TO: C.
FROM: A.

Hello, my sweet. I hope that the following pages, which for the moment, I have entitled The Anna Diaries, find their way to you, wherever you might be sailing. I wanted to send them to you first before anyone else for two main reasons; First, that they are the first pages I have penned as a collective story in sequence, and I want them read by someone I trust before I embark on my next project. What is this project, you might ask, as the last time we exchanged letters, I was still rather undecided on the whole matter. Well, I am pleased to finally tell you exactly what I intend to write; I call it, The Legend of Rose Hexfury. In my travels and research, there is much known about Jack Sparrow and Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner and James Norrington…but nothing of her. So I will be the one to record her unwritten history. Before that time, however, I wanted to ensure that I could at the very least write my own stories down coherently from my memories before I try to record detailed histories that I was not present for and absolutely must get right.

The second reason is for you, love. When times are dark, and they inevitably will be, I want you to know who we are, where we came from. You are so fortunate to be living the life you find yourself in, though at times you will undoubtedly call this into question. Just know that for every lightless day, someone else's day could be darker. Just as I now am setting out to uncover details about the world before I was born, these are the details of the world before you were born. We underwent much hardship, yet found a way out of it. I thank the heavens that you will never have to know the childhood that I lived, but I also don't rue it entirely, for it formed who I ultimately became.

I suppose what I am trying to say is to read these pages, know my story, and perhaps use some of the lessons I had to learn to aid you along in your own fight for what you want most. I can't wait to see the story that your life will write.

Be strong, be smart, and be good. Godwilling, you will find yourself in England with me in the coming years. Things are moving along swimmingly here, and with just a bit more time, we'll be ready for you.

Enjoy The Anna Diaries, and please, do write soon.
- A.