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The next morning.

Jack rolled over sleepily. The sun light peeked through the windows of his room. Jack yawned and went to his feet. His clothes hung loosely off his body.

"Bloody hell..." he murmured hoping it hadn't been real.

He slipped off the baggy clothes and put them on his bed. He saw himself in the mirror that hung on the wall near him. He was very boney. Not muscular. He sighed...

"when I find the bloody idiot who did this..." he mumbled as he slipped on a white shirt and a pair of black breeches that he had got the night before.

He stuffed the rest of his baggy clothes into a bag he found under the bed the last night. He only kept out his bandana and his hat that he put on. If he couldn't wear his clothes he was still going to wear his bloody hat! He took off all his rings and such and stuffed them away in his pocket. He yawned.

"what time is it?" he asked out loud staring at the clock in the corner of the room.

It was half past noon.

"Damn..." he said. "I haven't slept that late since I was.." he thought then laughed. "Oh yeah."

He grabbed the bag full of his clothes and went down stairs. The place was full of people going about. Hand maids carried dishes that pilled higher then them and kept going up and down the stairs there arms full of laundry or showing new customers to there rooms. Jack slid past them carefully and scanned the place. There was no sign of what's-her-face who had helped him last night. He shrugged. Oh well.

"..so have you seen her? About 5"6? Long black hair? Goes by the name Terra?"

"That was it! Terra!" Jack said finally. Then stopped. He peered around the corner and saw 2 men at the bar counter asking the man who had been so mean to her the previous night. The man nodded.

"Yup... she works fo' me." he said tilting his head toward the kitchen. "Li'l slut did sumthin' wit' the law then? Always knew she wa' no good. Said millions o' times to her I did."

"Then can we look around back for her?" 1 of the men asked.

The man at the bar nodded.

The men started back towards the kitchen. Jack thought for a moment.

"She did help me last nigh...I could help her I guess...what'll it hurt eh? I mean a nice thing never killed anybody... " he thought then went over to them in his usual drunk strut.

"Excuse me?" he said.

"Have you seen a girl by the name Terra?" asked the man nearest to him.

Jack shook his head.

"No.. sorry..." he laughed. "wait...did the man at the bar tell you she was here?"

They nodded. Jack laughed.

"Oh him?" he said. "He's been outta his mind for years! Yeah she worked here for 'bout a month but left.we haven't seen her in ages! Me? I think she was headed...oh where did she say?...Oh that's right! Some place called Timaki island...never heard of it though.."

The men exchanged looks then faced Jack again.

"Thanks kid." they said and left.

Jack grinned. He wasn't the best person in the world or the best pirate...but liar? The very best.

Jack shifted the bag in his hands and made his way to the door. He didn't know where he'd go though...he'd figure that out later. But he had to find the black pearl...wherever Annamaria had sailed her off to.

"If she had just stuck to MY plan." he mumbled as he went out into the road. "They'd be hear righ' now. Then I wouldn' have to go searchin' all around the bloody Caribbean..."

He went out towards the docks when he heard a "psst."

Jack turned around. There wasn't anybody there.

"psst! Jack!"

"I'm going mad..." he said. "This is what happens if I don't drink..."

But the noise only got louder.

"Jack! Look next to you!"

He stared down the deserted road. There was a single box there and a figure was crouched behind it. The figure peeked her head over the top of it. It was Terra. Only she looked about as bad as Jack had that night. He hair was now messy and tangled like she had just got out of bed and the dress she had on was ripped all across the bottom. Her face was smudged with dirt as was her hands and knees like she had been on the floor all morning. Jack approached her.

"What are you doing!" he asked.

"Hiding."

"from what.. wait. does this have anything to do with those guys at the inn?"

Terra sighed loudly and put her hand to her head leaving a dirty imprint on her forehead.

"They're there?" she asked her voice barely a whisper.

"Were there love." Jack said cockily as he ticked his finger through the air. "I said to them that you didn' work there any more. Said ya moved to some place...I forget the name now..not sure it's real though..."

But Terra cut him off.

"where are you going?" she asked sharply.

Jack frowned.

"how do you know I'm goin' somewhere?" he asked.

Terra pointed to the bag.

"Oh." he laughed. "that. well...I'm not sure yet...but faar away from here. Maybe out by the island of..."

Terra leapt up.

"Take me with you!" she pleaded.

Jack blinked.

"what?"

"please Jack!" she said. "I can't go back there .They'll come back when they find out you made up an island! Please? I'll be the best stowaway ever! Nice and quiet!"

"I dunno.." Jack said.

His good friend Gibbs always said it was bad luck to take a woman aboard but...there were exceptions...he thought of Annamaria...then nodded. That and he would need somebody, should he decide he wanted to steal a boat or something of that sort, It would be somebody to help him...or somebody to take the blame...only time could tell.

