CHAPTER 2
"Elizabeth- I mean, my lady, you know I hate pirates! Why didn't you stop them from taking me on board?" Delora demanded, furious.
"Delora. Cool down. Promise me that if I tell you, you won't get angry." Elizabeth said.
"Angry? I'll be furious! You know my temper!"
"I guess that never changed. 10 years ago you were like that too." Elizabeth laughed. Delora couldn't help but smile at Elizabeth's laughter. She had not heard laughter for a long time. "Now, I'm going to tell you the reasons. BUT, Delora, you will come to understand WHY we did that. We are not entirely selfish you know."
"Alright, spit it out." Delora said, folding her arms.
"Okay. Um, you know Jack? Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah of course. That idiot." Delora replied.
"Well...we tricked him."
"Um so what's that got to do with me?"
"Well..." Elizabeth started.
"Eliza, if you are going to say well all day I'll be getting unwell." Delora said, sounding exasperated.
"Alright. We tricked him that you knew something about the plunders and all that. Hard to explain. We told him you knew his secret and was spreading the word around."
"Elizabeth?! Why?" Delora asked, her eyes widening.
"Because, Delora, he needs a companion, really. The whole crew doesn't want him to be like all the other pirates, lonely and all. Plus, you're hard to handle. It's a good challenge for him, you know." Elizabeth said, smiling sweetly.
Delora could just drop dead right there. "Oh my God! Elizabeth why don't you just let me walk the plank?! I'm not going to marry that idiot!"
"His name's Jack Sparrow, dear."
"I don't want to become a pirate!" Delora shouted. "You know what happened! The year those murderers came to my parents! I never got to see them again!"
"Calm down, Delora, revenge is already taken. Jack Sparrow has killed Barbossa." Elizabeth said, holding Delora's hands. "Why not...repay him?" she added after some thought.
"Elizabeth, why? Even if I would, do you think he would?" Delora said, looking into Elizabeth's eyes.
"Elizabeth have you seen the girl?" Jack Sparrow's voice came from the stairs. "Oh there she is. Lead her to the brig."
"I have to be locked up?" Delora asked Elizabeth.
"I'm sorry...But I assure you this is only temporary."
Delora glared at Jack when he turned the key in the lock. "Sorry, luv." He said, and went away.
Delora was agitated, but she calmed herself down. She yawned. All that anger was making her sleepy. A good sleep would do...
There was a fire...Rising up...She could hear screaming...ANd then there were skeletons...Her parents... Delora awoke, screaming. Elizabeth and Will ran down to the brig and Will unlocked the bars.
"Delora, are you okay?" Elizabeth asked, hugging Delora.
"My parents...my parents...I saw them..." Delora said, her voice barely a whisper.
Jack came in and looked at Elizabeth and Delora. "She may get above the platform. I need to talk to her." he finally said. "Come on, sweet."
Delora was reluctant to, after her dream. She had experienced this dream many times, but they were not as bad as this. Elizabeth and Will helped Delora up and led her up the stairs.
Delora entered the Captain Chambers, and Jack closed the door behind them. "Just sit wherever you like."
Delora chose the bed, which was the only thing that looked seatable on. Was there no chairs around here? Jack sat cross-legged beside her and asked, "Tell me, luv-"
"Could you stop calling me love?" Delora asked, irritated.
"Oh whatever. Now, luv-"
"I told you not to call me LUV!" Delora shouted.
"Calm down, sweet-"
"Stop calling me names!"
"Oh fine! You're far too difficult to handle!" Jack shouted back, standing up.
"I'm telling you I don't know about you! Elizabeth and Will were lying just because they..." Delora stopped, not wanting to tell out the secret.
"See, luv? You can't even-"
"I told you stop calling me names!"
"Alright fine!" Jack shouted, his boddy weirdly swaying. "I just want to know what you know about me. What secret of mine are you hiding?"
"I know nothing, Captain! I'd swear it!" Delora said, tired of constantly explaining herself. She wanted to just break down, to plead with him to let her walk the plank and forget everything.
She was just starting to ask him to let her walk the plank when there was a commotion outside. The door flung open and Will said...
