Hey everyone! I decided to finish Chapter two earlier than expected, lol, it's a lot shorter than the first though, I tried to add more, but whenever I did, it ended up not making any sense at all. So here it is! Thank you to the reviewers, alerters, and the people who favorited the story, it all made my day :) Okay happy reading! (Oh if I'm missing any 'g's in this chapter, my 'g' key like broke... why I have no idea.) Oh and for those who celebrate any holidays, Chanukah recently started, am I correct? So for those who celebrate Chanukah, then Happy Chanukah (or Hanukah, depends on how you spell it)

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SleepyHeather: Thank you so much! And don't worry, there's going to be a lot more Jack in this.

Belekina: I took all you said into consideration, thanks! Sorry about the wait, weight issue, sometimes I type too fast and reread it fast that I miss a lot. Hope I keep your interest!

DeathsDaughterDanielle: Well I don't think she's going to be in too much trouble, and haha yes, the correct word to describe Will is definitely eunuch. Thanks for reading!

88dragon06: Thank you! Let's hope not, I don't think it would turn out good for her. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy this chapter as well!

bekkarific: First off, I like your penname for some strange, odd reason. Lol second off, thank you! I hope I integrate her well though, hope you enjoy this chapter! Happy Reading!

Okay now let the chapter... begin!


Chapter Two: The Guilty Runaway

"Will," she started looking at his taken back expression, she deserved the cold glare he was giving her. She knew that he hated pirates with a passion, plus the pirate did in fact threaten Elizabeth, the person he loved. It was acceptable for him to glare at her. She would've given herself the same glare. She stammered to him, "Will, I-I didn't know, if I had... then I wouldn't have—."

"Wouldn't have what? You wouldn't have helped that pirate?" She blinked, she didn't know that he was that either. "This is probably one of the most stupid things you've done!" He stated harshly. She gawked her at him, one of the most stupid? Unlike him, she had no clue that he was a pirate, and she wouldn't have been so stupid enough to cross blades with him. He had more experience than both of them combined! Even though his heroic abilities had her question that Will was actually better than her, she wasn't as impressed as he would've liked her to be.

Nicolette defended to him weakly, "You're calling what I did stupid? I didn't even know that he was a pirate or the fact that he had threatened Miss. Swann!"

Will sighed annoyed, throwing his arms upward frustrated, "Yes, I'm calling what you did stupid. Even if you didn't know, obviously you knew that something was strange when he walked in here with his wrists manacled together!"

Nicolette rolled her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest, looking away, not having a rebuttal for that point. But if that was Will who came in the forge with his wrists manacled she would've helped him in a heartbeat. Will continued to her, "Nic, where has your head been lately?" Nicolette raised her eyebrow and looked back at him, daring him to continue to her. "You seem to lack that brain of yours to do what you have done today! He could've hurt you! Maybe even more than hurt you."

Nicolette breathed in sharply and pointed to herself in disbelief, "Hurt me?" She added to him, taking the slight tremble out of her voice, "He could've hurt me? Will, what I did and what you did were two different things. I hadn't put myself in a bloody position where I could've gotten hurt! You, in fact, did. Fighting with him? Clashing blades with a pirate? I may not be smart or I suddenly 'lack a brain' as you say it, but I know very well that that was the most stupid thing that a person could do! You nearly put me to death! And what did it get you? You've only gotten yourself beat and threatened, and thank God, you were only almost killed!" Nicolette turned on her heel and shook her head worriedly.

Will looked at her back for a second, she was right, and he hadn't realized what she might have felt for a moment. He was going to say something, but she raised her hand stopping him and turned to face him. "Will, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I didn't know that he was a pirate nor that he threatened Miss. Swann. You're right, I shouldn't have helped him when I saw that he was shackled. My mistake. I'm willing to do anything to make it up to you."

Will started to say with understanding, "No, Nic, I'm the one who should be sorry. I didn't realize what I was doing or how you would have felt about it. You shouldn't have to apologize or do something for—."

