1Chapter Two- Innocence Can Be A Crime
A/N Ah, here I am again...writing...even though I have no reviews yet! sobs Anyways; on with the show!
Disclaimer; I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean. I may be a good writer, but I am not that good! Feh.
Oh, and another thing, I forgot to say that this story is dedicated to my friend Elli(you thought I made her up didn't you?) Well I didn't and this story(and the sequel) are dedicate to her. I love you Elli and this better make you smile!
Ok, now here goes.
As Elli lay on the beach, a young woman and her maid walked along the shore line, enjoying the mid day sun, when they came across Elli. The young lady rushed forward, frightened that the girl might already be dead, her maid was right behind her. The dutiful maid knelt down beside Elli and touched her neck, looking for a pulse. After a couple of tense moments, the maid found it and stood up, sighing.
"Oh the poor girl, why, she's not dead Ms. Swann-she's just exhausted." The maid assured Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter. Elizabeth was a well mannered young lady of 20 with soft blond hair and warm brown eyes. She was loved by everyone who knew her, because she was so kind and caring. All the men in Port Royal hoped to wed her one day, or at least catch a glimpse of her walking down the cobble stone roads. Elizabeth would smile brightly at them as she walked past, but she never stopped to talk with them, for she only had one man on the back of her mind these days and that was Will Turner. (Which is why I would grow to hate her.)
"Well Linda, let's take her home and care for her." Elizabeth suggested, bending down to help Linda carry Elli to their carriage. "Father won't mind." Elizabeth added. Linda nodded at her mistress and they both carried Elli away to the carriage.
Not but ten minutes later they arrived at the house. Elli was still asleep, laying on the seat. Elizabeth and her maid climbed out of the carriage as soon as it stopped, not bothering to take the coachman's hand. Before Elizabeth could open the door, her butler, Charles, opened it.
"Why miss, whatever is the matter?" He asked, having seen her running up to the house outside the window.
"Charles, never mind that for now. Linda and I found a poor young lady laying by the shore and we brought her with us in the carriage. We don't know where she came from or anything like that, but we're going to let her stay here for a little while." Elizabeth explained rapidly.
"Yes miss." Charles replied, nodding.
"Could you please carry her in while I talk to father?" Elizabeth asked and was delighted when Charles nodded again and walked out to carriage.
Charles scooped Elli up in his arms and carried her into the house as Linda followed him anxiously, hoping she was going to be alright. Charles laid her down in a large bed in a room right next to Elizabeth's. He walked out of the room, wondering about this strange girl. Linda remained in the room to take care of Elli. She took off Elli's clothes, which were wet and( also the kind of clothes I was wearing) then pulled a light night gown on her slim frame.
After she was done with all of that, she heated a pan of coals and slipped them under the covers to keep Elli warm and prevent her from catching a cold. Linda smiled at Elli softly and left the room, closing the door.
It was late in the evening when Elli woke up, finding herself in a soft, large satin bed.
"What the..." She murmured, sitting up slowly. Elli looked around and found that she was in a large, well furnished room with a tile floor, a wooden chest of drawers with delicate glass bottles and figurines on them and a silk changing screen in the far corner of the room. How did she get in a place like this? She expected to still be laying in the sand by the ocean.
A click startled Elli out of her thoughts as she looked over to the left to see that a young woman with light blonde hair and brown eyes was standing in the doorway.
"Oh good, you're awake." The woman said softly and crossed the room while Elli eyed her suspiciously.
"Um...not trying to be rude or anything, but who are you?" Elli asked as the woman came and stood at the end of her bed.
"Oh, how impolite of me, I am Elizabeth Swann, the governor's daughter and you are in his house." She replied.
"Of course, I should've figured that." Elli muttered to herself and then smile brightly at Elizabeth who returned the smile, not realizing that Elli's was fake.
"We found you laying by the ocean, so we decided to bring you here." Elizabeth explained. Elli nodded.
"Well, um... my name is Elli and thank you for that." Elli replied.
"You're welcome Elli and you're also to welcome to stay here as long as you need. Dinner will be ready in 30 minutes, there's a dress on your bed for you to wear today." Elizabeth informed her, motioning to the bed. Elli nodded again and Elizabeth left, her soft foot steps fading down the hall. Elli looked at the bed and saw the dress. She wrinkled her nose disdainfully at it and flopped back on the bed, staring at the ceiling and wondering where I was and how she got in this.
After she was done changing, Elli walked down stairs to the kitchen. There, over a dinner of rice and duck, Elli became acquainted with the governor. She thought he was nice enough, a little dense, but other than that he seemed like a nice man.
After Will was done working for the day, he led me down the roads to his home. He laughed when I told him I thought he lived in the work room. He said it felt like he lived there because of all the time he spent there, but he told me that he lived in a small little house down the road.
As we walked down the road, I saw people staring at me and I wondered what they were thinking. Some young ladies whispered to themselves about me. Even though they were trying to be quiet and discreet, I still heard them. Mostly they were just curious, wondering where I came from and I would tell them if I could, but I couldn't even remember my real name.
Will stopped in front of a small, quaint little house and looked at me, seeming embarrassed about something.
"What's wrong Will?" I asked him softly, laying a hand on his shoulder. He smiled at me brightly.
"Oh, it's just I'm afraid my house is a little small and isn't anything much." He replied. I laughed.
"Come on now, you worry too much. It'll be fine." I assured him. He nodded and unlocked the door, holding it open for me. I looked at him surprised. Once again, no one had been this nice to me.
"Thank you." I murmured and walked in the house. He closed the door behind me as watched me carefully as I looked around. There was a small bed pressed against the far right wall and a fire place at the back wall with a small couch placed close to it. There was also a little table in the left corner and that was about it.
I still thought it was fine. I didn't mind small houses at all. Even though I don't remember much about myself, I knew I wasn't rich either.
Will walked over to the couch and sat down, sighing. He was tired, today had been a long day for him. I was tired as well, so I joined him on the couch as well, but I sat on the far end, afraid of being too close to him for some reason.
"So, you don't know why you came here?" Will asked me after awhile. I shook my head.
"No, but I think it had something to do with you." I replied.
"What do you mean? What could you help me with?" He asked, looking at me as I looked at the wall.
"I don't know." I replied at last. "I guess we'll both have to find out." I smiled brightly.
After having a meager dinner(Will once again apologized for it not being much) We went to sleep because we were both worn out from today's excitement. Will was sleeping on the couch and I on the bed. Despite the fact that I was dead tired, I was still staring at the ceiling, wondering about things. For instance, things about me, who I was and if I would ever get my memory back. And I started to wonder about Will too and why he was being so nice to me. I really liked him though, he was a nice person.
I just wondered if I would be able to stay with him after my memories returned.
Jack was sitting beneath a palm tree near the shore line of Port Royal. It was safe here instead of staying at an inn because he was pirate and even if the townspeople didn't know this, he still felt comfortable outside under a blanket of stars.
Ever since he met Elli, he couldn't seem to forget her and he began wondering about her and regretting the fact that he pushed her out of his boat earlier today. He really did feel guilty for that, which was a rare thing, because Jack hardly ever felt guilty for the things that he did. He wondered where she was now and if she would remember him, just like he remembered her. Jack closed his eyes and sighed, trying to forget about Elli, telling himself that he didn't care for her, but the truth was that he did.
