She absentmindedly meandered through what was the less hectic marketplace
of Port Royal, it appeared that the local merchants had packed up their
goods and other treats and gone home. Even though most of the stalls were
deserted people flowed up and down the street, probably visiting the
taverns or tourists heading back to the harbour after enjoying a fun filled
day at the Port. She replayed the incident of the early afternoon in her
mind again as if trying to figure out where she'd faltered, how'd she let
him slip out of her sight and then she couldn't find him at all, as if he
were a magician who could make himself disappear on demand. After all these
years of trying to track him down she finally found him only to loose him
again in the same instant. Lilly heaved a sigh as she trudged on
desperately trying to figure how her magician had managed to perform his
trick.
She would have seen him coming a mile off if it wasn't for her head being in the clouds and the constant musing over the event, getting slightly frustrated by it all. He strutted through the large crowds of people also with an air of absentmindedness about him; in Jack's case it was either move out of his way of simply be pushed aside. The people at Port Royal were so bland and predictable, if there would be a sudden attack they'd all race around like in a disorganised fashion as if headless chickens, selfishly worrying about their own well-being. These plain people often became a blur to Jack whenever he travelled on foot, or maybe the reason for this blurriness was the amount of rum the pirate had drunk? He didn't know, he didn't really care because he was highly content, maybe that was also due to the rum.
She didn't notice him until after his shoulder had clashed with hers, if it had been any other person she would have swiftly spun round and given them a piece of her well organised mind, however glancing at him confirmed that the event earlier that afternoon hadn't been an illusion. Irregular walk, wore and torn style clothes, the beads and braids in his hair and of course the thick black smudge of coal soot around his eyes all these traits could only have on possible owner, Jack Sparrow! Jack's heart clenched momentarily as if frightened it did start beating again she'd hear it. He froze, had it been an apparition of his drunkenness? No. No young woman couldn't possibly own such incredibly straight hair or piercingly blue eyes nor could any suite a gypsy style of dress as Lilly the Skull. He quickened his pace except due to his individual and odd look it was hard to blend into the crowd of Port Royal.
She was just about to dash after him when she felt something against her worn black boot. Glancing down she confirmed that it was an unripe mango. Lilly lifted it and took careful aim before launching the green fruit. It flew past the many civilians and charged at Jack's red bandana as if an enraged bull charging at the matador and his red cape. It smacked the fleeing pirate on the head with a satisfying 'THWACK'. Lilly briskly walked up to the jumbled heap of clothing and dreadlocks that was sprawled out onto the ground. It finally moved, rolling over to reveal a semi conscious Jack. He moaned in pain while rubbing his crown. She stood over him her long hair cascading down over her shoulder, she nudged at him with her boot. The pirate sat bolt up right quickly gazing around him to solve what had caused such a blow to his head. Beside him lay an unripe mango with an extreme dint in it from the impact it made and a displeased looking Lilly standing over him.
"'Ello Skull." He said peering up at her with a weak smile all the time constantly trying to relive the pain in his head by rubbing it in circular motions.
"Don't you 'Hello Skull' me!" she shouted angrily her Spanish accent showing threw strong whenever infuriated. "You pathetic pirate! I should pull ya up by that stupid beard attached to your chin! Get up!" Jack obeyed and pulled himself up wishing he had done the process slow as his sore head throbbed worse than before.
"What can I do for ye?" he asked knowing the full well the answer.
"My ship, my crew, my treasure and my pendant. I want them all back, now!" she demanded crossing her arms over her chest.
"Ah...Well I erm don't have 'em, any of 'em. So I guess I'll be seein' ye around." He said quickly turning on his heel. Lilly seized one of Jack's braids in her hand and walked in the direction of an alleyway off the busy road, it appeared that they had already caused a ruckus and attracted an audience. "Hey! Ow! Ow ow!" whined Jack as he was dragged along. His head already hurt he didn't need any additional pain.
"What in do ya mean you hav'nt bloody got them?!" she hissed realising his mattered hair.
"Well...erm." He shuffled slightly, shifting his weight from on foot to the other "After I made you walk the plank, which I'm incredibly sorry 'bout! One of the navy ships tracked us and caught us seems, as yer ship was so slow. The ship sunk after the attack from the cannons and the crew, those who didn't get caught sank."
"The treasure?"
"It sank with the ship."
"And my pendant?"
"That I erm got rid of after the whole thing 'cause basically it was a bit too much power for me to 'andle..."
