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A/N: So, here we go. This was a hard chapter to start with, because 'piracy' is such a broad term, but I went with a dictionary-literal term. Enjoy!


Crimes Against the Crown
By Sinnamon Spider

Piracy


The cannons roared, wood and metal flew in every direction, the crew shouted their war cries, and Jack Sparrow was caught in the midst of the carnage, his face a picture of fierce delight. He had been pirating for more than three years, but nothing brought this rush of adrenalin and heady satisfaction like the successful capture of a well-laden ship.

His first mate, a grizzled, vicious man named Hector Barbossa, roared commands at the crew, but they were experienced and adept in the art of seizing a ship, and they needed little direction. Like a well-oiled machine, they worked together and soon the sweaty, bloody crew of the other ship knelt on the deck as they were swiftly tied together.

Barbossa made an elaborate motion for Jack to come aboard the merchant ship, and as he stepped onto his latest catch, Jack felt the sweet thrill of the hunt and the fight drain from his body.

His consolation came not two hours later, when a lone ship was spotted on the horizon, and the Black Pearl began to do what she did best, with her loving master at the helm.