Almost Familiar Faces.

Disclaimer: Don’t own ‘em.

Notes to reviewers:

Tenshi: I’m glad you wantkeepkeep reading the story. As for Jade, I’m setting up the dominos first then I’ll start knocking them down.

Ryoko: I like Jade too.

Tammy: Ah, compliments well get you everywhere. I wanted a female Jack so I made Jade. Why? Because you can’t have too much Jack. However, she’s going to start developing her own unique qualities.

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A few days had passed since the Black Pearl had acquired its new crewmember and had set out to sea. There had been few incidents with the girl causing one of other the crewmember's distresses. Most of the times it had been amusing and Jade seemed to know when to stop before crossing the line. She also seemed to understand that while Jack would allow her to joke with him, he was still the captain and she would have to show some respect.

As Jack thought about the past couple of days, he sat on the deck of the ship looking out into the night’s sky. They where on their way back to Port Royal to drop off Elizabeth. Just a mor more days to go. Jack was very fond of Elizabeth, but the longer she stayed with the pirates, the prissier she became.

~~~~~Three Months Ago~~~~~~~~

Elizabeth and Will wadded out into the water. Dawn wouldn’t come for another two hours. It had been a weence nce Jack had “fallen” off of the wall. Both Elizabeth and Will had regretted not going after the pirate, but Elizabeth new It was for the best. It was one thing to run away when no one knew where she was going, but she would never be allowed to return to her father if they all watched her swim out to join a ship full of pirates.

Five days after Jack had left Elizabeth had heard strange noises outside of her bedroom window. Upon further investigation, she found a parrot trying to keep itself balanced on the small ledge outside.
She opened up her window, having automatically recognized the bird as the companion of the tongueless man, Cotton. ~Hmm, does this animal have a name?~ Elizabeth wondered as she untied the string that had been holding a piece of paper to the bird’s leg.

“Two days.” Elizabeth read from the note. “That’s it?” she frowned as she turned the paper over to see if there was more. The bird had all ready left.

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“Well I assume it means that they will be just outside port and in tow days time we should meet them if we want to travel with them.” Elizabeth spoke softly to Will, not wanting to let their secret out. She had brought the not to the smithy so that they could talk their discussion over.

“Leave it to Jack to be as vague as possible. How will we know where to go? What time should we be there? How are we gong to get to the ship?” Will bombardedzabezabeth with questions that he knew she didn’t know the answer to.

“I would say that we go to the docks early in t the morning and wait for them to find us. If they don’t show up, then we just won’t be going.” Elizabeth had all ready thought this through during her walk to meet Will.

“I take it that means you want to go?” Will knew that Elizabeth had been upset over not being able to go after Jack that day, but he also knew that her feelings for the adventure would not last long. ~Just like our feelings for each other won't last.~ Will suppress a sigh at the thought of Elizabeth and his relationship. It had been less than a week since he had confessed his love for her and he could already fell the sparks fading.

“Of course I want to go!” Elizabeth seemed offended that Will would even think she didn’t want to go.

“All right, it’s settled.” Will wasn’t sure how Elizabeth would handle their new location, but he had discovered that he needed to be back on the water again more than anything in the world. ~I guess I do have the blood of a pirate after all.~ William hoped that Elizabeth would understand why he would not be coming back to Port Royal with her. He knew that it was inevitable that she would return.

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Just as Elizabeth had thought, Ana and Gibbs had taken a rowboat out to the docks to find them. They made it to the Black Pearl safely and were greeted by Jack and the rest of the crew.

“Welcome to the Black Pearl.” Jack grinned as his guests arrived. Will couldn’t help but smile at the sight of the drunken captain. ~I can’t believe how much I’ve missed him.~

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A/N:

This is only half of what I have written, but I can’t type out the rest right now. I have to get ready for work. The next chapter will not be about Anne Black. I’m hoping to get that done in the chapter after.

I’m pleased with the reviews so far. I would like to tell you that if I don’t know something is broken, I can’t fix it. When I read my own writing, I feel like I’m reading something that an average seventh grader wrote. I just thought I would share that with you.

The next chapter will be up in a day or two.