"Will, I'm going to whether you want me to or not." She stated interrupting him. He sighed feeling defeated, once Nicolette figured she was going to do something, there really was no stopping her until she did. "Will, what can I do to make it up for you?" She was willing to do anything.

He sighed once again giving up, the only thing he really wanted was to make sure that Elizabeth was okay. He was very worried about her... ever since he had heard what had happened. But he didn't think that they would actually allow her into the mansion… well it was worth the try. "All I really want is to make sure if Elizabeth is okay." He stated forcing Nicolette to let out a heavy sigh. She looked down, it was implied that she had to visit her, ugh, why God? I don't want to go there!

However, Nicolette nodded, what else was she supposed to do? She shouldn't have said 'anything', if she didn't, she wouldn't have been dragged into this.

"That's all?" She asked acting like it wasn't a big deal to her even though it was. She tried not to make her voice crack into a high-pitched tone, "I'll go there for you right now, surely they'll let me in since you are good friends with her, right?"

Will smiled and so did she, she was happy that he was, but she couldn't believe what she had to do for his happiness. "Alright then! Thank you."

She swallowed her pride and nodded, "You're welcome." What had she just agreed to?


Elizabeth's maid, Estrella, took the bed warmer out of the fire pit and slid it in between Elizabeth's sheets to help warm her up. "Here you go, miss." Elizabeth looked up from her book that she was reading and smiled thankfully, "It was a difficult day for you, I'm sure."

Elizabeth nodded, but when she answered it, it wasn't what Estrella had meant, "I suspected the Commodore was going to propose but I must admit, I wasn't entirely prepared for it." She wasn't, she didn't want to marry him, she wasn't in love with him, not even close, but it seemed logical for them to be together. Pure logic, but she wasn't the type to really be logical.

"Well, I meant you getting kidnapped by that pirate. Sounds terrifying." Estrella stated tucking her sheets in and going over to fluff Elizabeth's pillow.

It wasn't really all that terrifying. It happened too fast for her to even translate what it felt to her. Elizabeth always fantasized meeting a pirate, even when she was younger! And, now, for her to finally live her fantasy, it wasn't in the circumstance that she would've liked it to be, but, nevertheless she found it exciting beyond words. She folded her hands on her lap and she said without meaning and with a meaningless smile, "Oh, yes, it was terrifying."

The maid's voice pepped up, "But the Commodore proposed! Fancy that. Now that's a smart match, miss, if it's not too bold to say."

"It is a smart match, he's a fine man," she stated to her, "what a woman should dream about getting married to." She added, going back to her reading. But to her and the maid it was more to convince herself that he was the smart choice for her. Elizabeth didn't want to marry the Commodore, although he was a smart match, she didn't love him the slightest bit.

Estrella saw her smile drop and she asked having a feeling that someone already took that heart of hers away, "But what about Will Turner? He's a smart match, too."

I know, thought Elizabeth, she liked him very much; maybe even love him like how she should love the Commodore. "That is too bold." She gritted through her teeth in order to hide her infatuation for Will. It was improper for a woman of her position to be in love with a blacksmith... imagine what people in Port Royal would say to that!

"I beg your pardon, Miss, it's not my place." Estrella apologized and with that she walked out of Elizabeth's room, shutting the door behind her. Elizabeth fiddled with her medallion that was still around her neck nervously and a strange feeling came over her, she had a feeling that something dark and eerie was about to hit Port Royal, and she was afraid that she was going to be right. She tried shaking off that feeling and looked back into her book, trying to read the pointless sentences when she had greater things in her head.

But she heard a rough knock on her door. Elizabeth was dismayed by this, but was slightly thankful that she got out of reading. However, she arched a brow and muttered to herself, "Who could that be?" She basically ordered that she wasn't able to see anyone and her father was with the Commodore at the moment. "Yes?" She said waiting to see whom it was. Their butler opened the door revealing a woman behind him who was gritting her teeth irritated.

