Our Adventure on the Caribbean
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Summary: Destiny is in love with William Turner but he loves her twin Sister Elizabeth. Destiny and Elizabeth do not get along, but when Elizabeth is taken William rethinks his feelings, Jack is feeling something he has never felt before and Destiny and Elizabeth get closer. But will Barbossa stop that by killing William to end the curse?
Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own William, though it would be nice. If I did I probably wouldn't be writing this. And I don't own anything else Pirates of the Caribbean related. Jerry and Co do.
We get ourselves down to the boat and I take the oars and row, the air is foggy and humid it seems the fog floats in the air almost blinding like you could cut through it. All we hear is the sound of our breathing and the water moving against the oars.
"So do you love William?" Elizabeth asked suddenly breaking the silence. I sigh, I really did, and I loved William. I dreamed of us marrying, having children. I wanted to be a housewife, and stay in Port Royal. That was something Elizabeth didn't want to do.
"Yes, yes. I love William…do you love Jack?" I ask it didn't bother me as much. It would have been worse if she had lied and lived and unhappy life and that would have been worse for Will.
"Yes…I do." She replied, I could almost see the smile in her face, I could hear the love in her voice she had for him. Jack seemed hurt not catching on she lied, she didn't want to Marry Norrington. I look down and smirk.
"You know, I still have those letters to Norrington." I say laughing softly, Elizabeth chuckled.
"You keep those maybe they will come in handy for you someday." She replied.
"Maybe, blackmail? What would Father do!" I say acting dramatically.
"Oh! I don't know! Because you know it isn't entirely proper!" She said imitating him, I laugh, no she wasn't so bad.
"No reason to fret. It's just a prick of the finger, a few drops of blood." Pintel replied dragging Will along.
"No mistakes this time. He's only half-Turner. We spill it all!" Another pirate said, saying the last phrase venomously.
"Guess there is reason to fret." Pintel said looking at Ragetti who both laughed.
"I beg you're pardon." Jack replied pushing through the heap of pirates, Barbossa bending over, Will pushed over the treasure chest, ready to slit his throat.
"Begun by blood…" Barbossa said ignoring Jack; or maybe he didn't hear…doubtful.
"Excuse me." Jack replied annoyed.
"By blood undone…" Barbossa continued.
"Jack!" Will said looking up.
"S'not possible!" Barbossa said annoyed but yet surprised at the same time.
"Not probable." Jack replied.
"Where's Destiny and Elizabeth?" Will asked.
"She's safe, just like I promised. She's all set to marry Norrington, just like she promised. And you get to die for her, just like you promised. So we're all men of our word really except for Elizabeth who is, in fact, a woman." Jack replied with his drunken movements like always.
"Shut up! You're next!" Barbossa said going back to Will.
"You don't want to be doing that, mate." Jack said smirking.
"No, I really think I do." Barbossa said rolling his eyes.
"Your funeral." Jack muttered like a kid who had to get the last word in.
Barbossa sighed, "Why don't I want to be doing it?" He said waiting an answer.
"Well because," Jack said has he pushed a pirates hand of his shoulder and dusting off fake dirt. "…because the HMS Dauntless, pride of the Royal Navy, is floating just offshore. Waiting for you." Jack said proudly.
"What are we doing here?" Said the skinny red coat Murtogg.
"The pirates come out, unprepared and unawares, we catch 'em in the crossfire, send them down to see Old Hob." The stout one said, by the name of Mullroy.
"I know why we're here. I mean why aren't we doing what it was – what Mr. Sparrow said we should do. With the cannons and all?" The skinny one said rolling his eyes.
"Because it was Mr. Sparrow who said it." Norrington said like a parent as if the words 'Mr. Sparrow' was swear words.
"You think he wasn't telling the truth?" The skinny said again.
"Just hear me out, mate. You order your men to row out to the Dauntless. They do what they do best. Robert's your Uncle, Fannie's your Aunt, and there you are with two ships. The makings of your very own fleet. 'Course you'll take the grandest as your flagship, and who's to argue? But what of the Pearl? Name me Captain, I'll sail under your colors, I'll give you ten percent of me plunder and you get to introduce yourself as…Commodore Barbossa. Savvy?" Jack said like a child at Christmas.
"I s'pose in exchange, you want me not to kill the whelp." Barbossa replied looking at Will.
"No, no, not at all by all means, kill the whelp. Just not yet. Wait to lift the curse until the opportune moment. For instance…" Jack replies picking up a few coins.
"After you've killed Norrington's men…" He says dropping each coin in slowly.
"Every… last… one." He says pocketing one.
"You've been planning this from the beginning. Ever since you learned my name." William replied disgusted.
"Yeah." Jack said in a 'pretty much' kind of voice.
"I want fifty percent of your plunder." Barbossa replied.
