I turned around to face the man that had a gun pointed to my forehead. I laughed nervously and smiled. "Let me explain!"

"What is there to explain, Luv?" he said with a thick accent. His voice was stable - no slurring which meant that he hadn't started to drink yet.

"Why I'm here and I wanna make a deal," I said seriously. Gotta negotiate with a pirate! His eyebrow raised. "I…I-I… IjustneedaridetothisislandtogethtisthingtogobackhomeI'lldoanything!"

The man - Captain Jack Sparrow to be exact - lowered his gun and leaned upon the wooden wall. He crossed his arms over his chest. "Under what circumstances can a little girl like you do, Luv?"

"Well, I can work for you on this ship as a regular pirate - and you will receive twenty-five percent of my country's gold in exchange for food, water, my life, a ride through the Tresade Trail and back to Port Royal," I replied like Leon or Aerith would do if she were here.

He cocked his head to the side. "What's so… important to get through the Tresade Trail?"

Then I explained everything to him; about the Silver Materia, about Godo, about Hollow Bastion, about my homeland. Everything.

He paused before smirking. "A little princess like you could work on a pirate ship like this? You might get dirt under your nails, Luv."

I fumed and narrowed my eyes, then spoke through my teeth, "That's not true! I'm not worried about that kind of stuff. I grew up fighting fucking Heartless my whole fucking life. I can prove to you that I'm not like the other girls! Just give me a week - I can prove myself to be like any other male pirate aboard this ship. I promise you that, Captain Jack Sparrow."

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-(Part II)-
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I was never fascinated by scenery around me when I lived in Traverse Town, Wutia, or even Hollow Bastion. Often I watched the sun set at Hollow Bastion, and the city looked morbid. At Traverse Town, the city was always night time, and I can't really even remember Wutia.

But even as I sat on the statue at the end of the Black Pearl and stared into the dark, never-ending sea it seemed to entrance me. It scared me like it would to anyone. The watcher was pitch black and I could imagine myself falling into it, not being able to move, not being able to breathe or see. Only feeling the darkness.

And much as I hated to admit it, the darkness was beautiful. If you turned your head to face where there was an imaginary line between the sea and the night sky, you could see the stars - or other worlds - reflecting off of it.

Because darkness is powerful. Yes, and there was darkness in every heart. There was a dark side in every heart.

What if you didn't have a heart? Then you are nor darkness nor light. You are nothing?

The sunrise finally came from under the water and the water was a baby blue once again. I moved away from the two statues to the other side of the ship to face the sunset face to face, and found myself entranced and thinking again. If there really were two beings of the same, which were we on? The sun represented the light side - giving, bright, and mysterious. The sea represented the dark side - mysterious, sinister, yet beautiful. Why was the dark side so much more beautiful then the other? Why was a broken Japanese doll better then its original form?

Why did I want to go back to Wutia?

I shook my head like a shaggy dog shaking to get the water away from its fur. Wutia was my hometown - there were other people like me, I had responsibilities there, and that was where I was supposed to be.

But my own father - he thought I was dead - gone for good. So did I really bare the responsibilities on my shoulders like I once did?

I swung my legs over the side of the Black Pearl.

…and if I just happened to fall into the darkness, what would become of me then?
Do I really have a place in a heart?

"Don't tell me you're off to this boat already, princess." I deep voice said behind me. I jumped and screamed, knocking my balance off the boat. My form lost all gravitation for a split second before my feet caught the wooden ring around the boat. My hands hugged the ship and I leaned against it. No, I would not go down. Not now. I'm Yuffie.

"Ahhh…"

"Give me your hand, Luv!"

"No," I said shortly. I clenched my eyes shut and held onto the ship.

"Do it NOW!"

"I… I can't… see…" I mumbled to myself. Why did nothing make sense anymore? Why was it so hard to breathe now? I knew I couldn't hold onto the ship forever like this, but I could never make it on top of the ship again.

"Open your eyes," Jack said dully.

It's really not that simple. Maybe I don't want to.

I opened by eyes and faced the dull black wood. Then I looked up and saw Jack and several other crew members - at least twelve men and two women - around him.

