Enemies and Lovers

I opened one eye and then opened the other. The room was dark and moonlight was streaming in through the open windows. It must be the dead of the night, I thought wearily as I looked around. I had the dark blue sheets securely around myself as I saw a sleeping Will. I smiled at the sight of him, he was on his side facing me, his chest was rising and falling softly. The sheet was around his waist revealing his muscular chest. I blushed as I thought about what had transpired between us earlier, and well then end result was that I had indeed lost my maidenhood, but at least with Will I had wanted it. I sat up and looked around his room, my eyes had adjusted to the darkness and I swung my legs over to the side. I hissed in pain as my legs rammed into the dresser next to the bed. I bent down and accidentally pulled the drawer open. I decided to peek in it, might as well. I looked in it and was surprised to see a key in there.

I raised an eyebrow as I cautiously picked it up, it was hanging by some rope and it glinted in the moonlight. Its design was very peculiar, with jagged ends.

"It couldn't be?" I asked quietly as my eyes quickly landed on the chest in the corner of the room. I then looked back down at the key, this could be it. Only one way to find out. I quickly stood up leaving the sheet behind me as I found Will's shirt lying on the floor, I threw it on and walked over to the chest. I kneeled in front of it and placed my ear to it as I heard the soft thumping of Will's heart. I placed the key in the keyhole and the chest unlocked making an audible boom. I quickly looked back at Will who just mumbled something in his sleep and rolled a little before calming back down. I sighed in relief and turned back towards the chest. I shakily opened the lid up and gasped. For in the chest was Will's heart. It was beating at a regular pace and I stared at it for a few minutes.

Now's the time, be done with it. Do what you were sent to do.

A voice echoed in my head resembling Uncle's to the point. I stared down at the heart; it was what I was sent here to do. Avenge my Father who was either some great man or a monster in human form. I looked around the room and saw a stray dagger lying on the table the by the couch and chairs. I quickly walked over to it and grabbed it making my way back to the chest. I took it out of its leather case and stared intently at it. This is what you want to do, Will killed your Father, he deserves to die. But he has always been kind to you, and you just slept with him. I shook my head to clear my thoughts, what has to be done has to be done. I brought the dagger down and was prepared to strike the heart but just as it was about to hit the heart I brought it back. My hand was shaking as I brought my hand back. I can't kill Will! I…I love him. Yes, I love him; I think I've always loved him, ever since he brought me to this room. Oh how that seems like a lifetime ago, back then I had been brainwashed dot think that all pirates were demons and deserved to die. I stared down at the knife and dropped it. It clattered on the wood shattering the silence saved for Will's softly beating heart. I shut the lid and relocked the chest and walked back over to the bed, I reopened the drawer and stuck the key back in.

I looked down at the locket in disgust and realized something. It was the only thing tying me to my past; if it vanished I was free. Free of my old life and I was then free to live one with Will. Taking the locket off I walked over to the window and dropped the locket into the sea. I smiled as I heard a faint plop; I walked back over to the bed and laid down facing Will. Cautiously I scooted closer to him till I was snuggled into him. He mumbled something but wrapped his arms tightly around my waist as I buried my head into my chest.

"I love you, Will."

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I felt soft fingers tracing themselves over my back and I opened one eye lazily. I looked up to see Will smiling softly down at me. I smiled back and opened the other eye.

"Good morning." I said yawning and he chuckled.

"It's far from morning darling?" I raised an eyebrow and looked around; the sunlight was coming in through the windows.

"What time is it?"

"Close to noon." I sighed and settled back down on him.

"Why didn't you wake me?" I mumbled into his chest as it rumbled with laughter.

"I liked watching you sleep, you're amusing in your sleep." I blushed.

"Don't tell me I do odd things in my sleep." He laughed and shook his head.

"You just move around a lot, and you like snuggling into me, I was afraid to leave you." I nodded into his chest. He smiled again but it quickly vanished as he stared into my eyes.

"Are you all right?" I looked down and nodded, an image of Ruben covered in blood came to me and I quickly shook it away. I looked up at him and was touched by his concern for me.

"It will take some time, but I should be feeling better soon." He nodded and bent down and softly kissed me. He pulled away and sighed.

"We should get ready." I nodded and sadly got off him and sat up. I say my clothes lying on the floor. I got up and started putting them no. Just as we had finished getting dressed someone started knocking on the door urgently. Will and I shared a look as Will walked over to the door and opened in and I saw a distraught Bootstrap standing there. I walked closer to the door as I heard them talk.

"Captain, we've got ourselves a serious situation."

"What?" Will asked quickly.

"A ship has been following us for the past hour." Will raised an eyebrow.

"Are you sure, I mean the ship is invisible to common people's eyes. Maybe there just going in our direction." Bootstrap shook his head.

"That's what we thought at first, but they have raised their sails and are catching up quickly, their cannons are drawn."

"What does the ship look like?"

"Blue sails with a cross and a bird over them." I gasped that was the Beckett logo. I brought a hand to my neck, the locket was gone. Throwing it in the ocean must have alerted it somehow and now Uncle was here to ruin everything. They men talked some more but I zoned them out as I stood there staring blankly. I had ruined everything. I was startled as the door shut. Will cursed under his breath and ran over to his weapons.

