Disclaimer! I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean! I only own my OC Rebecca Swann!
Being the younger sister of Elizabeth Swann had always has its perks. Whether it was about men or about properness, I believe I always had the better end of it all. My name is Rebecca Swann. My sister and I have always had a special relationship being that when we were both very young our mother died, so we basically raised our selves when it came to the more feminine issues. Our most exciting adventure however started on our family's crossing from England, when Elizabeth was 12 and I was 10…..
The two of us were on the deck of the H.M.S Dauntless, I was sitting on a barrel and Elizabeth was standing. She was singing me a song about pirates. We both enjoyed the scary tales of pirates and how entertaining they were considering how boring our life was. As she was singing a young sailor came up behind her grabbing her shoulder
"Quite Missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters! Ya don't wanna bring them down on us do ya?!" he whispered startling us both.
"Mr. Gibbs that'll do!"' spoke the husky voice of the young Lt. James Norrington
"she was singin' about pirates! Bad luck to be singin 'bout pirates with us marred in this unnatural fog, mark me words!", and Norrington seemed to scoff at his words
"Consider them marked on your way", Gibbs looked rather defeated
"Aye Lieutenant" and started to walk away when I heard him mutter
"Bad luck to have women on board even miniature ones" I shook my head and dropped down from where I was sitting
"We think it would be rather exciting to meet a pirate" Elizabeth spoke to Norrington, while taking my hand and Norrington softly chuckled
"Think again ladies, Ville and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. I intend to see to that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves: a short stop and a sudden drop" and he smirked looking at us. I heard Elizabeth gasp but I still wasn't following so I looked to Gibbs for answer. At which point he took the bandana that was tied around his neck pulled it up and look at me with his tongue sticking out, and I turned to put my head into Elizabeth's shoulder for comfort. At which point I heard my father talk
"Ahh Norrington I appreciate your favor, but I'm worried about the affects it will have on my daughters"
"My apologies Governor Swann" and he walked away to order people around,
"Actually I find this quite fascinating!" Elizabeth said cheerily to our father
"Yes that's what concerns me, that and the fact that Rebecca will have night mares" he said walking away
"It's alright Becca nothing is going to harm you!" She spoke softly to me, and I brought my head up from her shoulder and nodded. It seemed that I was always afraid of everything and I was very happy to have my braver old sister there to tell its going to be alright whenever I needed. We walked over to the side of the ship leaning over to see if we could see dolphins like we had a while before.
"Look Liz!' I spoke cheerfully "An umbrella!" she smiled at me and we both giggled following as it moved. As a look at the umbrella with such fascination I didn't realize or look at anything else that is until Elizabeth scream
"Look, Look, there's a boy! A boy in the water". This shook me from my trance and I heard multiple people yelling as they pulled the young boy from the water. Once he was out of the water Norrington rushed over to him
"He is still breathing", and I thought that would be the end of the excitement, but then I heard Gibbs say
"Mary Mother o' God" and both Elizabeth and I ran over to the side of the ship to see a burning ship
"What happened here?" said my very worried father towering over me
"Most like the powder magazine merchant vessels weren't heavily armed" Norrington spoke sounding like a know it all
"Lot a good it did them," Gibbs spoke "Everyone thinking it I'm just saying it, Pirates" and I turned to look at him stunned at what he had just said.
"Ha there's no proof of that it was probably just an accident" my father said nervously making Norrington jump into action
"Rouse the Captain immediately. Heave two and take in sail launch the boats!" making the crew move quickly pulling multiple ropes. My father turned to both Elizabeth and I
"Girls I want you to accompany the boy, he'll be in your charge, take care of him" we both nodded and walked over to the unconscious boy.
We were both looking at him to see if we could see any wounds then I something caught my eye around his neck
"Liz look!" I said pointing at his neck. She looked quizzically and reached for it. Elizabeth had it in her hand and she was about to pull it off when the boy woke up gasping for air taking hold of Elizabeth's wrist. This made both of us jump but Elizabeth spoke calming to him
"It's ok. My name is Elizabeth Swann and this is my younger sister Rebecca", the boy smiled at us
"Will Turner" he said hoarsely, which made me smile
"We are watching over you Will" he smiled faintly and fell back a sleep, at which point Elizabeth pulled the necklace off, and I glanced behind us to see if anyone was there and I nodded at Elizabeth, and she held it up so we could both look at it. When we both finally got a good look at it I gasped
"He's a pirate!" I said happily, and she was about to say something but then a voice spoke from behind us
"Has he said anything?" Norrington asked. Elizabeth turned around
"His name is William Turner that all I found out" she said he nodded at his men
"Take him bellow".