"Is this the way into the cave?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yeah I think so." I said rowing we still had a little ways to go, my arms hurt and there was no way I was giving the oars over to Elizabeth she's so slow at everything she does. All I saw was a small opening.
"Fifteen." Jack replied.
"Forty." Barbossa replied.
"Twenty-five. And I'll buy you that hat. A really big one…Commodore." Jack replies.
"We have an accord!"
They shake and Jack speaks up, "All hands to the boats…" He looks at Barbossa, "My apologies you give the orders." Jack replies as if it's killing him not to.
"Gents! Take a walk." The pirates cheer and walk off.
"Elizabeth…is you there? Destiny?" Mr. Swann asks. He stands up and opens the door; he walks in to the see the rope. "What have you girls done? Destiny, surely this is you're doing!" He roars.
"Are we there yet?" Elizabeth asks.
"Elizabeth, no." I say looking at the water; I can see through it, it's so crystal like, I gasp.
"What?" Elizabeth asks.
"Pirates, their walking under the water to the Dauntless!"
"Well go over to the Pearl!"
"PFFT! No, we're going to the cave."
"What about the crew?" She persists.
"I should care because? Elizabeth if you want you can go and swim over there I am not stopping." Before I know it she has pushed me in, taken over the small boat and heading for the Pearl. I sigh, and start swimming.
"Pompous witch." I mutter to myself swimming along, it's once again so cold. I get up to the cave and pull myself up onto a ledge. I sigh and breathe heavily the cold water made me short of breath. I stand up and walk into the cave being stopped by two pirates.
"Bloody Pirates I mutter."
"Must admit, Jack, I thought I had ye figured. But it turns out that you're a hard man to predict."
"Me? I'm dishonest. And a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly… stupid." Jack replies walking over to a pirate and grabbing his sword, he throws it to Will who gets the rope uncut. Barbossa and Jack fight swords clanging against each other, both having to have fast footwork to keep up with one another.
"You're off the edge of yer map mate! Here there be monsters!" He said getting into Jacks face and grinning, Jack smiled weakly. For some reason he couldn't get Elizabeth off his mind, and her saying yes to James. He felt sorrow; he had never had this feeling before over a woman. He told himself to get over it she was an upper-class woman he was a pirate a bloody scallywag. It would never work they probably didn't want the same things and she was just drunk and that's the only reason she laid on his shoulder. When she did it he found it hard to admit but he enjoyed it, he actually didn't feel lust for her but…love?
Elizabeth rowed to the Pearl and started climbing, she would do this for Jack, she had a feeling he was upset about her accepting James' proposal. Truth is, she didn't want to and she did it for Destiny knowing she loved William. She partly did it for herself hoping for William to love Destiny and not come chasing after her. She loved Jack and had no intent on staying in Port Royal like her Father and William wanted. She climbed up the ship innocently listening to the pirates talking.
"Right. What would you pick to eat first?" Grapple asked.
"I think we should decide now. Just so we're ready when the time comes." The other said as Elizabeth got onto the deck she nearly had a heart attack when the monkey was face to face with her; she rolled her eyes at him and threw him off the ship. The monkey falls onto the cannon.
"What was that?" Both pirates' replies looking out the window, turning into skeleton creatures. The pirates run up the steps and Elizabeth hides, she waits till they are gone before running down the steps to find the crew.
"Shh! It's Elizabeth." He replies feeling relieved.
Pintel and Ragetti get onto the Dauntless and load the cannons firing at Norrington and the small boats, just as the two start; this a Red coat rings the bells and Norrington directs them back to the ship dodging cannons. Meanwhile Mr. Swann is fighting with a pirate over his Wig, he gets it back only to have a severed arm with it, he looks horrified and stomps it to the ground feeling proud of himself to it comes alive again.
"Goodness!" He says throwing it into a drawer.
"You can't beat me, Jack." Jack impales Barbossa, Barbossa sighs and shakes his head and impales Jack. He staggers into the moon light looking at himself stunned and interested at the same time.
"That's interesting." He says looking at himself more, William looks over and his jaw nearly drops to the ground. He reveals the medallion. "I could resist mate." He says grinning. Jack and Barbossa start again Jack runs off arms flailing around, Will shakes his head as Barbossa screams obnoxiously.
"So what now, Jack Sparrow? Will it be it two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound? Hmm?" Says leaning back.
"Or you could surrender."
"ARR!" He says running after Jack.
"All of you with me. Will is in that cave and we must save him. Ready? And heave! Please, I need your help! Come on!" Elizabeth pleads. "Destiny too!" She replied.
"Any port in the storm." Cotton's parrot replied.
"Cottons right, we've got the Pearl." Gibbs replied, she sighs looking around frantically.
"And what about Jack, you're just going to leave him?" She replied worried he's dead or hurt; she could feel the tears coming on.
