Title: My Pirate

Chapter 2: An Explanation

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Summary: Diana Nixon has every thing a 22-year-old girl could wish for; a beautiful home with her parents, and well everything she wants. Except for adventure. So when a pirate ship is spotted hidden in a cove, Diana tries to sneak on to the ship, The Sea Dragon but is caught by the first mate and taken to Captain Harry Groves, a man out for the blood of an old enemy, Captain Jack Sparrow………………


Will smiled at Jack as he entered the shop.

"Jack! What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Can't a man come see an old friend?" Jack asked.

"Plus I need a new sword." He said with a grin. Will laughed.

"What happened to the last one?" Will asked.

"Laying at the bottom of Davey Jones locker. I lost it during our last raid." He said.

"How long are you here for?" Will asked.

"A week, maybe less if that bloody commodore of yours cottons on to the fact that we're ere." Jack said.

"I'll make you one from scratch. Personalise it for you." Will said. It wasn't like he wasn't getting work, oh no, his swords had become widely sought after, but apart from the occasional one for the governors collection, they were for the navy. So they were all the same.

"No, I can't let you do that. One of these will do just fine." Jack said weakly.

"Nonsense. Please Jack, it'll give me a chance to work on something different." Will pleaded. Jack sighed.

"I ain't gonna win, am I?" he said. Will shook his head.

"Fine." He said picking up a sword.

"Spar with me?" he asked. Will nodded and picked up his own sword.

"But no cheating." Will said.

"Oh, but where's the fun in that?" he said.


Diana sat in the brig. She was in trouble. Obviously not all pirates were like the famous Jack Sparrow that her cousin Elizabeth kept going on about. She had no clue as to why she used Elizabeth's former last name either. She'd heard all about how much trouble that had gotten Lizzy into.

Diana stood up as she heard someone coming down the stairs. It was a young dark haired man in his mid twenties. He was carrying a bowl and a tankard.

" 'Da Captain said for you to eat 'dis." He said gently.

"Thank you." She said as she took the hot soup and tankard of something that looked suspiciously like rum.

"My name's Alex Rudd." He said suddenly. Diana looked up.

"Oh, you already know my name. Why are you being so nice to me?" She asked warily. He laughed.

"I'm being nice to you Miss Swann because you met Jack Sparrow, stood up to him and lived." He said.

"What do you mean?" she asked.

"Well only one other person who's done that. My Captain. And he didn't get away from it unscathed. Did you notice that he's blind in his left eye?" Alex asked.

"No. But I didn't really look." Replied Diana.

"Ah, well Jack had lost everything. His crew had mutinied and marooned him on an island. And he'd lost his ship. His beloved Black Pearl and he was only 15! Bit young to be a captain if you ask me.

Well my captain had a much smaller ship at the time called The Blue Bird and he was working for the rumrunners. Anyway they came by the island Jack was stranded on and he bartered passage off. But when they arrived in Cuba, Jack refused to give them the bearings to Isla de Muerta. Captain Groves challenged him to a duel, first to draw blood wins. Jack slashed him across his eye. He's been blind ever since. And he swore to kill Jack for it." Alex finished. Diana stared at him.


Faith stared out at the vast ocean. It had been three days since Diana, her best friend, had been kidnapped. She sighed. She knew her friends adventurous nature would get her into trouble on day. The sea breeze blew at her blonde locks. She felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Oliver. How nice to see you. Have you any news?" Faith asked.

"No, I'm afraid my wayward sister has gotten her self into more trouble than usual. I came to ask you if you would like to come with me to find her. The commodore has given me permission to take The Seahorse after her." Oliver said. He was captain of The HMS Seahorse.

"Of course I'll come. She's my best friend." Faith replied.

"Good. We leave at noon tomorrow. Good evening Miss Elms." He said before turning away.

"Good evening Oliver. And please call me Faith." She said.

"As you wish Miss…Faith." He said blushing slightly. He walked away from the harbour.


Jack had lost. He'd kept his promise of not cheating but he'd lost.

"Jack don't take it so hard. You lost no big deal. But I did tell you three years ago that in a fair fight I'd kill you." Will said.

"You didn't." replied Jack gloomily.

"Didn't what?" asked Elizabeth from her seat next to the donkey.

"Kill me." He said. Will laughed.

"Jack you're my best friend. If I'd wanted you dead then I would have let the commodore hang you three years ago." Will said with a kind smile.

"Thanks for that. Saving my neck I mean." Jack said as he continued to brood. No not brood. He was Captain Jack Sparrow. He didn't brood. He jumped up suddenly.

"Okay, so how long can I force you to put me up for?" He asked brightly, his bad mood had suddenly evaporated.

"You're welcome to stay for as long as you want. But I thought you said you were only staying for a week?" Will asked.

"Ah, me crew are only stayin' for a week or well maybe less if Norighton figures out they're 'ere. Then they're buggerin' off to Tortuga for a couple of weeks." He said.

"Oh all right." Said Elizabeth.

"I'll go home and have them do you up a room." She said before leaving. "

Hmmm. No offence to her now Will, but she's looking a tad plump." Jack said cautiously. He knew how much Will loved Elizabeth and he was willing to bet his ship that Will would kill anyone who insulted her. Will just laughed.

"Jack, you fool, she's pregnant." He said.

"Ah, guess you're not a eunuch after all." Jack said. Will blushed.

"How far along is she?" Jack asked.

"Only four months." Will said.

"Well congratulations." Jack said.


Faith arrived at the harbour at noon the next day. She saw Oliver and waved. He waved back and ordered two men to come and collect her trunks.

She was dressed in an emerald green tunic dress with a loose white shirt underneath. Oliver thought she looked beautiful. But then again she'd probably look beautiful in a potato sack. He mused as she started walking towards him.

"You look lovely Mi…Faith." He said catching his mistake just in time.

"Thank you Oliver. When are we actually leaving?" Faith asked.

"About twenty minuets." He replied.

"Ok. Good. I'll see you on board." She said as she walked up the plank.


Diana sat there in silence. She was being questioned about Sparrow. Did she still keep in contact with him? Did she have any idea where he was or going to be? She had a bruise forming on her right cheek from when she told them they would get nothing from her. After all, she'd never met him.

Alex sat in the corner. The captain wasn't one to take no for an answer. Surely Diana would have learnt that by now? She was supporting a bruise on her right cheek and he knew it would be worse if she didn't talk. He hated himself.

He had suggested this morning that they talk to her about Captain Sparrow. But then again he didn't know that she would refuse to talk. He wanted to stand up for her. Tell them to stop. But at the end of the day he was a pirate and his own arse counted more in his book so he sat there and watched in silence.


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