Trained to be the utterly perfect performer, Rin has spent her life being passed from one hand to the next. When her latest owner sells her to the Imperial Empress, in an attempt to save his pathetic life, she's thrown into a whirlwind adventure of politics and courtly drama. Can she survive the Lady's expectation of absolute perfection, and why is her son so enthralling? AU.

A sister's jealousy, a mermaids purity, and a pirates lack of moral fiber were the only elements needed to send Aquala on an adventure across the seven seas with none other then Captain Jack Sparrow. Aquala has a secret. Jack needs bait.