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Pirates of the Caribbean © Walt Disney
Tabitha and all characters that are mine. © Marik's Girl
Note: I am like sooooooooooooooo sorry about the long wait, I started this chapter in '06 and I just now finished it. 0_o Anyways, hope someone likes this anyways. I already have sort of a idea on how I want chapter three to go. I do want to finish this story, I don't think it's going to be very long but will see.
Started date : 8/5/06
Finished date : 11/25/2011
Thanks to: writer4uall, Phantom's Ange, brunette-lady23, medeiros1 and Crystal-Wolf-Guardain-967
Chapter 2
The Search for Elizabeth Swann
The moonlight shined upon the Black Pearl as it seem to glide across the water. In side the cabin; food was being placed onto a table. A young women/child of seventeen watched them with her hazel eyes. Her golden blonde hair went over her shoulder. The scarlet red dress seem to suit her; As they left a older man in his late 30's early 40's walked in. This man; was Barbossa, the Captain of the Black Pearl.
"It's suites you" He said with a smile.
She said nothing as she looked at him in the eye. He walked past her with the monkey "Jack" sitting on his shoulder. He pulled out the chair. "Milady" He said; Asking her to sit. She did as she was told and sat down and he pushed her a little bit. He came close to her ear and whispered into her ear. "Dig in" He then sat down in his own chair. The young women then began yo eat; slowly. Because of her manners.
"Now, miss Turner. Theres no need to impress anyone here, eat what you like. You must be hungry" Elizabeth Swann or in this case Elizabeth Turner stared at him for a moment, thinking that something was up. She had lied about her last name. It was her close friend's name; William Turner. She did not know why she had said that but at that time it felt like it was the right thing to do. She then looked at the food before her and began to dig in - So to speak; He stared in shock and began to pour some wine in a cup; That food awfully looked good. After done poring he gave her the cup.
"How about some wine?"
She took it form him and gluped it down. He then grabbed a apple and handed it to her. "A apple?" He asked. She stopped eating and drinking. And stared at the apple and then at him. "It's poison?" She said. He laughed, just giving her enough time to sneak a knife in her palm and hid it from view.
"There be no need to be killing ye' miss,Turner."
"Then why am I still here?" She asked with a puzzled look upon her face. "I gave you, your trinket; I am of no more value to you!" then she saw him hold the medallion, letting it dangle of his fingers. "Do you not know what this is then?" he asked. "A pirate medallion-" she as cut off by the captain. "It's a piece of the treasure of Isla de Muerta. Elizabeth shrugged her shoulders, she was intrigued at what he had to say. "Ah, so you don't know as much as you pretend." Elizabeth said nothing. "Back when Cortes was a cutting a great bloody swath though the New World, a high priest gave him all the gold that they had, with one condition - that he spare the people's lives. Of course, Cortes being Cortes, he didn't." A pause. "He'd've made a great pirate, that one." He said with a small smile on his face as he stood up from his seat, he walked over to a shelf. He opens a medium-sized polished wooden box with his key - it was the Captain's chest.
"So the priest, with his dying breath, called the power of the blood of his people, and put on the gold a curse. If anyone took so much as a single piece, as he was compelled by greed, by greed he would be consumed." In side the Captain's chest are some charts and pieces of gold, a sextant - and a few pages of the Mayan CODEX, and pieces of tree bark inscribed with Mayan glyphs. Barbossa removes them carefully and sets them on the table. "Within a day of leaving port for Spain, the treasure ship carrying the gold... something went wrong. The ship ran aground, every man aboard dead, save one. He survived long enough to hide the gold ashore."
"Over time, the dark magic of the curse seeped into the place, making it a cursed island. A island of death. Isla de Muerta." He looked up at the young women after he told the little tale and as much as it was interesting to her, she did not believe his 'Ghost Story' "That is all very interesting, but I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore." She said as she looked at him, she then winched when he sweeps the food off of the table in anger. "You idiot girl! It's no make-believe!" He yelled. She frowned. He didn't have to call her a idiot... "My crew and I, we found the gold, and we did more then take one piece, we took it all. Rich men we were and we spent it and traded it and gave it away in exchange for drink and food and pleasant company. But there was something that we found out -" he paused for a moment, before he spoke again. "The drink could not sate us, and the food turned to ashes in her mouths, and no amount of pleasant company would ease are torment." Brabossa began to regain his composure again. ' Does he really think that I would believe what he is telling me? ' she thought to herself. "We are cursed men, miss Turner."
She was surprised at what he said. ' Cursed? ' "Condemned, to be forever consumed by our own greed. Gold calls to us, always, and we are driven, always, to find more, and add it to the treasure." He picked up the priceless Codex and crushed them in his fist. He then throws them aside. "There is but one way to remove the curse. All the scattered pieces of the treasure must be restored in full, and the blood repaid. We've recovered every last piece - save for this." He held up the medallion so that she could see it. "And as for the blood repaid... that's what we have you for. And that is why there is no reason for killing you. Yet." he said with a dark tone at the last part. She stared at him with wide eyes, she was horrified. She had to get off this ship, her life was on the line. Barbossa handed her another apple.