"What?! How'd ya 'get rid of it'?"
"Well, I escaped form the navy ship and ended up in Tortuga and I sold it to a merchant there for a great bundle of money."
"You did what?!!!" she exclaimed whipping out a long bladed dagger of an oriental variety and thrusting his in the pirates face, inches from his nose. The girl had done it so swiftly Jack had wondered where she had pulled it from.
"Er... come Lilly it's all in the past so why don't yer just clam down and put that thing away before someone gets hurt." He said, holding his hands up in surrender
"You have no idea what you put me through do ya?" She questioned.
"Erm..."
"I floated on a piece of driftwood for god knows how many days before a ship rescued me, it was a Japanese fisher boat they didn't speak a word of English then I spent six months in Japan eating nothing but raw fish and noodles! And for the rest of my time I spent forever one step behind you!"
"Well at least I freed ye from that terrible ship and crew... and at least ye got to go places meet new people see new things, right? So you should really be thankin' me instead of shoving that blade in me face."
"Thank you? I should kill you!"
Meanwhile a frantic Will raced up and down the roads of Port Royal searching it's every tavern in sight, desperately trying to find Jack. He burst into a filth coated shack called 'The gull" urgently scanning the smoky bar for the familiar face when he saw two others, Cotton and Gibbs.
"Will?"
"Gibbs! Where's Jack? I need to talk to him!"
"Cap'n went out not long ago."
"Where?"
"Dunno just said he needed some air." Will pushed through the crowd of drunks and ran out the door before even hearing Gibbs finish. He dashed down the market street all the time questioning himself, why did he take that ring? Why did he trust to take a ring that a pirate like Jack offered him? Why had be been so foolish? All these questions rages through his mind loudly so deafeningly that he could here the sound of his footsteps on the cobbled pavement. He started calling out Jack's name as loud as he could in hope the pirate would return the hollers.
"I could kill you right now Sparrow. I doubt anyone would care." Said Lilly still enraged that the pirate had had lost everything that was hers. "I'd be doing people a favour getting rid of you." Suddenly they both heard the shrill calls form the marketplace.
"JACK!!!"
"Huh? That sounds like Will..." He shoved past Lilly forgetting the weapon she tightly held in her hand. "Will?!" There was a clatter of footsteps and a stress engulfed young man appeared in the alleyway's opening. Lilly swiftly concealed her weapon.
"What's wrong wit ye?" questioned Jack as he rushed up to his friend.
"You!" Will grabbed hold of Jack's shirt and pined him up against the alley wall. "The ring it's cursed Jack! You gave me a cursed ring you idiot!"
"Ah, well obviously I wasn't aware of that otherwise I wouldn't ov given it to yer." Explained Jack, freeing his shirt from Will clutches.
"I guess I'm not the only one who wants ya dead then." Mused Lilly who Will hadn't even noticed the young woman stood there watching them.
"So what happened to 'er?" asked Jack
"She put it on and then there was this weird green light and then she turned into a Gold statue right before my eyes!"
"Gold?" questioned Jack.
"Yes gold!"
"Did you move her?" Questioned Lilly
"I couldn't."
"You mean you just left her? A solid gold statue in a Port that has a huge number of pirates in it?"
"But I couldn't move her on my own!"
"Why didn't ya get one of the navy soldiers to help ya?"
"Oh yer that would ov worked!" Tittered Jack "'Excuse me could ye please give us a hand to move the Governor's daug'ter as she's been turned into a golden statue.'" He giggled "Oh! or he could ov gone to tha' big guy himself and asked, 'Governor Swann please could I have able men to help move you gold statue of a daug'ter!"
"Shut it Jack this is your fault!" growled Lilly before turning to Will "You might of not been able to move her but I bet a bunch of over eager pirate would have." The sudden realisation of such a thing filled Will with fear and a chill ran down his quivering spine.
"We have to get back to where I left her!" and with that he dashed of leaving Jack and Lilly.
"This has disaster written all of it." Sighed Jack as he was just about to race off when he felt a hand clasped onto his wrist.
"I'm coming too. I'm not thought with you yet!"
The three hurriedly made their way to the beach, which on any other night would have looked miraculous, the sand lit up by the light of a crescent moon, which also cast a slither of white onto the black sea. The sight of five figures moving the golden statue disrupted this picturesque view.
