Pirates of the Caribbean 2kinda
- Depp's Girl
Alright, we all know the story of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), the love between Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann (Kiera Knightley), and the adventure they had in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, but what would happen if Jack had returned to Port Royal and taken Will and Elizabeth on as members of his crew? What if Jack reunited with his long-lost girlfriend? That story unfolds here, in my "sequel," if you will, to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. . .
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The Black Pearl, under the command of Captain Jack Sparrow, was sailing for the Isla de Muerta with a hull full of treasure. Jack and Will were up in the rigging chatting, away from everyone else. The sun was out and the beautiful sky was clear. Suddenly, the calm was broken when Jack's second mate Anamaria yelled out from her place at the ship's helm.
"Jack! Ship dead ahead!" Jack looked out to sea and spotted a ship on the horizon.
"Will I'm afraid this conversation will have to be continued momentarily." Jack said, turning to his good friend, Will Turner. Jack grabbed a nearby rope and swung down to the deck below, Will following closely behind on another rope. Once they reached the deck, Jack started off towards the helm and Anamaria.
"She's coming straight for us!" Anamaria exclaimed to Jack as he climbed up the stairs to stand beside her. He searched the area around him on deck.
"Where's my spyglass?" Jack asked, more to himself than Anamaria. Ana heard him and handed Jack hers. Jack took the telescope from his second mate and headed for the bow for a closer look. The ship by this time had become rather noisy and had drawn Elizabeth Swann from her cabin below deck.
"What's going on?" Elizabeth asked, walking over to Will who was standing at the railing, looking out to sea.
"There's another ship off the bow." Will replied, pointing to the shape that was drawing closer to the Pearl. Up at the bow, Jack looked through the telescope and got a bit of a surprise when he saw the approaching ship.
"Oh my God! It be the Midnight Phantom!" Jack exclaimed to no one in particular. Will, who was standing relatively close to Jack, heard him.
"Is she friend or foe?" Will inquired, walking up to Jack. Jack turned to his friend.
"Friend. Pirate vessel. My girlfriend, Isabella is captain of that ship." Then, more to himself than to Will, "I haven't seen her in ages." Anamaria looked out to sea at the ship that had by that time almost pulled parallel to the Pearl and yelled to Jack.
"Captain! That ship is coming at us on our starboard side! Should I make ready the cannons?" She had a worried look in her eyes by this time, not sure if she should get the crew ready for battle.
"No need. That is not the enemy." Jack called. He then made his way back to Anamaria, and, taking the helm, handed her telescope back. "Look." Anamaria looked through the telescope at the ship and saw the Jolly Roger waving in the afternoon breeze. Jack yelled down to the crew on deck.
"Raise up the Jolly Roger before they mistake us for a merchant ship and blast the beejesus out of us!" A few crewmen hoisted up the pirate flag onto the mast. The Midnight Phantom pulled up along side the Black Pearl. A beautiful woman stood on the deck, her long black hair in two French braids, her emerald green eyes sparkling as the sun caught them at just the right angle. She was dressed in a canvas-color shirt and long blue pants and black boots. A sword was at her waist as well as a pistol. Jack called down to the crew below to drop anchor. The female pirate heard Jack's voice over the water and called to her crew to drop anchor as well. Both ships came to a halt parallel to one another. Then, the beautiful woman aboard the Midnight Phantom jumped up onto a railing and called out over the water.
"Jack?! Can that be you?" She struggled for a look at the man who stood at the Pearl's helm. Jack turned the helm over to Anamaria and walked down the stairs and hopped up onto a railing facing the Phantom and called back.
"Indeed my fair Isabella, it is." He made a sweeping bow to Isabella and then looked up with a grin. Isabella grabbed a rope and, seeing as the two ships were only about three feet apart, swung aboard the Pearl.
"Oh my god! It really is you! Jack!" She threw her arms around Jack's neck and his arms wrapped tight around her slim waist. "It's been to long." Jack inhaled the scent of jasmine and lavender in her hair and sighed, eyes closed.
"I know it, love." Will, by this time, had wandered over to the two pirates and managed to get up the courage to address Isabella directly.
"So, you're the infamous Captain Isabella von Tassel, I assume?" He inquired. He was more in awe than in fear. Isabella let go of Jack's neck upon hearing Will's voice and stepped to the side, so that Will could get a good look at the woman standing before him.
"The one and only." she replied with a smile, showing off her perfect white teeth. "And, you are. . . . .?"
