This story takes place a few years after PotC. Captain Jack Sparrow has taken an entirely new crew, leaving the old one to Anna Maria (he did owe her a ship after all). I DON'T own ANYTHING. PotC is entirely copyrighted to Disney. Please forgive grammar mistakes. (Note: to those who read the "first" first chapter I changed this one a bit with the advise of a very thoughtful reviewer. Thank you LeperMessiah! I hope this is better, and hopefully more interesting.)

Chapter One:

Sarah looked around her room making sure that she had packed everything that she would need for her voyage to the Caribbean. She brushed her auburn hair away from her face and sighed, thinking about the past. How much had change over the years. Her parents had died when she was young, and the orphanage that took her in sent her off at sixteen to "go out into the world". She never resented them, and now four years later she actually thanked them. She loved being on her own, and did well as a seamstress. But she was growing tired of the life in England and decided to set sail to the Caribbean to try out her luck there. She had sent a letter to the clothing shop in Port Royal asking for work, and after waiting two long months she finally recieved a reply. From the sounds of it they were in diar need of another seemstress and had even asked her to come as quickly as was possible, finding her room on a merchant ship as a passenger.

She walked to the window after insuring herself that she had indeed packed everything, and looked out at the city of London. She knew that she would never again see it. And really, she was very thankful. It had always been home for her, but she wanted nothing more but to leave it. And to go where there are rumors of pirates, beautiful waters, and beautiful islands was rather exciting to her.

"Sarah? Are you ready?" came the voice of her land lord and best friend Elizabeth Danielson. Sarah walked to the door and smiled warmly at her. "Hello there Elizabeth, yes I am almost ready." Sarah watched as her friends eyes started to tear up and walked up to her putting her arm around her shoulders. "Elizabeth, please don't cry. I shall write you every week so it will seem that I am still here." The other woman chuckled a bit and nodded her head. "How I shall miss you Sarah! You've been such a wonderful friend to me since you came here. Not to mention you are the only tennant that pays your bill on time." Sarah laughed and wiped her eyes which were also filling with tears. "I shall miss your sence of humor Elizabeth. How I wish that you could come with me." "Yes well, you should go. Don't want to be missin' your boat." "You are right, time is slipping away faster and faster it seems."

Elizabeth and her husband, Benjamin, helped Sarah carry her belongings to the carrage awating her. "'Ello Miss Harper. We bes' get goin' if you are ta catch tha' ship of yurs." said the carrage driver. "Thank you Mr. Peterson." she said with a smile. She then turned back to Elizabeth and Benjamin and felt her eyes once again fill with tears. "Goodbye Elizabeth, Benjamin. Thank you so much for everything." Elizabeth walked up taking Sarah's hand. "You promise to write?" "Every week Elizabeth, just the same as I told you earlier." the two women hugged. "Goodbye Sarah. It's been wonderful getting to know you." said Benjamin as they split apart. "You two Ben." she said hugging him. Suddenly she felt a tug at her arm. "Miss, yur ship. Twont wait for ye miss." she turned around and looked at the carrage driver. "Yes, you are right. We best get going." She climed into the carrage and looked back to her friends. "Oh, wait a moment Sarah! I have something for you." Elizabeth cried out running towards the carrage and bringing a book out from a pocket in her dress. Sarah took it and saw that it was a book of Shakespears work. "Thank you Lizzy." she said breathlessly. "I shall miss you so!" "Yes, well. You best get going! Im tired of tellin' you child!" Both laughed and the carrage started to pull away. Elizabeth and Benjamin were the closest thing to family that she had, and leaving them was difficult. She waved goodbye to them until she could no longer see them. She pulled her head back into the carrage and let the tears fall freely.

