They say that as one is about to die, their whole life flashes before their eyes. That was true, at least partially for Elizabeth Swann. Indeed, her life flashed before her eyes, but it wasn't the boring life of the governer's daughter, the one she had already experienced. As she floated through the water, sinking quickly due to the weight of her gown, she saw her life to come.


It was a strange sensation, almost like being caught between a dream and conciousness.
The first thing she saw was... herself? She was lying on a dock, unconcious. A man leaned over her, ripping open her corset, and she watched herself gasp for air. Then she saw herself standing on the same dock, dripping wet in her underclothes, while the man who had saved her, it seemed, stood behind her in shackles. Suddenly, he threw his arms around her neck to save himself from the guns of the soldiers surrounding them. He was obviously not going to let her go until he could effectively escape, so the soldiers could not hurt him. From this angle, away from the action, the spectator Elizabeth could see that he was definitely a pirate, with his long bejeweled hair and his red bandana. She was staring at herself held hostage when the scenery suddenly changed. She was on a ship, surrounded by a skeleton crew. She saw herself screaming, being chased by a band of undead pirates and an undead monkey.

The next few scenes flipped by quickly: she saw herself walkng the plank; herself and the pirate who had been holding her hostage, dancing around a huge fire, singing and drinking; herself, Will, and the pirate in a cave filled with treasures, fighting together against even more pirates! Then the scene shifted again, back to Port Royal. She again saw herself, this time with her father and Commadore Norrington.

Her pirate was standing on the gallows. She gasped as the trapdoor opened under him and he fell, the noose around his neck. But he seemed to have landed on something that was keeping him standing: Will's sword! She watched as Will and the pirate fought off the Royal Navy, only to be cornered. The Future Elizabeth went to Will's side, together protecting the pirate. The next thing she saw was the pirate, swimming away toward his ship. She was ready this time when the scene changed, time moving forward in only a few seconds.

She saw herself on his ship, standing inches from him. Their eyes were together intensely, and Elizabeth found herself wishing that she could be in the future Elizabeth's place. Time folded into itself again, and the future Elizabeth and her pirate were on the ship again, but it was different.
The ship was beaten up, and they were no longer inches apart. There was no space between them at all, for they were pressed together in a kiss, throwing all the emotions they had ever felt into that one moment. Elizabeth watched in horror as her future self, using the kiss as a distraction, shackled her pirate to the ship, ending their passionate kiss. He smirked at her, and said the first word the present Elizabeth had ever heard him speak: "Pirate."

Elizabeth awoke suddenly, sputtering and coughing up water. She opened her eyes and saw a pirate over her. She squinted at him, a question in her eyes. He seemed so familiar, yet she knew she hadn't met him before...

He was her pirate, and this first meeting would change her life forever.

A/N: Thanks for reading! This is my first real fanfic ever, so please tell me what you think.
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