First of all, I'd like to explain something. I'm sorry if I had misled
some of you, but I never intended for you/Violet to fall in love with
anyone in this story. You/Violet will only cultivate a friendship with the
characters. The only love interests in the story are Will/Elizabeth &
Jack/his ship. Just like the movie. So if you're a person who's into Mary-
Sues' and fluff, this may not be the story for you. Once again, I'm sorry
if I gave any other impression.
Oh, I almost forgot, I waited a bit longer to update so that I could count all of the votes for the next chapter. The winning choice was to go on the island with Will & Jack. There were only 2 votes saying that you'd want to stay on the ship, so sorry, but majority wins. Sorry for all the talk! Here is chapter 10..
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"Yeah....yeah I really wanna go." You reply hesitantly. You'll just hope and pray that you live through this, besides, it'd be boring to just sit here and wait. However, before you make your move to follow Jack to the side of the ship, you hear Will protest,
"Jack, I'm not quite sure she should come. After all, she could get injured." Will then looks at you apologetically, "I'm sorry, Violet, but that is how I feel." Before you can speak on your behalf, you hear Jack explain to Will,
"She knowingly endangers herself, mate. After all, she is Blackbeard's child." Jack, then, smirks mockingly at you. Could he possibly know that you were lying? No...of course not. How could he know? Shrugging the thought away, you smile pleadingly at Will,
"Like he said, I know what I'm getting myself into." After a moment's consideration, Will shrugs,
"Well, then, so be it. But please try to be cautious." Aww. So cute. Always looking out for the welfare of the ladies, or so-called ladies anyway.
As you and Will begin to climb down the side of the ship to the small boat, you hear Gibbs ask Jack,
"Captain, what if the wors' should 'appen?" After a slight pause, you hear Jack mutter in reply,
"Keep to the code."
"Aye! The code." Gibbs nods in agreement.
"Hurry yerself, lass!" Jack urges you to climb down faster.
Once the three of you are seated inside the tiny rowboat, Jack grasps hold of the oars and begins to row out into the fog. The crew of the Interceptor stare remorsefully down at you from the ship. Perhaps they don't think that you'll come back. A shiver runs down your spine as the cool, wet air causes goose-bumps to form on your skin as the Interceptor disappears into the fog like a ghost ship. The only sound that you can now hear, is the quiet lapping of water against the boat. Glancing at Will, you see him staring off into the fog, an unreadable expression on his face. You can't see Jack's face, seeing as how his back is turned to you, but you can imagine that he looks the same as usual. Calm and casual, even in the most desperate of times. You awkwardly stifle a sneeze, not wanting to cause a sound in the overbearing silence. Hearing Will sharply intake a breath, you turn around to see the towering shapes of rocks appear amidst the sweeping fog. And then, slowly, the massive form of the Isle de Muerta takes shape above you. With your mouth hanging slightly open, Jack rows the boat into a large cave opening into the core of the island. The cool air drastically changes from cool to humid and damp as the walls of the cave slowly encompass you. Gasping sharply, you see a skeleton lay across a sandy bar to the right with a crab scuttling close by. You do not want to know how that pirate died. Silence once again, falls upon you as your trek towards the interior of the island continues. Suddenly breaking the silence, you hear Will ask,
"What code is Gibbs to keep to if the worst should happen?"
"Pirate's code," you hear Jack speak as he continues to row onward, "Any man that falls behind...is left behind." Will scoffs beside you as he retorts,
"No heroes amongst thieves, eh?"
"Ya know, fer havin' such a bleak outlook on pirates, you're well on your way to becoming one," Jack returns with a sharper tone, "Sprung two pirates from jail, commandeered a ship of the fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga,..." All at once, a bright yellow glow looms up from the water, causing both you and Will to glance curiously over the side. An endless count of gold coins glitter beneath the surface of the clear seawater. The faint scent of rum lifts into your nostrils as Jack leans down beside you to gaze at the loot as well. Turning to look at Will, you see a look of utter amusement passes across his face.
"...and you're completely obsessed with treasure..." You say to Will, who in return glances at you with a slight flare of anger in his usually placid expression. Sitting upright again, you look at Jack, who no longer looks surprised at your line-stealing. He's most likely used to you by now.