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Sarah looked at the light blue water watching the dolphins swimming next to the ship. It amazed her how they could start off sailing in water that was a deep dark blue, and end up in water that was a beautiful light blue. The temperature change was quite noticeable as well. She smiled as she saw one of the dolphins jump out of the water, and thought of how wonderful it must be to be as free as them. She was suddenly brought out of her thoughts by the sound of the ships Captain, who she had befrinded during the journey. "Not much longer now Miss Harper. Just a week or so and we should be there." "Oh, hello Captain Pierce. Beautiful day is it not?" "Yes, very. I see that the dolphins are keeping you company." "Yes, they are very entertaining." He stood there looking out at the horizon with her for a few moments before they heard a frantic call warning of pirates approaching. Sarah and the Captain both turned to see a ship with black sails approching them. "The Black Pearl." whispered Pierce never taking his eyes off of it. He finally came to his senses and started bellowing out commands to his sailors, then turned to Sarah. "Miss Harper. Go below the deck. Hide, and try not to let them find you."



Without questioning him she ran into her cabin and closed the door behind her. She sat on her bed, listining to the battle above her. And from the sounds of it the pirates were winning. After what seemed an eternity, the fire ceased and she could hear footsteps comming down the stairs, along with voices that she knew were most definately not from the sailors that she had traveled with. She quickly hid under her bed, hid by the blankets that reached the floor.

"Captin', I coulda sworn I saw a woman on board this ere ship. It just strikes me as odd that we avent seen the likes of 'er yet."

"Aye, it is odd Mr. Hughes. Let's see what in ere shall we?"

Sarah heard the door to her room open and watched the pirates feet come closer and closer to her.

"Looks to be nuthin' but an empty cabin 'ere sir." said Hughes.

"Aye, but somethin' inside is tellin' me that there is somethin' else in 'ere."

Sarah's eyes grew wide when he mentioned that and prayed that they woudln't find her. All of the sudden a bit of dust got in her nose. She rubbed her nose trying to keep from sneezing, but the tickling sensation was getting worse. Unable to withold the sneeze any longer, and out came the weak high pitched noise. She watched as the blankets were lifted off of the floor and the two pirates bent down looking at her.

"I knew there was a lady on ere." said Hughes and the Captain rolled his eyes and looked back at Sarah.

"Now, what is a pretty thin' like you doin' under a bed?" he said with a smirk on his face.

Sarah gulped and took a deep breath. "Isn't it obvious sir?" She said trying to sound braver than she felt. She knew that it wasn't working.

"Fiesty aren't we now? Come on out from under there. We won't 'urt you. Besides, you wouldn' wan' to be under there when we set this 'ere vessle on fire now would ya?"

She looked at his outstretched hand and after hesitating a bit took it. When she was finally out from under the bed she got a good look at the pirates. One was a rather short man with greying hair and a kind face. The other was obviously younger, tall with black hair adorned with beads, a beard seperated in two braids, and deep brown eyes. Not exactly what she had pictured pirates looking like.

"Come now luv. Wha' be yur name?" Said the Captain.

"Sarah Harper." she said quickly.

"Sarah...tha's a very pretty name." he paused looking at her, then continued. "I am Captain Jack Sparrow, and this hairless dog is Mr. Hughes. My first mate."

"Hello." she said quietly, her voice shaking from fright.

"Tell me luv. Is there anythin' you can do?"

"I am a seemstress."

"AH! Good! We may be needin' you on board the Pearl. Im tired of 'aving my men sewing up their own clothes and endin' up in wurse conditions."

"Aye, I 'ad Hawkes patch up my vest and it looks worse than it did with a hole in it." Hughes said causing Jack to roll his eyes.

"Well, we better get goin'. Come on luv." he said taking Sarah's arm in his hand.

"Wait a minute!" she said pulling away from him and running to her dresser grabbing her book.

Jack rolled his eyes. "Wha' are ya so worried about a book for?"

"It means a lot to me." She said simply then followed him and Hughes to the black pearl.

As she walked out onto the deck she saw pirates carrying crates to their own ship, and as she looked down she saw the bodies of dead sailors scattered everywhere. It was all that she could to keep from getting sick. She looked back up at the Captain who was nodding his head, pleased with the job his crew was doing. After they had walked across a board connecting the two ships he turned and hollered for them to burn the ship after done gathering supplies.