Pirates of the Caribbean – An Adventure Begins
Chapter 12
Present Time: Evening of the assault on the Empress
Elizabeth woke up the next morning beside her husband and was very surprised that she didn't have a horrible hangover. Unbeknownst to her during the night Iris and John were force-feeding hangover remedies into the crew's mouths all night so that it wouldn't screw up their chances of invading the Empress later on. Not long after Will woke up to and looked behind him to face his wife. She smiled at him and they kissed each other passionately. After about an hour of intimacy Elizabeth and Will got up kissed each other one final time and made their way out of the cabin but not before Elizabeth noticed an envelope on the small table next to their bed.
As Will left the cabin Elizabeth opened up the envelope and read the letter that her daughter had left for her.
My dearest motherI'm so sorry about what happened yesterday. I should've told you what happened but I guess I never brought myself up to doing it. You've got to admit though it was a pretty good plan I mean I at the time being five years old was able to fool two fully grown men, I mean that must show I have some form of intelligence but that still doesn't excuse that fact that I did something dangerous and I could've been lost because of it and father may have lost something else as well that would've made Jack call him a eunuch for the rest of his life. I love you so much mother and that wasn't the way that you should have been welcomed back to the Pearl. I hope you can forgive me.
You loving daughter
Iris
P.S Please don't drink that much rum again .It took me 30 minutes to push that remedy down your throat.
Elizabeth chuckled softly to herself and made her way outside of the cabin to where most of the crew including Will and John were getting prepared for the oncoming battle later that day. Elizabeth went to Jack and asked where to find Iris. Jack pointed up to the crow's nest and said that he would give Iris a break for a few hours because she was up all night feeding remedies into the drunken crewmembers. Elizabeth made her way up to the crow's nest and found Iris sitting down looking quite tired. Iris then looked back at her mother with a few tears down her face and smiled. Elizabeth smiled back, sat down next to her daughter and put her arms around her.
"Why do you cry darling?" Elizabeth said.
"It's just that I'm so happy that your back and I missed you so much. It was hell just going through each day thinking that you or father were dead," replied Iris.
Iris then started to cry more openly and Elizabeth tightly embraced her and wiped the tears from her cheeks. Iris rested on her mother's shoulder and Elizabeth gently rocked her back and forth until Iris fell asleep. Elizabeth looked upon her daughter and thought about this beautiful life that Will and her had created. It seemed only yesterday to her that sad but magical night in Tia Dalma's hut when her and Will made love together unknowing that she would come nine months after. She remembered how much she stroked her swollen stomach while she was in her womb and felt the warmth with every kick that she made. She remembered the joy on Will's face when he felt her kick for the first time. He had picked Elizabeth up and twirled her around with the greatest amount of joy on his face. She remembered how much that he used to talk to her before she was born and all the stories and songs that he did for her. In that moment she remembered how lucky she thought she was as she stroked her husband's head as he had his head on her swollen belly listening to their baby.
She remembered the twelve-hour labour that she had to go through to bring her into the world. She remembered the pain and the amount of times that she had cursed Will for putting her in that state but when she heard her daughter's cries and saw her for the first time it was blissful to hear and see and thinking then that it was all worth it to bring her into this world. She remembered seeing for the first time Will holding her in his arms next to her bed and the love that he had on his face for the small being in his arms. She then remembered the first time that she held her, how small and fragile she was. She remembered the smile that formed on her daughter's small mouth up at her, which almost reduced her to crying for joy at this small miracle in her arms. She remembered every moment with her and was so proud of the woman that she had become. Elizabeth kissed her daughter's forehead and just sat and rocked her for the rest of the morning just happy to have her daughter in her embrace again.
