"The Return"

AUTHOR: Melissa (otherwise know as, JohnnyDee)

RATING: PG-13 (I think!)

EMAIL: melismelli_101_@hotmail.com

DISCLAIMER: I do not own POTC, except for my own characters, Charlotte and

Catherine.

TIMELINE: A year after the end of POTC.

DISTRIBUTION: johnnydeppzone.com, fanfiction.net, and others.

CHAPTER: 1.Charlotte Rose Turner

William Turner turned in his restless sleep. All night, he had been thinking

about Elizabeth. He was worried that something might happen to the baby. Will stared up

at the ceiling, his arms above his head. His thoughts wondered off as he slowly drifted

back to sleep. Will's eyes softly closed when a shrill cry filled the room.

Will immediately woke and turned to his wife, who was presently wide-

awake, clutching her rather large stomach. It was evident in her eyes that she was in a

great deal of pain. She clenched her teeth as she got out, "Oh, God. It's starting!" Will

took this as a sign to fetch the midwife, but Elizabeth's sudden grip on his hand stopped

him.
She looked into his brown eyes and whispered, "There's no time. Quickly

fetch the maid and boil some water." Will stared back into her green eyes, (are they

green?) as she released another cry of pain. Will soon left her side in search of the maid,

desperate yet excited that the moment they had been greatly anticipating had finally

come.

He finally found the maid and reached Elizabeth's room as fast as he

could. As he ran up the spiraling staircase, Elizabeth's cries resounding in the large

house, making Will quicken his pace. Will threw open their bedroom door and set down a

lamp with the maid following him in. Elizabeth was sitting up now; still hold her

stomach, breathing quickly. Will felt that he was more scared then Elizabeth seemed. She

sensed his feelings and managed to give him a weak smile, before she cried out in pain

again.

The maid was bustling about, gathering sheets, towels, and things. She

turned to Will and said, "I suggest you leave now." Will stared back at her in disgust.

Leave Elizabeth? Now? While she was in danger of possibly losing the baby, or herself?

Will shook his head stubbornly and replied sharply, "No, I cannot do that." The maid

gently pushed him toward the door. "You must, Mr. Turner, it is for your own good."

Will sensed the seriousness in her voice and took her advice by quickly taking his leave;

but not without whispering to Elizabeth, "I love you."

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Will paced the hall outside of their bedroom to the point of wearing a hole

in the beautiful Persian rug. His ears were alert as he desperately listened for a sign,

anything. Elizabeth's cries subsided for a moment when he heard it. It was so faint, that if

he had not stopped pacing, he would not have heard it. The faint cry of a baby.

Will ran to the door and stumbled in on most beautiful thing he had ever

seen. Elizabeth lay in her bed, cradling his very first child. She looked down on it, softly

touching its face with her fingertips. Elizabeth noticed Will's presence and beckoned him

to come to her. She looked down on the child once before handing her to a very scared,

yet relieved Will. He took the baby, a little unsure, and pulled it into his arms. Will

looked to Elizabeth. as if questioning her.

Elizabeth caught on and softly replied, "Meet your new daughter, Mr.

Turner." Will looked back at the baby as his hold on her tightened. "Yes," he said. "My

new daughter, Charlotte Rose Turner."

NOTE: Do you guys like it? I kinda wrote in like 4 hours cuz' it was right after I saw

POTC. Well, I would love replies. Thanks!