Oh my god! This is the end of the first story! This is so sad and exciting! Review! Kay? I hope you all got the second movie by now, and with any luck the third! I might not continue with this into the sequel...It really depends if I get anytime to and if I feel comfortable with it enough. Let me know what you think.
Chapter 10
Sam's eyes widened as Jack moved back farther into the moonlight and saw he was a skeleton! His clothes were all ragged, and though his hair and face were still there, he had no skin. Sam shivered as she watched Jack look over his skeleton form. She turned to Will who had also turned to look at the sight of the immortal Jack Sparrow. Barbossa spit at Jack and then picked up a handful of coins, throwing them at Jack as he grabbed his sword. Jack pulled his sword out of his stomach and ran away from Barbossa.
Will and Sam turned back to the battle and attacked the pirates that came toward them. Two of the pirates attacked Will and chased him. Sam grabbed a gold 'vase' and put it on the head on the pirate who attacked her. She banged on the 'vase' and made the man fall into the water. Sam sighed and moved to Will's side, trying to help.
The battle fought on. Cannons fired outside. The bearded pirate threw his favorite exploding toys at Will. Sam ducked as coins few everywhere when on of the tiny bombs hit a large pile of treasure. Will fell over and the pirate went to attack him. Sam jumped up, but she knew she wasn't going to be quick enough to help Will. "I'm going to teach you the meaning of pain!" The pirate yelled. Will looked at bit surprised.
Sam cursed and hurried over to Will. But suddenly, Sam heard "You like pain?" and a large bang, followed by "Try wearing a corset." Sam smirked.
"Welcome back to the game, Elizabeth!" Elizabeth helped Will up, using a golden pole thing, and the three met in the middle. The three watched Jack and Barbossa battle it out.
"Whose side is Jack on?" Elizabeth asked, watching Jack thrust the sword at Barbossa.
"At the moment?" Sam asked. She glanced at Jack and then back at Elizabeth. "I have to get back to you about that one." Will snickered slightly. The three turned to see the other pirates had gotten back up and were ready to attack. Sam attacked one with her sword, while Will and Elizabeth tried to take down the other two. Sam smirked as they somehow managed the round the three up and stick them on Elizabeth's golden pole thing she was using for a weapon. Sam snickered seeing the three trying to free themselves all at once.
"Sammie, you thinking what I'm thinking?" Elizabeth smirked at Sam and tossed her an unlit explosive the bearded pirate had dropped. Sam smirked and ran the explosive against the rock, lighting it. She quickly shoved it in the gut of the bearded pirate, cringing as she did so. Will and Elizabeth pushed the three pirates out of the moon light.
"No fair." The pirate said, looking at his now non-skeletal body. Sam smirked and pulled Elizabeth and Will down as the three pirates exploded. Sam sighed and got up, rushing over to where Jack and Barbossa were. Will and Elizabeth followed close behind, ready to help. Jack and Barbossa looked up.
Jack slit his hand with the gold in it and threw it to Will as Will hurried up to the chest. Sam hurried over to Jack with her sword drawn. Jack threw the coin in Will's direction. Barbossa drew his pistol and aimed it straight at Sam. Sam was breathing hard. The gun fired and Sam closed her eyes. Sam didn't feel any pain. Was she dying? Sam opened her eyes slowly to see Jack's smoking pistol.
"Ten years you carry that pistol and now you waste your shot." Barbossa scoffed and smiled. Sam bit her lip. The curse wasn't over?
"He didn't waste it!" Will held the two coins over the chest. Will slowly dropped the coins in the chest, both covered in Will and Jack's blood. Sam gasped as Barbossa opened his coat. A blood circle formed where Jack had shot Barbossa. Barbossa's eyes went widen and he looked up, staring at Jack and Sam.
"I feel…cold…" Barbossa slowly fell backwards, falling dead on the ground. Jack gave a breath of relief. Sam hurried over to Jack and hugged him.
"It's finally over." Jack nodded, and looked at her. Sam breathed a sigh of relief and smiled as she dragged Jack to a pile of treasure. Sam could see Will and Elizabeth staring at each other. Love was in the air, and Sam was not usually on to interfere in one's love life. Jack smirked and looked at the gold. He picked things up and threw them out of the pile if he wasn't going to keep it. Gold, statues and other items hit the floor with a bang. Sam bit her lip, seeing Will give him the evil eye. Sam nudged Jack and looked over at Will, then nodded and went back to looking through the treasure. Sam sighed and went back over the chest where she left her dress and jewels.