"I am NOT obsessed with treasure!" Will angrily fumes at you. Docking the boat in a small alcove, Jack disembarks onto the floor of the cave and steps up to look out into a small cleft in the cave wall. After glancing through it for a few seconds, he turns back and points out to Will,
"Not all treasure is silver and gold mate." Climbing up after him, you and Will stare out into the cleft that reveals a much larger cave....and it's filled with pirates. Cursed pirates. At the front, atop a mound of treasure, stands the infamous Captain Barbossa, and at his side is Elizabeth, bound by the wrists. Her dark blonde hair falls around her panic-stricken face as Barbossa shouts and encourages his men,
"Gentlemen! The time has come!" he raises his arms in a very triumphant style, "Salvation is nigh! Our torment is near at end!"
"Elizabeth!" you hear Will whisper. Staring in shock at your surroundings, you'd forgotten that the other two were with you.
"Fer ten years, we've been tested and tried, and each man-jack of you here has proved his mettle a hundred times over...and a hundred times again!" Barbossa continues, amongst the shouts of his crew, "Punished we were. The lot of us - disproportionate to our crime! Here it is.." Barbossa then forcefully kicks off the lid of the chest that lays before him and Elizabeth. Running his fingers over the many coins that lay inside, he states gravely, "the cursed treasure of Cortez himself! Every last piece that went astray, we have restored...save for this!!" he accusingly points to the medallion that hangs from Elizabeth's neck.
"Jack!" Will starts to clamor of the ledge, but Jack holds him back. You glance down nervously as a couple of coins skitter down into the cave.
"Not yet," Jack murmurs to the both of you, "We wait until the opportune moment." He then prances off around a corner. Will looks at you in disbelief for a moment before running after Jack. Sighing, you follow Will.
"When's that? When it's the greatest profit to you?" Will implores suggestively to Jack, who freezes his movement before turning back and literally talking into Will's face,
"May I ask you something? Have I ever given you a reason not to trust me? Do us a favor, I know it's difficult for you, but please, both of you, stay here," he points down to the ground before adding, "and try not to do anything stupid!" He then, runs off around the corner again. Will's face is literally livid with anger as he stands, clenching his fists. Uh-oh.....you know what's coming next.
"Wait here," Will commands as he returns back to the boat. Biting your bottom lip, you see Barbossa still raving, and Elizabeth now being forced over the top of the chest.
"And who among us has paid the blood sacrificed owed to the heathen gods?"
"Us!" the pirates retort. Hearing a sound behind you, you see Will walking past you, gripping an oar.
"Will!" you whisper loudly to him. Turning to face you with a surprised look on his face, you continue worriedly, "Don't....don't hit him too hard OK?" Astonishment and confusion cloud Will's face as he starts,
"How did you know that I was going to-"
"Just go, before I change my mind and upset the balance of the movie!" you hiss. Before he can question you any further, you hiss again, "Go!" Still looking bemused, he disappears around the corner again. As much as you want to help Jack, it would ruin the whole movie if he didn't get left behind, and you don't want that to happen.
You flinch as you see Elizabeth's hand being sliced by Barbossa. The chants of the pirates vibrate in your ears as the medallion falls from Elizabeth's hand into the chest. An eerie silence then follows as the pirates wait for the satisfaction of mortality that will never come.
"Violet!" you hear someone hiss behind you, causing you to jump. However it's only Will. "Violet, I need your help. Can you do me a favor?" Will asks in a hushed voice.
"Sure, what?" you reply in a deadpan voice. You're still kinda irked at him for rendering Jack unconscious.
"The other boats that the pirates used to row here are just beyond that alcove there. What I need you to do is grab all of their oars, and meet me back here, do you understand?"
"Uh..OK." You utter nervously. Pushing past Will, you walk towards the corner and around to the left to find yet another small docking area, where about 6 boats rest, bobbing up and down in the water. Working quickly, you grab all of the oars that you can find, and head hurriedly back to meet Will. Stumbling under the weight of so many oars, you finally return the spot where Will asked you to meet him. Only he's not there. Crap. You're don't know how long you can hold all of these things! After a few moments of uncomfortably shifting the large amount of weight in your arms, you see Will approach, Elizabeth in tow. Both of them completely drenched.
"C'mon hurry!" Will urgently whispers, taking half of the oars from your arms and leading you and Elizabeth back towards your own boat. You eagerly pick up the pace at the sounds of the pirates noticing Elizabeth's lack of presence.