"Alright. you can come." he said. "But only if ya do exactly what I say when I say it!"

"Ok! Ok!" Terra nodded. "Now let's go."

They went down the path to the docks. Neither of them said a word. The sun above beat down harshly but Jack was used to it. He lived on a bloody pirate ship for God's sake...he knew what hot was. He stretched his arms out. He realized how very short he felt. He frowned. For a minute he forgot what was going on and thought he was himself again. He pulled on his hat anxiously. They arrived at the dock. Jack crouched down by a tree and Terra joined him. surprisingly she wasn't panting or outta breathe or sweaty like Jack thought she would be.

"what're we doing?" she hissed when he shushed her.

"Pick me a winner." he whispered back to her.

"a winner?"

"Pick a boat." he explained. "what's your favorite?"

She stared out into the dock as all the boats bobbed up and down in the water.

"That 1." she said pointing to the 1 directly in front of them.

It was a big wood boat that looked like it would take 2 or 3 men to handle. Jack nodded. It would do. Jack grabbed her arm.

"When I say go.. he said. "we're going to go to the ship. Right about now...there taking there mid day break. I'll hop up to the decky and you'll cut the lines holdin' her there. I'll pull up the anchor..you'll hop aboard and away we go!"

"But Jack ...that's stealing! We can't steal a ship! I can understand an apple or...or a shirt but a ship! These belong to the government! They'll kill us!"

"They only say that." he mumbled. "Now remember what you said about doin' whatever I said when I say it?"

He grinned slyly. Terra sighed.

"Ok. OK." she mumbled.

Jack nodded.

"That's a good girl." he said. "And besides...Nobody ever catches Jack sparrow...spallers...I meant spallers."

Terra nodded.

"Ok ok. " she said.

They waited for a few anxious moments then Jack hissed.

"Go."

They went off towards the ship. In a single hop Jack leapt up grabbed a rope and swung to the ship. Terra was still down below cutting the rope. Jack hoisted the anchor and the rope came loose. For a split second Jack considered leaving her on the dock but then he remembered it took more them him to make a boat go. so last minute he leaned down and tried to yank her up. An easy task for a man of 36 but a boy of 17 with less strength...well.

"Hang on." he yelled to her because as the ship began to sail away from the dock Terra was now dangling over the ocean.

"JACK DON'T DROP ME!" she yelled.

Jack pulled and pulled until he got her onto the deck. She flew at him and they fell over. Terra sighed as Jack went to his feet and over to the wheel where he steered them away from the island.

"YOU ALMOST LEFT ME!" she yelled.

"Yup."

"Why! We had a deal remember?"

Jack sighed and shook his head.

"Look love...Me? I'm a dishonest man. And you can always trust dishonest person to be dishonest. honestly. It's the honest 1's you gotta watch out for...because you never know when they're gonna do something completely stupid!"

( authors note --------------------) my fav. quote in p.o.t.c.!)

Terra got to her feet.

"I don't care if you're the most honest person on the whole planet!" she yelled. "We. Had. A. Deal. How do I know you won't try that on me again hm?"

Jack thought as he steered.

"You're just gonna have to trust me.." he started.

Terra stuck her finger in his face.

"no.no.no." she said. "I want more then that. How about a blood oath?"

Jack laughed,

"My dear." he said. " what do I look like to you? An idiot? I'm not bleeding on anything. But...how's about this then?"

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a ring. It was the 1st ring he ever stole. It shone brightly in the sun. It was silver with a design all around it in black. He handed it to her.

"Take this." he said. " This is me favorite...lose and I'll be forced ta hurt ya...but trust me...I'm not going any where without THAT ring."

Terra stared at him for a minute."

"so we got a deal then love?" he asked.

"ay," she said slipping it into her pocket.

"AY!" he yelled. Then he stopped.

"I just realized you're taller then me.." he said.

It was true by an inch she was."

"I never met a guy who was shorter then me." she said cheerfully. "how old are you?"

"36."

Terra laughed hysterically.

"Please!" she laughed. "And I'm a man...I've seen men who are 36...there MEN you're just a ...boy."

Jack smacked his head against the wheel.

"wouldn't be saying that yesterday..." he mumbled.

"so how old are you really?"

"um...17...I think...yeah...17."

"Me too. My birthday's next week though."

"oh." he said boredly. "Ok love...look. I need you to go up there. " he pointed to the crow's nest. "and keep a look out for anything that remotely looks like a ship..."

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"I'll tell ya when we get there!" he barked crankily.

He thought his yell sounded more threatening when he was 36 his 17 yell sounded a bit like a whine.

Jack mounded.

This was gonna be a loooooong trip.

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