Sam looked back over Elizabeth and Will, and saw Elizabeth walk away looking disappointed. Sam grabbed her things and hurried after Elizabeth. Elizabeth stopped halfway out of the cavern and sat against the wall, sighing. "Lizzie? What's wrong?"
"I've loved Will since I was ten…I don't think he feels the same way." Sam sighed and sat down next to Elizabeth.
"Lizzie, Lizzie, Lizzie…Why would he come after you if he didn't love you?" Sam tapped the younger girl's nose. Elizabeth smiled. Some things never change between friends, no matter how long they haven't seen each other or how far away they get from each other.
"Duty…maybe…Like James." Sam sighed and shook her head.
"Liz, he loves you. James…he's all duty-like. Will is the one who will stay home all day when you're sick, kiss your stomach when you're pregnant and be the one to be always there for you. James is well…just there." Liz nodded and got up slowly.
"I'll see you back at the Dauntless, Sammie."
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Sam groaned and turned over in her bed that James had set up for her once she got back on the Dauntless. The Black Pearl's crew left without Jack and Sam. Sam felt a bit hurt that Gibbs and Anamaria left her, but she couldn't really blame them. They were pirates after all. Sam sighed and turned over again, staring at the wall. Sam groaned and got up. There was not point in trying to sleep. She had too much on her mind.
Sam slipped out of the small cabin and walked down the hall, glancing around and tiptoed up the stairs to keep anyone who was asleep from waking up. She slowly made her way to the railing of the ship where she talked to James the other night. She looked out on the ocean. The stars twinkled and reflected in the ocean along with the bright full moon. Sam sighed. This would probably be the last time she would get to see the ocean, the stars and the moon looking this beautiful in a ship.
She watched the sea water his against the boat, and then noticed something…The stars were moving into one are in their reflection in the water. Sam looked up at the sky. The stars weren't moving. This was certainly strange. Sam looked down in the ocean, and saw the stars form a circle. What was going on?
"Sam!" Sam watched the circle. A picture started to come into focus. It was a dark skinned woman with hair much like Jack's. She showed a few glittering as she smiled. Tia Dalma! The woman from the village so long ago! "Samantha!"
"I'm here Tia Dalma. What is it?" Sam glanced down, watching the picture come into complete focus. "What are you doing here? How can you do this?"
"Child, now is not the time to ask! I must warn you of a vision that is coming true!" Tia Dalma held up her arms, as if warning Sam.
"What was your vision? Am I going to die? Is some one close to me going to die?" Sam bit her lip, losing any sense of boredom, and turning it into worry.
Tia Dalma sighed. "Child, let me speak and then you may ask questions." Sam rolled her eyes and waited for Tia Dalma to speak. "You will be betrayed by the man you love. A man that loves you will die by the actions of Davy Jones. The world will be at chaos, and all answers will point to the World's End. One that is now dead, will rise again and help you all achieve a bitter sweet end, where all that is fair is foul and all that is foul is fair. Be cautious, child. You and I will see each other again soon."
Sam bit her lip thinking this all through. There were so many people and things that could happen. Possibilities and meanings of what Tia Dalma said were endless. All she could do was watch her back and hope for the best. At least at this point and time. "Are you all right, Sam?"
Sam turned around and looked behind her. James stood behind her. He looked confused. She smiled. "Hello James."
"Who were you talking to?" James looked down into the ocean and all around. Sam smiled and laughed nervously.
"No one, no one. I was talking to myself…I just couldn't sleep, so I've been trying to coax myself into the idea of sleeping." Sam looked down into the ocean. Tia Dalma's image had faded. "How is everything? Why aren't you sleeping?"
"Someone has to be up most hours of the day making sure the crew is about working to meet our destination by tomorrow." Sam nodded and looked out at the ocean. James stepped closer to her, watching her. "Something troubles you?"
"A little. I…I'm just upset about the hanging." Sam licked her lips, and let out a long breath. James nodded, knowing what she meant.
"I understand, Sam…But my loyalty falls to the Royal Navy. If I don't hang mister Sparrow…I can be at the noose myself, along with him." Sam nodded slightly and mumbled "It's Captain Sparrow."
"James…you meant all that you said to me earlier…about how I haunt your dreams…?" Sam blushed a little thinking about this. It was embarrassing, but it was attractive in some sort of mixed up way that a girl's mind works to think a man could think about her that way. James nodded, simply. Sam smiled. "I feel the same way…but….I know I can't since you're marrying Elizabeth…"
James nodded simply again. "I know, Sam…I know." James looked out at the sea, with Sam, taking her hand slowly. Sam smiled at this and relaxed a little more.
