A Halloween Wish
Disclaimer: I do not own the "Pirates of the Caribbean" or any other parts of Walt Disney's creations. I only own the characters I create and the storyline changes that I made, since this takes place during the movie. Enjoy mates!
~AHOY, MATES! I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry about the delay. School's been killing me...plus, I've got many fics to work on. I'm still stuck on my other POTC one. I hate writer's block. Anyway, here's the latest chapter. Hopefully I can get another out soon. It's kind of a cliffy, so don't shoot me...*raises white flag*
Chapter 14~ Isla de Muerta: Part I
The Dauntless finally made it to Isla de Muerta. It was dark and colder than it should have been in the Caribbean. Commodore Norrington loaded some of his men into rowboats and was ordering some to stay aboard the ship. Natalie and Jack were sitting on the railing together, relaxing. Natalie was shivering and curling up against Sparrow. "Ye alright, love?" he asked, wrapping both arms around her.
"Yeah...just a little cold. I'm not used to this kind of weather."
"You'll be fine, love. It must be the sea and the island. It seems colder than it really is," Jack said as he kissed her cheek and rested his head on top of hers.
"Time to go, Sparrow!" Commodore Norrington shouted as he had two soldiers grab Jack and pull him away from Natalie.
"JACK!" she shouted after him.
"I'll be back," he replied. Natalie ran after him and grabbed onto one of his arms. "You're not taking Jack away without me!"
"Natalie," Jack whispered.
"Miss O'Connell," Norrington began, "You are to stay aboard. I'll have you locked up if I have to...and I already promised Elizabeth that I would let you stay out of the brig. Therefore, you will stay here."
"You're not going there without me. I can help!"
"Okay...that's it! Marines, take Miss O'Connell to the Captain's Quarters and lock her in!" Quicker than Natalie could have expected, two soldiers had grabbed onto her arms and dragged her into the cabin. "UNHAND ME, YOU JERKS!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Save it," they said firmly as they shoved her in and locked the door. She began banging on the door and screaming to be released, but they wouldn't open it. "You can stop yelling, Natalie...they won't listen to me, so how do you expect them to listen to you?" a female voice said from behind her. Natalie jumped and turned around to see Elizabeth tying sheets in knots, hooking them together. "Don't scare me!" Natalie exclaimed.
"I wasn't trying to...believe me," Elizabeth said as she tied another knot.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to get myself out of here." Natalie then remembered the movie. Elizabeth made a long rope out of sheets and escaped out the window. Then she would go to the Black Pearl, followed by Isla de Muerta to save Will and Jack. Natalie instantly sat down next to Elizabeth and began to help her make the rope. "What are you doing?"
"Liz, I know what you're thinking and I'm gonna help." The governor's daughter smiled as they both continued to work out their plans.
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Jack had gotten to the cursed island by rowboat and made his way to the center, where the ceremony would begin. He heard pirates chanting and knew it was about to happen, so he darted through the crowd, bidding "excuse me" and "thank you" to ever pirate he walked by. Most unusual for a pirate.
Barbossa stood on the mound of gold holding the knife he would use to cut Will's throat. Will was being held over the Aztec gold by two pirates and struggling to escape. Unfortunately, they had such a strong hold that he couldn't do it alone. "Begun by blood, by blood un-" Barbossa cut himself off when he saw Jack Sparrow make his way to the front of the crowd of pirates, waving his hands. "Jack!" Will exclaimed with a smile.
"It's not possible," Barbossa stated as he looked at Jack with a bewildered face.
"Not probable," Jack said as he took another step forward, but was stopped by Bo'sun.
"Where's Elizabeth?" Will asked as he straightened up, still in the pirates' grasp.
"She's safe, just like I promised...she's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised...and you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really. Except for Elizabeth who is in fact a woman," Jack said with a smile as he waved his arms about.
"And what about Natalie...is she alright?" Will asked. Jack nodded his head in agreement and glanced at Barbossa. "Shut up...you're next!" Barbossa ordered as Will was held back over the gold and had the knife raised to his neck.
"You don't want to be doing that, mate," Jack said with a disgusted, but worried face.
"No, I really think I do," Barbossa replied as he turned his attention back to Will. Jack simply folded his arms and looked at the ground. "Your funeral..." Barbossa pondered for a moment and then looked down at Jack, moving the knife away form Will's throat. "Why don't I want to be doing it?"
"Well because," Jack smacked Bo'sun's hand away and walked up next to his former first mate, "The HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just off shore...waiting for you." Will straightened up again and looked curiously at Jack as the evil pirates all began to panic. "Just here me out, mate," Jack continued, "You order your men to row out to the Dauntless...they do what they do best." The pirates began to laugh evilly. "Robert's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt...there you are with two ships. The makings of your very own fleet," he told Barbossa as he waved his hands about, "Of course you'll take the grandest as your flag ship and who's to argue. But what of the Pearl? Name me Captain, I'll sail under your colors, give ye ten percent of me plunder, and you get to introduce yourself as Commodore Barbossa, savvy?"
