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~~~~~The Pact~~~~

'This is interesting..' Artemis thought to herself. 'Who.he can't mean...could he? Ah, well now's as good of time as any to but in.' Grinning she went inside.

"What pact would this be, Father?" Both men looked up sharply. Kirk looked kind of satisfied.

"Ah, one made the day you and your brother were born." Jack said slowly.

"With the Will and Elizabeth Turner you've told us so much about."

"Exactly. Concerning you two and their child. We hoped you three could be friends..." Jack said trailing off.

"I see. You're terrible at lying to me, Father, I know that there's more to it than that." Artemis casually walked out of the cabin. She knew Jack wouldn't tell them anything. This meant spying for her and Apollo. She quickly went to Apollo's quarters and found him mapping something. She explained what had just happened.

"You know.you don't think that he'd try and set one of us up with Will and Elizabeth's kid do you? Depending on if the kid's a boy or girl."

"No way. He knows better than that. Or, he should. What were you mapping?"

"Remember that white ship you pointed out to us? Well, it's been following us since." He motioned to the map, where he had been marking the progress. "Always that far away. No more, no less, we speed up, it speeds up."

" I knew something wasn't right with it." Replied Artemis, shaking her head. "We'll just have to be careful when we get to Port Royal, which is in 15 minutes. So, I'm going to get a good 10 in of reading." Artemis, when she wasn't manning the ship, was often found reading some random novel, drove the crew crazy. As she walked down she pondered what to do about the "she" her father had mentioned. She had an idea of who it was, but it was so unlikely that it was her.

A bit later (17 minutes) they were walking off the Black Pearl. The white ship wasn't in site. 'Maybe they bailed.Yeah, right....' Artemis decided to go and shop for a few things she needed a new sword belt and sheath. Today she was living up to her Dark Moon name by dressing in a black shirt with ripped sleeves and a pair of dark brown leather pants, and black boots, she also had the choker of her mother and had black streaks in her hair. As she was walking towards the blacksmith shop to check it out, someone tapped her on the shoulder. Artemis turned to see a strange man. He was dressed in the manner of a pirate.about 6'7 very tall, eyes that were black, not almost black, but pure liquid black, shaved dark brown hair and beard.

"Well, it's the most feared female pirate, Dark Moon."

Artemis eyed him up and down. "Maybe. Who are you?"

"Ah!" He hit his forehead. "Forgive me, Madame. I am Captain Chan Hawk of the Iced Nightmare." The name sounded so familiar to Artemis, but she couldn't quite place who or where. Then it hit her.

"Now you remember, I see. You gave me this scar here about 3 years ago." He pointed to a scar that ran up into his rolled up shirt sleeve.

"And if I recall you deserved it."

"No, I don't believe I did. I have been searching for you since then. It was partially for revenge, and because you intrigued me. No one has stood up to me before. Let alone beat me in a duel."

"First time for everything." Artemis smirked, and started to walk off.

"Just remember this! Hawks always capture their prey!"

" Sparrows always find a way to beat them." She walked into the blacksmith's. 'I'm gonna have to watch my back.' Surprisingly enough, or not, Apollo was in there with some other people. Two of the three others were bleeding from sword wounds. Artemis wondered for a fleeting moment where the blacksmith was.

"Just tell us where your father is, lad." Said a large man. He looked slightly unnerved.

"Why do you want to know?" Apollo looked as though he were enjoying this.

Just then, someone grabbed Artemis from behind. 'Always they assume I can't fight, until they see who I am. Pitifully inane.' She thought. "Come on, or your sister, idiotic girl, gets it." Artemis' eyes narrowed.

"Oh you've done it now." Apollo laughed. Artemis reached behind her and flipped the man over her head and onto his back; she slid her sword out and put it to his throat.

"You and your insipid companions get out. Don't come near us again if you value your live. Leave this place, I don't think the blacksmith would be to fond of you."

"Actually, you're correct. I'm not." Someone materialized out of the shadows. They all turned to look.