Disclaimer: unfortunately all the PotC characters belong to Disney but Mackenzie belongs to me muahahahaha...lol

A/N: Thank you for your kind reviews very much appreciated...btw yes it was a flashback sorry I didn't make it more clear...I checked the internet but couldn't find out how long it would take to travel to the Caribbean in those days so sorry if I'm way out with my time.

A Broken Rose

Chapter 3: Any one else care t' threaten m' crew?

Mackenzie POV

A few months later I was told that we were only 4 weeks for Port Royal, I was so happy, we had had been at sea for a long time and I would be very happy to put my feet on dry land again. We had made stops at Ports but the Captain thought it best if I stayed on the ship as I might get lost. Now we were only one month from our new home and hopefully safety, as much as I was happy I was also terrified, if George had found where I was going he might come after me and the journey would have been a waste.

Third Person

"Sail ho!" A voice shouted from the crows nest, Mackenzie ran to the side of the ship, the last ship that had come near was another merchant vessel, but it was far larger than the one they were on, it was a beautiful ship. The ship in the distance though did not look like a merchant ship; it was far bigger and looked black. She didn't really take the colour into account, the ship looked grand even from the distance, and she wondered what it would look like close.

The Captain was soon by her side looking through his spy glass at the ship, he let out a gasp when he fully took in the ship. At first Mackenzie thought it was in wonderment but looked at his scared face and seen it wasn't.

"It's the Black Pearl!" Another member of the crew shouted looking through his own spy glass; there were collective gasps throughout the ship as the name was uttered. even Mackenzie knew the name of the ship, she had heard a few stories while in Dover, but on the ship all the men had told far worse stories, it was the most feared ship in the Caribbean if not the entire ocean, it was Captained by the most ruthless Captain to sail, Captain Jack Sparrow.

The Captain was speaking quietly with his first mate behind her and she couldn't help but overhear there conversation.

"We must fight." Came the voice of the first mate.

"We will surely all be slaughtered; a pirate crew is no match for us let alone, the Black Pearl. We are stuck in the middle of the ocean, with the Black Pearl and we also have a women and child on board." the Captain replied, the first mate cursed, he had obviously forgotten the girl and child, if they were captured by Sparrow and his crew...he had heard the stories of them.

"That is even more reason to fight if we fly a white flag they will take all our provisions and the women maybe even the child at least if we fight there is a chance that we could keep the women and child safe."

"No! We will hide them women and child, and fly a white flag maybe they will take what they need and leave us." the Captain told his first mate sternly before going off the give orders to fly the white flag.

"Come miss, we must get you to a safe place, before the pirates get here. You must not make a sound okay?" the first mate said as he led them to there cabin and placed them in the small cupboard. "I will get you when this is over. No matter what you hear or what is said, don't move." After he seen the women nod he closed and locked the cupboard door and closed the cabin door on the way out. He didn't lock it not wanting to draw suspicion to it.

What could have been no more than 10 minutes later the Black Pearl was more or less on top of the merchant ship. As soon as they were close enough they boarded and the Captain and the first mate were approached by a tall burly man followed by a plump older man.

"A white flag, very smart, it not be wise to try an' fight pirates." The tall man said, but stepped back and allowed the smaller man to go forward.

"Let's just stick with the white flag and we'll be havin' no trouble eh? We'll take what we need and leave you some, if you don't be doing anythin' stupid." The smaller man told the Captain, who gave him a short nod.

"Search it all! Anything worth something goes back to the Pearl." The small man turned and shouted to the crew who immediately went bellow deck going into each room and checking through things.

In ten minutes most of the pirates had returned and the first mate was very relieved the women and child had yet to be found, he almost relaxed until he heard a loud scream coming from bellow a scream that could have only belonged to one person.

A few of the other men were sent bellow by the shorter man to check what was going on. The men from the merchant ship looked about ready to draw their weapons at the thought that something was happening to the young women or the child. A few minutes later the girl was carried up onto the deck kicking and screaming and saying things that would have made the sailors blush if they hadn't been so angry.

"Touch him again, and I'll kill you, you bastard!" She shouted to one man who was now carrying and unconscious boy, he had tried to run and when caught had bit anyone who touched him. One eventually hit on the back of the head with his gun to stop it, and he was getting close to doing the same with the girl.

"What are you doing?" The shorter man asked.

"You said taking anything of worth back to the ship, Gibbs." The man carrying the women said addressing the shorter man.

"Aye, but I don't think the Captain be wanting prisoners." Gibbs told them as they walked towards the Pearl. Feeling sorry for the young girl and the boy,

"Should we leave them here?" the man asked turning to face Gibbs.

"A..." He was cut off by a sailor who had drawn his sword on the man carrying the girl who had stopped struggling, now being exhausted.

"She isn't going anywhere!" The sailor shouted, a shot was heard and the sailor looked down, he had been shot in the back, he then fell to the deck and the girl screamed at the sight of the dead body.

"Anyone else care t' threaten m' crew?" A dark angry voice asked from behind them, as they turned they came face to face with the most feared pirate Captain in the Caribbean, Captain Jack Sparrow.

A/N: Jack's first words in the story very nice huh?lol...sorry but for the next few chappy's Jack will not be the guy we all know and love he will definitely be a meaner Jack Sparrow but all will be explained soon my dear readers...please review to tell me what you think.