A/N: Hey you guys. Sorry for the wait. I would make up an excuse but I'm too tired right now :) And for all of you that is wondering Nathan is kind of Sophie's Will. But he shall be gone soon. Leave me a review and tell me how I should get rid of him...Should Barnett kill him?, Should Sophie reject him?, Leave your creative answers PLEASE!

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Chapter 11: Sophie's secret

As soon as the first word was spoken I knew who it was. "Barnett." I said "Long time,no see."

"Sophie!" He said. "I have missed you,I didn't know where you had ran off to. I was so worried,you being alone and all."

"I wouldn't have been alone if my mother was still with me!" I hissed.

"Yes, but alas, she was not." He said. As he noticed Jack he smiled and looked back at me. "Hm" he said. "It seems that today is my lucky day. I get two wanted pirates for the price of one. It was foolish to come here, my dear.

"I am not your 'dear' Barnett. So shove it!" I said getting extremely annoyed. If he wanted to take us to jail I just hoped he would do it quickly.

"Where are you manners, Sophie?" He asked. "When you were here with your mother you were such a lady."

"Well, sorry to disappoint. I'm not usually kind to heartless bastards like yourself!" I shouted.

"Watch your tongue,Miss Read! I might find the need to cut it out if your not careful." he threatened. I was surprised he remembered my last name. I had been going under a fake one since my mother had died.

"If I may interupt" Jack cut in. "What the hell is going on here?" He asked.

"Miss Read will have plenty of time to discuss that while you four are sitting in the Spanish Town prison. Cell 3 was the one you were in last time, if I am correct. Am I right?" He asked. Damn Barnett. I wanted to run him through with my cutlass but I was in the middle of a crowded street and his death would probably draw unneeded attention.

"Four?" I asked.

"Yes. Four. You,the girl, Mr. Jay and Mr. Sparrow." Barnett explained.

"Captain!" Jack said. "Captain Sparrow!"

"But Nathan had nothing to do with this." I said.

"Wrong. Nathan is your friend,correct?" Not giving me a chance to answer he continued. "Ah, I thought so. So that makes him guilty by association."

An arrest and many curses (Mostly from Jack) later

We were all thrown into the third cell. I could still see my mother sitting in there looking as brave as ever, but that was just my imagination. I knew I would never get my mother back.

"So" Jack said "What was that lovely little chat about?" I should have told him before we even came here. I'm so stupid!

"Okay. So Jack is pretty much the only one that doesn't know the story right?" I asked the others in the cell. Nathan nodded and Elizabeth just gave me a I-told-you-so look. "Alright then. I don't know where to start."

"You could start by introducing your mother." Nathan suggested helpfully.

"Good thinking,Nathan." I said. "My mother was the best woman pirate to ever sail on a ship. I'm pretty sure you have heard of her. Her name was Mary Read. Around 1720 she was captured by the Navy,but she could not be sent to the gallows because she was pregnant with me. She faked her death by pretending she had died of a fever from pregnancy. When they unlocked the cell to get her body she killed everyone of them and escaped without a scratch"(A/N: I was sooo tempted to put that she went all ninja on their asses. But I didn't.)

At this point I stopped to look at my audience. Nathan was smiling at me, Elizabeth's eyes were loved this story even though she had heard it a thousand times before. Jack, just stood there. It wasn't the reaction I was expecting but at least he wasn't screaming at me.

"When I was born she left me with my father in port royal. 13 years later she came back,requesting that I go with her for she wanted to show me how to work a ship. My father refused at first but I begged and begged hoping he would let me go. He finally said yes and My mother and I sailed into the horizon,not knowing where we would go. We would stay only two weeks at the most on dry land. The calling of the sea was too strong for my mother to stay on land anymore than that. My calling though was not as strong so I could stay for two months at a time on land. One day we docked at a port called Spanish town. She promised when I reached my 15 birthday she would come back for me. I was heartbroken but I waited for her. When I was 14 I met Nathan and we fell in love."

I paused for a moment to look at Nathan,he was grinning at me. Out of the corner I could see Jack staring at Nathan, A frown twisting his perfect features.

"On the day of my 15th birthday, my mother came back for me. I had told her about my recent engagement and she was ecstatic. She insisted we went out to celebrate. I warned her it was dangerous but she wouldn't listen. About 3 hours after we went out we were caught and thrown in jail. Barnett was never the one to be gentle. He beat us, He made us his own slaves."

This was the part I had left out. Nathan nor Elizabeth knew about what had happened to me or my mother. They just knew who she was.

"He promised that if my mother married him,she wouldn't be hung. She refused and he beat her. He broke her ribs and fractured her skull. Afterwards she just looked like a rag doll. She couldn't move. Finally he decided he had enough fun and he shot her,but not where it would kill her instantly. He would shoot her arms and legs. Where it wouldn't kill her but it would hurt like hell. Finally about 3 days after his shooting game she was practically already dead so he shot her right between her eyes. To put her out of her misery. I tried to stop the beatings but I was only 15. What could I do?"

I paused again and took a shaky breath. I could feel the lump in my throat and my friends' faces where blurry because of the unshed tears in my eyes.

"When I would try to stop him from hurting her he would just throw me aside like I was a sack of feathers. I was punished, The punishment was always different. Lashings,beatings," I stopped and took another breath. I felt a salty drop escape and run down my cheek. "Rape" I finished.

"I finally escaped after a year of the torture,I hid on a boat headed for Tortuga. I then became a whore, my virginity had already been lost to a heartless man, so what was there to lose. After I had slept with enough men, I earned enough money to go back to Port Royal,Back to my father. I never told him what happened because I was afraid. I was afraid that if I mentioned it again I would start reliving it."

I couldn't hold back the tears anymore, I broke down. I didn't sob but the tears escaped freely down my face. Pirates weren't supposed to show weakness but I felt vulnerable as a stood there. I closed my eyes trying to stop the flow of the water.

About 30 seconds later I felt someones arms slip around me. Pulling me into a hug. It was Jack. I could tell from the scent of Rum,Salt,and The Pearl burning my nose.

"Shh,luv. Its okay. Your safe now,nothing is going to harm you while I'm around. Savvy?" He whispered into my ear. I nodded,my eyes still closed.

"I promised I would protect you,and I will." He continued. I opened my eyes and wrapped my arms around him in a tight hug. I let go and stepped away. I could feel Nathan's eyes on us.

"So" I said,looking at my feet. "What's the plan?" I then lifted my eyes and looked around. No one said anything so I took the plans into my own hands.

"I guess we'll just have to wing it." I sighed. I leaned against the bars and tried to think of a plan.

A/N: Okay so Mary Read is a real person but I made up her past in this story. The real Mary Read supposedly died from a fever,but I made it more emotional. Because I'm deep like that.

P.S: Can you guys tell me where you keep your innocence? Review and leave Me an answer.

P.S.S-The innocence thing isn't something to get more reviews. My friend Caitlyn wanted me to do it. She keeps her innocence in a can, and my Ex keeps his in his pants ;)Its just something to make them feel better about themselves. They want to know that there are other pervs in the world beside Themselves...and me