Title: The Old, the New and the Unexpected

Author: Legolas-gurl88

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything.

IMPORTANT Author Note: After this chapter, there is one more. I've been really stressed making this story because I've been having really bad writers' block and I was running out of ideas, and no matter what, I couldn't think of anything else to write. So, instead, I'm going to write one more chapter and then that will be the end of this story. This story will be continued as a sequel and it will pick up right where it left off. But, that way, I'll have plenty of time to think of what I can write and I won't be stressed at leaving you guys hanging. Anyway, I just wanted to give you a forewarning. Please, don't give up on me! I will write a sequel and if I don't my friends Trinityelf and Crane (hi guys!) will kill me. Anyway, I'm really sorry about that, but, to me, it seemed the best choice. So, enjoy the second to the last chapter!

Story time!

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13. Terror on the Black Pearl

Will awoke to someone shaking him. He hadn't even realized he'd fallen asleep.

"Will." Elizabeth said, shaking him softly, not wanting to hurt him. "Wake up, please. It's dinner time."

"Is Lucy going to be there?"

"Yes."

"Then forget it. I'm not getting up."

"Will, you can be so stubborn at times! Besides, she'll probably stay quiet. You gave her quite a telling-off earlier. She'll probably not say much tonight."

"Fine. I'll go. But don't tell me to say anything to her." He stood up, took off his stained shirt and went over to his case to pull out a new one.

"After what happened today, I wouldn't dream of it. And why did you go storming off in the first place, she hadn't said anything until you whispered something about her being stuck-up."

"You didn't hear her say her insult." Will said.

"Which was?"

"She said I was a filthy rat that probably grew up on the streets."

"Oh, Will! I'm so sorry I didn't hear that!"

"You know what? She probably would have deserved to burn in that house."

"Don't say that, Will. You did what any respectful man would have done. You saved her. I know she isn't very thankful, but this is new for her. Just give her time."

"How much time will she need?" Will asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It depends on the person."

"Then it will take forever for her to mature. Honestly, she's-- how old?"

"Twenty-one."

"Yes. Well, Diann is younger than her by six years and I don't see her going around and insulting people."

"That's different. Diann grew up knowing about pirates and growing to love them as I had. She has had a different look on things. She's grown up knowing that her father is a pirate and she accepted that fact. Lucy-- well, she didn't have any of that." Will pulled a new, white shirt over his head and grunted as his wounds throbbed. Then, he grumbled as he walked out the door of his cabin to the dining room.

The entire crew was there. Jack, Anamaria, Gibbs, Mr. Cotton, Diann, Little Ann… everyone-- and Lucy. She was sitting a little ways from everyone else, eyeing them all with distaste. The only person absent was Amelia. Will sat down next to Jack and Elizabeth took a seat next to Will.

"Hello, Will. You sure did conk out, didn't you?" Jack whispered to Will.

"I suppose so. I wasn't really tired, though."

"Anger can do that to you." He whispered, before taking up his normal volume of voice, "Anyway. We are here to celebrate the fact that Diann, Little Ann, Natalie and Elizabeth made this dinner in their spare time! Oh, yes… and Miss. Zit, over there,
helped.

"For your information, I made the bread!"

"But I didn't ask for information. Now, shut up. We're supposed to be enjoying ourselves, which is impossible if that noisy object you call a mouth is flapping away."

"Jack!" Elizabeth said.

"Well, it's true." Jack said and Will nodded his agreement.

"Fine! I'll just go to my cabin, then!" Lucy said, storming off.

"STOP STOMPING AROUND ON ME SHIP!"

"I'll do as I please!"

"EXCEPT ON MY BLOODY SHIP!" The door slammed without another word.

"Well, anyway--" Jack said, looking angry, "We're supposed to be enjoying ourselves, so, let's eat!"

And they ate.

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When Will finished, which was before anyone else, he excused himself from the table and walked on the deck.

"Will!" Amelia yelled, "Come up here!" Will obeyed and walked up to the wheel where Amelia was steering.

"It's great to see you're okay!" She said, letting go of the wheel and hugging her brother.

"Where were you all this time?"

"Around. You just haven't seen me. But I saw a lot of you. You were sleeping so sound, even if a gun fired, you probably would have slept on."

"I sleep like that a lot." Will said.

"You doin' okay, Will?"

"Yes."

"I don't think you should be up. I think it's too soon for you to be up."

"Elizabeth told me that as well. I just think that if I'm going to get stronger, I've got to push myself."

"Aren't you hurting?"

"A great deal. But it doesn't matter."


"It matters a lot, Will. I've seen men die because they wouldn't take it easy. They just kept pushing themselves so much that their bodies couldn't take it."

