Chapter 1- Port Royal

"Will, how long since our wedding day?" remarked Elizabeth softly as she rested her delicate head on Will's muscular chest.

"How long has it been since our wedding night?" said Will laughing sexily.

Much to the disappointment of Commodore Norrington (who recently found himself a very charming young lady named Shannon), Will and Elizabeth had been married almost sixteen years. And a very happy marriage too, for Elizabeth had given birth to a beautiful daughter that had bright blue eyes and deep auburn hair. In fact, now at the young age of fifteen, Arielle had suitors, several of the age of thirty and beyond. But she was always modest and never showed the least bit of conceitedness or vanity.

However, Arielle often worried her parents, just as Elizabeth did so long ago. She had a strange obsession about pirates and pillaging. Will and Elizabeth had often looked in on her in the night as a result of strange sounds that originated in her bedroom. Only to find that she was dreaming or singing an old pirate melody. And because of this they thought themselves very fortunate that Jack Sparrow was half way around the world seducing other young ladies instead of their underage daughter.

"Mama, have you ever seen a pirate?" inquired Arielle deep in thought.

"Yes…I fell in love with one once." (she means will, not Jack)

"Oh, how nice that would be, to fall in love with a pirate. If I ever meet one I know that I will fall in love immediately and he will take me aboard his ship and we will sail the world and have eleven children!"

"Oh god let that never happen!" thought Elizabeth quietly.

Arielle and her mother were shopping at the local market just across from the harbor. They had to find dresses for Commodore Norrington's wedding. He was engaged to a lovely lady named Shannon that thought he looked very sexy with his ice-cream head powdered wig on.

"Oh mama! I must go see that ship… it is beautiful…it looks just like the ships I've been reading about! Please!"

Elizabeth, immediately recognizing the ship hastily scolded her for not concentrating on the task at hand and continued shopping. Arielle however, had a different idea.

Arielle walked stealthily away from her mother as to not draw attention to herself. She climbed the spiral staircase leading into the fort and took the bridge to the harbor. As she stepped onto the boat she inhaled deeply, taking in all the smells of the sea and adventure.

She stepped towards the edge of the ship and felt its smooth, polished wood and looked out towards the horizon. And as she did so she thought she saw a figure swimming in the reef.

"Odd time of year for that…" Arielle trailed off.

As darkness fell in the sea port, Arielle snuck back to her house and pretended to be asleep when she heard her parents talking in hushed whispers.

"Will, she keeps going on about pirates and what she will do if she sees one! I'm scared for her and for us…"

"I as well, but there haven't been any pirates in Port Royal since, well, you know."

Just then there was a rather loud and obnoxious knock at the door and Elizabeth went to open it. Arielle peeked out of her bedroom just in time to see a tall man standing in the doorway singing.

"Yo ho yo ho, a pirate's life for me…"