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Chapter 1: The Whisper of Revenge

Captain Jack Sparrow sat at a table in a cabin on his beloved ship: the Black Pearl. Across from him sat a man wearing a cloak, and his face was shielded from Jack's gaze.

"You didn't kill me," the man in the hood chanted, and somewhat sang to himself. "You didn't kill me. You didn't kill-," he suddenly stopped, and reached for an apple sitting in the wooden bowl between he and Jack. The nails on his fingers were gnarled, and yellow. His hands were anything that provides a synonym for filth. But what caught Jack's attention, and memory was the ring that glistened on his finger; set in a gold base, and a green color to the center of it. He knew the ring, but he couldn't place where he knew it from. He should have recognized it anywhere, but he didn't.

"You didn't end the curse," the voice came from under te hood, it was a course, gruff, and haunting voice; almost sardonic. "It was lifted right after you killed him." He was completely oblivious to what this person, or thing meant. "He's alive, the heathen gods brought him back from the death, and gave him a second chance at life. He's out to fulfill his mission."

Jack stared at him. "And what is his mission?" He asked this rather cautiously, wondering , and fearing, what the answer would be.

The hooded thing leaned closer to him, and in a flash threw back his hood.

"Revenge!" There before him was the cursed former pirate captain; Barbossa.

OK, sorry to leave ya hangin', but I love cliffhangers, and I promise that the next update will be a lengthy one, with an ultimate cliffhanger. mischievous grin