A.N.: *sniffle* I LOVE YOU GUYS! You're so awesome!! I'm humble with my
whopping 8 reviews...It's okey though!!!! You guys are totally self-esteem
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neldluva - No there are more people in the crew, it's just been a really long day and the crew was out. That's why only they were on the ship.
Lottie du Bois - Oh! You made my day, poppit! I love Jack too, but Will stole my heart :P Any ways, that's for the review! You made me feel good about my writing, hahaha!
Skyler VonDetton - *gets big anime eyes* I love you! You think I'm that good!? *cries* I love you!!! About the POV though, I've seen lots of other people use their characters' past in POV's, so I thought, why not use it too? I wanted to let everyone know about Lore's past, explaining the scars on her wrists, and other things...that I don't wanna spoil for the future of my story ;P Thank a lot though!
Janine - Your wish is my command! I'll put you in the story! I'm not sure as what, but if you have any suggestions write me about it, okey?
Greenelvenarcher334 - Yea, I realized Jack was out of character, so I put in the hand waving and I'm gonna try to make him a little more sarcastic and stuff.thanks for pointing that out though!!
So here it is...chapter 4!
Kami slumped against the wall of her cell. She propped her legs up on a barrel and wrapped her dress skirts around her legs. "There's a small leak!" she called after Jack. He turned and smiled wryly. "Yes, we men seem to have a bad habit of spitting," he smirked. His hands pointed at the liquid that flooded the ground. Kami sneered at his sarcasm. Laughing, Jack left and began to bark orders at the newly arriving crew.
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Will and Lore sat in silence. She didn't cry. No tears blurred her vision. Her past seemed to have made her numb to pain. "Since then, I've never cried. It was almost as a sign of weakness to me," she explained, almost reading Will's thoughts. "Well then," she interrupted, "Let's get this prisoner business over with then, shall we? Seeing as the crew is now coming on board."
"Right, I'll show you where you'll be staying," Will replied, standing. He offered his hand, he led Lore down the corridors and to the cells.
Kami looked up and smiled. "Ello there darlin'," she greeted, "Grabbed some goodies for us to take along, but it seems the only open lodging is in this blessed little hole in the ship. So make yourself comfy, hun!" Will furrowed his brow. "Such an outspoken woman," he thought, "How did Lore end up with such a woman?" Lore tiptoed into the large cell with Kami.
"Well, thank you for helping me with my wounds, Will, but I suppose that it's time to go play pirate with the ever charming Captain Jack. Sayonara!" And with that she turned and plopped down on a box, careful not to wet the hem of her skirts. Will shook his head and closed the door, sorry that the two "guests" couldn't stay in more...sanitary quarters. Lore's sarcastic comment explained how she and Kami got along so well.
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Jack stood proudly at the helm of his ship. Will walked up and stood beside him. "So how are our two lovely guests?" Jack asked. His chest puffed proudly as he grasped the worn wooden handles. "Just dandy," Will sighed leaning against the railing. After a comfortable silence, Jack turned slightly to Will. "So what happened between you and the stunning Miss Swan, if I may ask?" Jack's stance was wide so he wouldn't topple over from intoxication. Will chuckled lightly at his friend.
"She wanted me to have an adventure," he explained, "Besides, she's still engaged to Commodore Norrington. It wouldn't have worked out between us." Jack noticed the distant look in his eyes. Thinking with the wondrous drunken mind of his, Jack smiled brightly. "Well, next we hit Tortuga!" he brimmed happily, hands releasing the wheel to wave about madly. "Ye can find plenty of love there, mate! Just remind them that ye ain't Eunuch." He winked. Will laughed then nodded.
"When do we arrive there?" Will asked, forgetting how long it took to sail from Port Royale to Tortuga. Jack curled the ends of his mustache as in deeply in thought. If we sail through the night, we'll be there by tomorrow afternoon. But I'm drunk off my ass, so I'm gonna go pass out in my room." At this, he stumbled down the stair and yelled for Anna Maria to take the wheel.
