Author's note: OK, I've been away for a while. Sorry, I've kind of abandoned my other fics. This is a new one, set about a year post-AWE (I hadn't seen AWE yet when I started writing this, though). It's written on the - correct - assumption that Lizzie had gone off to marry Will and Jack had sailed into the distance, à la CotBP. This is the way I write, I tend not to speculate about what happens, main plot-wise, I just leave out details. It works for me. Anyway, hope you like it. Don't forget to review.
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Choice & Consequence, by Who-Wouldn't-Waver-With-You
Chapter 1: Tortuga
It was a warm Caribbean night and a ship was coming into port at Tortuga. On the deck of this ship two people were talking.
"Right, you know the drill," Captain Jack Sparrow addressed his first mate, "Stand guard, don't let anyone on the ship except me."
"Aye aye, Cap'n," Joshamee Gibbs answered, "Mind yeh don't get into too much trouble."
"Hey, mate. What kind of trouble is too much for Captain Jack Sparrow, eh?" Jack replied with a grin, spreading his arms in a confident gesture.
"I'm thinkin' Davy Jones, Cap'n,"
Really? I was thinking more along the lines of Miss Elizabeth Swann, Jack thought.
"Ah, yes, but they're both out of the picture now, aren't they?"
"Eh?" said Gibbs, confused.
"See you later, mate!" Jack walked down the gangway and off the ship, leaving Gibbs looking befuddled in his "Gibbs-befuddled" way.
In a crowded bar not far away an exotic dancer was entertaining a large group of spectators. She had long, black hair and a figure that had her onlookers enraptured. She finished a dance and during the, for want of a better word, applause that followed she saw a familiar hat bobbing through the crowd. As the musicians behind her struck up for the next song she stepped down from her platform and danced among the audience. Amid the shouts of the excited crowd she approached the figure she had singled out a moment earlier. His back was turned to her but she leant close and spoke in his ear.
"Captain Sparrow?"
The man glanced at her for a second.
"Not now, love,"
"Jack!"
Jack Sparrow turned and looked at the woman.
"Elizabeth?"
OK, so this is more of a teaser trailer than a chapter, but hey. Don't forget to review! You don't need to be signed in, just leave your email address or let me know your FanFiction PenName or whatever so I can reply.
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