Disclaimer: Not mine. Never has been mine, and probably never will be mine.

A.N. Hey, Hope you like this chapter, it's the longest so far I think! Oh, and Princess legleaf, I hope your song is going well! Thank you to all the people who have reviewed, and I'm very sorry if anyone finds this fic confusing. I don't understand it half the time! Also, sorry if Will seems OOC, I just need this to happen for the fic to work. Now, read and review!

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Jack entered the cabin Will and Elizabeth were staying in. "Look you two" he said "We've spotted a ship, an' we're goin' te try an' board. I know ye won't like it, but if I put it off, I'll 'ave another mutiny on me hands. So if you'd like te keep yerselves in the cabin, ye'll be safest there."

Elizabeth nodded, though she looked disgusted. "But why Jack" she asked. She got an answer she didn't expect.

"Pirate"

Will, who was now looking rather bemused, laughed and said "here, Jack, can I have a word? Outside."

"Aye, o' course" came the reply, and they exited the cabin. "What is it?"

This time it was his chance to get an answer he didn't expect. "I want to come with you."

"What" Jack exclaimed. "But that would make ye a pirate!"

"Yes, I know that. But my father was a pirate, and he was a good a man. Anyway, if I'm going to live aboard a pirate ship, I may as well pull my weight. I've missed the sea, and I want to stay here. If it means that I have to be a pirate, so be it." Will countered.

"Aye" was all Jack could say to that. "I know how ye feel. But ye'll be the one to tell 'Lizabeth" He glanced back in the direction of the cabin. "So ye can come along. But ye'll do what I say, and not anything stupid, Savvy?"

"Aye," Will replied, then laughed. His face went from a smile to a frown when he remembered Elizabeth. "I'd better go tell her that then"

"Aye" said Jack, and walked off.

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Elizabeth was worried, angry, saddened and somehow joyful at the same time. She was worried for the crews safety, and especially for Jack and Will. She was angry at Will for not telling her how he felt, and for deciding to become a pirate. Saddened by the fact that Will had not felt he cxould tell her how he felt, and that he (and she) now had to live at sea, whether they liked or not (A.N. Make up your mind woman! Earlier you were bored!) And she was joyful, because Will now got to do what he wanted, for the first time since she had met him, and was himself happy. It was allm rather confusing.

She could hear the sounds of the fight going on outside, but she tried to block it out. Clearly the crew of the merchant vessel had not wanted to give up their cargo that easily. Suddenly, the fighting stopped. She wondered what would happen now that the pirates had defeated the crew of the merchant ship. All that Norrington had ever taught her was that pirates were "vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them" and "not to be trusted". Her father had never answered any of her questions either.

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Will was in the process of learning what happened. Once the crew was rounded up, the ship was looted, and any plunder carried back to the Pearl. Any man (or woman) wanting to join the crew would sign the ships articles (as he himself had to do later) and those who did not were set aside in a lifeboat with a few provisions. After this had been completed, Will went to make sure Elizabeth was okay.

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Jack was delighted. Not only had they succeeded in raiding the ship (as he knew they would, he was Captain Jack Sparrow) they had gained a lot of rum from the ship as well. 'Amazing stuff, rum' he thought ' though not as amazin' as young William's decision. He's mor like ol' Bootstrap than I'd guessed. I jus' 'ope he don't do anything stupid!'

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A.N. There we go. I have no idea how to get this to where I want it to go, though I have a few plans for the next chapter. Please, review!