Author: Me! Legolas-gurl88!

Disclaimer: I own nothing! Not Jack or Will or Elizabeth. I do own Anamaria (Will's daughter) and Diann and also Natalie, but that's about it! Oh, and the plot! But the rest belongs to Disney! Brilliant Disney!

Summary: Will leaves Elizabeth and his youngest daughter at Port Royal and he and Jack take Will's oldest daughter and the crew of The Black Pearl on the adventure of a lifetime. While in Tortuga, Will enters a pub and meets someone that he least expected. Rating to be safe.

Non-slash.

Note: I would like to apologize for the quality of the last chapter. The paragraphs were all choppy and confusing. I promise you, it wasn't like that when I typed it on my computer. But please be forgiving. That was my first time ever posting on fanfiction and I'm sure I'll get better as I get more and more practice. So if any chapters are choppy and the sentences go from one paragraph to the next, just give me time. I'll work it out. Now, onto the story!

2. The Storm

Will woke up from a good night's sleep when he heard a crash. He sat bolt upright in his bed and looked around. Another crash sounded. He scrambled out of bed and dressed into his clothes.

He heard yells from the deck as he ran up the stairs. When Will had reached Jack who was at the steering wheel, he said, "What's happening, Jack?"

"The storm's come about twelve hours earlier than expected." The captain answered.

"What time is it?"

"S'bout seven o'clock." There was another crash. This time, Will could tell that it was thunder.

Then lightning flashed over their heads. Jack licked his dirty finger and held it up in the air. He consulted his compass.

"Wind's goin' to the East. We have to go West." He said, "GIBBS!"

"Aye, Cap'n?" Gibbs's voice came from below.

"Tie up the sails! And hurry!"

"Aye, Cap'n." Gibbs said again, only this time, it was to show that he understood his orders.

"Men! Get those sails up! NOW!"

"Dad?" Will heard behind him. He turned around. Diann was standing there, looking very odd in his old pants and shirt. "What's happening?"

"The storm is early, Diann, it's nothing to worry about." He said, pulling her aside as Anamaria jumped up the stairs.

"What can I do, Jack?" She said.

"Get me some rum." Jack said.

"Is that it?" Anamaria asked, looking annoyed.

"Yes, Ann, please." Jack said, pecking her cheek and she rolled her eyes and bounded down the stairs.

"CAP'N!" Gibbs yelled from up above them. "THIS SAIL IS STUCK! WE NEED ANOTHER MAN UP HERE!" Jack looked around. All the crew were up there, and Ana and Natalie were both below deck. He looked at Will.

"Could you-?" He asked.

"Of course." Will said and he ran to the rope ladder leading upward.

"Be careful, Dad!" Diann yelled. Will didn't even bother to answer. He climbed up the ladder as if he did it every day. He supposed that it was the pirate blood in him. Jumping to the mast, he slid his way over to Gibbs.

"What can I do?" Will asked as rain started to pour suddenly on top of them.

"I need you to go to the tip of the mast and cut the rope. Hold onto the end. Cotton and Stemford will roll it up from there."

"Okay." He said and he easily flipped around Gibbs and inched his way down the mast. The wind started to pick up and it was harder for him to hang on. When he reached the corner, he pulled out a dagger from his belt and started to cut at the rope. It took several minutes. He knew that everything was counting on him. The other sails of the ship were up and the wind was blowing at the one sail that was down, making the ship lopsided.

"Do you need help?" Diann's voice said behind him. He jumped and nearly slid off the mast.

"Diann! What are you doing up here? Get down! It's dangerous!" Will yelled and the rain thickened, so he could hardly see his daughter.

"But I said I wanted to be helping!" She yelled.

"But that doesn't mean to come up here and get yourself killed!" Will yelled. Suddenly, the rope that he was sawing at snapped and the sail flared, knocking him and Diann in the head. Will fell, but caught himself on the mast and pulled himself up again. He looked down just to see Diann's screaming form fall into the sea with a splash.

"DIANN!" Will yelled. Behind him, Gibbs yelled, "WOMAN OVERBOARD!" Will stood up on the mast.

"WILL!" He heard Jack's voice from below, "NO! DON'T!" But it was too late. Will jumped off the corner of the mast and into the ocean.

He opened his eyes. Immediately, the salt stung them, but he didn't care. He suddenly became aware that he hadn't taken a breath before he had jumped in. His oxygen was very precious now. He dared not go up to the surface of the ocean for a new breath, because it might mean that Diann would die. He didn't know how deep this ocean was.

Will swam down to the bottom, his head spinning and his lungs screaming that they needed air. But he couldn't pass out until he knew that Diann was safe. His legs beat faster at the thought of his daughter.

Please, he thought, Let her be okay.

Suddenly, he caught sight of a dark form floating slowly downward. He sped up, his eyes stinging and his lungs aching. He caught onto Diann's hair and pulled her up and grabbed her hand. Surprised that he even thought of this, Will took off his belt, discarded the dagger and pushed the belt through the fabric loop on his daughter's pants and looped it through his own and buckled the belt. There. Now he could use his hands.

Angry at himself for taking so long, he kicked upward which cost him so much breath. The claws of unconsciousness grabbed at his body as he protested and kept kicking upward. He could just see the sky reflecting off the water above him. Just ten more feet! He told himself. The tie that was holding his hair into a ponytail came loose and his dark locks blocked his vision. When he was five feet away, unconsciousness beat him down and he passed out, floating down to the bottom of the ocean, Diann coming along with him.

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Kinda short, I know. And kinda cliffie-like, but that's how I write, so if you no-like cliffie, you no-like this story. The chapters do get longer as I progress though. I hope you all like the story and are enjoying yourselves! Please review! I want to know your thoughts and feelings about this book! It would make me most happy! Remember, RETURN OF THE KING RULES! Just repeat that over and over and over… *starts rocking back and forth in chair* Sorry! Now, onto reviews!

Valanya- Thanks! I hope you like the rest!

sunshine1627- Thanks a bunch! Yup, Jack is settled as much as a pirate can be! Yeah, I've already written up to chapter 12, I'm just posting them every once in a while to give people a chance to review. I hope you liked this chapter and I'm gonna post A.S.A.P. Thanks again!

Trinityelf- Hi! How're you, mellon-nin? I'm glad I kept the characters in character for you! I better go!