Ok another quick disclaimer: I in no form or fashion own PotC, and quite frankly I don't want to. A lot of responsibility. Anyway, any type of review, good or bad, would be very much appreciated. Thanks, the under signed.

CaptSparrow

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Will had meant to keep watching her, he really had, but Michel had called him from the back, so with one last glance at her retreating figure he closed the door and walked away. It was something he would regret for the rest of his days, but life is funny like that. I always like to believe things always happen for a reason. And even though that reason may not be immediately evident, it's there. You just have to keep looking for it.

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"Why hullo. What is a pretty little thing like you doing all alone out here?" A strange, gruff looking man asked Anna, walking out from an ally. Anna knew very well not to talk to strangers, young as she may have been. She ignored the man and kept walking, a little faster than she had been previously been.

"It isn't very nice to walk away when somebody is speaking to you." The man said, stepping in her path. Anna was about to scream when she felt something filling her mouth, blocking any sound she might want to make. She eventually decided it was a piece of cloth. She turned around to face the man and kicked him in the shin. He laughed and grabbed her wrists.

"I wouldn't be doing that if I were you, poppit. I'm sure they wouldn't want anything to happen to you." She tried to jerk her wrist away, but being only five and the man holding her being full grown, she didn't have very good odds. He held onto her wrists with one hand and with the other he took another piece of cloth to bind them together. As he did so she tried very hard to think of a way to get somebody's attention, but being in the back of an ally with your mouth gagged, even if you were a full grown adult, it was a difficult task. The man took out his gun, and for a brief moment she thought he was going to shoot her. He didn't though, he just simply turned it around and slammed it against her head, knocking her into darkness.

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"Time for you to be getting home Michel, tell your parents you're doing a magnificent job." Will said, winking at the young boy. He nodded.

"Yes sir, thank you sir." The boy said grabbing his coat off of the hook and heading out the door. Will turned around and looked around his shop for anything last minute things to do before he went home. Finding none he slipped out the door, locking it behind him. He started to walk the short distance home, anticipating seeing Anna again, and of course Elizabeth. He stopped near an ally, seeing a stick lying in front of it. It looked a lot like Anna's, so he decided to take it home just in case she had dropped it on her way there. He got to the steps of his house and briskly walked up them.

"I'm home! And where's my little prin... I mean pirate?" He shouted, opening the door. Not getting a reply he walked into the kitchen, where he guessed them might be. All he saw was Elizabeth. He walked over quietly and slipped his arms around her waist.

"I'm home. Hmmm that smells good." He said, kissing her cheek and smelling the air around him.

"Nice to have you home, now where's my daughter? I figured she would have gotten bored over there by now." She said smiling and turning around from her bread cutting. She looked around Will's back, expecting Anna to be hiding. Will looked at her with an odd look in his face.

"What do you mean? She came home and hour ago." He said, worry starting to wrinkle his young face. Elizabeth now looked just as worried, if not more.

"Don't joke like that William Turner." She said sternly, still half expecting Anna to pop out at any given moment.

"I'm not joking, please tell me you are." He replied, looking at her hopefully.

"Oh my God Will, she's not here with me! Please tell me you know where she is!" Elizabeth said, panic evident in her voice. She placed her hand on her forehead and sat down at the table.

"Ok, Elizabeth you check all over the house, I'll go ask the neighbors if they've seen her. I'll meet you at the front door in thirty minutes, hopefully one of us will have found her by then. If not, we'll search the streets." Will said in a rush, already heading to the door and grabbing his coat. Elizabeth just nodded, looking close to tears.

"Don't worry Liz, we'll find her. I promise." Will said, walking back to the table. He took both her hands between his and then walked back out of the kitchen to the door. Once she heard the door slam shut she stood up and began frantically calling Anna's name in every room of their enormous house. For once she cursed its many rooms and closets, it was making going quite slow.

***30 min. later***

"Elizabeth!" Will called, hurriedly opening the front door. She came running down the stairs, extreme worry and panic evident on her face. She ran straight over to him and looked around, hoping to see her little girl. Not seeing her she fell into him, sobs racking her whole body. He hugged her tightly and rubbed her back comfortingly.

"No luck with you either?" He asked gently once she had finally calmed down a little. She shook her head and laid it on his shoulder. He took a deep breath and stroked her hair.

"We should start to search the streets. It'll be dark soon and I'm sure she'll be scared." Although these words weren't comforting, Elizabeth found strength in them and went to get her coat. Together they walked out the door, already shouting Anna's name. Little did they know Anna was nearer than they thought, and that in her half conscious state, the calls would haunt her dreams for most of her life.