From Rags to Riches
Disclaimer - I do not own POTC. Listen carefully cos I will not say it again! But thanks to my fantastic American godfather I will own the DVD soon!!! I cant wait!!!!! BUT I do own Alyssa Marie Turner AND Tori Rose Taylor!!!! So hmph to Disney!!!
Summary - What happens when an orphan girl from Tortuga is mistaken as the Governor's granddaughter? A lot!!!! *Grins* Read and review!!!
Authors Note - I look forward to hearing from you!!!! I LOVE reviews!!! And they make me write so much faster. This is my 2nd offical story and I'm currently still writing my first as well so updates may be slow. Also please note all chapters will be written in a diary form. *Grins* it's sooooo much easier to write that way and I've always wanted to try it!!! Okayies plz R&R..
Chapter One
Dear Diary,
This isn't much of a diary if you ask me. More like a few scraps of paper compared to what I'm used to. Where I come from is a small mansion situated on a small hill overlooking a beautiful bay in Port Royale. Well, that's where I used to live. I'm on the run at the moment. No, before you ask, I didn't do anything wrong and in fact I guess you could say that's one of the reasons I'm running away.
As the Governor's granddaughter I find myself very rarely doing anything I would consider remotely 'fun.' My parents, William and Elizabeth Turner are not really the problem (Though our recent fight WAS the last straw but I'm not going into that.yet.) I've heard stories from Estrella, my maid, that before I was born they were involved in a grand adventure. Full of pirates, ships and swordplay. No offence to my parents or Estrella but I find it extremely hard to compare the story Will and Elizabeth to my current parents. I mean sixteen years ago they were supposedly sailing around the Caribbean on a pirate ship and now the things they consider most exciting is attending parties and discussing the financial situation of Port Royale smithy. (A total bore in my opinion.) Anyway from what I can see there is no comparison and those 'story' Will and Elizabeth characters will and always were fictional.
Even though I can't help but fell guilty for leaving everything I've ever known, my parents included, without a goodbye or note of some kind. Despite our constant arguments I KNOW my parents will be devastated when my disappearance is discovered but I have to get away. I have to escape. Escape? That reminds me of a poem I've read. I can't remember all of it off the top of my head but I think it went something like;
Suffocation I can't breathe, Walls closing in. I can't see, My path is hidden. There is no escape. I am trapped.
Well at least that's how I think it went. I suppose I will never find out now. I can actually picture the book in our library. How annoying. Hmmm that brings up another point I haven't thought about. How long am I going to stay away? My original thought were forever but now.I'm not so sure. Could I possibly stay away forever? To be perfectly honest I wouldn't be surprised if the Navy Officials discover me tomorrow. And if they don't I guess I'll have to go with the flow, as Christopher used to say.
Oh and by the way, if you're wondering where I am at this current time it's hard to say. I boarded a ship headed for Tortuga sometime early this morning. About six I think. To be honest (again) I'm quite surprised at the amount of pirate ships in the harbour. I'd never had guessed there were this many. (Note to self- when/if I return do not mention escaping on a pirate ship. Commodore might get suspicious and search the harbour.) I'm quite glad I discarded my usual garments and instead 'borrowed' some of Christopher's. After the meeting with the Captain I'm not sure they wouldn't hold me for ransom if they found out who I really am. They weren't too happy when I requested passage to Tortuga but after a little persuasion (and discussing payment) they were by all means delighted to take me. No questions were even asked where I came across such jewels and large amount of gold. Pirates can be so stupid. (As can normal men.)
The journey so far has been quite uneventful and to be quite honest (I think this is the hundredth time for the day) I can't wait for the boat to dock in Tortuga, according to the Captain should be some time tomorrow. The crew creeps me out and no matter how tired I become I am positive no sleep will come for me tonight. Or the next few nights if the stories are true. On countless occasions the crew has questioned (okay so they're not as dumb as I thought) me and my business but I have not let any words leave my mouth since we departed from port Royale. Some of the men describe Tortuga as a heaven but the obviously kinder pirates say it's a hell 'ole and no place for a 'oung lady like myself. I couldn't agree more from what they tell me of the place but I have to go. If Estrella's stories are true then Tortuga will be the place I can find Jack.
