News spread about Anamaria's disappearance. Aunt Molly took Crystal under her wing. Soon Crystal turned five. Barbossa learned that Anamaria had been taken back to the New World as a slave and went to rescue her. As for Crystal, he was still oblivious to her existence. Jack let Barbossa take a temporary leave of his crew to rescue his loved one.

One day Crystal was back in the kitchen with a spoon whacking at the floor killing ants, like she did the day her mother was taken away.
"Crystal," Aunt Molly said. Aunt Molly was cooking up the Tavern's Christmas specials since today was Christmas Eve.
"Yes?" the little girl replied as she killed a fat black ant.
"Why don't you go out and play with some people your age?" Aunt Molly suggested. She wanted Crystal out of the kitchen since Crystal whacking the floor with a spoon was annoying the hell out of her.
"Alright," Crystal said and got up from her ant extermination job and went out through the Tavern and out into the pirate heaven, Turtoga. She had her spoon with her as some sort of weapon. She found two boys her age playing pirates with fake wooden swords.
"Argh!" one of the boys cried and charged at his friend.
"No one can defeat Captain Robert White!" the other said and their wooden swords clashed.
"What are you doing?" Crystal asked the two boys. The boys continued to fight and then the one claiming to be Captain Robert White grabbed Crystal and pressed his wooden sword gently to her neck
"Come any closer, Silver, and I will kill this fair maiden!" the boy being Captain White said. The other boy, Silver, laughed.
"So you have stooped so low, White, as to attract my attention using this girl?" Silver asked with another laugh.
"My name is Crystal and I can easily take you two down!" Crystal said proudly. "My mum and dad were pirates!"
"Alright," White said, releasing Crystal from her fake danger of getting her head chopped off. "Fight." Crystal held her spoon in front of her like a sword and both boys laughed.
"You expect to fight with a spoon?" Silver giggled.
"Aye," Crystal said.
"Alright, lass, but we'll show you how it's done," White said, knowing she didn't stand a chance against Silver and himself. Both boys charged at her. Crystal closed her eyes and trusted her instincts. She opened them again and dodged Silver's blade and blocked White's with her spoon. Both boys banged at her, but she blocked them or twisted the tables so they ended up whacking each other. Minutes later both boys were exhausted and lay on the ground and Crystal laughed.
"Told you I could fight!" she said.
"Indeed," White agreed, getting back to his feet. "My name is Robert White and this here is Patrick Silver. We would like to welcome you to our club, Crystal uh…."
"Barbossa," Crystal replied.
"Right," Robert said. "Now lets get you a sword. You can't whack at people with your spoon all the time." Crystal laughed. Silver got to his feet and Crystal followed her new friends.