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-Captain Autumn
- 1707 -
The sun was shining brightly on that day. King Neptune stood on the docks outside his palace and looked around as dozens of people loaded the hundreds of ships that would be sailing to his city of Atlantis. The plan was entirely foolproof. He was to create a fake city to throw King James off track. Give the city a name, give the city a king. He decided that the man that would be 'king' to the small, yet glorious city that was his Atlantis, was his best mate Triton. He smirked as Triton made his way over to Neptune. Having been his friend for many, many years (since childhood) and having served as head of Neptune's army, Admiral Triton knew Neptune very well, but he still had his doubts.
"Neptune." Triton said, walking over to his friend. "Are you sure about this?"
Neptune, still watching the people load the docks, smiled as he said, "Triton, mate. I have never been so sure of anything in my life." Trtion smirked, and was about to say something, when a disapproving noise was heard behind them. Both men turned to see Anne and Alena Turner walking down the docks to meet them. Anne shook her head as she shifted the form of their sleeping baby in her arms, and glanced up at her husband, "This is madness."
"Look who's talking, Miss Sparrow." Anne shot a glare back at Triton. Triton smiled, not really trying to cover up what he just said, and looked up at Neptune. Neptune smiled down at his wife, and said to her, "I know. But brillance as well, love...Isn't that right, Lilabelle?"
Lila popped open her bright green eyes that matched her mother's, and giggled when she saw Neptune. Anne smiled, and lifted Lila up so that he could hold her. Neptune held on to his daughter as he said to Anne, "I won't be gone long. I'm going to help Triton and the people settle in, then I'll be back." Lila was tugging at a piece of Neptune's golden hair, causing Anne to smile. Triton, on the other hand, was too amused by the fact that Alena was now in some sort of argument with her three year old son who had, before, just been asleep.
Neptune kissed Lila's head, then handed her back to Anne before kissing her as well. Neptune smiled down at Lila and said, "Say Daddy, Lilabelle. Daddy."
Lila giggled, and then said, "Will!" Anne looked over at Alena and beamed as Lila broke out into a fit of giggles. Will just sighed and put his head on his mother's shoudler. Neptune wasn't very happy with this.. He stepped down from the docks, and said to his daughter, "Lila...Darling, say Daddy! Daaa-ddy.""
"Will!!" Lila said, louder, causing Alena and Anne (even Triton) to begin laughing. Will, who was now in his own mother's arms, looked over at Lila and made a funny face, causing Lila to start laughing even more. Neptune shook his head, and kissed Anne's head once more. Before he left, he looked down at Lila once more and said, "Lila? Say Daddy. Please, say Daddy?"
"Will!" Neptune shook his head, and followed Triton on to the Sun. Neptune looked back once more to see Anne and Alena waving at them.
"Bye, bye, Will." Lila cooed, waving one of her little hands in the air. Anne smiled and waved as the Sun pulled out of the port. Will looked up at the ship, then back down at the baby and said, "But, Mummy...I'm not going anywhere...am I?" Alena sighed, and shook her head, quietly saying something to him.
Triton looked around for his son, but soon spotted his wife. Athena smiled at him as he walked over to her as she stood on the deck of the ship holding their daughter.
"Darling, are you alright?" He asked her, kissing their own baby's head, and looking up into his wife's dark eyes. Athena smiled and him, reassuringly, and said, "Of course, darling." She leaned across their baby to kiss him briefly, as Neptune walked past them, angrily muttering, "Will? Goodness."
- Present Day -
- 1821 -
"Darling, give her some time. That's a lot of pressure to put on a young queen." Anne tried to say in a reassuring tone that night. She glanced out the window to see that the rain had let up. It let up soon after Will followed Lila into her room, letting them all know that he had managed (as usual) to calm Lila down. Anne turned her emerald eyes back on to her husband.
He was sitting in the study. His blonde hair was a fire color in the dark room as it reflected from the flames of the fireplace that he was sitting in front of. He rested his hands on his desk, and stared at them, his blue eyes unfocused. This slightly unnerved Anne as she walked over to where he sat, and attempted to make lighter of the situation, "Love, give her time. You must remember me when I first became queen."
Neptune smiled at that, and looked up into the face of his goddess. He was shocked, at first, to see how much Lila really was starting to look like her mother. Anne smiled gently at him, pushing one of her golden curls back, and saying, "Neptune, you did the right thing by not telling her. You made a promise to the Brethren Court years ago to keep the Secret of Atlantis-"
"-a secret." Neptune said, voicing what his nephew had spoken to him hours earlier. Anne smiled at that, and nodded, saying, "Yes. And don't even think about trying to send word out to Triton that they're-"
"-I wasn't planning on it, love. He hates me." Neptune ran a hand through his long, blonde waves. When he put his h ands back down, she placed both of her hands on his and said, "Neptune, that was not your fault."
"Yes, it was." He said, closing his ocean blue eyes. "It was." Anne decided that this wasn't the time to argue with him. She was only silent, before saying, "You did the right thing."
