Well, here it is! The On Stranger Tides story of Barbossa and Joanna's lives. Remember, this fic is not connected to my previous fic Come Back to Me. This ignores that fic. On to the story!

"Joseph!" Joanna yelled grabbing her son's arm.

She held onto Joseph as he wrapped his arms around her legs.

"Mama, I'm scared", he whimpered.

"Don't worry, sweetie", Joanna said. "Just stay with me. Mama and Papa will protect you."

Joanna pushed Joseph behind her and gently wrapped one arm around her pregnant belly. She looked across the deck to Barbossa who stood by the railing. Next to their ship was the Queen Anne's Revenge…Blackbeard's ship.

"Last chance", Blackbeard said reaching for his sword. "Tell me all ya know about the fountain of youth. Tell me its location."

"Persuade me", Barbossa said. "Why should I?"

Blackbeard pulled out his sword. A loud ringing echoed on the wind. The crew of the Black Pearl looked around wondering what was happening. A rope untied itself from the mast and snaked its way around Joanna's body.

"Hector!" she screamed.

Joseph grabbed the rope trying to pull it away from his mother. It wouldn't move an inch no matter how hard he pulled.

"Does that persuade you?" Blackbeard asked Barbossa.

"Go to hell!" Joanna yelled.

Barbossa smirked.

"I think ya got yer answer."

"As you wish", Blackbeard said.

He pointed his sword toward the Black Pearl. The sea began to roil. Cannons on the Queen Anne's Revenge began firing by themselves. The ropes on the Black Pearl began whipping wildly as they came free from the sails. Joanna screamed as she watched the ropes tangled Joseph and Barbossa. She gasped for breath as the rope around her tightened. She could hardly breathe as the rope pressed harder and harder against her stomach and her chest until she felt something pop…

"Mama!" Joseph yelled.

Joanna looked down to see blood dripping between her legs. Her vision blurred and everything grew quiet as she began slipping away.

"Mama! Mama!"

"Mama", Joseph said. "Mama, wake up."

Joanna woke to see her son shaking her. She opened her eyes to find herself not on the Black Pearl, but in a warm bed in a beautiful room. One you'd find only in mansions.

After three years at sea, Barbossa came back for Joanna and Joseph. Everything was peaceful until their run-in with Blackbeard. Now they were living in a house in London. They were no longer pirates. They were law-abiding citizens with Barbossa working for the king.

"Joanna…"

Barbossa limped into the bedroom with his new uniform and a peg leg. He sat next to Joanna on the edge of the bed.

"How are ya feeling?" he asked brushing the hair out of her face.

"I'm still hurting on the inside", Joanna sighed.

She looked down at her flat stomach. That encounter with Blackbeard cost Barbossa his leg and to both of them…their unborn child.

"Are you still sad, Mama?" Joseph asked.

Joanna smiled a bit as she looked at Joseph. He was a carbon copy of Barbossa. The same face, the same hair. She leaned in and kissed his forehead.

"Just a little bit", Joanna said. "But don't worry. Mama will be happy again someday."

"Aye", Barbossa said. "Everything will be better soon."

He leaned in for a kiss. Joanna smiled as her fingers tangled themselves into his hair as she kissed him.

"Now get up and get dressed", he said. "Ye 'nd I be going ta the palace ta speak with the king."

Joanna nodded as she watched him walk away.