"Will Turner." Will replied, bowing to the pirate captain. Upon hearing the name 'Turner,' Isabella gasped, and looked at Will with wide eyes.
"Yer ol' Bootstrap Bill Turner's son? I thought Barbossa had ye killed off so 'e could lift that curse that was on 'im and 'is crew."
"Tried to, is more what 'e did." Jack corrected.
"I see success was a bit of a failure on 'is part." Isabella concluded, looking Will over from head to toe.
"And you," she said, turning to face Jack once more "got yer ship back I see." Jack smiled with a bit of a far-off look in his eyes as he thought back to the day he got the Pearl back.
"Yea, I did. An' I'm so happy to be 'er captain again." he replied. A moment of silence, then Isabella spoke.
"So, where are ye off to?"
"The Isla de Muerta." Jack replied, snapping out of his daze-like state. That's when Elizabeth walked past on her way to her cabin. Isabella spotted her immediately. She had no idea who she was or what she was doing on her boyfriend's ship, but she was going to find out.
"Who's she?" Isabella asked Jack, nodding toward Elizabeth. Jack began acting a bit fidgety with nerves. He wasn't expecting Isabella to see Elizabeth until he had gotten the opportunity to explain everything.
"Oh, no one." He replied, looking anywhere that wasn't in Isabella's direction. Isabella instantly suspected something.
"Jack! Is there something ye'd like to tell me?!" She yelled. She raised her arm, as if to slap him.
"What's with all this abuse? I don't deserve this! She really is no one important! Honestly!" Jack replied, recoiling from the angry pirate before him. That's when Will stepped in.
"Captain Isabella, she's Elizabeth Swann, my girlfriend." Will explained. Isabella's arm fell to her side and Jack relaxed.
"Swann?" Isabella said the name to herself. "Swann. . . . Where 'ave I 'eard that name before. . .?" Elizabeth by this time had walked over and stood beside Will.
"My father is governor of Port Royal." Elizabeth replied.
"Ah yes, Port Royal. 'aven't been there in ages what seems." Isabella said, smiling with a far-off look in her green eyes. "How is it that a fair, wealthy lass such as yerself, got on board a ship like this and fell in love with a pirate?" She inquired of the woman standing before her.
"Long story." Will, Jack, and Elizabeth all replied together. Isabella began laughing.
"Clearly I've been away to long! I've missed everything!" Will turned to Jack and spoke in a low tone. "Apparently the ladies have a likeness for slapping you, Jack." Will said, looking sideways at Isabella.
"I think they're all out to get me." Jack replied with a nod. Isabella overheard the conversation and stepped in.
"I wasn't going to slap ye, Jack. Only threaten ye."
"After past experiences, I don't believe that to be true." Jack said, turning to face Isabella. Isabella rolled her eyes as a silence fell over the ship, so only the sound of the wind could be heard.
"Shall we return to my ship and 'ave somethin' t' eat, Jack?" Isabella asked, breaking the long silence.
"As long as ye don't still think I don't love ye." Jack responded.
"A misunderstanding m'dear. Nothing to worry about." Isabella reassured Jack as she put an arm around his waist.
"Bring out the plank!" she yelled across the water to her crew. As the crew departed in search of the plank, Isabella turned to Will and Elizabeth. "Join us?"
The plank was found and was pushed out from the Midnight Phantom over to the Black Pearl. Jack, Isabella, Will, and Elizabeth stepped up on the railing of the Pearl and crossed to the Phantom. Once on board her ship again, Isabella began barking orders to her crew.
"A feast is to be prepared in honor of Captain Jack Sparrow's good health and Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann's happiness in their unity! Prepare it now!" Isabella yelled.
"But we're not……" Will and Elizabeth replied, trying to correct Isabella, but it was to late. She and Jack were already moving towards the dining room, so they gave up and followed. The crew ran for the galley below deck upon hearing the order. The Midnight Phantom was quite a bit larger than the Black Pearl, but could match the Pearl's speed easily. Will and Elizabeth promenaded together as they explored the larger ship. Jack and Isabella walked together in the opposite direction, and caught up with each other as they walked the decks.
"So, Isabella. How is it that ye got out here? I didn't think ye sailed these waters." Jack said, turning to his beautiful girlfriend.
"I don't, usually." Isabella agreed. She looked out to sea with a far-off look in her eyes. "But somethin' told me that the rumors I 'ad 'eard weren't true." That got Jack's attention.
