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NOTE: Well, here it is. The anticipated sequel to: POTC: Moonlight's Curse and The Dragon's Eye. This is still in the beginning stages so bare with me. ) PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!

Chapter 1: The Journey Begins

1806 -- KingstonJamaica

"Aye! Avast ye survy dog!" a young boy around age seven yelled as he fought with another boy around the same age. Both were using swords carved from wood.

"Ye never beat me, Jack Sparrow!" the other boy shouted as they continued to play. Out in the hall a woman in her late fifties stood outside the door listening to the children inside.

"Maybe he can't beat you but I can!" a girl, just as old as the boys shouted as she joined in.

"Hope Sparrow? No woman can defeat me! I'm Captain Draco!" The woman smiled sadly and closed her eyes as images passed through her mind.

"Mommy! Mommy no! Don't leave me!" a young girl yelled as she was pulled away from an older woman.

"Be brave. I love you." The older woman shouted back.

"We just received word that Nassau port was attacked," an elderly woman said to the group in the parlor.

"My parents were supposed to be in Nassau port!" a girl around twelve shouted.

"According to the messenger, there were no survivors."

The older woman broke from her thoughts and entered the bedroom.

"All right, my dears. Harry, Victoria, Philip, Charles, Olivia. Time for bed. You and Edith as well, Cassandra."

"Night, grandma," Cassandra Turner said followed by her younger sister, Edith as they both gave her a kiss on the cheek and headed out. Cassandra stayed outside the door out of sight. She was nineteen but she knew a story about Captain Jack Sparrow was soon. And she still enjoyed hearing about him.

"But, grandmother we're not tired," six year old Victoria Ellis whined.

"No excuses. Now into bed." The five crawled into their respective beds. The woman went around tucking the covers around them comfortably before sitting in a rocking chair and picking up some books. "Which story would you like to hear…" she started but was interrupted by the shouts of the five.

"The battle between Captain Jack Sparrow and Captain Draco!" She smiled.

"Actually, the battle was between Hope Sparrow and Captain Draco," she corrected the five.

"Grandma Katie? Did Hope really do all those things?" five year old Olivia Cobbett asked.

"She did indeed."

"How do you know?" seven year old Harry Black asked.

"I was a young girl when she and Jack Sparrow…"

"Captain Jack Sparrow!" Philip Ellis corrected her. Katie laughed at his response as she remembered her late father's insistence to be called captain. It was amazing. They all lived off the legend of Captain Jack Sparrow. It was a shame they didn't realize they were descended from their hero.

"Thank you, Philip. Captain Jack Sparrow and Hope Sparrow were in their prime when I was a young girl."

"Tell us that story."

"The one with Captain Draco?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure? Captain Sparrow didn't really battle Draco, it was Hope."

"I want to hear it. She was one of the most famous women in the Caribbean," Victoria said.

"Of course she was. Pirate was in her blood. She was raised as a pirate, by pirates," seven year old Harry Black added.

"Really?" Victoria asked intrigued and excited.

"Who told you that?" Katie asked.

"Andrew Dyer."

"Wherever or whomever he received that information from is wrong. Believe me or not. Hope Sparrow was not a pirate from birth. She was actually the daughter of a minister. She didn't marry Captain Jack Sparrow and adopt the life of a pirate until she was in her mid twenties."

"She was just like us?" Olivia asked

"Yes." They were all silent for a moment. "Well, I think it is time for bed, children." She started to stand.

"No! You haven't told us the story!" Philip said as Katie laughed.

"All right. Well, Hope Sparrow and Captain Draco stood face to face on the deck of the Black Pearl. The prophecy had come true. Both were now immortal. They blocked the others thrust easily and smooth. On one thrust Hope kicked him away and quickly ran for a rope, swinging to the other side of the ship. Angered, Draco ran after her, but as he reached her she swung back to the side she had come from.

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"I can play this cat mouse game all day! You are old Draco. Old and useless." Hope mocked him as he cut her rope."

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"But do you think that stopped Hope?"

"No!" the children said in excited unison.

"Correct. She grabbed another rope and swung to the opposite side of the ship once again and climbed up onto the footropes."

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"That is a wonderful trick. Ye just be delaying the inevitable, lass! No sense in breaking the rules," Draco said surprised and amused.

"Well, if that be the case, then that's not much incentive for me to follow the rules then is it?"

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"Then she swung back and knocked Draco overboard." Katie continued on telling the story of the battle with Captain Draco.

"When they returned to Port Royal, the commodore was waiting to arrest Captain Sparrow and the crew of the Black Pearl. Hope pleaded with him to let them go but his obedience to king and country did not permit him to let a pirate go free. In one last plea she said to him, "Why are those that possess good hearts always punished and the ones with evil hearts set free to torment the lives of others….Then a thought came to her. Her father was surprised by this and asked her what was wrong. She merely replied…

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"The others ones."

