Summary: This is the movie pirates of the Caribbean with the story told through the eyes of Elizabeth Swann.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, not even the storyline.

Chapter Four

That night I was lying in bed reading a book, or at least trying to read a book, but my thoughts kept interrupting. I couldn't stop thinking about Norrington's proposal which wasn't really surprising, but shocking none the less.

There you go, Miss." My maid, Estrella said, getting a bed warmer out of the fireplace and putting it between my sheets, much to my liking. It was a difficult day for you, I'm sure."

"I suspected Commodore Norrington would propose but I must admit, I wasn't entirely prepared for it." I replied explaining my thoughts to her.

"Well, I meant you being threatened by that pirate. Sounds terrifying." Estrella said, her voice quaking at the thought.

"Oh," I said feeling embarrassed, as I had almost forgotten about that incident. "Yes, it was terrifying." I added quickly. "But the Commodore proposed." Estrella said with joy for me. "Fancy that. Now, that's a smart match, Miss, if it's not too bold to say." She added quickly, not wanting to offend me.

"It is a smart match." I said my voice showing that I was less than thrilled. "He's a fine man; he's what any woman should dream of marrying."

"Well, that Will Turner, he's a fine man, too." Estrella said slyly, almost reading my mind.

"That is too bold." I replied, not wanting to have a conversation about my feelings for Will Turner, as I was still confused about them myself. I really liked him, as a friend, and maybe more. But he never seemed to like me. He never called my by my first name, and sometimes I felt he was using our class difference to create space between us. But then, at other times he was so sweet and kind, and I felt like he did like me.

"Well, begging your pardon, Miss. It was not my place." Estella said, and I watched her leave the room. Once she had shut the door behind her, I clutched the medallion, which was underneath my nightgown, thinking back to the incident with the pirate. I heard the wind howling, and turned to look at my lamp, the flame flickering. Then it just blew out and I turned to look at my window, where the wind had came from.

Hearing a commotion, I ran out to my balcony, to see Port Royale in flames as pirates were attacking it. I felt my heart beating in my throat and was fearfully worried for everyone. I looked down, and to my most utter fear, I saw a group of pirates running to the house. I ran back into the house to warn the servants. I was running down the stairs as I heard a knocking at the door, and saw our butler walking over to open the door.

"Don't!" I yelled fearfully, but too late as he opened the door to be faced with pirates.

"Hello, chum." One of the pirates said, and shot him in the head.

I screamed at that, and then covered my mouth wishing I hadn't as a pirate pointed at me and said, "up there".

I stood there for a minute, unsure of what I should do, before running back up the stairs and into the room, which was connected to mine. I shut the door behind me and screamed when I saw someone in front of me. Stopped the scream when I saw that it was Estrella.

"Miss Swann, they've come to kidnap you." Estrella said, fear making her voice shaky and uneven.

"What?" I said in shock, as I thought they'd just come to plunder the house.

"You're the Governor's daughter." She explained.

At that moment a male voice said, "in here" and someone started to rattle on the door.

We both gasped and jumped. I pulled her aside and said, "They haven't seen you. Hide, and the first chance you get, run to the fort." I then ran towards my bedroom and in the opposite direction to her.

The pirates went to run into my room, but I was waiting by the door and hit the first one in the face with my bed warmer. I heard Estrella gasp, but was too busy with the pirates to notice. He grabbed my The first one had fallen down, and the second one grabbed the handle of the bed warmer.

"Gotcha." He said, and started making weird noises at me. Unable to do anything else, I released the latch and the hot ashes fell in his face. I screamed when it happened as ashes started to drift around the air. While the pirate was dealing with that I ran past him. I ran back down the stairs, with the pirates following me, to find the downstairs in chaos. As pirates were hindering the household staff and plundering things.

When I got to the bottom of the stairs, I found myself trapped as one of the pirates just jumped of the to f the stairs, while the other had followed me, leaving me trapped between the two. The one in front of me started making growling noises and I tried to calculate an escape.

At that moment a canon was fired from outside and came through the house, hitting a pirate whose arms were filled with gold. I heard a cracking noise and ran across the room, just to miss being hit by the chandelier falling from the roof. I was in another room, and had the door closed, before the pirates even came to chase me. I quickly barricaded the door and looked around the room for a weapon. I saw a display with two swords in it and went to get the sword out, only to find itstuck. I gave a little scream in surprise and then frustration as the sword wouldn't come out. I hear the pirates rattling on the door and quickly run to hide in a closet. The pirates break into the room and look around.

"We know you're here, Poppet." One of them said.

"Poppet." The other one idiotically mimicked.

"Come out... and we promise we won't hurt you." The first one said, and I didn't believe that at all. "We will find you, Poppet. You've got something of ours, and it calls to us."

I was until then fearfully watching them, praying they wouldn't find me, but at that moment I looked down at the medallion.

"The gold calls to us."

"Gold calls..."

I looked at the medallion feeling a hatred towards it, as it was to blame for this mess, when I looked up and saw the first pirate looking at me through the crack between the to doors.

"'Ello, Poppet."

"Parley." I cried out as they opened the door, unable to think of anything else.

"What?" The pirate asked, looking a bit shocked.

"Parley. I invoke the right of parley." I said, praying like crazy that it would work. "According to the Code of the brethren, set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew, you have to take me to your Captain." I said, remembering everything I'd learnt about pirates.

"I know the code." The pirate said, sounding insulted.

" If an adversary demands parley you can do them no harm until the parley is complete." I said, reminding them of that small part I wanted them to remember.

"To blazes with the code." The idiotic pirate said, and went to attack me, but the other stopped him.

"She wants to be taken to the Captain." He said gruffly to the other pirate before turning and smiling at me, which made me feel uneven. "And she'll go without a fuss. We must honour the Code."

I felt my stomach drop. What had I done?

They practically dragged me through the utter madness which filled the streets, and I turned to see Will. I wanted to go to him, but the pirate pulled me and yelled, "Come on." So I continued walking towards the captain, and towards what could be some unknown doom.

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