"What's going on?" I asked quietly and he turned towards me.

"We are being followed and whoever it is wants to fire at us. Take these." He said handing me two pistols, my sword, and a dagger. I stuck them all on me and followed quickly after Will as we raced to the deck. I looked out at the ship following behind us and it was definitely Uncle's ship, the Cruel Serpent. I saw there cannons drawn aiming at us and I saw our crew running around the ship defend our self.

"Fire!" Will yelled and bangs erupted the air and I brought my hands up to my ears. I ran towards Will.

"Stop!" I yelled clinging onto his arm. He tried to shake me off.

"Hayden what are you doing?"

"Please stop Will!"

"There firing at us!"

"He's my uncle, just stop!" Even though I am not fond of that man, he is family, and my father figure. Will looked down at me intently and nodded, he called the cannons off and everyone looked at him in confusion.

"Send out a signal, we shall talk this out, not fight." The crew seemed disappointed as they sent out a signal. We stopped the ship and soon enough the Cruel Serpent glided up next to us. The ships were as different as night and day, one filled with pirates the other filled with navy men. They both wanted me on their side, which would I chose. I quickly walked over as my Uncle came aboard. He looked the same as I remembered him. He looked around the crew smirking but then his eyes came upon me.

"Hayden?" He asked and I nodded and stepped forward.

"Hello Uncle." I said carefully and he looked me over and rolled his eyes in disgust.

"Dear child what has happened to you, you look barbaric." I looked myself over, I thought I looked fine. Sure I was different from when he last saw me, I was tanner, my hair lighter, my attitude different and I was dressed differently. Dark blue pants with a white shirt and a blue jacket, and my hair was hanging loosely and weapons were all on me, and I knew how to use them.

"You shall treat Miss Blanket with respect." Will snapped angrily and I closed my eyes, this is not going to go well. I opened them to see Uncle raise an eyebrow.

"Blanket? Is that what you go by now dear niece?" I scowled at him as he continued to smirk.

"And how are you?" Uncle asked Will looking him up and down, Will was in a red shirt with black pants and a blue bandana over his head.

"I am William Turner, captain of this ship." I sighed as I saw Uncle's eyes flash dangerously. He turned back towards me.

"You stupid girl!" he yelled and I flinched, and Will glared.

"Don't you dare talk that way about Miss Blanket!" Uncle laughed bitterly and turned back towards Will.

"Blanket is not her last name! It's Beckett. She is Hayden Leeann Beckett, daughter of my deceased brother Cutler Beckett." He hollered and Will's eyes widened and he turned his gaze on me as I refused to meet it.

"And you want to know why she is here boy? She is here to avenge her dead Father by killing you, the man in charge of his murder. But of course being the idiotic girl hat she is, she couldn't even do that." My face flushed red as I continued to stare at the deck, hoping to melt into it.

"Hayden." His voice was quiet and it made me instantly look up.

"Is it true?" There was sadness in his voice and my heart broke.

"Will…I…I didn't…I" I couldn't find any words so I just looked down and nodded my head. He took a deep breath and asked harshly.

"So this has all been a game, everything, even last night?" I flinched at his tone and looked up shaking my head quickly. Tears stung my eyes as I quickly walked over to him.

"No, only in the beginning. And even though I was supposed to be here to kill you, I could never do it." He backed away from me and shook his head.

"Why should I believe your lies? It is obvious that from the start you were just using me. From this day forward you are no longer apart of my life or my ship." Pain ripped through me as my heart felt like it was exploding. Will looked at my Uncle and said harshly.

"Do with her what you like." I looked at him shocked and heard my Uncle yell.

"Get back on the ship, you disgrace of a woman." I looked at Will and pleaded with my eyes but he just turned his back towards me. I looked at the rest of the crew but they all refused to meet my gaze. Sighing I walked over to the railing and swung across to the Serpent, the second my boots made contact with the deck I quickly ran out of sight, as the tears fell.

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I watched the ocean as it swayed, it had been an hour since we departed from the Dutchman and I had not moved from my spot. I suddenly felt pain as someone grabbed my hair and pulled me back.

"You stupid girl, I give you one job. Avenge your Father and you can't even do that. You are a disgrace to the Beckett name." Uncle screamed releasing me as I staggered back. I turned back towards him as he continued his rant.

"What would your Father think if he saw you now, his only child dressed like a …pirate." He said the word with such disgust it was even making me sick, but I would not let him push me around any longer.

"You know what; I don't give a damn about what my Father would think! He is dead, and besides you lied to me Uncle. You said he was a fair and kind man. But he wasn't he was a monster who killed others to get ahead in life." His hand came out of nowhere slapping me hard across the cheek; the brute force of it caused me to land hard on the deck in a heap.

"Don't you ever speak badly about your Father! You hear me girl!" To make his point he kicked me in the stomach causing me to yell in pain. He called to some other men how roughly grabbed my arms and pulled me up.

"Take her to the brig!" He spat glaring at me as I was pushed away. They took me down some stairs till we were in the brig; they took away my weapons before shoving me into the cell. I sighed as I sat down; I was in my own personal hell.

(Please R and R! I do not own Pirates.)