Once we were left alone Elizabeth brought the medallion out once again holding it up. Again we both studied it but this time in the background we saw a ship with black sails that made us both blink multiple time to realize that it was truly there and we weren't just imagining things. Many years have passed by, and that ship was still haunting us both in our dreams.
Eight years later
Deep in my sleep I felt the bed move this caused me to wake up and see what was wrong with my sister.
"Liz is everything alright?" I asked her. In the dim light I saw her nod and walk over to our desk
"Just had that dream again" she said pulling out the draw that hid the medallion she pulled it out and walked over to the bed sitting down handing it to me. Glanced at it quickly and then put the long chain around Liz's neck clasping it in the back, she turned to me and smiled I knew what she was going to say but she was interrupted by the knocking at our bed room door
" Girls?" knocking "Girls are you up?" asked the voice my father causing Elizabeth to hop under the covers and tightly cover her chest "Girls are you decent", at which point I spoke out
"Ahh, yes, yes!" and as the door opened and Elizabeth had just hidden the medallion in her night gown. Our father walked in
"Ahh still a bed at this hour" he said smiling at us as the maid opened the curtains blinding us both "It's a beautiful day," he said smiling still and from the looks of it, that's what it was. "Ahh girls I got you gifts" at which point we both got out of bed and walked over to the maid that our father pointed at for us.
Elizabeth opened her box first and she pulled out this beautiful cream dress with gold flowers embroidered into it, she squealed and went behind her dressing screen. I opened my box next and pulled out a white dress with purple flowers embroidered into it, I smiled and went behind my screen.
"May I inquire the occasion?" asked from behind the screen, and my father chuckled
"Does a father need a reason to dote upon his daughters?" I shook my head "Although I had hope you two would wear them to the ceremony today",
"Ceremony?" I heard Elizabeth ask
"Ahh yes Captain Norrington's promotion",
"I knew it" Elizabeth said sounding triumphant,
"Commodore Norrington is what he is about to become" my father said chuckling. I shook my head as the maid that was helping me slipped a corset over my head and started tightening it I gasped out in pain, but my father hadn't seemed to notice for her kept talking to Elizabeth
"Fine gentleman don't you think? He fancies you Elizabeth!" and then she too gasped out in pain "Girls how's it coming" he asked sounding concerned
"Umm it's difficult to say!" Liz spoke sounding out of breath
"I'm told it's the latest fashion in London" My father said sounding proud
"Well women in London must have learned not to breath!" I spoke loudly trying to mask my pain, and I heard him chuckle and then the door open and a man told my father he had a visitor, at which point he left.
The maid quickly finished tightening the corset and helped me slip the dress on. I walked out from behind the screen and walked over mirror to look at myself, the dress was quite lovely and it showed off what I thought to be my best attribute quite nicely. Although I was shorter then Elizabeth and quite a bit less pretty then her I had slightly larger breast then she did. As I was admiring myself and fixing my hair I noticed Elizabeth behind me and I turned to look at her and she was stunning. Her dress fit her perfectly and I complemented her hazel eyes, and her hazel colored hair.
"Liz you look amazing!" I told her excitedly feeling like I was nothing compared to her. She giggled
"Me! Look at you!" and she turned me to look at myself again so she could help me with my hair.
As she was doing my hair I couldn't help but look at myself. As I looked at myself I realized why people didn't think we were sisters, the only thing we had in common was our hair color everything else was completely different. She was tall, I was short, and she had warm hazel eyes, while I had icy blue eyes, she had a natural glow, and I was a sickly pale color. Everything about my older sister was perfect while everything about me was not.
"There now your hair looks amazing to" Elizabeth said happily, which shook me out of my thoughts of self pity.
"Thank you" I said hugging my sister not even looking at what she had done because I knew it would look great no matter what.
"You're welcome! Shall we dear sister?" she said offering her arm, I giggled
"We shall dear sister!" and we existed our bedroom giggling uncontrollably.
