And the Winds of Destiny, by Hellborne
Pirates of the Caribbean
Copyright. Characters, not mine. See the Mouse. Story, mine, but I make no money. He does, but not on this.
Typing convention: / is used for thoughts.
Summary: How do you cheer up a depressed Sparrow?
Beta: The great BetaGoddess Pendragginink. She's fantastic! And way too modest for her own good!
N/A: Apparently some fangirls went to Greg Ellis and asked him Groves' first name. I don't know if it was in reference for fanfics or if he even reads them, but hopefully he doesn't take offense if he does. Anyway, it's officially Theodore Groves, so any fics that I had previously done have had the name changed.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the sequel to "The Makings of a Pirate". If you don't read the first story, you're missing EVERYTHING, so if you haven't read it, please go do so and come back or you won't understand anything.
NOTE: I live for reviews. No reviews, no more writing. Can't figure out if anyone likes it if they don't review. So REVIEW! PLEEEEEEZE???
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May the wind always be at your back
And the sun always upon your face
And the winds of destiny to carry you aloft to dance with the stars.
--Old Irish Blessing as quoted by George Jung ("Blow")
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Chapter 1 - Party and Pirates
As the guests were announced as the characters of their costumes, Lord Raymond was at first startled when the name "Jack Sparrow" was announced. He looked, and found to his amazement, a lady who had donned the pirate's clothes and a wig with trinkets and a scarf. Then it became something of a tedium to him, as it seemed that the entire town seemed to think the villain was some kind of dark folk hero, to be imitated or pursued at parties. For it seemed to him that fully a third of the guests, mostly female, had come as the despicable pirate, and were quite popular.
He himself was quite popular, as this was the first official party that had been thrown since he'd taken the governorship, and people were quite interested in meeting him. He stayed polite to all, but seemed to have his mind elsewhere. He didn't even wag the tail very often, though each time he did, the ladies were delighted.
It must have been the fifteenth (or was it the twentieth) "Jack Sparrow" that arrived with "The Angel of Darkness" and "Juliet Capulet." He met them as he had the other guests, but as the porter at the bottom of the stairs tried to take the box from "Juliet," "Jack Sparrow" took it back and gave it directly to the governor, saying, "this gift is too fragile for the gift pile, milord."
The governor smiled. He knew who this "Sparrow" was. "Ah, then pray tell what is it?" He made to shake it but was stopped by the "Angel of Darkness."
"This gift is far too fragile to shake. Perhaps you should open it in the study?"
/That was Will's voice. And if THAT'S Will, and "Sparrow" is Lizzy...oh NO!!/ The governor laughed, unable to control himself and almost dropping the box, which Lizzy grabbed. When he was finally able to bring the laugh down to a giggle, he took the box back. "Yes, let's retire to the study." They all walked to the study, the governor in the rear, closing the door as soon as they were all inside. He started laughing again. "I swear, Robert. You are the prettiest lady at the ball!" He sputtered as he said it, unable to help himself, holding his sides from the pain of his ill controlled mirth.
Robert scowled. "Well, the least you can do is open your present."
Lord Raymond calmed himself again, and looked at the box. "What is it?" He started untying the ribbon.
"It's a little something to cheer you up." Robert grinned.
Lord Raymond finished with the ribbon and unwrapped it. The box was rather plain and had holes in it, so he just plain ripped it open. Inside the box, lying together in a yin-yang position on a little pile of rags just big enough to cover the bottom of the box, were two pure white, baby ferrets. The governor melted. "Satan and Kali had these?"
Lizzy reached into her pocket and pulled out two adult albino ferrets. "Yes, a girl and a boy. And we brought Satan and Kali to visit you as well."
Raymond was almost in tears as he took the two adult ferrets, sat down on the divan, and let them crawl all over him after he nuzzled them. "Oh, I've missed you so much!" He kissed Kali on the nose, then repeated it with Satan. He took the babies out of the box and held them in his hands, nuzzling them to his face. "They're beautiful."