"Elizabeth!" shouted Will as he sprinted towards them nearly falling over numerous time due to the sand shifting under his feet. The pirates had placed Elizabeth gold form onto some sort of small wagon, which they pulled, leaving track marks in the white sand. The pursuit was on and despite the weight of such a sculpture the pirates managed to keep ahead at an astounding pace, swerving in and over of people and trying to lose their hunters by racing down narrow alleys.
"Will! They'll only be heading to one place, the dock. Don't bother trying to run after them. We should go down the main roads to the dock it'll be hella lot quicker than running down these side streets." Suggested Jack.
"Fine!" They changed their course and ran towards the dock. Will could feel his heartbeat quicken in the fear of losing his lover, it beat so loud that it thumped in his ears as if it were a native drum, growing louder and louder the closer he got to the docks.
"They won't get her onto the boat!" Exclaimed Lilly who was at his side " The docks leading to sea are all made of wood, the wood would break under such a weight!" The three skidded to a halt at the sight before them. The pirates were resourceful ones as they were using a pulley to manoeuvre Elizabeth on to their ship, which had been brought forward placing to the side of the pulley. "But of course." Lilly added with a grim tone.
"No!" Will ran down along the dock nearly tripping over his own feet due the fact that he was running so fast, however he wasn't quick enough as the ship began to sail out of the harbour. Will didn't even pause when he reached the end of the dock he merely threw himself off and began swimming after the ship in a desperate attempt to catch up.
"Will!!" Jack dived in after his frantic friend and swam after him, proving that even he was a greater swimmer than the blacksmith. Jack Caught up with him and grabbed at his shoulder. "What do yer think yer doing? Do yer really think yer gonna catch up with that ship?" he shouted over the splashing of waves.
"I must do something! I can't just stand there and watch them take her way from me!" he said trying to free himself from the older man's grip.
"Calm down! Were gonna get her back but doing stupid things like throwing yerself of docks isn't going to help anyone, savvy?"
Will sighed and nodded. The two swam back in the black night waters towards the docks where a patient Lilly waited. A feeling of disbelief and misery washed over Will realising he had lost his fiancée to a bunch of grime covered pirates once again.
***Author's Notes***
Many thanks to the reviews I've received also I'd like to thank 'Riot1' for naming the game that my main plot is from, Monkey Island, I was going to include this in my disclaimer however I had forgotten the title of the game so I'll soon be replacing my old disclaimer!! Another thing I would like to point out to the reviewer 'Flamingo feathers' Lilly the Skull is not a skull, that's her pirate name! Lol! There will be an explanation in future entries of how she received such a name.
~Amy~
She would have seen him coming a mile off if it wasn't for her head being in the clouds and the constant musing over the event, getting slightly frustrated by it all. He strutted through the large crowds of people also with an air of absentmindedness about him; in Jack's case it was either move out of his way of simply be pushed aside. The people at Port Royal were so bland and predictable, if there would be a sudden attack they'd all race around like in a disorganised fashion as if headless chickens, selfishly worrying about their own well-being. These plain people often became a blur to Jack whenever he travelled on foot, or maybe the reason for this blurriness was the amount of rum the pirate had drunk? He didn't know, he didn't really care because he was highly content, maybe that was also due to the rum.
She didn't notice him until after his shoulder had clashed with hers, if it had been any other person she would have swiftly spun round and given them a piece of her well organised mind, however glancing at him confirmed that the event earlier that afternoon hadn't been an illusion. Irregular walk, wore and torn style clothes, the beads and braids in his hair and of course the thick black smudge of coal soot around his eyes all these traits could only have on possible owner, Jack Sparrow! Jack's heart clenched momentarily as if frightened it did start beating again she'd hear it. He froze, had it been an apparition of his drunkenness? No. No young woman couldn't possibly own such incredibly straight hair or piercingly blue eyes nor could any suite a gypsy style of dress as Lilly the Skull. He quickened his pace except due to his individual and odd look it was hard to blend into the crowd of Port Royal.
She was just about to dash after him when she felt something against her worn black boot. Glancing down she confirmed that it was an unripe mango. Lilly lifted it and took careful aim before launching the green fruit. It flew past the many civilians and charged at Jack's red bandana as if an enraged bull charging at the matador and his red cape. It smacked the fleeing pirate on the head with a satisfying 'THWACK'. Lilly briskly walked up to the jumbled heap of clothing and dreadlocks that was sprawled out onto the ground. It finally moved, rolling over to reveal a semi conscious Jack. He moaned in pain while rubbing his crown. She stood over him her long hair cascading down over her shoulder, she nudged at him with her boot. The pirate sat bolt up right quickly gazing around him to solve what had caused such a blow to his head. Beside him lay an unripe mango with an extreme dint in it from the impact it made and a displeased looking Lilly standing over him.