"I suppose in exchange you want me not to kill the whelp?" Barbossa asked. Will gave him an astounded look for that comment but then let it go when Jack spoke again. "No, by all means kill the whelp...just not yet. Wait to lift the curse, until the opportune moment." The blacksmith looked at Sparrow questioningly as he watched him pick up some of the gold. "For instance, after you've killed Norrington's men. Every...last...one." Jack had dropped the gold back into the chest, but had secretly taken a piece and hidden it almost magically. Will got the message and decided to play along. "You've been planning this from the beginning...ever since you learned my name!"
"Yeah," Jack said with a smirk. Barbossa dropped his arms to his sides and took a step toward Jack. "I want fifty percent of your plunder."
"Fifteen," Jack argued back.
"Forty."
"Twenty-five...and I'll buy ye the hat. A really big one, Commodore." Barbossa agreed and shook Jack's hand as he turned back to his crew. Before he was able to say anything, Jack had interrupted, "All hands to the boats." Barbossa gave him a dirty look. "Apologies, you give the orders," Sparrow said as he clapped his hands together and backed off to the side.
"Gents...take a walk!" Barbossa ordered his crew. The pirates immediately stalked off laughing. Jack looked at his former first-mate and said, "Not to the boats?"
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"A moment please," Governor Swann ordered one of the soldiers. He stepped away from the door and let the governor take a seat right outside it. He knocked and began talking, "Elizabeth, I just wanted to tell you, I think you made a very wise decision today. Couldn't be more proud of you, but even the right decision made for the wrong reason can be a wrong decision."
He continued to lecture his daughter, but she paid no attention. She and Natalie were on the small balcony. They were climbing down the rope made of sheets into a rowboat. Elizabeth made it down first and Natalie soon followed, but landed in it hard. She groaned, but then took an oar while Elizabeth took the other. "We headed to the Pearl?" Natalie asked. Liz nodded her head as they both began to row in the direction of the ship.
"Elizabeth, are you there?" Governor Swann asked, not hearing his daughter answer him, "Elizabeth are you even listening to me?" He opened the door and walked in to find no one. He then ran out onto the balcony and saw the sheets leading down to the water. "Oh, what have you done?"
What no one was aware of, was that the cursed crew of the Black Pearl...was slowly climbing aboard the Dauntless, doing what they do best.
Disclaimer: I do not own the "Pirates of the Caribbean" or any other parts of Walt Disney's creations. I only own the characters I create and the storyline changes that I made, since this takes place during the movie. Enjoy mates!
~AHOY, MATES! I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry about the delay. School's been killing me...plus, I've got many fics to work on. I'm still stuck on my other POTC one. I hate writer's block. Anyway, here's the latest chapter. Hopefully I can get another out soon. It's kind of a cliffy, so don't shoot me...*raises white flag*
Chapter 14~ Isla de Muerta: Part I
The Dauntless finally made it to Isla de Muerta. It was dark and colder than it should have been in the Caribbean. Commodore Norrington loaded some of his men into rowboats and was ordering some to stay aboard the ship. Natalie and Jack were sitting on the railing together, relaxing. Natalie was shivering and curling up against Sparrow. "Ye alright, love?" he asked, wrapping both arms around her.
"Yeah...just a little cold. I'm not used to this kind of weather."
"You'll be fine, love. It must be the sea and the island. It seems colder than it really is," Jack said as he kissed her cheek and rested his head on top of hers.
"Time to go, Sparrow!" Commodore Norrington shouted as he had two soldiers grab Jack and pull him away from Natalie.
"JACK!" she shouted after him.
"I'll be back," he replied. Natalie ran after him and grabbed onto one of his arms. "You're not taking Jack away without me!"
"Natalie," Jack whispered.
"Miss O'Connell," Norrington began, "You are to stay aboard. I'll have you locked up if I have to...and I already promised Elizabeth that I would let you stay out of the brig. Therefore, you will stay here."
"You're not going there without me. I can help!"
"Okay...that's it! Marines, take Miss O'Connell to the Captain's Quarters and lock her in!" Quicker than Natalie could have expected, two soldiers had grabbed onto her arms and dragged her into the cabin. "UNHAND ME, YOU JERKS!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Save it," they said firmly as they shoved her in and locked the door. She began banging on the door and screaming to be released, but they wouldn't open it. "You can stop yelling, Natalie...they won't listen to me, so how do you expect them to listen to you?" a female voice said from behind her. Natalie jumped and turned around to see Elizabeth tying sheets in knots, hooking them together. "Don't scare me!" Natalie exclaimed.
"I wasn't trying to...believe me," Elizabeth said as she tied another knot.
"What are you doing?"
