CHAPTER TWO: Will and Elizabeth accompanied Jack to the best boat merchant in Tortuga. Jack carefully examined every boat possible, but always found something wrong. After hours of searching, all the boats in the selection didn't pass inspection by Jack.
"Best boat merchant in town, eh?" Jack mumbled under his breath, "I don't like a single one!" It was close to lunchtime when they left the merchant's stockyard, so Will, Elizabeth and Jack set out to find a place to eat. Suddenly, Jack spotted the perfect boat.
"There it is!" Jack exclaimed, "The PERFECT boat for me!" Now normally Will and Elizabeth would be a bit more enthusiastic at a find like this, but immediately spotted why Jack wanted this boat.
"Jack! Do you know which boat this is?" Elizabeth asked coolly, "It's the Black Pearl for heavens sake! You just got rid of it!"
"Oh ya." Jack said disappointedly. "I thought it looked familiar." On the way back from lunch, Jack couldn't resist seeing the Pearl again, so he dragged Will and Elizabeth along too. But when they got to the port, the Pearl was gone.
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In its place, sat a beautiful new-looking boat with a black base and silver sails. It had recently been completed because it looked and smelled like the harbor, not the ocean. Jack immediately fell in love with it.
"I have to have that boat." Jack stated. "It is the most beautiful ship I have ever seen. Besides," he added quickly, "the Black Pearl of course." Jack, in his usual fashion, climbed up into the ship without permission. He looked around the deck for a while and then disappeared down below. In the mean time, Will and Elizabeth were trying to guess the one thing that he would find wrong with the ship, like he had with all 27 others. But when Jack emerged from below deck, he had no complaints. Will was awestruck. He was sure that this boat was just like any other that they had examined, but Jack thought otherwise. "I'll take it." "What?" Elizabeth exclaimed.
"I said, I'll take it."
Will and Elizabeth couldn't believe their ears. Jack was already purchasing the ship and conjuring up a name.
"Whaddabout." He paused for a long time, "The Bonnie Lass."