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OHH MAN! Harry Potter came out today!! I LOVED IT!! it was by far the best one out of the 3 movies! It was already my fave out of the books! siiigh i wish i was either a witch or a pirate! i would then idolize my life!! okay well anyways, thanks for listening to my rambling :)
This chapter is kinda long (yet exciting) & it took a while to write, so please tell me if you liked it!!
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Sheets of rain poured down onto the ship that was being swallowed in the furious storm. Gigantic waves were coming over the ledges of the Pearl, and the crewmembers were thrown to the opposite ends of the ship.
Jack stood his ground on the quarterdeck, grasping the helm with all his might, determined to never let go. His eyes were glaring ahead, the rain piercing his eyes. The earsplitting thunder rang through Jack's ears as he tasted the rain on his lips. The night sky was so dark because of the thunderclouds blocking moonlight that the only time when anything was truly visible to Jack's eyes was when there was a rapid flash of lightning.
Will and Millie had just emerged from the hold, and their blissful smiles soon vanished as they spotted how terrible the storm had become. It was so horrifying to see nature at its worst, but nevertheless Will and Millie trudged out onto the deck, accompanying the faithful crew.
Minutes later, Will was noticing how the Pearl was definitely struggling in the fierce storm. He made his way slowly to the quarterdeck, grabbing hold of anything he could put his hands on as not to be carried off the ship in an unexpected wave.
"Don't you think it best to drop canvas? The masts'll be lost in the storm!" shouted Will over the thunder as he approached Jack.
"Just watch over Millie," said Jack, looking to Millie who held on desperately to the rigging as a wave poured over her.
"Why are you putting us through this storm?" he cried.
"I 'ave a feelin', mate. Now, go!" he shouted.
Jack knew that the Pearl had battled many storms in its time, so why not take it to his advantage? He had a sense that he was close to the Red Flame, and he wanted to take every available moment to come upon it. The only thing he feared was losing Millie in the storm, but he felt safer knowing that Will would take his best care of her. But he did not know how close that Will and Millie had already become…
"All righ' there, Millie?" Will called. Millie was still clinging onto the rigging, the rain blinding her. She squinted her eyes, trying to see through the downpour, and saw Will standing but a few feet away from her.
"Fine," she said sarcastically.
Suddenly, an enormous wave emptied over the top of the ledge of the ship. Seeing that it was about to crash directly into Millie, Will reached out his arm and pulled her into him. The wave poured onto them, but Millie was luckily safe in Will's arms. He released her from his grasp when the wave carried back into the vicious sea.
Lightning flashed quickly, but instead of seeing just the empty ocean, Will spotted another ship off the right side of the ship. Leaving Millie confused and alone on the deck, he immediately fought his way through the rain to share with Jack what he saw.
"Jack!" Will gasped.
"Yer supposed ta'—"
"Another ship!" shouted Will, cutting off Jack, "On the starboard side!"
Jack spun his head to the right, his dreadlocks whipping at his chin. He was unable to see so far in the darkness, so Jack simply waited desperately for lightning to flash again. He tried wiping the water off of his brow to enable him to see better, but he could still not make out a ship in the distance.
The biggest of all waves was developing in the ocean, and was emerging from the surface, and charging towards the Pearl. Everyone on the ship looked in terror as it towered over the deck. It seemed to come down in slow motion, and the crew frantically found something to grasp so that they would not be pulled into the sea. Millie clung tightly to the rigging and closed her eyes tightly as the wave came hammering onto the deck.
Millie felt the wave come down upon her. It crashed onto her with such force that it caused her to fall to the ground, but she held on to the rigging with all of her strength, forcing herself to not let go. To her horror, it seemed as though the wave began to pull her fingers off of the rope. In an instant, she was engulfed by it, and she felt herself being dragged off. Then, she felt her head bash onto the ship's ledge as she was carried out to sea by the wave. She tried to cry out, but when she opened her mouth, salty water filled her lungs, and she choked. She felt her body smack onto the ocean's surface, and then be pulled back under the water. Her head was throbbing, and she could feel the blood pour out from the gash, but the thing that she mostly needed was air.
Jack and Will were unaffected by the wave that crashed down on the deck, but when Jack saw that Millie had not survived the ocean's attack like the rest of his crew, he left the helm behind him.
"Millie!" Jack screamed over the starboard side of the ship.
He could not see Millie through the fierce rain among the numerous waves. Jack began to tear off his belt from around his waist.
"Do you see her?" Will asked desperately as he ran up beside Jack.
Finally, Millie escaped the wave's grasp, and she managed to come up to the surface. She was coughing profusely, and she found it difficult to even breathe.
"Help!" she managed to shout, "Help!" she screamed louder, with more strength.
Jack spotted Millie's head fairly far away from the ship, and without another thought, he shoved his belt into Will's hands, and dove right into the ocean.
"All of you! Up!" Will screamed, turning to the pirates who were still lying on the deck, trying to recover from the wave, "Get a rope!" They all grabbed a rope and tried to dangle it over the side of the ship to pull up Jack and Millie, if the captain could retrieve her from the sea.
