Cassandra

Hey people this is one of my POTC stories but it doesn't have anything to do with my series. For those of you reading my series this story is just being posted until I have more written for some other stuff. Anyway I hope that you all enjoy it and please leave a review. Well here it is the first chapter!

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"YOU IDIOT!" yelled a man throwing the woman to the floor.

"Leave her alone!" demanded a girl standing between the man and the pile of dress on the floor.

"Get out of my way!"

"No." said the girl poking the man in the chest with the broom handle, "Mother get up." Said the girl trying to help the woman up but keeping an eye on the man.

"Go to your room Cassandra." Said the woman.

"No if I do then I will run away and never come back. He is not my father and even if he was he has no right to hit you or me." Said the girl.

"Stay out of this Cassandra." Said the woman.

"No, I am sick of seeing this man abuse you." Said Cassandra. Cassandra helped the woman to her feet and walked backwards with her to the kitchen.

Her mother pushed her away, "Go to your room Cassandra you are only making it worse." Said the woman.

"By not letting him hit me?" asked Cassandra looking at her mother incredulously.

"Dave, No!" yelled the woman. Cassandra turned in enough time to see the cutting block come flying at her and slam into her arm.

Cassandra bent over holding her arm, "Mother I'm sorry I can't take it anymore. You have to leave him just like I am now." Cassandra turned and ran out of the house for the last time and flew down the driveway to her stepbrother's house.

Cassandra knocked on the door to the blacksmith's shop Elizabeth answered, "Oh he came home drunk again didn't he?"

Cassandra nodded her head, "Yes he did and I am not going back can I stay with you for a couple of nights?"

"Of course you are always welcome here. Ah, we have a guest but let's go into the kitchen and have some tea." Said Elizabeth.

"That would be great." Smiled Cassandra.

"Will come here for a moment!" called Elizabeth.

Will came in smiling and then his eyes fell on Cassandra, "What did he do now?" "Threw a cutting block and hit my arm." Said Cassandra holding up her dress sleeve.

Will looked at the bruise and growled, "I'm going to kill him."

"You will do no such thing William Turner." said Elizabeth, "Come on Cassandra we'll go get that tea." The three walked into the kitchen and Elizabeth started making tea while Will sat at the table across from another man that Cassandra had never seen before. The man was leaning back in his chair with dirty boots on the tabled and a three cornered hat on the table next to his shoes, he had black hair with braids and beads scattered throughout. He had tan skin and dark brown eyes made even darker by the eyeliner that he wore.

He looked Cassandra up and down, "Who is she?"

"A girl that doesn't like being stared at by strange men." Said Cassandra answering for Will. "I meant your name lass." Said the man. "I know what you meant." Said Cassandra. "Why don't you give me your name?" "Because I don't know yours." Said Cassandra. "Tell me you name and I'll tell you mine." Said the man. "You are a pirate." "So?" grinned the man. "Fine we will each say our names on three." Said Cassandra.

"Aye." Said the man.

Cassandra counted to three and neither one of them said anything, "Just like I thought an un-honest pirate." Said Cassandra.

"Better an un-honest pirate that can fight than an un-honest little girl that plays with dolls." Said the man.

"Oh boy." Said Elizabeth setting the teapot on the counter. Cassandra got up and stormed out of the room to the workshop.

Will got up and asked the man, "Anyone you want to leave your treasure to?"

"What do you mea…" Cassandra had come back into the room with a sword in her hand.

"I'm not going to fight a little girl."

"Good thing I'm not a little girl then." Cassandra said coming to the other side of the table.

"Do you even know how to fight?" asked the stranger taking a quick jab at her, Cassandra easily danced out of the way.

"Quite well actually if I beat you, you tell me your name, if I loose I tell you my name." Cassandra said giving the stranger room to come to her side of the table and he did.

"Fine, and a tip never give your opponent room." Said the stranger. "Never underestimate your opponent." Said Cassandra.

"Do you have a comeback for everything?"

"Do you have everything to say?" asked Cassandra.

Will grinned, "I think that you've met your match Jack. She won't give up." By now Cassandra and Jack had seized each other up and were starting to go at each other. Up until what Will had said the stranger had a grin on his face but now he was scowling.

"Aww, I'm sorry Mr. Pirate if I offended you, wait no I'm not." Now the fight had grown to just that and Cassandra and the stranger had worked themselves into the workshop.

Will leisurely followed them calling, "Go easy on him Cass he doesn't know you."

"Ha! I win I know your name." said the stranger taking a few steps back.

"One that's not my name, and two you want to play like that fine." Cassandra said taking a stab at him.

The two continued the fighting, "I thought I established that we are done because I know your name."

"And I thought I established that, that isn't my name Captain Jack Sparrow of the Black Pearl." Jack's sword fell to his side.

"You knew who I was and still you fought?" Cassandra jabbed a heel into Jack's right foot then walked passed him handing her sword to Will.

"You can ask Will I'm not easily intimidated." Cassandra skipped off into the kitchen to find Elizabeth humming the pirate song she had taught her.

"Da na na na na na and really bad eggs."

"So what's her name?" asked Jack.

"Oh no, no, no you can ask her that tomorrow." Said Will.