"Miss. Swann, there is a Miss. Brown is here to see you." He said and with that he turned around on his heel then walked away. Nicolette glared at him hatefully as he walked past her, she couldn't believe that a man was ignorant enough to not even calm her friend's nerve about this woman. She got him to let her in, but it was tough. If she had a pistol or a sword on her, she would stab him or shoot him in a minute… maybe two… she would probably only threaten him with them instead before anything that drastic.

The woman was unfamiliar to Elizabeth. Brown? Jeremiah Brown? The blacksmith? "Hello Miss. Swann, I'm here for William Turner." Nicolette said in the most delicately fake, innocent voice she could muster up, it didn't seem obvious to Elizabeth since she gestured for her to come in right away. Nic nodded and shut the door behind her quietly and took a step forward to stand over Elizabeth's bed. "He wanted me to make sure that you were all right, he's quite worried about you."

"He is?" Elizabeth asked trying her best to not be excited to hear that Will actually was worried about her, but she wished that he had come himself, that would make her mood even better. Nicolette nodded to her. "You can call me, Elizabeth if you like. I'm not a fan of formalities."

"Okay then, you can call me Nicolette or Nic, I'm not a fan of formalities either." She stated and with that she looked at the book Elizabeth was reading, The Adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow, she smiled amused, that was the pirate that was threatening her, wasn't it? And that was the pirate, even she, had the pleasure (if she could even call it that) at the docks and at the smithy.

"What was it like meeting him?" She asked suddenly, gesturing toward the book. "Jack Sparrow, I mean." Elizabeth opened her mouth, but nothing came out, she didn't know how to answer that question, it was exciting, terrifying, and even not what she had expected. Thinking of what to say, resulted in a silent, awkward pause between them. Nic thought the question offended her, so she stated, "It's okay, you don't have to answer that. I was just-."

"It was not what I hoped it would be." Elizabeth said quickly, "But I must add, it was rather exciting and terrifying at the same time. I've always fascinated meeting a pirate." She smiled and she looked down seeing the medallion was once again out, she didn't feel the need to hide it though, she didn't feel that Nicolette was going to tell on her if she saw it.

Nicolette sat down on the chair and smiled as well, "I'm afraid that I've met him, too. Him and Will fought at the shop after he saved you or threatened you… whatever you want to look at it as. It was terrifying, but exciting also. He's such a strange man. Told me his name was Smith and I actually believed him." She chuckled, while Elizabeth's jaw was hanging when she heard the word 'fought.'

Elizabeth sat up worried and asked her in panic, "Did Will beat him? Is he okay?" Nicolette was surprised, she didn't know that Elizabeth cared for Will this much, she was also relieved though to find out that she cared for him.

Nicolette's smile faded as she started to her, "He would've won, if," Elizabeth's eyes widened, she had thought the worse and held her breath, "if Jack didn't cheat and take out his pistol to threaten him, but when he was about to pull the trigger I smashed a rum bottle over his head, then Commodore Norrington came in and captured him."

She let out a breath relieved, "That's good then, at least he's okay." Nicolette nodded in agreement and it was all of a sudden quiet. An awkward chill settled in the room, Elizabeth broke it, "So that's why you're here? To tell me Will is all right?"

Nicolette shook her head no, she thought she said it already… didn't she? "I said before, Will wanted to know if you were okay. He was worried about you. Very worried about you. He was practically pacing back and forth before I left. He'll be happy to know that you're safe." She got up and added to Elizabeth heading toward the door, "I think I should be-."

She stopped seeing that the candlelight was flickering and then she heard cannons outside with people's screams of horror following it. "What's going on?" She asked Elizabeth curiously. Elizabeth looked at her questionably and wondered the same. Then the light flickered off, leaving them in complete darkness with a ray of moonlight shining in.

Suspiciously, she walked over to Elizabeth's window and roughly opened it, seeing a ship with black sails in the bay. "Oh my Lord."

"What is it?" Asked Elizabeth, scurrying over next to her. "I-I saw that ship before… during the crossing from England." She admitted, seeing the blackened hulk harbored in the bay with her cannons blasting at the poor, defenseless town of Port Royal.

