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Chapter 1
A Pirate's Life
(Annabeth's pov)
*13 years ago*
I stood there on the bow of the Dauntless, the ship sailing smoothly on a calm yet fogged cover water. Minutes passed by and I began to sing a song that I heard from sailors or from pirates hung on the gallows at Port Half Blood, "Drink up me hearties yo ho! Yo ho, yo ho a pirates life for me!
The song had a catchy tune to it so it was hard for me to stop singing it but there was always a superstition that if you sang that song when you're at sea, pirates would come to get you soon after. It was just a folk tale or stories that sailors would always tell each other when they docked.
Suddenly a hand grabbed my shoulder from behind and I turned around to see who it was. It was a sailor named Mr. Chiron (A/N Mr. Gibbs) who was well known with his knowledge of folk tales and legends of the seas.
"Quite, missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters," he gazed at the waters for any sign of pirates before looking at me, "You don't want to bring them down and a snout do you?"
"MR. CHIRON, that will do," from behind came Lieutenant Castellan (A/N Lieutenant Norrington) along with my father Governor Chase (A/N Governor Swann).
"She was singing about pirates! It's bad luck to be singing about pirates with us mired in this unnatural fog," again he gazed at the fog as if something would jump out and pull him in, "Mark my words,"
Lieutenant Castellan chuckled and smirked, "Consider them marked…on your way."
Mr. Chiron had an irritated yet defeated look on his face when the Lieutenant did not heed his words, "Aye. Lieutenant. It's bad luck to have woman on board, too."
He shoved past my father and the Lieutenant mumbling something about even a miniature woman before drinking some alcoholic nectar. It was silent for the next couple of minutes until I decided to break it, "I think it'd be rather exciting to meet a pirate."
"Think again, Miss Chase (A/N Miss Swann)," the Lieutenant walked up right beside me looking over the bow and into the sea, "Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. I intend to see that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves."
I slowly looked up at him and I saw him smirk at me, "A short drop and a sudden stop."
Silently Mr. Chiron motioned for me to look at him; he pulled his sailors tie up high like it was rope for the gallows while imitating someone choking to death. I gasped and instinctively took a step back from Lieutenant Castellan when my father stepped in, "Lieutenant Castellan, I appreciate your fervor, but I'm concerned about the effect this subject will have upon my daughter."
My father smiled and nodded at me while the Lieutenant gently bowed his head, "My apologies, Governor Chase."
"Actually, I find it all fascinating."
My father gulped his worry, "Yes. That's what concerns me."
He gave one more look of worry before leaving and I was alone at the bow again. I turned to face the sea once more only to find an umbrella floating in the water but what I saw next made me gasp in shock. There floating on a broken piece of a wooden ship was an unconscious boy. I shook my head out of my momentary dazed and shouted, "LOOK! A BOY! THERE'S A BOY IN THE WATER!"
Lieutenant Castellan was the first to hear me and looked to where I was pointing, sure enough he saw the boy too, "MAN OVERBOARD!"
There was a fury of movement from the sailors and soldiers while the Lieutenant shouted out orders, "Man the ropes! Fetch a hook! Haul him aboard.!"
I watched as they gently lifted the boy into the ship and laid him down carefully on the deck. The Captain and the other Lieutenants came out of the cabin to see what all the commotion was about while Lieutenant Castellan checked for the boys pulse, "He's still breathing."
Suddenly Mr. Chiron shouted from behind me, "Rhea, Mother of Zeus!"
Now all hands converged on the side of the ship as a new scene appeared before our eyes, a ship that was completely in flames and slowly sinking into the ocean depths.
There were a huge murmur of voices but my father's voice stood out from the rest, "What happened here?"
"It's the powder magazine," the Lieutenant scanned the burnt wreckage with his acute eyes, "Merchant vessels run heavily armed."
"A lot of good it did them," he looked around at the sailors gathering around him, "Everyone's thinking it. I'm just saying it. Pirates."
Everyone turned to look at him, their faces showing fear or amusement…my father on the other hand was showing both, "There's no proof of that. It's probably an accident."
"Rouse the captain immediately," more movement on deck as orders were given, "Heave to and take I sail. Launch the boats."