Neptune only nodded as Anne walked up behind him, and put her arms around him. He closed his eyes once more as he put his head against her, listening as the rain began to slowly fall once more...
"Ooootaipppooo...what the bloody hell is this?" Lila stared at the old dusty book that was in front of her with a priceless Jack expression. Will couldn't help but laugh as she tried to decipher what she was reading. Jack, who was sitting in the corner with his boots resting on the table in front of him, was watching his cousin with amusement.
"I mean honestly. This is a load of rubbish." Lila tossed the book across the room, barely missing Rupert as he walked in. She looked startled when Rupert let out a scream, causing Jack and Will to start laughing.
"Oh, Rupert, darling. I'm sorry." Lila said in a sweet voice, before hopping on to her father's desk and sitting cross-legged on it. Rupert just stared at her in pure shock, before walking over to an empty chair beside Jack. His sister emerged not a minute later, and took her stop directly beside Jack. Jack smirked, and wrapped his arm around her, waiting for his cousin to continue cursing every book that was in that library.
Will sighed, pulling his dark ringlets back with his bandana, and took the seat behind the desk that Lila was sitting on. He put a hand on her knee, and glanced down at the new book she was silently cursing, "This is stupid."
"Darlin', wha' exactly are you lookin' for?" Jack asked Lila, keeping one arm around Saphira, and the other arm bringing her hand down that was in her hair, twirling away at one of her chesnut curls. He rolled his eyes as she smiled up at him, and turned his gaze back on Lila who was flipping away at the book.
"I don't know, Jack. I'll know it when I see it though." Will laughed when he saw Jack's expression, but when he saw his wife's, his laugh instantly dried up.
"It's all in a different language, Li." Will said, taking the book from her. Lila leaned back on the desk so that she could look, and said, "It's in Atlanti. I'm guessing since Atlantis wasn't a real city, Atlanti was just some sort of code made up by my father-"
"-very good, darling." Anne said, walking into the room, holding a candle. She walked over to to the table that Jack had his feet rested on, and lit the candle that was sitting on it, before smacking Jack's feet off of it. Jack smiled at his aunt, and immediately put his feet down. Anne looked over at her daughter and said, "See? You can figure this out. Now, off the desk." Lila rolled her green eyes and got off of the desk. Once Anne was gone, she sat back on it and flipped through the book.
"Lila, how will this help?" Saph said, walking over to the desk Lila was sitting on, and looked down at the book. Lila moved it so that Saph could see and said with a slight shrug, "You're going to call me crazy-"
Jack made a snort sound when Lila said that, causing both Lila and Will to look over at him with a glare. Jack put his hand to his chest, with a look of mock hurt and said, "Wha'? Darlin', did I say anythin'-"
"-no, but you were thinking something-"
"-I think lots of things, love. You'd be surprised." Jack said, coming to stand behind Saphira, and putting a hand on her waist. Lila rolled her eyes again, as Rupert walked over too, and looked back down at the book, "As I was saying before Jacob interrupted me, you might think this sounds weird, but...I think you have some sort of connection with Atlantis, Saph-"
"Lila, what...I don't understand." Saph said, looking at her friend with a look of confusion. Sure, Lila had said some pretty far-fetched stuff before, but this? How on earth could she have a connection with Atlantis? Lila looked up at Saphie and said, "I don't know. I told you it would sound weird, but...your father. Mercer..." Lila hopped off of the desk, and walked into the next room. Soon, all of them had followed her into the room with the large map covering one of the walls. Lila was staring at him, more so the Atlantic Ocean, as she said to Saph, "I think Mercer was against my father."
"Of course he was. He worked for King James. King James was against your father for being king over everything, unlike himself who was just king over England. But, Lila-" Saph walked over to stand beside her, leaving three boys behind, "-I still dont understand."
"Mercer was against my father. I found it last night. There was a mutiny. Against Atlantis shortly before Athena was was murdered. I think Mercer led it." Lila turned from the map to look Saph in the eye. "We all know that he's power hungry, Jack put it down."
Jack looked up at Lila and sighed as he put the globe back down on the table in front of him. Lila shook her head, and turned back to Saphie who was still confused with this whole thing. "Alright. Mercer was against my father. He found out that Atlantis was a cover-up, went there, created a mutiny, killed Athena and her two children. Triton therfore blamed my father...which we know the rest from what my father said last night. But, that's the Secret of Atlantis-" Lila held up the book. "-there's something there that Mercer doesn't want us to find. He wants power, maybe even revenge against my father, which is why he wants me dead. But you, your his daughter. And..."
Lila trailed off and stared back up at the map. Will and Rupert walked over to the two girls. Will was either very impressed with Lila, or slightly worried. Or, maybe it was a mixture of both. Rupert put an arm around Saphie's shoulders, waiting for Lila to continue, "...and, I think that there's some sort of connection between you and Atlantis."
Will was silent for a moment, as he looked over at Saphira and Rupert. His eyes fell back on Jack who was spinning the globe at a fast pace so that Will was amazed that it hadn't spun off of it's holder. Will rolled his hazel eyes eyes, and turned back down to Lila, "Li, darling...are you sure about this?"