"What others ones? Who are you talking about?" Reverend Danforth asked as Hope pulled back from her father a little.

"How much more suffering must I be put through? How many more deaths must I witness? How many loved ones must I see die before this madness ends? No matter how many pirates you hang more will keep replacing them. In bigger numbers and some worse than others. What difference will one man and his crew make if their lives are spared? Jack and every single one of these men have good hearts, but they are judged by outward appearances. If you must hang someone, hang the crew of the man who tried to kill your daughter and her family. We have them all locked in the brig."

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"No single man down there has one ounce of good in them. To kill gives them pleasure, as does stealing and destroying people's lives. Those are the pirates' that need to be executed not Jack and his crew." The governor asked the commodore and Hope's father what they thought should happen. They all agreed with her. And so, they were granted clemency. As they set out from Port Royal yet again their daughter asked if she could stay for she wanted an education and though she didn't want to admit it she was attached to the son of Will Turner. So, they left their daughter in the hands of Will Turner, his wife, and young son and sailed off into the horizon with promises to return for visits often. The end."

"Wait. There's more, isn't there. Hope had a son. You never told us what became of him," Victoria said.

"Well. It is true she had a son but he grew up on the Black Pearl as his sister did. And that was all," Katie said standing.

"What about Nassau port?" Harry asked. Katie froze and turned to him.

"Nassau port?"

"Yes. I read about it in one of the books in my parent's library. It mentions that Captain Jack Sparrow and the Black Pearl, along with other ships, were docked in the port when it was attacked. There were no survivors according to what people have said. What happened to him?"

"That is a story for another day. Sweet dreams, my darling ones." The children, although disappointed, listened to her.

"Goodnight," they said in unison. Katie blew out the candles and left the room.

"When are you going to tell them?" Cassandra's voice came to her.

"Cassandra. You should be in bed."

"You can't keep this from all of them forever. They have a right to know that Jack and Hope Sparrow were their great-grandparents. That the commodore and governor who wanted nothing more than to hang Jack in the beginning is Commodore Norrington, their great-great uncle by marriage and Governor Swann the father of their great-grandmother, Elizabeth Turner. The Will Turner from the stories was their great grandfather. I don't think you want to leave out that Hope was engaged to the father of their great Aunt Virginia even though she is a part of the family by marriage. As well as the fact that Captain Draco was Hope's real father, their great-great grandfather." Katie knew Cassandra was right and that they would find out sooner or later.

"I know."

"Grandma Katie. What happened at Nassau port?"

"It wasn't what happened at Nassau port. It was how it affected my life from the day it happened."

"Tell me. I think I'm now old enough to understand."

"Come with me," Katie said leading Cassandra to her room. She walked over to a trunk and unlocked it. When she lifted the top Cassandra saw several items, most were of pirate origin. As she looked over the items she caught sight of a tan tricorne hat and picked it up.

"Is this?" she said running her fingers over the texture. Katie picked up a box before turning to her.

"My father's hat. He loved that old thing. He was a true pirate in every aspect. He disappeared from under the eyes of seven agents of the East India Trading Company and outwitted the Royal Navy several times. He never had any weaknesses that anyone knew of. Except one,"

"Grandma Hope." Katie nodded.

"He had two more weaknesses when my brother and I came into his life. He always accused us of making him go soft," Katie said laughing a little.

"He loved all of you."

"More than anything. Half the time you couldn't tell he was a pirate because of that fact." Cassandra smiled and replaced the hat.

"Here," Katie said handing her the box. When she opened she saw a stone with a reddish orange color.

"It's beautiful."

"It's the heart of the dragon." Cassandra looked at her surprised.

"I thought you made that up?"

"No. It's all true. My parents thrived on adventure especially my father. There are so many things that happened those first sixteen years of my life that I couldn't explain even if I tried. Even what I tell the children when they ask for the story of the battle between Draco and Hope is incomplete. I just tell them the important things. The last time I saw my parents before Nassau port was attacked my mother gave me this necklace. She felt it would be safer in my charge. Even though she hated what it stood for she couldn't get rid of it. My grandmother was the one who had originally gave it to her. After I heard about the attack and that there were no survivors this necklace took on a whole new meaning for me. It has now become my most prized possession and I want you to keep it, to give it to your daughter some day." Cassandra took the necklace out and put it on.

"Tell me happened."

"It's a long story."

"We have all night."

"Well, I guess I should start from the beginning then. After when parents allowed me to stay in Port Royal, they returned as often as they could. My baby brother was born a year later. I still remember that day, just like it were yesterday."

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