A/N: Hello, my lovely readers, and welcome to my latest fanfic series! :D Obviously this is a Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic, and it'll have a Will/OC pairing because a) I love anything and everything Orlando Bloom ;D and b) I just don't like the Elizabeth/Will pairing very much. Don't get me wrong, the development of their relationship was alright, but...I just think Will could do a LOT better. :) And besides, there are too many Jack/OC fics out there. Let's change things up a bit, shall we? Lol.
But yeah. Updating schedule will still be as random as it was for the fourth book of The Changing Destinies series (for those of you who read it :D), as I'm still in school and have more work than I'd like to. -_- Expect a chapter update about every 2 or 3 days. I'm still finalizing some of the details for this fanfic, though, so it might be a bit slower starting off. I just felt like writing the prologue now. XD
Okay, I'll shut up now and stop rambling in the Author's Note. :3 Let's begin!
Hoist the Colors: Book One
Prologue
Unknown location, 1712
Yet another harsh, unforgiving wave broke in the shallows and slipped up over the sandy shore overlooked by a jagged rocky cliff. The sky was a dark, angry grey, with the wind ominously swirling around, causing the red, white, and blue flag protruding from the front of a large white house at the top of the cliff to flutter and snap wildly. The foreboding atmosphere did little to deter the young girl from continuing her walk along the beach, however. Her blonde hair blew freely around her childish face, and her small hazel eyes stared stared blankly down at her bare feet as she walked, the soft white linen of her dress dragging behind her in the sand as she went. As she plodded down the wet shoreline, she hummed an indiscernible tune quietly to herself, smiling a bit as she lifted her gaze to look at the long stretch of land ahead.
Just then, the girl abruptly stopped humming, and her brow creased in confusion as a glint of white caught her eye from several feet away. She broke into a light run, splashing sticky sand and water up on her ankles as waves continued to roughly wash over the shore. She stopped just as she reached the white object, bending down to pull it out of the sand and holding it in pale cupped hands. It was a necklace with a teardrop-shaped pure white stone, dangling from a length of of thin but strong leather cord. The girl stared at it for it curiously as she wiped bits of sand off of the necklace's charm, wondering why it had washed up on her beach, and where it had come from. Had someone thrown it out? Who would ever throw out such a simple, but pretty piece of jewelry?
The girl was startled out of her thoughts when she heard a familiar voice call her name from far above. It was her mother. "Come back to the house, dear! A storm's coming!"
"Yes, mother!" she shouted back up to the clifftop before glancing out at the horizon. Sure enough, she could spot brief flashes of lighting far out into the open sea, and knew that rain would arrive any minute now. Being the obedient little girl that she was, she quickly slipped the necklace into the pocket of her dress and ran back the way she'd came, towards the trail that led from the beach all the way up to the house's backyard in a gentle slope. After all, a storm was coming. Best not to get caught in it.
A/N: I know it's short, but it's only a prologue. :) I'm about halfway through writing the first chapter, so that'll be up shortly. ^^ Until next time! *waves* Don't forget to review!
Erin