Nearly dropping the oars, the three of you scramble into the boat, a sort of silenced panic dwelling over you. With amazing speed Will speedily kicks the boat from it's docking place on the rock and begins to row back out into the passage that leads back towards the sea.
Your breathing quickens as the cave echoes with the shouts of the pirates, who have now, obviously discovered their lack of oars. Cascading back into the foggy air, Will commands in an urgent voice,
"Throw the oars into the water." Quickly obeying, both you and Elizabeth start to pick up the oars and toss them into the ocean, one by one, each making a soft 'ker-plunk' sound.
After a few moments of rowing in through mist quietly, Will breaks the silence once again,
"Elizabeth, this is Violet, she's a friend who's proved to be most helpful to me."
"Hello," Elizabeth nods to you in a barely audible whisper. You notice that she is slightly shivering in her soaked, maroon dress.
"Hey," you smile. You don't really know what to say. "That's a bummer about you being kidnapped and all." You try desperately to make conversation.
"How is it that you know Will?" Elizabeth asks imploringly. Is that jealousy in her voice? Does she actually think that you and Will are 'together'?
"I met her in Port Royale, where she offered her services to help me in my search for you." Will answers for you. Elizabeth's composure seems to soften towards you as she hears this from Will. Good. You'd hate for you and Elizabeth to get off to a bad start.
Sitting up, you can see the Interceptor loom from the fog as you approach quietly. Docking against the side of the ship, Will gestures for you and Elizabeth to climb up first. As you rise to the deck level, the crew awaits you, turning their gazes to the newcomer that is Elizabeth
"Not more pirates..." you hear Elizabeth murmur beside you as Will, now, climbs up as well.
"Welcome aboard, Miss Elizabeth!" Gibbs greets her. "Lass! Where be Jack?" he now looks towards you. As you open your mouth to answer, Will speaks first.
"He fell behind.." he now leads Elizabeth away to tend to her hand, which is starting to drip with blood.
The crew falls unnaturally silent as those words were uttered.
"Don't worry," you console to Gibbs, "Jack'll be back."
"How do ye know?" Gibbs asks suspiciously.
"I...just....know."
I hope that you all like this chapter. I think that this is the longest chapter yet! My eyes hurt so bad from staring at the screen so much! Please, oh please, review!
Oh, I almost forgot, I waited a bit longer to update so that I could count all of the votes for the next chapter. The winning choice was to go on the island with Will & Jack. There were only 2 votes saying that you'd want to stay on the ship, so sorry, but majority wins. Sorry for all the talk! Here is chapter 10..
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"Yeah....yeah I really wanna go." You reply hesitantly. You'll just hope and pray that you live through this, besides, it'd be boring to just sit here and wait. However, before you make your move to follow Jack to the side of the ship, you hear Will protest,
"Jack, I'm not quite sure she should come. After all, she could get injured." Will then looks at you apologetically, "I'm sorry, Violet, but that is how I feel." Before you can speak on your behalf, you hear Jack explain to Will,
"She knowingly endangers herself, mate. After all, she is Blackbeard's child." Jack, then, smirks mockingly at you. Could he possibly know that you were lying? No...of course not. How could he know? Shrugging the thought away, you smile pleadingly at Will,
"Like he said, I know what I'm getting myself into." After a moment's consideration, Will shrugs,
"Well, then, so be it. But please try to be cautious." Aww. So cute. Always looking out for the welfare of the ladies, or so-called ladies anyway.
As you and Will begin to climb down the side of the ship to the small boat, you hear Gibbs ask Jack,
"Captain, what if the wors' should 'appen?" After a slight pause, you hear Jack mutter in reply,
"Keep to the code."
"Aye! The code." Gibbs nods in agreement.
"Hurry yerself, lass!" Jack urges you to climb down faster.