"Trying to get myself out of here." Natalie then remembered the movie. Elizabeth made a long rope out of sheets and escaped out the window. Then she would go to the Black Pearl, followed by Isla de Muerta to save Will and Jack. Natalie instantly sat down next to Elizabeth and began to help her make the rope. "What are you doing?"
"Liz, I know what you're thinking and I'm gonna help." The governor's daughter smiled as they both continued to work out their plans.
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Jack had gotten to the cursed island by rowboat and made his way to the center, where the ceremony would begin. He heard pirates chanting and knew it was about to happen, so he darted through the crowd, bidding "excuse me" and "thank you" to ever pirate he walked by. Most unusual for a pirate.
Barbossa stood on the mound of gold holding the knife he would use to cut Will's throat. Will was being held over the Aztec gold by two pirates and struggling to escape. Unfortunately, they had such a strong hold that he couldn't do it alone. "Begun by blood, by blood un-" Barbossa cut himself off when he saw Jack Sparrow make his way to the front of the crowd of pirates, waving his hands. "Jack!" Will exclaimed with a smile.
"It's not possible," Barbossa stated as he looked at Jack with a bewildered face.
"Not probable," Jack said as he took another step forward, but was stopped by Bo'sun.
"Where's Elizabeth?" Will asked as he straightened up, still in the pirates' grasp.
"She's safe, just like I promised...she's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised...and you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word, really. Except for Elizabeth who is in fact a woman," Jack said with a smile as he waved his arms about.
"And what about Natalie...is she alright?" Will asked. Jack nodded his head in agreement and glanced at Barbossa. "Shut up...you're next!" Barbossa ordered as Will was held back over the gold and had the knife raised to his neck.
"You don't want to be doing that, mate," Jack said with a disgusted, but worried face.
"No, I really think I do," Barbossa replied as he turned his attention back to Will. Jack simply folded his arms and looked at the ground. "Your funeral..." Barbossa pondered for a moment and then looked down at Jack, moving the knife away form Will's throat. "Why don't I want to be doing it?"
"Well because," Jack smacked Bo'sun's hand away and walked up next to his former first mate, "The HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just off shore...waiting for you." Will straightened up again and looked curiously at Jack as the evil pirates all began to panic. "Just here me out, mate," Jack continued, "You order your men to row out to the Dauntless...they do what they do best." The pirates began to laugh evilly. "Robert's your uncle, Fanny's your aunt...there you are with two ships. The makings of your very own fleet," he told Barbossa as he waved his hands about, "Of course you'll take the grandest as your flag ship and who's to argue. But what of the Pearl? Name me Captain, I'll sail under your colors, give ye ten percent of me plunder, and you get to introduce yourself as Commodore Barbossa, savvy?"
"I suppose in exchange you want me not to kill the whelp?" Barbossa asked. Will gave him an astounded look for that comment but then let it go when Jack spoke again. "No, by all means kill the whelp...just not yet. Wait to lift the curse, until the opportune moment." The blacksmith looked at Sparrow questioningly as he watched him pick up some of the gold. "For instance, after you've killed Norrington's men. Every...last...one." Jack had dropped the gold back into the chest, but had secretly taken a piece and hidden it almost magically. Will got the message and decided to play along. "You've been planning this from the beginning...ever since you learned my name!"
"Yeah," Jack said with a smirk. Barbossa dropped his arms to his sides and took a step toward Jack. "I want fifty percent of your plunder."
"Fifteen," Jack argued back.
"Forty."
"Twenty-five...and I'll buy ye the hat. A really big one, Commodore." Barbossa agreed and shook Jack's hand as he turned back to his crew. Before he was able to say anything, Jack had interrupted, "All hands to the boats." Barbossa gave him a dirty look. "Apologies, you give the orders," Sparrow said as he clapped his hands together and backed off to the side.
"Gents...take a walk!" Barbossa ordered his crew. The pirates immediately stalked off laughing. Jack looked at his former first-mate and said, "Not to the boats?"
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"A moment please," Governor Swann ordered one of the soldiers. He stepped away from the door and let the governor take a seat right outside it. He knocked and began talking, "Elizabeth, I just wanted to tell you, I think you made a very wise decision today. Couldn't be more proud of you, but even the right decision made for the wrong reason can be a wrong decision."
He continued to lecture his daughter, but she paid no attention. She and Natalie were on the small balcony. They were climbing down the rope made of sheets into a rowboat. Elizabeth made it down first and Natalie soon followed, but landed in it hard. She groaned, but then took an oar while Elizabeth took the other. "We headed to the Pearl?" Natalie asked. Liz nodded her head as they both began to row in the direction of the ship.
"Elizabeth, are you there?" Governor Swann asked, not hearing his daughter answer him, "Elizabeth are you even listening to me?" He opened the door and walked in to find no one. He then ran out onto the balcony and saw the sheets leading down to the water. "Oh, what have you done?"
What no one was aware of, was that the cursed crew of the Black Pearl...was slowly climbing aboard the Dauntless, doing what they do best.
