Pirates Heart for Me

Takes place after AWE and is looked at from both Jack and Elizabeth's perspectives. I do not own any Disney characters.

Ch 1

Elizabeth stood on the beach of the island. Now, as she stood alone on the shore and watched her new husband sail away from her, the waves gently lapping over her feet, she understood why Jack called such a place a "spit of land." The island really was just that. Despite the beauty of the lush green plants at her back and the soft, white sand at her feet, she couldn't help staring and longing for the clear blue waves before her.

Elizabeth shook her head and turned her back on the beautiful sea. She was faced with the chest, the chest that held the still beating heart of her husband. "Captain of the flying Dutchman..." she whispered as she stared down at it. Tears began welling up in her eyes. It all seemed so unfair. She loved Will. She had since she was little and first met him that fateful day when they pulled him from the water. She loved him for his bravery, for his gentleman like nature, for his honest heart. Yet, no matter how much she told herself that she loved him, something nagged at her. Something had kept her from uttering those three simple words to her husband Will. She never told him that she loved him. Something held her back every time.

She choked out a sob and decided it wasn't worth holding back any longer. She fell to the sand in front of the chest and cried. She cried for the feelings she had, so mysterious. Sadness for the loss of Norrington and her father. She cried for the loneliness that threatened to already overwhelm her and she cried for the loss of her husband and friend. Her cries were accompanied by anguished shouts and screams. She screamed at that nagging feeling, the feeling that gave birth to another... regret.

Her head snapped up suddenly, realization hitting her in the gut. She regretted something, something that it was far too late to change. Something she would be bound to, regret or no, for 10 long years. Her marriage to one William Turner. And she was certain of who made her regret it.

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Captain Jack Sparrow hummed to himself as he took a swig of rum and took another glance down at the chart piece in front of him. A smirk appeared on his handsome face, a gold tooth peeking out from behind his lip, glinting in the sunlight. He was a clever one and he knew it. To snatch the chart from right under Barbossa's nose was just one of an infinite list of his cunning deeds but it made it no less impressive a feat. Jack knew that, although his nemesis had gotten away with his ship, the Black Pearl, once again, the older pirate was utterly lost without the chart piece that he possessed.

"Really bad eggs..." Jack chuckled and drank again from his rum bottle. "Drink up me hearties yo ho!" He tilted his face back to soak up the sun and feeling of accomplishment as the seas gentle waves rocked his small boat. The smile slowly began to droop as his mind began to run free. The Pearl was not all he had lost this day. The ship wasn't the only thing that had been snatched away from him. And it hadn't been Barbossa who had stolen it away from him.

Jack grunted and sat up quickly, looking around for something to busy himself with. He stood up, surveying the water around him. An idea seemed to jump to mind and, the smile returning, he reached to his sash and produced a small compass. He flipped open the top and looked expectantly down at the needle. It spun directionless for a moment before stopping. Jack looked in the direction it pointed. He cocked his head to the side and frowned. He shook the thing a bit and looked at it. The needle hadn't been disturbed. "Oh bugger..." he muttered to himself as he sat down on the small seat beneath him. "This just messes up all me plans."

This is my first fanfic so let me know what you think. I actually have a lot of chapters already done. They get longer, I promise. This is just a little taste, a little test to see how people respond. Reviews are much appreciated and encouraged.