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Jack woke up with a hell of a hangover. It was so bad that he convince himself that last night had been nothing more than a drunken dream, Will getting killed, Will telling him to change his life, everything was a dream! He got up and, after he shook off the general dizziness ran to Will's cabin and burst through the door.
"WILL!" he screamed, but then realized that the cabin was empty, Jack sank to the floor.
Maybe it wasn't a dream. Maybe, just maybe, it was real.
/Oh get a hold of your self Jack! You're being a idiot. Will can't be dead, he's probably in town./ His train of thought was suddenly cut off by a loud bang he ran into the kitchen. Standing next to a pile of stuff was a girl no older than fourteen, with brown eyes and straight hair that was dark brown with light gold streaks in it.
"Oh damn it! I ALWAYS trip over something! I'm sorry, oh I'm the ghost of Christmas past, and you MUST be Jack Sparrow."
Jack just stood there staring at her, then he finally got himself back in order, "First off, it's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, next, why are you on my ship, thirdly, what in bloody hell do you mean ghost? You're just a lass!"
She sighed, "This was how young I was when I died. Yeah, I know sad isn't it? Anyway, like I was saying, I'm a Ghost of Christmas Past, your past at the moment, I'm gonna show you Christmases from your past."
Jack looked stupefied, "Why?"
"Because I said so! Now come on!" The ghost took his hand and suddenly a great glowing portal appeared in the middle of the room, she pulled him through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A Bunch of Christmases Ago~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jack stared at amazement at.himself, only younger.
The younger Jack grabbed the arm of a girl who seemed to have been walking away from him a few minutes ago.
"Amanda, please don't go."
"Jack, I don't want to, believe me, but my father.."
"Forget your father; forget everyone come with me, please," Jack was holding her around the waist pulling her closer to him, "please."
"Jack, I want to, I really do, but I leave tomorrow, my father wants me to come home in a few minutes."
"Don't go, please, I can offer you so much than anything that boarding school, or the attorney's son can."
The ghost spoke to the older Jack, "Who was she?"
"She was Amanda; I loved her so much, but when her father found out I wanted to become a pirate he wouldn't hear of it and shipped her off to boarding school, then married her off to some rich attorneys son."
"Why didn't you go after her?"
Jack had no answer for this.
The young Jack was talking again, "Amanda, what do I have to do to make you stay with me?"
"Jack I can't my father already has the ship coming in the morning."
"So do I a pirate ship. Can't you imagine everything that being a pirate will mean? Adventure, romance, just you and me in the ocean, with no one to tell us what to do, you would never have to abide by those lady laws you hate so much, we would be free! Just you and me," Jack leaned in and kissed her sweetly.
Amanda pulled away; she so badly wanted to go with him.no she couldn't, her father would send the entire British navy after her. After all, he WAS the commodore, and he would probably have Jack hung, she couldn't put him in that kind of danger. She sighed, turned and walked away. Jack just stood looking after her. Then he slipped numbly onto the bench.
The older Jack ran next to him and started yelling at him, "GO AFTER HER YOU STUPID WHELP! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? DON'T JUST SIT THERE! GO AFTER HER MAKE HER COME WITH YOU!"
"He can't hear you Jack, no one we visit can, we're here to learn from the past, not change it," said the ghost, "now come its time for the next scene."
Jack didn't argue, mostly because he was too stunned to speak, he came with the ghost and suddenly they were surrounded by swirling lights that took them to the next scene of Jack's life.
Next scene Suddenly they were standing in the middle of a playground (a/n this isn't the type of playground we have today, basically a field that boys played games in.I'm just gonna ignore how wrong that sounds, you guys know what I mean) Two people were walking across the field. Jack and the spirit moved towards them so they could hear them. This Jack wasn't much older than the other one, probably in the early twenties.
"I don't know about this Jack, piracy is illegal."
"Oh come on Jay(a/n the name came from one of my friends, thank you Amanda I suck at coming up with names), you're always up for breaking the rules. Don't you remember last week when we."
