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Harry smirked as he sat on a nearby chair watching as Captain Jack Sparrow slept so peacefully in the bed only a few feet away from him. He shook his long hair, the many beads, bells, and various trinkets in his hair tinkled merrily and were shining brightly in the morning sun. Harry was impressed that a man with as many enemy's as Jack did could sleep at all even on his own ship, he saw that one of Jack's dreadlocks had crossed his face and leaned in to gently push it away. He winced as Jack's strong grip was soon fixed on his wrist, the dark eyes staring at him as they analyzed the situation.
Jack was always a light sleeper, and his choice of lifestyle only encouraged the trait, he wondered who was watching him so intently, but was willing to let them look their fill as he caught a few last winks before getting up to command the ship. He had figured out all the loopholes he could for the curse, some worked, most didn't, and the rest would work in certain ways. He had gotten distracted by that train of thought so when he felt movement on his face he had reacted instantly and grabbed the hand firmly in his own; he opened his eyes and blinked slowly in surprise when he saw that the perpetrator was none other than Harry.
Harry smirked as he watched the realization dawn on Jack's features and pulled his hand away as the grip on it loosened. "Good morning to you too." He said as he sat back in his chair with a bored expression "So now that you're awake can I leave?" He looked longingly at the door, the sun was pouring in through the window Harry knew that it was a great day to be at sea outside and he was currently missing it.
Jack blinked again at Harry before nodding and sitting up, stretching and groaning as he felt his bones snap back into place. "Aye, course you can lad, just didn't want you wandering alone at night again after…" Jack looked up at Harry and saw the darkened expression on his face and decided not to push that line of conversation right now "Anyways, I prefer my bits in order and if Tia Dalma gets wind of anything like that happening to you on my ship I might as well say goodbye to little Jackie." He shook his head and chuckled to himself in amusement "She'll do far more to me than put an anti lying spell on me." He was still tired and wasn't watching his words as much as he should be.
Harry's brows raised in interest when he heard this little tidbit. He had noticed the change in Jack shortly after they had left Tia Dalma's place; but had been unable to figure exactly what spell she had used on Jack. His grin became dark as he began to plot ways to torment the captain. He knew the spell very well and imagined that Jack had learned of as many loopholes as he could; but Harry knew everything about the spell and how to use it to its full advantage.
Jack paused and realized what he had just said, he looked up at Harry and raised a finger in warning "Stop that thought right there…" he was mentally cursing himself for being so loose. He shook his head and muttered "I really shouldn't have said that…" He looked at Harry again and felt his stomach sink at the Cheshire grin on Harry's face.
Harry came over to Jack's side and pressed their hips together as he wrapped his arms around Jack's neck "Aww poor Jack Sparrow can't lie any more…" He chuckled and leaned in, stroking his finger's against Jack's unshaven cheeks "Don't worry…I'll keep your little secret." He murmured, leaning in so that their lips almost brushed before grinning impishly and pulling away "For a price of course."
Jack groaned and wondered if the Devil had a human form known as Harry Jones.
Harry happily skipped out of the cabin; as much as he hated to be cooped up he had decided for the crew's safety he should keep a low profile when they'd had too much to drink. 'Besides…' he thought to himself with a smirk 'I guess I'm just too good to resist.' He gave a little chuckle and looked around for what fun he could get into.
James had heard about the event that had happened and came up to Harry; "Are you alright?" He asked. He knew that it was unwise to get attached to the younger man but he had been very concerned when he got wind of the assault; but he wasn't very good at handling this sort of thing and tried to give a reassuring smile.
Harry looked up as Norrington came over to him and asked if he was alright. He smirked seeing that the man was obviously uncomfortable, but Harry could tell that he was genuinely concerned. "Yes I'm just fine…better than the sailor anyways." He winked at Norrington, turning to leave he was stopped by a firm arm on his shoulder.
Norrington saw that Harry was about to leave but he wasn't willing for the conversation to be over. He gently turned Harry so that he was looking up at him and said slowly "Harry…you should be more careful than that, many of these men have been out to see too long without decent company. Sweeny was the weakest one and broke first, but you know that he is not the only man on the ship with needs." Norrington sighed and pulled Harry closer "Just be careful okay?"
Harry narrowed his eyes at Norrington as he pulled out of the man's grip "Thank you for the concern Norrington, I realize I was a bit reckless but I'm more than capable of taking care of myself thank you." He turned once again to walk away and heard Norrington say softly, almost as if he hadn't planned on Harry hearing "Call me James…"
Jack splashed his face with cool water as he got ready for the day. He was a bit concerned over his reaction to Harry watching him in his sleep, for some reason it made him…happy, to know that Harry had been spending time he could have been outside with Jack instead, even if he had been asleep at the time. Not to mention but the kiss that they had almost shared was torturing him; he was wondering what Harry's soft pink lips would taste like. He shook his head and opened the cabin door calling for Mr. Gibbs; they had quite a lot to do today.
