Prologue: The second visit home

Elizabeth POV:

Now being alone in the house for at least a year has been painful. When Henry turned 18 he enrolled in the Royal Navy it's been quieter in the house, some days it was too quiet. I was also very skeptical when he wanted to be a part of the militia. Being the daughter of the Governor of Port Royal, I've seen how they treat their new comers. I also never really trusted the militia after the events of the Maelstrom battle between them, the East India Trading Company, Davy Jones, and us the pirates that wanted freedom of the seas. But if it got Henry to finally stop talking how he's going to find the Trident of Poseidon to free his father and keep him out of trouble, then so be it. Though if he is anything like his father and I, that won't last long but the thought of him not taking part of it made me feel a tiny bit better about him being gone to the navy.

But today is the day Will comes home today and I can't wait to be in his arms again. This time we will be completely be alone without Henry especially when he would get overexcited and ask Will any question he could think of. Then I was a little annoyed with him but I didn't stop him. He had every right to do that and Will was really good with him and answering all the questions. My two boys are so much alike its uncanny by the way they both move and their personalities match perfectly, some days it feels like I'm talking to Will and not Henry.

I notice that the time is almost here, where the sun hits the horizon on sunset. My eyes always keeps the whether away on that horizon for I do hope for one day he does come home and stays forever with me, but knowing that the Trident is just a tale and I've tried finding it myself before Henry was born, I knew that will never be our fate to be together for more than one day. I walk to the lighthouse and within a minute of me getting to the top of the hill, I saw it; the green flash. I smile knowing what awaits on that cursed ship. Next thing I knew I see my love walking up the hill towards me. He stops and looks at me never blinks. I smile and start running towards him. I ran so fast that once I finally got into his grasp, I knocked him down to the grassy plain. I push myself up from his chest and he looks at me and laughs. His voice, his laugh, his hold, I missed it so much that when I laughed I started tearing up. Soon as we both stand up he looks at me with the love and passion he always has since the day we met on the passing from London years ago. He wipes the lone tear away and kisses me passionately on the lips. As we break from our kiss we still have foreheads pressed against each other.

"I missed you Elizabeth" Will said with little husk to his voice. I break away from his forehead and held him close in a hug that no one could pry me off him.

"I missed you so much Will, I'm so glad your finally home." I replied softly. Will pulled me to his side and kissed my forehead.

"Come on love, let's go back to the house. We need to get some catching up" Will said with a smile but once we got into our home, he looked around seeming like he was looking for something that was not there. The missing piece to this reunion. "Where's Henry?" Will asked with curiosity in his voice. I didn't want to tell him, but he had to know he had every right and once he knew he could keep watch for him if anything was to happen to our son God forbid.
" Will, he was recruited in to the Royal Navy a year ago. He wanted show he was worthy to something good and if it wasn't being a pirate, it was this. Plus, he got over trying to find that Trident knowing it was impossible." I looked at him sadly knowing what happened that day when Henry went missing that night.

Will sighed and looked at me like he was guilty of him being protective that night "I wish I wasn't so hard on him that night when he came on the Dutchman. I didn't want him to make the same mistakes as I did, getting into a fate that will cost him his life like us. I didn't want the pirate life for him love."

"I know," I replied "but honestly we didn't ask for ours either. For you, it was in your blood and for what went down 20 years ago love, I was declared a pirate and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I felt like a trapped bird in a cage being the Governor's daughter. I wanted freedom, freedom from that world and the freedom with you, but it made us pirates. It's in his blood too, we just got to accept the fact if he becomes one. Like it or not."
Will sighs "Yeah, I guess you're right love but it's just the parent in me. I just want what is best for him."
"I know love." I hold his hand and give him a kiss on his cheek. "We just have to see which path he chooses."

Will and I sat down and had dinner together. I learned after the last visit that Will wants to eat a lot after not being able to eat within a day at a time and yet the food he would eat would be tasteless to him, so I made a lot of food for him to enjoy cause on his one day he was able to taste. And our day would end us going into our bedroom and make sweet passionate love together. Before I knew it, it was sunrise and Will would be gone for another 10 years starting at today's sundown. Will and I spent most of the day in bed holding each other. We didn't want to leave each other as much we knew it wouldn't matter come sunset. Soon it was the end of the day and as always, we walk together to the beach. Will looks at the sun that is close to set and back at me. I feel the tears falling down my face.
"I'm sorry love, I have to." Will said wiping away my tears with his rough thumbs and pulls my face in for a strong but passionate kiss that would last another 10 years. We pulled away but not far enough to where our foreheads were still touching. "Keep a whether eye on the horizon" Will says softly.

"Always" I reply as he vanishes into the sea. Next thing I knew he was gone. Gone for 10 more years.

More to come! Please R&R

Its been along time since I did a POTC Fanfic (like over 10 years) since then I deleted the old account the story was on and now is back into the series because of Willabeth. I cant wait to keep writing more of this fanfic of mine!

The reason I have Henry gone at Will's 2nd visit is that when I was watching the digital copy on POTC 5 and the behind of scenes stuff, the directors said it was 20 years after so I assumed that Will would have had his second visit home prior to being freed by Henry. So the Chapter 1 will be 2 months later after Will had his second one day.