My first Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic! Hope you enjoy! (Also, this is taken place after On Stranger Tides.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean (though I wish I did...)

Not Exactly Silver and Gold

For once in his life, Captain Jack Sparrow wasn't focused on drinking his rum. Instead, he was thinking about his precious Black Pearl still stuck in that bottle. Gibbs sat across from him the Faithful Bride, sipping his mug of rum, looking around at the giggling ladies in the tavern.

"You going to finish that, Jack?" Mr. Gibbs asked after a few seconds, finishing his drink and noticing his friend's half-empty mug.

"Hmm?" Jack asked, looking up at Gibbs. He glanced at his drink, then grabbed it and brought it closer to him, "Absolutely not! How dare you even ask!"

Gibbs shrugged and sighed, then asked him, "You still thinking about the Pearl?"

Jack scoffed, "For fifteen years I've been thinking about her!" He then chugged down some rum, "I've tried everything, haven't I?" Gibbs nodded, listening, "I've paid people! Traveled places thinking they would have the answer, but no!" Another gulp, and he then placed his hand on the lump in his coat's pocket. It held the bottle with had his precious Black Pearl stuck inside it.

"I remember when you even tried to smash it out." Gibbs said.

Jack finished his rum before adding, "Surprisingly, that didn't even work." They now sat there in silence, only listening to the loud chatter of the crowd surrounding them.

Gibbs eventually got up to get another drink, and the other pirate sat there by himself, pondering some more. What if there was actually no way to free the Pearl? He even asked Hector Barbossa, the captain of Queen Anne's Revenge, if he could. Obviously, he could not.

Someone then entered the tavern who caught Jack's eye. It was a young boy, in his early teens, with wandering eyes and dark, shaggy hair and had a red headband wrapped around his forehead. A silver sword hung at his side, along with a small pouch that was bulging. Jack guessed probably filled with a few shillings.

The boy noticed Jack and quickly ran to him, relief covered his face. Confusion swept through the captain, for he had never recalled seeing the boy ever in his life.

"Excuse me, sir." The boy said when he arrived at his table, adjusting his leather vest that was over top his white tunic. Jack also noticed a cross necklace strung around his neck.

"What is it, boy? If you're looking for someone to buy you rum-"

"No, sir. That's not it, sir." The boy seemed flustered, like he couldn't believe he actually found Jack. "You're Captain Jack Sparrow, right, sir?"

"The one and only." Jack answered, leaning back on his wooden chair, "and who might you be?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Jason Rivera, sir." He said. Jack didn't recognize the name. "My mother-"

"Here's another pint, Jac-" Gibbs said to his friend, holding two mugs while walking over to the table. He stopped, noticing Jason there as well. "Do I have to get him a drink as well?"

"Not necessary, Gibbs." Jack said, taking one of the mugs, "I just met him. You're name is again...?"

"Jason, sir." The boy answered.

"No need for this 'sir' business, lad." He said, waving his hand and taking a large gulp of rum, "I am either Captain, Captain Sparrow, Mr. Sparrow, Jack, or Jack Sparrow. No 'sirs' allowed."

"Yes, sir-" Jason caught himself and then said, "My mother, she told me to find you."

"What's her name?" Jack asked as Jason got a chair and sat down on the other side of the table.

"Angie Rivera. Surely you've met her!"

Jack shook his head. "Doesn't ring a bell, sorry." More rum was chugged down.

"She tells me stories of you! How you've been to Davy Jones's Locker and back! How you've faced the Kraken and-"

"I told you, sonny, I don't know her!" Jack slammed down his drink. "Do you, Gibbs?"

Mr. Gibbs shook his head as well. "I've never met a Rivera."

"Well...maybe you just...forgot about her." Jason told them, crestfallen.

"Possibly," Jack stood up finishing his drink, "Let's go, Gibbs. I'm finished and am terribly tired."

Gibbs stood and began to walk out with his captain. Jason followed, pleading, "Wait! Please! She's been taken!"

"Not my problem!" Jack shouted back, nearing the door.

"She told me to find you! That you would know what to do!" They weaved through the crowd, Jason trying to keep up the best he could.

"Please stop following us, lad." They exited, Jason still a few yards behind.

"I can open your bottle!"

Jack stopped on the tavern's porch. Even Gibbs was surprised. The two pirates turned slowly to face the teenager. He was panting slightly, but was glad they finally stopped.

"How do you know about the bottle?" Jack asked him.

"I've heard stories." Jason smiled. "Besides, my mother told me how."

Jack walked up to him, peering at his face. Jason didn't appear to him as a liar or a con artist, but his deep brown eyes looked strait back into Jack's with no fear, no faltering at all.

"Show me how." Jack demanded, placing a hand on the lump in his pocket.

Jason's smile widened. "Promise to help save my mother once I do."

Ugh. Jack knew he had him there. "Fine." They shook on it.

"Follow me." Jason hurried to the pier, Mr. Gibbs and Jack following closely behind.

"Jack," Gibbs said, panting to keep up while they passed a group of drunk men singing off-key, "What if this boy is leading us into a trap? What if his mother isn't real, or worse," He paused, "Is a women you've left in the past?"

"Mr. Gibbs, this young boy knows how to free the Pearl!" Jack simply told him, "the one thing I've wanted these past fifteen years! I'll deal with him if he gives me trouble, after my ship is once again mine."

Gibbs didn't say anything back, but knew he couldn't change his friend's mind now. Jason was waiting for them at the pier, hands on his hips, dark hair flowing slightly in the little wind there was.

The two others came up to him, and Jack couldn't get over something particular about this boy:

That he had seen those brown eyes before.

A/N: Well...what do you think so far? Thoughts? Ideas? Please review, and thanks for reading!