Yes I know that I just up-dated this morning but I want to get this out
before I forget. Cari, the real-life Bonnie has been a saint and gave me
the ideas for the rest of the story and the sequel. Thankies to all my
reviewers! This is the second to last chapter!!! Woohoo! Break time coming
soon!
Chapter 9
It had been two days since the dauntless had captured the black pearl. The Pearl's captain and crew stood before the noose and awaited their death. They stood in order of their execution, with Captain Jack at the front of the line and Bonnie Turner at the end. In the fashion of the time the captain of the pirate ship was to be hung before his crew with all his hands watching him die.
Bonnie was last. She had to see Jack and all his mates be put to the noose before her. The only reason that she had not been second only to Jack was because of her parents and the request made by her mother that she live. She was to live the longest of Jacks last crew, but in the process see almost everything she held dear be slaughtered before her very eyes.
Elizabeth was in the box with her father watching with tear stained cheeks and eyes as her little girl, her pride and joy, her first and only child, stood facing the noose with all her ship mates. Both she and governor Swann had been locked in the box so that Elizabeth could not try to save Bonnie, and as the Governor of Jamaica governor Swann had to be in attendance, no matter who was being hung. Will had been locked in the prison until after the hangings so he could not rescue Jack or Bonnie.
Bonnie was looking over the faces of her shipmates. Each one had come to be like a brother or sister to her. And now she had to watch them die. She was deathly pale. Her eyes lost all color. She gritted her teeth and called out to Jack just before his head was placed inside the noose.
"Jack!" She called.
"Aye lass, what is it? And why didn't you say it earlier?"
"Jack, I love you! I didn't say it sooner because I thought that you would hate me. And I guess that if you hate me now it really doesn't matter because I won't have to live with it long." She called to him.
"Well when you put it that way your timing couldn't be better lass! And for the record I don't hate you. I love you. But I couldn't see how you could love a man who knew your grandfather." He replied.
"All's fair in love and war." She said simply.
"Good point, love" Jack replied.
Just then a dagger sliced through the air and cut the noose. It fell at the hangman's feet. Everyone looked at the embellished handle of the dagger, to see.
The Norrington crest. (See I could have ended it here and left you a cliff hanger. See how much I love you guys!)
"What is going on? Papa? Please you have to stop them! That's my baby! And your only grandchild! That dagger is a sign from God that my little girl is meant to live!" Elizabeth pleaded with her father. When in reality he had done everything he could to save his granddaughter.
"Who threw that?! Who would dare try to frame my family?! Well speak up!!!" Commodore Norrington yelled to the crowd.
"I did." Those words caused the crowd and prisoners to look at the man walking up the stairs to the hangman's noose. It was James Norrington. He calmly looked around at the stunned faces looking at him. "I threw the dagger. I spared Jack's life."
"Why? James answer me!" Commodore Norrington yelled.
"Because I couldn't let you kill the woman I love. Nor would I let you kill the man that her heart lies with, because to allow you to do that would be letting you kill her inside. I saw what losing mother did to you. I won't let that happen to Bonnie." He stated. He walked over to Bonnie. "Dearest to my heart, I love you and I always will. But even a blind man can see you love Jack. So I will step aside and give you up willingly. But I only ask one thing before I do, would it be too bold to simply ask for a kiss?" Bonnie looked at him with admiration in her gaze. She leaned forward and kissed him.
"Now that this is all finished, I have a question for the Bonnie lass." Jack proclaimed as people laughed at his play on words. "Abigail Kathryn Turner, would give me the honor of letting me call you my wife?" Jack asked as he got down on one knee. "I was going to wait until your sixteenth birthday-"
Jack was cut off by Bonnie "Yes."
"What was that love?" Jack asked not believing his ears.
"I said yes, Jack. I will marry you." She grinned and ran to him, and they shared their first embrace as an engaged couple.
Thank you lord that's over!!!!! The next and last chapter is the wedding!!! So stay tuned!!! Songelf88 the many mused
It had been two days since the dauntless had captured the black pearl. The Pearl's captain and crew stood before the noose and awaited their death. They stood in order of their execution, with Captain Jack at the front of the line and Bonnie Turner at the end. In the fashion of the time the captain of the pirate ship was to be hung before his crew with all his hands watching him die.
Bonnie was last. She had to see Jack and all his mates be put to the noose before her. The only reason that she had not been second only to Jack was because of her parents and the request made by her mother that she live. She was to live the longest of Jacks last crew, but in the process see almost everything she held dear be slaughtered before her very eyes.
Elizabeth was in the box with her father watching with tear stained cheeks and eyes as her little girl, her pride and joy, her first and only child, stood facing the noose with all her ship mates. Both she and governor Swann had been locked in the box so that Elizabeth could not try to save Bonnie, and as the Governor of Jamaica governor Swann had to be in attendance, no matter who was being hung. Will had been locked in the prison until after the hangings so he could not rescue Jack or Bonnie.
Bonnie was looking over the faces of her shipmates. Each one had come to be like a brother or sister to her. And now she had to watch them die. She was deathly pale. Her eyes lost all color. She gritted her teeth and called out to Jack just before his head was placed inside the noose.
"Jack!" She called.
"Aye lass, what is it? And why didn't you say it earlier?"
"Jack, I love you! I didn't say it sooner because I thought that you would hate me. And I guess that if you hate me now it really doesn't matter because I won't have to live with it long." She called to him.
"Well when you put it that way your timing couldn't be better lass! And for the record I don't hate you. I love you. But I couldn't see how you could love a man who knew your grandfather." He replied.
"All's fair in love and war." She said simply.
"Good point, love" Jack replied.
Just then a dagger sliced through the air and cut the noose. It fell at the hangman's feet. Everyone looked at the embellished handle of the dagger, to see.
The Norrington crest. (See I could have ended it here and left you a cliff hanger. See how much I love you guys!)
"What is going on? Papa? Please you have to stop them! That's my baby! And your only grandchild! That dagger is a sign from God that my little girl is meant to live!" Elizabeth pleaded with her father. When in reality he had done everything he could to save his granddaughter.
"Who threw that?! Who would dare try to frame my family?! Well speak up!!!" Commodore Norrington yelled to the crowd.
"I did." Those words caused the crowd and prisoners to look at the man walking up the stairs to the hangman's noose. It was James Norrington. He calmly looked around at the stunned faces looking at him. "I threw the dagger. I spared Jack's life."
"Why? James answer me!" Commodore Norrington yelled.
"Because I couldn't let you kill the woman I love. Nor would I let you kill the man that her heart lies with, because to allow you to do that would be letting you kill her inside. I saw what losing mother did to you. I won't let that happen to Bonnie." He stated. He walked over to Bonnie. "Dearest to my heart, I love you and I always will. But even a blind man can see you love Jack. So I will step aside and give you up willingly. But I only ask one thing before I do, would it be too bold to simply ask for a kiss?" Bonnie looked at him with admiration in her gaze. She leaned forward and kissed him.
"Now that this is all finished, I have a question for the Bonnie lass." Jack proclaimed as people laughed at his play on words. "Abigail Kathryn Turner, would give me the honor of letting me call you my wife?" Jack asked as he got down on one knee. "I was going to wait until your sixteenth birthday-"
Jack was cut off by Bonnie "Yes."
"What was that love?" Jack asked not believing his ears.
"I said yes, Jack. I will marry you." She grinned and ran to him, and they shared their first embrace as an engaged couple.
Thank you lord that's over!!!!! The next and last chapter is the wedding!!! So stay tuned!!! Songelf88 the many mused