Anna is a slave. She labors under the cruel Mister Lawrence, who says that he took her in with goodness of his heart when her parents abandoned her when she was only a baby. Anna is looked upon with scorn, from the people of Port Royal. The only one who thinks of her as a person and not as a slave, is Will Turner. Will and Anna become good friends and eventually their friendship blossoms into something more. Anna's life is turned upside down when Mister Lawrence gives her a beating that nearly killed her. Will is determined to take her away from Port Royal, even if it means sailing under the authority of a pirate. While Anna is at sea she learns something about her parents that she would never have thought to be true. Mariah Hamilton is the daughter of the governor of Port Royal, George Hamilton. George Hamilton is convinced that Mariah must marry immediately. At the age of eighteen, Mariah still has not found the one. Her father forces her to be suited on by many gentlemen. Mariah has no interest for any of them. One day Mariah meets Jack and immediately falls in love. Little does she know that the love of her life is a pirate......