sighed and sat down on the bench and watched. She shrugged and put her sword back in her coat that was hanging up as she watched the two men fight, wanting so bad to be involved in a fight like that again.

Jack used his chains to knock Will's sword from him. After quickly dodging, he retrieved one of the many Will had made. "Who the bloody hell makes all these?"

"I do!" Will said. "And I practice with them...three hours a day!" he said. "You need to find yourself a girl, mate." Will quickly ducked, avoiding Jack's sword. "OR, perhaps you already found a woman as beautiful as the lass sitting near, and are otherwise incapable of wooing her." Jack's face fell. "You aren't a eunuch, are you?" He asked, glancing down at Will's nether regions.

"I practice three hours a day so that when I meet a pirate, I can kill it!" he yelled.

Those words stung Sunset to her heart. Even though he didn't know about her being a pirate, they still stung. And now she knew whose side she was choosing.

The fighting ensued from floor to ceiling. Jack and Will were now in the rafters.

Sunset watched both men carefully as she got a good distance away from their battle.

Jack knocked the sword from Will's hand. Will flipped down to try and retrieve another, but Jack beat him and blasted some nasty orange dust into Will's face, who then frantically and blindly tried to find a weapon. Once he found something he turned and Jack was now pointing a pistol at him. "You cheated." Will said and Sunset rolled her eyes from behind Will. "Pirate." Jack said. "Duh." Sunset mouthed as she made her way over to the two of them.

Suddenly there was a ruccus outside and Will blocked Jack's escape. "Move." Jack said, pointing the gun at him. Sunset looked between the two. "No." Will said. "Please move?" Jack begged. Sunset looked at Jack with raised eyebrows. Never had she thought she would hear the almighty Captain Jack Sparrow begging. "No! I will not stand aside and let you escape!" Will said defiantly. Jack immediately cocked the gun. "This shot was not meant for you." But before he could shoot, Mr. Brown had cracked Jack over the head with his empty bottle of drink. Sunset and Will both watched as Jack went down with a thud and the soldiers came in.

The Commodore came forward and eyed Jack, who was sprawled out on the ground. "Well done, Mr. Brown. You have aided in the capture of a warranted fugitive."

"Just doing my civic duties." he slurred and Sunset looked at Will before she looked down at Jack. Sunset could smell the reaking alcohol on his breath. "This will be the day that Captain Jack Sparrow almost escaped." The Commodore said as his men carried off the unconcious man.

Later that night...

Sunset couldn't sleep. She kept thinking about earlier in the day when she had met Jack Sparrow. Now she knew where he was. In the prison near the blacksmith shop. She let out a soft sigh as she crept out of the backroom where she slept. She walked into the room that was Will's and he was out then she went into the shop where she saw Mr. Brown curled up with his bottle of gin. She sighed in relief as she pulled on her coat, made sure her affects were in there, then she walked out of the blacksmith shop, making sure to securely close it before she made her way to the prison.

She got in and found her way into the room where the holding cells were. She saw several men whistling for the dog who held the key. Jack was sitting in his cell with his hat over his face. "You can do that all night, mates, the doggie's never going to move."

Sunset smirked at Jack as she leaned against the dirty wall. The other prisoners had then silenced as they looked at Sunset. "Problem?" she asked as she looked at them. At the sound of her voice, Jack looked at her from under the brim of his hat and smirked. "Ah, lovely Sunshine. Come to brighten me day?" He asked softly. "It's Sunset." she corrected as she got closer to his cell. "So, what be a beautiful ray of sunshine like ye'self doing here?" Jack asked. She looked at him and sat down on the floor when she was up to the bars of his cell. "I want to talk about what you said earlier."

"Ah." He said with that smile of his. "Well me offer still stands, love, but as you can see." He said, noting the bars of his cell. "I'm rather busy at the moment."

"I see that...I'll be right back." Sunset said before she stood up. "Oi! Sunny, where you going?" He called out to her as she walked. She turned and smiled. "You'll see." she said before she turned and walked out.

One Hour Later...

It was nearing 1 in the morning and the prison doors to the holding cells banged open as Sunset was being dragged in by two guards, not making a sound just smirking at Jack.

The two guards opened up the cell door and threw her in. With a loud OOF!, she landed on her back on the straw covered floor.

Once the guards left she turned her head to Jack with a smile. "Told ya." she smirked.

She's a strange one, I'll give her that, but she's my type o' girl., He thought with a smirk of his own.

"Now-" she said before she was cut off by the other prisoners whistling at her. She slowly turned her head to them and with a single look they quieted down and she looked back at Jack. "Now, what were we talking about?" she asked as she sat up and crawled over to sit next to Jack. Just as Jack was about to open his mouth, there were loud booms outside. His eyes widened. "I know those guns." He jumped up and looked out of his cell window. "It's the Pearl." Sunset stood up as she looked over Jack's shoulder. "What do we do? We can't possibly break out of here unless we have a few bombs of our own." she said. One of the other men mumbled something about the Pearl, saying that it left no survivors. "No survivors, eh?" Jack asked then Sunset spoke up. "Then where do the stories come from, I wonder."

