Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Pirates of the Caribbean peoples or the song 'Fighter' by Christina Aguilera.
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Summery: Deals with the issue of rape and abuse. River Conners has a horrid last week of her senior year at High School. That is before she ends up in the time of Pirates. (She's never seen or heard about the movie. Its a a/u where the movie was never invented.)
This story makes me think about the song Fighter by Christina Aguilera, by the end of the story you'll know why and all. I think the song fighter is a story that a lot of people can relate to on multiple different levels.
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The Black Pearl
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River held her books closer to her chest and fixed her glasses. They kept falling off today. Her long black hair was tied back into a bun, her semi long bangs hanging flatly in her face. Behind the black frames of her glasses were green eyes, eyes that once held hope and life...Until it happened, they were now dull and beaten. Here it was the last day of High School and she couldn't be happy, not after what Dustin had done. She had trusted him so much and he had taken advantage of her. She was going to be going to a great college- Tennessee University.
"Hey River! You ganna go to Mike's party t'night?" One of her friends called out to her before getting on the buss.
"Can't! Sorry." River called back sweeping her hair out of her face and behind her ears. She hadn't been going to any of the graduation partys, what if Dustin showed up to one? No she wouldn't take that chance.
Getting off the bus she said goodbye to the driver and started walking home. Thinking intently on the past weeks events. She had been going out with Dustin for a year, they had been on there way to the movies when he had this 'brilliant' idea to go into this 'haunted' house. She had followed him in thinking it was some kind of game. But it hadn't been Dustin had hit her and held her down mumbling none sense about waiting to long and River taking her damn time. She started shaking at the flashing memorize that had been haunting her night mares for days on end. Even when she wasn't even sleeping. She hadn't told anybody yet. It was to hard no matter how easy it sounded. She had even gone over the conversation with her parents in front of her mirror, but hadn't had the heart to tell them she had been raped. She was used merchandise as Dustin had put it when he but his belt back on and left her crying on the old house's dirty floor. She had been forced to walk home alone in the dark.
River didn't see the gutter she was walking towards before it was a bit to late. Her foot collided with the cold steal, she felt her voice scream before hitting the ground with a thud.
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"Thats it love." River tried to pull away from whom ever it was that was holding and talking to her. She hadn't opened her eyes yet, all she could think was that Dustin was trying to wake her up that night after it happened. "Come now, stop fighting." Her eye flittered open and realized she was in the arms of a man she had never seen before. He had dark eyes outlined in much darker...Makeup? She shook her head trying to wake up and clear her head. The man had black hair-some in dredlocks and most with different beads and the like. His goatee had two braids and his breath smelled of alcohol.
"Where 'am I?" River rubbed her head with her knuckles trying to get it to stop aching. The man grinned flashing gold teeth.
"Yer in the Caribbean love, the Black Pearl to be exact." The man saw your quizzical look. "Its a ship love." He explained. "Now... How 'bout you tell me who you are and what your doing here." She notice that his hands have long fingers that move around a lot.
"I'm River." She stated looking around what she now noticed to be a cabin of some sort. "And, I'm not at all positive on why I'm here. Or how I got here."
"And where, did you get those garments." He said looking over River's outfit. Which she had chosen to where black shorts and a green tank top. She had a silver locket around her neck, which her mother had given her empty, and a Celtic cross that her grandmother had given to her. She noticed that the man was dressed completely differently, waring tall boots, black pants, a billowy white shirt that quite honestly reminded her of all the pirate movies she had seen. Treasure Island for instance.
"I should be asking you the same question." She muttered looking at his clothing once again. "Who are you by the way?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow, and whats wrong with what I'm wearing?" She stifled a laugh as he narrowed his eyes. He rolled his eyes and went on. "Well River, You're going to be needing clothes to fit in if your going to stay." He paused to look around. "Tasmin! Anamarie." Captain Sparrow called out for two of his crew-mates. Soon a black woman wearing a close to identical outfit as Jacks came in the room followed by an other girl in pirate clothing who had honey hued eyes and redish color hair.
"I n-never said I was staying here! What did you do? Kidnap me?" River started shaking thinking about some of the other men in her life. They hadn't set such a good example, her father had beat her mother, and then there was Dustin. If this man had kidnaped her it was the last straw. Jack opened his mouth to make a comment. "Cause if you think I'm going to just sit around while being kidnaped I'll just jump off this boat."
"First, its a ship!" Jack's voice was rising. "Second I didn't kidnap anyone, you showed up on my ship in the middle of the deck." He paused to take a breath. "And third- go a head and jump off, you wont get far, were surrounded by miles of water. Now if you'll hold your toung Tasmin and Anamaire are going to get you some rightful clothing to ware." Jack walked out of the cabin, quite more like a swagger of a drunk man then a walk River noticed.
"You angered the captain, he's not like most pirates ye know. Not one for kidnaping. Likes to take and kills about all." Anamarie, River assumed, was trying to be comforting-it just seemed to make everything a bit worse.
"Take what you can, give nothing back." The red head smiled and pulled some odd bits of clothing from behind her and held them out. "I'm Tasmin-thats Anamarie." Tasmin tilted her head momentarily towards the black woman.
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I don't know if that was as good as it was in my head but ye all know what to do-Review! Lol yeah so tell me what you think. I thought this story would be a good one to write and if all goes right then it'll have a very drastic ending...
