Pirates of the Caribbean: Before it all began
Summary: You know how Elizabeth and Will met on the ship. But what happened in the eight years before they met Jack Sparrow?
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Chapter 6- Midnight on the Main Deck
It looked about midnight, but Will couldn't sleep. Well, he could, but he was used to staying on a hard wet floor of the Black Pearl, and this bed, compared to that, was a luxury, even though it was just a cot. He would just have to get used to it, was all. He stared at Elizabeth, then at the ceiling. He was going to share the sleeping quarters that she stayed in. Being a boy of 13 years, it was a little awkward to be sharing a room with another person of just 12, nearly 13, a girl no less. But it was the only room available, so he would have to get used to it.
As the moonlight shone through the porthole, it shone just on Elizabeth's face, encircling it in a halo of light. She sure is pretty, Will thought. He suddenly erased this thought from his mind, for he couldn't think things like that. Elizabeth was his friend!
Suddenly, he heard a creaking noise. Will glanced at Elizabeth's bunk bed. She was getting up. What for? he wondered. Either way, he couldn't let her see him up at night, and kept his eyes closed halfway so as to see what Elizabeth was up to.
Elizabeth arose, and saw Will under what looked like sleep. She returned to her luggage bag she had opened the previous day and got something out that was too small for Will to see through his half open eyes. Elizabeth walked over into the moonlight, and cupped something in her hands. A gold chain dangled through her fingers, shimmering in the moonlight. Will had no idea what it was, and why she was looking at it in the middle of the night. Why was Elizabeth keeping secrets?
Elizabeth stared down at the medallion in her cupped hands. She couldn't stop looking at it, for she had never owned, nor seen such a trinket. Sure enough, the pirate insignia was engraved upon the medallion. She ran her finger over the ridges of the golden skull of the medallion. It perplexed her how a boy so young could have such a medallion. Perhaps he just had it by chance, she thought. She put it away at that, and decided to forget about it. Nonetheless, the images of golden medallions, pirate flags and ships with black sails danced in her mind. She tossed and turned, and finally looked over at Will, appearing to be asleep. She remembered what he had said before; "You could take all you wanted, go wherever you wanted, and sail under no rules!" But then she once again remembered the lieutenant's words, "I intend to see to it that any man who sails under a pirate flag or wears a pirate brand gets what he deserves: a short drop and a sudden stop." she shuddered. If Will was to become a pirate, would Norrington do this to him?
Suddenly, Will's eyes opened with a start, he said, "Elizabeth," he said "I can't sleep at all." startling Elizabeth.
"Me neither." she replied. Suddenly she remembered getting up to look at the medallion. "How long have you been up?"
"A long time." he replied. "But watching you for naught but a few a minutes." he replied, grinning.
She smiled back, judging by his cheerful attitude he hadn't seen her. "Come, I want to show you something." Elizabeth said. Will stepped out of bed. It seemed awkward to be talking to this girl in nothing but his pajamas, but he had to adjust to it, for he would be sharing the room with her for the rest of the journey.
Will arose from bed, and moved to the door. "Where are you taking me?" he whispered.
"You'll see." Elizabeth smiled. Putting a finger to her lips to signal silence, Elizabeth opened the door with a slight creak, but unheard by anyone but the two. She stepped outside, not bothering to change out of her sleepwear, and quietly told Will to follow. "Come on!" she whispered. By this time, Will had practiced walking aplenty, so he followed Elizabeth up the steps with ease. Elizabeth stuck her head out the edge of the wall confining the stairwell, and scanned the deck for soldiers on guard. She saw no one but the man at the helm steering the ship. She crawled out of the stairwell on hand and knees, and motioned for Will to follow her. He did so, and soon enough, the two were crouched behind some barrels, away from the sight of the ship master. She stuck her head out just above the railing preventing one from falling out into the ocean. Will did the same, and they both, side by side, stared out at the vast expansion of sea before them. Though it was midnight still, the full moon shone down and illuminated the water below them.
"So wide a sea." Will whispered. "Naught but water for miles on end."
"Yes," Elizabeth replied, "Sometimes I wonder if we will ever make it to our new home, Port Royal."
Will opened his mouth to speak, but Elizabeth suddenly clamped her hand over his mouth. "Shh," she quickly said, putting a finger to her lips with her free hand. "Listen." They both did so, and heard footsteps coming their way, near the barrels. Suddenly, Mr. Gibbs stepped out.
"Will! Elizabeth! What are ye doing out here in the middle of the night?" he quietly asked.
Will answered. "Nothing, Mr. Gibbs, honest!"
"He's right," Elizabeth continued. "We were just looking out at the sea, is all. We couldn't fall asleep."
"Ye couldn't sleep so ye snuck out of bed to come up on main deck? That's preposterous! And you're both in naught but your sleepwear as well!" Gibbs softly exclaimed. "Get off to bed, both of ye!" Then, in his state of fury, Gibbs chuckled. "Well, I suppose ye couldn't help it, Will. She's a fine lass. Same to ye, Elizabeth."
"We weren't doin' anything!" Will exclaimed.
"Alrigh', I believe ye," Gibbs said.
"Mr. Gibbs, please don't tell Father," Elizabeth pleaded. "He might get angry, and Will wants to make a good impression upon him."
"Yer secret's safe with me," Gibbs said. "Now, off with ye!" Both followed orders and scurried off, still unnoticed.
Back safely in their cabin of the ship, they both decided to get back into bed, so as to avert any more trouble. As Will climbed into bed, he whispered, "Goodnight Elizabeth."
"Goodnight, Will, she replied, doing the same. They both gradually drifted off to sleep, wondering what their new home, Port Royal, was to be like.
A/N: This was an idea I had earlier on for the story. It was going to be posted as an earlier chapter, but I had to add in some stuff before it. Hope you enjoyed! I will try to post soon, but schoolwork is really getting heavy, and I just got moved to another part in my school play and I have to memorize a lot of stuff. Ok, it's time for one of my favorite parts: responding to reviews!
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