Will was the first to come back to reality. "Governor, you're going to have to get back to the ball. I'm sure we weren't the last to arrive." He took the two adult ferrets and gave them back to Lizzy, who put them in her pocket again.
"Yes, I'll have to go back in there. But not for a couple of minutes at least. Robert, how's my Lady faring?"
"We're getting along quite well, though she misses you a great deal. How is your back?"
"Healed. Looks wretched. Same with the rest. Did Pintel and Ragetti get back all right?"
"Yes. No one saw them."
"Good." Lord Raymond started gently stroking the two ferret kits. "Any problems with any of my old friends?"
"None. With you dead, they've accepted me as Captain of the Pearl without question."
"Any thoughts of going back to the fort?"
"Oh, I missed it for a while..."
"Liar!" Lizzy giggled.
"All right. I haven't missed it at all. You were right...the freedom feels wonderful."
"Good. I've had some reports from the plantation, so I know you're all doing well on that account, and it looks like you decided to let Captain Groves in on our little secret. May I ask why? I mean, he's trustworthy and all, but why did you take the chance?"
Robert smiled. "Captain Groves is a good man. He's kept many a confidence, and besides...I knew he'd be very downhearted when you were hanged. He believed you to be the best pirate he'd ever seen, and the look on his face was almost hero worship. In fact, should you ever retire from the governorship and go back to your former profession, I know that he'd be more than happy to abandon his post and follow you anywhere."
"I know that, actually. He asked me if I would take him to be my butler, but I need information from the Commodore that only Captain Groves can seem to get, so I had to turn him down. But I wanted to thank you for telling him, even if I didn't know your original reason." He stood up, placing the two furry puffballs gently into a huge brandy snifter and held out his other hand to Robert. Raymond grinned. "Milady, it would be a privilege to escort you back to the ball." Robert scowled, but took his hand, allowing himself to be led out of the study.
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After all of the introductions were over, Lord Raymond seemed to fall into his old habit before he became governor: He stayed with the ladies, talking with them, wiggling his tail, and introducing them to his new pets. When one of the ladies asked what their names were, he replied that he had just received them as a gift, so he didn't have names for them yet. This instigated a contest for the rest of the evening to name the cute little fuzzbutts.
Captain Groves was handling Commodore Gillette rather well, keeping him away from the pirates and from Lord Raymond as was planned.
The evening was turning out even better than the governor had hoped. He danced with several of the ladies, including Lizzy and "Juliet," and looked for all intents and purposes to be a perfectly happy poof. He'd even had a little "quiet time" in the study talking longer with the three pirates who he called "friends."
Near midnight, after the pirates had gone and everyone was waiting for the unmasking, a cannonball came barreling through the mansion, and the sounds of guns could be heard from the fort and the harbor. Naval officers in various costumes streamed out the door heading to the fort, and the party fairly broke up at that point; people running to the back of the mansion or panicking into the night. Captain Groves, dressed as a colorful rooster, moved Governor Smythe-Douglass to his chambers on the second floor and closed the door. "Governor, did you know anything about this?"
"No. It's not the Pearl. I'd know her guns anywhere." He went to the bench next to the window, opened it and pulled out a spyglass. He looked out the window through it toward the docks. "I don't recognize that ship, Ted. It's big though...fifty guns at least." He saw something coming into his scope. Guns fired at the ship. "Now THOSE guns are the Pearl's. Ted, go to the fort and make sure they only shoot at the ship that's firing at US. Make sure they know the Pearl is fighting against the attacker and not the fort. I don't want the Pearl sunk under any circumstances." He kept watching the battle through the spyglass.
"Yes sir."
Groves made to go to the fort, but when he reached the door, it burst in on him, hitting him in the head and knocking him unconscious. Lord Raymond whipped around. There were four rather large, dirty men making their way through the door, two picking up Groves, and two heading for him. He held his hand up and they stopped for a moment. "Excuse me, but if this is a kidnap, please allow me to dress more suitably." He started toward his wardrobe, and was grabbed roughly by one of the men. "See here, but kidnapping the devil and a rooster is rather embarrassing, even for you, I would think. At least bring some extra clothes if you don't believe that I just wanted to change."