It was all daze for me due to all that happened, seconds past until I felt a presence right next to me, when I looked I saw my father crouching down whispering to me, "Annabeth, I want you to accompany the boy. He'll be in your charge. Take care of him."
Reluctantly I followed the people that were carrying the boy and stood by him as the people left to tend to other business. He had black hair and despite the wetness of his hair due to the water; it was still messy as a rat's nest, Tanned skin, and a face that branded him as a rebel. Gently I stroked his hair but at that moment the boy moved and grabbed my arm, his eyes were revealed to me, two amazing sea green eyes that showed confusion and fear at the same time.
I gasped but immediately relaxed, it wasn't the boys fault for the rash action, "It's okay. My name is Annabeth Chase."
The boy with the sea green eyes looked up at me, "P-Percy Jackson."
"I'm watching over you, Percy." I smiled as he relaxed a little and fell unconscious again. I was studying him carefully when I noticed a goldish bronze colored chain on his neck. Gently I picked it up and a strange medallion came out beneath his shirt, it shaped in a circle with weird symbols on it and in the center was a skull like the ones seen on Aztec paintings…skulls.
A realization hit me as I looked back and forth from the medallion to the boy, "You're a pirate."
"Has he said anything?"
Quickly I turned around with the medallion concealed in my hands behind me, "His name is Percy Jackson. That's all I found out."
Lieutenant Castellan nodded, "Take him below."
I watched them leave then made my way back to the bow of the ship. My fingers held up the skull medallion, the metal oddly glowing in the fog. As I lowered my hand, a new ship appeared for just a moment. The entire ship was painted completely in black; the sails were black to but were ripped with holes. To me it was another merchant ship but my eyes caught the symbol on the flag of the ship, a skull with two swords crossed underneath it. My eyes grew wide at the spectacle before me: a pirate ship.
*13 years later*
I woke up from my dream that I had countless times, the day I met Percy and saw that ship. A flicker of light danced across my face from my candle on my bed side table. Fighting any lingering sleep, I got up and opened my drawer and lifted up a secret compartment that I had will built for me. For thirteen years I haven't looked at it or even toughed it, now for some reason I had the urge to do the complete opposite. Slowly I popped open the compartment to reveal my secret: Percy's skull medallion. Over the years the metal hadn't rust; only dust was its enemy.
Gently I put it on and examined and the designs of the medallion when someone knocked on my door; it was my father, "Annabeth?"
In a hurry, I tripped over a chair as I got my robe on my bed. Hastily I put it on and quickly sheathed the medallion inside my nightgown as my father continued to knock on my door, "Are you all right? Are you decent?"
"Yes," I straightened myself as he opened the door and smiled at me.
He walked into my room followed by the maid's right behind him, "Still abed at this hour? Oh. It's a beautiful day."
The maids opened the windows in my room to reveal a shinning beautiful morning in Port Half Blood. Sea gulls were cawing in the distance and the cool Caribbean breeze came in from the east.
"I have a gift for you," my father turned around and opened a box revealing a beautiful dress.
"Oh, it's beautiful!" I picked the dress up and held to my body, it looked good on me but something didn't fit, my father only me bought me nice dresses if there was a occasion that I was forced to go on, "May I inquire as to the occasion?"
"Does a father need an occasion to dote upon his daughter?" he chuckled as I went behind a wall to try the dress on, "Actually, I…I had hoped you might wear it for the ceremony today."
I poked my head out from the side of the wall, "The ceremony?"
"Captain Castellan's promotion ceremony."
"I knew it."
"Commodore Castellan as he's about to become," my father beamed with pride as if the soon to be Commodore was his own son, "A fine gentleman, don't you think? He fancies you, you know."
During his rant on the Commodore I was being attacked by my maids putting a corset around me. Normally I can wear a corset but this time they tied it a little too tight. I gasped in pain due to the shortness of breath as my father called out, "Annabeth? How is it coming?"
"It's difficult to say," the corset became tighter around me.
"I'm told it's the latest fashion in Olympus."
"Well, well women in Olympus must've learnt not to breathe!" as I said that, the breath came out of my chest leaving me to suffocate for just a minute before I could inhale.
