Peas in a Pod
Disclaimer- I don't own pirates of the Caribbean, or any of its characters. if I did, then I wouldn't be writing for fanfiction. lol
Chapter 1: After so long
Slightly humming to herself, Elizabeth sat her desk in her cabin. Not really paying attention to the map before her, she was wrapped up in her own world, thinking of all the great adventures she had went through the past few years. Finally achieving her lifelong dream, she was the captain of the most famous ship in Singapore, and not to mention, the King of the Brethren Court.
She slowly stood up and walked over to her window to look outside when something had caught her eye. She jerked her head around and saw an old chest at her bedside. Elizabeth smiled to herself and quietly sat on the bed. She lifted the chest up and examined it. She could tell that it had been used for years, many of the carving worn out or covered with rust. She gradually lifted the chest up and softly put her ear against the cold metal
Thump Thump
There was the beating heart of her lover whom she wasn't allowed to see in another 5 long years. Suddenly, Elizabeth felt tears swelling up in her eyes and crawling down her cheek. "It just seems so unfair," she said aloud, not knowing that her first mate had opened the door behind her. "What was that captain?" Tai Huang said unsurely.
Slightly startled, Elizabeth quickly put the chest down and vigorously wiped away the tears. Walking over to the uncomfortable man, she said sternly,
"I thought we already discussed that nobody is to enter my quarters without knocking."
Looking surprised by his captain's tone, he said "Sorry, captain, I just thought I should let you know we are low on supplies and should stop at the nearest port." He backed away
Realizing how nervous the man looked, she said kindly "Right, what is the closest port, then?"
"Tortuga, ma'am"
Softly chuckling as an image of Jack Sparrow drinking rum popped up in her head, she said quietly "Alright then inform me when we are close to docking"
Tai Huang nodded his head and walked, closing the door behind him quietly, not wanting the captain to get further annoyed.
Elizabeth continued to smile as she thought of Jack. Now there was someone she hadn't seen in a long time, too long in fact. After defeating the East India Company all those years ago, she had not seen or heard of Jack.
She had missed their amusing conversations, the many swordfights they fought together, and that night they were on the deserted island together, singing songs around the fire, wrapped up in each other's arms…
"What am I doing, I can't be thinking about Jack this way! I love Will!" she scolded. Suddenly feeling the need to get some fresh air, Elizabeth quickly grabbed her coat and climbed onto the deck.
As soon as she walked out of her quarters, she was surprised to see all of her crew scattering around the deck, grabbing canon balls and rolling barrels of gun powder.
"What's happening here?" She yelled.
"Captain! There you are, there is a ship out on the horizon drawing closer, and she isn't flyin' any colours!" one her crewman said while pointing to his left.
Slightly panicked, she quickly ran to the helm and pulled out her spyglass and peered into it, vigorously searching for the unknown ship. But as soon as she got it into focus, she felt a smirk crawling up her face.
Black Sails.
"Bloody compass, stubborn thing won't point in a proper direction!" Jack yelled aloud at the helm. Shaking the infernal thing over and over again, Jack didn't notice that Mr. Gibbs was quietly laughing to himself behind him. Hearing him giggle, Jack turned and shouted, "And what may I ask is so funny Gibbs?"
Immediately dropping his grin, Gibbs cleared his throat and said "Sorry cap'n, but it seems there be a ship sailin' toward us. She had flagged that there be no fightin' to occur, but the crew ain't so sure."
Jack pulled out his spyglass in annoyance and looked at the ship coming closer and closer. He quickly spotted the familiar captain and smiled. "No need to worry mate, its Captain Swann's ship, so there be no need for fussing, just a friendly visit I imagine."
Gibbs nodded slowly and started to yell orders to the crew to stop the preparations for battle.
"And an interesting visit at that too," Jack whispered.