Author's Babble: Hi guys! I have decided to continue this fic. I know, took me a long time to decide, but hey. Its all good.

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Caroline sniffed. "He didn't like me!" he wiped her nose on the back of her sleeve. "Why does it matter? He was just a freaky pirate."

She looked up at someone who was standing near her table, staring at her.

"But, I am a pirate too!" She kept muttering, ignoring the man. "No! Mother would highly disapprove!" "But mama threw us out of the house!"

She looked up at the man again. "Er... are you ok?" He asked.

"Yes, I'm fine!" She said with determination set in her eyes. "No, I'm not!" She whimpered in the hurt, scared voice.

'Well, here's a fine lil' lady who needs some attention. And maybe...' Barbossa thought. He sat down beside her. "Now, wha' would a fine lil lady like yerself be doin' here in th' tavern?"

She glared up at him. "None of yer beeswax!" She frowned. "But, he looks like such a nice man who just wants to help!" "No! Must not tell anyone!"

He looked at her with a strange look on her face. "Uh... would you like me t' buy ye a drink?"

"Yes! That would be-""No! He's just a vile man trying to kill you!"

He stood up, either to get a drink, or to leave, and Caroline looked up at him with puppy eyes.

"Don't leave me here by myself!"

"Uh... I'm jus' goin' t' ge' a rum."

"Let him go!" "No, he'll leave like the last one!" "Be gone and never come back!!"

"Er... Ok..." He slowly backed away from the girl.

She jumped up. "NO! Come back! Don't go! I need-"She suddenly sat down. "No! Men are evil! Never trust one!" "But he looked like such a nice man!" "No! Never are men nice. Never."

By this time, almost everyone in the tavern was staring at her. And Barbossa was gone. Luck him! Heh heh.

"But-"

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