Author's Note: I really don't have anything important to say for this
chapter, but please read and review.
Oh. wait, I do have something important to say. Samantha and Danielle each have two parts to this chapter. Does that make sense? Oh well, you'll see what I mean as you read...
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Chapter 20: To the Gallows We Shall Go
Samantha slowly opened her eyes to Commodore Norrington hovering over her.
"Get up." he said firmly. He grabbed her by her arm and brought her out on the main deck, where Jack was standing. He had ropes bound tightly on his wrists and a guard had a death grip on each of his tanned arms. Jack was still a little sleepy so he didn't really whine about it.
Suddenly, thick ropes were then tied on Samantha's wrists as well. But since she was smaller, only one guard had a death grip on her.
She was too tired to argue but she looked up at the sky and realized it was still dark and the stars were still visible.
"Take them to the jail. They will be hung shortly after sunrise." Norrington said.
The three guards then marched off the ship (with Jack and Samantha, of course) and led them to the Port Royal's jail, which was barely a hundred yards away from the docks.
"Please! You don't understand! I'm not a pirate! Really!" Samantha whined as she and Jack were thrown into the jail. Samantha was, by now, completely awake and fully aware of her doomed future.
The three guards chuckled.
"Right, lass, right. I'm sure you're not a pirate. I'm sure you weren't in league with Jack Sparrow even though you were seen with him on several occasions. And besides, whatever Norrington says, goes." said one pirate laughingly as he locked the cell.
Samantha growled. "I don't appreciate your sarcasm, you jacka-"
Jack grabbed her shoulder and Samantha turned to look at Jack, only to see him shaking his head. "No, love, don't. No use in it. We'll find a way out." he said softly.
Samantha turned back around to the pirate and she stuck her tongue out, much like a child would do.
The three guards walked away and then it was only Jack and Samantha.
"What's going to happen to Will and Elizabeth?" Samantha said as she sat down on a wooden bench.
"Well, Elizabeth is going to marry Norrington, much to her dismay I might add. And Will was granted mercy since he supposedly saved Elizabeth even though I was the who shot Barbossa before he shot Elizabeth." Jack said. "That whelp..." he then muttered.
Samantha began to fiddle with a gold coin she had left in her pocket. She had nothing better to do.
The two then sat there, left to their own devices, until the sun rose up barely an hour later.
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Danielle and the rest of the Black Pearl crew were taken away shortly after Jack and Samantha were. All the pirates were led onto the main deck and they stood there for a moment while Norrington was taken off to the side by the three pirates that had taken Jack and Samantha away.
Danielle only caught small, but important, pieces of their conversation.
"...not enough room... can't fit them all..." began one soldier.
"...what do you mean?" Norrington said.
"...those two... last cell..." said another soldier.
"...bring these pirates... jail across town... hung after Jack and..." Norrington replied.
The three soldiers nodded and then they, along with a dozen other soldiers and sailors, began to lead the pirates off the Dauntless and to a jail.
"Where are we going?" Danielle asked a soldier near by.
"To a jail." one soldier replied indifferently.
"Is there more than one jail in Port Royal?"
"Yes."
"Are we going to the one with Jack Sparrow?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Would you keep your mouth shut, woman!?! I don't have to explain myself to you!" he growled.
Danielle immediately turned around and continued walking. "Don't talk to him." Danielle whispered to Pintel and Ragetti, who were walking next to her. "He's evil." They both nodded their heads in reply.
They got to the jail, which, sorry to say, wasn't the same one that Samantha and Jack were in.
All of the pirates were shoved into a small jail on the other side of town. Danielle, Pintel, and Ragetti were, unfortunately, locked in the same cell as Twigg, who was still mumbling to himself.
Danielle sighed dramatically and sat there as the sun rose up and the first streaks of light brightened the dim cell.
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The sun was up. It was dawn.
"Out ya go, lass! You too, Sparrow!" one soldier said as he unlocked Samantha and Jack's cell.
Their hands were still tied in the ropes as they trudged out. Samantha had long ago given up yelling, begging, and whining her way out since it didn't seem to work anyway. Jack was dead silent.
"Time for the gallows, my friends." the soldier said as he led them away from the cell to the gallows in the town square.
"Are we going to die, Jack?" Samantha said quietly.
"Of couse you are! There ain't no getting out of the gallows!" the soldier said since he overheard Samantha.
"Shut up! I wasn't asking you, now was I?" she growled. She then looked at Jack and her expression portrayed her fear.
"There's always a chance of escape, love. Always." Jack said. His tone was now jovial and drunk.
Samantha was only a little relieved by his happiness, although it confused her as well.