I heard footsteps as a butler came in my room to speak with my father, "Milord, you have a visitor."
(Percy's pov)
I stood there waiting inside the Chase's mansion. I was here on a special order on behalf of Governor Chase: a sword for the new Commodore. Ever since I was rescued thirteen years ago I was trained as a blacksmith, now that I was older, I was called upon to make weapons or jail cells for the Demigod army or Demigod navy. Minutes passed by which decreased my patience but increased my boredom (A/N hmmm ADHD anyone?).
I noticed a three armed candle holder made of the best metal and quality and decided to check it out. My hands touched the bottom candle holder and with a metallic clang as the arm came loose.
I looked at it and quickly panicked, luckily there was a vase for me to put the broken handle in as a butler came by. At that moment Governor Chase came down the stairs to greet me, "Ah, Mr. Jackson. Good to see you again."
"Good day, sir." I walked over to him and put a long rectangular box on a table, "I have your order."
My hands quickly opened the box to reveal a newly forged sword. Gently I lifted it up and handed it to the Governor who took it with honor. He unsheathed the sword to observe the blade, "The blade is folded steel. That's gold filigree laid into the handle."
His eyes gazed upon the handle with joy. Gently I asked for the sword, "If I may?"
Surprised but not reluctant, the Governor handed the sword and placed the flat of the blade on the tips of my forefinger and middle finger, "Perfectly balanced. The tang is nearly the full width of the blade."
In a skill full move, I flipped the sword into the air and handed it back to the Governor who was impressed, "Impressive. Very impressive. Now, now. Commodore Norrington is going to be very pleased with this."
He sheathed the sword and gave it back to me, "Do pass my compliments on to your master."
"I shall," I looked up at him and grinned, "A craftsman is always pleased to hear his work is appreciated."
Just then, Annabeth Chase came downstairs in a dress that made her even more…well pretty. I was tongue tied as she walked down gracefully, my thirteen year crush on her never fading away. Thankfully her Governor Chase spoke my mind, "Annabeth, you look absolutely stunning!"
Annabeth turned to look at us and she smiled when she saw me, "Percy! It's so good to see you!"
I gulped and felt my face get hotter as she hurried down the stairs to greet me, my heart beating faster. She smiled as she neared us, "I had a dream about you last night."
Surprised and speechless, I only managed to speak one word, "About me?"
Governor Chase interrupted Annabeth, "Yes, is that entirely proper for you-"
But Annabeth was kind of a rebel which is one of the reasons I fell for her. That and also her natural beauty oh and the fact that she was incredibly smart and a…hard hitter, "About the day we met. Do you remember?"
"How could I forget, Miss Chase?"
"Percy how many times must I ask you to call me Annabeth?"
At this point my face was redder than a tomato and my heart was about to burst out my chest, "At least once more, Miss Chase, as always."
"There. See? At least the boy has a sense of propriety," her father looked back and forth at us both before grabbing the package for the new Commodore, "Now we really must be going."
Annabeth looked down then up at me, "Good day, Mr. Jackson."
I gazed upon her as she walked passed me and out the door. I followed but was too late say my goodbye. My eyes looked down for a second but felt someone looking at me, when I looked up, I saw Annabeth staring and smiling at me and I whispered, "Good day. Annabeth."
Lol ok so not as exciting, but hey it's the first chapter in the movie of pirates of the Caribbean the Curse of the Black Pearl. Below are some of the characters:
Will Turner = Percy Jackson
Elizabeth Swann = Annabeth Chase
Governor Swann = Fredrick Chase
Commodore Norrington = Luke Castellan
Jack Sparrow = Nico di Angelo
Mr. Gibbs = Chiron
Captain Barbossa = Hades
William "Bootstrap" Turner = Poseidon
The two funny soldiers = Travis and Connor Stoll
The two funny pirates = TBD
Black Pearl pirates = Underworld warriors
The monkey = the monkey but its named after Nico
Port Royal sailors and soldiers = demigods of Camp Half Blood.
Other characters are still being determined. Plz review and chapter 2 will be up soon! =DDDDD
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