"Elizabeth- I mean, my lady, you know I hate pirates! Why didn't you stop them from taking me on board?" Delora demanded, furious.
"Delora. Cool down. Promise me that if I tell you, you won't get angry." Elizabeth said.
"Angry? I'll be furious! You know my temper!"
"I guess that never changed. 10 years ago you were like that too." Elizabeth laughed. Delora couldn't help but smile at Elizabeth's laughter. She had not heard laughter for a long time. "Now, I'm going to tell you the reasons. BUT, Delora, you will come to understand WHY we did that. We are not entirely selfish you know."
"Alright, spit it out." Delora said, folding her arms.
"Okay. Um, you know Jack? Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah of course. That idiot." Delora replied.
"Well...we tricked him."
"Um so what's that got to do with me?"
"Well..." Elizabeth started.
"Eliza, if you are going to say well all day I'll be getting unwell." Delora said, sounding exasperated.
"Alright. We tricked him that you knew something about the plunders and all that. Hard to explain. We told him you knew his secret and was spreading the word around."
"Elizabeth?! Why?" Delora asked, her eyes widening.
"Because, Delora, he needs a companion, really. The whole crew doesn't want him to be like all the other pirates, lonely and all. Plus, you're hard to handle. It's a good challenge for him, you know." Elizabeth said, smiling sweetly.
Delora could just drop dead right there. "Oh my God! Elizabeth why don't you just let me walk the plank?! I'm not going to marry that idiot!"
"His name's Jack Sparrow, dear."
"I don't want to become a pirate!" Delora shouted. "You know what happened! The year those murderers came to my parents! I never got to see them again!"
"Calm down, Delora, revenge is already taken. Jack Sparrow has killed Barbossa." Elizabeth said, holding Delora's hands. "Why not...repay him?" she added after some thought.
"Elizabeth, why? Even if I would, do you think he would?" Delora said, looking into Elizabeth's eyes.
"Elizabeth have you seen the girl?" Jack Sparrow's voice came from the stairs. "Oh there she is. Lead her to the brig."
"I have to be locked up?" Delora asked Elizabeth.
"I'm sorry...But I assure you this is only temporary."
Delora glared at Jack when he turned the key in the lock. "Sorry, luv." He said, and went away.
Delora was agitated, but she calmed herself down. She yawned. All that anger was making her sleepy. A good sleep would do...
There was a fire...Rising up...She could hear screaming...ANd then there were skeletons...Her parents... Delora awoke, screaming. Elizabeth and Will ran down to the brig and Will unlocked the bars.
"Delora, are you okay?" Elizabeth asked, hugging Delora.
"My parents...my parents...I saw them..." Delora said, her voice barely a whisper.
Jack came in and looked at Elizabeth and Delora. "She may get above the platform. I need to talk to her." he finally said. "Come on, sweet."
Delora was reluctant to, after her dream. She had experienced this dream many times, but they were not as bad as this. Elizabeth and Will helped Delora up and led her up the stairs.
Delora entered the Captain Chambers, and Jack closed the door behind them. "Just sit wherever you like."
Delora chose the bed, which was the only thing that looked seatable on. Was there no chairs around here? Jack sat cross-legged beside her and asked, "Tell me, luv-"
"Could you stop calling me love?" Delora asked, irritated.
"Oh whatever. Now, luv-"
"I told you not to call me LUV!" Delora shouted.
"Calm down, sweet-"
"Stop calling me names!"
"Oh fine! You're far too difficult to handle!" Jack shouted back, standing up.
"I'm telling you I don't know about you! Elizabeth and Will were lying just because they..." Delora stopped, not wanting to tell out the secret.
"See, luv? You can't even-"
"I told you stop calling me names!"
"Alright fine!" Jack shouted, his boddy weirdly swaying. "I just want to know what you know about me. What secret of mine are you hiding?"
"I know nothing, Captain! I'd swear it!" Delora said, tired of constantly explaining herself. She wanted to just break down, to plead with him to let her walk the plank and forget everything.
She was just starting to ask him to let her walk the plank when there was a commotion outside. The door flung open and Will said...