disclaimer:Jack is not mine...though id give everything i own to own him...Sword is, so dont steal her....
A/N:this is my first fic!!!!i hope you like...its not an SI, if it was, Jack and Sword would be completely falling in love, from the first time they saw eachother(they werent supposed to at all, but you know..things happen).i might write more, but only if i get reviews, so please people, i need human opinion!!!...my dog says i suck...the beginning is just the intro, kinda...after that come fun plot twists and such!
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Broken Sword (Chapter 1)
Jack was sitting in a bar alone, getting drunk as usual.He was in the middle of charming two ladies from afar, when he heard a vauge voice exclaim,"i said get...away...from...me!"He looked in the direction he heard the voice come from, to find a young girl being unwelcomely groped by a nasty looking old pirate, who was grinning toothily, way too close to her face.Now, Jack loving to be the young ladies hero, swaggered near them, and without warning, bust a bottle full of rum on the dirty old pirate, who slid unconciously to the floor.
He looked at the violated girl.She was nothing special...her hair was short and black, most of it in great knots caused by rough wind, her great, pale green eyes had faint dark circles under them, and her fragile looking body was covered in torn and dirty mens clothing.For a while Jack wondered if she was worth his time...she seemed not much older than fifteen, and didnt look like someone who would drop in his arms even if he saved her from hungry sharks, risking his own life. But she was a woman...a small one, but a woman, so Jack felt he should do what he can for her...he was a gentleman after all, when it came to ladies, and just by looking at her, he actually felt sorry for her.
"Now, what's a feeble lookin' thing like yeh doin' in 'ere?"he asked,sounding concerned and interested at the same time.He smiled a slight smile, lacking his cheekiness...he decided that he wasnt interested in her that way.She was too young, and too plain.
She shot him a searching look,and spoke in a shaky voice"Same thing most folk are tryin' to do...get drunk and forget"She had utter sorrow in her eyes as she looked straight at Jack, that seemed to nag at him, and he was surprised at his own sudden concern for this stranger.She was definitely no younger than fifteen, yet she seemed so very helpless.
He put a careful hand on her shoulder, but as soon as he touched her, she swung up, and stormed out the door as fast as she could, without looking back. He went after her, more out of his own pride, not wanting the girl to think he was like that old man who just attacked her.He spotted her outside, sitting under a palm tree, hugging her knees as if trying to make herself look even smaller.As he went up to her, he was careful to keep a safe distance, as to not scare her away again.He was interested of this sad looking little girl, and he had nothing better to do really."I apologise if I scared yeh lassie, i didnt mean no disrespect."
She didnt notice he was there until he spoke, and she snapped her head up in alarm, then, seeing that he was keeping a distance, and a sincere tone, she relaxed a little."Dont know who te trust in this world"She said gazing at him, with one eye closed on account of the sun, still blazing, reflecting off the rippling water of the beach."Jus dont know who te trust..."She mumbled, more meaningfully than if she was only refering to the bar incident.
Jack understood that part clearly, he knew what it felt like being betrayed.He suddenly felt like he knew the girl, or at least her grief."Who betrayed yeh, love?"He asked her slowly.
The girls expression changed from sad to searching again, and she whispered
clearly"Everyone I knew...everyone I trusted...everyone I needed."She looked into the sea, hopeful, looking like she was wondering if she should drown herself."Me crew...me friends, me parents...everyone..."
Jack looked down also for a second, then back up to find the girl looking at him with timid interest.So she was a pirate.That seemed so impossible by the fragile look of her, he wondered if she was lying. He allowed himself to swagger a little closer to her, and sat down in the sand, facing her."Yer a pirate?"He asked, a little disbelief making its way into his voice.
She kept her steady gaze on him, a gaze that was so thourough, it made Jack almost uncomfortable, and slowly, she reached an arm out toward him.He sat a little closer to her, feeling glad he was gaining her trust, and lifted the torn,dirty white sleeve.She wasnt lying, the P was there, but what was even more surprising was the tatoo above the pirates mark."A sword...yer...yer Sword? The captain o' the Silver Leaf?Yer jesting,love,surely..."He said,in his surprise, forgetting his concern.
She pulled away weakly but angrily"I dont want te hear o' that ship...and I'm not wastin me time convincin' strangers o' who I am or ain't."She snapped,turning away from him.