"Apple?" he asked.
Elizabeth slowly reaches out her hand to take the apple from - and then comes out of her chair, trying to run around him. He drops the apple as he get a hold of her, they struggle for a bit. But then he shoves her away, there now buried in his chest was the knife that she had hid away from before without him knowing it. She stared in shock as he pulled it out like it was nothing at all and saw blood on the knife. He was unaffected at what she had done, he then looked back up at her. "I'm curious- after killing me, what is it you were planning on doing next?" He asked. She was too horrified to say anything, she only did the one thing that came to mind she ran out of the door - she comes to a dead stop though. She stares, her jaw working, trying to scream but was unable to do so -
The pirate crew work at their stations, coiling lines, navigating the ship, swabbing the deck - but the moonlight falls across their bodies, they are skeletons and they were moving about, how was this even possible? She turns away from the sight... Barbossa stand in the doorway, out of the moonlight. He grabs her roughly and jerks her back around - she shuts her eyes - "Look!" he shakes her so that she would look. "LOOK!" He demands.
"The moonlight shows us for who we really are!" He spins her around and she opens her eyes to look at him, he leans forward, putting his face in the moonlight - turning into a gleaming skull with gold and silver teeth. She wanted to scream to badly, but nothing would come out - she was so afraid that she could not even scream. She backed away slowly when he had let her go. "But we are not among the living and we cannot die - but neither are we dead! We have all the desires of the living, but we cannot satisfy them! Ten years I have parched of thirst, and able to quench it! Ten years, I have been starving to death - and haven't died!" You could hear the pain in his voice, he lifted his hand up slowly. "And I have not felt anything in ten years... not the wind on my face, nor the spray of the sea..." He reaches out his hand to touch Elizabeth. "...nor the fleash of a women..." She flicnhes away from his skeletal hand. He let it drop and he takes a bottle of wine from a open case beside the cabin door, uncork it with his teeth and raises it.
"You better start believing in ghost stories, miss Turner. Because now, your in one." with that he tilts the bottle and drinks – it runs down his jaw, though his rib cage, drenching his clothes. Elizabeth runs around him and into the cabin and shuts the door. Barbossa hurls the bottle away and laughs as did the rest of the crew. Elizabeth huddle in the far corner, terrified. She wish Will was here.
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Tabitha stood in a white string blouse that was tucked into a pair of black pants, a black belt and a pair of black boots that went to her knees. She tied her long hair at the nap of her neck with a string. "Jack you can not be in your right mind! The sea is no place for a women, even a child!" said Gibbs. Oh how she wanted to punch that guy in the face. "I believe we have no other choice, besides the boy will keep her safe until we get her to her home." said Jack. William was a bit surprised when she came out dressed the way that she was, she looked different now. She was dressed in men clothing but she looked nice looking. But what puzzled him was when they found the girl in the vast sea and the fact that she did not know where she was and how she got there in the first place and he wondered why she was wearing such strange clothes?
He did not want to leave her here also, but it would be dangerous for a women to be on board, that he knew at least. But his main focus should be on Elizabeth and trying to find her, he did not want the held of that pirate but what choice did he have?
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Tabitha sighed as she looked at the vast sea. They where heading to Isla de Muerta to save a miss Elizabeth Swann, a dear friend of Williams. But Tabitha was no fool, she could tell the look in his eyes that he was in love with the girl. She had once felt that way, but he had cheated on her with another girl behind her back. She was heart broken when it happen and from that day onwards she told herself that she would never love anyone again. But now was not a time to think about such things. She had a feeling that necklace that her father had got her was the reason why she was in the place that she was or maybe this was just some weird dream that she was having? She didn't know. But one thing was for sure, she had to find that necklace and get the hell out of here.
Captain Jack Sparrow with the help of Mr. Gibbs were able to get a crew and as Gibbs had said "Every man worth his salt." in other words they would do anything to be on the vast sea and they where not that good looking either... some where just plain ugly and dirty. There was even a man that had his tongue cut out, he had the parrot who they named 'Cotton's Parrot' to talk for him. Tabitha was glad though that she was not the only girl on board this ship. But the only reason Anamaria was even on this ship was because Jack stole her boat. He even earned a slap for it, but she was promised for a better boat. Tabitha wondered though, if he got slapped on a regular basics? But beside that, they only one that she really trusted was Will and what he had told her was that he was a black smith, so he knew how to use a sword - he made them for crying out load. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Will come across to her. He was just done talking to Gibbs for a moment, most likely asking about why their captain acted the way he did.
"Miss Anderson? Are you alright?" asked the concern Will. She let out a sigh. "Will, have I not told you not to call me Miss Anderson?" she said as she looked at him, he rubbed the back of his neck in nervous way. "Yes, well you did. But it would be impolite of me if I did not." He said. She let out another sigh. "That is nice and all Will, but I would rather you call me Tabitha, just Tabitha. No miss in it." she said. "Is that what you want?" he asked, she gave a nod. "Then I shall do as you say, Tabitha." he said with a smile on his face. She blushed slightly and looked away from him, he only blinked at her action. "Thanks." she said as her blush began to fade away.