Beckett sneered in displeasure when he was told that Elizabeth Swan and William Turner were not in Port Royal, but off on the sea's doing all sorts of pirate activities. As much as Beckett wanted to he could not arrest the Governor since he had not done anything wrong technically and he could say he was ignorant of the activities of those around him. Beckett growled and ordered his men to depart immediately. He had business that had to be taken care of and he wanted it to be done as soon as possible.
Harry had tortured a few sailors on board the ship, thinking it was amusing to put itch powder on them, it didn't take a lot of talent but it was amusing to watch. He smirked as he went over and casually slipped some clear liquid into the men's drinking water. It would make any drink alcoholic, he was just glad that the discipline on Jack's ship was much more lax than his father's or else several men would be in for a whipping in a short amount of time.
Mr. Gibbs came at Jack's call and looked up at him, he could tell at the expression on Jack's face that the man was excited over something but he couldn't tell exactly what. "Mr. Gibbs…" Jack started, he was infinitely glad that Gibbs was on his ship, the man could understand a lot through implication, something that the curse did not forbid and so he unrolled his map and got to business.
"Mr. Gibbs." Jack repeated as he pulled out his infamous compass "Do you know how one lives forever without becoming captain of the Flying Dutchman?" He smirked as Gibbs thought it over and then slowly shook his head in response. "Mr. Gibbs, there is in fact an artifact that was created for this very purpose…it gives the user extended life and as long as they keep using it there is no reason that they will die." Jack focused on the compass and it pointed to the colder regions of the ocean "The Sorcerer's Stone." He arched an eyebrow and his move was understood perfectly as Gibbs said "Aye captain we'll change course immediately!"
Harry had decided that eavesdropping on Jack would be much more entertaining than making the crew's life a living hell and he was quite right. "The Sorcerer's Stone?" He murmured to himself as he ducked out of the way hearing Jack and Gibbs coming this way he continued to mull it over. 'At least Jack's never boring.' He thought to himself as he climbed up to the crow's nest. He smiled at the crew member who was there and said "I'll take over for now." The man hesitated but when Harry gave him a warning glance he moved quickly out of the way.
"Sir!" Beckett turned as one of his men addressed him "A ship has been spotted, no flag and black sails. Do you think it could be the Pearl sir?" Beckett sneered at the man and said coldly "I don't think, I know, engage them immediately Captain Jack Sparrow has something in his possession that I want." The man nodded and hurried to deliver the orders.
Harry sat up in the crow's nest squinting. There was a ship off in the distance that had just changed course. He frowned thinking it was odd until he saw the East India Trading Company flag. "Captain Sparrow!" He shouted the EITC were friends of no pirate.
Jack pulled out his spy glass and merely confirmed what Harry had already said "Lad's right…" He turned to look at his crew "Mr. Gibbs! Is there any way we can evade them?" He asked his first mate, hoping that the winds and sea would be on their side, he felt a sinking feeling in his gut when Gibbs looked up from the map and shook his head " 'fraid not Captain…"
Jack turned and looked at the ship that was drawing closer with every second and narrowed his eyes. They were too close now and the Pearl stood little chance of outrunning them. Suddenly an idea came to him and he slowly turned to the one who had alerted them of this disaster "Harry my sweet…we know how you do love your tricks… perhaps you would like to share a few of them with the East India Trading Company?"
Harry smiled slowly, it was one that reminded the crew that he had not only been raised by the one and only Davey Jones but taught magic by Tia Dalma as well. Harry gave a bow and said "It would be my honor. He gave a little chuckle as his hand went to the bag at his side, he hadn't even begun to show the crew what he could do and would love to give them a show of the power that he had.
Norrington saw the look on Harry's face and moved to speak with him when Jack beat him to it. "Easy lad, we just want them to leave us alone or enough time for us to get away, we don't need you summoning a giant beastie or anything of similar likes understood?"
Harry cocked his head to the side and leaned in, pressing his body against Jack's as he had done earlier that morning "Of course, as you wish Captain…" The crew had dispersed when Harry had been assigned the task of getting rid of their unwanted pursuers, thinking it best to watch the spectacle from the safety of the lower levels of the ship.
Jack wasn't going to let the opportunity pass him by again and he grabbed Harry by his shoulders "Oh don't I wish…" He murmured and leaned down to capture the soft pink lips before him, a soft touch at first; wary of Harry's retaliation, but when he saw that none was forthcoming he added pressure to the kiss unaware that they were being watched.
James was surprised by his reaction to seeing Jack kissing Harry, his hands clenched into hard fists as he saw that Jack was a braver man than him, hesitating only a minute before deepening the kiss and eliciting a soft moan from Harry. James turned away hearing Harry's words from Tia Dalma's haunting him in the back of his mind 'I think he's the most honorable man on the ship…perhaps too honorable…' James shook his head and went below deck with the rest of the crew. He wanted things between him and Harry to change; but he didn't know what had to change between them or how he was going to make it happen.