Jay cut him off, "Yes Jack, but those are rules, you can't get hung for turning the commodore's wig blue (a/n okay maybe you can but whatever) if you're a pirate you sure as hell can! I can't believe you're even considering this, don't you remember a month or so ago went we SAW a pirate hung with our own eyes?! I can't believe you've forgotten that."
"Oh come on Jay, I know you've always wanted to be one you told me so remember?"
"Well yeah, but I was just talking, I never thought I would actually get a chance you know?"
"Jay, this is a once in a lifetime kinda thing, Bill and Gibbs are gonna become pirates and Gibbs is getting some of his friends, this one fellow, Barbossa I think his name is, seems like a real decent character, I'm gonna be the captain, and I'm giving you the chance to be first mate! How can you just pass that up?!"
Jay sighed, "Jack, I think we've reached our parting of the ways, I really do wish you luck, honestly."
Jack was sad to see him go, but he was used to loosening friends by now, "Looks like we have, best of luck to you mate."
"If I join the navy I promise not to hang you," said Jay meaning it as a joke.
They shook hands then turned and went their separate ways.
"What happened to him?" asked the spirit.
"Last I heard he was the admiral of the British navy with a wife and kids. My ol' crew wanted to kill 'im but I wouldn't let em, I watched out for im all the time when we were lads, I guess in a way I still do. Funny ol world in'it?"
"Jack didn't it matter to you that all your friends, not to mention your girlfriend, are all leaving you because you wanted to be a pirate?"
Jack sighed, "It does now, didn't then though."
The spirit was obviously not happy with this answer, "Jack our time here grows short, we have time for one more scene, I hope you get something from it." More bright swirly lights and colors, they were starting to make Jack sick.
Next Scene
They landed in the middle of a living room with Jack not very older and the one they had just left. Suddenly a young girl burst into the room.
"JACK!" she screamed and jumped on his lap.
"Hey there Totty," said Jack happily.
Then a very dignified woman came into the room, "Jack, how many time must I tell you to call her Tatiana?"
"I'm sorry Aunt Patricia, but she's such a little girl, can't she just enjoy her childhood while it lasts? She has the rest of her life to worry about being a lady."
"She must start now, come along Tatiana."
Jack whispered in her ear, "I'll come and see you later, and I'll bring cookies."
Tatiana giggled then ran off with her aunt.
"Why are we here?" asked Jack.
"Don't you remember her?" asked the ghost.
"Yes I do, but what does this have to do with anything?"
"Do you remember nothing at all?! She's the reason that you're a pirate, well one of them."
"What are you talking about?"
The ghost sighed and said, "You really are thick aren't you? Come on."
They flew a few months into the future, there was a little girl, Tatiana, lying on a bed, she looked like she was sleeping, but if you looked closer you could tell her chest wasn't moving up and down. A doctor came out of the room and went downstairs to where Jack, his aunt, and some other relatives were sitting, "I'm sorry, she's gone."
All the relatives gasped and some started to cry, but Jack jumped up from the couch and ran into the little girl's room. He sank to his knees beside her bed and stared at her, then he reached out and touched her shoulder. "Totty? Totty? Come on Tot, wake up, please you can't die, you just can't."
When there was no response Jack sat against the wall and started sobbing like there was no tomorrow. After about half an hour of this he suddenly jumped up and, still crying, ran downstairs past his relatives and mourners and doctors, and out the front door. He ran down the streets and through the villages and past people and down the docks and finally came a board the Black Pearl. He had stopped crying a while ago and now his face had a determined set to it.
Gibbs saw him come on board, "Captain? What are you doing here? We're not leaving for another few weeks."
"No we're leaving right now."
"Captain?"
"Just do as I say Mr. Gibbs. We set out today because I can't bear to be land-locked a moment longer."
"But Captain."