"I'm fine." Will said.

"Okay, but if you die, don't come crying to me."

"I won't. I'll be dead, won't I?"

"Shut up." Amelia laughed. "So, I heard you met the brat-- or Miss. Zit as Jack calls her."

"Don't remind me. I don't know what her problem is. She's just not accepting the fact that we're all pirates. Well, she is, but she hates it."

"I know. I had a few run-ins with her. She just loves to give everyone that nasty look and then insult you worse than Jack drinks."

"I believe you."

"I heard that, you pirates." They heard Lucy say from down the stairs.

"Shut up and go away." Amelia said with a bored voice, as though she had said that sentence too many times. "And if you won't, just jump off the edge of the boat."

"And exactly why would I want to do that, pirate?"

"The name's Amelia. And also, it would make us all very happy. One, you'd be gone, two, you wouldn't be a pain in the neck, three, you wouldn't put us in danger of sinking. And you'd be happy. Look at the bright side. You wouldn't be surrounded by--" She pulled a sniveling face, "P-p-pirates."

"I'm not as stupid as you might think!"

"You don't say! I give your dullness a ten. What would you give it, Big Brother?"

"I'm not going to be a part of this argument." Will answered.

"Why don't you listen to Big Brother, Pirate?!" Lucy yelled.

"But if it were my opinion," Will started out of anger, "I would say your dullness would be a twenty."

"But it's not your opinion!"

"Well, it's a free opinion!"

"But-"

"Aw, go jump off the boat." Amelia said.

"Amelia--"

"Don't bother me now, Will, I'm on a roll."

"No, not her-- out there. What is that?" Amelia took out her telescope and gazed through it.

"It's a-- you know what? I can't tell from here. Go get Jack. He might be able to make it out." Will obeyed. He ran as fast as his wounds would let him, down to the place where the rest of the crew still ate. Panting slightly as everyone watched him, he walked over to Jack and whispered in his ear.

"Jack, there's something in the distance and we can't tell what it is. Could you come and take a look at it?"

"Aye." Jack said, standing up and draining the last of his rum, walked out onto the deck.

"Daddy, what's going on?" Little Ann said.

"It's nothing, Anna." Will said. "As far as we know it's nothing. I'd better go see if I can help." With that, he rushed out the doors. When he walked up the stairs, he stumbled to the right and slid down the stairs painfully as the entire ship turned so sharply, that Will could hear screams from Little Ann and scooting as the table and chairs as well as the crew went tumbling with the ship's movements. Will righted himself and ran up the stairs again, this time, bracing himself.

When he ran up the stairs to the wheel, he saw Amelia and Lucy holding on for dear life as Jack clung to the wheel, trying to right the ship again. When at last he succeeded, the entire crew, Elizabeth and the two girls ran up and started to ask Jack questions. The Captain barely got a word in until he yelled, "SHUT YER BLOODY MOUTHS!" When all went silent, Jack started to speak.

"That speck that Amelia and Will saw is Plankard's ship. We need to get away from here as fast as possible."

"We could stand and fight like we did on the Interceptor." Elizabeth said.

"Are you mad? It didn't work so well last time!" Anamaria yelled at her, "Barbossa got his medallion, Jack, and the rest of us were taken prisoner and our ship was blown to bits, nearly taking Will along with it!"

"It's worth a try." Elizabeth said, trying to back up her idea.

"No, it's not. That's the problem. You all know how crafty Plankard is, right? Well, think of another pirate just like him." Jack said.

"Just come out and say what you mean, Jack." Gibbs yelled.

"Barbossa is alive-- and he's on that ship."

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Well, I left it at a really nice cliffhanger for you! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! I don't have much to say, so I'll let you guys go, but first, REVIEWS!

Punkfoot- Thanks! Yeah, I'm annoyed at Lucy! I'm still not sure what I want to do with her in the future, but I just wanted a little comedy 'on board.' Heh, heh! Thanks again!

The evil witch queen- Will should slap her! That would be really cool! YEAH! He did really lose his temper in the last chapter! YAY! Heh, heh! I like to say that a lot!

Kacjo12- The moment with Little Ann and Will… oh yeah! That was so sweet! I wanted Will to be more of a fatherly sort, since he has basically been treating Diann and Little Ann like crew members, so I wanted to show he still loves them! But, I loved it when he was like 'You don't want you knees to turn out like my hands, do you?' and she was like, 'Yes, because I love you!' That is such five-year-old talk, which Little Ann is, so that's good! But it's true… children look up to people and want to be just like them, so I'm glad I portrayed that!

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