I Don't Own Pirates!

Italics are flashbacks

As I walk to the edge of the water I cant help but feel saddened by the fact that I had just saved my family from certain death and yet they had no clue at all that is was me who saved them. I look at the waves as they make the water wash up on the beach, I still wear my cloak that I have had on since this little 'rescue' began. Elizabeth and William never knew who I was for I would always change the sound of my voice the best I could and never took the cloak off. They only knew me as 'The Cloaked Man', William had given me the name, I couldn't help but smile and let a tear flow down my cheek as I remember the happy little five year old cheer me on as I would fight the people who were keeping them prisoner and threatening to take their lives.

I look up at the horizon, I cant help but think how beautiful it is and how it makes me think of Elizabeth. How she makes me feel all warm and good inside and out.

My mind is taken away from that wonderful sunrise as I see a ship coming closer to the docks, The Flying Dutchman. I sigh as I close my eyes, when I open them, not even two seconds later I am aboard the Dutchman. I pull the cloak off my head and look up at the wheel, I see Tia Dalma or Calypso, which ever you would like to call her, staring back at me with a comforting smile. I return it, but it was more of a fake smile. I gratefully bow my head a little, to show my respect for her not taking my eyes off of her as I do it. I slowly begin to walk to my cabin. I close the door behind me; I walk over to my bed, throwing the cloak off onto the floor as I made my way over.

About an hour later I hear someone knocking at the door. I raise my head up and telling the person to come in. Tia walked through the door and closed it gently. She wore a concerned expression, I offer her a smile and she returns it, still have the look of worry plastered on her face. I lower my head back down on my pillow and stare up at the ceiling.

"Ye did da 'ight ting, William." She says as she walks over to my bed and sets down on it next to me. I turn my gaze to her, 'she has beautiful eyes' I think to myself. I smile to her and for once it isn't a fake smile. I rise up and put my hand on her knee, as I lean forwards giving her a light kiss on the cheek and whispering in her ear, "I need to get back to work."

With that I get up quickly and walk out of the room. Once I was up at the wheel and relieved my father from the his duty, I take the wheel and close my eyes for a moment as I song the last line of a song, "…Never shall we die."

BANG! BANG!

4th Day Back

I am yanked from my dream when I hear a banging noise. I rose up from my bed to see that Elizabeth isn't there. "Elizabeth!" I say in a voice a little above a whisper. I jump out of bed, put my pants and boots on and run out of the room. I searched the house but there was no one there, franticly I run outside to see Elizabeth helping William build something. I give a sigh of relief, as I now know that they are all right and nothing bad has happened to them.

Elizabeth looks up at me with a bothered look, "Will, are you alright? Did we wake you?" I walk over to her and kiss her cheek. "Good morning, love." I say as I turn to observe what William was trying to build. William laughs and I look up at him, raising my eyebrow. "It's one is the afternoon, Papa!" he says coming over to me, giving me a warming hug, as I return it.

"Is it really one in the afternoon, Elizabeth?" I ask her and she nods a yes while chuckling at my confused actions. I shake my head and walk back into the house. I could hear William hammering away with the hammer. I chuckle to myself as I remember when I was his age, always-building stuff, being mischievous. I wash up and get changed into some different clothes. I hardly ever wear my bandana, or at least not as much as I did when I was captain of the Flying Dutchman.

Around sunset we were all huddled around a nice campfire. We had decided that tonight would be a good night to have one, since it was a beautiful clear night. The moon was shinning down on us, giving us just enough light to see our way back to the house if we need to get to the house quickly.

I turn my attention towards the sea, as I block out the conversation Elizabeth and William are having. I look at the sea, wanting, waiting for my return back as the captain of the Flying Dutchman. It has only been four days since I was last out at sea and I already miss it. Feeling the wind blow across my face and feeling the spray of the sea. But I am quickly knocked out of my thoughts when I feel something hit me in the face.

I promptly realize that a jacket, William's jacket, hit me. I look up at a laughing William and a smiling Elizabeth. "Sorry I was just thinking." I say as I throw William's jacket back to him with a grin. He catches it and throws it to the side, then holds his hands out towards the fire; trying to get them warmer.

I glance up at Elizabeth who still has a thoughtful smile on her soft face. I, of course return it, but then a thought hit me like gallons of water on my chest. 'They still do not know that I'm not here to stay!' My smile quickly disappears and I look down at the ground. "Will?" I hear Elizabeth say. I raise my head up and look at her, as I give her a saddening smile.

I stand up, then walk over to Elizabeth giving her a light kiss on her cheek and whisper in her ear, "I'm gonna take a little walk, ok?" She gives me a confused look and nods her head yes. "I'll come with you." She says as she begins to stand up. I put my hand on her shoulder and keep her from getting up. I shake my head and reply, "I wanna be alone right now." She seems hurt by what I just told her, but she quickly nods a yes. I give her another smile before I turn and start walking away from them.

I was all alone, walking alone on the beach. I was glad to have a few minutes by myself to gather all my thoughts about how I was going to tell Elizabeth and William the truth. It wasn't going to be easy but I had to do it sometime, for I only had three days left with them.

I kick a rock into the water and look out at the sea. Oh how I missed being at sea, I guess you could say I was in love with the sea. But Elizabeth and William will always come before the sea, I hope. I close my eyes as a light breeze blows in my face. A smile comes across my face as I have a feeling of freedom rush over me.

"Have ye not told dem yet?" it felt like I had jumped out of my skin as I was caught off guard. I turn to see Tia Dalma standing behind me with an unreadable face. I take a deep breath before I glance towards the direction of my family. "Dey cannot hear us."

I turn my gaze to Calypso and look her straight in the eye. 'This is the woman I will be spending eternity with.' I think to myself. She slowly walks over to me and finally stops an arm length away. I tense a little but I soon relax as a smile spreads across her face. "I will, just give me time." I reply to her earlier question. She gives me a doubtful look but I ignore it.

She moves a little closer to me and puts her hand on my cheek; her hand is warm and welcoming. I close my eyes for a moment them open them, smiling as I put my hand on top of hers. But I gently remove her hand from my cheek and tell her honestly, "I am not yours until I return to the sea, my heart is still with Elizabeth while I'm here."

A look of sadness spreads across her face as she looks down at the ground. I only ignore her sadness as I lift her head up with my finger. "I promise." This seems to relieve her. I smile as I lean over and kiss her forehead. I back away as I hear someone yell my name. "Will?" it was Elizabeth.

I quickly glance back over to Tia Dalma, she looks in the direction of Elizabeth's voice, and I see hatred in her features. I can only hope she don't do anything to hurt her or my son. Then she looks back at me and bows her head slightly. I am slightly confused by it but decided to ignore it for the time being. "Goodbye for now, my Lord." She says as she walks to the water and slowly disappears beneath the waves.

I continue to stare in shock and confusion at what Calypso had just referred to me as. 'My Lord.' Why did she just call me that? When did I become a Lord? A million questions raced through my mind. "Will? What's wrong?" I hear someone say as they run up to me, placing a hand on my back. Elizabeth.

I quickly turn my attention to my wife and try to hide all the confusion and shock. "Nothing, I was just thinking, love." I say as I smile down at her. She looks as if she was going to protest but she didn't. I lean down and kiss her forehead. "I love you." I whisper to her. I had my eyes closed but I could tell she was smiling. I put my arm around her waist and started walking back to the house. I glance over my shoulder one last time, at where I just had a very confusing run-in with Calypso. 'Three more days' I think to myself, as feelings of betrayal, sadness, and most of all worry.

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