Once the three of you are seated inside the tiny rowboat, Jack grasps hold of the oars and begins to row out into the fog. The crew of the Interceptor stare remorsefully down at you from the ship. Perhaps they don't think that you'll come back. A shiver runs down your spine as the cool, wet air causes goose-bumps to form on your skin as the Interceptor disappears into the fog like a ghost ship. The only sound that you can now hear, is the quiet lapping of water against the boat. Glancing at Will, you see him staring off into the fog, an unreadable expression on his face. You can't see Jack's face, seeing as how his back is turned to you, but you can imagine that he looks the same as usual. Calm and casual, even in the most desperate of times. You awkwardly stifle a sneeze, not wanting to cause a sound in the overbearing silence. Hearing Will sharply intake a breath, you turn around to see the towering shapes of rocks appear amidst the sweeping fog. And then, slowly, the massive form of the Isle de Muerta takes shape above you. With your mouth hanging slightly open, Jack rows the boat into a large cave opening into the core of the island. The cool air drastically changes from cool to humid and damp as the walls of the cave slowly encompass you. Gasping sharply, you see a skeleton lay across a sandy bar to the right with a crab scuttling close by. You do not want to know how that pirate died. Silence once again, falls upon you as your trek towards the interior of the island continues. Suddenly breaking the silence, you hear Will ask,
"What code is Gibbs to keep to if the worst should happen?"
"Pirate's code," you hear Jack speak as he continues to row onward, "Any man that falls behind...is left behind." Will scoffs beside you as he retorts,
"No heroes amongst thieves, eh?"
"Ya know, fer havin' such a bleak outlook on pirates, you're well on your way to becoming one," Jack returns with a sharper tone, "Sprung two pirates from jail, commandeered a ship of the fleet, sailed with a buccaneer crew out of Tortuga,..." All at once, a bright yellow glow looms up from the water, causing both you and Will to glance curiously over the side. An endless count of gold coins glitter beneath the surface of the clear seawater. The faint scent of rum lifts into your nostrils as Jack leans down beside you to gaze at the loot as well. Turning to look at Will, you see a look of utter amusement passes across his face.
"...and you're completely obsessed with treasure..." You say to Will, who in return glances at you with a slight flare of anger in his usually placid expression. Sitting upright again, you look at Jack, who no longer looks surprised at your line-stealing. He's most likely used to you by now.
"I am NOT obsessed with treasure!" Will angrily fumes at you. Docking the boat in a small alcove, Jack disembarks onto the floor of the cave and steps up to look out into a small cleft in the cave wall. After glancing through it for a few seconds, he turns back and points out to Will,
"Not all treasure is silver and gold mate." Climbing up after him, you and Will stare out into the cleft that reveals a much larger cave....and it's filled with pirates. Cursed pirates. At the front, atop a mound of treasure, stands the infamous Captain Barbossa, and at his side is Elizabeth, bound by the wrists. Her dark blonde hair falls around her panic-stricken face as Barbossa shouts and encourages his men,
"Gentlemen! The time has come!" he raises his arms in a very triumphant style, "Salvation is nigh! Our torment is near at end!"
"Elizabeth!" you hear Will whisper. Staring in shock at your surroundings, you'd forgotten that the other two were with you.
"Fer ten years, we've been tested and tried, and each man-jack of you here has proved his mettle a hundred times over...and a hundred times again!" Barbossa continues, amongst the shouts of his crew, "Punished we were. The lot of us - disproportionate to our crime! Here it is.." Barbossa then forcefully kicks off the lid of the chest that lays before him and Elizabeth. Running his fingers over the many coins that lay inside, he states gravely, "the cursed treasure of Cortez himself! Every last piece that went astray, we have restored...save for this!!" he accusingly points to the medallion that hangs from Elizabeth's neck.
"Jack!" Will starts to clamor of the ledge, but Jack holds him back. You glance down nervously as a couple of coins skitter down into the cave.
"Not yet," Jack murmurs to the both of you, "We wait until the opportune moment." He then prances off around a corner. Will looks at you in disbelief for a moment before running after Jack. Sighing, you follow Will.
"When's that? When it's the greatest profit to you?" Will implores suggestively to Jack, who freezes his movement before turning back and literally talking into Will's face,
"May I ask you something? Have I ever given you a reason not to trust me? Do us a favor, I know it's difficult for you, but please, both of you, stay here," he points down to the ground before adding, "and try not to do anything stupid!" He then, runs off around the corner again. Will's face is literally livid with anger as he stands, clenching his fists. Uh-oh.....you know what's coming next.
"Wait here," Will commands as he returns back to the boat. Biting your bottom lip, you see Barbossa still raving, and Elizabeth now being forced over the top of the chest.
"And who among us has paid the blood sacrificed owed to the heathen gods?"