Her small voice exclaiming would have been rather comical had the girl not been so seriously upset.Jack found himself thinking it was rather sweet, and forced back a small smile."Calm yerself love, I didn't mean to upset yeh, I believe yeh, savvy?"He said quietly."Now,how 'bout tellin' me what's botherin' yeh?"
"An' who are yeh?"Came the small voice, still Sword turned away.
"Captain Jack Sparrow, love"He lifted his hat to her back.
She turned back to examine him, the same as he did when he thought she was lying.She reached out, and Jack gave her his arm.She lifted his shirt to reveal a P, and a sparrow flying."Aye,yeh are"She said, now looking at him with more shy interest.
"An yeh Sora Starwind..."He said, to reassure her that he believed her...though he still had doubts.
"Yeh can call me Sword, Captain Sparrow...like every'un else used te,now noone is calling me nothin'"She said, now a little more at ease, yet still quiet and weak.
'Now, that 'ardly seems fair...I'll call yeh Captain Starwind, since yeh paid me that respect"He said, trying to cheer her, but it didnt work too well.Sword just hung her head for a second.
"Ain't captain no more...ain't nobody...ain't got no ship, no crew...no'un" She whispered morosely."Yeh call me Sword...or Sora even...I deserve no respect."
"A'ight, then yeh call me Jack...Now that we got the names all nice an' sorted out, will yeh let me in on what's 'urtin yeh love?"He reached to take her shoulder again, but stopped midway, and thought better."Yeh say yeh lost yer ship an' crew?"
Sword nodded slowly, and it looked like if she went too fast her head might break...She looked nothing like he imagined the fearless Captain Starwind to look like.Her great sword skills were, after all,famous, as was her wit and daring and at such young age.They called her Sword without hesitation, even though pirates dont usually give such general names.He has actually been wanting to fight this legendary young woman for a while now, wanting to test his skills.But now, it looked that if he pulled his sword, she'd just tip her head back, allowing him a clean cut at her neck.He had never seen a girl look so horribly hopeless."Me crew betrayed me, for refusin' to let 'em rape a young girl 'bout me age, who we rescued from a sinkin' ship...Left me on a bloody island with the naked beaten down corpse o' the girl, then went an' got me ship sunk an' themselves killed tryin' to attack a military ship, no doubt makin' stupid mistakes."Jack could hear some fierce anger bringing itself to surface in the little womans voice, and listened in disguised horror,"An' I come home te me family an' friends, an' they throw me out, no doubt mad that I didn't bring 'em anythin' back from me raids like i usually do, an' when I told 'em what 'appened, sayin' Im a waste 'o their time, an' they never wan'ed te 'ave anythin' te do with a pirate anyway, an' they never wanted te see me again...Its all money...Thats all they care 'bout, The whole lot 'o 'em, not one cared 'bout me."She finished, her eyes glazed with angry tears she would not let flow.
"Aye, 'ats 'orrible love, te have te find out all at once that yeh can't trust anyone...An' te remain all alone like that...Even I had some mates who'd help me out when i got on me own...Still love...Why not find an other ship?An other crew?Yer still well respected, they'd follow yeh, yeh just gotta look a bit more confident, savvy?"He tried to cheer her up, though he was still wondering at how horrible life treated this little girl, wondering if it was even worth trying to cheer her up.He didnt know her well, but he thought, anyone after a blow like that is entitled to loose interest in life.Especially if the little girl trusted and loved them all.
"Aye...confident.But yer forgettin' that no matter what kinda pirate I am, I'm still a girl...An' unfortunately I'm weak when it comes to such disappointments.I don't want nothin' te do with no crew again.I don't want no people to rely on.All they do is stab yeh in the back if they feel like it. Bloody people...An' I can't very well live without the sea...So I'm miserable, pathetic, an' just waitin' fer someone te put me outta me misery.So pathetic I even despise meself"She said, and Jack could not help feel a little of her misery with her.At least when he lost his precious Pearl, he had hope of getting it back, and he didn't care for the crew much anyway.To this girl, they were family...And even her real family were a bunch of greedy traitors.
"Listen...if yeh pull yerself together, yeh are welcome to join me crew...we'd love to 'ave a great pirate like yeh around love, o' course yed 'ave te prove yerself first, but I know yer as great as they say yeh are...I'd promise we'd not stab yeh in the back, but I 'ave a feelin' that promises don't matter to yeh much...An it doesn't seem like yeh 'ave much to loose by coming either."He told her, now definitely planting a hand on her shoulder, "And yeh don't 'avta worry, we don't rape little ladies on me ship."He felt like he had to say that, and then wondered wether if it was right or not, and excpected her to pull away again, but she smiled slightly.