"Very good point, deary." Jack said as he jumped down from his place at the window. Sunset looked over at him. "Are you seriously going to just let us sit here and wait? No one will come, Jack-" There was a high pitched whistling sound and, before she knew what was happening, Jack grabbed her around the waist just as a cannon ball hit the jail wall. Both landed on the floor, but with Jack on top of Sunset.

"Jack, love, don't get too excited. A gaping hole in the wall and a doggie watching wouldn't be my definition of private." she said sarcastically. "Sorry, darling, but" he looked down and eyed her beneath him. "I rather like the view."

"Now where have I heard that before?" she smirked. Jack got up off of her and helped her up and quickly fetched the bone from the floor. He began whistling for the dog. "Here doggy! It's just you and Jacky now. Come here. Come on you slimey mangy cur." A bang was heard and the dog ran off. "Oh! No, no, no I didn't mean it!" Jack said, trying to grab the dog as he ran by. Sunset laughed softly from her seat.

Suddenly, two men came down into the jail. "Hey this ain't the armory!" The one with the dreads came closer. "Well, well, well," He said, his voice was deep and as he spoke his nasty teeth were exposed. "Captain Jack Sparrow."

"Last time I saw you, you were all alone on a god forsaken island. Shrinking into the distance." the other man said. Jack just sat there and stared at them. Sunset came over so she was in view of the two pirates as she sat next to Jack.

"Well, Jack, at least you aren't alone. You've got a lovely whore here to keep you company." the one with dreads said and Jack bolted upright and glared them down.

Woah., Sunset thought as she saw Jack bolt right into action before she shook off her shock and stood. "Do you know who I am? I'm Captain Sunset Fauna of the deceased Glory Jewel." she said in her true pirate fashion. She'd been dying to say that again.

"Well, well, Jack, you do get around." Said the one with the dreads.

Both Sunset and Jack glared them down before another explosion had the two pirates running for the door and escaping. Sunset sighed as she sat back down with her back against the bars of the cell while she looked up at Jack, who was still standing in that same fashion, as if he was frozen that way.

Those mangy buggers., He thought as his face remained stone frozen.

Sunset took Jack's hand as she pulled on it lightly. "Come on, Jack, no need to play protector anymore, they're gone." she said, but he didn't move. She stood up and got behind Jack as she rested her head against his back.

That feels nice., Jack thought, not wanting to say it out loud.

She put her other hand in his. "Come on, Jack, they're gone. And we probably won't see another soul until morning..." she trailed off. Slowly he began to relax and his shoulders slouched. Sunset smiled as she moved some of his hair out of the way as she kissed his cheek. "Come on, Jacky," she said as she laid down on the floor of the cell.

Slowly, Jack laid down next to her.

"So...about my freedom." she said as she looked over at Jack and smirked. "When we get out, I will take you with me, I will return you to the sea." Jack said, his voice dropping off into nothing as he fell asleep. Sunset smiled as she laughed softly and felt her eyes getting heavy as she laid her head down on Jack's chest as she drifted off to sleep as well.

Morning came and Sunset woke and saw Jack trying to pick the lock with the bone.

She looked at him as she blinked some of the blurriness out of her eyes. "Jack? What are you doing?" she asked as she crawled over to him. "You know that's not gonna work, the bone's too big."

"I've almost got it!" He said stubbornly. "You do not!" she said just as stubbornly. A loud bang was heard and he quickly removed himself from the lock and laid back down next to Sunset. "You, Sparrow!" Will came in. "Sun? What are you-?"

"Long story, Will. I'll explain it all later." she said. "You know what, forget it I don't want to know, nevermind." He said, rubbing his face. "Sparrow, you know of the Black Pearl?"

"I heard of it." he said as he draped an arm around Sunset, who just looked at him.

"Where does it make birth?" Will asked. Jack looked at him. "Where does it make birth? Do you not know of the stories?" Jack asked and Will shook his head. Jack sighed and laid back down. "Captain Barbossa, and his crew of miscreants, sailed along the Isla de Muerta, it's an island that can not be found," he leaned his head up to look at Will. "Except for those who already know where it is. Speaking of, dear Sunset, do you know where it is?" he asked as he looked over at Sunset, who smirked. "Know where it is? I vacationed there every summer when I was on my...but that's another story." she said when she noticed Will was still here.

Will looked at her with an arched brow. "Sun?"

