Disclaimer: Still not mine.

Archie

"How dare she. How DARE she!" Jack asked himself as he made his way back down the crowded streets of Tortuga. "The Pearl is not a BOAT, she's a SHIP. I could kill her."

Jack now stood in front of the Brides Maid where he had last seen Archie, the most annoying bird he had ever met. He looked all around the building but there was no sign off the parrot. Jack finally gave up for he realized that he didn't really want to find the bird. He was not going to help Alex in any way after what she had called The Pearl.

It was about time for The Black Pearl to be pulling out of dock now, so Jack walked slowly back to the ship. He convinced himself that he was walking slowly because he was expecting an apology from Alex, but deep down he knew all he really wanted was to say good by.

As Jack boarded the ship the sun was slowly sinking in the distance. He wished he had found Alex so he could prove to her that he really wasn't as bad as she thought, but it was too late now.

Just then Archie came swooping out of the sky and landed on Jack's shoulder, fluttering wildly and excitedly. This scared Jack thoroughly but he hid it well.

"ARCHIE! Archie? What in the world are you doing here?" He asked the terrified bird. Jack took the bird off of his shoulder and placed it on the railing and wiped his hand off on his pants in disgust.

"There you are you dumb bird!" Barbossa roared as he emerged from the captain's quarters. Archie began squawking and fluttering about anxiously and then flew up on top of Jack's head and continued to prance about.

"Oh, is this your bird Barbossa?" Jack inquired innocently.

"Yes," he snarled and snatched the bird off of Jack's head.

"Ow! You pulled my hair." Jack said.

"I know," Barbossa answered with an evil smirk on his face.

Archie continued to screech as though the world was coming to an end. "I have a bird cage downstairs for him but the minute he set eyes on it he took off." Barbossa said as he clutched the bird in his big hands.

"Do you think he really needs a cage Barbossa? After all, once we get out to sea there really is no place for a dumb bird, as you would call him, to go. Is there?"

Archie shrieked again and flew back over to Jack's shoulder. "It seems to me Barbossa, the bird likes me better than you. What do you say I keep the bird and I find you a new seafaring animal? A better one than this mangy bird." After Jack said that Archie bit him on the ear and climbed back on top of Jack's head. "Ouch!" Jack said softly to the bird as he rolled his eyes.

"No, I like this bird, besides there is no better seafaring animal than a parrot." Barbossa said as he snatched the bird again.

"Well suit yourself, if you want a dumb old parrot that's your prerogative, I don't really care what you do with it." Jack said as Barbossa left.

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A few years had past and it was now Jack's nineteenth birthday. Jack was now old enough to go were he pleased and even old enough to take over the ship from his father.

Barbossa still had Archie. Archie had grown accustomed to life on the sea and he now liked Barbossa but liked others better, especially Jack. He would sit on everyone's shoulder or Jack's head. If Jack went anywhere without Archie he would constantly be fidgeting around and would fly away as soon as he got the chance to go find him. This annoyed Jack to no end. Jack would constantly remind himself about Alex and that this bird was his way of getting back into her good graces, if he ever saw her again. He had seen her a year ago in the streets of Tortuga but he had nothing to say to her and he had just gotten Archie to leave him alone and gave the bird to Barbossa.

Night soon fell on the Black Pearl. All the candles were lit, there was music playing and everyone was enjoying their rum, especially Calico. Before the night was half way through most of the rum bottles were gone and all the barrels were empty. Everyone went to sleep early that night. Around midnight however, they were all woken up by the loud bangs of a canon fire. All jumped out of bed and rushed up on deck. Calico stood at the helm looking terribly ill. Barbossa relieved him and Calico went below and prepared to fight with the crew. Jack saw Barbossa at the helm and he joined him.

"Jack, go down with the rest of the crew, that was only a warning shot, next time they might hit us." Barbossa snapped.

"No, it will be my ship someday so I'm going to sail her into battle." Jack argued.

"Go away!" This time Barbossa shoved Jack and he would have hit the deck if Bootstraps had not caught him.

"Jack leave him be today. Right now you have to help me protect your father, he refuses to go below but he feels so ill from his hangover that he is in no condition to fight. Now, come with me." Jack reluctantly followed Bill down the stairs and they joined Calico and the rest of the crew.

The navel ship shot the first canon and it struck a hole right through one of the Pearls sails. Then the battle began, cannonballs flew in every direction and eventually the ships got close enough and the navy boarded the Pearl. Bill and Jack fought along side each other the whole time, then something horrible caught Jack's attention. Barbossa had cornered Calico against the railing of the ship with his sword drawn. Jack tried to run to his aid but suddenly he felt a pain in his stomach. He had felt it before and had prayed he would never feel it again. He looked down and saw a small tip of a very bloody sword. The tip disappeared back into his stomach and he fell to the deck. Ragetti smiled proudly.

"Maybe Barbossa's plain will work," he said to himself. "Barbossa will kill Calico and I just killed Jack, so now he really can become captain!" A big grin began to spread over his face, but his pride was cut short as Bill came running across the deck straight at him with his sword unsheathed.

"What in the blazes are you doing Ragetti! He's on our side!" Bill yelled.

"I know that I'm not stupid you know… Wait… oops!" Ragetti soon realized his mistake and tried to run but Bill was quicker.

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" Bill, Bill, BILL!" Jack woke himself up and now wished he hadn't. The pain in his stomach was excruciating. Then he remembered yesterday, and he remembered Barbossa and his father. He jumped out of bed as fast as he could without hurting himself and he ran up on deck.

"Calico? Calico?" He yelled, no one answered. Not a soul was on deck and the helm remained tied going to its proper destination. Jack ran back down the stairs to the captain's quarters, it was empty too. He ran to the galley, no one was there. He ran below to where the men slept and he could tell everyone was there by the loud roar of snores and the foal stench of sweaty men. Jack immediately went to Bill's quarters. He opened the door to find Bill slumped over the side of the bed unconscious, with bloodstains all over his clothing.

"BILL!" Jack shouted. Jack helped him to the bed and then he dressed all his wounds. "Bill what happened to you?" Jack questioned him.

"You should have seen the other guy!" Bill said jokingly. "No seriously, he was pretty beaten up." Jack gave him a weak smile.

"Bill, my father where is he? Do you know?" Jack asked reluctantly, not really wanting to know the answer.

"That was some fight wasn't it?" Bill asked, ignoring Jack's question.

"Yes but---" Jack tried again but Bootstraps interrupted.

"Everyone fought so bravely, even you. You must have had a good teacher, if I do say so myself." Bill smiled, still ignoring Jack. "Jack your father fought bravely too but he wasn't quick enough. Jack, he was killed in battle, I guess his hangover weakened him and he was killed." Bootstraps said softly. "You are The Black Pearl's new captain, Captain Jack Sparrow."

A/N: Gasp I guess Bootstraps only got half of the story. Please R&R. And I promise to post again soon.