A/N: Written for a drabble challenge at the MSN Group, Black Pearl Scrolls. Theme: Dreams & Nightmares. 100 words, without the title.
Two Sides of the Coin...
They'd all had their dreams, dreams of freedom and adventure, and unimaginable riches.
Jack dreamt of these, nestled in the womb of his black ship.
Bill dreamt of these, and then of his wife and son.
Barbossa dreamt of power first: the others would follow.
But the dreams had changed, as dreams could. Power exchanged for a life not worthy of the name. A home lost forever. Chains, real and imagined, the searing pain of a brand, heart torn away and fading into the distance.
You know nothing of Hell.
Oh, but he did, though. They all did.