Elizabeth and I were talk when we got to the large stair case that lead to the front door, and our talking only froze because we heard our father
Girls you look stunning, absolutely stunning!" he said I was about to thank him but Elizabeth cut me off
"Will! It's so good to see you" she said walking quickly dragging me behind her because she forgot that we were linked arm in arm.
"Good to see me?" Will asked timidly.
Ever since Elizabeth and Will it puberty things always got awkward when they were together, and I couldn't understand why Will hadn't courted her yet, I mean really they were both 20 and nothing had happened yet. I could tell they had a thing for each other, so why not embrace it? Thankfully for me Will had never tickled my fancy, for me Will was more of a protective older brother who would defiantly kill if someone hurt me.
"I had a dream about you last night!" Elizabeth spoke and this made my eyes go wide,
"Elizabeth is this entirely proper?" my father nervously chuckled as if to tell her to stop, but it didn't work
"About the day we met do you remember?" she asked smiling,
"How could I forget Miss Swann" and I shook my head slightly Elizabeth hated it when he called her that
"Will, how many times do I have to ask you to call me Elizabeth"
"At least once more Miss Swann as always" I felt Liz tense up and I closed my eyes as if I was going to feel the pain Will was about to experience, but my father spoke
"There see at least the boy has a sense of propriety, now we really must be going!" father said taking a long package off the table.
"Good day Mr. Turner" Liz spoke coldly pulling me along, and I waving at him as I was pulled out the door.
The promotion ceremony seemed to take forever, and the sun didn't help. Once the formal part of the ceremony was done Liz and I slowly walk over to a shaded area panting heavily, it seemed like neither of us could get enough air.
"Liz are you all right?" I asked painfully, she nodded
"Are you all right you look paler than usual?" she asked gasping for air after every word and I nodded. I was about to ask her if I should go find father when Norrington and Gillette walked behind us. I so badly wanted to roll my eyes and tell them we were not felling well but I bit my tongue 'You have to remember your place Becca' I thought to myself.
"May I have a word with you Miss Swann" Gillette asked, and I took me a while to realize that he was talking to me and not my stunning older sister.
"Yes of course" I said trying not to sound like I was lacking air, and we walked over to a small bench near a cliff that lead into the sea.
"You look amazing today Rebecca" Gillette spoke shyly, and I smiled and nodded not thinking I had enough oxygen in me to speak.
"I know this may sound a bit forward, but…" he was cut off by the screaming of Norrington yelling my sister's name. When I heard him screaming Elizabeth I think I got up fast than Gillette did, however he got up to where Norrington was faster then she could.
"Sir the rocks, it's a miracle she missed them" Gillette yelled to Norrington who was about to jump in after her.
After Gillette convinced Norrington not to jump in the two men started running for the dock with a troop running after them. Slowly and painfully I too started walking briskly to the docks to see if my sister was all right when I felt a warm hand hold me up. I looked up and was about to yell at who ever had their hands on me but I realized it was my father.
"Rebecca darling are you alright" he asked me with deep concern,
"It doesn't matter we have to get to Elizabeth and she if she is alright!" I huffed and he nodded and we both ran to the docks, and I didn't care if I was losing more oxygen by running, I had to know if my sister is alright.
My father and I had just gotten to the dock shortly after the troops did only to find Elizabeth already saved, by a scruffy looking man. I heard Norrington draw his sword and say something to the interesting looking man, as my father and I pushed our way through the crowd of troops to help Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth are you alright" I asked panting
"Yes, yes I'm fine" she said as father put his coat around his underdressed eldest daughter. My father glanced at the strange man for less than a minute and then he said
"Shoot him!" This stunned me my father was not a very violent man
"Father!" Elizabeth scolded and then she looked at Norrington "Commodore, do you really intend on killing me rescuer?" she asked and Norrington put his weapon away and shortly after the troops lowered their weapons. The strange man then put his hands together and did slight bowing towards my father and I.
