Prelude
The stratosphere around them was frigid, as the wind, harsh. And the water below was adhering through extreme cold as the ocean sprayed the faces of young Anna and her father.
She stood at the bow of the ship, hanging over railing, beaming radiantly at the heavens in front of her. Anna was born into a prosperous family. Something she wasn't very content with. She always had to be smart, mature, and proper even as a child, not at all fit to do anything according to her father.
She didn't know her but she was told many times she had her mother's eyes. Her mother passed away, shortly after giving birth to her and after that incident, her father tried his best to take care of her but didn't always know what was greatest.
" Father, Isn't this exquisite?" Anna began.
After a long cessation of sound, she turned to him, not thoroughly sure of why she didnt get a reply. When she saw him, she realized that he was gazing at the ocean as the waves collapsed against each other aggressively. He turned his gaze from the ocean to his daughter as a smile found a way to his face.
" Yes...It is lovely." Her father answered, warming his arms with his hand. He paused slightly. " Don't you find it a bit cold, Anna? This really isn't the place for-?"
" Father, I'm fine. Im having a remarkable time." Anna answered, almost aggrivated but she wore a smile nonetheless.
Guards and sailors patrolled the ship as if they were hawks looking for prey. Anna was now sixteen. The only thing Anna wanted was a outing.An adventure so to speak. So this is what her father has allowed her.Or what she thought.
The atmosphere was a bit colder now that the sun was setting. The sky became a more teal blue with tiny tints of purple and grey.
She could hear the wind roaring. Anna loved it. The icy wind embraced her, sending chills down her spine. It lifted her hair, folding each strand over themselves in a somewhat braid. It was almost hissing...whistling loudly as if singing a dangerous song. This was the adventure Anna was looking for.
" Its getting pretty rough out here...Maybe we should-". Her father began
" Go back?" she finished. She knew he would say it sometime but just not so soon. She's heard it all her life. " Father, you said this would be an adventure.
" Yes, I know what i said..." He was interrupted again.
" We're suppoused to be out here for 2 weeks. We've been out here for two hours!"
" Anna, I dont think-"
" Its safe." Anna knew this would follow the arguemnt. She knew her father couldn't keep a promise. Anna knew there was nothing more she could do. The words finally fell from his mouth.
" We're turning back." He told her.
" I knew it!" Anna shouted. " I knew you couldn't keep a promise!"
She ran from him, lying on her back, on one of the long benches nailed on the dock with her eyes closed. She tryed to get her mind off of anger, waiting. What she was waiting for was anyones guess. He's turning the ship around, she thought. And she also knew she could not change his mind.
" Luitenent, unknown ship headed this way. I think you ought to see this!" One of the sailors bellowed. Anna paid no attention, still lying trying to think of something.
The predicament got louder. She opened an eye and saw her father pulling out his telescope, observing the unknown ship. Without another second passing, the unknown ship...became known.at least to him and his crew anyway. His fingers became numb and the telescope fell from his grip.
" Hoist the sails, men!" Her father barked giving orders to the crew.
Anna's eyes jolted open quickly and she rose to her feet, dashing to her father.
" What are you doing?! Father, I really must protest. Shouldn't we be fleeing?" Anna demanded, yelling over the chaos.
" Anna's right, Luitenent. It's incredibably fast. Faster than our ship, sir. We could never loose them!" the sailor answered.
" Who are they, anyway?!" she asked the sailor.
" Pirates, m' lady!" he answered
" Pirates?" Anna was clearly shocked. This was it. How could a situation that's suppoused to be horrible become the greatest thing that ever happened. She could flee.
" I suggest ye barricade yeself in the cabin. You'll be safer there." He said before he rapidly ran off, helping the other sailors.
She couldn't. She had to see it for herself. This was an adventure, the adventure she craved for so long.
She ran her way through the chaos to the telescope her father dropped. When she scanned the ocean's horizon, she found the ship that all the chaos was a about.
"Oh my god..." She was honostly speechless. The ship was much bigger than theres. It would be impossible to flee. Anna ran down the ship to her father. And when she turned around, they were half there.
" Father, their gaining fast! We have to fight!" Anna told him yelling over the noise.
" Drop the anchors, men! Prepare for war!" Anna's father declared.
Anna's blood felt cold. War? She wasnt able to think long enough to realize what this meant because not another second later, a scream was heard.
" The pirates are boarding sir!"
It was all happening too fast.
" There here!" Another Sailor screamed before charging, fully armed.
