On the 'Black Pearl':

"Captain?" a voice inquired from the door. Jack looked up and saw the brown-haired, brown-eyed, 17-year-old Sara Lewis. "I came to report my return." A little green parrot squawked happily on her shoulder. "Gar returned safely too," she smiled.

"Good, now, I could use you about now," Jack said, standing up. "Do you remember when I helped you with your boy troubles and you swore you'd pay me back someday for it?"

"Yes, sir, do you have a request?" Sara asked, sitting down.

"Squawk, captain's got a girl, captain's got a girl, squawk!" Gar squawked, fluttering around the room.

"Er, what the bird said," Jack muttered. "Esmerelda and I talked, well, argued, and now she's raving mad at me AGAIN, and I have no idea what to do! She's invading my every thought, every motion, it's as if she's the very air I breathe, and it's driving me MAD!" Jack declared.

"I see nothing new here, it's been that way it seems since the day I met the two of you," Sara said.

::Flashback::

"Oh, for the GODS SAKES, will you leave me alone for a minute, Jack?!" Esmerelda yelled, storming across the bar.

"Come on, Essie, you've got to let me explain!" Jack said desperately.

"I said, leave me ALONE!" Esmerelda slammed the door to the women's restroom shut in Jack's face.

"Damn the laws of mankind which limit the areas which we can step into!" Jack cried, walking away from the restroom. He sat at the bar, next to a 12- year-old with long brown hair and brown eyes.

"You know," the girl said. "If you it doesn't work with her, I'm always available."

Jack spit out his ale, coughing. "Wh-what?!" he asked, looking down at her.

"I'm joking!" the girl giggled. "Don't worry, you're not the only one with troubles of the opposite sex."

"Sara!" a boy came running up. He looked of 15, with blond hair and blue eyes. "Thank goodness, you're safe! I was dreadfully worried about you!"

"Sure you were, Lucas, and I'm a monkey!" Sara said indignantly. "You're not worried about me because you care, you only want to marry me!"

"So?" Lucas asked.

"I'M 12 YEARS OLD! I'M A CHILD! IN SHORT, YOU'RE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE, MISTER, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A WIFE!" Sara screamed, pushing Lucas backwards.

"Hey!" Lucas yelled, pushing her back. "You don't push me!"

"Hey, hey, hey now..." Jack said. "That's quite enough of that! You do not treat a lady like that, it's not polite!" He then grabbed the back of Lucas' shirt and lifted him off the floor. "So, who do you think you are, pushing a lady around like that?"

"I'm Lucas St. Claire, and I'm the son of the governor of this island! I can have whatever girl I want and treat them however I want!" Lucas said.

"Really?" Jack asked. He then spotted the return of Esmerelda, who was looking curious. "Hey, Essie, this little man has a blatant disrespect for females, he seems to think they're nothing but mindless slaves that must bend to his will."

"Oh, does he, now?" Esmerelda asked, staring into the boy's face. "I think that he is wrong, unless he'd like to meet my other sisters as well..."

"Fuck you!" Lucas cried. Esmerelda glared at him and punched him straight across the face. "I think that my mom and dad need to talk to yours, unless you want me to deal with you personally even FURTHER!"

Lucas rubbed his cheek and pouted. "Fine..." he muttered.

"Now, you will never treat another girl like that again!" Jack said, pushing Lucas towards the door. "Now get out of here!"

"Wow," Sara said, looking on in awe. "That was neat!"

"Who are you exactly, young lady?" Esmerelda asked.

"I'm Sara Lewis," Sara said. "My parents both died when I was little, and I've lived on this island all my life on my own. I want to leave, but I don't have the chance..."

"Well, I'm going to be leaving soon, would you like to come with me?" Jack smiled.

"Would I ever?!" Sara said happily.

"Wait, you're what?" Esmerelda asked. "You never told me you were leaving!"

"I must go, Essie, I'm still yet to find the man this shot is for, and I must get my ship back," Jack said, patting the gun at his side, which was loaded with only one shot. This shot was meant for his ex-1st mate, who led the mutiny against him five years earlier. "I'm sorry."

::End flashback::

"I mean this is something different," Jack said. "I may actually have a chance at this!"

"Would you like me to help you figure this out?" Sara asked.

"More than anything," Jack said, taking Sara's hand. "Please, help me..." Sara smiled until Gar started flying around their heads frantically.

"Squawk! Back landlubber, back landlubber! Squawk! The booty belongs to me! The booty belongs to me! Squawk!" Gar squawked, clawing at Jack's hand with his talons.

At the 'Fire Soul':

Esmerelda sat there on the boat's pier, until Phoebus came up to 'try' and talk to her.

"Esmerelda, please, we need to talk," Phoebus said. He put a hand on her shoulder.

Esmerelda jumped as he touched her shoulder screaming as she lost her balance on the boats edge. "AAAHHH!!! Phoebus?! HELP ME!" As she plummets off the ships edge and was found hanging on to a rope that was dangling off the ship.

Phoebus' hand shot down and grabbed hers. "Hang on!" he said. He struggled, though, finding he couldn't pull her up on his own. "Man, I wish I hadn't slacked off in my training..." he muttered to himself.

On the 'Black Pearl':

"Sorry about that," Sara said, wrapping the handkerchief around Jack's hand with a nervous laugh.

"No problem, just keep that bloody bird—"Jack was cut off by a scream. Both him and Sara ran to the porthole and saw Phoebus struggling to pull Esmerelda up onto the ship. "What does that idiot think he's doing, trying to pull her up when he hasn't been to the training centers for weeks?!" Jack yelled, running out of the cabin door.

"Wait for me!" Sara yelled, running after him. "You forgot your hat!"