Harry moaned as he tasted Jack's rum flavored tongue enter and stroke against his own. He shivered as Jack's hold on him tightened and decided things had to end there. He pulled back from the kiss and licked Jack's flavor on his lips before saying "I believe I have a pest control problem to take care of Captain." He pulled fully out of Jack's grip and headed towards the bow of the ship, it was currently turned to face their pursuers giving Harry the best opening to them.
Beckett turned with his own spyglass "It appears that they have realized retreat was futile and have come to accept their fate." He smirked but his eyes narrowing when he noticed something amiss; it seemed as if the entire crew had gone below deck. He saw only one figure on the deck and it was on the bow with something in its hand.
Harry grinned as he felt the wind's pick up and sifts through his hair. He closed his eyes as he murmured in a soft hissing language as he released a silver powder into the wind and in the strange language murmured "Speed…" The sails became full of wind and pushed the ship forward towards their enemy. Harry's eyes snapped open as he reached for an orange powder "Time to have some fun."
Beckett stiffened when he saw that the Pearl suddenly increased in speed and was heading directly for the EITC ship. He swallowed and ordered his men to prepare the cannons in case of an attack, he had no idea what Jack Sparrow thought he was up to, but he couldn't believe that the man had anything that could stand up to a war ship such as his.
Harry saw the cannons and smirked "Perfect." He released the orange powder and mixed it with dark blue almost black powder hissing in his own language "Fire water…" As the flakes from the powder landed on the ocean's surface the water took the shape of flames and followed the direction of the wind that he had summoned. He smirked as he moved his hands directing it where to go, he wanted to get the cannons taken care of, so as the water beat against the other vessel's sides the water flames licked their way up to the cannons and became blindingly hot, melting the cannon barrels until they were useless for anything other than anchors.
He felt the dark desire in him to create more destruction but remembered that Sparrow only wanted enough time so that they could get away. Harry closed his eyes and allowed his flames to be swallowed by the ocean. Beckett wouldn't be going anywhere now that he had half melted cannons to deal with. He smirked and the breeze continued to push them along until they were far out of reach from Beckett and he released it back to its natural course.
When the crew below had seen the flames appear from the water themselves, a few had crossed themselves, thinking that Harry had doomed them all, but it was soon revealed that Harry controlled every licking flame and they watched in amazement as he melted the other ships cannons as they sped by.
Jack came up to the top Deck and opened his arms wide "Excellent job my sweet!" He went to embrace Harry but was stopped by a rather sudden knee to his gut "Don't be like that Jack, you're so much more attractive when you're sleeping." Harry smirked as he put his leg back on the ground and watched as the Captain struggled for air.
Harry bent over smirking at Jack's gasping breaths "Besides, you don't want to be a bad influence on your crew now do you?" Harry smirked as he stood and left the Captain to his misery.
James had been watching the interaction and felt relief that Harry had merely been toying with the Captain. However, after reflection the realization gave him little comfort, after all, Harry could very well be playing with him as well. He paused but then hardened his resolve; he had to know where he stood with Harry. He needed to know if he was special to the younger man or if he was no different to Harry than Jack.
Harry wanted to go below deck while the crew was busy to get some rest. He smiled when he found an empty bunk and paused to inspect it when he heard a heavy set of footsteps joining him. He turned and smiled warmly "Ah Norrington…Did you enjoy the show?" His smile slowly faded when he noticed that the man's face was closed off. "Norrington?" he asked softly wondering what was bothering the man.
James thought over what he was going to say to Harry carefully. "Harry please call me James, I no longer have the position or status that I once held, so formalities are wasted." He gave Harry a small smile "You seem to be warming up to the Captain…" He didn't know what else to say but his silence said it all.
Harry sighed and shook his head understanding the implication of James's words easily enough "James…" He said softly, liking the sound of the name, he then focused his attention fully on the man before him and said "James, I hope that you didn't misunderstand me, I have no interest in anything serious, Jack is a man who can understand that. I was serious when I said you were too honorable, you'll want more than I'm willing to give, and all I'm interested in giving is short lived pleasure."
He shook his head "I was raised by a man whose heart was broken by love, even now his love for Calypso chains his soul and spirit, he walks through life only half alive, his the other half of himself is forever chained to her, never to be free." Harry shook his head and shuddered at the thought "I can't live like that." He turned and climbed into the bunk, the conversation was over.
James stood their silently before nodding slowly "Yes…Yes I understand…" He knew that Harry's words were true, the attraction was there, but Harry was only interested in pleasure, not in a tangle of emotions. If James was brutally honest with himself as Harry's words forced him to be he realized that he did want love, he wanted love and fidelity, two things that Harry was unwilling or unable to give after seeing what he had during his life. Wordlessly James turned and left, he had his answer.
Beckett looked watched as his crew dumped the now useless cannons into the ocean and felt his eyes twitch in annoyance "I will find you." He said shortly, his anger making his words short and slightly jittery "And you will pay for making a fool of Lord Cutler Beckett!" He didn't know who the figure on the plow was, all he had seen in the glare of the sun was a blue pendent around his neck; but Beckett was a man of many resources, and he would find out who wore that necklace, and he would have his revenge.
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