Chapter 1

As I stood at the rail of my father's ship, I looked out towards the horizon and saw land.

"Land ho!" I called to anyone who was listening. Before I knew it, the whole crew was on deck, making sure the Black Pearl went into the docks successfully.

"You'd best go and get ready luv, we're in Port Royal and we'll be staying for a few days" said my father, he put his hand on my shoulder.

"Port Royal? You mean we're going to see Will and Elizabeth?" I asked.

"Yeah" said father with his gold-toothed trademark grin. He wore a red bandanna on top of his head and on top of that, was a tri-corn hat, which he loved; he was rarely seen without it. He went to see if the crew were doing what they were supposed to be doing.

I had heard the story many times of how Jack Sparrow, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann had met, how they had defeated Jack's mutinous first mate, Barbossa and how the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow had regained his position as Captain of the Black Pearl. I, of course, was his daughter.

My mother was just a wench from Tortuga that Dad had a one night stand with, she gave me to my father when she realised I was getting in the way of her work. Lily Sparrow is my name, Co-Captain of the Black Pearl and daughter of Captain Jack Sparrow, I'm one of the best pirates around and for all of which, I am very proud of.

I stepped into my cabin and took off my hat and blue bandanna. I opened the closet door, which was situated in the corner of my cabin. I shuffled the endless amount of white shirts, corsets and black pants, until I came to my selection of dresses. I chose a simple blue dress, it was nothing fancy but it flattered my figure just the same. It had gold flowers stitched all the way down the dress. I chose some of my blue shoes to go with it.

This was a perk of being a pirate, if you wanted something you could have it, most of the dresses I have were not bought at the same price they were for sale for and the shoes were rarely paid for. I could have anything I desired and more.

I walked over to the dresser and opened the drawer where I keep my jewellery. I took out a necklace with a blue diamond in the middle of little silver diamonds. It was my favourite necklace and my father had given it to me on my sixteenth birthday.

I took off my corset, which I wore on top of my shirt, instead of under it, I thought it looked great, it was different and it was my kind of trademark, everyone knew who I was when they saw me, just by looking at the corset out of the shirt. I took off my corset, shirt, boots and pants and put on my dress and shoes. Then I put on my necklace, pinched my cheeks for colour and went to find my father.

I found him stood on the docks of Port Royal, so I went down the gangplank and we began to walk into town. Father began to give the 'Commodore Norrington' speech, like he always did when we stopped at Port Royal.

"If you see him I want you to hide, or you'll be hung, don't worry about me or any of the crew, if any of us are arrested, go back to the Pearl and wait until the opportune moment to show yourself and get us out of jail. Make sure you're fully aware of your surroundings at all times" he said, cautiously looking around as we passed the fort.

"yes I know, you tell me this every time we come here, has that bloody Commodore Norrington ever seen me before?" I asked him, I knew he hadn't so I was going to win this argument. Oh yes, The Sparrow stubbornness had definitely been passed down to me. I waited for Dad's answer.

"No, I don't think he has" replied Dad, I could tell by the look on his face that he was thinking about it.

"Well there you go then, he hasn't seen me, therefore he doesn't know me, giving him no reason to arrest me" I said. I smirked as I saw the look on father's face when he realised I had won.

"Fine" he said throwing his hands up in the air in defeat.

We walked to the Governor's mansion in silence after that.

The mansion was just the same as ever. The usual lookout for the Turner's, James, was still there, the same stony path up to the doors, the same big brown doors, the same everything.

"Good evening James" I said as we passed the lookout. He gave me a wink and smiled at me as he usually did. Usually everyone ignored James, but I always made sure I greeted him, we had a sort of friendship.

As dad knocked on the door, a man opened it on the other side, I recognised him immediately.

"Jack, Lily, come on in" he said, opening the door wider for us to enter.

"Will!" I greeted, giving him a big hug. "It's been too long"

"It's been six months Lily" he replied, laughing. Before I could answer a woman entered the hall. She had beautiful honey coloured hair and big brown eyes, just like her husbands.

"Lily!" she cried as she ran towards me holding out her arms. I ran towards her as well, running into her open arms and hugging her.

"Elizabeth!" I exclaimed. Elizabeth and I had a special bond, for as long as I can remember, we have told each other everything, we knew what each other were thinking and we were each others best friends from day one. Father told me she used to baby sit me when I was a little, if he had to go off somewhere with Will he would leave me with Elizabeth and she used to tell me everything even then, knowing I wouldn't and couldn't tell a soul.

Once we were seated in the parlour we began talking.

"So what have you two been up to?" asked Will, he was always keen to here about our pirating and I wondered why he and Elizabeth didn't just be part of the crew on the Pearl.

"Just the usual, sinking ships, sacking ports, you know how it is" replied Dad.

"oh and we just finished getting treasure from an island that we came across, we don't know its name, dad thinks its just an extra bit of land in the sea" I said. I was so excited about getting that treasure, it was mainly jewellery, so I had my fair share of it, and the crew even took some for their families back home.

"Oh how exciting!" said Elizabeth as once again I had the feeling she was reading my mind. "Have you met anyone special yet Lily? A nice young man perhaps?" said Elizabeth. Every time I saw her she would ask me that question, I found it to be extremely uncomfortable when she asked me in front of Dad and Will. Before I could answer, Dad began to talk.

"No! No she hasn't, why? She's too young for all of that" he said, usually Dad treated me as he would the crew, but on this topic he showed his 'father' side. He looked at me as if to if I had found a suitor, without his approval.

"No I haven't found anyone yet, and dad for the last time, I am not too young I am seventeen for Christ's sake" I said, looking at Elizabeth for help.

"No she's not too young Jack" she said simply.

"Women" said Dad as he looked at Will, who nodded in agreement.

"Ok" said Elizabeth, ignoring Jack. "Shall I show you to your room Lily?"

"No thank you Aunt Lizzy, I think I know the way by now" I said with a chuckle

I practically had my own room in this house. It was untouched when I was absent and I always slept in this room when we stayed here. I had even moved the furniture around to my liking.

I put one of the nightgowns that had been bought by Elizabeth for our stays here and I was about to get in bed when Elizabeth walked into the room. She sat on the edge of the bed and I sat next to her. She tucked a strand of hair behind my ears and ran her finger down my cheek.

"Lily, your father only loves you" she said. "He wants to protect you from being hurt by the wrong men"

"I know that Lizzy, it's just a wish he didn't see me as a little girl anymore, I just want him to see me as his daughter, a Sparrow, someone that can look after themselves" I replied.

"I understand, my father was the same, he wanted the best for me, many a time I rebelled against what he was saying and I took comfort in Will. He was always there for me and I loved him from the moment I met him" said Elizabeth, I knew she was telling the truth, so I took comfort in her words, knowing that it isn't just me that had a 'protective' father. Elizabeth was like the mother I never had and a best friend all in one, I knew she understood me.

I watched as she kissed the top of my head and bade me goodnight, before walking out of the room.

I pulled back the blankets on the bed and climbed in, wriggling down into the blankets and burying my head in the pillow. I knew this would be the comfiest night's sleep I had had in a long time.