Hello there! This story is very much about my OC Stormi and her adventures with Jack and the crew before and after Curse of the Black Pearl, so I recommend reading my fic 'Sparrows And Storms' before you read this. Chapters will probably vary greatly in length, and I might switch the order around sometimes, but I hope you enjoy!
{ 10 years before CotBP }
My head throbbed painfully as I opened my eyes, before closing them again. Wherever I was wasn't bright, but the pain in my head increased tenfold. I then realised that I was under sheets... In someone's bed.
I sat up very quickly after that, ignoring the pain in my head and looking around. There was a man kneeling at my side.
"Calm down, love, it's alright," said whoever this man was, stretching out a hand to touch my shoulder before thinking the better of it and pulling it back.
"Who... Who are you?" I asked slowly, the fuzzy room gradually coming into focus as the pain dulled slightly.
The man smirked. "Captain Jack Sparrow, love."
Jack Sparrow... Something about that name was familiar... I know! I had heard two women talking about him in Tortuga once.
"Captain... You're a pirate."
"I am."
I took in my surroundings. I was on a small bunk, in what looked like a cabin of a ship - I was on a ship! That's what that rocking sensation was. There was a bookshelf along one wall, a desk and chair in the center.
I then focused my gaze on the man - the captain. Jack Sparrow.
The first thing I noticed were his eyes, oddly enough, of all his features. They were dark, outlined in kohl, but in the candlelight took on more of an amber glint, and they were studying my face intently. His skin was tanned, a moustache and a beard lined his mouth. His hair was a mass of long dreadlocks, with beads and trinkets hanging from it, kept away from his face with a red bandana that looked as though it had seen better days. He was handsome though, I could give him that.
But now wasn't the time to be fawning over my rescuer. Captor?
"Where did you find me?"
"In a port near Tortuga, love. You had collapsed on the dock, pretty nasty wound on yer leg, see, so we brought you back onto the ship."
"I thought pirates were only out for themselves."
"True."
"So why save me? What good am I to you?"
Sparrow shrugged, before asking me something else. "What happened to you?"
"I had a... Run in, with the East India Trading Company. There was a guard, and a gun, and said gun was fired at said guard."
"You killed him?" Sparrow looked impressed.
I hesitated. "I suppose you could say I did."
"Aye, you're one step closer to becoming a pirate already then, love."
"What makes you think I want to be a pirate?"
"You have a look in your eyes. Freedom, that's what you want. And that's what pirating can get you. That's what a ship is, see. What the Black Pearl is. Freedom."
"The Black what?"
"Pearl. You're on her right now, love. She's the ship."
I nodded slowly, before sighing. "Thank you for saving me Captain Sparrow."
He smirked slightly. "Call me Jack, love."
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I winced as I moved my leg, lifting the sheets to look at the bandages, and debating undoing them to look at the damage.
"'S not too bad, love, don't worry. Was a lot of blood is all."
I jumped as Jack spoke, having not realised that he was there.
"Dunno if you'll be able to walk on it though," he continued as an afterthought.
I hummed, looking down at my hands. "I should thank you. For helping me."
Jack was silent for a moment, before he cleared his throat. "Yeah, well, yer welcome. One question love, how did ye get that on yer leg in the first place?"
I opened my mouth to speak, before I closed it again. "The guard that I... Shot, before I did he tried to..." I broke off, swallowing, but before I could continue Jack did it for me.
"Hurt you. Take advantage."
"Yes... But as I shot him he stabbed my leg with my dagger."
"Ah."
I nodded, for I didn't like to think about it. "Thank you again, Jack."
"Yer welcome," he said for a second time, before he stood to exit the cabin, leaving me alone with my thoughts once again.