"Jack owes us a ship." Says a short sailor.
"And there's a code to consider." Gibbs replied.
"Code? Forget the code! You're pirates, their more like guidelines anyway!" She snaps. They just stare and she sighs, throwing the boat into the water and rowing away.
"Bloody pirates! Don't even care about their captain. What kind of crew is that anyway?" She says letting tears fall.
"Hey is that suppose to be doing that?" Pintel asks; Ragetti looks over.
"Bloody pirates!"
"Uh may I point out that we are pirates…" Pintel says getting ready to go into a speech, when Ragetti glares.
"I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain!" A Pirate replied to Will.
"How about I teach you the meaning of pain!" I say taking a staff and hitting the pirate. I help Will up and smile, his eyes, I love his eyes.
"Thank god you're alright." I reply and look over. "Uh, Jack's on our side…right?" I ask.
"At the moment." Will replied grinning, as I pull him along with staff we take it and string the three pirates together and will takes a bomb and throws it in their skeletal stomachs. As they reach for it I get the idea and throw them out of the moonlight.
"Hey no fair!" He says as they explode, Will and I fall to the ground.
"Ow." I say as Will helps me up, I rub my bum and Will chuckles.
Jack cuts his hand letting it bleed onto the medallion and throws it to Will, Barbossa aims at me and Jack aims at Barbossa, a shot is heard. I stand there stunned, I'm afraid to look down I don't feel anything. I stand still as Barbossa looks over at Jack.
"Ten years you carry that pistol and now you waste you're shot."
"He didn't waste it." Will replies, we all look over, he's cut his palm and dropped the medallion into the chest. Barbossa drops his sword, looking a bit scared at the situation he's in.
"I feel…" He replies, "Cold." I roll my eyes, what a thing to say as you die. "I'm cold." I shake my head. I have always thought he had a few marbles missing.
The next Morning
I wake up, feeling like crud. I missed William already, Elizabeth made to come back we were to go to Jack's hanging. I felt bad for him, after all he did help William and saved mine and Elizabeth's life. I feel a Déjà vu set in. I've been here before it seems. In the cave before we went back to the Dauntless Will looked at me as if he didn't know what to say. Truth is I didn't. He knew I loved him but he would never love me the way I did, I laugh as I remember Jack saying.
"She'll never love me, we want different things."
I laughed. "What did you tell me? And you may not know her as well as you think. You says she wants to stay in Port Royal." I reply walking off leaving him to think.
I smile at the memory, Jack he could give out advice but not always take it. Jack…I had a soft spot for him even if he was a pirate. After all judging someone by another's actions of the same kind isn't right. Jack wasn't the pirates who killed my Mother and I really had no right to judge him and I do feel terrible for doing it. I sit up in bed, Elizabeth waking as well.
"I'm sorry, you know you love him." Elizabeth replied, I smile weakly.
"And I know you love Jack." I say as Father and the maids walk in.
"Ah, you're awake sleeping beauties! Ready to go to the Hanging of Jack Sparrow." He says excitedly, too excitedly. He acts as if Jack isn't a human well he is.
"Yes, I love to see people die." I say bitterly, he glares.
"He is a pirate, no matter what good he has done he is a pirate and must be killed to ensure safety of Port Royal. Is that clear."
"Crystal." I say smiling sarcastically. I walk behind the shade, I really didn't know what is was called and didn't care at the moment, I am put into a beautiful blue and lace dress. And corset of course. It wasn't as bad as the last time I have learned to breathe somewhat. Elizabeth? No she hasn't she over there grunting a bit her arms failing about. She was perfect for Jack, I think smirking. The maids finish with my hair and clothing and we get into the Carriage. I look out the window the whole way there, ignoring my Father. In my mind two wrongs didn't make a right by killing Jack he was just as bad as those pirates in my mind. They killed so he feels killing Jack will make it better but it doesn't. Maybe I've gotten too soft towards pirates I'll never know, but I know that I feel this is wrong. I sigh as my Father soon yells me name.
"Destiny! It is not entirely proper to go off into another world! We're at the hanging now." He snaps glaring at me. I sigh and step out it was a beautiful sunny day and everyone it seemed from Port Royal was here. I follow Elizabeth and my Father up a step next to the 'Mr. Snooty.' Also known as James. I smile, I still had those notes they hadn't gotten too wet, and maybe they would come in handy. The drums start and I take a deep breath and look up, Jack looks so sad and crestfallen. My heat goes out to him.
" Jack Sparrow , be it known that you have…"
"Captain, Captain Jack Sparrow." I see him mouth, I smirk.
"For your willful commission of crimes against the crown. Said crimes being numerous in quantity and sinister in nature, the most egregious of these to be cited herewith – piracy, smuggling…"
"This is wrong…" I say breathing faster looking around.
"I know." Elizabeth replies.