"Yer right, I've got nothin' te loose.At this point I wouldn't mind dyin' even, so, I'll take a chance an' go with yeh, Jack, I heard yer great also,I 'eard a lot of yeh"Her voice was now much more confident, as if the thought of returning to the water gave her strength.
"There now"Jack said, surprised at himself for having so easily solved such a strange problem, without really talking much even."How 'bout a test fight?" He stood up.
The girl grinned, the first true happy expression Jack had seen on her, and stood up also.Looking a lot more like a pirate,confident and ready for anything.A glint in her eyes showed anticipation, like she had been wanting to fight for the longest time, only didnt get a chance to.Then, realized something."I don't 'ave a sword"She said plainly.
Jack thought only for a second, then grinned at her."Wait out 'ere, I'll liberate one fer yeh from the bar."He said, and swaggered back into the bar.He looked around, there were plenty of pirates with swords at their side, and quite a few of them passed out.He looked at them from the door, and picked out a good sword.It was the easiest thing, to steal from unconcious drunken pirates. He took the new weapon outside, and threw it to the anxious girl.
"Thank yeh,Jack,now,start out easy,I 'avent been fightin' in a long time" She said,taking a few swishes with her new sword,and a sneaky smile crept to her face,and it was brought alive,her eyes sparkling.
Jack attacked her, carefully at first, but he could feel her coming back to power with every swing of her sword.In ten minutes, she was doing things with her weapon he had never seen before.Her grin was now wide, and they found that they were fairly equal, though Jack was giving it everything he got, and he wasn't so sure that starwind was.Their weapon went flying from their hands almost the same time, and they stood, panting, looking at eachother with great grins on their faces.Jack broke the silence"Welcome among me crew, Sword!"
She picked up her sword, and put it away in the knot on her belt."Can I still call yeh Jack, Captain?"She said, as she followed Jack, who started to make his way back toward the docks.
Jack smiled,"Aye, but mind yeh, only when the rest o' the crew can't ear,dont' want 'em gettin' jelous."
"Aye"
A/N:this is my first fic!!!!i hope you like...its not an SI, if it was, Jack and Sword would be completely falling in love, from the first time they saw eachother(they werent supposed to at all, but you know..things happen).i might write more, but only if i get reviews, so please people, i need human opinion!!!...my dog says i suck...the beginning is just the intro, kinda...after that come fun plot twists and such!
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Broken Sword (Chapter 1)
Jack was sitting in a bar alone, getting drunk as usual.He was in the middle of charming two ladies from afar, when he heard a vauge voice exclaim,"i said get...away...from...me!"He looked in the direction he heard the voice come from, to find a young girl being unwelcomely groped by a nasty looking old pirate, who was grinning toothily, way too close to her face.Now, Jack loving to be the young ladies hero, swaggered near them, and without warning, bust a bottle full of rum on the dirty old pirate, who slid unconciously to the floor.
He looked at the violated girl.She was nothing special...her hair was short and black, most of it in great knots caused by rough wind, her great, pale green eyes had faint dark circles under them, and her fragile looking body was covered in torn and dirty mens clothing.For a while Jack wondered if she was worth his time...she seemed not much older than fifteen, and didnt look like someone who would drop in his arms even if he saved her from hungry sharks, risking his own life. But she was a woman...a small one, but a woman, so Jack felt he should do what he can for her...he was a gentleman after all, when it came to ladies, and just by looking at her, he actually felt sorry for her.
"Now, what's a feeble lookin' thing like yeh doin' in 'ere?"he asked,sounding concerned and interested at the same time.He smiled a slight smile, lacking his cheekiness...he decided that he wasnt interested in her that way.She was too young, and too plain.
She shot him a searching look,and spoke in a shaky voice"Same thing most folk are tryin' to do...get drunk and forget"She had utter sorrow in her eyes as she looked straight at Jack, that seemed to nag at him, and he was surprised at his own sudden concern for this stranger.She was definitely no younger than fifteen, yet she seemed so very helpless.
