Chapter one – They did not feel the wind chill

They did not feel the wind chill. They did not see the sun had left the wall. They did not hear the pleasant sound of the waves lapping against the cursed boat. Unconscious, a feeling close enough to death. Well that is what Dana Lieye thought. She had only been unconscious once in her life and never wanted to have that feeling again. Perhaps I should start at the beginning; it will clear up any queries about what I have just said.

The day our story begins was a clear day. A merchant ship sturdy and fast was making the crossing from England to the islands of the Caribbean. As well as taking merchants and their trades over were also a few passengers from England heading out to start a new life, as well as the odd pirate in disguise. A young girl ran about the deck closely chased by a young boy. She was a pretty little thing, soft blond curls, bouncy face, forget-me-not blue eyes, porcelain white skin and a figure to die for. She laughed such a pleasant shrill, exposing her pearly white teeth that contrasted greatly against her red, red lips. She held her soft blue dress up at the hem so that she didn't trip over it whilst she was chased by the boy behind her. He had chocolate brown hair matching his eyes and dirty blacksmith clothes with shinny leather shoes. His name was William Turner. A name that to the common ear would have been past off as a good strong name, but to the all knowing pirate would cause a cheer or whisper. As was the same with the young maiden, Dana Lieye – well Lieye at least would cause a stir.

Now these two innocent children knew very little about the family's history. If they had they would see life in a very different perspective. Both had a parent who was in fact a well established pirate of the Caribbean. William; his father was Bootstrap Bill and Dana's mother was Kayla Lieye, one of the only female pirates. Now their parents were not concerned for the safety of the children as their secret identity was never revealed, but now that William's mother was in a better place and he had no where to go the best thing he thought was to look for his father. Dana on the other hand was there with her mother as she was being taken away possibly to become a pirate herself.

But even though they were going on the voyage for two different reasons they would share the same horrible event. As the day passed on and the ship made steady progress, a fog began to hang over the water and trap the ship. They were only a day off making berth at Port Royal and were now in the heart of pirate waters. And on this unfortunate day they were attacked. They were attacked by the foulest of all crews, the crew of the Black Pearl. Tatty black sails, rough wooden boards, creaky masts, and torn riggings – and who could forget the captain; Barbossa. Well the new captain as the mutiny aboard the ship had just taken place, but that is beside the point.

Within a matter of hours they were done destroying the ship, they were done looting the ship and left only two survivors; Dana Lieye and William Turner. That is when their paths parted. They had plans for the Caribbean, to become rich and famous with prestige titles but all was lost. William floated away from the fiery wreckage and was picked up by another ship on the crossing from England. On that ship he met Elizabeth Swann the daughter of the soon-to-be governor of Port Royal. He would find a nice little path in life, an honorable path full of happiness whilst Dana plunged into a cursed life-style of piracy.

She was taken aboard the Black Pearl along with her mother. She survived; Kayla was tortured to the death. Dana stood on the quarterdeck her hands bound tears in her blue eyes, as she sung the old sea shanty 'A Pirates life for me'. Beside her was a brooding young man, handsome in his own right who went by the name of Jack Sparrow, captain that is. He too had his hands bound, and he too had tears in his eyes – it was very rare to see a man like Jack Sparrow cry, but he too loved Kayla Lieye as much as her daughter did. So we are here with two of our main characters, one singing the other not with the screams of a woman in the background. Suddenly the ship bearing the English flag comes into view and for a fleeting moment Dana and Elizabeth's eyes met the bond was broken when Dana was knocked unconscious, but soon their eyes would meet again.

**~~15 years later~~**

"Get to the boats! Off the deck you scoundrels off the deck!" yelled Captain Dana Lieye at the top of her voice. She had made a foolish choice of sailing into Port Royal she had no choice though but she thought it was safe considering it had been five years after the major pirate attack and kidnap, they were also disguised as a merchant ship. But obviously the navy of the sea port were far too aware and spotted that they were indeed a pirate ship. Dana had instructed her crew to abandon ship and row away as quick as possible, she would distract the navy and surrender herself of course with the expectation that she would be out in a matter of days, or hours.