"My hand - reach for it."

So it was that simple.

My hand trembled off the wood and reached as high as it could, trying to touch Jack's. But there was just a little room no matter how far down he reached with his dirt covered hands. I stared into his eyes, and my face focused. The tips of my toes raised me higher- just enough to briefly contact my hands with his.

But in slow motion, my feet straightened and I slipped. My fingers trailed until they caught once again at where my fingers were.

The crew was shouting things to me, but nothing seemed to make sense. Tears threatened to fall as I muttered one last word.

"I don't think I can."

People say darkness is cold, cruel thing. Then why did it just let everything pass as I came to it?

Because you have to let yourself fall a little to rise a little higher.

-(Chapter Two: Bonus/Jack's Point of View)-

When she slipped away from the board, she murmured something under her breath. She stared at me as her body hit the sea and take her in, and even then she didn't stop until her eyes closed. I threw off my coat and vest, then slipped off my boots as fast I could manage. Then, turning to the twenty-four year old to the right of me I yelled, "Meet me on the other side!"

Then I dove clear off my own ship for this princess.

The was nothing different and didn't take me long to spot the floating girl. Her hair moved gracefully around her face, her arms pointing to the surface. I grabbed her from under her floating arms and kicked my legs back to the surface.

She was much lighter then Elizabeth in the water- maybe because Elizabeth had so many skirts on. It was simple to stay above the surface.

I dropped the girl back into the water for a split second before grabbing her arms - shifting her on safely on my back. I paddled back to the other side of the Black Pearl where the twenty-four year old was waiting for us along with one of my two females, Maya.

"Hand her to me!" Maya said immediately and reached down to retrieve the princess. I rolled my eyes, and then shifted the girl against in front of me. I held onto the latter with one hand, then brought the girl as high as I could manage to bring her to Maya.

"Thanks, jackass." Maya commented as she took hold of the porcelain doll. The twenty-four year old, Thoas, reached out his hand to me to help bring me back aboard the Black Pearl yet again.

The princess reflects a white, collectable doll I thought when I took a look at her. Maya put her head on her own lap and brushed away her hair in a motherly way.

"She breathing?" I asked.

"Fortunately," Maya replied.

"Then everyone get back to work!" I pointed to the youngest crew member. "You… Pearlie… fetch me two bottles of rum."

"Aye, sir!"

"And, Captain," Maya teased me. "What do we do with her. Captain's orders."

"And I order you to doing something with her."

"Damn you to hell," Maya muttered under her breath. "Thoas, can you help me carry her? Thanks. I'll fetch her some of your clothes Jack to warm her up. She'll most likely be vomiting when she comes back to life."

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A/N: Thank you so much to those of you who reviewed, added this to your favorites and alert. I've been working very hard and freaking about it a lot over the past couple of days. I had to wait to watch Jack Sparrow again, but by then I was freaking and trying to get his personality right. I still don't think I have it right, but I would love it if people maybe gave me some suggestions, ideas, and even OC's as pirates.

Thank you especially to RayZor who is my new beta reader and gave me an actual plot and encouraged me. Pearlie for giving me her OC and supporting me and giving me ideas, and Mika for inspiring me and giving me lots of ideas as well.

Maya belongs to NinjaxMateria(Mika), Pearlie belongs to Seras015(Pearlie), and Thoas belongs to Me.

As you can tell, I changed my pen name once again. It is now my first and original one that I had when I first joined

For the plot, it hasn't exactly been explained very well, so I'll summarize it. In the beginning and end of this chapter, Jack makes remarks about how Yuffie's just a small little princess, a woman, an Elizabeth. Which leads to her fuming. Jack, as I said before, is still getting over Elizabeth and Yuffie reminds him of her. So it's a bit of a triangle there. Plus there is going to be some… memories at the place of where the Silver Materia is located. Can anyone take a guess?

I promise next chapter there will prolly be more characters. Eventually Elizabeth and Will shall come into the story.

When will be the next update? Eventually. School starts next Monday, so I'll try to update whenever I can.

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--DarkSpades.