Anna was watching from a corner. It looked as if the Captain has boarded. She wanted an adventure, maybe this was it. Maybe her request was heard...Maybe this was her destiny.
The man that looked like the Captain was handsome... in a swash-buckling sort of way. Not quite a clean shave but you could tell he did his best.
Anna ran towards the pirate, grabbing his arm. She stared him in the eye suddenly realizing how beautiful they were.
" Take me with you!" Anna said without thinking fully. How could she? Not five minutes was she lying down bored and depressed.
" Wot?" The man said confused.
" Take me hostage! Take me on your ship, I cant stand this life any longer! Not a word to my father."
He was thinking. After a long stare, the Pirates' Captain spoke.
" We're taking her hostage! Wev got wot we wont. We're leaving!" He told his crew. " The crew is not to be harmed...We leave without fuss."
Anna's father heard the declaration.
" Anna! No! Please don't take her!"
Anna looked at her father one last time, full of guilt but nonetheless, excepted her choice.
His face full of horror. Anna never forgot that face. How could she? He was heart broken. His only daughter was taken away from him. A year of being aboard a pirate ship, the Captian and her fell in love. A year later, they had a child that Anna named...Terasa.
Everything was well with those years with Captain John and Anna, until Terasa was around one.
Anna's father searched the seas with all of Britain's armies and an uncountable amount of search parties. There search was finally over.
Anna and the crew were found off the coast of Jamaica. When notice got out of where Anna and her crew was located, it became obvious that Anna could not stay and eventually, they found her, her "husband" and her crew of Pirates.
It was an ambush attack, her father had a ship pass by as a harmless cargo ship, unknowing to the pirates, that it was, in fact, full of fully armed army soldiers.
The crew had no choice but to give up and her father held a bullet to John's head.
" Father, No! You shoot him and that will tie a bind to my suicide!" Anna screamed.
" No, ye wont! Ye'v got a kid, Ann!" John yelled. " My lifes not worth yours.
" You had a child with this swash-buckling scallywag?!" Her father was furious.
" If you let him go, by sware..." Anna didn't want to finish the sentence but it was as if she had no choice. " I'll come with you." Anna's eyes fell to the floor.
Her father thought it over and threw him to her.
They looked at each other for a long while. Anna knew this mightve been the last time she was able to stare into his eyes. She couldn't take the pain. He would never be able to see his daughter. She would never see him again. Her head fell and began to cry.
Johnothon lifted her head with his fingers on her chin.
" Please dont cry..." Before a word could be spoken, Johnothon held her in a tight embrace kissing her gently. When they broke, Anna realized a tear was flowing down his cheek. Never did she see him cry....not once.
Johnothon turned to her father. Looking into his eyes, like a man. " Your a very lucky man...To have a daughter like her. Take care of her." Her father said nothing. " I would like to give my Tera a parting gift."
With all the money Tera's father had, he pulled out a gold ring, bearing a white pearl in the shape of a heart. He put the neckalace around Terasa's neck, the ring being to big for her to wear. " I was saving this for when you were older...but since this is the oldest im probably going to see you, ill give you it now." He kissed her forehead. He closed his eyes tight and another tear fell.
The empathy eventually hit her father when he saw young Terasa. He turned to Johnothon.
" I'm sorry it had to be this way." her father said simpithecically. It wasnt enough...Not at all, enough.
Johnothon looked up at him again. " I'm sure you are." He said coldly.
Hey, Thanx guys I really appreciate it! Heres the next bit. It's a WAY flash forward and now Teresa is now 17 where the the rest of the story be.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Pirates of the Caribbean
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Those were the last words that were exchanged before Anna's father took her to what her father called home.
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Terasa grew up not knowing her father. She questioned her mother about him any time she could, but failed to get an answer each time. Anna was simply afraid that Terasa would run off in search of him and she would loose her like she lost Johnothon. Terasa still wore the ring her father gave her but with a whole different story her mother told her. Her mother raised her by herself, refusing to be wed to another lover. She simply couldn't.
They also, being fairly wealthy, had butlers and maids to help with the things Anna could not. But the maids were more like family then maids. In fact, one of the maids were one of Tera's good friend, Carolyn. Not that Tera had a lot of friends. Her, as her mother, did not go out often
Tera knew that her mother knew something about her father that she did not.
" What was he like?" Tera asked her. " I have a right to know."
" He was a good man, Terasa, please, not now." her mother said simply
" Its never now, where is he now?" Tera pressed on. Maybe she'll slip. Bout time she does.