"I SAID WE LEAVE RIGHT NOW GIBBS! GET IT THROUGH YOU FUCKING HEAD! WE'RE LEAVING NOW BECAUSE I, THE CAPTAIN, SAID SO!"
"Yes sir," said Gibbs timidly.
"And so begins the pirate life of the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow, Tatiana dieing, the straw that broke the camel's back you could say."
"I tried for so long to block that cursed day out."
"You can't forget the past Jack. Especially such a profound day! This is, indirectly, the reason of why we're here."
Just then somewhere in the distance a bell rang and they were back in Jack's room on the boat the ghost now looked very tiered.
"Are you alright lass?"
"Okay do NOT call me lass, I'm older than you are. Have you learned anything at all tonight?"
"Only remember what a life I had."
"The answer I was looking for was something along the lines of, 'Yes I learned that I chose the life I now lead because I couldn't accept the world for what it was and how hard it was to fit in with regular society.'"
Jack just stared at her.
She shook her head and told him that he had better learn a bit more from the next night.
"Next night? What's happening tomorrow?"
"You will see when the time comes. Just take this word of advice. This is a once in a lifetime experience that not everyone gets to experience. We chose you simply because you're friend, Will, told us you deserved it. Keep that in mind and please, TRY to learn something."
"But wait, I don't understand, what's happening tomorrow? What is this all for?"
The ghost started to fade, Jack could now see right through her, "You will know all your answers when the time comes."
The spirit disappeared. Jack kept looking at the place it had been a few seconds ago. /This can't be happening, I must have eaten something that didn't agree with me. That's it that's what happened, get a hold of your self Jack, you're being ridiculous./
He decided that all he needed was some rum to wash the dream out of his head. He walked into the kitchen to get some, when he saw the pile of things that appeared to have been knocked over....
a/n
Well what do you think? I'm having fun writing this, but I really do want to know what you guys think of it so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review, tell a friend, word of mouth is the best kinda advertisement don't ya know. Well till later, love&stuff
~Gina~
Jack woke up with a hell of a hangover. It was so bad that he convince himself that last night had been nothing more than a drunken dream, Will getting killed, Will telling him to change his life, everything was a dream! He got up and, after he shook off the general dizziness ran to Will's cabin and burst through the door.
"WILL!" he screamed, but then realized that the cabin was empty, Jack sank to the floor.
Maybe it wasn't a dream. Maybe, just maybe, it was real.
/Oh get a hold of your self Jack! You're being a idiot. Will can't be dead, he's probably in town./ His train of thought was suddenly cut off by a loud bang he ran into the kitchen. Standing next to a pile of stuff was a girl no older than fourteen, with brown eyes and straight hair that was dark brown with light gold streaks in it.
"Oh damn it! I ALWAYS trip over something! I'm sorry, oh I'm the ghost of Christmas past, and you MUST be Jack Sparrow."
Jack just stood there staring at her, then he finally got himself back in order, "First off, it's CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, next, why are you on my ship, thirdly, what in bloody hell do you mean ghost? You're just a lass!"
She sighed, "This was how young I was when I died. Yeah, I know sad isn't it? Anyway, like I was saying, I'm a Ghost of Christmas Past, your past at the moment, I'm gonna show you Christmases from your past."
Jack looked stupefied, "Why?"
"Because I said so! Now come on!" The ghost took his hand and suddenly a great glowing portal appeared in the middle of the room, she pulled him through. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A Bunch of Christmases Ago~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jack stared at amazement at.himself, only younger.
The younger Jack grabbed the arm of a girl who seemed to have been walking away from him a few minutes ago.
"Amanda, please don't go."
"Jack, I don't want to, believe me, but my father.."
"Forget your father; forget everyone come with me, please," Jack was holding her around the waist pulling her closer to him, "please."
"Jack, I want to, I really do, but I leave tomorrow, my father wants me to come home in a few minutes."
"Don't go, please, I can offer you so much than anything that boarding school, or the attorney's son can."
