Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Loophole time. Enjoy.
Elizabeth opened her eyes and had no idea where she was. She was all of a sudden on a ship staring out at sea. Wasn't she just sitting on the beach looking at the stars? In fact, if she didn't know better, wasn't she on...?
"Miss Swann get away from there. You might trip and fall."
She knew that voice but hadn't heard it in two years.
"James?"
"Elizabeth, it's not proper to call a man of such high ranking by his first name."
"Father," she said with glee and wrapping her hands around his middle. He seemed taller than she remembered.
"Elizabeth, what has gotten into you," he said hugging her back.
"I'm just so happy to see you," she said in a higher voice than was her own. She didn't sound like that. She looked down at herself and saw that she was wearing a dress, her hair was in proper curls and indeed she was younger.
"Miss Swann, would you care to come with me to see the boy?" James asked.
The boy? Will. She ran ahead of Norrington and was about to see the man she loved when her father held her back a moment.
Will's eyes slowly opened. He could feel the ship moving below and thought that he was still on the deck of The Liberté.
"Bloody Jack," he whispered rubbing the back of his head.
"Who's Jack," James asked.
Will's eyes shot open and he looked around. There stood one James Norrington. A man he thought dead.
"He's my dog back home in London. I was dreaming about him and he bit me. Who are you?" he asked pretending to be interested and clueless.
"I am Captain James Norrington and I have a few questions for you."
He asked Will the usual; where he was from, why he was traveling, who attacked.
"Pirates I believe."
"I thought as much. Well, thank you for your time..."
A creaking noise distracted him. An angel had descended down the stairs.
"Elizabeth, where were you?" James asked.
"Father wanted a word with me."
"Well, I was just talking to the boy."
"My name is William," he said distracted for a moment.
"Is there any way I can speak to him alone for a bit," Elizabeth asked in the cutest voice.
"Of course. I'll be just upstairs." James gave them a final look and went away.
Elizabeth ran right into Will's arms and hugged him. "I thought I'd never see you again," she whispered into his ear.
They let go and got a good look at each other. "We're young again. Why?"
"I don't know. Last thing I remember was sitting on the beach and watching a shooting star. I made a wish and..."
"You made a wish."
"Yes, that I'd see you but not like this. Not in the way of when we first met."
"There's nothing wrong with that."
"No, I know that. It's just that I wanted you when we're older. When we could properly be together."
Will felt a bit hot around the collar. Hearing a 12 year old say that wasn't exactly normal. He gave a small cough and Elizabeth looked away blushing.
"Sorry, I forgot what it's like to be a non-adult I believe."
Will laughed a little before taking her hand. This was before he was a blacksmith and yet they were still rough. Probably from his work on the ship. "I don't believe it's possible for us to get back, Elizabeth," he said.
"I don't want to go back," she privately thought. Elizabeth then reached over to her right and extracted something. It was the medallion. "You should keep it. It'd be better with you anyway," she said dropping it into his hand.
He smiled at it before smiling at her.
"Children, please come up here for a moment," Governor Swann said.
Elizabeth took Will's hand and together they went above.
The Governor smiled when he saw them and Will had to fight the urge not to gasp. "Good morning Mr. Turner. I am Weatherby Swann, Elizabeth's father and future governor of Port Royal, Jamaica," he said extending a hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you sir," Will said shaking it.
"Father, may I show Will around the ship?" Elizabeth asked.
"I suppose that's alright. Just bring him by for breakfast in a bit."
Elizabeth smiled widely and dragged Will away and below deck. They actually talked for a bit about what had happened in the years since they'd seen each other last. The only thing they were sad to leave was little William their son. A strand of hair fell in front of her eyes and will removed it for her. He gave her a small smile which she gladly returned.
"Elizabeth!"
They broke away but the chain that Will was wearing broke off and fell into a puddle on the ground. He slowly bent over to retrieve it as Elizabeth received a talk from her father.
"William, why don't we go off and talk for a bit alright," the Governor asked.
"Yes sir," he said as he slowly followed behind.
He took one last look at Elizabeth and smiled before he was gone with her father.
She smiled as well and sat in the seat nearby. "He's back."
Unbeknownst to any of them however, someone on a not so far away ship lifted their head then and the winds told him exactly where he needed to go to find his lost treasure.
Seriously, how many of you saw this coming? I guess you can call this is the sequel to 'One Day'. I'm glad you read the chapter and hopefully you liked it.