Nicolette nodded and looked over at her, "You know, I saw it, too. When me and my father were sailing over here back when my mother was alive." She looked back at the ghostly ship that was anchored away from shore in the bay. She stated, remembering what the pirate had said earlier this morning, "It's the Black Pearl."

Elizabeth looked at her in disbelief, that couldn't be the Black Pearl... could it? "The Black Pearl?" She found that ridiculous to hear. But when Nicolette turned her head to match her gaze she nodded. Elizabeth started with, "That…" she trailed off, unsure how to take it in. Then inquired quickly, "Why would they come here? What would they want?"

Nicolette gulped and shrugged, "I wish I knew." She looked down the ledge of Elizabeth's window and gulped once more seeing the crew of the pirates rushing to get into the mansion. She never took her eyes off them as she informed Elizabeth, "But as unfortunate as it may sound, we have to prepare, not just stand here and wonder." She gestured for Elizabeth to look down and her eyes widened as Nicolette ran to the railing in the main lobby, seeing their ignorant butler heading for the door.

Elizabeth rushed to Nicolette after seeing the filthy men and she gasped hearing the knock on the door. "No!" They shouted in unison and the ignorant butler ignored them. He opened the door and the crowds of pirates that they saw earlier were there.

"Hello chum." The one who seemed to be balding said, and he cocked his pistol then shot the butler in the middle of his forehead. Nicolette tried not to scream unlike Elizabeth who was screaming bloody murder when the butler fallen lifeless on the ground. "Up there!" The balding man said pointing to them, Nicolette took Elizabeth's hand and dragged her along to her room.

Estrella was already in there and she dragged her and Elizabeth aside. "Miss. Swann, they've come to kidnap you!" She explained while Elizabeth looked at her questionably, "You're the Governor's daughter."

Both their eyes widened and Nicolette forgotten the reason why she came here, but she regretted it no matter what it was. Elizabeth let go of Nicolette's hand and she pulled her in front of her next to Estrella. "They haven't seen you. Hide and the first chance you get, go to the fort." She turned back to Nicolette, "Nic, I won't forgive myself if something happened to you if they are looking for me. Guide Es—."

Nicolette held up her hand and stopped her from continuing, "Are you insane? I'm not leaving you alone to fend for yourself! They saw me already! And to be quite honest, I don't think that Will would be too fond that I had left you anyway." Not only was Will the reason, it was also that she would've felt bad that she left her to fend for herself against those pirates. Before Elizabeth could object she heard banging on the door and her and Nicolette's head went up almost immediately.

Elizabeth pushed Estrella into a corner behind her wardrobe that would hide her from the door and she took Nicolette's hand dragging her with her as she took her bedpan out from under her bed. The two ran into a side room and then the door burst through revealing two pirates. Both looked around the bedroom, they could've sworn that they saw the two girls.

The one with the wooden eye, Ragetti, pointed towards the door leading to the side room and the one who was balding, Pintel, smiled deviously and walked over with his gun cocked ready to blow the brains out of the two.

But as he walked over to the door, WHAM! Elizabeth smashed the warm bedpan onto the balding pirate who staggered back holding his nose. The wooden eyed pirate looked at the other confused and went to investigate. Elizabeth was about to give another blow to the other pirate, but before she could Ragetti held it back with all his might. Nicolette ran past the two and towards Estrella who was struggling to get out from behind the wardrobe. She helped her gather herself and ran out the door, but Nic came to a sudden stop when she heard a pirate yelp from Elizabeth's bedroom and soon after she saw Elizabeth running towards her.

"Come on we got to keep moving!" Said Elizabeth who, as she was running, took Nicolette's hand and dragged her down the long staircase while Ragetti and Pintel were trailing behind them. Around the mansion, havoc was at large, pirates were roaming throughout taking whatever they would like of Elizabeth's and her father's things. Elizabeth looked around in horror at what she was seeing, but she didn't let it stop her. Her and Nicolette ran across the main floor and then they heard something smash behind them. Both didn't bother to look, they just kept going.