"Alright, Will, I might as well tell you the truth. I'll make it simple." she stood up and showed him the tattoo on the inside of her wrist that was a black decorative P. "I am the Pirate Captain Sunset Fauna, of the deceased Glory Jewel. I sailed the seven seas for three years, starting when I was only 20. And my motto is the same now as it was then. I am Captain Sunset Fauna of the Glory Jewel, and I can not and will not be brought down."

Will looked hurt. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I knew your attitude towards pirates." she said. Will's face dropped when he realized what she was talking about, but he shook it off. "Sparrow, will you help me?"

"Why should I? If you haven't noticed, I'm in a bit of a tight spot right now." Jack said. "It's Elizabeth." Will said and Jack sat up quickly. "Oh, so it is that you've found a girl! I see...Well, if you're intending to break all haste to get to her rescue and win fair lady's heart, you'll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me." Will sighed. "I can get you out."

"How's that? The key's run off." Jack said as Sunset sat next to him. "I helped build these cells." Will said. Sunset smiled as she remembered. "They are double barrel hinges." Will said as he picked up a wooden bench. "With the right application of strength. The door will lift free." Jack nodded slowly. "What's your name?" he asked. "Will Turner." he said. Jack shared a look with Sunset before he looked back to Will. "I imagine that's short for William. Good, strong name, no doubt a name for your father." Jack said. Will looked at him strangly. "Yes."

Jack nodded once more. "Well, Mr. Turner, I've changed me mind. If you spring me from this cell, I swear on pain of death, I shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonny lass. Do we have an accord?" he said as he and Sunset stood up. Will reached into the cell and shook hands. "Agreed." Will said. "Wonderful, get us out!" Jack said.

It didn't take long for Will to lift the door free as Jack and Sunset escaped the cell. "We have to be quick, someone would've heard that." Will said and Jack and Sunset both said in unison. "Not without my affects." they said as they both grabbed their pirate hats and coats as they shrugged them on.

They managed to get out and now they were hiding under a bridge. "We're going to steal a ship?" Will asked before he looked up. "That ship?"

"Commandeer." Jack said. "We're going to commandeer that ship..." Sunset smirked. "and not return." she finished. Jack lead and Sunset followed with poor confused Will in the rear. They climbed under a row boat and waited.

"This girl," Jack said, turning to Will. "How far would you go to save her?" he asked. "I'd die for her." He said in a determined voice. "Oh good." Jack said, smiling. "No worries then." Sunset said as they waited for their opportune moment to leave under the row boat before they were finally in the water and Sunset let out a sigh of relief and content that blew along the back of Jack's neck.

Jack scrunched up his neck almost instantly. "Don't do that." He said softly so only she would hear. Soon a few foot soldiers passed by. "Okay on 3." They shuffled the boat into the water.

"Why not, Jack, I thought you liked girls." Sunset said soft enough for him to hear while Will was focused on carrying the boat, not listening in on Sunset and Jack's conversation.

They shivered as they entered the water. "Oh cold." Sunset said. "Cold." She said as the water hit her breasts then her neck. "But it feels so good to be back in water again." she said. "Welcome back." Jack said. Sunset smirked as she whispered to Jack. "What a warm, inviting greeting despite the cold sea."

Jack didn't say anything as Will stepped into a lobster trap. "You alright there, Will?" Sunset said. "Never better." He said as he tried to get the thing off his foot.

Soon, Jack, Sunset, and Will were all climbing up the back of the ship. Sunset used the lobster cage and rope to disable the rudder. "Very good, love, I see those skills of yours haven't left your knowledge." Jack said and Sunset smiled. "They never will." she said. Jack offered her his hand which she took and he pulled her up. Will then got himself up as they all got on the ship and Jack and Sunset quickly pulled out their guns.

"Everyone stay calm we're taking over the ship!" Jack said coming down the steps with Sunset and Will. "AYE! Avast!" Will said, pointing his sword at the officers. Sunset and Jack looked at him like he was insane. "Seriously?" Sunset asked him. "What? That's not what you say?" he asked innocently. "Will, just let Jack and I do the talking for right now, ok?" she asked, trying to be patient while Jack went down the stairs of the ship to 'work his magic', so to speak.

"You won't make it out of the harbor." said the one officer. "Son," Jack said, pointing his gun in the officer's face. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"

Jack had the men all pilled into a longboat and lowered them down, while Sunset was instructing Will on how to get the ship ready. It was rather frustrating. Jack was at the helm when the Intercepter came up behind them.

Sunset got Will situated with a job for the moment as she went over to Jack. "They're coming, Jack." she said to him from behind. Jack only smiled.

When the soldiers started to invade the ship, Jack, Sunset, and Will all escaped onto the Interceptor and Sunset was now at the wheel as Jack turned to the Commodore on the other ship. "Thank you, Commodore, for helping us make way. We would've had a hard time with it by ourselves!" Jack said triumphantly before all three were dodging gun shots and soon it was all... Smooth sailing...for the time being.