Captain Jack Sparrow. I think Commodore was onto me before anyone else. Being the Commodore I thought he would be the best person to question about Jack but he was not exactly excited and ready to spill like I had hoped. It took many painful hours of sucking up and flattery till he even started to tell me off the pirate captain that I am so keen to meet. Well, it turns out it was pretty much wasted. Norrington, being at such a high station, is extremely biased. All he told me was that Jack, quote unquote, 'Was the worst pirate he had ever seen and that if he ever ran into him again it would be straight of to the gallows.' Not much of a help if you ask me. Luckily Estrella was a bit more of open to assist. Although she hadn't met the pirate herself she told me that Mother spoke of him often, before I was born that is. And she also picked up bits and piece here and there out in the town. I resisted against asking Mother and Father as they didn't even tell me of their adventure in the first place and then Estrella would get into trouble but the crew of the boat I'm currently on were all quite happy to give their opinions of the certain pirate. So all the info on him that I got so far is:
He's the Captain of the Black Pearl He had a run in with a pirate called Barbossa, his ex-first mate, and ended up marooned on an island where he only escaped by wading into the shallows for three days and using the hair off his back to rope a couple of sea turtles and using them as a raft. His back hair grows extremely fast (and is very strong) He's a liar, scoundrel, cheat, unfair, scabrous, smelly, dog and a complete waste of space. He's a pirate.
Not much of a list but apparently not much is known of the infamous Captain Sparrow. I don't really care how much I know about him just as long as he can help me. Now that I think about it what am I going to say to him? I can't just walk up and say 'Hi I'm William and Elizabeth's daughter and I need to steal away on your ship as mean of some form of pitiful escape of my boring, snobbish life.' No, I can not and will not say that. And what if I tell him who I am and all Estrella stories are fake and he doesn't know my parents and I'm left with no way of getting home and my parents forget about me and when I finally come home I see that they've moved on in their lives and don't even remember me and. Okay must breathe. I am totally getting worked up over nothing. That's right nothing. Everything will be fine. Everything will be fine.
Oh have to go I can hear footsteps coming down the passageway. Hope it's not the Captain. Hope it's not the Captain. Please let it not be the captain. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please.
Sincerely
Alyssa Marie Turner
Disclaimer - I do not own POTC. Listen carefully cos I will not say it again! But thanks to my fantastic American godfather I will own the DVD soon!!! I cant wait!!!!! BUT I do own Alyssa Marie Turner AND Tori Rose Taylor!!!! So hmph to Disney!!!
Summary - What happens when an orphan girl from Tortuga is mistaken as the Governor's granddaughter? A lot!!!! *Grins* Read and review!!!
Authors Note - I look forward to hearing from you!!!! I LOVE reviews!!! And they make me write so much faster. This is my 2nd offical story and I'm currently still writing my first as well so updates may be slow. Also please note all chapters will be written in a diary form. *Grins* it's sooooo much easier to write that way and I've always wanted to try it!!! Okayies plz R&R..
Chapter One
Dear Diary,
This isn't much of a diary if you ask me. More like a few scraps of paper compared to what I'm used to. Where I come from is a small mansion situated on a small hill overlooking a beautiful bay in Port Royale. Well, that's where I used to live. I'm on the run at the moment. No, before you ask, I didn't do anything wrong and in fact I guess you could say that's one of the reasons I'm running away.
As the Governor's granddaughter I find myself very rarely doing anything I would consider remotely 'fun.' My parents, William and Elizabeth Turner are not really the problem (Though our recent fight WAS the last straw but I'm not going into that.yet.) I've heard stories from Estrella, my maid, that before I was born they were involved in a grand adventure. Full of pirates, ships and swordplay. No offence to my parents or Estrella but I find it extremely hard to compare the story Will and Elizabeth to my current parents. I mean sixteen years ago they were supposedly sailing around the Caribbean on a pirate ship and now the things they consider most exciting is attending parties and discussing the financial situation of Port Royale smithy. (A total bore in my opinion.) Anyway from what I can see there is no comparison and those 'story' Will and Elizabeth characters will and always were fictional.
Even though I can't help but fell guilty for leaving everything I've ever known, my parents included, without a goodbye or note of some kind. Despite our constant arguments I KNOW my parents will be devastated when my disappearance is discovered but I have to get away. I have to escape. Escape? That reminds me of a poem I've read. I can't remember all of it off the top of my head but I think it went something like;
Suffocation I can't breathe, Walls closing in. I can't see, My path is hidden. There is no escape. I am trapped.