The two young ladies ran into the dining room, Elizabeth took a candelabra from the table and she locked out the two pirates from the inside. The lock was only temporary, no doubt that the pirates looking for her would get in. "You got to get out of here." She stated simply dragging Nicolette to the opened window, she didn't need to jump; it was only a foot, not even, above the solid ground. "They're after me, not you."

Nicolette stood her ground and thrashed her arm out of Elizabeth's hold, "No! I'm not leaving you with them!"

"Yes you—." Hearing the sudden banging on the door interrupted Elizabeth, she tried to grab Nicolette's arm, but she pulled away, "Nic, this is no time for fun and games, they're after me. Not you. I'm not letting you get injured because of me, so go!"

Her voice was forceful now, and this left Nicolette no choice, so she only nodded. Elizabeth sighed a relief and she stated, "Be safe, okay? Please, tell Will for me?"

She put her leg over the window, and it wasn't far off the ground, she was barely touching it. "I-I'll make sure of it."

And with that she left Elizabeth in the mansion and made a run for it. It was quite naïve of her though, she didn't have a weapon, she couldn't fight without one, for a second there she wanted to go back to the mansion and stay with Elizabeth, but she couldn't do that… those two pirates might find it suspicious that she magically reappeared in their view. She kept running. In the background she heard screams of terror coming from the town, she heard the cry of panic of when people got stabbed, and she even heard the shrill of a baby screaming in the hollow wind. On each branch she stepped on it left her startled, she was worried for her life and was also almost worried that she would encounter a pirate in this part of wood. She didn't have a weapon and not the best luck, so she would surely die if she encountered one now.

Nicolette ran into the town of Port Royal, fires were lit at random places, grenades were igniting, she even saw Will… Will? What was he doing? A man had him hooked and there was an ax inches away from his face. Nicolette's breathing almost stopped, her eyes widened, "No." She muttered under her breath and then she regained her pulse, feeling almost dead for a minute. Will ducked out from under the man's ax as the man went through the window from a sign falling. Nicolette smiled relieved and yelled out his name, "Will!"

He turned around hesitantly and he smiled seeing Nicolette running over to him, she gripped his shoulders tightly and he said relieved, "Nicolette, you're safe!"

She nodded, relieved herself, she was just chased around a mansion, ran through the woods, and just survived watching the man she loved almost die yet again in front of her. She had a lot to be relieved about, but then the trying reminder of Elizabeth came to mind, she wanted to know what had become of her. Was she dead? Did she escape herself? Did the pirates take her to their ship? She wanted to know and she believed that Will had a right to know himself.

Nicolette slowly let go of his shoulders and started nervously to him, "Will, we got to talk, it's a-about-."

"Elizabeth." Will muttered his gaze went away from Nicolette's and he saw Elizabeth being taken by two pirates. He took several steps away from her to try and retrieve her. At first, Nic didn't seem to notice him at all.

"Y-Yes, it's about her." She continued and then she noticed that Will moved away from her and was running to catch Elizabeth who was being taken by the two pirates she had seen earlier, the two pirates that were also chasing her. "Oh God…" She mumbled and the two pirates were rushing Elizabeth towards their ship. Her gaze was transfixed on them, but then Will caught the corner of her eye, he was standing yet again inches away from another pirate. Will was smirking about something and the pirate's face dropped.

Will took a step forward and then he heard a "Watch out!" from behind him. Before he could turn, he felt something collide to the back of his head and he was now knocked unconscious. Nicolette's eyes now truly widened and she screamed, "Will!" She ran over to him and put her ear to his mouth, feeling his breath against her ear, he was still alive! Next to him laid a sword, she looked upon it and she figured that she might as well fight for her life tonight. She grasped his sword into her hands and ran to see a pirate who was fighting a military man, she knew him, and she felt that he needed some help, being that he had lost his weapon.