Swaying about, Jack wandered to his cabin where he fell and missed the bed completely and slipped abruptly into a drunken blissful sleep. The rocking of the ship moved his body slightly.
The next day, Jack rolled over to find himself on his bed. "I didn't land on the bed, did I?" he asked aloud. "No actually," a voice answered. "I dragged you onto your bed, after picking the lock on the cell door. That thing should be a lot more secure. You know, for your future prisoners." Jack's hazy eyes focused in on Lore. She was toying with a gun she found in his room.
"Well thank you very much, love. But I don't think it's proper to be playing with other people's personal things," he smiled despite his hangover and tried to take the gun. Lore spun the gun around her finger hitting Jack's hand away from the gun.
"Bloody hell!"
"Sorry!"
"Sure you are!"
Jack stuck his fingers beneath his arm as if that would dull the pain. "Well gimme the damn thing!" he hissed. Rolling her eyes, Lore tossed it onto the bed. "We're in Tortuga already," Lore pointed out. "So I'm going to go explore a little." And with that Lore got up and walked out, slamming the door behind her and pounding her footsteps, not at all aiding Jack's swelling headache. "Bloody, no good, woman," he muttered, rolling over and falling asleep again.
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Lore walked quickly to her new room she appointed herself and Kami to, and grabbed her hat and sword. Best to be prepared for the worst, right? She grabbed her deck of worn playing cards and shuffled them as she walked off the Black Pearl and onto the docks.
Men whistled, but she ignored them, heading for the nearest bar to earn herself some winnings. She smiled thinking about the last time she gambled. Was the man that set her up dead? She didn't care. Storming into the bar, Lore spotted crew members from the Black Pearl. They recognized her and gazed stupidly. "How did you get out?" one man asked her. She turned to him and leaned over as if talking to a child. "Magic," she smiled. Tipping her hat, she slid over to the nearest table of gambling men.
"Afternoon, gents! How's about letting me join your game?" The men stared at Lore, then made room for her. She stuffed her cards into her pocket and ran her fingers through her raven hair as the cards were dealt to her. Smirking, Lore changed her cards, gained some more, changed, gained. "This is going to be easy," she thought.
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Shaking his head, Will picked up his bag he was carrying and raced into the bar. He noticed a crowd gathering at one table. Sitting himself at the bar, Will asked one of the crew members what was going on. People pushed and shoved to see what was happening at the small table still. "The gambling woman ye and Jack caught got loose and is over there causin' more trouble," explained one man.
Will rolled his eyes. Walking coolly over to the table he made his way through the crowd and gazed over Lore's shoulder. His lips neared her ear, but she didn't notice. Her mind was focused on her cards and the other men. "Didn't you learn from the last time?" he breathed. Lore tensed and turned to face the voice that came from behind her. Will looked at her cards then at her, doesn't look like you're going to win this round. Let's go after you're done. We don't want to attract any unwanted attention."
Lore glared at him. "I'll have you know," she retorted, "that that pile of winnings will belong to me very soon." The surrounding men roared with laughter. "Yea, that'll be the day hell freezes over!" "You won't be winning today, poppit!" "I'll give ye some winnings, if ye come home wit me tonight!" Lore ignored the men, knowing she could win the game. "Just wait," she hissed at Will.
Sighing at her stubborn attitude, Will stood back, ready to protect her and fight off any one who wanted to harm her. (A.N.: Awww! How cute!) Some men quit while they were ahead and left the table. Soon it was left to only three of them. Lore included. Lore slammed her cards down. "Read em' and weep, gentlemen!" she smugly announced. The other men groaned and threw their cards.
