(Alternate Beginning to AC:IV) Captured by thieving marauders, her hope of survival was waning fast. Yet by an ill-fated stroke of luck, she finds herself rescued by none other than Captain Edward Kenway. (Edward/OC) Rated M.

[New summary, same story] In the beginning he had nothing and wanted everything. Time passed, he had gained a lot, a ship, a crew, some gold, but he wanted more. Then she came and everything changed. Half of his men said that she was an angel the others a demon. No sailor or pirate has ever resisted the song of a siren and now he is trying to be the first one to do just that.