"What rumors?" he asked, wanting to know what had been said to Isabella regarding him. Isabella turned back to Jack, the far-off look gone.
"That ye were dead." she replied. She turned her attention once more to the sea. The sun disappeared below the horizon, the sky painted orange, purple, yellow, pink, and red. "I knew in me 'eart that ye were still alive, an' if I ever wanted t' see ye again, I would 'ave t' find ye."
"Well, ye did a great job of that." Jack replied, smiling. He wrapped an arm around her slim waist and pulled her into him. Instinctively, Isabella rested her head on Jack's shoulder.
"I figured ye'd be around 'ere somewhere. An' if I didn't find ye on the water, I'd go to the Isla de Muerta and wait for ye." Isabella explained, head still on Jack's shoulder. Hearing about the Isla de Muerta caught Jack's attention.
"You still remember how to get there?" he asked in amazement. It had been years since they had sailed there together and Jack thought Isabella had forgotten.
"Of course." Isabella replied. "That's knowledge ye never forget." A crew member came on deck and called that dinner was ready and awaited them in the dining room. Isabella lifted her head from Jack's shoulder and stared up into his eyes for a moment. Those dark, enchanting brown eyes that she had missed for so many years. Jack looked back into her equally beautiful emerald-like green eyes and then spoke.
"Shall we?"
"Lets." Isabella replied, accepting Jack's arm with a smile. The two pirate captains turned to join Will and Elizabeth as they headed for Isabella's huge dining room.
Over dinner, they all talked about Jack and Isabella's relationship, Will and Elizabeth's relationship, and even about Jack's escape from the noose at Port Royal just a few months earlier.
"I can't believe that ye were almost hung. That must've been awful." Isabella told Jack who sat across from her, eyes wide with shock.
"Not really." Jack replied through a forkful of salad. "I figured I would die a heroic death." he swallowed the salad and continued. "Heroic, at least, in the eyes of any respectable pirate, and in anyone else's eyes who saw me as such."
"But had ye died, I would never 'ave seen ye again." Isabella reminded him.
"It had been so long, I thought ye might 'ave found someone else, or 'ad just forgotten about me entirely." Jack replied, a small look of sadness in his eyes as he said it.
"Well both thoughts are wrong. I've been thinkin' of ye night and day ever since we were separated." Isabella reassured Jack with a bit of a smile. Jack returned the smile and then his tone changed to a more excited one.
"It was a very interesting escape, let me tell ye. Right Will? Miss Swann?"
"You can call me Elizabeth, Jack, and yes, it was very eventful." Elizabeth replied from Isabella's left. Will nodded in agreement as he munched on a turkey leg.
"Enjoyin' dinner?" Isabella asked, changing the subject momentarily. Everyone nodded, mouths to full to speak.
"Good. I would 'ave prepared dinner meself, but since this all happened so suddenly, I never thought t' cook for guests." Isabella said as she ate a forkful of mashed potatoes.
"Well, if we sail together, ye'll 'ave plenty more opportunities t' do so." Jack reminded Isabella. She looked up from her food when he said that.
"Like me sail under yer colors, or vice versa?" Isabella asked.
"Exactly." Jack's tone instantly became very dramatic and as he pointed a turkey leg inches from Isabella's nose, he asked, "What say you?"
"Aye!" Isabella responded just as dramatically as Jack as she tried nor to break into a fit of hysterics as she stared cross-eyed at the turkey leg.
"Excellent!" Jack exclaimed, just as dramatic as ever. Then his voice changed to a questioning tone rather quickly. "So, who's sailing under who?" With that, Will, Isabella and Elizabeth all broke out laughing. Isabella was laughing so hard, she nearly fell out of her chair.
"What? I'm serious!" Jack said, wondering why they wouldn't believe him.
"We know, it was just funny how you put it." Will replied, still laughing.
"Well, I don't mind taking down my colors and raising yours, so I guess I'll sail under you, like I use to." Isabella concluded, laugher still in her voice as she spooned soup into her mouth.
"Use to?" Elizabeth asked, as she looked over at Isabella. Isabella nodded as she swallowed, then began the long explanation.