She had matured quite nicely, now a confident twenty five year old female pirate. He soft curls grew and over the years of living on the sea the salt dried out her hair making it lose its life and curls, making it tatty and dead. Her porcelain skin change too, from soft to rough, white to brown. And her attire completely change from fashionable silk dresses to tatty breeches, stained canvas shirts, worn out leather boots and vests and who can forget the old bandanna. She also acquired effects that many ladies of the time would look upon in disgust; she looked at them like they were gold. But her eyes and smile stayed firm, sparkling in the sunlight even on this day.

She ran down below missing dodging the rough men and making her way to the cannons. Oh the cannons how she loved them dearly. They were her favorite things on the Black Maiden, on the entire boat. Old and black, worn and rusted she didn't care if the navy had flashy new ones these were certainly the best. Loading them up was always a fun task, she lit them and BOOM! They hit the navy ship. Dana had made the first move. In reply the navy sent back a shot too, and so the conversation involving cannon balls went on until Dana was out and she could feel her boat slip into its watery grave. Thankfully her crew had got off by the time the naval boat reached the Black Maiden. Dana was the only one left.

Striding happily up to the deck she leant against the ledge closest to the nearing ship. She smiled and waved at the men on board only received glares of distaste. Finally what seemed like forever, the ship reached the Black Maiden. Such a fine ship, Dana thought, but commandeered by such idiots. She shrugged and turned to look at the men now filling on to the ship.

"You caught me sir! Well done!" she said clapping smiling at the same time, this was all a joke to her.

"You have the right to remain silent!" shouted the commodore.

"Norrington right? Heard you were one of them good navy boys," she said looking him over, making the commodore a little uncomfortable.

"Chain her up men and bring her aboard. Search the ship all pirates to me," Dana didn't say a word at the commodore's remark not wanting to aggravate him. Truly a fine naval ship, Dana thought again as she stepped aboard the Virtue, the British ship. Well, the Black Maiden was a fine ship too – I will miss those cannons, she thought again. She watched the ship she loved dear from the cells below slowly it sank beneath the waters surface.

Will Turner had soon become a much-to-do man about town. People started to pay him more respect, seeing as he was to marry the governor's daughters and did rescue her from a band of vile pirates fives years earlier. However, even with the respect from the people, the money he now had and the love of his life he felt something was missing, a longing. Perhaps it was the fact he longed to sail the ocean again as he once did on his wonderful adventure to save Elizabeth's life and has he had done numerous occasions with Jack Sparrow the few years after. But Jack had stopped coming to take Will on adventures, it was sad and made Will angry. So many times he had broken swords with fury because Jack had not come to take him away, he acted like a child not getting a toy they wanted. But Will was happy, just hollow some days.

Today was one of these hollow days Elizabeth was busy preparing arrangements for their wedding which had been pospponed because Will requested that Jack be there, and he never turned up. And Elizabeth being the kindred spirit she is always said we will wait until Jack can come, but she was fed up waiting. Even though she did anyway, she wanted legally to be allowed to sleep with Will; she wanted to be able to have children and to be able to say 'Hello my name is Mrs. William Turner'. She longed for all those things and more. Much the same as Will's longing for the ocean. But on this fine day she was off making arrangements that Will was not needed for. So he, not having anything to do on this particular day, walked around town aimlessly looking for anything that he might have missed in the fifteen years that he had lived there for. But today was a special day as something exciting was to happen
As he walked along the main street he saw a group of naval officers walking up with what looked like a pirate or outlaw of some sought in their hands. This interested Will as he on many occasion had encounters with pirates – his best friend was one after all. As the party drew closer he noticed that the pirate that had chained up was a woman, a very beautiful one in fact. But she was dressed like a man and walked proud, like a pirate. Her sleeve was rolled up and revealed a mark of a pirate, another Anamaria – oh dear! Will thought. This one smiled to everyone and received smiles in return even some whistles from the local young men, she played along with it.

Will then saw her face clear as the party passed. Their eyes locked for a second and soon she was gone. Will stood for a moment, he new that girl.