Scarlett was up late into the night staring at the office building where her grand heist would materialize. She looked at each window, each set of soldiers, anything that would hinder her advancement. She would talk to Groves and Katherine in the morning and then preparations for her disguise would start. She took the invitation of Georgiana Wilson and took on her persona for the ball. It was a masquerade so she could wear the mask and nobody would suspect her true identity. Just as Scarlett was planning the last details of the heist, her last candle burned out. She looked at it smoke and said 'I must have been up longer than I thought'. She sighed with exhaustion and just lay her head on the table, just for a few seconds…
She was woken up by Katherine knocking on her door, Scarlett jumped up, her notes sticking to her face. She saw the golden sun gleaming over the horizon and the seagulls flying over the sea, she turned around to Katherine and said 'I'm just going to cut to the chase; I have a proposition for you to be involved in my plan'. Katherine's mouth curved into a smirk and her eyes seemed to light up, and from there Scarlett knew she didn't have to convince the girl anymore.
She spoke to Katherine for at least an hour about her role in the plan, until Katherine asked 'How will I get into the ball?'
'That's my surprise for later' smiled Scarlett, really the only reason it would be a surprise is because she hadn't actually told Groves yet. 'Now, I have to go make arrangements, but meet me in your finest dress at eight o clock' the girl nodded and Scarlett took off. She walked downstairs and out of the house, ran to the post office and told the woman behind the counter to 'get this letter to Theodore Groves immediately'. The woman nodded and sent a post boy running to the address; Scarlett had now gotten all the parts of her heist sorted, except her outfit. It seemed superficial to Scarlett to be so concerned with appearance, but she had a persona to adapt to and needed to look like a posh snob. Scarlett stopped outside the post office and thought, she had no money to buy a dress, had too high a profile to steal one… then suddenly, a thought popped into her head and she ran off in that direction.
She approached the Governor's manor with caution, she knew that Governor Swann would be there and he wasn't approving of her piracy the last time they met. She knocked on the door and was greeted by a maid, 'I must speak to the governor' stated Scarlett. The maid let her in the house and Scarlett was in awe at the level of decorum just the entrance had, she was snapped out of her daze as the Governor approached her angrily.
'You!' he exclaimed, 'You have no right to come here; you are the very reason that my Elizabeth is sitting in a filthy jail cell!'
'Governor Swann that is the very reason I am here. I intend to obtain letters of marque to free both William and Elizabeth. They will not be anywhere near the gallows if you help me'
'And how do you intend to obtain these letters?'
'Beckett has copies in his office, he always comes prepared'
'So you have set up a meeting'
'A meeting of sorts, the kind of meeting where we don't actually meet and he doesn't know we're having the meeting and I just walk in and take the documents…'
'What?'
'Basically I'm stealing them'
'How absurd! You think that would work? Do you pirates not comprehend the risk you're putting on other people! If you fail Elizabeth will die!' the old man leant against a table and sighed, rubbing his eyes. 'I can't lose another one' he said, Scarlett felt a shot of sadness, the man had already lost his wife and should she fail his daughter as well.
'Governor, didn't you say last year, Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy, piracy itself can be the right course?'
The Governor sighed and said 'you will be the death of me you pirates. What is it you need?'
Scarlett explained the plan and what part he needed to play in it. He told her that he would find a dress suitable for her to wear to the ball. She was taken by the maid to Elizabeth's room where the Governor would bring the dress to. She sat down on the bed, she jumped as she nearly sank into it, and the comfort of a good bed is something she had never experienced. The Governor walked in just as that moment occurred, he let out a small laugh at the girl. On the outside she seemed so confident, but in a different environment, she was as naïve as a child. 'Here' he said, holding out a dress for the girl. Scarlett reluctantly reached out and took it from his hands; she had never worn a dress since she ran away. She thought the cloth in her hands was the entire dress, but no, two maids walked in carrying all sorts of layers and contraptions to make the dress complete.
As they led Scarlett behind the screen where she would dress, she quickly said, 'I have one condition, I am not wearing a corset!' The Governor laughed to himself and left the room.
Time passed by and the Governor was waiting in the lobby for Scarlett to finally reappear, he had heard numerous curses and shrieks from upstairs, she wasn't going to enter civilised society any time soon. He looked at the clock, it was half past seven, only half an hour till the ball, 'She'd best be ready-' he cut himself off as he saw Scarlett walking down the stairs. Her hair was tied in a neat bun and her face painted with the most expensive makeup. The sight touched one of his heart strings, she looked just like his wife in her prime, she even had the same colour hair. The old man gathered his emotions together and proceeded to meet Scarlett at the bottom of the stairs. Her dress was light blue and had pastel pink flowers trailing up the sides. The sleeves cut off at her elbow and lace hung down from them, the dress was tied together at the front by ribbon, and she truly looked beautiful.
'I love this dress!' exclaimed Scarlett, the Governor smiled thinking she did have some civility in her, 'It's great to hide my sword in! Beckett won't know what hit him' Nope, the Governor thought, still a pirate.
He rolled his eyes and walked to the table where her invitation lay, he picked it up and said 'Here you go, Georgiana'
Scarlett smiled and put her hand on the Governor's shoulder, 'Thank you, Governor, for everything today. I will see Elizabeth is freed'
'I trust you, now go, time is short' he ushered her out the door to a carriage he had waiting. He helped her inside then knocked on the outside, signalling the driver to leave.
The carriage ride was short and sweet, and as they approached the Company's building, butterflies grew in her stomach.
This was the night,
The night to free her friends
The night to face her foe,
The night which will dissolve the past into a clear future.
The door to the carriage opened, and the soldier held out his hand, helping her out the carriage. Scarlett held her white lace mask in her hand, the ribbons dancing in the wind, she was walked to the door and led to an enormous ballroom filled with figures dancing, socialising and then she saw Beckett. Her hand curled into a fist, then suddenly someone took the mask from her hand. His hands were gentle and soft; he put it over her eyes and tied it at the back. 'Good Luck' whispered Groves and kissed her on the cheek.
'Entering, Miss Georgiana Wilson' announced the man by the door, the room turned round to see her and Scarlett took a deep breath, taking the first step into the abyss.
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