Out of the corner of Jack's eye, he saw that small blush that stained her cheeks and the clueless boy that made it happen. ' She fancy him... and that boy is clueless, pour girl. ' he watch slightly as the two talked, there was something different about that girl though, he could see it. The clothes that she wore was one thing, but the way that she acted was another. He knew how many girls and women acted and she was different and he wounder what she really was. He shook his head, now was not the time to think of such things. They maybe on there way to save that Elizabeth girl but that was not the real reason why he was going to Isla de Muerta, no he wanted his ship back - the Black Pearl and to kill the pirate that took it from him - Barbossa.
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Eighteen year old Stacy Archer stared at Nicolas with wide shocked blue eyes, Dasha Wright was just as shocked as Stacy was; Tabitha was her best-friend and to hear that she had vanished from her bed room put her in a shock. She moved some of her thigh-length black hair behind her ear with her chocolate skinned hand, away from her narrow onyx black eyes. She wore a white flower blouse and a white mini skirt to match as well as a pair of white boots. Stacy who was next to her was a light skin girl with strawberry-blonde hair, she wore a black and white stripe shirt and navy-blue jeans and black flat heel shoes. Unlike her friend, her hair just went over her shoulder and was tied in a low ponytail. "What do you mean that she vanished form her room?" asked Stacy. Nicolas lowered his head as he brought them to his hands. "I don't know how to really explain it. All I know was that she vanished after she went into her room, it was after her dad gave her that necklace. She was going to try it on up stairs and-"
"Necklace?" question Dasha. He looked up at her. "Uh yeah, I think it was a pirates necklace or medallion or something like that-?" He saw the frown on her face and Stacy was clueless at the moment. "Do you know if it was a real pirates medallion?" she asked. "Um... I think it was, but I'm not sure, why?" he asked, she was silent for a moment and he did not like the way she was acting. "I hope it wasn't a real one..." she said, but mostly to herself. He really didn't like the look in her eyes. "Dasha, tell me whats wrong!" she looked up at him. "If it really belonged to a pirate, it could be very dangerous." Nicolas raised his eyebrow at this. "What?"
"You know how my family is into legends and curses and stuff?" both Stacy and Nicolas nodded. "Well, there are a lot of curses on pieces of gold or medallions that once belonged to a pirate - there was one pirate named Cortes, he is a ruthless man that would do anything for gold and pleasure. There was once a priest that afford every gold piece that they had so that he would spear the him and his people, but the Cortes was not a man of his word, he took the gold and killed the people; but before the priest died - he prayed to his God and placed a curse on the gold."
"W-what happen to the pirates?" asked Stacy with a worried look. She wasn't much into legends and stuff, but she wanted to find out what happen next. "Every last one of them died... well before the last pirate had died, he had brought all the treasure to a island and he died after wards - but not before the whole island became cursed along with the gold and if even one piece of gold was taken from the island that man would be a cursed man, driven only by greed."
"What was the island called."
" Isla de Muerta" she said. "But what would that have to do with Tabitha?" he asked. "Well, if it was real the man would be curse for the rest of there lives, that is unless the blood is repaid but... but if it is a women then its a different story." Nicolas blinked at this. "Cortes may have been a ruthless cut-throat pirate but he was still fell in love like any man would. It was said that he had fallen in love with a beautiful English women, he wanted her to have everything and he wanted her happiness, he would do anything for her, but she did not love him. She was a women of high standing but that was not the reason why she did not love Cortes, she was in love with another. Because of that he became cold and more ruthless then ever, but because of his love for her - he left her be, so that she could be with the one that she loved. But she was the reason in the end why he had ended the way he did. If she would of loved him, he would of stopped being a ruthless pirate - he loved her that much."
"That still does not explain why Tabitha vanished." said Nicolas.
"Yes, that maybe true but. Even when he died his last thoughts were not of the gold or the men that he had killed. It was the women that he was in love with. Without anyone knowing, something else was placed on that gold. If there was a women that was truly heart-broken from any man that she would be taken away and never seen again." she said, her other two friends stared with wide eyes. "You don't think that is real do you? I mean that is just make-believe right?" he asked as he sweated a bit, he really hoped it was. "I have seen some pretty weird things in my life and you know that Tabitha went though that horrible brake up; she hasn't been the same since. I have this bad feeling that it is true."
"But if its true, do you think that there is a way to bring her back?" asked Stacy. Dasha shook her head. "I'm not that sure, she may be lost forever - but there is always hope, I'll ask my grandmother about it. She knows more about this stuff then I do."
End Chapter 2
Well that is chapter two ^_^ I hope that the story is not that weird. I must say that I just saw the latest pirates movie and it was way better then two and three. I thought that they ruined the second and third movie, but the first movie is still my favorite. Anyways will Tabitha ever find her way back home? Or will she be in love with a man that will never return her love? Well that is the question 'grin' I did try to make this longer but I'm never good at writing long chapters. Thank you for your lovely reviews and sorry for the very long update! I hope this makes you happy.
Next Time: Chapter 3 ~ The Cave of the Island of Isla de Muerta.
Till next time, c'ya.