One man started grabbing his money and jewels back from the pile of winnings. Lore widened her eyes madly. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO MY MONEY!?" The man looked up innocently. "Takin' back me money! What's it look like?" Lore's hands balled up and Will grasped her arm, "I don't think it's wise to fight with him." Lore tore her arm away and grabbed what money she could back from the man and pushed it towards herself. "I'll show you wise, if you try to steal my winnings!" she yelled. Having nowhere to put her new earned money, Lore pushed the bills and coins onto her skirt making a nest for her money. The man tried to grab back his money, but Lore turned and began to walk away.
The man began to turn red and tried to rip Lore's skirt loose from her grip. Instead, her petticoats and dress skirt ripped from her corset. Shocked Lore screamed and whirled around. Luckily, she wore pants underneath her skirts in case she needed to ever run away quickly. Like now. Gathering her skirt from the floor she hastily wrapped it into a bundle and smiled. "Thanks for the game, gents!" she said before dashing out the door. Will close behind her.
"Go back to the ship!" Will shouted. Lore nodded and began to sprint like a maniac to the docks. Weaving between the crowd of whores and pirates, Lore could hear Will behind her. Not to mention the man who wanted to steal back his money. Dashing back to Jack's boat, Will and Lore were soon neck and neck to board the boat. Seeing the docks, both broke loose and pushed through people.
Finally on board, they hid on the ship, panting insanely. Lore dropped her bundled skirt next to her and peeked out to see where the man was. Unfortunately the man had seen where they had gone, but didn't know which ship they boarded.
Noticing the legendary Black Pearl, the man carefully avoided that particular ship. Will nudged Lore and she sat back down next to him. "We can stay here for another couple minutes, and he'll leave," Will explained. Lore looked at the sea that glistened beautifully. She didn't mind the closeness of Will at her side. Which was odd, because she had never really trusted a man, despite Ambrose.
Idly she wondered how Kami was doing and what she was up to. "Probably stealing from the richer patrons of Tortuga," Lore snickered to herself...Coincidentally, she was.
neldluva - No there are more people in the crew, it's just been a really long day and the crew was out. That's why only they were on the ship.
Lottie du Bois - Oh! You made my day, poppit! I love Jack too, but Will stole my heart :P Any ways, that's for the review! You made me feel good about my writing, hahaha!
Skyler VonDetton - *gets big anime eyes* I love you! You think I'm that good!? *cries* I love you!!! About the POV though, I've seen lots of other people use their characters' past in POV's, so I thought, why not use it too? I wanted to let everyone know about Lore's past, explaining the scars on her wrists, and other things...that I don't wanna spoil for the future of my story ;P Thank a lot though!
Janine - Your wish is my command! I'll put you in the story! I'm not sure as what, but if you have any suggestions write me about it, okey?
Greenelvenarcher334 - Yea, I realized Jack was out of character, so I put in the hand waving and I'm gonna try to make him a little more sarcastic and stuff.thanks for pointing that out though!!
So here it is...chapter 4!
Kami slumped against the wall of her cell. She propped her legs up on a barrel and wrapped her dress skirts around her legs. "There's a small leak!" she called after Jack. He turned and smiled wryly. "Yes, we men seem to have a bad habit of spitting," he smirked. His hands pointed at the liquid that flooded the ground. Kami sneered at his sarcasm. Laughing, Jack left and began to bark orders at the newly arriving crew.
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Will and Lore sat in silence. She didn't cry. No tears blurred her vision. Her past seemed to have made her numb to pain. "Since then, I've never cried. It was almost as a sign of weakness to me," she explained, almost reading Will's thoughts. "Well then," she interrupted, "Let's get this prisoner business over with then, shall we? Seeing as the crew is now coming on board."
"Right, I'll show you where you'll be staying," Will replied, standing. He offered his hand, he led Lore down the corridors and to the cells.
Kami looked up and smiled. "Ello there darlin'," she greeted, "Grabbed some goodies for us to take along, but it seems the only open lodging is in this blessed little hole in the ship. So make yourself comfy, hun!" Will furrowed his brow. "Such an outspoken woman," he thought, "How did Lore end up with such a woman?" Lore tiptoed into the large cell with Kami.