Jack swam over the rolling waves, trying to get to the spot where he had seen Millie floating in the ocean. A towering wave developed beside him, and he dove right under it, completely unaffected. His powerful arms were pounding the water, and his legs kicking with all of their strength.
"Millie!" Jack yelled into the storm before he dove under an oncoming wave.
She was nowhere to be seen on the surface, so he dove under the water, and opened his eyes, trying to see if she had begun to fall to the bottom of the sea. Seeing nothing in the black oblivion, he came back up, anxious and panting. He swam this way and that, trying to find her, but there were no traces of Millie.
"Millie!" he cried.
Millie could not see anything around her, not just because of the rain, but also because the blow to her head. Her eyes were clouding, but she forced herself to stay conscious. Then, she felt strong arms wrap around her, and when she looked up, she saw Jack's face.
"Do not let go!" Jack shouted as Millie grabbed his arm. He swam back to the Pearl while dodging waves and aware that a girl was trailing behind him, holding his arm somewhat weakly. They finally and conveniently reached the rope that dangled off the side of the Pearl, and Jack grabbed on to that.
Will saw Jack and Millie reach the ship, so he ordered for the crew to start pulling on it to carry them back up. When the two were almost to the ledge of the ship, Millie felt herself fade, and her eyes blacken. She fell into the ocean while Jack clambered over the side.
As soon as she hit the water, she jolted awake once more, and frantically tried to swim back towards the ship, but the strong waves and current were already dragging her away. Then, she heard a loud splash beside her. Thinking it was Jack coming to rescue her yet again, she was incredibly relieved, but when she looked up, she did not see Jack, but an unfamiliar face. She did not have enough time to react, since the man that had dove into the ocean had grabbed her by the waist, and pulled her into him. He was grabbing onto a rope, and Millie felt herself being lifted from the ocean, up and up and up, until her feet touched the deck of the Red Flame.
"Ello, luv," said a voice that was low and cold.
Millie turned her head and saw the most dreaded man ever to sail the seas, Captain Leonard Davies. Beside him was Charles Wallace, standing several feet over Millie, scowling down at her.
Davies grabbed Millie from the pirate that had brought her onto the ship violently.
"Get off!" she screamed. He held her by the arms so tightly that she wanted so badly to squeal in pain, but she resisted.
"Ye 'ave changed, Millie," he said hauntingly as he felt her breasts and hips.
Millie had traveled from the Pearl to the Flame so quickly that just as Jack was about to dive in after her, lightning flashed, its brilliant light revealing the Red Flame very close by, and Davies holding Millie in his arms.
Davies stroked Millie's hair and smelled it, taking in the salty smell. An evil smile was plastered over his face as he looked across the sea to Jack Sparrow, standing in disbelief onboard the Pearl in front of his crew.
Lightning was flashing very rapidly so that Jack could now make out that Millie was now in even more danger than she was when she was in the ocean when he saw her in the arms of Captain Davies.
When Millie saw Jack staring at her from across the ocean, tears began to stream down her face.
"JACK!" she screamed, her voice echoing in the stormy sky. Her earsplitting scream made Jack's stomach lurch, "YOU PROMISED THIS WOULDN'T E'ER HAPPEN!!" and she broke down into sobs. She tried to escape Davies' deathly grip, but he still stood holding her tightly, smirking at her then back to Jack.
"MILLIE!" Jack screamed back, his voice shaking, his body trembling.
"It looks as though…Jack Sparrow…that I've found yer weakness!" Davies shouted back across and laughed mirthlessly.
"YOU FILTHY BASTARD I'LL KILL YE!" Jack screamed bloodthirstily.
A bolt of lightning suddenly struck the mainmast on the Pearl and it began swaying to the side. Simultaneously, an unpredictable wave came over the side of the ship and knocked Jack and his entire crew across the deck. As they flew across to the other side of the ship, the mast came crashing down, pinning Gibbs beneath it.
Seeing that Gibbs was trapped underneath the heavy mast, the crew immediately sprang from their positions to try and lift the mast. None of them spotted that Jack Sparrow had been knocked unconscious when his head smashed into the ledge, and was lying motionless against the side of the ship.
"We're settin' off, lads," said Davies to his crew.
"Wha? We ain't getting' ourselves Sparra'?" yelled Wallace outraged.
"This strumpet," said Davies, "will serve as an excellent trap for killin' our Sparra'! Meanwhile, we shall 'ave a bit o' fun, mates."
Wallace smiled satisfactorily and glared at Millie with a horrifying look in his eye. The rest of the pirates seemed to watch her cravingly as Davies dragged her across the deck towards the stairs that led down to the brig.
Millie looked desperately over her shoulder to catch a glimpse of the Pearl, praying that it was coming for her, but the lightning had ceased and she could no longer see it through the sheets of rain and darkness of the night. She felt as though she was in one of her frequent nightmares as she traveled across the deck of the ship, the rain blending in with her tears.