"Us!" the pirates retort. Hearing a sound behind you, you see Will walking past you, gripping an oar.
"Will!" you whisper loudly to him. Turning to face you with a surprised look on his face, you continue worriedly, "Don't....don't hit him too hard OK?" Astonishment and confusion cloud Will's face as he starts,
"How did you know that I was going to-"
"Just go, before I change my mind and upset the balance of the movie!" you hiss. Before he can question you any further, you hiss again, "Go!" Still looking bemused, he disappears around the corner again. As much as you want to help Jack, it would ruin the whole movie if he didn't get left behind, and you don't want that to happen.
You flinch as you see Elizabeth's hand being sliced by Barbossa. The chants of the pirates vibrate in your ears as the medallion falls from Elizabeth's hand into the chest. An eerie silence then follows as the pirates wait for the satisfaction of mortality that will never come.
"Violet!" you hear someone hiss behind you, causing you to jump. However it's only Will. "Violet, I need your help. Can you do me a favor?" Will asks in a hushed voice.
"Sure, what?" you reply in a deadpan voice. You're still kinda irked at him for rendering Jack unconscious.
"The other boats that the pirates used to row here are just beyond that alcove there. What I need you to do is grab all of their oars, and meet me back here, do you understand?"
"Uh..OK." You utter nervously. Pushing past Will, you walk towards the corner and around to the left to find yet another small docking area, where about 6 boats rest, bobbing up and down in the water. Working quickly, you grab all of the oars that you can find, and head hurriedly back to meet Will. Stumbling under the weight of so many oars, you finally return the spot where Will asked you to meet him. Only he's not there. Crap. You're don't know how long you can hold all of these things! After a few moments of uncomfortably shifting the large amount of weight in your arms, you see Will approach, Elizabeth in tow. Both of them completely drenched.
"C'mon hurry!" Will urgently whispers, taking half of the oars from your arms and leading you and Elizabeth back towards your own boat. You eagerly pick up the pace at the sounds of the pirates noticing Elizabeth's lack of presence.
Nearly dropping the oars, the three of you scramble into the boat, a sort of silenced panic dwelling over you. With amazing speed Will speedily kicks the boat from it's docking place on the rock and begins to row back out into the passage that leads back towards the sea.
Your breathing quickens as the cave echoes with the shouts of the pirates, who have now, obviously discovered their lack of oars. Cascading back into the foggy air, Will commands in an urgent voice,
"Throw the oars into the water." Quickly obeying, both you and Elizabeth start to pick up the oars and toss them into the ocean, one by one, each making a soft 'ker-plunk' sound.
After a few moments of rowing in through mist quietly, Will breaks the silence once again,
"Elizabeth, this is Violet, she's a friend who's proved to be most helpful to me."
"Hello," Elizabeth nods to you in a barely audible whisper. You notice that she is slightly shivering in her soaked, maroon dress.
"Hey," you smile. You don't really know what to say. "That's a bummer about you being kidnapped and all." You try desperately to make conversation.
"How is it that you know Will?" Elizabeth asks imploringly. Is that jealousy in her voice? Does she actually think that you and Will are 'together'?
"I met her in Port Royale, where she offered her services to help me in my search for you." Will answers for you. Elizabeth's composure seems to soften towards you as she hears this from Will. Good. You'd hate for you and Elizabeth to get off to a bad start.
Sitting up, you can see the Interceptor loom from the fog as you approach quietly. Docking against the side of the ship, Will gestures for you and Elizabeth to climb up first. As you rise to the deck level, the crew awaits you, turning their gazes to the newcomer that is Elizabeth
"Not more pirates..." you hear Elizabeth murmur beside you as Will, now, climbs up as well.
"Welcome aboard, Miss Elizabeth!" Gibbs greets her. "Lass! Where be Jack?" he now looks towards you. As you open your mouth to answer, Will speaks first.
"He fell behind.." he now leads Elizabeth away to tend to her hand, which is starting to drip with blood.
The crew falls unnaturally silent as those words were uttered.
"Don't worry," you console to Gibbs, "Jack'll be back."
"How do ye know?" Gibbs asks suspiciously.
"I...just....know."
I hope that you all like this chapter. I think that this is the longest chapter yet! My eyes hurt so bad from staring at the screen so much! Please, oh please, review!