Thank you everyone who reviewed. I'm skipping the eight years and going right to the movie parts, hope no one minds. I'm trying to add in Coralie the best I can without giving her other people's lines.
Hey how do you guys like the cover pic, made it myself on Blingee.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean or any of the characters. I only own my OC and any changes in plot and such.
"Elizabeth?" I said as I opened the door to my friend's room. Over the past eight years we had grown closer and I considered Elizabeth to be my older sister, and vice versa; her being twenty and I being only a year younger at nineteen. I walked into the room and closed the door behind me. Elizabeth was at her mirror, still in her night gown. I shook my head, rolling my eyes; I was already dressed in a light red,not yet pink, dress. Elizabeth turned around and I frowned. "Elizabeth, put that away." I warned pointing to the golden medallion that Elizabeth was wearing, walking over to her. Elizabeth opened her mouth to respond when someone knocked on the door.
"Elizabeth?" Governor Swann said from the other side of the door.
"Hide it!" I whispered. Elizabeth rushed over to her bed to grab her robe, knocking over a chair in the process.
"Are you all right?" The Governor asked. "Are you decent?"
"Lizzie, hide the bloody medallion!" I whispered looking from her to the door and back.
"Yes!" She called back while putting the necklace into the top of her night gown. "Yes!" The Governor opened the door and walked in, a few maids walking in past him.
"Still abed at this hour?" He smiled at me. "Good morning Miss Coralie."
"Good morning Governor." I said with a small curtsy. "I came to wake her." The maids went over to the windows and pulled the curtains open. Elizabeth closed her eyes to get used to the light. I looked out the window at the town.. and the ocean.
"Oh, it's a beautiful day. I have a gift for you." He said taking off the lid of a box a maid was holding to reveal a dress.
"Oh it's beautiful." She said taking the dress out with a big smile.
"Isn't it." Elizabeth went to go behind the room divider but stopped and turned to look at her father.
"May I inquire as to the occasion?"
"Does a father need an occasion to dote upon his daughter?" The smile came back to Lizzie's face as she went to go around the room divider. "Go on." The two maids went behind it to help Lizzie while I stayed off to the side where I was visible to both Elizabeth and the Governor. "Actually I, I hoped you might wear it for the ceremony today."
"The ceremony?" Elizabeth asked.
"Captain Norrington's promotion ceremony." Lizzie looked around the room divider.
"I knew it!" She said before going back behind it.
"He is going to become a Commodore." I said with a smile. She looked over at me and smiled at me knowingly. I hid my smile and looked back to the Governor.
"A fine gentlemen, don't you think?" I looked back over to see the maids helping Lizzie with her corset. I grimaced. "He fancies you, you know." Elizabeth didn't respond but gasped loudly, I looked over and frowned. "Elizabeth? How's it coming?"
"It's difficult to say." She gasped out.
"I'm told it's the latest fashion in London."
"Well, women in London must've learnt not to breathe." She gasped as the maid's pulled the corset tighter.
"Milord, you have a visitor." The butler said walking into the room. I looked back to Lizzie as the Governor left the room.
"You okay there, Lizzie?" I asked. She looked at me with a slight glare, not meant for me.
"Considering I can't breath-" She got cut off as the corset was pulled tighter before the maid tying it finished.
"I can see." She gave me another look. The maids finished helping Elizabeth get dressed and did her hair and such before leaving the room.
"Cora.. I'm sorry that you had to hear my father say-"
"Lizzie, it is fine." I cut her off as she put on her hat.
"I'm sorry. I know you fancy Norrington."
"Yes but I am no one. You are the Governor's daughter. I am only his ward. It is more likely you are the one he pays more attention to." She gave me a sad look. "Please do not pity me." She gave me a smile and we left the room and made our way down the stairs. Towards where the Governor and William Turner were standing.
"Elizabeth, you look absolutely stunning."
"Will." Elizabeth said with a smile when she saw him. "It's so good to see you." She said hurrying down the stairs and over to the too. I followed her smiling at her. "I had a dream about you last night." The Governor's eyes widened.
"About me?" Will asked.
"Yes, is that entirely proper for you-" The Governor started.
"About the day we met." Elizabeth said ignoring her father. "Do you remember?"
"How could I forget, Miss Swann."
"Will, how many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?" She said. I smiled at the two of them.
