Disclamer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean, sadly Disney does (plots to take from Disney) I only own Adriana Jacques.
*chapter 2: Staring Into the Eyes of Fate*
Adriana, Elizabeth, Will, and Jack set off into the streets of Port Royal for a good day of good natured fun (though in Jack's point of view, it was anything but good natured). They stopped at so many shops, Adriana had no idea all these shops could be located in one town. Though, to Elizabeth's and Adriana's disappointment, Will and Jack would let them buy nothing.
When they had enough wandering around, it was nearing the hour of 8, and Jack started to lead the crowd to a much darker side of the port, the place where the pirates like to lurk.
"Where are we going?" Adriana asked, avoiding Jack's swaying hips, and trying to pretend not to be nervous.
"Ta a tavern, darling!" Jack exclaimed with joy.
"A-a tavern? You mean where they drink rum, and dirty pirates and such go to have a good time?" Adriana asked, cringing at the very thought of pirates doing God know what to God knows who.
"Aye, that be the place." Jack said solemnly. "I would have preferred Tortuga, but seein' as how you folk don' live anywhere near the place, this will 'ave ta do." He said in a mock-saddened tone. "But if its got rum, then it's fine with me, savvy?"
Adriana shuddered inwardly at all the bad things that could happen to a girl such as her self, or Elizabeth in said bar. "I think I will head home. I'm feeling a bit under the weather today anyway." Adriana protested.
"But Ana!" Elizabeth whined. "You can't leave me alone with this arrogant scallywag! I don't mind being with Will, but Jack, that's a whole other story in itself."
Jack playfully shot her an icy glare for her comment, but decided to let it go.
"I'd rather you stay, luv. It could be quite fun, and possibly quite boring without you. Do ya really wanna leave me 'ere with a eunuch and a girl who likes ta burn me rum?" Jack tried his best to get her to stay and gave her puppy dog eyes.
'Damn those eyes!' Adriana thought to herself. She was mesmerized buy the way they captivated her, and stared down into her soul, but it scared her. She had a feeling he was up to no good, but she also had no idea what he was planning.
She gave into their pleas, but to one condition. "Okay, I will go, but under one condition,"
Everyone nodded, waiting to hear the condition.
"We leave at half past eleven." she sideways glanced at Elizabeth who was silently thanking her for her proposition.
"Just as long as I get me rum!" Jack exclaimed and turned in the direction of the nearest tavern.
Everyone else just stared, amazed that this guy could take in so much rum.
He turned only to find that they weren't following him, just standing there with expressionless faces. "Well aren't ya comin'?" he motioned to them with his hands, and strode off thinking they were behind him.
Will, Adriana, and Elizabeth all stifled laughter, and followed Jack into one of the taverns.
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After what seemed to be Jack's millionth rum, Adriana knew it was about half past eleven, and that they should be leaving before her dad sends the whole British Navy out to find her and Elizabeth.
"Lizzie," she waved a hand in front of Elizabeth, "I think we should get going now. What if my father starts to worry about us and sends Norrington after us or something like that?" Adriana was eager to get out of the wretched place that daunted her childhood.
"Okay, let's let the men have one more drink, and then we can leave." Elizabeth said, snorting in laughter from the joke Jack had told.
Adriana knew that one drink would turn into fifty, and their chances of getting out before her father realized she was still not home were slim to nothing. Adriana laid her head down on her arms and slowly drifted off into a most uncomfortable sleep.
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Adriana watched her father kick her mother in horror. She was shocked that the caring man he was to others failed to show himself around the ones he was supposed to love the most.
Her mother cried out in pain, tears wetting her cheeks. No one knew that Adriana was watching this horrible scene, and it gave her a pure hatred for her father. One that couldn't be healed no matter what was done.
He moved onto her older brother, whom she admired the most. He slapped him across the face, and sent him flying into a wall. Her brother was never the same after that. He was always afraid, looking over his shoulder, and cautious when he was alone, and even when he was in a crowd. Fear never left him.
Another flashback tormented her memory. The night her older brother died.
He was huddled in a corner, and Adriana was hidden away in a closet, looking on, unable to tear her eyes away from the fight.
Her father repeatedly kicked Jarred, and hit him, and threw him into walls. He finally kicked him so hard that it killed him. The next morning he pretended that he had no idea how his beloved son could have died. He looked distraught on the outside, but on the inside, he was waiting for the moment to come when he would rid himself of his entire family.
(End dream)
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Adriana woke with a start, and blearily opened her eyes to try and remember where she was. In a tavern. She remembered. With Captain Sparrow, Will, and Elizabeth. Though when her surroundings came into focus, she realized that she was no longer sitting at the table, she was moving, and someone was carrying her.
She looked up at the man who had a tight hold on her, and it was no one she knew. Where had Will Elizabeth, and Jack gone? Why weren't they here with her now? Why did they leave her? Where could they be right now? She tried to answer these questions for herself, but slipped into a dark unconsciousness.
A/N: Nice chapter if I do say so myself. More things will be explained in later chapters. For now, its just getting to know the characters.
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