The amount of people in the town square was astonishing. There had to be at least a hundred. Women were fanning themselves to keep from sweating in their dresses in the horrible heat and the men were shifting uneasily in their wigs.
Samantha and Jack were led to the gallows. A large was perhaps eight feet above were Samantha and Jack were now standing. Two thick ropes were hanging from this bar. Samantha gulped as she looked at them. To her, they were a sign of her doom.
One rope was then tied tighted around Samantha's neck and the other rope was tightened around Jack's.
A single tear streamed down Samantha's face as she looked into the crowd. They were all staring at her and Jack with sickening fascination, awaiting the moment when the boards of wood would open up below Samantha and Jack, awaiting the moment of their deaths. All these eyes on her made her sick.
She then looked out, beyond the crowd, and there stood Governor Swann, Commodore Norrington, and Elizabeth. And wandering through the crowd, she caught sight of a big, overly-fluffy hat with a large feather. She didn't know at the time who it was but her eyes were suddenly pulled away from the hat as she saw a government official step onto the gallows with a large scroll that was much too big for his small, almost delicate, hands.
"Jack Sparrow, be it known that you have..." the official began.
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It was dawn. Actually, it was past dawn. The sun was up and Danielle was curious as to why she nor any of the other pirates were not dead already.
When she caught sight of a guard she called to him. "Hey, you! When are we going to be hung?" she said. Perhaps that wasn't the best way to put that question.
The guard laughed. "That excited to die, eh? Because two other pirates are before yourself. But don't worry, you'll all be next." he said before walking off.
'Wait', Danielle thought to herself, 'Jack is supposed to be hung now... by himself. Then why did that guard say two other pirates? Oh my God, maybe the one is Will. Maybe I really did seriously affect the outcome of al this. But what did I do...?' As these thought ran through her head, Pintel spoke up.
"Miss Danielle, I thought you see into the future?" Pintel said suspiciously. "Are we all gonna be hung now?"
"I don't know." Danielle replied sadly. "I'm really not sure."
Twigg, who was in the corner by himself, spoke, "O' course she don't know! She was lyin' to us this whole time! We shoulda knew better than to believe a no-good woman!"
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Author's Note: Two more chapters mis amigas. Two more...
PS. Woohoo! I love cliffhangers! I haven't truly written one until now.
Oh. wait, I do have something important to say. Samantha and Danielle each have two parts to this chapter. Does that make sense? Oh well, you'll see what I mean as you read...
*~*~*
Chapter 20: To the Gallows We Shall Go
Samantha slowly opened her eyes to Commodore Norrington hovering over her.
"Get up." he said firmly. He grabbed her by her arm and brought her out on the main deck, where Jack was standing. He had ropes bound tightly on his wrists and a guard had a death grip on each of his tanned arms. Jack was still a little sleepy so he didn't really whine about it.
Suddenly, thick ropes were then tied on Samantha's wrists as well. But since she was smaller, only one guard had a death grip on her.
She was too tired to argue but she looked up at the sky and realized it was still dark and the stars were still visible.
"Take them to the jail. They will be hung shortly after sunrise." Norrington said.
The three guards then marched off the ship (with Jack and Samantha, of course) and led them to the Port Royal's jail, which was barely a hundred yards away from the docks.
"Please! You don't understand! I'm not a pirate! Really!" Samantha whined as she and Jack were thrown into the jail. Samantha was, by now, completely awake and fully aware of her doomed future.
The three guards chuckled.
"Right, lass, right. I'm sure you're not a pirate. I'm sure you weren't in league with Jack Sparrow even though you were seen with him on several occasions. And besides, whatever Norrington says, goes." said one pirate laughingly as he locked the cell.
Samantha growled. "I don't appreciate your sarcasm, you jacka-"
Jack grabbed her shoulder and Samantha turned to look at Jack, only to see him shaking his head. "No, love, don't. No use in it. We'll find a way out." he said softly.
Samantha turned back around to the pirate and she stuck her tongue out, much like a child would do.
The three guards walked away and then it was only Jack and Samantha.
"What's going to happen to Will and Elizabeth?" Samantha said as she sat down on a wooden bench.
"Well, Elizabeth is going to marry Norrington, much to her dismay I might add. And Will was granted mercy since he supposedly saved Elizabeth even though I was the who shot Barbossa before he shot Elizabeth." Jack said. "That whelp..." he then muttered.
Samantha began to fiddle with a gold coin she had left in her pocket. She had nothing better to do.
The two then sat there, left to their own devices, until the sun rose up barely an hour later.
