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Chapter 4: The Twins' Curse
William Turner looked at Will just contemplating what kind of trouble he's going to get himself into in the future. He had a vague idea and none of it was good. Being smart and a troublemaker was not exactly a good combo. He looked at his wife who seemed worried and had an odd look on her face.
"Something wrong, Elizabeth?" She seemed to come to a conclusion. She crouched down in front of her sons.
"Why don't you boys go play over there for alittle bit?" She pointed to the other side of the grassy ledge they were standing on.
"Oh God, they're going to talk about us," said Will rolling his eyes.
"You mean about you," said Nick, which only resulted in getting tackled by Will. Elizabeth pulled William to the side. Both Elizabeth and William were watching their sons battle against each other. Will had his brother in a headlock and Nick was desperately trying to escape with no prevail. Will had always been the stronger one, even though he was actually the smaller one at birth.
"Do they always do that?" William asked as she watched his sons wrestle.
"Yeah, I've given up trying to stop them. I would try but William would just keep going."
"Man, he really is a piece of work, isn't he?" said William.
"Yes, he is," said Elizabeth. William then turned to his wife.
"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" She turned to face him.
"Do you remember the old legend, The Twins Curse?" William thought about it for alittle bit.
"Yeah, I remember most of it…wait, don't tell me that's happened to…" he trailed off and looked at the boys. Will now had his brother pined to the ground, dangling a long line of spit over his face. Nick squirmed, trying so hard to get away especially from the long line of spit.
"That's exactly what I'm saying," said Elizabeth, causing William to turn back around and face her.
"But how? It's not possible, it's just a legend," he said incredulously.
"So was the legend of the Flying Dutchman," Elizabeth pointed out. William raised his finger and opened his mouth as if to deny but then closed his mouth and lowered his finger, saying," touché."
"According to the legend, one twin is born normal, just like everyone else, and the other twin is born immortal," said Elizabeth. Sadness filled William's eyes.
"William."
"William," responded Elizabeth. Both parents looked back at their sons. Will was now sitting on his brother's stomach, grinning, while Nick tried his best to push his brother off him. It wasn't going to well for Nick. William turned back to his wife. Worry and tears filled his eyes.
"Immortality isn't something I wanted my kids to have to deal with," he said.
"Neither did I, but there is nothing we can do about it, Will. Its something he was born with," said Elizabeth." And maybe he's just meant for this. Maybe something good is going to come from it. Maybe it's his destiny, just like it was your destiny to be captain of the Flying Dutchman." William looked at her.
"What are the consequences of this curse?"
"According to the legend, obviously he will be immortal. But also, after coming of age, he wont age at all, he won't look any older. And possibly not act any older either."
"So once he turns 13, he won't age, at all?" questioned William.
"Correct," Elizabeth confirmed. William thought about everything he was told. He was desperately trying to find a loophole. Immortality is a curse and he didn't want his son to have to deal with such a horrible thing.
"Is there any way he can die?" said William in a choked voice.
"He can die the same way you can."
"Getting stabbed through the heart."
"Getting stabbed through the heart," Elizabeth confirmed. William thought for a long time. His son was a lot more like him than either of them knew. It was amazing how much alike they were. He could see that William had some of his personality in him, it didn't show much but it was still there. But he could also see that William had his own unique, troublemaking personality. Then suddenly a thought popped into his head.
"Does he know?"
"Does he know? Heck no. He gets himself into enough dangerous situations without knowing he's immortal, I can't even imagine what kind of trouble he'd get into if he knew," said Elizabeth.
"True," William agreed. He then felt someone pulling at his sleeve. He looked down to see Will standing there with his sword out. Nick was standing alittle farther away, looking nervously at Will.
"I bet I can beat you at sparring," he said exciting raising his sword alittle. His father smiled.
"Well, son, I bet you can't," he said teasingly.
"Yeah right, you baby," said Will smiling.
"Oh yeah," said William pulling out his sword," bring it on, little man." Will made a swipe at his father, which William blocked. And with that, they made their way around the ledge, swiping, thrusting, parrying, blocking, and stabbing.
"Will! Don't you hurt him!" yelled Elizabeth." And William, don't hurt your father! Oh, who am I kidding, they aren't listening to me," Elizabeth said defeated. Nick stepped up next to his mom. Both of them were watching Will the 2nd and Will the 3rd.
"He really is like Dad, isn't he?" asked Nick looking up at his mom. Elizabeth looked down at him.
"You have no idea," said Elizabeth. They went back to looking at the sword fighting father and son.
"Your brother has certain attributes of your dad, like he's brave, tough and will do anything to save the ones he loves, but he's also caring and gentle and kind. Your dad is exactly like that. But your brother also has his own personality. The fact that he gets in trouble, and likes it. That he can be somewhat rude to authority and doesn't really listen to authority. But he is still like your dad in many ways, I see a lot of him in your brother," finished Elizabeth. They went back to watching.
Will was blocking a strike from his dad. They were just standing there looking at each other, waiting for someone to make the next move. Then, fast and unexpectedly, Will put his right leg behind his dads right leg, so their legs were calf to calf, and pushed his foot right between his dads legs, causing his dad to fall to the ground on his back. Next thing William the 2nd knew, his son had a sword pressed against his neck.
Wow, that was a long one, but personally I like how it turned out. I thought all of it was necessary, the need for explanation and stuff. I thought it worked out good. Just tell me what you thought.
