I stared at my reflection in the mirror, at the pub i worked at, The ship sails, in tortuga. "This is no life for a girl like me" i miserably said to noone. "I wish I could be free!"

"ELANA!"

I winced. It was my boss. Mr Brown.

"ELANA TURNER! Get yer butt in here, now!"

I hurried through the bar and saw the look mr brown was giving me "sorry mr brown" i mumbled, tucking a stray lock of hair behind my ear. I went strait to work, clearing up tables and serving the men who were drunk on rum.

When i severed one man. He was trying to touch me and asked me to come home with him. I would have slapped his face but i didn't want to lose my job. I needed the money. So i didn't let it bother me.

That night I was crying on my bed because of that man and what he had said to me about going home with him. Do I took like a trumpet?

I walked over to my small mirror in my bear room. I looked into he mirror. I have long flowing curly brown hair. The colour of coocoa beans, except that I have this one dark blood red streak going through me. It is in my right hand side of my head. My friend, jenni, thinks it's awesome. I don't know though. I think it just makes me look different. I tied my hair up with a red banadana that was hanged carefully over the mirror and looked at myself from all angels.

My body was slim, I didn't eat that much, because i couldn't really afford to buy too much with my meeger wages. But i had curvey hips and a full plump breasts. My eyes are a sea green colour. But they go darker when I get angry. And when I'm upset they turn blue. Blue as the sea.

Looking at my image in the mirror, i didn't think I looked tartey. I looked like a respactable young woman who was juts doing her best to earn a living! I had growm up an oprhan. I never knew my mum and dad. They died when i was only three. And then i got taken away and now i'm here trying to earn some money just to put food on the table.

Once when i was a little girl, me and my friend jenni dared each other to steal something from arich man who was looking at some books in a bookshop. So, jenni went up to him and bumped into him on purpose and when she was saying sorry, i ran up and shoved my hand in his pants.

We ran away as fast as our little legs could takeus and only when we sure we had got far enough away, we stopped. We were at the docks. We hid behind some barrels and opened up our treasure. We had stolen a half-crown. We opened our eyes in delite and looked around in case anyone had saw.

We giggled and looked aorund where we were.

"Elana!" Jenni cried "Look..."She pointed "pirates!"

"Where?" I looke dorund and saw the pirates "Wow, real pirates! I wonder what they've stolen!"

"Hey, we're pirates too now!" said jenni with a giggle.

I laughed so loud that one of the pirates stopped and looked at us, we both looked guilky and quickly i hid the coin behind my back.

"Ello girls. What you doin' here? Surley you should be at home wi' yer mum?"

I was the bravest so I spoke up

"Don't have no mum, do I?"

"You an orphan then?" asked the pirate. I nodded. "What's yer name little girl?"

"Elana."

"pretty name for a pretty girl" he said smiling at me.

"What's your name?" asked Jenni "Jenni!" I hissed. Bu the pirate was laughing. He bowed to us and said "Capatin Jack Sparrow, nice t'be meetin' ya"

I stared with wide eyes "A CAPTAIN? Woooooooow"

The pirate captain smiled, winked and then walked away
I ran after him a little bit

"Bye Captain!" I waved to him

With that half-crown I bought a necklace forma strange man and Jenni bought herself a doll. I do still have that necklace, my very own pirate treasure. I hadn't worn it in years, i kept it hidden in my bedside table. I got it out now and blew some dust of it. I tied it round my neck and looked at myself again.

The necklace was on a silver chain and had a balck sotne in the middle, i never knew what kind of stone it was. All i knew was I liked it and it reminded me of something i never knew. I smiled at the memory.The necklace gave me good luck. I needed now, for sure.