"I believe thanks are in order" Norrington said offering out his hand. The man looked at it for a moment as if to contemplate actually shaking his hand, and then he did and smiled but in one quick movement Norrington pushed up his sleeve and the man looked pained when he did so
"Well, well, well had a brush with the East India Trading Company did we? Pirate!" Norrington spat, and at that moment I felt bad for the pirate getting exposed like this. "Keep guns on him… Gillette fetch them irons!" Commodore barked, and the commodore pushed his sleeve up even further "Well Jack Sparrow is it" he said throwing his arm down
"Captain if you please sir?" the pirate boldly spoke and the commodore chuckled
"Well I don't see your ship Captain?",
"I'm in the market as it were." The pirate said slyly. As I was glancing at the pirate I started to walk towards him, but thankfully Elizabeth had my arm so I couldn't, so I continued to glance at him from the distance I was. As I continued to stare at the man 2 of the red coats spoke up, these men were here before my father and I got to the docks I just failed to notice them.
"He said he come to commandeer one" the skinner one spoke,
"Told you he was telling the truth, these are his sir" the chubbier one said, showing Norrington his things. Norrington chuckled as he looked at them
"no addition shot no powder" he said glancing at the man's pistol "A compass that doesn't point north," and then he pulled out the man's sword slightly " ahh and I half expected it to be made of wood," shoving the sword back its sheath "You are by far the worst pirate I have ever heard of",
"Ahh but you have heard of me." the pirate said, which seemed to push Norrington over the edge, and he took the pirate straight to the gallows when usually the give them till dawn.
"Commodore I really must protest!" I said dropping my sister's arm and walked over to him "Pirate or not this man saved my sisters life!" I said standing in front of the pirate
"One good deed does not clear a life time of wickedness" and I rolled my eyes as Gillette shackled the pirate's hands together
"But it does seem enough to condemn him" the pirate spoke, and the commodore's eyes narrowed
"Indeed" and Gillette returned to his spot by Norrington. At which point the pirate spoke
"Finally!" putting the chain that connected the cuffs together around my neck. The troops were at the ready at this point, to shoot the man behind me even if I had to die in the process. Thankfully my father spoke up
"No! Don't shoot!" and the man sneered
"I knew you'd warm up to me! Commodore Norrington my affects please and my hat!" he paused for a moment tightening the chain around my neck "Commodore!" at which point a red coat handed me his things and the pirate turned around
" Now, luv, it is alright I call you luv right?" the pirate asked me
"Its Miss Swann" I spat at him angrily
"Miss Swann if you would be so kind" and I put on his hat roughly and then his belt "Easy on the goods darling" he said snickering, at which point I tightened it as much as I could
"Your despicable!" I said in an angry whisper
"Sticks and stones love! I saved her life you saved mine, we're square" he said turning me around with the pistol at my head slowly backing up with the group of troops and my family slowly walking forward "Gentleman" he said loudly "Milady" whispering in my ear making me shiver "This is the day you will always remember that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!" and then he pushed me forward, and thankfully my Father and Gillette caught me. The last thing I remember before I passed out from finally realizing that I was out of air was my father yelling
"Now will you shoot him?", and Norrington yelling
"Open fire!"
When I awoke again I was the comfort my own bed freely breathing without any hassle, and I sighed deeply and opened my eyes.
"Becca?" I heard my sisters voice "Becca are you all right?" I sat up and looked at her
"Yes I'm fine thank you" I said politely. She touched my hair and smiled
"It was a difficult day for you wasn't it?" and I shook my head
"No, I mean I suspected Gillette to try and propose today, but I must admit we were both a little preoccupied trying to make sure you were ok" I told my sister smiling
"Well I meant being threatened by that pirate, it looked terrifying from my point of view!" and I blinked and looked away
"oh yes terrifying". There was a slight silence
"The commodore proposed to me today although I wasn't prepared for it" Liz spoke softly,
"He did well fancy that, now that's smart match." I said sarcastically,
"That is a smart match, he is a fine man" she said sounding in a daze. I glanced over to her to realize that she was lost in space and playing with the medallion
"Well that Will Turner he's a fine man to" I said knowing that it would pull her out of space
"That is to bold" she said glaring at me and I giggled. The room went silent again and we were both lost in our thoughts. Elizabeth's probably about whether to choose Will or James. Well mine was about the strange yet handsome pirate that threatened me earlier, and the hopes that he did get away.
Authors note: I hope you all enjoyed this new story that conjured up for you! I think the plan is to go through all 4 movies (even if the Swann's didn't make an appearance during the fourth) and beyond that! I hope you all like it and please comment and review! It would make my day! And I would love your opinions on what you think should happen! I mean even if I'm following the plot line of the movies I still need to through in my own spice!
Thank you and Love you all!
Lexi
