Chapter 2: Bella and Jack meet. I like this Chapter cause Jack uses the word 'superfluous'! I love that word. I used it on my SAT and HSPA(uh, jersey thing...) .
"Are you Captain Jack Sparrow," I asked excitedly, knowing the answer.
"Aye, who might ye be?"
"Bella Cody. Big fan. Kudos on the Nassau Port, sir. Not a single shot!"
"Aye," he said, swelling with pride, though I doubt he knew what 'kudos' meant but he could tell it was good. "Ye can call me Jack."
"Well, Jack, I'd like to join your crew." He looked at me like I was nuts.
"Ye realize I don't have a ship, lass."
"And I'm sure you have plan."
"Aye. Smart lass. Ye can join my crew."
"And one thing Captain," I said, figuring I should add.
"Aye?"
"I can predict the future, but I'm not allowed to tell you what will happen. I'm a sea witch who has mastery of simple spells. And sometimes I'm a bit… odd."
"Lass, yer talking to Cap'n Jack Sparrow."
"Aye. I probably have nothing on ye." Oh jeeze, I been thirty seconds and it's already effecting my accent.
"Nope! Er… Yep… wait… what?" He thought about it. So did I.
"Nope," we said at the same time. I looked at him. "You're okay with the whole witch thing?"
"Aye. I know this Voo doo… lady. Tia Dalma is her name—"
"That's my teacher."
"Really?"
"Aye!"
"Great. Let's go then."
"Okay!... Where?"
He smirked. Wow he is gorgeous.
We walked up to the docks. Murtogg came up to us. "This dock is off limits to civilians."
"I'm terribly sorry. I didn't know. If I see one, I shall inform you immediately," Jack said. They blocked us again. "Apparently there's some sort of high toned and fancy to do up at the fort, eh?"
"How could it be that two upstanding gentlemen such as yourselves did not merit an invitation," I asked innocently. Jack looked at me. "You'll get used to it."
"Someone has to make sure this dock stays off limits to civilians."
"It's a fine goal to be sure but it seems to me that a...a ship like that makes this one here a bit superfluous, really," he said pointing to the Dauntless.
"Oh, the Dauntless is the power in these waters, true enough, but there's no ship as can match the Interceptor for speed," Murtogg said.
"I've heard of one, supposed to be very fast - nigh un-catchable," Jack began.
"The Black Pearl," I asked.
"Aye, the Pearl."
"Well...there's no real ship as can match the Interceptor."
"The Black Pearl is a real ship."
They began fighting. I motioned to Jack to go on the Interceptor. We began inspecting the ship.
"Hey! You! Get away from there!" We looked up.
"You don't have permission to be aboard there, mate… and lass."
"I'm sorry, it's just - it's such a pretty boat," Jack said.
"Ship," I quickly corrected.
"Aye, ship."
"What's your names?"
"Smith. Or Smithy if you'd like."
"Miss Smith to you," I said for my self.
"What's your purpose in Port Royal, Mr. Smith?"
"Yeah, and no lies!"
"Well, then, I confess, it is my intention to commandeer one of these ships, pick up a crew in Tortuga, raid, pillage, plunder and otherwise pilfer my weasely black guts out!"
"Sounds fool-proof," I said.
"I said no lies!"
"I think he's telling the truth."
"If it were the truth, he wouldn't have told us."
"Unless, of course, he knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if he told it to you," I informed then.
"Very good," Jack said.
"Thank you."
"You two are…" Murtogg began looking at us.
"Special," I asked.
"Bizarre?" Was added by Jack.
"Extraordinary?"
"Yes, we are, quite," Jack said quite full of himself.
"And what makes you think you are so great?"
"Well, there was this one time…" He began to tell some story about a time he was captured by cannibals.
"And then they made me their chief," he finished.
"So can you teach me Cannibal," I asked.
Splash I watched dully as Elizabeth fell into the water.
"So will ye be saving her then," Jack asked.
"I can't swim!"
"Neither of you," I asked.
"Pride of the King's Navy, ye are… Do not lose these," he said handing Murtogg.
"And mine," I said to Mullory. He jumped in and I a second after.
We quickly swam to Elizabeth. I tore off her dress as he pulled her up. Swimming back to the docks, I thought about what was coming next, and how to make an escape.
"I got her! She's not breathing," Murtogg cried.
I turned to Jack as he cut off her corset, "Get away if they arrest you. I'll find you and try to get you out of jail."
"What?" He said, focusing on what he was doing.
"Never would of thought of that!"
"Clearly ye've never been to Singapore."
I got really excited. "Oh, have women there learned not breathe there too?"
"Both of you, on yer feet," said the new commodore.
"Elizabeth, are you all right," Governor Swann asked his daughter.
"Yes, I'm fine."
"Shoot them," Norrington said. Guns went up. I was gonna reach for my sword, abut Murtogg or Mullory still had it.
"Father! Commodore, do you really intend to kill my rescuers?" I looked at her relieved. Maybe I could escape with her? Up close she didn't look old. I remembered she was my age. She acted so much older.
"I believe thanks are in order," he said stinking out his hand.
"Don't," I whispered doing a rather Jack hand motion.
"Had a brush with the East India Trading company, did we, pirate?"
Governor Swann looked horrified. "Hang him."
"Keep your guns on him, men. Gillette, fetch some irons. Well, well... Jack Sparrow, isn't it?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow," we corrected at the same time.
"I don't see your ship, Captain."
"I'm in the market, as it were."
"He said he'd come to commandeer one."
"Told ya he was telling the truth. These are his, sir."
"And these are hers."
He looked at my stuff first. "What is this stuff?"
"It's mine," I said grabbing it. "I'm not a pirate. I've done nothing wrong." He turned to Jack's effects.
"No additional shots nor powder. A compass that doesn't point north. And I half expected it to be made of wood. You are without doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of."
"But you have heard of me," Jack asked with a sway.
"Commodore, I really must protest," Elizabeth… protested.
"Carefully, Lieutenant."
"Pirates or not these two saved my life."
"Thank you," I said. "If she thinks we should—"
"One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness," Norrington cut me off.
"Though it seems enough to condemn him."
"Excuse me, I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time," I said continued in my defense. I was of course, completely ignored.
"Indeed."
"Finally." Everyone gasped and I grabbed my bag and put my gun and cutlass in my belt.
"No, don't shoot!"
"I knew you'd warm up to me. Commodore Norrington, my effects, please, and my hat. Commodore! Elizabeth. It is Elizabeth isn't it," Jack said cajolingly.
"It's Miss Swann."
"Miss Swann, if you'd be so kind. Come, come, dear. We don't have all day. Now if you'd be very kind. Easy on the goods, darling." He seemed to be enjoying himself. I tried not to laugh.
"You're despicable," she spat.
"Sticks and stones luv. We saved your life, you save mine, we're square." She glared. I got ready to dart. "Gentlemen, m'lady, you will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow!"
He pushed Elizabeth away and grabbed the beam and began swinging.
"Now will you shoot?"
"Open fire," Norrington shouted. I don't know what happened next, cause I ran.
Yeah, this one was a bit longer. I adore Jack. Bella's a bit of a show off...
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