Here's the next chapter! I made him find out so earlier in the story or well rather tell her that he knew so early because if I delayed it, the story would have been even longer. I'm already writing chapter 14 and the actually plot hasn't even started yet. Well it has but it's not that far in. This chapter's rather boring. Please bear with me! The story might be rather boring at first but I'm pretty sure it's not when things gets started. And there is an actual plot. Not just a sappy romance and their romance will be anything but sappy. Well I'll stop rambling here's the next chapter!

Oh and I didn't know Jimmy Hart was a wrestler person thingy. That's odd. Heh.

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Tortugan Beginnings

Jack Sparrow the Eunuch

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Audrina sat in the crow's nest, her feet propped up and her eyes peeled for the distance. She was quite efficient at climbing the rigging due to her petite stature so the captain had made it her special duty to be the watch. The Caribbean was still that morning, the clear water glassy from the lack of waves and the sun still hazy with heat. Peering over the side on the ship, she was relieved to see they were still alone, cutting through the waves.

Although the crew was getting anxious, most everyone felt the tension aboard. The ocean had been empty for the last few days, no honest plundering had been able to been committed. Audrina was rather disappointed with that in fact; she was looking forward to showing the crew that she just wasn't a small, little boy that couldn't defend himself. In fact, she could defend herself rather well for a woman. Smiling wryly, she knew she wasn't dead yet so she was obviously doing something right. Some men would call her a coward, she ran from fights, cutting down whoever was in her way. It wasn't that she was cowardly, it was just that she was being optimistic that if she stayed and fought men that would obviously beat her, she would die. Audrina Hart would rather be called a coward then die, it was her hardened heart of a pirate and she knew that was one thing that pirates weren't stupid about. Dying.

Audrina wasn't scared of death but merely tried to avoid it. From the sheer boredom of being trapped in the crow's nest, she was beginning to question her character. Being a pirate wasn't such a terrible life as many would assume. She loved the sea and could be with it nearly all the time as a pirate. The work was hard and demanding but Audrina never feared hard work; that would be making a mockery of the term 'pirate' if she did. She had never hesitated to kill a man and on one occasion a woman and she stopped to wonder if she should have hesitated? Blood never scared her; she was never scared of pain but didn't pleasure in the pain of others. She envied Lucas sometimes that he had more of a heart then she did. Perhaps it was her conscience talking, telling her to stop pretending to be a pirate. Women weren't pirates. They weren't, they were whores and strumpets. Nobles would laugh at that but in a way they were too. Weren't they the ones forced to marry and be a man's sexual slave? They may do it with a little more grace but in the end, they weren't too different from the whores on Tortuga.

Audrina briefly allowed her mind to linger on the thought if she had stayed in Tortuga and lived like a whore. Luc would be ashamed of her and she would be ashamed of herself. With her face flushing, she remembered that she had never been touched with her consent. Ever. Audrina Hart had merely been raped before and never had the willing touch of a man. She bit her lip and took her mind off her past. No good would come of thinking about it.

A merchant vessel was only in the distance, the whiteness of it against the blue sky and the clear ocean was a stupid mistake for the captain that was to be in sad misfortune in the next few moments. Sighing, she regained her façade and looked over the rail of the crow's nest. She was relieved to see Captain Jack Sparrow's face focused in front of him, clearly not noticing the ship.

"Cap'n! Merchant vessel only in the distance!" She shouted rather gruffly as his head shot up, the grin evident on his face even at this distance.

"Run up our colors, mates!" Jack barked to the crew. "If she got any type of head, she'd just surrender. No match fer the Pearl!" A chorus of 'aye' met the captain and Audrina felt unsure what to do.

"Cap'n, do you want me to come down and help with the plunderin' or battle?" She shouted and he shook his head at her.

"No. Yer stay up there and make sure the battle goes right. Keep yerself hidden boy." Jack grinned, knowing fully well she wasn't a boy.

He averted his eyes to the white ship in front of him, in dark bold letters he read, 'the Blue Mermaid' and he smirked inwardly. Merchants really had no idea how in fact to name a ship. The ship wasn't even blue; it was this frighteningly bright shade of white. Jack bit his lip as the ship began to slow and they were soon at her side.

The captain was obviously shaking with fear, Jack feared he would faint. Now that would be interesting. Moving his eyes over the deck, it seemed undermanned. If they had resisted, they would all be dead. He wouldn't kill them if they did not resist, Jack Sparrow was never one to be cruel or kill innocents without reason. He walked toward the port side of the ship, facing the shaking captain.

"Surrender yer cargo and yer ship and crew will be unharmed." Jack smiled; a bit more of a smirk then an honest smile. "Otherwise, yer going to really be shaking. And that would be rather interesting. Or at least I think so. I never really met a captain that was goin' to soil himself so soon after meetin' me. It's rather refreshing." Jack took a sharp inhale of breath, leaning closer over the rail to listen to the captain's orders.