"Before we were separated ten years ago when Barbossa left Jack t' die on that island, he wasn't just Captain Jack Sparrow of the Black Pearl, he was Commodore Jack Sparrow. Commodore of the fleet we 'ad that is. We 'ad five ships in all, the Black Pearl, the Midnight Phantom, the Black Rose, the Atlantis, and the Moonlight Sonata. All were incredible ships, extremely fast and agile for their size. Of course, the pride of the fleet was the Pearl and the flagship was the Phantom, but the other three ships were all loaded with very powerful cannons. The Black Rose, was the ship every foe of ours wanted t' capture, because although it wasn't the pride of the fleet, it was the treasure ship. It's holds were always burstin' with gold and other loot as we sailed for the Isla de Muerta to dump it." She stared off into space.
"The most feared pirates in the Caribbean, that's who we were." she said, snapping back to reality with a smile. "And apparently we still are, from what I've heard in the ports I've visited."
"What happened to the other three ships?" Will asked as Isabella took a drink of her red wine.
"Well, after Barbossa marooned Jack, 'e decided 'e didn't want them anymore, so 'e decided t' sink them, with the crew locked in the brigs. It was horrible to watch, but I saw it all. I can still hear the screams of the men sometimes in me head at night." Isabella explained, cringing at the memory. "'e would 'ave destroyed the Phantom as well, but she got away. Me crew refused to pledge loyalty or service to anyone but myself or Jack…" she smiled at Jack, who smiled back. "…so while the other three ships were being destroyed, she lifted anchor and sailed out behind Barbossa's back, t' the safety of Tortuga where Jack and I lived together before Barbossa came along. That's why Barbossa never found it."
"What happened t' ye once Barbossa had gotten rid of me?" Jack asked, taking a sip of rum. (author: how typical of Jack)
"Well, first 'e tried t' make me 'is wife, but of course I pledged my allegiance, loyalty, and heart t' ye, so 'e couldn't do a damn thing about that. When he gave up with that, 'e set me t' work cleaning the brig, swabbing the deck and fixin' the Main Royal Yard sails at the very top of the main mast. O'course, this was the job that every other pirate wouldn't do since it was up so high, and I didn't like the idea either, but when I was up there, I was away from 'im and I would keep an eye out for the Phantom in case she returned to re-claim her captain." Isabella replied. She looked down at her clean plate and then spoke, rather quietly. "I always hated 'aving t' go back down." Everyone grew silent, and Will said what was on everyone's mind.
"Why?"
"Simple." Isabella replied, looking into Will's eyes as she said it. Then she looked into the other two's eyes. "Since I refused to be his wife, slacked off in my work, and spoke constantly of Jack, he took a strong-handled whip to my back, even when I did what he asked plus extra. I still have the scars." With that, she stood from her place, turned around, and lifted her shirt, giving everyone a view of her scarred back.
"Oh my God." Jack's voice was barely above a whisper. He reached out and touched his beloved girlfriend's back. Isabella flinched slightly as Jack's rough fingers grazed the scars, as if the gesture hurt her. Jack quickly pulled away. "Sorry love, didn't mean to hurt ye."
"It's alright. It actually didn't hurt. I only have the memory of what it felt like when someone touched the fresh lash marks, so me mind was expectin' me t' feel pain although I didn't. The only reason I remember that is because there were some crew members who had pity for me, and they put aloe lotion on the lash marks to help them heal. Every time they touched me back though, the rough texture of their hands on the cuts stung intensely, so I would always flinch away and cry out in pain." Isabella explained as she peered over her shoulder.
"That's awful. I'm so sorry that happened." Elizabeth said sympathetically as she studied Isabella's back. "And clearly it happened more than once."
"It did, and I'm sorry it happened too. I'll be scarred for life, I know it. These were deep lacerations, since 'e would hit me in the same area three or four times, re-opening the previous wounds and makin' 'em deeper. Then 'e would move onto a different spot on me back and repeat the process until my back was terribly beaten and bled with almost every movement I made. It got to a point where I strung my hammock up on the Royal Yard spar and I stayed up there and knew 'e wouldn't come after me because of the height. I stayed there for about two weeks, then came down. He didn't touch me, thankfully." Isabella replied, lowering her shirt again. She took her seat and avoided Jack's eyes as he spoke again.
"How'd ye manage t' escape 'im and return t' the Phantom?"
"Well, we were at the Isla de Muerta dumping treasure. I saw the Phantom on the other side of the island when I was in the Royal Yard as we sailed into the cove, so I went into the caves and snuck out t' the ship. When my crew saw me, they welcomed me with open arms and we sailed away almost immediately. I took command again and we returned t' Tortuga for four years, not sailin' or leavin' the island. When we finally did leave, I traveled t' Port Royal and stayed there a while, actin' as a merchant. That's when I started hearing rumors about ye, Jack. That ye 'ad gotten off the island and 'ad managed t' find the Pearl again and that Barbossa had taken you captive, in a way. Then I heard that he killed you and was lookin' fer me, so I fled back to Tortuga." Isabella finished her lengthy explanation.