He put a careful hand on her shoulder, but as soon as he touched her, she swung up, and stormed out the door as fast as she could, without looking back. He went after her, more out of his own pride, not wanting the girl to think he was like that old man who just attacked her.He spotted her outside, sitting under a palm tree, hugging her knees as if trying to make herself look even smaller.As he went up to her, he was careful to keep a safe distance, as to not scare her away again.He was interested of this sad looking little girl, and he had nothing better to do really."I apologise if I scared yeh lassie, i didnt mean no disrespect."
She didnt notice he was there until he spoke, and she snapped her head up in alarm, then, seeing that he was keeping a distance, and a sincere tone, she relaxed a little."Dont know who te trust in this world"She said gazing at him, with one eye closed on account of the sun, still blazing, reflecting off the rippling water of the beach."Jus dont know who te trust..."She mumbled, more meaningfully than if she was only refering to the bar incident.
Jack understood that part clearly, he knew what it felt like being betrayed.He suddenly felt like he knew the girl, or at least her grief."Who betrayed yeh, love?"He asked her slowly.
The girls expression changed from sad to searching again, and she whispered
clearly"Everyone I knew...everyone I trusted...everyone I needed."She looked into the sea, hopeful, looking like she was wondering if she should drown herself."Me crew...me friends, me parents...everyone..."
Jack looked down also for a second, then back up to find the girl looking at him with timid interest.So she was a pirate.That seemed so impossible by the fragile look of her, he wondered if she was lying. He allowed himself to swagger a little closer to her, and sat down in the sand, facing her."Yer a pirate?"He asked, a little disbelief making its way into his voice.
She kept her steady gaze on him, a gaze that was so thourough, it made Jack almost uncomfortable, and slowly, she reached an arm out toward him.He sat a little closer to her, feeling glad he was gaining her trust, and lifted the torn,dirty white sleeve.She wasnt lying, the P was there, but what was even more surprising was the tatoo above the pirates mark."A sword...yer...yer Sword? The captain o' the Silver Leaf?Yer jesting,love,surely..."He said,in his surprise, forgetting his concern.
She pulled away weakly but angrily"I dont want te hear o' that ship...and I'm not wastin me time convincin' strangers o' who I am or ain't."She snapped,turning away from him.
Her small voice exclaiming would have been rather comical had the girl not been so seriously upset.Jack found himself thinking it was rather sweet, and forced back a small smile."Calm yerself love, I didn't mean to upset yeh, I believe yeh, savvy?"He said quietly."Now,how 'bout tellin' me what's botherin' yeh?"
"An' who are yeh?"Came the small voice, still Sword turned away.
"Captain Jack Sparrow, love"He lifted his hat to her back.
She turned back to examine him, the same as he did when he thought she was lying.She reached out, and Jack gave her his arm.She lifted his shirt to reveal a P, and a sparrow flying."Aye,yeh are"She said, now looking at him with more shy interest.
"An yeh Sora Starwind..."He said, to reassure her that he believed her...though he still had doubts.
"Yeh can call me Sword, Captain Sparrow...like every'un else used te,now noone is calling me nothin'"She said, now a little more at ease, yet still quiet and weak.
'Now, that 'ardly seems fair...I'll call yeh Captain Starwind, since yeh paid me that respect"He said, trying to cheer her, but it didnt work too well.Sword just hung her head for a second.
"Ain't captain no more...ain't nobody...ain't got no ship, no crew...no'un" She whispered morosely."Yeh call me Sword...or Sora even...I deserve no respect."
"A'ight, then yeh call me Jack...Now that we got the names all nice an' sorted out, will yeh let me in on what's 'urtin yeh love?"He reached to take her shoulder again, but stopped midway, and thought better."Yeh say yeh lost yer ship an' crew?"
Sword nodded slowly, and it looked like if she went too fast her head might break...She looked nothing like he imagined the fearless Captain Starwind to look like.Her great sword skills were, after all,famous, as was her wit and daring and at such young age.They called her Sword without hesitation, even though pirates dont usually give such general names.He has actually been wanting to fight this legendary young woman for a while now, wanting to test his skills.But now, it looked that if he pulled his sword, she'd just tip her head back, allowing him a clean cut at her neck.He had never seen a girl look so horribly hopeless."Me crew betrayed me, for refusin' to let 'em rape a young girl 'bout me age, who we rescued from a sinkin' ship...Left me on a bloody island with the naked beaten down corpse o' the girl, then went an' got me ship sunk an' themselves killed tryin' to attack a military ship, no doubt makin' stupid mistakes."Jack could hear some fierce anger bringing itself to surface in the little womans voice, and listened in disguised horror,"An' I come home te me family an' friends, an' they throw me out, no doubt mad that I didn't bring 'em anythin' back from me raids like i usually do, an' when I told 'em what 'appened, sayin' Im a waste 'o their time, an' they never wan'ed te 'ave anythin' te do with a pirate anyway, an' they never wanted te see me again...Its all money...Thats all they care 'bout, The whole lot 'o 'em, not one cared 'bout me."She finished, her eyes glazed with angry tears she would not let flow.
