This is by my friend Marnie. This is like a prequel to the story that her and amy are writing. That will be up on ff.net soon

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Disclaimer~ oh tra la la la! I have nothing to disclaim at this point! GO ME! But I still wish I owned a couple of people… is it even possible to own a person? I should ask the people in the basement… hmmmmmm I don't have a basement…

ANYWAY! (hmm almost wrote ANTWAY… keep me on me toes my basement monkeys!) this is the first chapter of the Eve Chronicles.

It follows Eve Black's (or Eve Torros as she is now… read it and you'll comprehend) career as a pirate lass (the most infamous pirate in the Mediterranean Sea).

Me and my friend are writing a Pirates of the Caribbean story and I came up with a character I really liked, so I gave her a life story… yay.

There shall be 4 parts to Eve's life story (most are unwritten but lie smugly within me noggin)

The Young Eve Chronicles ~ Eve as a cute little kiddie traveling around with her gypsy father and then her going to England.

The Eve Chronicles ~ Eve's pirate career and the events that lead her to…

The Pirates of the Caribbean story ~ Where Eve meets the crew of the Black Pearl and a mysterious girl named Willow.

And The Post Eve Chronicles ~ Eve's life after the POTC story and the rebuilding of her title.

Captain Jack Sparrow will make an appearance in this series, but will mostly be in the POTC story and the Post E.C.

READ, ENJOY AND REVIEW MATE! J

"Drink up me 'earties yo ho!"

The Eve Chronicles Chapter 1

A new beginning and Lee's realization.

Eve Torre stood at the helm of her brand new ship 'The Deep Rhapsody' and gazed out at the horizon. It had been two weeks since she and her best friend Lee had fled from England after an incident involving Eve's late husband, John Fletcher…

Lee walked up behind Eve. He was finally over his seasickness and was beginning to enjoy life on the open seas.

"Eve, do you actually have a destination or are we just sailing blindly around, randomly declaring ourselves pirates?"

Eve smiled, she knew this question was going to come.

"Well Eve," persisted Lee. "Do we have a plan? Do you even know where we are?"

Eve turned to him grinning mischievously, "Come to my quarters Lee," she then shouted to Parkinson, her first mate, "Take then wheel and keep sailing due south."

"Aye Capt'n," he grunted, seizing the wheel.

Lee followed Eve below deck into her quarters.

"Please take a seat," she beckoned. "Now, I know you think that me becoming a pirate was a spontaneous event."

Lee furrowed his eyebrows.

"Not true. I've been planned this ever since I married that bastard John Fletcher," said Eve bluntly.

"But why?"

"Well on the way back from our first trip to Spain, remember, the one where I was forced to marry the old codger…"

"Yes, I remember," said Lee bitterly.

"Well on the way back to England our ship was attacked by pirates…"

"I knew that," interrupted Lee.

"Aye, but what you didn't know is that those pirates stole something very dear to me, a diamond necklace my mother gave to me on her deathbed…"

"Oh Eve! I'm so sorry…"

Eve ignored him, "so now you see, I'm determined to get it back."

"That's all well and good Eve, but why not let the Navy handle it?" asked Lee skeptically.

Eve leant back in her chair, "Lee, you may not be aware of this, but the navy are a bunch of incompetent gits. I'd be surprised if a quarter of 'em knew how to swim. And once, I saw an officer try to put on a pair of breeches as a sweater!"

Lee stared at her disbelievingly.

"And I found the life of a pirate incredibly appealing. Think about it Lee, we can go anywhere! Anywhere the sea takes us! France, Spain, Italy…"

"Anywhere except England."

"Anywhere except En… look, let's face it, I've never been the typical woman stereotype."

"That's true."

"I hate knitting and flower arranging and those bloody stupid tea parties! But above all I hate the fact that, no matter how many times I prove meself, I can never be seen as an equal in the eyes of society and I bloody hate it!"

"I respect you," said Lee soothingly.

"Yes, but you're not normal. But since this little pirate venture I've felt free for the first time in years…" a satisfied smile crept across Eve's face. "Now over the last year or so, I pilfered money out of me 'beloved' husbands accounts and I began to associate with pirates and learn what I needed to know, which included me acquiring this," Eve pulled a frayed piece of parchment out of her coat pocket and once again Lee furrowed his eyebrows.

"A treasure map. And if it's entirely accurate we should reach the treasure in about a week," Eve smiled at Lee's shocked expression. "Oh, I've also bought you here to discuss your position here on me ship. Now I personally wouldn't care if you slept for all the day and pilfered all the rum by night."

Lee grinned.

"But, me crew feel that, now you've gotten over your seasickness, you can start doing your fair share of work."

Lee's eyes went wide, "Eve, I don't know the first thing about boats!"

"Ship and I know you don't, that's why you're the knew cook! Congratulations!" Eve leapt to her feet and shook his hand energetically, pulling him to his feet.

"Eve…"

"Now scurry off! There are many a fine pirate in need of a good supper!" she directed him out the door.

"But Eve…"

"Oh! And me name is no longer Eve Torre or Evelyn Fletcher, it's Eve Torros. Now go have fun in your new job!"

She slammed the door in Lee's face and smiled. She strutted over to her desk and sat down, looking over her map.

"Yo ho yo ho, a pirates life for me…"

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Thanks for reading y'all! (How very hillbilly of me... hmm... i'm insane aren't i?)

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