The ghost spoke to the older Jack, "Who was she?"
"She was Amanda; I loved her so much, but when her father found out I wanted to become a pirate he wouldn't hear of it and shipped her off to boarding school, then married her off to some rich attorneys son."
"Why didn't you go after her?"
Jack had no answer for this.
The young Jack was talking again, "Amanda, what do I have to do to make you stay with me?"
"Jack I can't my father already has the ship coming in the morning."
"So do I a pirate ship. Can't you imagine everything that being a pirate will mean? Adventure, romance, just you and me in the ocean, with no one to tell us what to do, you would never have to abide by those lady laws you hate so much, we would be free! Just you and me," Jack leaned in and kissed her sweetly.
Amanda pulled away; she so badly wanted to go with him.no she couldn't, her father would send the entire British navy after her. After all, he WAS the commodore, and he would probably have Jack hung, she couldn't put him in that kind of danger. She sighed, turned and walked away. Jack just stood looking after her. Then he slipped numbly onto the bench.
The older Jack ran next to him and started yelling at him, "GO AFTER HER YOU STUPID WHELP! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? DON'T JUST SIT THERE! GO AFTER HER MAKE HER COME WITH YOU!"
"He can't hear you Jack, no one we visit can, we're here to learn from the past, not change it," said the ghost, "now come its time for the next scene."
Jack didn't argue, mostly because he was too stunned to speak, he came with the ghost and suddenly they were surrounded by swirling lights that took them to the next scene of Jack's life.
Next scene Suddenly they were standing in the middle of a playground (a/n this isn't the type of playground we have today, basically a field that boys played games in.I'm just gonna ignore how wrong that sounds, you guys know what I mean) Two people were walking across the field. Jack and the spirit moved towards them so they could hear them. This Jack wasn't much older than the other one, probably in the early twenties.
"I don't know about this Jack, piracy is illegal."
"Oh come on Jay(a/n the name came from one of my friends, thank you Amanda I suck at coming up with names), you're always up for breaking the rules. Don't you remember last week when we."
Jay cut him off, "Yes Jack, but those are rules, you can't get hung for turning the commodore's wig blue (a/n okay maybe you can but whatever) if you're a pirate you sure as hell can! I can't believe you're even considering this, don't you remember a month or so ago went we SAW a pirate hung with our own eyes?! I can't believe you've forgotten that."
"Oh come on Jay, I know you've always wanted to be one you told me so remember?"
"Well yeah, but I was just talking, I never thought I would actually get a chance you know?"
"Jay, this is a once in a lifetime kinda thing, Bill and Gibbs are gonna become pirates and Gibbs is getting some of his friends, this one fellow, Barbossa I think his name is, seems like a real decent character, I'm gonna be the captain, and I'm giving you the chance to be first mate! How can you just pass that up?!"
Jay sighed, "Jack, I think we've reached our parting of the ways, I really do wish you luck, honestly."
Jack was sad to see him go, but he was used to loosening friends by now, "Looks like we have, best of luck to you mate."
"If I join the navy I promise not to hang you," said Jay meaning it as a joke.
They shook hands then turned and went their separate ways.
"What happened to him?" asked the spirit.
"Last I heard he was the admiral of the British navy with a wife and kids. My ol' crew wanted to kill 'im but I wouldn't let em, I watched out for im all the time when we were lads, I guess in a way I still do. Funny ol world in'it?"
"Jack didn't it matter to you that all your friends, not to mention your girlfriend, are all leaving you because you wanted to be a pirate?"
Jack sighed, "It does now, didn't then though."
The spirit was obviously not happy with this answer, "Jack our time here grows short, we have time for one more scene, I hope you get something from it." More bright swirly lights and colors, they were starting to make Jack sick.
Next Scene
They landed in the middle of a living room with Jack not very older and the one they had just left. Suddenly a young girl burst into the room.
"JACK!" she screamed and jumped on his lap.
"Hey there Totty," said Jack happily.