"Aye, 'ats 'orrible love, te have te find out all at once that yeh can't trust anyone...An' te remain all alone like that...Even I had some mates who'd help me out when i got on me own...Still love...Why not find an other ship?An other crew?Yer still well respected, they'd follow yeh, yeh just gotta look a bit more confident, savvy?"He tried to cheer her up, though he was still wondering at how horrible life treated this little girl, wondering if it was even worth trying to cheer her up.He didnt know her well, but he thought, anyone after a blow like that is entitled to loose interest in life.Especially if the little girl trusted and loved them all.
"Aye...confident.But yer forgettin' that no matter what kinda pirate I am, I'm still a girl...An' unfortunately I'm weak when it comes to such disappointments.I don't want nothin' te do with no crew again.I don't want no people to rely on.All they do is stab yeh in the back if they feel like it. Bloody people...An' I can't very well live without the sea...So I'm miserable, pathetic, an' just waitin' fer someone te put me outta me misery.So pathetic I even despise meself"She said, and Jack could not help feel a little of her misery with her.At least when he lost his precious Pearl, he had hope of getting it back, and he didn't care for the crew much anyway.To this girl, they were family...And even her real family were a bunch of greedy traitors.
"Listen...if yeh pull yerself together, yeh are welcome to join me crew...we'd love to 'ave a great pirate like yeh around love, o' course yed 'ave te prove yerself first, but I know yer as great as they say yeh are...I'd promise we'd not stab yeh in the back, but I 'ave a feelin' that promises don't matter to yeh much...An it doesn't seem like yeh 'ave much to loose by coming either."He told her, now definitely planting a hand on her shoulder, "And yeh don't 'avta worry, we don't rape little ladies on me ship."He felt like he had to say that, and then wondered wether if it was right or not, and excpected her to pull away again, but she smiled slightly.
"Yer right, I've got nothin' te loose.At this point I wouldn't mind dyin' even, so, I'll take a chance an' go with yeh, Jack, I heard yer great also,I 'eard a lot of yeh"Her voice was now much more confident, as if the thought of returning to the water gave her strength.
"There now"Jack said, surprised at himself for having so easily solved such a strange problem, without really talking much even."How 'bout a test fight?" He stood up.
The girl grinned, the first true happy expression Jack had seen on her, and stood up also.Looking a lot more like a pirate,confident and ready for anything.A glint in her eyes showed anticipation, like she had been wanting to fight for the longest time, only didnt get a chance to.Then, realized something."I don't 'ave a sword"She said plainly.
Jack thought only for a second, then grinned at her."Wait out 'ere, I'll liberate one fer yeh from the bar."He said, and swaggered back into the bar.He looked around, there were plenty of pirates with swords at their side, and quite a few of them passed out.He looked at them from the door, and picked out a good sword.It was the easiest thing, to steal from unconcious drunken pirates. He took the new weapon outside, and threw it to the anxious girl.
"Thank yeh,Jack,now,start out easy,I 'avent been fightin' in a long time" She said,taking a few swishes with her new sword,and a sneaky smile crept to her face,and it was brought alive,her eyes sparkling.
Jack attacked her, carefully at first, but he could feel her coming back to power with every swing of her sword.In ten minutes, she was doing things with her weapon he had never seen before.Her grin was now wide, and they found that they were fairly equal, though Jack was giving it everything he got, and he wasn't so sure that starwind was.Their weapon went flying from their hands almost the same time, and they stood, panting, looking at eachother with great grins on their faces.Jack broke the silence"Welcome among me crew, Sword!"
She picked up her sword, and put it away in the knot on her belt."Can I still call yeh Jack, Captain?"She said, as she followed Jack, who started to make his way back toward the docks.
Jack smiled,"Aye, but mind yeh, only when the rest o' the crew can't ear,dont' want 'em gettin' jelous."
"Aye"