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Several people who've met each other before have been summoned to the parlor of a wealthy citizen. All they know is that they are wanted to go on a voyage, and here the voyage will be explained to them.
In the parlor is a dark, wooden table and several chairs about it; it is brightly lit by the daylight coming throught the windows, and young man is sitting on one of the two sofas surrounding a lower table. He looks up as another man enters, one with outlandish clothing and dark hair covered by a hat.
"Jack Sparrow!" said Norrington. "The pirate has come, I see."
"Captain Jack Sparrow," corrected Jack. "and yes, I have come, quite obviously. You see, if I hadn't I wouldn't be standing right in front of you, now would I?"
"No, you wouldn't, but my happiness would be much improved," said Norrington. He, evidently, had not missed the Captain.
"That's funny," said Jack, taking off his hat, "Who wouldn't like to be around me?"
"Me."
Norrington continued to stare in a hostile manner at Jack. Old habits died hard, and Norrington had not seen Jack in quite a while. Jack sighed and sat down, setting his hat on the table.
The former Commodore had changed, after recovering from a period of bleak depression. Norrington had regained some of his arrogance and mannerisms he'd had before he had sunk into drinking heavily, but fortunately, had not regained the atrocious wig, instead showing his longish light-brown hair.
"So," Jack said abruptly, looking about the room, "Who else is going to be here?"
Norrington crossed his arms and spoke to Jack with more tolerance than he had had a minute before. Jack thought that the shock of seeing someone you'd once hated had worn off somewhat, giving a more accurate view of Norrington's personality now.
"I don't know of all of them, but these are the ones I've heard. Someone by the name of Ana Marie. That infernal blacksmith William Turner," he paused, then continuing--his voice softening almost imperceptibly--he said, "and Miss Swann."
Jack straightened. "Elizabeth is coming?"
"Yes," said Norrington, looking at Jack with eyebrows raised slightly, "Not that it should matter to you. They should all be arriving soon."
"To go on this...voyage," said Jack.
"Yes," said Norrington, "on the Swift Sender. Odd name, I suppose, but it doesn't matter. It's a relatively big ship, but still fast enough; we apparently do not need considerable speed for...whatever we're doing."
"Speaking of which, do you have any idea of what we are doing?"
"No. No idea. We could be going to Mongolia, for all I know. The letter didn't tell me a thing about the voyage."
At that moment, Ana Marie entered the room and sat down as well. Having done that, she leaned over the table and slapped Jack.
"Ah!" he said, rubbing his face. " What was that one for?"
"You don't remember?" said Ana Marie icily.
"No," said Jack, woefully wondering why it seemed there was always something he'd done.
"My entire cargo had to be thrown overboard when you managed to get a hole in my ship and almost sink it."
"Oh yeah..." said Jack, then looked at Ana Marie. "Oops?"
"I see you've still been getting into trouble since I last saw you," said Norrington, not able to resist the opportunity to gloat a little.
Ana Marie looked over at Norrington, then said to Jack, "Who's this and why is he here?"
"He's coming too," said Jack. "Delightful, isn't it?"
"Who is she?" said Norrington, ignoring the last part of Jack's comment.
"I am Ana Marie, and I seriously hope you two won't be annoying. We have to deal with each other on a ship for weeks."
Seeing the truth in Ana Marie's words, the men lapsed into silence, fidgeting slightly as they waited. Norrington tapped a boot on the wood floor, and Jack fiddled with his hat as they waited for the others to arrive.
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A/N: Yes! The end of the first chapter of my first foray into the fandom of PoTC. Alright, now I need reviews. If you want other characters I didn't mention to go on the voyage, then suggest them via review--that's why I left it open as to all of who is going, because I know fics are usually more enjoyable if they've got your favorite characters : ) Anyway, any other opinions as to the way this will go are also valued. If you want romance, suggest pairings, but be warned that I'm not one for writing fluff.