"Commodore Norrington is bound by the law. As are we all."
"You're the bloody Governor." I mutter under my breath, he glares. He's old but his hearing is good.
"…impersonating an officer of the Spanish Royal Navy, impersonating a cleric of the Church of England…"
Jack smiles as if he's proud and it wipes off when he looks over at the man who is to hang him. I sigh and look around, I don't think I can bare to see this happen.
"…sailing under false colors, arson, kidnapping, looting, poaching, brigandage, pilfering, depravity, depredation, and general lawlessness. And for these crimes you have been sentenced to be, on this day, hung by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul." May god have Mercy on you're soul, I think, you're murdering him.
I look up and sigh once again, I did this when I dreaded something, and I see William walking through the crowd.
"Commodore. Governor Swann. Elizabeth…Destiny." I look over and smile, it's hard not to at those brown eyes.
"I should have told you every day from the moment I met you. I love you." He replies looking at me, my Jaw drops as he walks off Elizabeth smirks and whispers.
"I told you." Father and James look at me, I look over and see Cotton's Parrot, and I look at Elizabeth.
"You can't breathe." I say she catches on.
"I can't breathe!" And falls backwards, I smirk and look to find Will.
"Elizabeth!" Father says as James and himself try and help her, good lord they must be dumb to have not caught on.
"Move!" Will says as he throws a sword as Jack falls through he struggles to keep his feet on the sword as Will and the hang man as I call him fight. Elizabeth sits up.
"What?" Father sighs as he realizes it was a joke. Jack and Will take a rope pulling the Red coats against a wall hard and knocking them out, I am giddy with excitement, until Norrington and his men corner them, I fill with anger.
"I thought we might have to endure some manner of ill-conceived escape attempt but not from you." He says as if he could spit at Will.
"On our return to Port Royal , I granted you clemency. And this is how you thank me? By throwing in your lot with him? He's a pirate!" Father says annoyed. I try not to kick him.
"And a good man. If all I have achieved here is that the hangman will earn two pairs of boots instead of one, so be it. At least my conscience will be clear."
"You forget your place, Turner." He says as if Will is lower.
"It's right here…between you and Jack ." William replies, I take the chance and walk over.
"Mine is too." I say grabbing Will's arm, he looks down and smiles.
"Destiny! Get back here." I glare.
"No, I'm an adult woman. I can make my own choices."
"Lower you're weapons…for goodness sakes put them down!" He says as the slowly lower the weapons.
"So this is where you're hear lies then?" Father asks me.
"Yes." I say looking at William.
"Well, I'm actually feeling good about this." Jack says walking up to Father.
"I think we've all arrived at a very special place, eh? Spiritually…Ecumenically…Grammatically?" Jack replies to my Father, I smirk.
"Elizabeth …it would never have worked between us, darling. I'm sorry." He says sadly as if trying to get on with his life. I look him. "Jack." I whisper. "Tell her." He looks on.
"Will …nice hat. Friends! This is the day that you will always remember as the day that –" He says as he falls over the battlement, I sigh, he had a chance, I look at Elizabeth who is almost ready to cry. I feel bad for both.
"Idiot. He has nowhere to go but back to the noose." Gillette replies, I glare.
"Sail ho!"
"Sir what is you're plan of action?" We all look at Norrington who seems to not know what to do.
"Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy, piracy itself can be the right course?"
"Mr. Turner." James says.
I pull on him. "No, please."
"I will accept the consequences of my actions." He says walking down.
"his is a beautiful sword. I would expect the man who made it to show the same care and devotion in every aspect of his life." He replies.
"Thank you sir." Will replies.
"Commodore! What about Sparrow?" Gillette presses.
"Well, I think we can afford to give him one day's head start." He says as all the soldiers' leave, with just Will, I and my Father there.
"So, this is the path you've chosen, is it? After all…he is a blacksmith." He replies.
"Father," I say taking off Will's hat. "He's a pirate…a good man." I say, Father walks away and Will kisses me, it's not what I expected…no it's better. Much better. My life is complete with William, I no longer feel the emptiness I felt before.
I break away.
"I never got a chance to say…I love you too." I say. He smiles and kisses me again.
Jack swims to se the Pearl and he smiles, he grabs a rope and they pull him up.
"I thought you were supposed to keep to the Code."
"Well we figure they are more like guidelines anyway." Cotton hands Jack his hat.
"Thanks mate." Jack says, this was bittersweet for him, he got is ship his love, but not the other love…Elizabeth.
"On deck, you scabrous dogs! Man the braces! Let down and haul to run free. Now...bring me that horizon…And really bad eggs…drink up, me 'earties, yo ho." He says steering his ship to where ever it takes him…maybe to another adventure?
A/N: This is NOT the last chapter…there are many more ahead! So don't fret. More chapters! Please review and I'll update soon!
