SUMMERY: He has everything he ever dreamed of. Elizabeth—his one true love. Only, she isn't. Not anymore. During his daring journey to rescue the beautiful Miss Swan Will discovered another love. A love of the sea. A love that runs through his very veins. A love he can no longer deny.

DISCLAIMER: None of the characters or anything else recognizably from the Pirates of the Caribbean are mine (I only wish they were). This story is written merely for my own enjoyment (and hopefully some of the readers' as well) and no money is being made off of it.

WHISPERS FROM A WAYWARD WANT

Chapter One: Call of the Sea

The sea called to him, begging him to join her again, with the reckless abandon that only a pirate could express. He longed to be out there once more, on some great adventure or another, with the spray of the sea on his face and the black Pearl rocking gently back and forth beneath him, cradled by the sea like an infant held close to it's mother's bosom. The smell of sea salt filled his nostrils, and he closed his eyes, settling for the illusion of being back out on the vast, expanse of the Caribbean Sea.

The gentle breeze lightly caressing his hair and making it feather out and about his face was the fierce wind of a brewing storm; the faint sea mist carried by it, torrents of rain and seawater attempting to consume the ship and its crew in one foul swoop.

A deep sigh escaped his lips as he let the memory linger, surprised by how vivid it was despite the year spent avoiding anything having to do even remotely with pirates, ships, or the sea in general. Eyes of deep caramel brown opened slowly, almost hesitantly, as Will Turner gazed forlornly out to sea, taking in the view of the harbor from his vantage point on the dock.