"James…promise me that if things don't out with Elizabeth, that you will still consider me, even though I'm a pirate." Sam looked in James' eyes. James nodded without hesitation. Sam pushed her hair out of her face. James slowly leaned in.
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The drums sounded at a steady beat. Bum-bum-ba-da-bum. Bum-bum-ba-da-bum. Sam shivered. Jack was going to get hung and there was nothing she could do. She was tied with rope, and James Norrington held the loose ends. It was only for show, but Sam wished she was free…er. She wished she could do something to help her best friend, but there was nothing she could do as of right now.
Jack already stood on the platform looking disgraced. Sam sighed. She felt even more disgraced herself, not being able to help her best friend. The crimes Jack were accused of were being read. All eyes were on Jack. Sam glanced away, not being able to this man killed. Sam heard footsteps and looked up. It was Will dressed like a gentleman ready for a tea party. She bit her lip and watched him. "Governor Swann. Commodore. Sam. Elizabeth." Will tipped his hate slightly, to them.
"May god have mercy on your soul." The reader turned away and walked off the platform. Sam bit her lip. It was almost time.
"I should have told you every day from the first day I met you…" Sam studied how Will was looking at Elizabeth. His opportune moment had come. "I love you."
The drums beat loudly. Elizabeth looked surprised at Will and Will suddenly rushed off. Sam smiled. He had finally done it. "Strange boy." Governor Swann remarked as Will rushed through the crowd, away from them. The drum rolls started. The noose went around Jack's neck. Elizabeth and Sam met glances. Elizabeth winked and suddenly fell to the floor. "Oh goodness! Elizabeth!" Sam shouted.
Both men shifted their attention to the fainted woman as Sam glanced over a Jack, still watching. Something shiny caught her attention. A dagger! Without hesitation, she grabbed up the dagger and cut herself loose, soon running into the crowd. The men hadn't noticed her absence. Same hurried after Will in the space he made from pushing through. Sam was right behind him.
Will drew his sword and rushed forward. "MOVE!" Sam was at Will's heels, following him. The hangman grabbed the lever to hang Jack and pulled it back. Jack started to fall with the noose around his neck. Will rushed forward, but he stopped suddenly. Sam ran over to Will, knocking the sword straight out of his hands and into the wood of the trap door under Jack's feet. Jack balanced on the sword!
Sam smirked and pulled Will up as they prepared to fight for theirs and Jack's lives. Sam shoed Will off to do what he had to do as Sam cracked her knuckles and laid a large punch on one of the nearby guards. Sam quickly grabbed up the man's drop sword and continued to fight. Sword clashed about. "How are you holding up, mate?" Sam yelled to Jack.
"Just bloody fantastic! Now get me down!" Sam groaned as kicked away another guard and hurried up to the platform. Clutching her sword tightly, Sam hurried over to where Jack was hanging and hacked at the rope, making it break. Jack fell to the stone ground with an "Oof." Sam jumped off the platform just as Will did, Will doing a fancy flip in doing so. "Show off!"
Sam and Will rushed towards the pavilion looking over ocean. Jack came close by them and threw Will an end of the rope that he had been hanging on. Sam rushed head. Jack and Will hit a few soldiers as they made their way to the pavilion. Sam stopped behind a support beam with Will and Jack as they made two soldiers hit the wall. Sam let out a long heavy breath.
Jack landed a punch on a passing red coat. The three hurried closer to the large cliff over looking the sea, fighting all the way, when suddenly they were surrounded, the three of them in the middle of red coats with drawn, sharp swords. Sam glanced at Jack. They were sunk.
Norringtion held his drawn sword at Will's neck. "I thought we might have to enjoy some matter of ill conceived escape attempt." Sam bit her lip. Governor Swann approached them. "But not from you…or from you, Samantha." Sam simply rolled her eyes. What does he expect? I am a pirate after all.
"On our return to Port Royal, I granted you both clemency. This is how you repay me? By throwing in your lot with him? He's a pirate!" Swann seemed to be somewhat glaring at them.
"What is wrong with being a pirate?" Sam frowned but was ignored by the men.
"And a good man! If all I have achieved here is that the hangman with earn two pairs of boots instead of one, so be it." Sam frowned again and gave Will a little shove after he dropped his sword.
"Three! And that goes doubly for me!" Sam said loudly. Will turned to Sam and sighed.
"All right, three!" Will rolled his eyes and then turned to Norrington "At least my conscious will be clear."
"And mine! You can't forget me!" Will rolled his eyes at this, seeing Sam wasn't going to shut up until her voice was heard.
"You forget your place, Turner." Norrington said nastily. He seemed to glare at Will as well, obviously annoyed and then glanced at Sam. "Same for you, Samantha."
