Drabbles
Two little drabbles from Pirate of the Caribbean. I'm assuming Jack/OC, but she doesn't have a name yet.
First one is from the first movie, with dear Lizzie on board the Pearl, seeing skeletons for the first time...
Second is at the end of the third movie with Jack and his lovely little dinghy...
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Barbossa smirked, "For too long I've been parched with thirst and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and haven't died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea, nor the warmth of a woman's flesh." He walked out of the cabin into the moonlight and before her eyes turned into a grotesque skeleton.
"You best start believing in ghost stories now Miss Turner. You're in one!" he said as he poured his glass of wine right through his mouth, as it dribbled right over his skeletal ribs. He walked away laughing, the crew laughing with him. " What are ye looking at? Get back to work!"
Elizabeth stared after him, scared nearly senseless. She jumped when she heard an accented, melodic, and distinctly feminine voice behind her.
"Ye should be careful around here." A slender form cautioned from the shadows of the stairway. Because of said shadows, Elizabeth couldn't make anymore of the form except that it was, indeed a woman.
"Who are you? Are you cursed too?" the governor's daughter questioned.
"Nay, I took no part of that treasure," The figure responded.
"Then why do you hide in the shadows?" Elizabeth asked.
"Because being a skeleton is not the only curse we have on this here ship." At Elizabeth's questioning glance the woman stepped out of the shadows a bit and continued, "This ship, the Black Pearl, has her own curse. Whether ye're crew or just a visitor on board," At this she looked pointedly at Elizabeth. "the full moon shows ye for what ye truly are, be it human,"Another pointed look. "a cursed pirate, or... something else."
She had stepped from the shadows enough that Elizabeth could make out some of her features. The woman was built slender and muscular, and looked fit for working on a ship. Her pale gold hair looked nearly white in the full moon's light. But Elizabeth had to admit that her eyes were the most striking part of her. They were constantly changing colors, all vibrant and bright in the moon's rays. Her powerful and deceptively dainty hand tracing a carving on the wall. On that hand was a dark ring on her middle finger. The ring was silver, with dark, black gold inscription on the band. Elizabeth could not read the inscription, as it was too far away, and it looked like it was in another language. But in the middle of the ring was a black pearl, fitting for a member of the crew of this particular ship, but it was so perfect in it's shape and color. Not a blemish was to be seen...
Elizabeth Swann was pulled from her reverie by the woman speaking again, "Ye'd best keep ye're wits about ye, Miss Swann... Here there be monsters."
At that, she walked away and as Elizabeth voiced yet more questions, " How did you know my... What did you ...?" she saw the woman's retreating back was oddly formed. As she crossed into the moonlight, Elizabeth caught a glimpse of two golden wings, majestically sprouting from the woman's back, the exact color of her hair.
Her haunting voice floated back to Elizabeth as she stood there in stunned silence, "Ye've been warned, Elizabeth Swann..."
And with that, a pale gold hawk flapped it's wings, flew up to the captain, snatched the feathered hat from his head and flew off, leaving the ship with the curses of its undead crew and one shocked-silent woman.
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Okay, so that is that. Turned out better on screen than in my head. Next one coming up soon...