"Well, thank you for helping me with my wounds, Will, but I suppose that it's time to go play pirate with the ever charming Captain Jack. Sayonara!" And with that she turned and plopped down on a box, careful not to wet the hem of her skirts. Will shook his head and closed the door, sorry that the two "guests" couldn't stay in more...sanitary quarters. Lore's sarcastic comment explained how she and Kami got along so well.
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Jack stood proudly at the helm of his ship. Will walked up and stood beside him. "So how are our two lovely guests?" Jack asked. His chest puffed proudly as he grasped the worn wooden handles. "Just dandy," Will sighed leaning against the railing. After a comfortable silence, Jack turned slightly to Will. "So what happened between you and the stunning Miss Swan, if I may ask?" Jack's stance was wide so he wouldn't topple over from intoxication. Will chuckled lightly at his friend.
"She wanted me to have an adventure," he explained, "Besides, she's still engaged to Commodore Norrington. It wouldn't have worked out between us." Jack noticed the distant look in his eyes. Thinking with the wondrous drunken mind of his, Jack smiled brightly. "Well, next we hit Tortuga!" he brimmed happily, hands releasing the wheel to wave about madly. "Ye can find plenty of love there, mate! Just remind them that ye ain't Eunuch." He winked. Will laughed then nodded.
"When do we arrive there?" Will asked, forgetting how long it took to sail from Port Royale to Tortuga. Jack curled the ends of his mustache as in deeply in thought. If we sail through the night, we'll be there by tomorrow afternoon. But I'm drunk off my ass, so I'm gonna go pass out in my room." At this, he stumbled down the stair and yelled for Anna Maria to take the wheel.
Swaying about, Jack wandered to his cabin where he fell and missed the bed completely and slipped abruptly into a drunken blissful sleep. The rocking of the ship moved his body slightly.
The next day, Jack rolled over to find himself on his bed. "I didn't land on the bed, did I?" he asked aloud. "No actually," a voice answered. "I dragged you onto your bed, after picking the lock on the cell door. That thing should be a lot more secure. You know, for your future prisoners." Jack's hazy eyes focused in on Lore. She was toying with a gun she found in his room.
"Well thank you very much, love. But I don't think it's proper to be playing with other people's personal things," he smiled despite his hangover and tried to take the gun. Lore spun the gun around her finger hitting Jack's hand away from the gun.
"Bloody hell!"
"Sorry!"
"Sure you are!"
Jack stuck his fingers beneath his arm as if that would dull the pain. "Well gimme the damn thing!" he hissed. Rolling her eyes, Lore tossed it onto the bed. "We're in Tortuga already," Lore pointed out. "So I'm going to go explore a little." And with that Lore got up and walked out, slamming the door behind her and pounding her footsteps, not at all aiding Jack's swelling headache. "Bloody, no good, woman," he muttered, rolling over and falling asleep again.
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Lore walked quickly to her new room she appointed herself and Kami to, and grabbed her hat and sword. Best to be prepared for the worst, right? She grabbed her deck of worn playing cards and shuffled them as she walked off the Black Pearl and onto the docks.
Men whistled, but she ignored them, heading for the nearest bar to earn herself some winnings. She smiled thinking about the last time she gambled. Was the man that set her up dead? She didn't care. Storming into the bar, Lore spotted crew members from the Black Pearl. They recognized her and gazed stupidly. "How did you get out?" one man asked her. She turned to him and leaned over as if talking to a child. "Magic," she smiled. Tipping her hat, she slid over to the nearest table of gambling men.
"Afternoon, gents! How's about letting me join your game?" The men stared at Lore, then made room for her. She stuffed her cards into her pocket and ran her fingers through her raven hair as the cards were dealt to her. Smirking, Lore changed her cards, gained some more, changed, gained. "This is going to be easy," she thought.