Well at least that's how I think it went. I suppose I will never find out now. I can actually picture the book in our library. How annoying. Hmmm that brings up another point I haven't thought about. How long am I going to stay away? My original thought were forever but now.I'm not so sure. Could I possibly stay away forever? To be perfectly honest I wouldn't be surprised if the Navy Officials discover me tomorrow. And if they don't I guess I'll have to go with the flow, as Christopher used to say.
Oh and by the way, if you're wondering where I am at this current time it's hard to say. I boarded a ship headed for Tortuga sometime early this morning. About six I think. To be honest (again) I'm quite surprised at the amount of pirate ships in the harbour. I'd never had guessed there were this many. (Note to self- when/if I return do not mention escaping on a pirate ship. Commodore might get suspicious and search the harbour.) I'm quite glad I discarded my usual garments and instead 'borrowed' some of Christopher's. After the meeting with the Captain I'm not sure they wouldn't hold me for ransom if they found out who I really am. They weren't too happy when I requested passage to Tortuga but after a little persuasion (and discussing payment) they were by all means delighted to take me. No questions were even asked where I came across such jewels and large amount of gold. Pirates can be so stupid. (As can normal men.)
The journey so far has been quite uneventful and to be quite honest (I think this is the hundredth time for the day) I can't wait for the boat to dock in Tortuga, according to the Captain should be some time tomorrow. The crew creeps me out and no matter how tired I become I am positive no sleep will come for me tonight. Or the next few nights if the stories are true. On countless occasions the crew has questioned (okay so they're not as dumb as I thought) me and my business but I have not let any words leave my mouth since we departed from port Royale. Some of the men describe Tortuga as a heaven but the obviously kinder pirates say it's a hell 'ole and no place for a 'oung lady like myself. I couldn't agree more from what they tell me of the place but I have to go. If Estrella's stories are true then Tortuga will be the place I can find Jack.
Captain Jack Sparrow. I think Commodore was onto me before anyone else. Being the Commodore I thought he would be the best person to question about Jack but he was not exactly excited and ready to spill like I had hoped. It took many painful hours of sucking up and flattery till he even started to tell me off the pirate captain that I am so keen to meet. Well, it turns out it was pretty much wasted. Norrington, being at such a high station, is extremely biased. All he told me was that Jack, quote unquote, 'Was the worst pirate he had ever seen and that if he ever ran into him again it would be straight of to the gallows.' Not much of a help if you ask me. Luckily Estrella was a bit more of open to assist. Although she hadn't met the pirate herself she told me that Mother spoke of him often, before I was born that is. And she also picked up bits and piece here and there out in the town. I resisted against asking Mother and Father as they didn't even tell me of their adventure in the first place and then Estrella would get into trouble but the crew of the boat I'm currently on were all quite happy to give their opinions of the certain pirate. So all the info on him that I got so far is:
He's the Captain of the Black Pearl He had a run in with a pirate called Barbossa, his ex-first mate, and ended up marooned on an island where he only escaped by wading into the shallows for three days and using the hair off his back to rope a couple of sea turtles and using them as a raft. His back hair grows extremely fast (and is very strong) He's a liar, scoundrel, cheat, unfair, scabrous, smelly, dog and a complete waste of space. He's a pirate.
Not much of a list but apparently not much is known of the infamous Captain Sparrow. I don't really care how much I know about him just as long as he can help me. Now that I think about it what am I going to say to him? I can't just walk up and say 'Hi I'm William and Elizabeth's daughter and I need to steal away on your ship as mean of some form of pitiful escape of my boring, snobbish life.' No, I can not and will not say that. And what if I tell him who I am and all Estrella stories are fake and he doesn't know my parents and I'm left with no way of getting home and my parents forget about me and when I finally come home I see that they've moved on in their lives and don't even remember me and. Okay must breathe. I am totally getting worked up over nothing. That's right nothing. Everything will be fine. Everything will be fine.
Oh have to go I can hear footsteps coming down the passageway. Hope it's not the Captain. Hope it's not the Captain. Please let it not be the captain. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please. Please.
Sincerely
Alyssa Marie Turner