CHAPTER TWO
THE MEDALLION
The door of the Turner Blacksmith Shop was thrown open and Samantha ran through it.
"Look what I bought! A real piece of pirate gold!" she said. Will put down the sword he was working on and wiped the soot off his hands and onto his apron.
"What have you got there Sammy?" he asked, taking the medallion from her. Will looked it over in disbelief, for he recognized this gold coin. It was a coin that had caused him a lot of trouble eighteen years earlier.
The sunlight beamed through the window and shot a glare onto the coin, reflecting the gold and making it shine even more brilliantly.
"I bought it from a man down at the market. It was only two shillings." she said eagerly.
"Sammy...... May I keep this here with me?" Will asked her. Sam shrugged.
"Sure. I thought you'd like it. It's kind of like the one you and Jack had to take back to Isla De Muerta." Samantha said. Will slipped the medallion into his pocket. "I think I'll go home now. Mother wants me home for lunch." Samantha said.
"Alright then. I'll see you at dinner." Will said. Samantha left the shop, closing the door behind her. Once she was gone, Will retrieved the coin from his pocket and looked it over again. "It couldn't possibly be..." he said to himself. But it was. It even had the gold chain he'd kept it on, after his father had sent it to him when he was only thirteen years old. He shook his head and sighed, then placed it in his pocket and returned to work.
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After supper, Will, Elizabeth and Samantha sat in front of the fire as usual.
"What story tonight Sammy?" Will asked.
"The one about how you stole the ship with Jack." Samantha said.
"Alright then. After I broke Jack out of jail to help me, we hid and decided which ship to commandeer. We decided on--"
"The Interceptor!" Samantha said.
"Yes, the Interceptor. The fastest ship in the Caribbean--"
"Besides the Black Pearl." Samantha said.
"Of course. The Black Pearl is uncatchable. Jack had a plan; first, we would pretend to capture the Dauntless, then, the guards jumped on the Interceptor to come out and catch us, but when they got there, we snuck onto the Interceptor and took off. We were so fast they couldn't catch up. But you see, a big ship like that one could not be crewed by two people alone, so we made our way to Tortuga to find a crew to help us." Will said. Samantha gave him a look, urging him to keep telling the story. He complied. "Tortuga is a dirty little island, mostly made up of drunks and scallywags, but we figured we'd be able to find people to help us, seeing as Jack knew mostly everyone there. We did find a crew, made up of the oddest sort of people. There was a little man, who only came up to my waist, and the only woman pirate I've ever heard of, Ana Maria. And a man who had trained a parrot to speak for him, because his tongue had been cut out."
"William!" Elizabeth gasped.
"I'm just telling the story Elizabeth. She's heard it before... Anyway, we got our crew together and set sail, with Jack as our captain."
"Are all these stories you tell true?" Samantha asked.
"Of course they are Sammy. I wouldn't tell you them if they weren't. Jack Sparrow and that same crew of misfits still sail the ocean today with the Black Pearl." Will said.
"When did you see him last?" she asked.
"eighteen years ago. The day your mother decided to marry me. But that's a whole different story and it's time for you to get to bed."
"Do you think I'll ever get to meet Jack?" Samantha asked. "I think it would be exciting to meet a real pirate." Will and Elizabeth exchanged glances.
"Maybe someday. But not tonight. Goodnight Sammy." Will said, kissing his daughter's head. "Sweet dreams." Samantha climbed the stairs to her room and Will waited until he heard the door close before he turned to Elizabeth, retrieving the medallion from his pocket again. Will held it up.
"Recognize this?"