+Fighter+
Summery: Deals with the issue of rape and abuse. River Conners has a horrid last week of her senior year at High School. That is before she ends up in the time of Pirates. (She's never seen or heard about the movie. Its a a/u where the movie was never invented.)
This story makes me think about the song Fighter by Christina Aguilera, by the end of the story you'll know why and all. I think the song fighter is a story that a lot of people can relate to on multiple different levels.
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The Black Pearl
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River held her books closer to her chest and fixed her glasses. They kept falling off today. Her long black hair was tied back into a bun, her semi long bangs hanging flatly in her face. Behind the black frames of her glasses were green eyes, eyes that once held hope and life...Until it happened, they were now dull and beaten. Here it was the last day of High School and she couldn't be happy, not after what Dustin had done. She had trusted him so much and he had taken advantage of her. She was going to be going to a great college- Tennessee University.
"Hey River! You ganna go to Mike's party t'night?" One of her friends called out to her before getting on the buss.
"Can't! Sorry." River called back sweeping her hair out of her face and behind her ears. She hadn't been going to any of the graduation partys, what if Dustin showed up to one? No she wouldn't take that chance.
Getting off the bus she said goodbye to the driver and started walking home. Thinking intently on the past weeks events. She had been going out with Dustin for a year, they had been on there way to the movies when he had this 'brilliant' idea to go into this 'haunted' house. She had followed him in thinking it was some kind of game. But it hadn't been Dustin had hit her and held her down mumbling none sense about waiting to long and River taking her damn time. She started shaking at the flashing memorize that had been haunting her night mares for days on end. Even when she wasn't even sleeping. She hadn't told anybody yet. It was to hard no matter how easy it sounded. She had even gone over the conversation with her parents in front of her mirror, but hadn't had the heart to tell them she had been raped. She was used merchandise as Dustin had put it when he but his belt back on and left her crying on the old house's dirty floor. She had been forced to walk home alone in the dark.
River didn't see the gutter she was walking towards before it was a bit to late. Her foot collided with the cold steal, she felt her voice scream before hitting the ground with a thud.
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"Thats it love." River tried to pull away from whom ever it was that was holding and talking to her. She hadn't opened her eyes yet, all she could think was that Dustin was trying to wake her up that night after it happened. "Come now, stop fighting." Her eye flittered open and realized she was in the arms of a man she had never seen before. He had dark eyes outlined in much darker...Makeup? She shook her head trying to wake up and clear her head. The man had black hair-some in dredlocks and most with different beads and the like. His goatee had two braids and his breath smelled of alcohol.
"Where 'am I?" River rubbed her head with her knuckles trying to get it to stop aching. The man grinned flashing gold teeth.
"Yer in the Caribbean love, the Black Pearl to be exact." The man saw your quizzical look. "Its a ship love." He explained. "Now... How 'bout you tell me who you are and what your doing here." She notice that his hands have long fingers that move around a lot.
"I'm River." She stated looking around what she now noticed to be a cabin of some sort. "And, I'm not at all positive on why I'm here. Or how I got here."
"And where, did you get those garments." He said looking over River's outfit. Which she had chosen to where black shorts and a green tank top. She had a silver locket around her neck, which her mother had given her empty, and a Celtic cross that her grandmother had given to her. She noticed that the man was dressed completely differently, waring tall boots, black pants, a billowy white shirt that quite honestly reminded her of all the pirate movies she had seen. Treasure Island for instance.
"I should be asking you the same question." She muttered looking at his clothing once again. "Who are you by the way?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow, and whats wrong with what I'm wearing?" She stifled a laugh as he narrowed his eyes. He rolled his eyes and went on. "Well River, You're going to be needing clothes to fit in if your going to stay." He paused to look around. "Tasmin! Anamarie." Captain Sparrow called out for two of his crew-mates. Soon a black woman wearing a close to identical outfit as Jacks came in the room followed by an other girl in pirate clothing who had honey hued eyes and redish color hair.
"I n-never said I was staying here! What did you do? Kidnap me?" River started shaking thinking about some of the other men in her life. They hadn't set such a good example, her father had beat her mother, and then there was Dustin. If this man had kidnaped her it was the last straw. Jack opened his mouth to make a comment. "Cause if you think I'm going to just sit around while being kidnaped I'll just jump off this boat."
"First, its a ship!" Jack's voice was rising. "Second I didn't kidnap anyone, you showed up on my ship in the middle of the deck." He paused to take a breath. "And third- go a head and jump off, you wont get far, were surrounded by miles of water. Now if you'll hold your toung Tasmin and Anamaire are going to get you some rightful clothing to ware." Jack walked out of the cabin, quite more like a swagger of a drunk man then a walk River noticed.
"You angered the captain, he's not like most pirates ye know. Not one for kidnaping. Likes to take and kills about all." Anamarie, River assumed, was trying to be comforting-it just seemed to make everything a bit worse.
"Take what you can, give nothing back." The red head smiled and pulled some odd bits of clothing from behind her and held them out. "I'm Tasmin-thats Anamarie." Tasmin tilted her head momentarily towards the black woman.
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I don't know if that was as good as it was in my head but ye all know what to do-Review! Lol yeah so tell me what you think. I thought this story would be a good one to write and if all goes right then it'll have a very drastic ending...