Disclaimer: I obviously don't own Pirates of the Caribbean, its plots or characters. I only own my OC and my own added in plot/anything you don't recognize from the movie unless otherwise stated.

A/N: This is a rewrite, hence the title. The entire fic is going to be in third person (as opposed to the old version which was in first person). I'm going to add as much detail and improve this story the best I can. Hope you all enjoy it.

Twelve year old Elizabeth Swann walked down to the beach in her night gown. She often went out at night for a walk if she could get away from the house without been seen and if the moon provided enough light that she didn't need a lantern. Though she always had to be back before her maid came in to check on her before bed. Elizabeth had been living in Port Royal for a little over a year and had gotten used to her new life there but liked to get lost in her dreams and fantasies while listening to the ocean.

Elizabeth walked along an empty dock getting lost in her thoughts. She walked until she felt tired and started heading back. When she was walking back along the beach she noticed a figure lying on the sand, half in the water. She quickly made her way over and saw that the figure was a girl who looked close to her age. The girl was unconscious, lying on her stomach with her head turned facing towards Elizabeth. She had no clothes, her very long black hair went down to her mid-back and covered her face.

The water pulled away from her body to reveal a light, red-ish, purple mermaid's tail. Elizabeth gasped and looked around the surrounding area quickly for anyone before looking back at the girl. She quickly moved closer, grabbed the girl under her arms and pulled her away from the water, onto the dry sand. As the girl's tail began to dry on the sand her tail seemed to melt away to show pale, skinny legs. Elizabeth reached down and moved the hair out of the girl's face. Suddenly the girl gasped as her vibrant green eyes flew open. She saw Elizabeth and immediately hissed as she pulled away. The girl went to flee into the water but when she found she couldn't move she looked down at her legs with wide eyes. She looked back at Elizabeth briefly before trying to get up and get away but her legs weren't strong enough so she fell to the sand.

"Wait! I'm not going to hurt you!" Elizabeth called before flinching at how loud she'd been. The girl eyed her suspiciously. "I swear. I won't hurt you," Elizabeth repeated, softer, giving her a gentle smile. The girl stared at her silently for a moment before she spoke.

"How can I know that?" she asked, her voice slightly trembling as she kept her eyes on Elizabeth.

"Because I wish to help you."

"Help me?" The girl's eyes narrowed. "How?"

"I've heard about mermaids. Stories," Elizabeth added quickly. "If anyone else were to have found you here..." she trailed off. The girl swallowed.

"I would have been killed." Her voice came out just above a whisper.

"Exactly. So I pulled you away from the water and..." She looked at the girl's legs. "That happened."

"This helps me in one way... but not in another," The girl stated." I cannot use these..." she huffed, looking down at her newly formed legs.

"I can help you!" Elizabeth exclaimed with a grin.

"I have nowhere to go. I do not even know how I got here... where is here?" The girl looked around the beach, out over the ocean then at a few buildings of the town.

"Port Royal. And you can come and live with me," The young Swann said excitedly.

"And... who are you?" The girl asked as she looked back at Elizabeth.

"Elizabeth Swann. What's your name?"

"I do not have one," she said as she shook her head slightly.

"Would you be alright if I named you?" The mermaid frowned, looking wary, but nodded. "Alright, from now on your name is going to be-"

"Elizabeth!" Both girls looked up to find Governor Swann, Elizabeth's maid, Lieutenant Norrington, as well as a few other people in Navy uniforms. The group rushed over to where Elizabeth was kneeling next to the mermaid who began to shake slightly. "Elizabeth, what are you doing out here?" The Governor said ignoring the other girl.

"Oh Miss Swann!" her maid cried, putting a hand to her chest. The poor woman looked close to hysteria since finding the young girl missing from her room, her hair was a mess and she looked close to tears. Elizabeth stood to face the group as the girl behind her curled up a bit.

"Father, this girl washed up on the beach. She has no memory; I wish for her to live with us, I'll take care of her. She can be like a sister!" Everyone's eyes turned to the young girl who was clutching her legs to her chest, shaking quite visibly out of fear and the cold wind. The men looked away when they realized she was naked. Her long hair only covered so much. Norrington took off his coat as he walked over to the girl who leaned away slightly; she resisted the instinctual urge to hiss at him. He crouched down and wrapped his coat around her. She gladly pulled it tighter around herself, closing her eyes at the inviting warmth. Norrington stood as the Governor spoke.

"Elizabeth, we cannot just take in some-" He gestured with his hand, pausing a moment, "some girl without knowing who she is." The Governor argued with a disapproving frown.

"But father, she has nowhere to go!" Elizabeth pleaded. "She doesn't even know her name..." The Governor looked torn.

"Well, we can't just leave the poor girl..." He let out a sigh. "Fine, she can stay with us but she will be your responsibility."

"I am no pet," The girl spat, glaring up at him.

"Of course not!" Elizabeth said turning to the girl. "You'll be like my sister," she clarified with a smile before turning to her father.

"Sister?" The girl asked quietly. Governor Swann sighed.

"Well, come along then. It's late," he said. Elizabeth held down a hand for the girl. Using one hand to hold Norrington's coat around her, she reached up and took Elizabeth's hand. She stood up shakily and took one step before her legs buckled causing her to hit the ground with a gasp.

"She can't walk," Elizabeth said. The girl looked down embarrassed. "I think she hurt her leg," Elizabeth added quickly. Suddenly the girl was picked up by Norrington. She looked up at him with wide eyes before lowering her head.

"Thank you," she said quietly as the group began to walk to the Governor's house.

"You're welcome."

Once at Swann Manor, Norrington placed the girl in a chair in the foyer while Elizabeth hurried upstairs; her maid followed after her. The girl went to take off Norrington coat when he stopped her.

"You can return it another day," he said holding up a hand. She nodded and pulled it tighter around herself. Norrington turned to walk away but then he turned back and looked at the her. "Coralie." She looked up at him, eye brows raised.

"What?" she asked. As Elizabeth rushed down the stairs with a blanket.

"It just came to me. Coralie," he said simply before walking away.

"That's a great name," Elizabeth said as she wrapped the blanket around Coralie and made sure to wrap it around the top of her head. Coralie gave her a slight smile.. "Don't you think so?"

"I do..." Coralie said with a slight nod.