Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with pirates of the Caribbean...

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"Tie it like this. No Ana look." Jack stood behind Ana, putting her small hands inside of his own showing her how to tie the not he was currently showing. As he did that he got a jolt of feeling. Shaking his head he ignored it.

"I knew that!" Jack grinned.

"O' course ye did. That's why I had to show ye so many times." Jack stayed silent for a few seconds, looking like he was thinking of what to do next. "Right this is another one- you'll mostly need this in storms or windy conditions..." Jack carried on talking until one of his crew interrupted him.

"Ship sir. Merchant, heavy in the water." The expression on Jack's face showed he was thinking it over.

"Aye, hoist the jolly roger (a/n I think that's it?!?)" Jack turned to Ana. "Get below and lock yourself in me cabin." Jack turned away before he saw the expression on Ana's face. She wasn't impressed.

"Jack-"

"Captain."

"Captain then. Why can't I fight? You've taught me how to now." Jack turned to face her.

"Because you still need practice. You know the techniques but aren't good enough yet." Ana stayed silent for a few moments before coming up with a come back. By this time Jack had turned away again.

"But it can be used as practice. And I have to start somewhere don't I?" Jack sighed and looked at her face.

"Ye really want t' fight?" Ana nodded. "Alright, jest try not to get in the way, don't fight unless they start it and plunder t' yer hearts contempt." Ana grinned triumphantly as she turned to walk away to fetch the sword and pistol that were once Jack's. "Oh and Ana Maria." She turned back. "Don't get yerself hurt. Savvy." Ana smiled as she watched him walk away.

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Ana watched as the ship began to get closer. She had a new feeling pumping throughout her, and as well as being excited about her first raiding she was as nervous as hell too. She was brought out of her little world when someone placed their hand on her shoulder.

"Stay near me Maria." Her face held a small smile of gratitude towards Curly who had been kindest to her out of the whole crew- other then the captain that is. Ana nodded to him as pirates and sailors alike began fighting for what they wanted.

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Ana looked around in a daze, she remembered all the fighting techniques but whenever she went to use it against someone she froze. Curly had bailed her out one to many times in her eyes and she was sick of not being able to use her knowledge in fighting properly.

While she had been thinking all this over, she had managed to lose sight of curly. A bolt of nervousness went through her, as she suddenly realized no one could help her out anymore and she had to defend for herself.

"What's a pretty girl like you doing on a pirate ship?" Ana snarled at the man in front of her, and then realized she could use her gender to her advantage. As she began to bat her eyelids in front of the man, she felt like a fool and probably look like one too.

"They made me come out here. They want me to get killed." By now both Jack and curly were in her sight, and seeing her two friends gave her more of the courage she needed to go through with what she had thought up.

"Come now dear, we'll take you away from these vile creatures and back where you belong." The man gave her the perfect opportunity to strike when he lifted his arm towards her. Taking a step forward as if to go into his embrace, she dragged her sword out and sliced through the mans side.

All of a sudden everything went silent. Without knowing it, she had just killed the captain of the opposite ship meaning his crew would give up without a fight. Jack opened his mouth to say something to Ana, but she was in her own world, hardly believing she had just killed a man.

She jolted out of her daze when a knife was held against her throat by the merchant ships first mate.

"Ye shouldn't of done tha' lass. You killed 'im now I'm goin' t' kill part of a pirates crew with 'em all watching you bleed t' death." Ana gave a small laugh.

"All they would do is go buy someone else. I'm a slave, I don't matter." Jack winced at her words as well as the rest of the crew. "I'm not part of the crew, they made me fight without knowing how to because I don't matter. If I got killed all it would mean is them finding someone else to do all the dirty work." The man that was holding the knife against her throat looked at Jack.

"This true?" Jack's eyes darted back and forth between him and the girl he was holding captive.

"Aye, she's jest a slave nothing more." The man shouted for the crew to get back on there own ship, (the pirate crew had already got everything they wanted.) but still didn't take the knife away until he saw all of them on the ship.

"Well I'm very sorry but" He spun Ana round so she was facing him. She tried to hide the fear in her eyes and on her face but failed miserably. "You have to pay." The pearls crew heard her gasp as the man sliced his sword along her middle and let her fall to the floor motionless. "I guess you'll have to get a new slave." Stepping over her body like someone would step over a piece of dog crap, the man made to walk back over to his own ship. As soon as he was halfway over the plank that kept the two ships together, jack and Gibbs grabbed the end of it and pulled it back on bored- meaning the man fell to his death in the freezing waters below when none of his crew made to help him.

As soon as the man had gone Jack rushed over to join Curly who was already at Ana's side along with the ships doctor. Jack picked her up and took her through to his cabin, trying to ignore the sensation he was getting, by her breath on his skin.

Her breathing was too fast and too raspy, and she was unconscious. Jack turned to the doctor.

"She going to be ok?" he sighed.

"I don't know. It all lies with the next few days. She may be fine tonight and tomorrow then suddenly develop a fever and get so bad it wont look like she'll survive. It all depends on her, if she's a fighter or not and how long it takes for her to become conscious. But then again she may be conscious a lot at first then suddenly relapse. Can't tell."

"But the wound?"

"Should heal. It'll leave a nasty scare but... captain she needs different clothes the ones she's wearing' are drenched with blood." Jack nodded.

"Thanks. You can go now." The doctor nodded and left the cabin, shutting the door silently behind him. Jack sighed as he sat down on his bed looking over the girl lying on it. "Sorry Ana."

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A/N thanks for all the reviews! Please review again! I'm not sure when I can next update... I can write the chapters and everything on my computer (which doesn't have the net.) but my dad's computer has gone bust (the one with the net) and I'm about to move house, so everything wont be connected for about a week or two anyway. Please carry on reading when I can eventually update! Sorry to leave on a cliff hanger. Anyway remember to review! Luv Suzy xxx