The captain of the other ship was a mousey man. With small pinched black eyes, Jack quickly decided that he probably was a mouse or some type of rodent in another life. The other captain seemed rather confused as if he suspected of Jack going back on his word and kill them all. Either he had had very bad encounters with pirates before or was too much of a pansy to think outside of what stories had told him. Obviously he hadn't heard of the Black Pearl and its rather large amount of misfortunes. Then he would be on the floor and had already fainted, Jack realized with a smile. Suddenly the captain spoke and Jack whirled back into the present, forgetting his memories for a moment.

"Take it all. Don't harm us though, please. It's all I ask of you." The captain said in a hushed tone, his voice wavering slightly.

Jack lifted a brow, surprised at the captain's willingness to please them. Most didn't want to die but that didn't mean they were polite to them.

"Good man." Jack smirked and turned to his crew. "Go aboard and take whatever we can sell or possibly use. Don't touch a hair on their pretty little heads. Savvy?"

The crew jumped aboard and the other captain jumped back with fright. Jack realized suddenly, his timid nature and willing to please them. A child, barely more then eight years old, scurried out behind him. She had pale blonde hair and dark brown eyes. The captain squealed in fright and hoped Jack wasn't going to take her knowing fully well they could sell her to perverts that liked children of her coloring. The captain of 'the Blue Mermaid' whelped and brought the child to his chest immediately, praying to God that Jack hadn't gone against their accord. Jack felt guilty somehow; he was taking everything they had and their food as well.

"Leave the food, gents." Jack bit his lip, feeling as if he had gone soft. But also knowing that if that child died, he would be feeling guiltier then when he gave up Will for the Pearl. He stopped himself. That wasn't right. He hadn't felt an ounce guilty when he gave up Will for the Pearl but that didn't matter, a child and some foolish eunuch were two separate things. As were some food and the glorious ship he was standing on.

The captain sighed as he eventually watched the Black Pearl sail away with most of his money and cargo. He looked down on the tear stricken girl and sighed again. He owed Captain Jack Sparrow. He had spared their lives in some twisted sideways logic but the captain knew fully well that he could have left them to die. But he didn't. He didn't know whether to be confused, worried or grateful. He thought, in the end, he was all three.

Audrina could hardly stifle the laugh that was forcing itself up her windpipe. She didn't know why exactly she was laughing but the thought of Jack Sparrow thinking that he had saved a young girl but in the beginning had brought her into the predicament himself was fairly amusing. She suddenly wiped the smile off her face; she couldn't have the crew see her like that. Laughing and smiling while alone on the crow's nest. If anyone suspected she was a woman would surely suspect she was mad and Audrina wasn't quite ready to leave the Pearl yet.

There was something intoxicating about her. Maybe it was the way it cut through the waves or the black sleekness of it, she didn't know. Maybe it was the honesty that was on the ship that most other pirate ships or even navy or merchant ships didn't possess. The other day when she had met Anamaria the first time, she was a little wary. She had still lied to the Captain even if another woman was here. But the dark skinned woman could easily be his woman. So Audrina was still wary about giving up her façade. Captain Jack Sparrow's voice tore her from her thoughts.

"Mate, take the helm!" Jack barked and Audrina was quite surprised. Looking around, she realized she was the only one save Jack still awake. He must be exhausted, she reasoned. Quickly, she descended down the riggings and was glad to meet the deck.

"Banks!" He barked again. The thin man emerged from the inside of the ship. "Take watch." He quickly moved up the riggings. For a brief moment, Audrina wondered where her brother was for a moment.

"This is yer first time at the helm, mate." Jack said simply and Audrina only nodded. "Yer know how to use do it and such?"

Audrina studied his face for a moment. Why was Jack Sparrow letting her man the helm? Only senior crew were allowed to do that and she was anything but that. Jack, on the other hand, knew exactly why he was asking her. He wasn't really going to let her man the helm. He was stupid or a simpleton; in fact he was the farthest thing from that. He simply wanted a few answers regarding her gender. It struck him how odd that must have sounded but shrugged inwardly.

"Yes, Cap'n, I was a helmsman on another ship I was crew on." Audrina replied warily.

"Yer mean helmswoman." Jack said rather quietly and was surprised to see the bemusement on her face.

When she didn't wear the leather hat, her feminine and rather pretty features made her obvious as a woman or an oddly feminine young boy. He hoped the first of the two for the latter could end in a few rather uncomfortable conversations.

"What the bloody hell did you say?" Audrina said quietly, surprised at her tone with the captain. Usually she kept herself timid, her façade as Jimmy was a meek, shy seventeen year old boy that fancied himself as a pirate. Her female self was everything the opposite.