" Anna, I don't know. Do you think I did id be sitting here
The stratosphere around them was frigid, as the wind, harsh. And the water below was adhering through extreme cold as the ocean sprayed the faces of young Anna and her father.
She stood at the bow of the ship, hanging over railing, beaming radiantly at the heavens in front of her. Anna was born into a prosperous family. Something she wasn't very content with. She always had to be smart, mature, and proper even as a child, not at all fit to do anything according to her father.
She didn't know her but she was told many times she had her mother's eyes. Her mother passed away, shortly after giving birth to her and after that incident, her father tried his best to take care of her but didn't always know what was greatest.
" Father, Isn't this exquisite?" Anna began.
After a long cessation of sound, she turned to him, not thoroughly sure of why she didnt get a reply. When she saw him, she realized that he was gazing at the ocean as the waves collapsed against each other aggressively. He turned his gaze from the ocean to his daughter as a smile found a way to his face.
" Yes...It is lovely." Her father answered, warming his arms with his hand. He paused slightly. " Don't you find it a bit cold, Anna? This really isn't the place for-?"
" Father, I'm fine. Im having a remarkable time." Anna answered, almost aggrivated but she wore a smile nonetheless.
Guards and sailors patrolled the ship as if they were hawks looking for prey. Anna was now sixteen. The only thing Anna wanted was a outing.An adventure so to speak. So this is what her father has allowed her.Or what she thought.
The atmosphere was a bit colder now that the sun was setting. The sky became a more teal blue with tiny tints of purple and grey.
She could hear the wind roaring. Anna loved it. The icy wind embraced her, sending chills down her spine. It lifted her hair, folding each strand over themselves in a somewhat braid. It was almost hissing...whistling loudly as if singing a dangerous song. This was the adventure Anna was looking for.
" Its getting pretty rough out here...Maybe we should-". Her father began
" Go back?" she finished. She knew he would say it sometime but just not so soon. She's heard it all her life. " Father, you said this would be an adventure.
" Yes, I know what i said..." He was interrupted again.
" We're suppoused to be out here for 2 weeks. We've been out here for two hours!"
" Anna, I dont think-"
" Its safe." Anna knew this would follow the arguemnt. She knew her father couldn't keep a promise. Anna knew there was nothing more she could do. The words finally fell from his mouth.
" We're turning back." He told her.
" I knew it!" Anna shouted. " I knew you couldn't keep a promise!"
She ran from him, lying on her back, on one of the long benches nailed on the dock with her eyes closed. She tryed to get her mind off of anger, waiting. What she was waiting for was anyones guess. He's turning the ship around, she thought. And she also knew she could not change his mind.
" Luitenent, unknown ship headed this way. I think you ought to see this!" One of the sailors bellowed. Anna paid no attention, still lying trying to think of something.
The predicament got louder. She opened an eye and saw her father pulling out his telescope, observing the unknown ship. Without another second passing, the unknown ship...became known.at least to him and his crew anyway. His fingers became numb and the telescope fell from his grip.
" Hoist the sails, men!" Her father barked giving orders to the crew.
Anna's eyes jolted open quickly and she rose to her feet, dashing to her father.
" What are you doing?! Father, I really must protest. Shouldn't we be fleeing?" Anna demanded, yelling over the chaos.
" Anna's right, Luitenent. It's incredibably fast. Faster than our ship, sir. We could never loose them!" the sailor answered.
" Who are they, anyway?!" she asked the sailor.
" Pirates, m' lady!" he answered
" Pirates?" Anna was clearly shocked. This was it. How could a situation that's suppoused to be horrible become the greatest thing that ever happened. She could flee.
" I suggest ye barricade yeself in the cabin. You'll be safer there." He said before he rapidly ran off, helping the other sailors.
She couldn't. She had to see it for herself. This was an adventure, the adventure she craved for so long.
She ran her way through the chaos to the telescope her father dropped. When she scanned the ocean's horizon, she found the ship that all the chaos was a about.
"Oh my god..." She was honostly speechless. The ship was much bigger than theres. It would be impossible to flee. Anna ran down the ship to her father. And when she turned around, they were half there.
" Father, their gaining fast! We have to fight!" Anna told him yelling over the noise.
" Drop the anchors, men! Prepare for war!" Anna's father declared.
Anna's blood felt cold. War? She wasnt able to think long enough to realize what this meant because not another second later, a scream was heard.
" The pirates are boarding sir!"
It was all happening too fast.
" There here!" Another Sailor screamed before charging, fully armed.
