This is my first POTC fanf fic and i hope you enjoy it. Please R&R.
The streets of Toruga were lined with drunkards in masks and the other random riff raff that usually populated the town also wore masks and hats and all manner of party clothes. For today was a celebration, nobody new what of exactly but most were to drunk to even care. One group in particular was drinking merrily and a couple laughing drunkenly as one man walked off haughtily.
Everybody thought he was as drunk as them but he was probably one of the most sober, besides his first- mate William Turner, and he had a specific destination in mind. The local pirate bar, where else would he find new recruits for his next adventure. Unfortunately, when he entered he was slammed into the opposite wall by the body of a massive sailor that had been thrown by yet another brawler. When Captain Jack Sparrow recovered enough to actually look, with only slight interest at the fight, he was quite surprised. The other brawler, the one who had thrown a two hundred pound man bodily into a wall, was very small with not much muscle at all. Clad in large heavy black boots, brown patched up breeches and a dirtied white tunic with red cloth holding his pistol and, sword in place at his waist. He also had on a large hat rather like his own, although slightly less worn, tri-cornered hat, which shadowed the boy's face. Without warning Jack suddenly felt himself lifted high in the air.
"You ran into me and didn't apologize. I don't think that was nice manners. I think I'll teach you some manners." The two hundred pound flying giant said.
"Hey Jackson! I thought you said you was gonna teach me some manners. Or do you prefer picking on people that look weaker then you 'cause your so big and dumb? Although if I was you and liked picking on people weaker then me then I'd get out of here and go find a slug to beat up. Then go patch up your bruises from that fight." The speaker was the boy who had started the fight; his voice was surprisingly light sounding, not what you would expect of a boy about his age. He looked to be about 17-18, still quite young.
Jackson thought for a couple minutes before he realized he had just been insulted to the worst degree. Jackson looked as though he was about to hit the lad but his hands were full. So he compensated and threw Jack bodily into the lad, both unfortunate people slammed through the window and out into there street where a couple unfortunate guardsman tripped over them.
"That'll teach you to pick a fight with old Granite Jackson!" Jackson retorted.
"Yeah right, you mean big OLD granite brains Jackson. Yeah I don't think I'd want to catch your stupidity." The lad said.
Jack was getting annoyed, how had he managed to get dragged into this? He was supposed to be just an innocent by standard. Before anything more could be said or done the two guards man had seized both Jack and the boy and was dragging them away. The next think Jack knew he was in a cell with the lad. One of the guards sighed heavily.
"This is the ninth time you've been in here this week, Missy! When are you gonna leave us alone?"
"Awe, Grayson, why would I want to leave you alone? You are just so hospitable to me." The now pronounced girl said. Grayson looked slightly annoyed and slightly pleased about this.
"Well when you straighten up, Miss Mari, you and your friend can get out of here." Grayson said and walked off.
"Friend? Oh I guess he must mean you. Sorry to get you involved like that. But don't worry we we'll be out in about an hour or two." Mari said sitting in the window ledge. Jack looked her up and down before he said anything.
"You're a girl." He finally said. Mari looked at him half, glaring.
"Yeah, I'm a girl; you got a problem with it?" She snapped.
"No, I'm just wondering how a girl like you managed to throw about that two hundred pound guy." Jack said.
"Who Jackson? Oh no, he's more like 230 pounds." Mari said casually. Jack looked at her, unsure if she was totally insane or just drunk.
"So what's you name, luv?" Jack said casually.
"My name is Marieah, but most people call me Mari. Who are you anyway?" Mari asked.
Jack looked at her, how could she not know who he was? If she spent as much time in Tortuga as she seemed to spend, she should know him just by description.
"The name's Jack Sparrow, I'm Captain of the Black Pearl." Jack said, swaying slightly, the booze he had already had from the celebration earlier were starting to take affect.
"Oh. I think I've heard of you. Your ship is the cursed one and you are almost always dodging the navy and are very adventurous. You wouldn't happen to need a new crew would you?" Mari asked casually. This last question brought Jack back to his senses. He wasn't going to let some girl, other than Anamaria, whom he could trust and owed from several occasions, come aboard his ship as one of the crew.
"Yes, but I don't let ladies aboard my ship. So your talking to the wrong captain about getting a ride to see your rich naval bonny." Jack said.
Mari burst out laughing. That was one of the funniest things she had heard in a long time. The only place a naval officer would want to take her would be the nearest three foot rope hanging from a tree branch that's seven feet in the air. Yes, thought Jack, she is totally insane.
"Captain Jack, the only place a sober or sane naval officer would take me is the nearest gallows. I am currently wanted in at leastthree different countries, although that isn't nearly as many as you I'm sure, it is a good deal of a better reputation that most female pirates as well as the fact I can throw a man three to four times my weight through a stone wall. I can pull my own weight plus more. I'm not about to be wanting aboard the infamous Black Pearl to go see some pompous Naval officer that, according to you, is my fiancée." Mari stated calmly. She was now staring fixedly at Jack. Jack leaned away from her to see her more clearly at now that her hat had fallen off. He was shocked at what he saw; it was the spitting image of Will Turner, his first mate. Jack sighed heavily. This girl seemed a lot different than most and he had to admit, for her age she did have quite a reputation. And why did she look like Will? Something was definetly strange here.
"Ok answer one question, luv." Jack said, "And if your answer is good then I'll let you be part of me crew."
"All right, what's your question Captain?" Mari asked confidently.
"Do you have the courage and fortitude to follow orders in the face of danger?" Jack asked, thinking he knew what the answer would be.
"Yes, Captain." Mari said simply. Jack was generally a man of his word and the answer was to his liking. Besides this girl as probably his only way out of this cell.
"All right, we'll see how you do, luv. Welcome aboard the Black Pearl." Jack said and the shook on it. Jack could feel calluses and scars on her had but it was surprisingly warm and it sent a tingling feeling up his arm. He pulled away quickly, he didn't like this feeling. It caught him off guard, almost.
"So how about you get us out of, savvy?" Jack said. Mari shrugged and nodded. She went to the cell door and rattled a few times then, in a sweet, innocent girlish voice she called,
"Grayson, can you let me out please? I promise to be a good girl." Jack noticed she crossed her fingers behind her back as she made the promise. Got to be careful with this one, Jack thought, she's tricky. Grumbling and groaning Grayson waddled down and unlocked the door.
"You'd better keep your promise this time Missy. Next time you'll be in here longer than an hour."
Ok, that's the first chapter. If you liked it review it and i'll write more, otherwise there will be no more. Which i am sure will end up being the case but oh well, we'll see.