Then a very dignified woman came into the room, "Jack, how many time must I tell you to call her Tatiana?"
"I'm sorry Aunt Patricia, but she's such a little girl, can't she just enjoy her childhood while it lasts? She has the rest of her life to worry about being a lady."
"She must start now, come along Tatiana."
Jack whispered in her ear, "I'll come and see you later, and I'll bring cookies."
Tatiana giggled then ran off with her aunt.
"Why are we here?" asked Jack.
"Don't you remember her?" asked the ghost.
"Yes I do, but what does this have to do with anything?"
"Do you remember nothing at all?! She's the reason that you're a pirate, well one of them."
"What are you talking about?"
The ghost sighed and said, "You really are thick aren't you? Come on."
They flew a few months into the future, there was a little girl, Tatiana, lying on a bed, she looked like she was sleeping, but if you looked closer you could tell her chest wasn't moving up and down. A doctor came out of the room and went downstairs to where Jack, his aunt, and some other relatives were sitting, "I'm sorry, she's gone."
All the relatives gasped and some started to cry, but Jack jumped up from the couch and ran into the little girl's room. He sank to his knees beside her bed and stared at her, then he reached out and touched her shoulder. "Totty? Totty? Come on Tot, wake up, please you can't die, you just can't."
When there was no response Jack sat against the wall and started sobbing like there was no tomorrow. After about half an hour of this he suddenly jumped up and, still crying, ran downstairs past his relatives and mourners and doctors, and out the front door. He ran down the streets and through the villages and past people and down the docks and finally came a board the Black Pearl. He had stopped crying a while ago and now his face had a determined set to it.
Gibbs saw him come on board, "Captain? What are you doing here? We're not leaving for another few weeks."
"No we're leaving right now."
"Captain?"
"Just do as I say Mr. Gibbs. We set out today because I can't bear to be land-locked a moment longer."
"But Captain."
"I SAID WE LEAVE RIGHT NOW GIBBS! GET IT THROUGH YOU FUCKING HEAD! WE'RE LEAVING NOW BECAUSE I, THE CAPTAIN, SAID SO!"
"Yes sir," said Gibbs timidly.
"And so begins the pirate life of the legendary Captain Jack Sparrow, Tatiana dieing, the straw that broke the camel's back you could say."
"I tried for so long to block that cursed day out."
"You can't forget the past Jack. Especially such a profound day! This is, indirectly, the reason of why we're here."
Just then somewhere in the distance a bell rang and they were back in Jack's room on the boat the ghost now looked very tiered.
"Are you alright lass?"
"Okay do NOT call me lass, I'm older than you are. Have you learned anything at all tonight?"
"Only remember what a life I had."
"The answer I was looking for was something along the lines of, 'Yes I learned that I chose the life I now lead because I couldn't accept the world for what it was and how hard it was to fit in with regular society.'"
Jack just stared at her.
She shook her head and told him that he had better learn a bit more from the next night.
"Next night? What's happening tomorrow?"
"You will see when the time comes. Just take this word of advice. This is a once in a lifetime experience that not everyone gets to experience. We chose you simply because you're friend, Will, told us you deserved it. Keep that in mind and please, TRY to learn something."
"But wait, I don't understand, what's happening tomorrow? What is this all for?"
The ghost started to fade, Jack could now see right through her, "You will know all your answers when the time comes."
The spirit disappeared. Jack kept looking at the place it had been a few seconds ago. /This can't be happening, I must have eaten something that didn't agree with me. That's it that's what happened, get a hold of your self Jack, you're being ridiculous./
He decided that all he needed was some rum to wash the dream out of his head. He walked into the kitchen to get some, when he saw the pile of things that appeared to have been knocked over....
a/n
Well what do you think? I'm having fun writing this, but I really do want to know what you guys think of it so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review, tell a friend, word of mouth is the best kinda advertisement don't ya know. Well till later, love&stuff
~Gina~