LeiaLeFey06
Title: The Secrets of The Sparrow
Genre: Drama/Romance/General
Rating: MA
Summary: A new pirate ship threatens The Pearl, a ship named The Sparrow, but the Captain of this ship is no ordinary pirate. The captain of The Sparrow is a woman fiercer than Jack Sparrow could ever dream of being and quite familiar with the witty, rum drinking Captain. She even threatens the happiness of his closest friends.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything created by Disney but Grace and Faith do belong to me. The general plot of this story in a sense is also mine but only in a sense because I cannot own anything that is a part of Pirates of the Caribbean or Disney. This is just a story I created that is called fanfiction.
Pairings: Grace/James and you'll have to wait to learn the rest.
Author's Note: This is supposed to take place just a few months after At World's End. I know that will not immediately work into the plot and it cannot because of the new characters involved and how they have to work on the story first. Because no one knows will happen in At World's End I will assume all of that. The things from Dead Man's Chest will work their way in as the plot provides them too. I found a timeline and I'm not sure if it's official or not but I worked with it to shape my story. Also, I'm so sorry it took me so long to update. My spring semester just started and I've been sick. I hope you like the new chapter.
Chapter 14: New Roads In Life
It had been two weeks since Grace's collapse after her three-day rum binge. She was starting to recover back to her old self quite nicely but she still hardly spoke to Will. Now instead of sharing a room with her husband like a wife properly should she was sharing a room with James. It only seemed proper that way and even her five-year-old daughter seemed to understand that better.
What was even more interesting to all of them was how close Jack and Elizabeth had grown. Before Grace had arrived back in Port royal Elizabeth had been due to marry Will but now there seemed no chance of that. Elizabeth was so angry at Will she could hardly speak to him but in turn was spending almost all of her time with Jack. The only ones who didn't find it odd were James and Gibbs who had seen the connection between Jack and Elizabeth already. It was evident that love just might be in the air in the most unusual of ways.
Elizabeth Swann was sitting in the parlor of the Sparrow Manor reading another one of Grace's books when she was joined by James Norrington.
"Reading another one of those?" he asked.
"I expected you to be with Grace today, James," she replied.
"And I expected you to be drunk on the beach with Jack."
"James, that was harsh."
"Grace is upstairs with Faith. She can't spend all of her time with me."
"And I can't spend all of my time drunk on the beach with Jack."
"Did you say my name, luv?" Jack asked entering the room carrying a rum bottle in each hand.
"I'll leave you two alone," James said exiting the room.
"James!" Elizabeth exclaimed. "We haven't spoken in days. I miss my best friend!"
"But wouldn't you rather spend time with old Jack?" Jack asked from the doorway.
"Jack, you are such a tease and if it was an invitation to spend the day with you then I accept," Elizabeth answered putting her book down and walking over to Jack.
Grace was in the upper part of the manor in Faith's room with Faith and Anamaria. She was taking today to spend completely with her daughter. She had been splitting her time between Faith, James, and her other duties since she began her recovery two weeks ago. She was starting to feel like her old self again. What she had now made her feel like who she truly was. Without her daughter, James, Jack, Anamaria, and her crew she would never make it.
"Mummy, I'm so glad to have you back," Faith said.
"You know that you tell me that all the time, Sweetheart," Grace replied.
"Yes."
"I'm so glad to be back with you."
"I'm glad, Mummy. I love you."
"I love you, too."
"Grace," Anamaria said.
"What is it, Anamaria?"
"We may need to keep Faith indoors today."
"Why?"
"Jack and Elizabeth."
"Again."
"That hasn't happened yet but I won't be surprised when it does."
"It isn't like you didn't with him."
"Don't you dare go there!"
"I already did."
"You're not so innocent yourself."
"Do you think Jack and Elizabeth will last?"
"Of course they will. Have you seen them together at all?"
"Point taken."
"Now what to do with Mr. Turner?"
"Ignore him and hope he finds someone else once he's left back at Port Royal."
"You're harsh."
"He deserves it."
"I know not to cross you but does he?"
Grace looked over at Anamaria with a crooked smile forming on her lips, the same smile that Anamaria had seen on Jack's face when he was up to something.
Will Turner felt trapped on this island. His wife was with another man and had been for years. Elizabeth seemed to be moving on quite happily with Jack. He was left just to himself and occasionally visits from Faith who refused to call him any name that meant Father. He couldn't feel bad or could he? His own child would rather spend time with James Norrington than him because she saw him as her father because he was always around. Faith seemed to be the only unsettled matter between himself and Grace. She was his child but Faith couldn't see that. Will for once seeing the right thing was to leave Faith to be raised by someone else. It was the right thing. He was divorcing her mother after all. Unfortunately they had not left the island at all in attempt to obtain it, though. He knew why they weren't leaving to get the divorce yet. He was told it wasn't safe yet because of Beckett. It was the only thing he and Grace were agreeing on at the moment. Beckett would put them all in jail to be hanged and God only knows what he would do with Faith.
Jack and Elizabeth were lying on the beach drinking rum with only the light of the moon and the fire they had made surrounding them. They hadn't been like this since the last time they were on the island. This time seemed so much better than the last. They weren't anxious to leave or to do anything else. They were just happy there with each other.
"Lizzie, what do you really think of me?" Jack asked.
"What do you mean, Jack?" Elizabeth questioned in reply.
"I mean after you kissed me that one time to trap me on The Pearl and then came to my rescue you still went back to Will like he was all you ever wanted. And I…"
"Jack, stop right there," Elizabeth interrupted, "Lately I've realized that Will has never been what I wanted. Ever since I met you I've been drawn to you and even more since I kissed you. I thought at first I was coming here to win Will back but I realized as soon as I left Port Royal that I was coming here to win your heart."
"You already have my heart, Lizzie," Jack said as he kissed her.