"Either yer had the ole snip-snip or yer a woman. Voice too high, features too girly like. Either that or we are going to be havin' some really uncomfortable conversations, mate." Jack grinned, glancing at her while his hand tightened on the wheel.

Audrina was surprised, never had a captain had found out so early. And never just by recognizing her femininity. They usually tried to rape her, months out at sea and young girly looking cabin boys tend to look real good to captains that had nothing more then lust on his mind. For some reason, he hoped Jack wasn't the same. They only got more excited when they found out she was really a girl. Jack wasn't comfortable with such a prolonged silence; a smirk enticed his features after a few moments.

"So what is it, luv, are yer a eunuch with incredibly girl like features or in fact a woman." Jack teased, hoping she would just confess.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Audrina said sharply and jutted her chin out in defiance. She knew she was going to be raped and beaten soon anyway; maybe she could fool the pirate.

"Yer don't? Then you wouldn't mind taken off those clothes? The Caribbean gets awful hot, yer know." Jack grinned, he had trapped her.

Turning to her, he drummed his long fingers on the helm expectantly. Either she unclothe in front of him and show she was a female or simply tell him. Even though the first of the two would be rather enjoyable, he knew they would harbor bad feelings towards each other.

"I swear to God, you touch me, I'll shoot you in the balls." Audrina said sharply, walking a few steps backwards, her pistol drawn and aimed at his groin. "Savvy?"

Jack indeed was surprised at her reaction. She admitted it but not in the most conventional way. He could say she implied it. He grinned but didn't step towards her, he wasn't about to risk his goods for a bit of pride. He nodded.

"So yer admit it then?" He said. Her reaction was typically female even if Audrina herself was surprised by it. Usually she let the men have her way with her, it saved herself a lot of pain but she realized she wouldn't let it happen any more. No, she couldn't. Not after, him.

"Yes. I'm a woman." She hissed at him, cocking the pistol. Hearing the soft click made Jack gulp. "Are you going to rape me now or later?"

"If I raped yer now, it wouldn't do much good, would it, luv?" He started while motioning towards the pistol aimed at his groin. "Or raping yer later because while I sleep yer could do the ole snip-snip. So I don't think I'll rape yer at all. I never was quite fond of the beatin' and abusing of woman." He paused and seemed to consider something. "Although, I might be partial to said raping if you were in fact, partial to it as well. It might not be technically rape then, luv? I suppose that would change everythin'."

Audrina hesitantly lowered her pistol and was relieved when Jack smiled but didn't lung for the pistol himself. He sure was odd. Eccentric, weird, perhaps mad. It made Audrina fascinated with him. Suddenly, she untied the bandana, allowing loose curls of black hair to cascade down her back. She ran a finger through her dark locks, anxious for them to dance in the wind. She liked how it felt, the wind in her hair.

"Fine. Don't touch me and I'll refrain from making your voice as high as mine." Audrina said sharply and Jack's grin only widened and he turned back to the open ocean.

"What's yer real name, luv? Or do ya really go by Johnny? That would be rather unfortunate."

"I go by Jimmy Hart actually. My last name really is Hart and Lucas is really my brother. Twin, actually. My real name is Audrina." She said, frowning at the Captain's inability to forget her alias whilst she tried so hard to keep it up.

"Audrina Hart. Better ring to it then Jimmy or Johnny or whatever. That's a rather unusual name, luv. Audrina." Jack said, wondering where she came from. Audrina most definitely was not English but he never recalled the name before actually.

"My mother actually called me Ariana but her bastard of a husband decided that was too Italian for his tastes. So I was called Audrina. Satisfied?" She snapped and turned her eyes back to the ocean.

"Yer can sleep in my cabin if yer like." Jack offered, trying to remain civil but she turned to him, the pistol already cocked and aimed at his groin. He groaned, actually preferring a slap rather then his 'livelihood' so to speak be harmed.

"Are you really that in need of such a high voice, Sparrow?!" Audrina retorted and scowled at him. She actually thought he was honest, in some sideways logic. But the only logic you would find on the Pearl was sideways. But really, Jack Sparrow was a disgusting man.

"Captain and no." Jack protested. "I didn't mean it like that. I'll rig up a hammock for myself and you can take the bed. I don't feel…comfortable…with yer sleepin' with the crew and such."

"I'm fine, Luc is there. They don't know who I really am anyway!" She hissed back but eventually lowered the pistol for the second time that evening.

"Have yer seen the size of him, luv? I think Cotton's macaw could take him." Jack joked but quieted when she threw him a glance that would unnerve most.

"Fine, but I'll take the hammock. I don't want to be sleeping in another captain's bed!" Audrina retorted and his brow shot up.

"Another?"

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