"At least once more, Miss Swann, as always."
"There. See?" The Governor said. "At least the boy has a sense of propriety. We really must be going here you are."
"Good day, Mr. Turner."
"Come along." Will watched her as she followed her father out of the house. He followed till he got right outside.
"Good day… Elizabeth." He said. I walked outside and turned to Will and curtsied.
"Mr. Turner." He looked to me and smiled.
"Ah, Miss Coralie. I'm sorry I didn't mean to ignor-"
"No, no. I understand." I said giving him a knowing smirk. He cleared his throat and chuckled. "I will see you later, after the ceremony." He nodded.
"Coralie!" The Governor called.
"Good day." I said before rushing to the carriage and getting in next to Elizabeth.
At Captain Norrington's promotion ceremony I stood next to Elizabeth with a small pink parasol as she fanned herself. She looked look at the medallion still hidden in the top of her dress, she hadn't had time to take it off.
"Two paces march!" The two lines of men walked two paces away from one another. As Captain Norrington walked into view I stood straighter. Elizabeth nudged me with her elbow slightly. I looked at her to see her smiling at me slightly. "Present arms!"
"Stop it." I said quietly hiding a smile before turning back to watch as Norrington walked up to where the Governor was waiting. He reached the Governor and I noticed that Elizabeth had started fanning herself a bit faster. "Are you alright?" I whispered. She nodded slightly but I could tell she wasn't okay. The Governor took a sword from its case and presented it to Norrington. Norrington grasped the scabbard above the Governor's hand, and the Governor let go. Norrington drew the sword, flourished the sword; passing it from his right hand to his left before pointing it to the sky. He switched it to his right hand behind his back, twirled it then snapped the blade up in front of his face. The Governor stepped forward, and gave Norrington a medal before stepped back.
An orchestra was playing slow calming music as everyone was conversing after the ceremony. I stayed by Elizabeth's side.
"Lizzie, maybe you should make up an excuse and go home. You cannot breathe in that corset."
"I can't just leave."
"Tell your father you are feeling ill."
"Cora, I can't leave it wouldn't look good."
"But Lizzie-" She stopped me as Commodore Norrington walked up. I stood a bit straighter.
"May I have a moment?" He said looking at Elizabeth, not once looking in my direction. Elizabeth nodded and the two began to walk away, she looked back at me with an apologetic look. I shook my head and smiled. I watched the two with a frown. From my distance I couldn't hear what they were saying. I sighed and was about to turn away when Elizabeth suddenly fell off the cliff. I quickly ran over.
"Lizzie!" Norrington turned and saw me running then looked back to where Elizabeth was standing.
"Elizabeth?" Then he looked down. I ran up and looked down at the water and saw the water white where she had hit. "Elizabeth!" He called down. "My god." A few men ran up to him as he started to took off his coat.
"The rocks!" One man warned. "Sir, it's a miracle she missed them." I quickly lifted my dress to make it easier to run and I ran as fast as I could down to the docks.
I got there just as a man got out of the water, carrying Elizabeth over his shoulder. She no longer had her dress on but was in her under-dress. Two uniformed men rushed over.
"I got her." They laid her down. "She's not breathing!"
"Move!" The man who saved he said before cutting her corset and ripping it open. He gave it to the other Navy man as Elizabeth started coughing up water.
"Lizzie!" I said rushing over kneeling next to her.
"I never would have thought of that." The officer said.
"Clearly you've never been to Singapore." The man said. Suddenly he picked up the medallion. "Where did you get that?" Suddenly Norrington and a bunch of men showed up and Norrington pointed his sword at the man.
"On your feet." The man stood up and I helped Elizabeth up. Norrington looked to me. "Miss Coralie, Go with Mr Gillette. I know how much you dislike the water." He said before looking back to the man.
"I am fine." I said, blushing slightly that he had remembered. Lizzie and I agreed that my cover story for avoid the water is that I was afraid of it ever since the night I washed ashore. The Governor quickly came over and gave his coat to Elizabeth while she hid the medallion.
"Are you alright?" He asked Elizabeth then looked over to the Navy officer who was holding the corset. The man put it down before pointing to the man who had saved Lizzie. The Governor looked to the man.
"Shoot him." He said before pulling his coat on Elizabeth.
"Father."
"What?"