Anna was watching from a corner. It looked as if the Captain has boarded. She wanted an adventure, maybe this was it. Maybe her request was heard...Maybe this was her destiny.
The man that looked like the Captain was handsome... in a swash-buckling sort of way. Not quite a clean shave but you could tell he did his best.
Anna ran towards the pirate, grabbing his arm. She stared him in the eye suddenly realizing how beautiful they were.
" Take me with you!" Anna said without thinking fully. How could she? Not five minutes was she lying down bored and depressed.
" Wot?" The man said confused.
" Take me hostage! Take me on your ship, I cant stand this life any longer! Not a word to my father."
He was thinking. After a long stare, the Pirates' Captain spoke.
" We're taking her hostage! Wev got wot we wont. We're leaving!" He told his crew. " The crew is not to be harmed...We leave without fuss."
Anna's father heard the declaration.
" Anna! No! Please don't take her!"
Anna looked at her father one last time, full of guilt but nonetheless, excepted her choice.
His face full of horror. Anna never forgot that face. How could she? He was heart broken. His only daughter was taken away from him. A year of being aboard a pirate ship, the Captian and her fell in love. A year later, they had a child that Anna named...Terasa.
Everything was well with those years with Captain John and Anna, until Terasa was around one.
Anna's father searched the seas with all of Britain's armies and an uncountable amount of search parties. There search was finally over.
Anna and the crew were found off the coast of Jamaica. When notice got out of where Anna and her crew was located, it became obvious that Anna could not stay and eventually, they found her, her "husband" and her crew of Pirates.
It was an ambush attack, her father had a ship pass by as a harmless cargo ship, unknowing to the pirates, that it was, in fact, full of fully armed army soldiers.
The crew had no choice but to give up and her father held a bullet to John's head.
" Father, No! You shoot him and that will tie a bind to my suicide!" Anna screamed.
" No, ye wont! Ye'v got a kid, Ann!" John yelled. " My lifes not worth yours.
" You had a child with this swash-buckling scallywag?!" Her father was furious.
" If you let him go, by sware..." Anna didn't want to finish the sentence but it was as if she had no choice. " I'll come with you." Anna's eyes fell to the floor.
Her father thought it over and threw him to her.
They looked at each other for a long while. Anna knew this mightve been the last time she was able to stare into his eyes. She couldn't take the pain. He would never be able to see his daughter. She would never see him again. Her head fell and began to cry.
Johnothon lifted her head with his fingers on her chin.
" Please dont cry..." Before a word could be spoken, Johnothon held her in a tight embrace kissing her gently. When they broke, Anna realized a tear was flowing down his cheek. Never did she see him cry....not once.
Johnothon turned to her father. Looking into his eyes, like a man. " Your a very lucky man...To have a daughter like her. Take care of her." Her father said nothing. " I would like to give my Tera a parting gift."
With all the money Tera's father had, he pulled out a gold ring, bearing a white pearl in the shape of a heart. He put the neckalace around Terasa's neck, the ring being to big for her to wear. " I was saving this for when you were older...but since this is the oldest im probably going to see you, ill give you it now." He kissed her forehead. He closed his eyes tight and another tear fell.
The empathy eventually hit her father when he saw young Terasa. He turned to Johnothon.
" I'm sorry it had to be this way." her father said simpithecically. It wasnt enough...Not at all, enough.
Johnothon looked up at him again. " I'm sure you are." He said coldly.
Hey, Thanx guys I really appreciate it! Heres the next bit. It's a WAY flash forward and now Teresa is now 17 where the the rest of the story be.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Pirates of the Caribbean
** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **
Those were the last words that were exchanged before Anna's father took her to what her father called home.
** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~ ** ~
Terasa grew up not knowing her father. She questioned her mother about him any time she could, but failed to get an answer each time. Anna was simply afraid that Terasa would run off in search of him and she would loose her like she lost Johnothon. Terasa still wore the ring her father gave her but with a whole different story her mother told her. Her mother raised her by herself, refusing to be wed to another lover. She simply couldn't.
They also, being fairly wealthy, had butlers and maids to help with the things Anna could not. But the maids were more like family then maids. In fact, one of the maids were one of Tera's good friend, Carolyn. Not that Tera had a lot of friends. Her, as her mother, did not go out often
Tera knew that her mother knew something about her father that she did not.
" What was he like?" Tera asked her. " I have a right to know."
" He was a good man, Terasa, please, not now." her mother said simply
" Its never now, where is he now?" Tera pressed on. Maybe she'll slip. Bout time she does.
" Anna, I don't know. Do you think I did id be sitting here