"Never been more sure about anything in my life." Was Lila's reply as she took a finger and traced the spot where Atlantis should be. "Never..."
"Bugger." Jack mumbled accompanied by a loud crash. No one had to turn around to know what he had just done...
- Tortuga -
"Did you hear? Ol' idiot Triton 'as declared war 'gainst the form'r king Neptune." Said an old man behind the bar. The cloaked figure that sat on the barstool instantly saw that this man had but one eye and one arm. Nevertheless, he was still wiping the glasses clean. "...can't say I entir'ly blame the man'...ona 'ccounta wha' 'appened to 'im."
The cloaked figure looked around Queen Anne's Revenge. People were dancing, some were drinking, many fights were breaking out. All in all, it was a typical Tortuga evening. The man in the black cloak, pulled his hood more over his face, covering it so that no one could see under it. Larry, who had now put the glass where it belonged, looked at the man with some confussion and interest as he said, "Where you from? 'Aven't seen you around..."
The cloaked man instantly pulled off his cloak and cocked the gun at Larry's head. "Their ship left port! I saw it...where are they." Mercer jammed the gun into Larry's head, and waited for an answer. Sad enough, this wasn't an uncommon sight in Tortuga, and pretty much widely went unnoticed in the bar. Larry was trembling as he said, "I...I don't know wha' you're talkin' 'bout!!! I don't know 'ho you talkin'..."
Mercer pushed Larry to the ground, and said, "Well, when you see them. Be sure to give them this message." He put a letter on the table, then raised his gun and shot. Turning on his heels, Mercer left the pub. Larry looked beside his head where the bullet had just landed, and fainted at the closeness of the situation.
On the table, laid the note. And written in Atlanti on the note was:
"Tah-neb-toap,
Moh-khit gweh-noag-loh-nick."
Will, Rupert, Saph and Jack followed Lila as she quickly walked down the streets of Tortuga. Will was rather mad at this whole thing, considering that this was not a place to bring a pregnant queen at a time when Triton was declaring war against...well, pretty much her. Will picked up his pace and was now practically running after his wife who was almost to the bar. "Lila! Wait!"
Lila stopped when she reached Queen Anne's Revenge, but continued in leaving Will to continue runnign after her. Jack smirked, and put his arm around Saphira's waist as he asked her, "You alright, darlin'? You've been a bit...quiet."
"Oh. No. I'm fine, Jackie." Saphira said, leaning into Jack somewhat. Jack smiled, and kissed her head, before following a crazy pregnant pirate and frantic captain into the pub. Rupert...well, Rupert was Rupert and was following closely behind Jack and Saphira.
"Your Majesty." Lila stopped when she saw a man walking towards her. Saphira groaned softly when she saw not only Will, but Jack as well, put their hands on the tops of their swords. Saphie put her hand on Jack's, as Lila stood in front of Will and said, "Yes?"
"A man brought this in for you this afternoon. Caused quite a commotion about it." The young man handed her the letter that was in a bright, sea blue enevelope. She looked down at it for a moment, before looking back up at the man and saying, "Thank you."
The man nodded at her and Will, then walked past them out the door. Jack clicked his tongue loudly, much to Rupert's great annoyance, and said, "Well, tha' was fun. Now, be a darlin' and tell me wha' exactly we're doing." Lila smiled at Jack as she tucked the letter away, and said, "It's like you don't know me at all, love."
She turned on her heels, and began walking down a narrow hallway that led to somewhere even Jack hadnt' been before. He felt Saphira take his hand, and he smiled down at her, reassuringly. Rupert, of course, hated dark places.
"Lila, is this-" Rupert eyed a suspicious looking dark lump in the middle of the ground, before looking up at Lila and finishing,"...necessary?"
"Yes." Lila said, coming to a wood door at the end of the hallway. She waited until Rupert had caught up with them, before turning to the door and knocking exactly three times. She paused, and nothing happened. Will looked back at Saphira who was holding on to Jack. Will turned back to his wife, trying not to look as Rupert poked the black lump with his sword, and said, "Li, darling...maybe..."
"Who's there?" Came a voice, very much so belonging to a female. Jack made a face at the sound of the voice, and looked over at Will who was as confused as Jack felt. Rupert screamed when the dark lump moved, only to find out that it had actually been a sleeping pig.
"I said, who's there?" Came the female's voice again.
Lila smirked as she leaned against the door and said, "Your worst nightmare, darling." There was a laugh at the other end of the door as the female asked in a much more relaxed, almost happy voice, as she said, "Lila?"
"In the flesh, love." Lila said as the door opened. Jack groaned inwardly when the girl appeared at the other end of the door. Head to toe in full-on pirate attire, her long wavy, jet black hair fell past her shoulders. Her deep tan colored skin sparkled in the candle-light as she brought the candle up to see Lila.
Lila smiled, and said only but one name, one name that made Jack feel a bit sick.
"Anamaria."