"Commodore, do you really intend to kill my rescuer?" Norrington was glaring at the man; he looked over to Elizabeth before lowering his sword and sheathing it. The man turned to face Elizabeth and put his hands together before turning back to face Norrington.
"I believe thanks are in order." Norrington said before holding out his hand. The man looked at his hand before hesitantly taking Norrington's hand. As soon as their hands touched Norrington grabbed his arm and pulled the man's sleeve up. To reveal a branded "P" on his skin. "Had a brush with the East India Trading Company, did we, pirate?" The pirate grimaced.
"Hang him." The Governor said.
"Keep your guns on him, men. Gillette, fetch some irons." He pulled up the pirates sleeve more to show a tattoo of a sparrow flying in front of a big sun over the sea. "Well, well. Jack Sparrow, isn't it?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow if you please, sir."
"Well, I don't see your ship, Captain."
"I'm in the market, as it were."
"He said he'd come to commandeer one." One of the Navy men said.
"Told you he was telling the truth. These are his, sir." Another said picking up Jack's things. Norrington picked up Jack's pistol and looked at it.
"No additional shot nor powder." He put it back and picked up a compass, opening it. "A compass that doesn't point North." He gave Jack a smirk. He put that back before pulling out the sword a bit. "And I half expected it to be made of wood." Jack gave a small smirk. He pushed it back in its sheath. "You are without doubt the worst pirate I've ever heard of." Jack held up his hands.
"But you have heard of me." He said with a smile. Norrington glared at him before pulling him away. Elizabeth hurried after them.
"Commodore, I really must protest." I hurried to follow her as the medallion had fallen out of her top.
"Carefully, Lieutenant." Norrington said.
"Medallion!" I quickly leaned up and whispered quickly.
"Pirate or not, this man saved my life." She said before hiding the medallion.
"One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a lifetime of wickedness."
"Though it seems enough to condemn him." Jack said as Gillette put shackles on him.
"Indeed." Norrington said. Gillette walked away.
"Finally." Jack said as he went to put his shackles around Elizabeth's neck.
"Lizzie!" I gasped.
"No!" Everyone one moved forward. "No! Don't shoot!"
"I knew you'd warm up to me." Jack said. "Commodore Norrington, my effects, please. And my hat!" Norrington didn't move. "Commodore!" Norrington turned around and took Jack's things. "Elizabeth, it is Elizabeth, isn't it?"
"It's Miss Swann."
"Miss Swann, if you'd be so kind. Come, come, dear. We don't have all day." Jack said as Norrington handed Jack's things to Elizabeth. Jack took the pistol, turned Elizabeth around and pointed it to Elizabeth's head. "Now if you'll be very kind." She put his hat on before putting on the rest of his things. As she got close to him Jack smirked at Norrington who glared back. "Easy on the goods, darling."
"You're despicable." She said.
"Sticks and stones, love. I saved your life. You save mine. We're square." He turned her around still pointing the gun to her head. "Gentlemen, ladies, you will always remember this as the day that you almost caught Captain.. Jack.. Sparrow!" He said backing away before pushing Elizabeth forward and into Norrington and the Governor's arms. Jack turned and freed a cannon and grabbed the rope that made him go up and a cannon come down. A few men fell into the hole the canon made as it hit the docks. I gasped as I was tripped and almost fell into the hole when someone caught me by my waist and pulled me against them. I turned my head and felt my face heat up as I looked up to see Norrington looking down at me for a brief moment before taking his hands away and turning back to look up at Jack who was swinging around.
"Now will you shoot him?" The Governor said.
"Open fire!" Norrington shouted and all the soldiers behind us began firing.
"Hey!" Jack shouted.
"On his heels!" Norrington shouted. Norrington ran with the other soldiers to follow Jack who was using his chains to ride down the rope. I glanced at Elizabeth and the Governor before picking up my dress and running away.
"Coralie! Where are you going?" Elizabeth called after me.
Not much of a second chapter I know. Sorry. I just finished adding most of my own scenes to the third movie. I did all these in 3 days XD wow. I've been going to bed at 5am. I'm not sure if anyone would have wanted scenes before the movie but I just couldn't think of anything besides what's in chapter 1. Oh and you may notice I'm making Coralie speak in a certain way. Instead of "It's" it's "It is" "I'm" is "I am" and so on. It's not for any real reason but it's the way she speaks. Next one out soon as soon as I finish any last minute details.