.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨.¨.¨¨.¨. Will wandered into the nearest bar he could find, avoiding as many women as he could. Suddenly his eyes widened and he whirled around, grabbing a hand that had wandered down to his butt. "Excuse me, madam, but I don't believe that belongs to you," he huffed as politely as he could. The woman, who was quite attractive smiled seductively, "Not yet, but it could if ye wan' it too."
Shaking his head, Will picked up his bag he was carrying and raced into the bar. He noticed a crowd gathering at one table. Sitting himself at the bar, Will asked one of the crew members what was going on. People pushed and shoved to see what was happening at the small table still. "The gambling woman ye and Jack caught got loose and is over there causin' more trouble," explained one man.
Will rolled his eyes. Walking coolly over to the table he made his way through the crowd and gazed over Lore's shoulder. His lips neared her ear, but she didn't notice. Her mind was focused on her cards and the other men. "Didn't you learn from the last time?" he breathed. Lore tensed and turned to face the voice that came from behind her. Will looked at her cards then at her, doesn't look like you're going to win this round. Let's go after you're done. We don't want to attract any unwanted attention."
Lore glared at him. "I'll have you know," she retorted, "that that pile of winnings will belong to me very soon." The surrounding men roared with laughter. "Yea, that'll be the day hell freezes over!" "You won't be winning today, poppit!" "I'll give ye some winnings, if ye come home wit me tonight!" Lore ignored the men, knowing she could win the game. "Just wait," she hissed at Will.
Sighing at her stubborn attitude, Will stood back, ready to protect her and fight off any one who wanted to harm her. (A.N.: Awww! How cute!) Some men quit while they were ahead and left the table. Soon it was left to only three of them. Lore included. Lore slammed her cards down. "Read em' and weep, gentlemen!" she smugly announced. The other men groaned and threw their cards.
One man started grabbing his money and jewels back from the pile of winnings. Lore widened her eyes madly. "WHAT THE BLOODY HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING TO MY MONEY!?" The man looked up innocently. "Takin' back me money! What's it look like?" Lore's hands balled up and Will grasped her arm, "I don't think it's wise to fight with him." Lore tore her arm away and grabbed what money she could back from the man and pushed it towards herself. "I'll show you wise, if you try to steal my winnings!" she yelled. Having nowhere to put her new earned money, Lore pushed the bills and coins onto her skirt making a nest for her money. The man tried to grab back his money, but Lore turned and began to walk away.
The man began to turn red and tried to rip Lore's skirt loose from her grip. Instead, her petticoats and dress skirt ripped from her corset. Shocked Lore screamed and whirled around. Luckily, she wore pants underneath her skirts in case she needed to ever run away quickly. Like now. Gathering her skirt from the floor she hastily wrapped it into a bundle and smiled. "Thanks for the game, gents!" she said before dashing out the door. Will close behind her.
"Go back to the ship!" Will shouted. Lore nodded and began to sprint like a maniac to the docks. Weaving between the crowd of whores and pirates, Lore could hear Will behind her. Not to mention the man who wanted to steal back his money. Dashing back to Jack's boat, Will and Lore were soon neck and neck to board the boat. Seeing the docks, both broke loose and pushed through people.
Finally on board, they hid on the ship, panting insanely. Lore dropped her bundled skirt next to her and peeked out to see where the man was. Unfortunately the man had seen where they had gone, but didn't know which ship they boarded.
Noticing the legendary Black Pearl, the man carefully avoided that particular ship. Will nudged Lore and she sat back down next to him. "We can stay here for another couple minutes, and he'll leave," Will explained. Lore looked at the sea that glistened beautifully. She didn't mind the closeness of Will at her side. Which was odd, because she had never really trusted a man, despite Ambrose.
Idly she wondered how Kami was doing and what she was up to. "Probably stealing from the richer patrons of Tortuga," Lore snickered to herself...Coincidentally, she was.