Chapter 2

"It can't be a girl! He looks like a pirate!" Will exclaimed in shock.

"I can't believe you, mate. You think all pirates are men because they look like 'em? You need to talk to your wife," Jack replied.

"Jack!"

"Aye?"

"H-h-he can't be a girl!"

"Mate, she is!"

All of a sudden, the girl woke up.

"Well 'ello there luv. 'Bout time you woke up."

"W-w-where am I? Who are you?" the dazed girl asked.

"I'm Captain Jack Sparrow. And this ol' beauty here is the Black Pearl," Jack answered proud of his name and his ship. "And you are?"

"R-Rebecca."

"Hello there Rebecca," said young William as he tore through the crowd. "My name is William Turner. And this is my father, William Turner. I'm named after him. Pleased to meet you," William said as he reached his hand out for Rebecca to shake it.

Rebecca looked at William's hand, then at William, then back at his hand.

"You're supposed to shake it," William whispered to her.

"I know that!" Rebecca replied in an insulted manner.

"William," Will said as he rested a hand on his son's shoulder.

"What? Is it against this little 'code' that you can't have at least a little bit of manners on the sea? I don't think so," William replied.

"William, please-"

"Oh father, I'm just trying to make Rebecca feel a little more like a person on this ship instead of like some sort of a creature. I'm sorry if that is against this 'code', but that is just how I feel."

"You're right William!" Jack agreed in that weird energy that Jack was known for. "Well Rebecca," Jack turned around to ask the girl, "How would you like to stay aboard the Black Pearl? You can join us on high and mighty adventures and even get your own cabin!"

"I-I guess," Rebecca replied still dazed. "But I-"

"Great!" Jack replied interrupting Rebecca in mid-sentence. "So Rebecca," Jack continued,

"Welcome to the Black Pearl."

Rebecca had only been on the Black Pearl for just a couple of minutes, yet so much had happened. She got aboard the infamous Black Pearl, agreed to stay on it, met a William Turner who had treated her like a human-and fell in love with him.