Pirates of the Caribbean: Extinction of A Legacy
Author's Note: This is a first for me… ^^ well first fic about the POTC… but just so you know… it will also be my last. I prefer the POTC the way it is… I'm just writing this one because of one teeny tiny flaw… Jack's woman-less… not that I wouldn't want the scalawag for meself… I guess you can say I'm just a hopeless romantic… something about everyone having someone to love.
Summary: Commodore Joseph Norrington has a half sister living somewhere off the coast of the Bahamas with his father's mistress. She holds a wanted map to a secret Aztec treasure. With an old friend-turned-enemy chasing after her, and the POTC crew willing to help her, will she find the treasure and walk away safely, or will she fall trapped in Jack Sparrow's charm?
Parings: JM, NA, WE Warning: IT IS A VERY LENGTHY STORY
Disclaimer's Note: I do not own the Pirates of the Caribbean. The only character I own is Marion Norrington and the unrecognizable characters. ^^ Although I wouldn't mind owning the Disney Studio… THEN I would the Pirates of the Caribbean…
Random thought: If reindeer can fly, why can't pigs?
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Chapter I. Captain Isaac Norrington and Rebecca the gypsy
Marion Norrington wasn't one to dote on the past; however, there were a few cases on which she tended to drift to. She often considered her life and the 'what ifs' that would undoubtedly be close by. Her mother was a beautiful gypsy, and her family traveled from country to country by merchant ships. The great thing about being a gypsy, was the freedom that came with the title. Being a gypsy meant that you had no past to trouble you of, and you always went forward to your future. Whether your future was bad or good, only fate would decide.
Marion loved her mother dearly, from her wavy ebony tresses to her sparkling personality. There was naught about the woman Marion did not love, except of course, the name she had taken.
Her mother's given name was Taina- of course she had no last name, being a woman who had run from her past. Marion loved that name, it was special, out of the ordinary. But after Taina had fallen for a British sailor, she only thought of the life she wanted with that man. The man was already married, of course, but Marion's mother could care less. Taina loved the Captain and apparently, the man reciprocated her love.
Captain Isaac Norrington was a respected man in all of Britain. He had been forced to a marriage at an early age, thus ending up in a loveless relationship. He had worked his way up in the British Navy, working all day and all night just to keep from going home.
It was funny how things worked in British society. People were forced into marriages to keep bloodlines 'pure'. They also needed heirs with pure bloodlines, so there was no such thing as a loving home in a situation such as thus.
Captain Norrington had been assigned to a special case, to search the nearby Isles under the British protection for runaways and pirates. He had met Taina on a small island, which the natives had named as La Isla del amor or the 'Isle of love'. Maybe it had been the isle itself making its course on the couple, or maybe it was the voyage that made the Captain vulnerable to Taina's exotic beauty. Whatever the case was, a few months later, Taina was expecting.
Captain Norrington proclaimed his love publicly, not caring of the consequences. Taina had converted into Christianity and took the name Rebecca as her Christian name. Soon after, they were wed. Norrington had every intention of bringing Rebecca to Port Royale, but she would have nothing of it. Taina may have been a gypsy, but she knew of society and how they worked. She and her baby would be considered outcasts and a disgrace to the British, so she stayed in Isla del amor while Norrington informed only his family of his actions.
Joseph, the Captain's son was not older than 10 when he learnt of his father's treachery against his mother. He secretly hated the infant halfway across the world, knowing it would be the reason for the impending doom of his parent's marriage. He had vowed to keep his parents together, sadly, his efforts were in vain. Soon after, his mother died of unknown reasons. At first Joseph suspected that his father had poisoned her, but the doctors had informed them that she died of pneumonia.
Captain Norrington would travel every three months to Isla del amor to visit his now legal family. Marion also loved her father deeply. She loved the way he would make her mother's eyes light up no matter what. She loved the reaction her mother would get when her father would surprise her with gifts. But the one thing she despised was imaging her own brother. She had no idea what Joseph looked like, how he acted and what his favorite foods were.
Neither could she imagine how deep his hatred for her ran, until her eighteenth birthday. Marion and Rebecca were taken to Port Royale to finally meet Joseph. There were to be two celebrations on one day- her birthday and her half brother's promotion.
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Author's Note: Unlikely place to end a chapter… but I can't help it… it's in me blood to be cruel! ^^ Well, it is the first chapter of MAROONED… Tell me if you like the idea so far. Flame me if you want, but it has to be reasonable… you can't just write some random comment on how bad it is without backing it up… I mean, what is the point of flaming if you won't give an explanation… that's like saying you don't like the letter M just because. You'd actually have to give a backup to it… like, you don't like the letter M because it would look better if it were a W… v_v don't mind me… I've had a bit too much sugar.