Prologue: Eight Years Ago

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"Yo ho yo ho, a pirates life for me" Elizabeth and her little sister Natalia sang together. They were at the front of the ship together as it sailed to Port Royal. Natalia is wearing a pink dress while Elizabeth a pale coloured one. Both girls are beautiful with curly brown hair and brown doe like eyes. As they continued to sing a hand appeared on each of their shoulders making them gasp turning around.

"Quiet Missys" the quarter master tells the two girls. "Cursed pirates sail these waters, you don't want to bring them down on us do you?" he states.

"Mister Gibbs, that'll do" a younger officer orders as he appears with the girls father.

"They were singing about pirates" Mister Gibbs states. "Bad luck to be singing about pirates in this weather, mark my words" he explains.

"Consider them marked off you go" the officer orders.

"As you wish Lieutenant" Gibbs states walking away. "Bad like to have women aboard to even miniature ones" he grumbles taking a swig from his canteen.

"We think it might be exciting to met a pirate" Natalia states and Elizabeth nods her head in agreement.

"Think again Miss Swanns, violent dissolute creatures the lot of them. It's my duty to ensure anyone sailing under a pirate flag or wears a pirates brand get want they deserve" the Lieutenant tells them as he steps forward. "A short drop and sudden stop" he states. The girls look at Mister Gibbs who mimes being hanged.

"Lieutenant Norrington, I appreciate your dedication" Governor Swann states stepping forward. "But I am scared the effect these stories will have on my daughters" he adds.

"Very well then" Lieutenant Norrington states heading back to his duties.

"Actually we find them fascinating" Elizabeth tells her father and Natalia nods her head in agreement.

"Yes, that's want concerns me" he tells them before walking away. The girls went back to looking out at the vast sea. This time not singing just enjoying each others company.

"You know when I turn eighteen, I'm going to sail the sea" Natalia tells Elizabeth.

"Could you use a sister as first mate?" Elizabeth asks.

"Of course, we'll have our own ship and sail the entire world" Natalia states. But when she looks at her older sister, Elizabeth isn't looking at her. But the water in front of them and Natalia faces forward as well.

"A boy there's a boy in the water!" Elizabeth shouts pointing.

"Man over boy!" Lieutenant Norrington calls to the crew. Someone sent a line down and bring the boy onto deck. Elizabeth steps forwards for a closer look along with Natalia behind her. "He's still breathing" Norrington announces to the crew.

"Lord have mercy" Natalia hears Gibbs say and turns to see an other ship blown apart on fire.

"What happened here father?" Natalia asks and he looks at Norrington for an explanation. Probably an accident with to many magazines Norrington had stated. However, Mister Gibbs had an other theory.

"Everyone's thinking it, I'm just saying it... Pirates" he states.

"Now we don't know that it's probably an accident" Governor Swann states not wanting to scare his daughters. Elizabeth was look at when Natalia walks over to her.

"You can't take that Elizabeth" Natalia tells her sister in a whisper. But Elizabeth ignores her looking at the Pirate medallion. "He's a pirate?" Natalia asks looking from the boy to the gold medallion.

"Has he said anything?" Norrington asks the girls and Elizabeth hides the medallion.

"He says his name is William Turner, that's all we found out" Elizabeth informs him and Natalia nods her head in agreement. Norrington tells someone to take the boy below before organizing a search party. Governor Swann told his daughters to accompany the boy and that Elizabeth was in charge of both her sister & the boy.

"Elizabeth you have to give that back" Natalia states when their alone.

"But I want to give it to you" Elizabeth tells her. "For when you become a captain" she explains. "Besides if the adults knew he was a pirate, you heard want happens to them" she adds.

"Very well, but you owe me one for keeping this secret" Natalia states. The sisters then started talking about other things while Elizabeth hid the medallion in her purse. The search party had returned an hour later with no more survivors. William hadn't woken up again and the girls were sent to their shared room to sleep for the night.

A/N

Picture above of Natalia's pink dress.

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