The docks were similar to the ones Hogwarts used on the Black Lake; fairly small and unstable. Trying not to trip on loose boards and jagged nails, Sirius ran towards a giant ripple in the water where it seemed something had fallen in. He looked down and swore he saw a vague outline of a woman sinking to the ocean floor. Panicking, Sirius started to unlace his boots and jump in after her when another man beat him to it. Sirius waited on the edge of the dock ready to help pull them out.

Two men in red uniforms ran up beside him also searching the water's surface.

"Any sign of them?" one of the soldiers asked Sirius.

"No not yet, I came over to see if I could help."

The soldiers looked to each other seemingly in unspoken agreement

"Well that's very thoughtful of you lad but this dock is off limits to civili–

Just then the man broke through the surface of the water carrying the woman. Sirius and the two soldiers helped them onto the dock, the woman lay motionless.

"She's not breathing!" One of the guards yelled

The man who rescued her began to take off her corset, which Sirius thought was a pretty bright idea, but she still wasn't breathing. Sirius knew he shouldn't use magic in front of muggles but seeing her lying there reminded him of Remus. So many times Sirius had seen him in pain or unconscious and couldn't do anything about it, even with all the healing spells he learned. But Sirius could do something now. He knew how to save her.

"Fuck it. Out of the way!" Sirius knelt and whipped out his wand. "Anapneo!"

A small light emitted from Sirius's wand. Both the soldiers jumped back but the ragged man looked on with mild curiosity.

Before anyone could say anything the woman gasped for air and began to cough. The man smiled and began to help her sit up but stopped when he noticed the gold medallion around her neck.

It was now Sirius who was curious, there was a strange almost dark energy emitting from it.

The ragged man reached out to touch the necklace.

"Where did you get that?"

The woman looked at him, her eyes now wide with fear, she was about to speak when a battalion of high ranking navy men ran towards the mystery man and now Sirius with swords drawn.

Sirius stashed his wand then both he and the man put their hands up.

The fancy looking soldier who Sirius assumed was the captain pointed his sword at the two of them

"On your feet."

Slowly Sirius and the man got up.

The woman quickly moved out of the way and embraced an older man in a gaudy powdered wig.

"My dear Elizibeth are you alright?" After the embrace the older man looked to both Sirius and the ragged man who was still holding her corset. "Shoot them."

Sirius tensed and closed his eyes, shit.

"Father!" Elizabeth cried, she then looked to the captain "Commodore, do you really intend to kill my rescuers?"

The commodore looked conflicted but motioned to the other soldiers to lower their weapons. Sirius felt a wave of relief, maybe everything was going to be alright after all. The commodore held out his hand to the man next to sirius.

"I believe thanks are in order."

The man tentatively shook the outstretched hand but just as he was about to pull away the commodore pulled back the man's sleeve to reveal a strange tattoo and "P" singed on his forearm.

"Had a brush with the east india trading company did we, pirate." the commodore looked at the tattoo. "Well, well, Jack Sparrow isn't it?" He dropped the man's arm and stepped back. "Keep your guns on them men. Gillette fetch some irons."

The man now Jack Sparrow cleared his throat.

"Captain Jack sparrow actually."

Well shit. Sirius was in way too deep now. He had to figure out some sort of plan while the two men were distracted with each other. Sirius ran though all the possible scenarios; He could use force, possibly a number of stunning curses, but that seemed way too risky and he didn't really feel like getting shot today. The best plan he could come up with was to feign ignorance and hope the soldiers or Jack Sparrow hadn't thought anything of the spell or his wand.

Fuck, he was so screwed.

When the two seemed to be finished talking, Sirius cut in.

"Commodore sir, I'm not with this man, I've never met him before, and I'm certainly not a pirate." Sirius slowly pulled back his coat sleeve with his free hand to reveal nothing but a bare forearm. "I just came over to help."

The commodore looked him up and down

"Right, am I to assume you're just a concerned citizen then?"

"Yes exactly, I'm just in the wrong place at the wrong time." Ironic, he thought.

"Alright, someone search him."

Another soldier began rifling through Sirius's new coat, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes, his wand and the time turner.

The soldier handed the items to the commodore and he carefully looked over each one. Sirius was praying to Merlin that he wouldn't fiddle with the time turner.

However the commodore actually spent the most time studying the packet of cigarettes looking quite confused at the writing on the box but seemed to decide it was harmless.

"Well however odd your personal effects might be, it seems as though you aren't carrying any weapons. So I will let you off with a warning, however heroic your intentions might be, this is a private navy dock so I better not see you here again."

The commodore handed the items to a nearby soldier and Sirius gave a courteous nod. The marauder breathed an internal sigh of relief and held out his hands to retrieve his belongings. But before the soldier had handed the items back one of the soldiers from earlier cleared his throat and whispered something into the commodore's ear. After a moment the commodore's eyes went wide as he stared at the marauder with what Sirius could only describe as a deep hatred. The commodore pulled away and took a step back.

"Arrest him immediately."

Sirius had no time to think, all he could hear was his heart pounding in his chest. This was it, this was the end, that bloody bastard had snitched! The soldiers were moving closer with the shackles, he had to think, he had come up with something quick. He was so screwed, he was never going to see his friends again, he was never going back to Hogwarts, he was never going to see Moony again. Why didn't he listen to Remus he was alway right. Now Sirius was never going to hear him say 'I told you so' or hear anything from him ever again. Before Sirius could come up with any ideas or a plan, a scream brought him back from his thoughts. The pirate Jack Sparrow had used this as a distraction to take the woman hostage.

All eyes now immediately fixed on the pirate and the hostage

"Commodore Norrington, my effects please."

The commodore's whole body went rigged and Sirius could tell he was trying to figure out the best course of action. Jack Sparrow slowly made his way towards the part of the docks that opened up to the street, both he and the commodore were locked into this intense confrontation.

The woman whose neck was currently in the pirate's hands, didn't look fearful at all, just angry. Sirius had to admit she was incredibly brave, under different circumstances he would have liked to have a chat with her, however this was not the time. He knew he would have to make his move as soon as the pirate tried to make a break for it.

The key was getting his wand back, as soon as there was a commotion he would unfortunately need to grapple with the soldier who currently had it in their coat pocket. It would be incredibly risky, there were at least six other soldiers close by, not to mention the fact they all had swords and riffles, but there was no other option.

Sirius could tell the standoff was coming to an end; the pirate had moved a fair distance away from the soldiers and seemed to be inching towards a rope attached to a pulley of some kind.

"Gentleman, you will always remember this as the day you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow."

The pirate pushed the woman towards the soldiers and grabbed the pulley. Jack Sparrow started to rise quickly from the ground and all eyes were transfixed on the daring act.

This was Sirius's chance.

While a series of incredible acrobatics took place above them all, Sirius tackled the soldier with his personal effects to the ground. They wrestled for a few moments, throwing punches back and forth, the soldier got a direct hit to Sirius's chin, and Sirius returned the favour by giving the soldier a back eye. Sirius secretly thanked Remus in this moment for teaching him how to throw a proper punch in their fourth year. Finally Sirius found his opening and reached his hand into the soldier's coat pocket to grab the wand. He could feel the familiar smooth handle and began to pull it out.

This was it, he'd done it! All he had to do now was cast Imobulous, then he could grab the time turner and go home. He began to speak the incantation when suddenly he felt a painful thump on the back of his head

and everything went dark.