Chapter 1

Gabriella Montez smiled as she watched her little brother, Alex, blow out his candles which were sitting on top of his chocolate cake on his fourteenth birthday. The restaurant had gone quiet so Gabriella, her family and the moody waiters could sing happy birthday to him. Gabriella was six years older than her brother and loved him to pieces. They were very much alike, both into sport and acting. They both had very dark hair and their dads chocolate brown eyes. "Happy birthday little bro" Gabriella grinned, throwing an arm around her younger siblings shoulders, giving him a light squeeze.

"Thanks Gabs!" Alex exclaimed, resting his head on her shoulder. "I'm tired" He yawned, closing his eyes

"Yeah well don't fall asleep on me, we'll be going soon anyway" Gabriella giggled, tugging on his hair softly causing him to lift his head off of her shoulder. She looked over at her parents "We ready to go? Al's tired" She told them

"Okay" Their dad, David, replied "We'll get going now"

After David paid the bill Gabriella said goodbye to her parents and Alex before getting into her own car and making her way out of the parking lot. After turning down a few roads Gabriella came across some traffic. She sighed before slowing her car down to a stop and waiting in the queue. She hated traffic jams, she had once been in one for two hours because there had been a car crash further down the road. She could only hope this one wouldn't be as bad.

When she arrived home three hours later, Gabriella flopped down on the couch. It had taken her two hours and fifty minutes to get away from all the traffic, it had turned out that there had been a car that flipped over and lay upside down in the middle of the road. Sighing, the brunette stood to her feet and made her way to her bedroom where she lay down on her bed and turned the television on.

"We had some breaking news" The woman on the news exclaimed "There is a pirate ship very, very near by. There is yet no way of anyone getting to them so everybody has to be extra careful when going out. Th pirates leader goes by the name of Troy Bolton"

'Troy Bolton' Gabriella frowned 'Where have a heard that name before?' She wondered "OH MY GOSH!" She screeched, sitting up on the bed "Troy's a pirate?"

The brunette sighed as she watched cars go past on the road outside of the apartment. She had known Troy Bolton since she was ten and now he was a pirate. Troy was always so nice when he was younger. Although, his parents had died when he was sixteen, that was when he went missing. Gabriella had grown to think that he was dead, well that was what everyone else had said. She had just grown to believe them.

She shook the thought out of her head before grabbing her coat, phone and keys and walking out of her apartment, locking the door behind her. She knew it was dangerous to go out but what were the chances of him taking her? He wouldn't want her anyway. He never did before. He was always hanging out with his basketball friends like Josh and Jason. He would always make plans with her and then tell her he couldn't make it right at the last minute. He wasn't a good friend, he never had been but Gabriella adored him all the same.

When she found out that Troy was missing four years ago, Gabriella was broken. He was her best friend, no matter how much he put her down. He would always make up for it. Why would he even want to be a pirate? What good did that do him?

Gabriella smiled as she walked along the path to the park. The park was one of her favourite places, it always had been. It was somewhere she could sit and think for a while. Although, it didn't look like she would be able to do that today. The park was full with people in hoodies and glasses which confused her completely. In fact, every other person was wearing a hoodie and glasses. She was beyond scared.

She turned to walk away.

But someone grabbed her wrist.

She got turned around.

The last thing she did was close her eyes.

Gabriella groaned as her eyes opened and looked into the light coming from the loosely hung light bulb. The brunette sat up and held her head in her hands. Why did her head hurt so much? Where was she? She slowly stood up and took in her surroundings.

"I never thought I'd see you again" I voice announced from behind her

Gabriella frowned and turned around before gasping after realising where she was "T...Troy?"

"They call me captain" He spat, grabbing her wrist and tugging her closer towards him "You look even more beautiful than you did before..bitch" He threw her against the cold floor before strolling away.

Tears sprang to Gabriella chocolate coloured eyes. She was on a pirate ship. She looked up at the door when it flung open. Two girls walked into the room. "Hi, I'm Taylor, this is Kelsi" One of them told her "It's Gabriella, right?"

