A/N: Raaaah! Hello! Well here we are with another story, and I'm supposed to say something else . . . oh yeah! All my other stories (with the Lord of the Rings exception) have been completed before I'd put them up, so you love people don't have to wait ages until I can be bothered to finish the story. But, I've only written three chapters of this one and I like the way it's coming along so I thought, what the hell? I'll put it up anyway! So I will try really really hard to get it finished, and update as soon as possible, ok?

Disclaimer: Blows raspberry.

Chapter One: The Skull and Crossbones

Captain Jack Sparrow stands by the wheel of his ship, The Black Pearl, looking through his spyglass out to sea, where another ship sailed.

"Gibbs! Hois' the flag!" he orders, giving the spyglass to a member of his crew behind him, expecting the other ship to raise a white flag in surrender, like any merchant ship would do. Gibbs and another pirate lift the skull and crossbones flag and the crew member with the spyglass takes the wheel of the ship while Captain Sparrow sways rather dangerously towards his cabin.

"Gimme the glass kid," Gibbs says to his mate who hands it over. Gibbs takes a look through it, towards the other ship.

The Captain aboard the ship in question looks through her own spyglass and smiles.

"Well if tha's how ye wanna play it Captain," she says to herself. "Stannich! Hois' the flag!" The Captain walks the length of the ship towards her cabin, passing Stannich pulling on the flag rope, and enters it. She sweeps round the cabin, preparing herself for battle, putting her cutlass in her belt, picking up her pistol and loading it, tying her hair behind her with a piece of string. She knew how battle was fought, she had nearly fourteen years of pirating behind her, she knew what to do.

She left the cabin prepared and looked through the spyglass again, she could see the ship had slowed down, as if not sure whether to advance or not.

"Come on Captain, scared?" she asks. She takes the glass from her eye and looks out to the ship, a sly smile on her face.

Gibbs knocks on Captain Sparrow's cabin door and opens it.

"Wha' is it, Gibbs?" the Captain asks, sitting on the double bed, lowering a bottle of rum from his lips, and the braids on his chin.

"They've raised the skull and crossbones Captain, they're pirates, and they're gonna fight," Gibbs tells him. Captain Sparrow looks up.

"Ye recognise 'er, Gibbs?" he asks, standing up. The old man shakes his head.

"No."

"Right. Then prepare the cannons, ge' every man ready, an' don' take yer eyes of 'er," Captain Sparrow takes his pistol from one of the chests in the well furnished cabin. Gibbs leaves.

The Black Pearl pulls up alongside the ship, The Silver Bell, and his crew swing over.

The battle was long and drawn out, very few of the cannons were fired and all the men from both ships were exhaused. Captain Sparrow, fighting on the deck of The Silver Bell, amidst the roaring of both crews, shots from the pistols, dodging the swords as they span about, merely enough room for the two crews to stand. He drove his sword through one of The Silver Bell's crew, pulling it out, covered in blood as the crewman fell to the deck. Captain Sparrow's getting tired, and once thought that maybe advancing on the other pirate ship had been a bad idea, but he's there, and now he has to stand to his guns. He looks around, realising that they must have been fighting for maybe an hour and he hadn't even seen the other Captain yet. He didn't have time to think about it for long as a sword was put to his throat, he stood still for a moment, chin risen slightly, and then spun to his left, almost slicing the man who had threatened him in two round his waist with his powerful swing. Then he saw the Captain of The Silver Bell; a strong looking woman who radiated dominance and power, dark hair tied back and a dark look upon her face. She wore a cream bandana round her head, loose white shirt, dark breeches and boots not unlike Captain Sparrow's. She unsheathed her sword and ran into the battle as fresh air for her now tiring crew, spurring them on to fight until every one of The Black Pearl's crew were caught.

Unfortunately for her, the battle didn't go that way.

A/N: Wha' de ye think o tha'? Reviews are compulsory I'm afraid! Well, tha's no' really true, bu' I'd like it ter be. So, feel free ter review!