She ran over prepared for a fight. Above the town, the fog thickened and cannon fire was heard throughout, never had Port Royal suffered through a pirate raid that they didn't prepare for, but there was no time to prepare for any type of pirate raid. The moon made its steady way out of the fog night, and it shone over Port Royal. Nicolette was finding herself struggling to block the man's attacks, the pitiful Navy man ran away... you would think that he would've like to stay around to help a woman fight… what a coward he was now to her. They were no longer in the town, their sword fight somehow led to the outskirts of it. So it was basically just the two of them, no one else was around them.

If they were, Nicolette was sure that they would've helped. She parried the man and then found herself staggering back, trying to regain her balance. She found an opening that the pirate seemed to miss blocking and Nicolette let her poker face drop to a smug smirk.

In a flash, she stabbed the man in the abdomen, hoping he was dead, but he wasn't, he was far from it. He was staring back at her, laughing menacingly. "You're supposed to be dead!" She squealed panicked watching the man with a long beard chuckle, then he stepped into the moonlight and his flesh was suddenly disintegrated into nothing but his bones with his clothes hanging on him barely. Her eyes widened with horror and her smug smirk was soon wiped away, she was walking slowly back terrified.

She muttered in disbelief, "Impossible." The man suddenly looked down at himself, seeing that he was in his true form.

Their Captain warned them that the curse mustn't be revealed to anyone, so he took out the sword from his abdomen, and instead of stabbing the girl like she had done with him, he dropped it to the ground, running away to the ship, hopefully they got what they were looking for. He had heard the call to get back; he didn't want to be left behind in this infernal place.

Nicolette stood there horrified and she didn't want to move, actually she couldn't! She was too stunned to move, but she tried making her way back to town. It seemed to calm down a little, fires were still aglow, people were still cowering in corners, the only thing missing were the pirates. Or were they pirates? She was now unsure that they were, the man she was fighting was a skeleton? Undead? It seemed impossible to her, but she was sure that it was what she saw. She took another look around the town, there were precious valuables scattered about the ground, the buildings of small shops were almost completely destroyed, but what still lied in the middle of the street was Will in an unconscious slumber. She felt the sun coming up from the horizon; either that or it was the light that the flames around her were radiating. She had almost forgotten what a sunrise looked like for a second. Mostly because she mistaken the sun rays for fire.

She walked to see her father's blacksmith's shop. There wasn't much to it anymore, the inside was tattered and ruined and the windows were all broken into. "Oh Lord…" She muttered and then she felt someone grasp her shoulder, it was a heavy hand, and she swiftly turned around gasping, not sure whether or not if it was another one of those… pirates? She still wasn't quite sure of what they were. But her breath came back to her seeing that it was only Commodore Norrington.

"Miss. Brown, are you alright?" He asked her nervously and she nodded slowly. He looked her up and down, she barely seemed wounded or hurt like the others who were the victims of the raid. He sighed and then he said to her, "You have to come to the fort for protection, I believe your father is there looking for you. He seemed quite worried."

"Of course he did." She stated halfheartedly, she didn't really care for her father at the moment, but she looked down at the cold, hard ground, closing her eyes, seeing everything, the skeletal man, Will being hit by something glimmering a golden color, running through the woods, being chased throughout the Governor's mansion, but then the image of Elizabeth being carried out by the pirates came into view and a pang of guilt suddenly hit her. She shouldn't have left her, she shouldn't have listened to her.

"Commodore," she started opening her eyes and looking back up, she thought it would be right if she told him what she saw, she thought that for him it would be nice to know that the Governor's daughter had been taken, but before she could even get another word out of her mouth, he was gone. She sighed, she was sure that he would find out anyway, but she turned to wander around the town some more. She wasn't in the mood to see her father at the moment, even if he was worried about her.


That's the chapter, yeah, I know, it's short. But hopefully it was as good as the first right? Let me know if you all enjoyed it! I love the reviews and they excite me easily. Once again, Sorry if the 'g' in some words are missing I really don't know what happened to that key, but I have to now push it hard to get it out.

*Revised*