Gabriella nodded, she didn't say anything. All she did was hang her head in embarrassment since she was crying in front of two strangers

"Don't worry about Troy. He'll warm up to you." Taylor said, walking over to Gabriella and wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "He was the same when Kelsi and I arrived"

"She doesn't need to know that Taylor" Troy grumbled, flinging a couple of pairs of tops and a few pairs of shorts at Gabriella. "That's what you'll wear while you're here."

Gabriella nodded, holding onto the clothes. "W..why do you want me here?"

"You'll find out" Troy mumbled "Taylor, Kelsi, get back to work" The two girls sighed before walking out of the room, leaving Troy and Gabriella alone "I want you to clean the kitchen, so get changed and go" Troy ordered before walking away.

Flashback

A ten year old Gabriella smiled as she looked up at Troy. "Can you please give my a piggy back ride?" She pleaded

Troy groaned before giving in to her demands "Okay, fine. Jump on"

She giggled as she got onto his back, wrapping her legs around his waist and her arms around his shoulders. "Thank you!"

The blue eyed boy grinned as he ran around, upon hearing her screams he ran faster.

"TROY! SLOW DOWN!" Gabriella yelled, even more giggles escaping her lips.

Troy chuckled and stopped in his tracks. "You okay?"

"Yeah" She answered, hopping off of his back.

End of Flashback

The brunette sighed, she was now changed into one of the tops and a pair of tops. She wondered out of the room and after a few minutes off looking she found the kitchen. "What the hell took you so long?" Troy's voice boomed

"I couldn't find the kitchen, sorry" Gabriella replied

"Yeah well don't let it happen again" He grumbled, throwing a cloth at her "Clean the dishes"

Gabriella was halfway through cleaning the dishes when a man walked through the door "It's Gabriella, right?" He checked, not wanting to offend the beauty in front on himself.

She looked up at him and smiled a small smile "Yeah, can I ask who you are?"

"Oh I'm Chad" He grinned "Troy's told me about you, he told me how close you used to be" Chad told her

Gabriella nodded "Yeah, we were close." She sighed and she finished cleaning the last plate. She put the cloth on the side. "Do you know if there's anything else Troy wants me to do?" She questioned, changing the subject.

"No he said you're fine for the rest of the day" He replied, "I better get going" He told her.

Gabriella groaned before watching him walk away and throwing her head back in frustration "You'll get dizzy like that you know" Taylor laughed, walking into the kitchen

"Oh hi Taylor" Gabriella smiled, lifting her head upwards into it's normal position "What are you doing down here?"

"Troy wants to talk to you" Taylor responded "Now" She added "So I'd hurry up is I were you"

Gabriella nodded, thanking Taylor for the information before running up to the deck and over to Troy "You wanted to talk to me?"

Troy turned around and looked down at her "Mmm" He mumbled "I need you to sign this" He handed her a piece of paper and a pen

"What's it for?" Gabriella questioned as she looked down at the paper

"It's to make sure you stay aboard the ship, to make sure you don't go running off" He replied "Sign it"

Gabriella sighed, a tear rolling down her left cheek "Okay" After signing the paper she handed it back to Troy along with the pen. He nodded at her before turning on his heel and walking away. "Thanks" The blue eyed boy mumbled before disappearing.

Gabriella had to admit Troy was still hot as always. He was extreamely good looking, he always had been.

He had bright blue eyes that could make anyone melt and he was very muscular. He had sandy blonde hair and he flipped it to the side quite a bit since some of it would fall in front of his eyes.

As she lay in bed that same night, Gabriella closed her eyes and thought about everything that had happened that day. Why her? Why did she have to be captured? Was it just because Troy knew her? Did he want to ruin her life forever? How long would she be here? Would she have to stay on the ship until she buckled down and died? Was that why she was on 'The Bolton Wildcat'? Because he so badly wanted her to die? Was he going to kill her?

Would he really do that after all they went through when the were in high school? Everyone had said Troy had a crush on her back then. You wouldn't kill the person you had a crush on. You wouldn't kill the person you kissed at a New Years party in hope they would kiss back. Was that it? He wanted to kill her just because she didn't kiss him back? No. No way. That's a stupid reason for wanting to kill someone. But then again Troy Bolton came up with a lot of stupid ideas when he was younger.

Although thinking about all of this made Gabriella tired and she soon went off into the world of dreamland.