*~*~*
Danielle and the rest of the Black Pearl crew were taken away shortly after Jack and Samantha were. All the pirates were led onto the main deck and they stood there for a moment while Norrington was taken off to the side by the three pirates that had taken Jack and Samantha away.
Danielle only caught small, but important, pieces of their conversation.
"...not enough room... can't fit them all..." began one soldier.
"...what do you mean?" Norrington said.
"...those two... last cell..." said another soldier.
"...bring these pirates... jail across town... hung after Jack and..." Norrington replied.
The three soldiers nodded and then they, along with a dozen other soldiers and sailors, began to lead the pirates off the Dauntless and to a jail.
"Where are we going?" Danielle asked a soldier near by.
"To a jail." one soldier replied indifferently.
"Is there more than one jail in Port Royal?"
"Yes."
"Are we going to the one with Jack Sparrow?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Would you keep your mouth shut, woman!?! I don't have to explain myself to you!" he growled.
Danielle immediately turned around and continued walking. "Don't talk to him." Danielle whispered to Pintel and Ragetti, who were walking next to her. "He's evil." They both nodded their heads in reply.
They got to the jail, which, sorry to say, wasn't the same one that Samantha and Jack were in.
All of the pirates were shoved into a small jail on the other side of town. Danielle, Pintel, and Ragetti were, unfortunately, locked in the same cell as Twigg, who was still mumbling to himself.
Danielle sighed dramatically and sat there as the sun rose up and the first streaks of light brightened the dim cell.
*~*~*
The sun was up. It was dawn.
"Out ya go, lass! You too, Sparrow!" one soldier said as he unlocked Samantha and Jack's cell.
Their hands were still tied in the ropes as they trudged out. Samantha had long ago given up yelling, begging, and whining her way out since it didn't seem to work anyway. Jack was dead silent.
"Time for the gallows, my friends." the soldier said as he led them away from the cell to the gallows in the town square.
"Are we going to die, Jack?" Samantha said quietly.
"Of couse you are! There ain't no getting out of the gallows!" the soldier said since he overheard Samantha.
"Shut up! I wasn't asking you, now was I?" she growled. She then looked at Jack and her expression portrayed her fear.
"There's always a chance of escape, love. Always." Jack said. His tone was now jovial and drunk.
Samantha was only a little relieved by his happiness, although it confused her as well.
The amount of people in the town square was astonishing. There had to be at least a hundred. Women were fanning themselves to keep from sweating in their dresses in the horrible heat and the men were shifting uneasily in their wigs.
Samantha and Jack were led to the gallows. A large was perhaps eight feet above were Samantha and Jack were now standing. Two thick ropes were hanging from this bar. Samantha gulped as she looked at them. To her, they were a sign of her doom.
One rope was then tied tighted around Samantha's neck and the other rope was tightened around Jack's.
A single tear streamed down Samantha's face as she looked into the crowd. They were all staring at her and Jack with sickening fascination, awaiting the moment when the boards of wood would open up below Samantha and Jack, awaiting the moment of their deaths. All these eyes on her made her sick.
She then looked out, beyond the crowd, and there stood Governor Swann, Commodore Norrington, and Elizabeth. And wandering through the crowd, she caught sight of a big, overly-fluffy hat with a large feather. She didn't know at the time who it was but her eyes were suddenly pulled away from the hat as she saw a government official step onto the gallows with a large scroll that was much too big for his small, almost delicate, hands.
"Jack Sparrow, be it known that you have..." the official began.
*~*~*
It was dawn. Actually, it was past dawn. The sun was up and Danielle was curious as to why she nor any of the other pirates were not dead already.
When she caught sight of a guard she called to him. "Hey, you! When are we going to be hung?" she said. Perhaps that wasn't the best way to put that question.
The guard laughed. "That excited to die, eh? Because two other pirates are before yourself. But don't worry, you'll all be next." he said before walking off.
'Wait', Danielle thought to herself, 'Jack is supposed to be hung now... by himself. Then why did that guard say two other pirates? Oh my God, maybe the one is Will. Maybe I really did seriously affect the outcome of al this. But what did I do...?' As these thought ran through her head, Pintel spoke up.
"Miss Danielle, I thought you see into the future?" Pintel said suspiciously. "Are we all gonna be hung now?"
"I don't know." Danielle replied sadly. "I'm really not sure."
Twigg, who was in the corner by himself, spoke, "O' course she don't know! She was lyin' to us this whole time! We shoulda knew better than to believe a no-good woman!"
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Author's Note: Two more chapters mis amigas. Two more...
PS. Woohoo! I love cliffhangers! I haven't truly written one until now.
