Chapter 2: Father

As Elizabeth slept something went on below in the bar.

"So is that your daughter Jack?" a pirate laughed.

"Daddy, Daddy, help me Daddy," a pirate imitated a little girl. All the pirates around him laughed but Jack.

Jack rolled his eyes, "She seems like a very sturdy girl,"

"Daddy, Daddy," the pirate imitated again. Everyone continued to laugh.

"Belay!" Jack yelled.

"Daddy! Daddy!" the man continued to imitate. Everyone laughed.

Then a dagger came through the air and hit the man in the middle of the forehead. The laughing went to a sudden halt. Jack got up and turned around to see Elizabeth with her head down and crying. He noticed that she had changed her cloths. Her once short dress and high heel shoes were now baggy pants, a low cut dirty brown shirt, knee high boots, and her hair was down. She wiped her eyes and went over to the dead body. She took the dagger out of his forehead in one swift movement. Then she wiped the blood off on his shirt. She turned around and went out the door. Jack stared at the body for a mere second then turned and ran to catch up with Elizabeth. When he caught up to her she was speed walking away. He put his arm around her but she just shoved it off. He continued to follow her.

"What do ye want Sparrow?" she hissed.

"You shouldn't talk to your father like that," Jack commented.

She stopped dead in her tracks and looked at him. Then she tried to say sweetly through gritted teeth, "What do ye want father?"

"Tis more like it. I just want to know ye name and ask if ye wanted to join me crew," he mentioned.

"Me name is Elizabeth, which I already told ye, and I'd love to join ye ship," she answered.

"Great! Come with me to my ship," Jack declared.

He walked off and Elizabeth followed. He led her to a beautiful black ship. She ooed and awed as she got on the ship. He smiled to himself as he heard her oo and aw. She looked all around but when she saw the ships steering wheel (sorry I don't know what it's called) she sprinted up the stairs. Jack felt like he wasn't being followed so he turned his head slightly. He looked around for her and finally looked at the steering wheel. His eyes got wider then he ever thought possible.

"No! Leave it alone! That's mine!" he ordered intending on grabbing the steering wheel and pushing her away. She planned on him trying to do that so she quickly let go and stepped back. As she did he slipped when he was post to push her but there was no Elizabeth to keep him from falling. She quietly laughed to herself. He got up and grabbed his hat that fell off during the fall. He put it on and motioned for her to follow. She nodded and followed him. He led her to double doors and went in. When she went in she saw the most beautiful dining room.

"Wow," she whispered.

Jack went and sat down on a big purple chair. Then he put his feet on the table. She sat on the seat on the other side of the table. He picked up a green apple and examined it. After examining it for bit and noticing that Elizabeth wasn't paying attention he through it at her. She grabbed it right before it was going to hit her on the side of the head. She did it all with out moving her head. He took his feet off the table and looked at her in amazement.

"How did ya do that?" Jack asked.

"Me so called father taught me that," she hissed remembering the man she thought to be her father. A single tear formed in her eye but she wiped it away before Jack could see it. She was quit hungry so she took a bite out of the apple. Jack leaned back and put his feet back on the table.

"What did your so called father teach you?" Jack asked still intrigued about what she did.

"He taught me all about pirates. The good and the bad. He also taught me how to fight. He was a pirate himself. He told me his nickname was...what was it again..ah yes, Bootstrap Bill Turner..." She was going to continue but Jack about choked on...well nothing. She looked at him confused, "What's wrong?"

"Did ya just say Bootstrap Bill Turner?" he asked in shock.

"Ya," she said shortly.

"That's impossible! He died over ten years ago," Jack claimed.

"No, he died ten days ago," she stated.

"How is that possible?" Jack asked himself.

"Father told me of his great escape. When they left him to die in Davy Jones Locker he was somehow able to get out of the handcuffs and take off his boots. He was twenty miles from any shore but he tried to swim anyways. When he felt like he had no life in him he heard voices. He looked up and there was a ship next to him. They brought him aboard and took him to Tortouga. At that time he had no ship, crew, or money to go to his son. So he stayed in Tortouga. Four days after getting a job and house he found me. After that he decided to stay and raise another child. A child that he could raise the way he wanted with no woman to stop him from teaching it anything he wanted," Elizabeth explained. The whole time Jack had his mouth wide open. She smiled slightly to herself. It was all true but she couldn't help at smiling from Jacks intriguing face.

After a bit he shook his head and continued to act normal, "In the morning we're going to pick up a friend of mine. The true child of Bootstrap Bill Turner. We're going on an other little adventure. Ye better go get the stuff you need," Jack told her.

She nodded and got up. She almost sprinted to her room. As she made her way through the crowd of pirates they all barked for more rum but she ignored them and went to her room. When she got to her room she grabbed her bag. She opened the closet to find all wench type of cloths. After a bit she remembered before Father died he gave her special gift. He told her to open it only when she was going to go down the path of piracy. So she looked down and grabbed the extremely long box. It was about six feet long and two feet wide. She gently put it on her bed and opened it. Inside was a beautiful five-foot sword, dagger at the end of the sword, compass, beautiful but very pirate like cloths, nice leather boots, and...a note? She picked up the note and it read:

Dear Elizabeth,

You have finally made the choice to become a pirate. I hope the cloths still fit you. I made the sword from my very own hands. The cloths I bought from a very trustworthy man. If you ever come across my son Will tell him I love him and that I'm always there for him even if he may think I wasn't. Lastly, tell him that I hope he finds a beautiful young lady to love (even though I would prefer you). If you ever see my old friend Jack Sparrow tell him that I lived and sing our old song with him. You and him will both know what I mean. This letter is getting a little to long for my liking. So remember I love you and am here for you.

Love,

Boot Strap "Bill" Turner

A.K.A.: Your father"

By the time she got to the end she was crying her eyes out. She took out the sword and examined it. She quickly got changed into the cloths, packed the remaining, put the sword on her left side, put the dagger in her left boot, put the letter in her pocket, put the compass in a pocket on her belt, and she was on her way. She thought she'd tell Jack tomorrow about what his old friend wanted her to tell him. But for now she was going to go to the ship, sleep, and dream of what the future would bring her.

"Yo ho, yo ho, a pirates life for me," she whispered to herself as she went out the door.