If I owned Pirates of the Caribbean I wouldn't be writing this now, savvy? Any familiar character belongs to Disney, so any unfamiliar character belongs to me:)

When Victoria arrived at the blacksmith shop, she found the door locked, "Strange", she mumbled, "It's never locked during day time, even when there's no one there."

She knocked on the door, hoping that Will was inside and he would open it for her. When there was no reaction she looked trough a crack in the door, seeing Will fighting with someone, "WILL!", she screamed, running away from the door, there was also a back door, it would take a minute or two to get there, but it was the only way. As she run around the houses she saw Marines, clearly they were still looking Jack Sparrow. That gave a small smile on Victoria's face, but only for a moment.

When she reached the back door, she grabbed one of the half-finished swords that was standing outside the door, it wasn't ideal, but it was better the nothing if Will needed her help.

She slowly opened the door, but saw no one, then she heard sounds of clashing swords coming from the attic and looked up, Will was dueling with no one less than Jack Sparrow.

As she carefully walked forwards one of the swords fell down, followed by the two men, Will's way was quite elegant, but Jack's was just clumsy, then Jack grabbed a bag of sand threw it over Will, blinding him. As Will tried to clean his eyes, Jack kicked his sword out of his hands and pointed his gun at Will. At that moment Victoria ran forwards and stood between the gun barrel and Will.

"Victoria, no!", Will exclaimed, while trying to push her out of the way.

"Will, I won't let him hurt you", Victoria said, standing firmly in her place, while looking at Jack.

"You", Jack said, "You're that girl from the docks, what are ya doing here?"

"Saving my brother, what does it look like", Victoria said sarcastically, she knew that it was dangerous what she did, but she couldn't let him kill her brother, without her brother, she would go crazy, he was all she had left in this world.

Then the doors started rattle, Victoria could see red Marine uniforms through the cracks, and Will moved to his left, standing between the back door and the pirate captain.

"Move away", Jack said, moving his gun so it pointed towards Will, who shook his head

"No."

"Please move", Jack said, he almost sounded pleadingly.

"No", Will said, "I cannot just step aside and let you escape."

Jack pulled the cock of his pistol, "This shot is not meant for you nor her", Jack said while moving his towards Victoria, then Victoria saw Mr. Brown behind Jack, raising his empty bottle and knocking Jack out.

The moment that Jack fell on the floor, the door broke open and the Marines started walking in, followed by Admiral Norrington, "Excellent work Mr. Brown", Commodore Norrington said, "You've assisted in the capture of a dangerous fugitive."

Mr. Brown shrugged, "Just doing my civic duty, sir."

Victoria noticed that Will wanted to say something, it was after all him who fought Jack Sparrow, but Victoria grabbed his hand so he would keep quiet.

"Well, I trust that you will always remember this as the day that captain Jack Sparrow almost escaped", Commodore Norrington sneered at the unconscious man, "Take him away."

After Gilette changed Jack's broken irons, he was lifted by four man and carried out of the blacksmith shop.

Commodore Norrington looked up and saw both Victoria and Will standing, still holding their swords in their hands, "Miss Turner, why is it that in every occasions I find Jack Sparrow, you are there as well?"

Victoria shrugged, "I don't know Commodore, must be a coincidence, earlier on I was just sitting at the dock, something I do often and this time I was looking for Will. I do live here after all."

Commodore Norrington nodded, not really believing her but there was nothing he could do about it.

After the Commodore and the remaining Marines left the shop Mr. Brown announced he would be going to 'The Soldiers Boot', the pub across the street for a drink. As soon as he was out of ear-shot Victoria said to her brother, "He's probably going to tell what happened, and knowing him the story will change after each glass of gin he has."

Will nodded, "True, but there's nothing we can do about it, let him be", after he said that he turned around and picked up the one of the swords he had fought with.

"Damn that pirate, now I can start again with the sword for Captain Jacobs", Will muttered softly as he assessed the damage on the unfinished sword.

"Victoria", Will said softly, Victoria, who was cleaning up the mess Will and Jack had made, looked up to her brother.

"What's wrong Will?"

"What did Commodore Norrington mean when he said that in every occasion he encountered Jack Sparrow, you were there too earlier today?", Will said.

"Didn't you listen to what I told him", Victoria asked, Will shook his head, "No, not really."

"Well, I was earlier in the afternoon on the docks with Mullroy and Murtrogg, I was looking out over sea, just thinking about the past when Jack Sparrow appeared. He had a conversation with Mullroy and Murtrogg and then slipped onto the Interceptor when those two idiots, god bless them, had an argument about the Black Pearl being real or not. They noticed that Sparrow had slipped onto the Interceptor and there they talked a while before Elizabeth fell of the cliff –"

Will gasped, he didn't know that his beloved Elisabeth Swann had fallen of a cliff, "She… What?"

Victoria walked over to her brother and gave him a playful slap on his arm, "If you just shut up, I can tell you what happened."

Will nodded, "Please continue then."

"After Elizabeth fell of the cliff, Sparrow asked to Mullroy and Murtrogg if they would save her, but they both can't swim, so he rescued her himself. And that's when Norrington and his men turned up, find out he is a pirate and decide to hang him."

Will just stood there after his sister had finished telling the story, "So… He first saved her and then threatened her?", Will asked unsure.

Victoria shook her head, "He didn't really threaten her, he had his gun pointed at her head, but it wasn't cocked or something, he needed her to escape", Victoria snorted when she thought back to the event that earlier happened, "You should have seen how he escaped, flying high in the air while the Marines where trying to shoot him."

Will didn't reply, instead he tried to look busy.

"You don't like him, do you?", Victoria asked.

Will shook his head, "No I don't. He's a pirate, and pirates mean bad things. Next time you see him I want you to ignore him Victoria, don't get yourself in trouble."

"Will, you can't tell me what to do and what not to do, I'm 20 years old, you might've been born 2 minutes before me, but that doesn't mean you can act like my father, a man we've never met in our loves by the way, telling me what to do and what not to do", Victoria huffed as she turned around and made her way to the still open door.

"And where do you think you're going", Will said.

"I don't know, away from here, that's all for now Will", Victoria said as she stepped through the door and on the street.

She loved her brother deeply, he was the only on she could really trust after all, but he was to over protective sometimes. While Will was fine with their lives in Port Royal, Victoria was longing for something else, nd it was the one thing that Jack Sparrow possessed.

Freedom.