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Jade Jackson was the daughter of a wealthy merchant sailor who worked for the East India Trading Company. He had gotten the job when she was little and the whole family had sailed from the Americas to Port Royale, a tropical island in the Caribbean. It was Jade's mother Jadelyn, whom she was named after, her father Royce, and her older twin brothers Randall and Ryan. There a huge storm that they got caught in while sailing and their mother got tossed overboard and drowned. The whole family mourned for several days, but there was no way that they could bring her back.
Everyone in the family had black hair except for her dad, who had light brown hair. The children had got their black hair from their mom, who had Spanish in her blood. The twins were identical and had curly hair and black eyes. They were almost as tall as their father. Jade looked like her mom except she had grey eyes instead of black and her hair was shorter than her mother's. She had only been three when they first arrived in the Caribbean, but over time she had grown up to be like her mother.
Their dad was always gone on business, but Jade always had the twins to look after her. They lived in a big house that wasn't quite like a mansion but was nice looking. It sat on top of a hill and overlooked the sea. Jade's bedroom had a balcony and favorite pastime was standing on her balcony looking at the waves. They lived down the street from the governor of Port Royale and his daughter Elizabeth. She and Jade were the only ones around their age so they became friends. Jade liked going to Elizabeth's house for sleepovers because her house was huge and it was fun to play hide and seek. During their sleepovers, they liked to talk about their crushes. Elizabeth liked the blacksmith apprentice Will Turner and Jade liked Captain Norrington who was in the Navy. They would tease each other about their crushes.
"By the time you're old enough to marry, Norrington will be an old man by that time!" Elizabeth said while laughing.
"Well, Will Turner doesn't have any money and you'll be poor!" Jade said, laughing too. They would laugh and get into a pillow fight until the governor would come and tell them to go to sleep. Jade would lay her head on her pillow and wish that someday she could marry James Norrington.