Part One: The Curse of The Black Pearl: Chapter One: In The Mind Of Katherine

"Darling come back!" the drunkard slurred. He was having quite a bit of trouble walking. I walked down to the sunny docks of Tortuga. Most drunkards were sleeping for the day but this one was trailing after me. Finally, I decided to hide behind a barrel. I touched the chain around my neck for a split second before someone came and stood before me. I looked up into the man's face. He was quite plump with a white beard that came from his sideburns and met under his lips. Only, the beard didn't quite meet. There was a stripe of hair shaved off of his face. His grey hair was long and pulled into a ponytail in the back. He reached out his hand to pull me up. I stood up but I didn't take his hand. In Tortuga, one didn't know whom they could trust. All throughout my life, I'd trusted people and they had deceived me. Tortuga taught me better.

"Might I ask who ye are, miss?" The man looked at me. I brushed the dirt off my trousers and looked at him. My hand immediately went to the chain around my neck.

"My name is Katherine," I said. "Might I ask who you are?" I raised an eyebrow.

"Joshamee Gibbs. My friends call me Gibbs and my captain calls me Mr. Gibbs." He had a kind face but I still couldn't trust him.

"Captain?" Now that was an interesting factor. I'd been trying to land on a ship for weeks now since my last captain left me here. I hated him and vowed that he'd be dead the next time I saw him.

"Aye. Captain Sparrow. Does this interest you?" Mr. Gibbs folded his arms and arched an eyebrow at me.

"As a matter of fact, it does. I've actually been looking for work." I leaned against the barrel, my hand still fingering my necklace. I froze. "Wait… Did you say Sparrow?"

"Aye, Sparrow. Coincidentally he and I have come to look for crew members. I'll bring ye to him." He began walking away. I followed him. He led me to another adjoining dock where people were lined up. The man addressing the people had dread locks, a red bandana and a sly grin on his face.

"Cap'n!" Mr. Gibbs said. Jack looked up. "I have a recruit. She's a bright young lass." Jack folded his arms and tapped his chin.

"She might be bright but are you sure she can crew under my command?" Mr. Gibbs opened his mouth to speak but closed it immediately. He looked from me to Jack. Jack came up to me and got in my face. I looked away in disgust and then met his eyes. We had a stare down for quite a long time before he turned to Mr. Gibbs. "I like her. Alright, you're in." He turned to all of the men he had recruited. "Alright you scurvy dogs, follow me." He led us down to a different set of docks and over to a dinghy. We were to sail out to a ship that Jack pointed out to us. I looked at it.

"That is a Port Royal ship!" I exclaimed, stopping in my tracks. I frowned. "I will not be taken back to Port Royal! I have some unfinished business on the sea." My hand went to my necklace again.

"Aye Katherine, that may be a Port Royal ship but we have no means of returning to Port Royal. We're Pirates." Mr. Gibbs motioned for me to continue to follow. We stopped before getting on the dinghy and Mr. Gibbs turned to face me. "And, if ye don't mind me asking, what is yer unfinished business?"

"I'm trying to locate my parents," I whispered. Gibbs nodded in response and stood back, waiting for Jack to speak. I looked around a noticed someone with a hat over their eyes at the end of the line. Jack went into this great long speech about being on a ship. Then, he addressed the person at the end of the line. It was another woman! She had dark skin and dark hair and according to Jack, her name was Anamaria. Jack had apparently stolen her ship and never brought it back. A young man who had been with Jack this entire time promised her the ship we were about to sail on without even confronting Jack. Jack was startled by this and eventually agreed. The young man's name was Will. When their argument was over, Jack let us on board the dinghies and took us out to the ship we were to sail on, the HMS Interceptor. Then, we embarked on our journey.