"'Ello Skull." He said peering up at her with a weak smile all the time constantly trying to relive the pain in his head by rubbing it in circular motions.
"Don't you 'Hello Skull' me!" she shouted angrily her Spanish accent showing threw strong whenever infuriated. "You pathetic pirate! I should pull ya up by that stupid beard attached to your chin! Get up!" Jack obeyed and pulled himself up wishing he had done the process slow as his sore head throbbed worse than before.
"What can I do for ye?" he asked knowing the full well the answer.
"My ship, my crew, my treasure and my pendant. I want them all back, now!" she demanded crossing her arms over her chest.
"Ah...Well I erm don't have 'em, any of 'em. So I guess I'll be seein' ye around." He said quickly turning on his heel. Lilly seized one of Jack's braids in her hand and walked in the direction of an alleyway off the busy road, it appeared that they had already caused a ruckus and attracted an audience. "Hey! Ow! Ow ow!" whined Jack as he was dragged along. His head already hurt he didn't need any additional pain.
"What in do ya mean you hav'nt bloody got them?!" she hissed realising his mattered hair.
"Well...erm." He shuffled slightly, shifting his weight from on foot to the other "After I made you walk the plank, which I'm incredibly sorry 'bout! One of the navy ships tracked us and caught us seems, as yer ship was so slow. The ship sunk after the attack from the cannons and the crew, those who didn't get caught sank."
"The treasure?"
"It sank with the ship."
"And my pendant?"
"That I erm got rid of after the whole thing 'cause basically it was a bit too much power for me to 'andle..."
"What?! How'd ya 'get rid of it'?"
"Well, I escaped form the navy ship and ended up in Tortuga and I sold it to a merchant there for a great bundle of money."
"You did what?!!!" she exclaimed whipping out a long bladed dagger of an oriental variety and thrusting his in the pirates face, inches from his nose. The girl had done it so swiftly Jack had wondered where she had pulled it from.
"Er... come Lilly it's all in the past so why don't yer just clam down and put that thing away before someone gets hurt." He said, holding his hands up in surrender
"You have no idea what you put me through do ya?" She questioned.
"Erm..."
"I floated on a piece of driftwood for god knows how many days before a ship rescued me, it was a Japanese fisher boat they didn't speak a word of English then I spent six months in Japan eating nothing but raw fish and noodles! And for the rest of my time I spent forever one step behind you!"
"Well at least I freed ye from that terrible ship and crew... and at least ye got to go places meet new people see new things, right? So you should really be thankin' me instead of shoving that blade in me face."
"Thank you? I should kill you!"
Meanwhile a frantic Will raced up and down the roads of Port Royal searching it's every tavern in sight, desperately trying to find Jack. He burst into a filth coated shack called 'The gull" urgently scanning the smoky bar for the familiar face when he saw two others, Cotton and Gibbs.
"Will?"
"Gibbs! Where's Jack? I need to talk to him!"
"Cap'n went out not long ago."
"Where?"
"Dunno just said he needed some air." Will pushed through the crowd of drunks and ran out the door before even hearing Gibbs finish. He dashed down the market street all the time questioning himself, why did he take that ring? Why did he trust to take a ring that a pirate like Jack offered him? Why had be been so foolish? All these questions rages through his mind loudly so deafeningly that he could here the sound of his footsteps on the cobbled pavement. He started calling out Jack's name as loud as he could in hope the pirate would return the hollers.
"I could kill you right now Sparrow. I doubt anyone would care." Said Lilly still enraged that the pirate had had lost everything that was hers. "I'd be doing people a favour getting rid of you." Suddenly they both heard the shrill calls form the marketplace.
"JACK!!!"
"Huh? That sounds like Will..." He shoved past Lilly forgetting the weapon she tightly held in her hand. "Will?!" There was a clatter of footsteps and a stress engulfed young man appeared in the alleyway's opening. Lilly swiftly concealed her weapon.
"What's wrong wit ye?" questioned Jack as he rushed up to his friend.
"You!" Will grabbed hold of Jack's shirt and pined him up against the alley wall. "The ring it's cursed Jack! You gave me a cursed ring you idiot!"
