Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Chapter One: Fog Bound

Disclaimer:
I don't own anything Pirates of the Caribbean. I do own Pearl and any OC's that happen to be in this fiction

AN: So this isn't Pearl's story. But I really couldn't help but to not throw/add her into the movies. I figured I could have some with it.

Threw a gray almost impenetrable wall of fog came the faint voice of a young Elizabeth Swann singing lowly as if under her breathe.

"Yo, ho, yo, ho, a pirate's life for me Yo, ho, yo, ho, it's a pirate's life for me ...drink up me hearties, yo, ho..."

"Quiet, missy! Cursed pirates sail these waters. You want to call 'em down on us?" Said Joshamee Gibbs as he placed a hand on her shoulder startling her to a gasp.

"Mr. Gibbs that will do." Said Lieutenant James Norrington.

"She was singing about pirates. Bad luck to sing about pirates, with us mired in this unnatural fog. Mark my words."

"Consider them marked. On your way."

"Aye, Lieutenant. Bad luck to have a woman on board, too. Even a mini'ture one." He said returning to his deck-swabbing duties, surreptitiously taking a quick swig from his flask.

"I think it would be rather exciting to meet a pirate." Chipped in Elizabeth.

"Think again, Miss Swan. Vile and dissolute creatures, the lot of them. I intend to see to it that any man who sails under a pirate flag, or wears a pirates brand, gets what he deserves: a short drop and a sudden stop."

Not knowing what a short drop and a sudden stop meant looked to Mr. Gibbs who then mimed a man being hung causing Elizabeth to gasp.

"Lieutenant Norrington... I appreciate your fervor, but I am concerned about the effect this subject will have on my daughter." Chimed in Governor Swann.

"My apologies, Governor."

"Actually, I find it all fascinating." added Elizabeth

"And that's what concerns me." Said the Governor.

Elizabeth turned away and looked over the rail of bow. Looking out at the water a parasol caught her attention as she fallowed it with her eyes she a board with a young boy and girl on it.

"Look! Look a boy! A boy in the water" She called out.

"Man overboard!" Shouted Norrington. "Fetch a hook! Haul him out of there!"

The deck was instantly filled with movement and activity. Sailors used a bathhook to snag the bodies as the board passed by. Norrington and Swann hauled them aboard and laid them on the deck as Elizabeth sidles in for a close look.

"They're still breathing," said Norrington.

"Where did he come from?" asked Swann.

"Mary mother of God..." said Gibbs

Attention was now turned away from the boy and girl. The sea was no longer empty. Wreckage from a ship littered the water along with the bodies of its crew as what was left of the ships hull burns. A ragged British flag hangs limply from the stern. The H.M.S. Dauntless slips silently through it all, calling for hushed voices.

"What happened here?" Swann questioned.

"An explosion in the powder magazine. Merchant vessels run heavily armed." explained Norrington.

Lot of good it did them...Everyone's thinking it! I'm just saying it! Pirates!" added in Gibbs.

"There is no proof of that" Swann said a little fearfully. As he pulled Elizabeth away from the rail and the hideous scene in the water.

"Elizabeth, I want you to accompany them. They're in your charge now. You'll watch over them?"

Elizabeth nodded gravely. As her father hurried off to help unstow the longboat. The sailors laid the boy and girl gently on the poop deck, behind the wheel, before hurrying off. Elizabeth kneed down besides the boy. His good looks where not lost on her she reached out and gently bushed some hair from his eye as he suddenly wakes and grabs her wrist starling her. Their eyes locked as she took his hand in her own.

"My name is Elizabeth Swann"

"Will Turner, and this is my cousin Pearl." He said clutching her hands before slipping back into unconsciousness.

"I'm watching over you two, Will."

His movement opened the collar of his shirt.. Elizabeth noticed he was wearing a chain and tugged it free revealing it to be a golden medallion turning it over she sees a skull gazing up at her.

"You're pirates!" she cried out.

Looking back at the crew she saw Norrington heading her way she quickly hide the medallion behind her.

"Have they spoken?"

"His name is William Turner, and that's his cousin Pearl. That's all I found out."

"Very good." he said before hurrying off.

Elizabeth then stole away to the stern of the ship and examined the gold medallion a wisp of wind hits her face and she looked up to see a silent ghost ship moving threw the fog over the seas. A ship with black sails. Staring at it she became to frightened to move or cry out. The ship begins to disappear in the fog as it passes; the only part visible now is the top where there hangs the frightening skull and crossbones of the Jolly Roger. Looking from the flag to the to the medallion she noticed the skull is the same. The fog then surrounded and closed in on the black ship save for the flag as she watched the skull appeared to turn and grin at her. Frightened she shut hey eyes tight.

Well it's a bit boring right now. It will get more interesting once Jack shows up trust me.