"It is right here. Between you and Jack." Will stared back at Norrington, with the same look the he was receiving.
"As is mine! Where it should be!" Sam interjected.
"And mine!" The three looked up to see Elizabeth join them in the surrounded area. Sam smiled. Elizabeth had come through.
"Elizabeth!" Swann seemed to be panicked at the fact his daughter was defending this pirate and his friends. "Lower your weapons. For goodness sake! Put them down!" The soldiers lowered their weapons.
"So this is where you heart truly lies…" But Norrington wasn't talking to Elizabeth. His glance was on Sam. Sam gave him a puzzled look…Did he think she was doing this because she was in love with Jack? Certainly not…They were just friends…
…Weren't they?
"It tis." Elizabeth replied, thinking he was talking to her. Norrington broke his glance with Sam and looked away.
Jack looked up and motioned to Sam. Cotton's parrot had been sitting on the cannon above them. Could it possibly mean what she thought it meant? Jack walked over to Governor Swann. "Well! I am actually feeling rather good about all this! I think we've all arrived at a special place, ay?" He smiled, getting in Governor Swann's face on emphasis of every word. "Spiritually? Economically? Grammatically?"
Jack then moved on to Norrington. "I want you to know that I was rooting for you, mate." Sam moved to Norrington's side as Jack walked over towards the end of the pavilion. Sam slipped her hand in his and kissed him softly.
"I'll miss you…Look for me, okay?" She whispered in Norrington's ear. She then wafted off behind Jack as he continued to talking, all eyes on him.
Jack then stopped in back of Elizabeth. He gave a truly sincere face. "Elizabeth…" Elizabeth turned to look at Jack. "I would have never worked between us, darling." Samantha snickered softly as Elizabeth's mouth went slightly agape with a mix of confusion and annoyance. "I'm sorry."
Jack walked off a little before stopping again. "Will." Will turned to him. "Nice hat." Jack again continued walking.
Sam hurried to Jack side and grabbed his hand. Jack smirked at her and then held up a finger the spectators around them. "Friends! You will always remember this as the day you almost caught Sam Bryne and Jack-" And they jumped, making a splash at they hit the water after falling about 3 stories. Sam shivered slightly and glanced at her best friend, smiling. "Jack?"
"Yes, Sammie?" Jack shook his head shaking the water from his hair all over her. Sam smirked.
"Thanks for the adventure." Jack shrugged as they treaded in the water.
"You're welcome, luv." Sam kissed his cheek gently and punched him in the arm playfully, leaving Jack silent, but smirking his normal grin. Shouting suddenly broke the silence. "LAND HOE!" They looked up. The Black Pearl was sailing right towards them. Both pirates swam towards the boat as it sailed toward them.
A rope was thrown towards the two. Sam grabbed on to Jack as he grabbed the rope. The crewmen pulled at the rope, bringing both pirates onto the deck of their ship. "I thought you were supposed to keep to the code!"
"Aye! Me too!" Sam shook off her clothes and glanced at the faces of the crew. Gibbs stepped up. Jack gave him a questioning look.
"We figured they were more of actually… guidelines than rules." Gibbs shrugged and then motioned to the some crew members. Mr. Cotton handed Jack his hat. Some other crewmen handed Sam a coat. Sam did not hesitate wrapping the coat around herself and her wet clothes.
"Thank you." Jack slid his hat on his head and stopped, seeing the wheel was not being manned. He glanced around at the crew and then approached the wheel.
"Captain Sparrow." He turned back to Anamaria who had spoken up. "The Black Pearl is yours." Jack caressed the wheel lovingly. He had finally gotten his ship back. He was at peace.
"Finally." Sam remarked, having never seen Jack so happy before. This also meant for now she only had to worry about where Jack was dragging them next and how much mischief he managed for them. James could wait…at least until she met him again.
"Aye, finally." Jack replied, suddenly pausing. He had realized his crew had been watching him. He suddenly leaned up and took a more stern tone as he barked at his crew. "On deck you scabbarous dogs! Hands to places!" He glanced at Sam, smiling an adventurous smirk. Same could only smirk back. "Now…bring me..." He glanced at Sam again. This time she didn't need to give him a look. "Us, that horizon."
"And really bad eggs. Drink up me hearties, yo ho!" He sang softly as he started to steer. It was a bit drunkenly, but this time, anyone who could differentiate between drunk and sober could easily tell he was drunk on happiness and his new found adventure.
"Oh god! Not that song again!" was all Sam could utter before starting to laugh. Slowly, she joined him at the wheel. This adventure had ended and a new adventure was starting to unfold.
THE END