"Ah, well obviously I wasn't aware of that otherwise I wouldn't ov given it to yer." Explained Jack, freeing his shirt from Will clutches.
"I guess I'm not the only one who wants ya dead then." Mused Lilly who Will hadn't even noticed the young woman stood there watching them.
"So what happened to 'er?" asked Jack
"She put it on and then there was this weird green light and then she turned into a Gold statue right before my eyes!"
"Gold?" questioned Jack.
"Yes gold!"
"Did you move her?" Questioned Lilly
"I couldn't."
"You mean you just left her? A solid gold statue in a Port that has a huge number of pirates in it?"
"But I couldn't move her on my own!"
"Why didn't ya get one of the navy soldiers to help ya?"
"Oh yer that would ov worked!" Tittered Jack "'Excuse me could ye please give us a hand to move the Governor's daug'ter as she's been turned into a golden statue.'" He giggled "Oh! or he could ov gone to tha' big guy himself and asked, 'Governor Swann please could I have able men to help move you gold statue of a daug'ter!"
"Shut it Jack this is your fault!" growled Lilly before turning to Will "You might of not been able to move her but I bet a bunch of over eager pirate would have." The sudden realisation of such a thing filled Will with fear and a chill ran down his quivering spine.
"We have to get back to where I left her!" and with that he dashed of leaving Jack and Lilly.
"This has disaster written all of it." Sighed Jack as he was just about to race off when he felt a hand clasped onto his wrist.
"I'm coming too. I'm not thought with you yet!"
The three hurriedly made their way to the beach, which on any other night would have looked miraculous, the sand lit up by the light of a crescent moon, which also cast a slither of white onto the black sea. The sight of five figures moving the golden statue disrupted this picturesque view.
"Elizabeth!" shouted Will as he sprinted towards them nearly falling over numerous time due to the sand shifting under his feet. The pirates had placed Elizabeth gold form onto some sort of small wagon, which they pulled, leaving track marks in the white sand. The pursuit was on and despite the weight of such a sculpture the pirates managed to keep ahead at an astounding pace, swerving in and over of people and trying to lose their hunters by racing down narrow alleys.
"Will! They'll only be heading to one place, the dock. Don't bother trying to run after them. We should go down the main roads to the dock it'll be hella lot quicker than running down these side streets." Suggested Jack.
"Fine!" They changed their course and ran towards the dock. Will could feel his heartbeat quicken in the fear of losing his lover, it beat so loud that it thumped in his ears as if it were a native drum, growing louder and louder the closer he got to the docks.
"They won't get her onto the boat!" Exclaimed Lilly who was at his side " The docks leading to sea are all made of wood, the wood would break under such a weight!" The three skidded to a halt at the sight before them. The pirates were resourceful ones as they were using a pulley to manoeuvre Elizabeth on to their ship, which had been brought forward placing to the side of the pulley. "But of course." Lilly added with a grim tone.
"No!" Will ran down along the dock nearly tripping over his own feet due the fact that he was running so fast, however he wasn't quick enough as the ship began to sail out of the harbour. Will didn't even pause when he reached the end of the dock he merely threw himself off and began swimming after the ship in a desperate attempt to catch up.
"Will!!" Jack dived in after his frantic friend and swam after him, proving that even he was a greater swimmer than the blacksmith. Jack Caught up with him and grabbed at his shoulder. "What do yer think yer doing? Do yer really think yer gonna catch up with that ship?" he shouted over the splashing of waves.
"I must do something! I can't just stand there and watch them take her way from me!" he said trying to free himself from the older man's grip.
"Calm down! Were gonna get her back but doing stupid things like throwing yerself of docks isn't going to help anyone, savvy?"
Will sighed and nodded. The two swam back in the black night waters towards the docks where a patient Lilly waited. A feeling of disbelief and misery washed over Will realising he had lost his fiancée to a bunch of grime covered pirates once again.
***Author's Notes***
Many thanks to the reviews I've received also I'd like to thank 'Riot1' for naming the game that my main plot is from, Monkey Island, I was going to include this in my disclaimer however I had forgotten the title of the game so I'll soon be replacing my old disclaimer!! Another thing I would like to point out to the reviewer 'Flamingo feathers' Lilly the Skull is not a skull, that's her pirate name! Lol! There will be an explanation in future entries of how she received such a name.
~Amy~