"I see." was Jack's only response. Silence fell over the room and after about a minute or so, Elizabeth broke the silence.
"So you were in Port Royal not to long ago?"
"Only a few months ago, yea." Isabella said, looking diagonally across the table at Elizabeth.
"Then you must have heard that Jack was in Port Royal." Elizabeth concluded. Isabella's eyebrows raised in surprise upon hearing that.
"No, I never 'eard that." she replied in shock.
"Well, I was. That was when I was in search of a ship, ended up rescuin' Elizabeth from drownin', got thrown in jail for being, well, me, escaped thanks to Will, and commandeered a ship of the British Royal Navy." Jack put in. Isabella turned to face him, surprised, yet suspicious on account of Jack's history of telling tales.
"You commandeered a ship of the BRN?" Isabella asked, not sure if she should believe the story.
"This is a surprise to you? Knowing me?" Jack replied with a slight smile. Isabella chuckled upon hearing that.
"Well, no, I guess it's not. It's just crazy because I saw two figures climb up the back of a navy ship, have Navy officers swarm on board and search the ship while the two figures swung aboard another ship anchored next to it and sail off." Isabella replied, smiling at the strange memory. Jack's eyes widened.
"Are ye serious?" "Yeah." Isabella said, still laughing to herself. Jack looked across the table to
Will, who met his eyes and laughed with him. Isabella was very confused by this point and figured she needed to find out what was going on.
"What's so funny?" she asked, looking from Will to Jack, then back to Will, then back to Jack.
"Those two figures you saw on the back of that ship were us!" Will exclaimed, still laughing with Jack.
"Are you serious?!" Isabella couldn't believe her ears.
"Yes! That was us commandeering the Interceptor, the fastest ship in the BRN." Jack replied, still laughing.
"Oh my God! We were that close t' each other an' didn't even know it!" Isabella realized.
"I was on the island a few days. I'm amazed I never saw ye." Jack told Isabella once he stopped laughing. Isabella still couldn't believe what she had just heard.
"I know! Had I known ye were on the island, I would have come lookin' fer ye!" Isabella exclaimed. Out on the main deck of the Phantom a bell sounded.
"That can't be the time!" Isabella said upon hearing the bell. She looked over at a clock above the mantle of the fireplace. "Wow, it's midnight already. We had best weigh anchor and continue on t' the Isla de Muerta. We'll be sittin' ducks out 'ere t' other pirates, or the BRN possibly, if we stay anchored all night."
"Good idea. Will? Elizabeth? I think we should head back t' the Pearl." Jack agreed.
"As do I. Thank you very much for this hospitality, Captain Isabella." Will replied, looking to Isabella.
"Yes, thank you. Dinner was incredible." Elizabeth put in.
"Yer most welcome." Isabella replied with a bow of her head. The four of them strolled out onto the deck. It was dimly lit with small oil lanterns and the stars were clearly visible against the dark sky. Will and Elizabeth headed across the plank that connected the two ships. Jack hung back a while so he could say good-night to Isabella.
"So, how far are ye gonna sail with us?" Jack asked as he put his arm round Isabella's waist once more and drew her into him.
"Jack, I'd follow ye t' the ends of the earth. Ye know that." Isabella responded, head resting on his shoulder. The anchors of both ships were weighed and they began sailing forth into the night.
Jack felt the Phantom begin to move underneath him and took that as his cue to return to his ship.
"Well, I best get back t' the Pearl. I'll see ye in the mornin'?" Jack said, heading for the railing.
"If ye stay up, ye'll see me all night up in the riggin' or on the quarter deck. Isabella informed him, moving with him, not wanting him to go.
"I'll be up. G' night, love." Jack reassured her.
"G' night Jack." Isabella replied. They kissed for a good 5-8 seconds before Jack strolled the last few feet over to the railing. He jumped up onto it, grabbed a nearby rope and, seeing as the Pearl was only 4 feet away, swung on board the Pearl.
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Author's Note: Ok, this story is a bit more conversational than story, but that's only because it was originally written in script format. But since this website doesn't allow scripts, I'm having to change the format, so bear with me! I hope you like this story anyway! Reviews are always welcome! - Depp's Girl