"One with sea-green eyes
One time you shall loose
The one man who holds you
The one man who's blood runs in you.
And your eyes shall turn to storms
Gray and distant.
Until the only one for you lives and accepts you
And until you find the truth about Isabella.
Until you find when you belong.
If twice you loose
Your sea-green eyes
If twice the man is gone
Then placed upon you is a curse
To live forever
But to never really live."
Anita Riley read the inscription on the back of her family heir-loom, a pirate coin necklace from god-knows how far back. Her only child, Adam Riley, sat with curious eyes on a chair in front of her, his green-died hair hanging in front of his similarly colored green eyes. 15 years old was going to be the time for Anita to pass it on to her son.
"Give it to the girl you love, son."
"But who is Isabella, mum?" The boy asked, as he always asked.
"Maybe she is the woman who this belonged to. Our ancestor. But be warned. It's not for you, it's a woman's heirloom. But, alas, there is no daughter but me for quite a while behind us in the family, otherwise it would go to your cousin or sister or some one who's a blood descendent. No such person is there. So it goes to the girl you love."
"But what does it mean, 'until you find WHEN you belong'? Shouldn't it be WHERE?"
"I don't know, love." She untied the necklace carefully, and put it in the velvet dark red box that had sat by her the whole time. Adam realized that she had been planning to give it to him tonight for a long, long time.
"Don't loose it. God knows what will happen to us all!" Anita laughed, but Adam tucked it solemnly into his pocket.
***
Later that night, Adam plopped down on the sewing desk that his father had set up for him in the attic. God forbid any of his friends found out he sewed!
But it did seem like the perfect place to keep a treasure.
Adam buried it in a little compartment meant for threads in use. Smiling, he pulled out a sketchbook and worked on his current project, a wedding dress.
***
Carla Spade stood in a mourning ensemble. Tears poured down her cheek as she watched her husband's body lowered into the sea. Her husband, the brave marine, John Spade.
Her daughter, Eve, stood alone in the back. Her face was blank. Her long, pale hands were shoved in a black hoody and she slouched. Carla could barely guess at how horribly this effected her only daughter. John and Eve had always been so close.
After the ceremony, Carla and Eve were driven home to their sea-side home by a family friend, Elijah. Glancing over at her daughter in the twilight, Carla sighed. She was frowning.
But her eyes.where did her eyes go? The electric green of them was gone. They were gray.
'Maybe her eyes change color with her mood,' Carla thought to herself.
***
Carla Spade was loosing all hope of getting her happy daughter back. Eve's eyes were gray. Not green.
Where Eve had gotten green eyes in the first place, Carla had no idea. No one in either side of the family had green eyes.
As a baby, she had the same eyes. At the time Carla was very interested in pirates, and she had just gotten a book on pirates. It only took one fateful drop of the book and it flying open to a certain page to realize what she wanted to name her daughter. Isabella.
But she loved John, and John chose Eve for the first name. So Eve's middle name was to be Isabella.
After a woman named Isabella Angel Sparrow, wife of a very infamous pirate captain named Jack Sparrow.
And with the same green eyes.
At least, they had been. Now Eve rarely smiled, and she was distant and cold. Carla had one hope: A sewing boy whom Eve had just met, a boy that made her smile as he designed beautiful outfits and gallant ensembles.
One time you shall loose
The one man who holds you
The one man who's blood runs in you.
And your eyes shall turn to storms
Gray and distant.
Until the only one for you lives and accepts you
And until you find the truth about Isabella.
Until you find when you belong.
If twice you loose
Your sea-green eyes
If twice the man is gone
Then placed upon you is a curse
To live forever
But to never really live."
Anita Riley read the inscription on the back of her family heir-loom, a pirate coin necklace from god-knows how far back. Her only child, Adam Riley, sat with curious eyes on a chair in front of her, his green-died hair hanging in front of his similarly colored green eyes. 15 years old was going to be the time for Anita to pass it on to her son.
"Give it to the girl you love, son."
"But who is Isabella, mum?" The boy asked, as he always asked.
"Maybe she is the woman who this belonged to. Our ancestor. But be warned. It's not for you, it's a woman's heirloom. But, alas, there is no daughter but me for quite a while behind us in the family, otherwise it would go to your cousin or sister or some one who's a blood descendent. No such person is there. So it goes to the girl you love."
"But what does it mean, 'until you find WHEN you belong'? Shouldn't it be WHERE?"
"I don't know, love." She untied the necklace carefully, and put it in the velvet dark red box that had sat by her the whole time. Adam realized that she had been planning to give it to him tonight for a long, long time.
"Don't loose it. God knows what will happen to us all!" Anita laughed, but Adam tucked it solemnly into his pocket.
***
Later that night, Adam plopped down on the sewing desk that his father had set up for him in the attic. God forbid any of his friends found out he sewed!
But it did seem like the perfect place to keep a treasure.
Adam buried it in a little compartment meant for threads in use. Smiling, he pulled out a sketchbook and worked on his current project, a wedding dress.
***
Carla Spade stood in a mourning ensemble. Tears poured down her cheek as she watched her husband's body lowered into the sea. Her husband, the brave marine, John Spade.
Her daughter, Eve, stood alone in the back. Her face was blank. Her long, pale hands were shoved in a black hoody and she slouched. Carla could barely guess at how horribly this effected her only daughter. John and Eve had always been so close.
After the ceremony, Carla and Eve were driven home to their sea-side home by a family friend, Elijah. Glancing over at her daughter in the twilight, Carla sighed. She was frowning.
But her eyes.where did her eyes go? The electric green of them was gone. They were gray.
'Maybe her eyes change color with her mood,' Carla thought to herself.
***
Carla Spade was loosing all hope of getting her happy daughter back. Eve's eyes were gray. Not green.
Where Eve had gotten green eyes in the first place, Carla had no idea. No one in either side of the family had green eyes.
As a baby, she had the same eyes. At the time Carla was very interested in pirates, and she had just gotten a book on pirates. It only took one fateful drop of the book and it flying open to a certain page to realize what she wanted to name her daughter. Isabella.
But she loved John, and John chose Eve for the first name. So Eve's middle name was to be Isabella.
After a woman named Isabella Angel Sparrow, wife of a very infamous pirate captain named Jack Sparrow.
And with the same green eyes.
At least, they had been. Now Eve rarely smiled, and she was distant and cold. Carla had one hope: A sewing boy whom Eve had just met, a boy that made her smile as he designed beautiful outfits and gallant ensembles.