They dragged Captain Groves out and walked him behind. One of them pointed a dagger at him. "We've got clothes for ye to wear on the Dragon, Governor."
"Oh, well all right then." He went quietly, hoping that his butler would know what to do.
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TBC
A/N: Remember, writing fanfic is a labor of love. The only payment that fanfic authors receive are reviews. So please hit the REVIEW button on your way out. PLEEEEEEEZE?
Pirates of the Caribbean
Copyright. Characters, not mine. See the Mouse. Story, mine, but I make no money. He does, but not on this.
Typing convention: / is used for thoughts.
Summary: How do you cheer up a depressed Sparrow?
Beta: The great BetaGoddess Pendragginink. She's fantastic! And way too modest for her own good!
N/A: Apparently some fangirls went to Greg Ellis and asked him Groves' first name. I don't know if it was in reference for fanfics or if he even reads them, but hopefully he doesn't take offense if he does. Anyway, it's officially Theodore Groves, so any fics that I had previously done have had the name changed.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is the sequel to "The Makings of a Pirate". If you don't read the first story, you're missing EVERYTHING, so if you haven't read it, please go do so and come back or you won't understand anything.
NOTE: I live for reviews. No reviews, no more writing. Can't figure out if anyone likes it if they don't review. So REVIEW! PLEEEEEEZE???
- - - - - - -
May the wind always be at your back
And the sun always upon your face
And the winds of destiny to carry you aloft to dance with the stars.
--Old Irish Blessing as quoted by George Jung ("Blow")
- - - - - - -
Chapter 1 - Party and Pirates
As the guests were announced as the characters of their costumes, Lord Raymond was at first startled when the name "Jack Sparrow" was announced. He looked, and found to his amazement, a lady who had donned the pirate's clothes and a wig with trinkets and a scarf. Then it became something of a tedium to him, as it seemed that the entire town seemed to think the villain was some kind of dark folk hero, to be imitated or pursued at parties. For it seemed to him that fully a third of the guests, mostly female, had come as the despicable pirate, and were quite popular.
He himself was quite popular, as this was the first official party that had been thrown since he'd taken the governorship, and people were quite interested in meeting him. He stayed polite to all, but seemed to have his mind elsewhere. He didn't even wag the tail very often, though each time he did, the ladies were delighted.
It must have been the fifteenth (or was it the twentieth) "Jack Sparrow" that arrived with "The Angel of Darkness" and "Juliet Capulet." He met them as he had the other guests, but as the porter at the bottom of the stairs tried to take the box from "Juliet," "Jack Sparrow" took it back and gave it directly to the governor, saying, "this gift is too fragile for the gift pile, milord."
The governor smiled. He knew who this "Sparrow" was. "Ah, then pray tell what is it?" He made to shake it but was stopped by the "Angel of Darkness."
"This gift is far too fragile to shake. Perhaps you should open it in the study?"
/That was Will's voice. And if THAT'S Will, and "Sparrow" is Lizzy...oh NO!!/ The governor laughed, unable to control himself and almost dropping the box, which Lizzy grabbed. When he was finally able to bring the laugh down to a giggle, he took the box back. "Yes, let's retire to the study." They all walked to the study, the governor in the rear, closing the door as soon as they were all inside. He started laughing again. "I swear, Robert. You are the prettiest lady at the ball!" He sputtered as he said it, unable to help himself, holding his sides from the pain of his ill controlled mirth.
Robert scowled. "Well, the least you can do is open your present."
Lord Raymond calmed himself again, and looked at the box. "What is it?" He started untying the ribbon.
"It's a little something to cheer you up." Robert grinned.
Lord Raymond finished with the ribbon and unwrapped it. The box was rather plain and had holes in it, so he just plain ripped it open. Inside the box, lying together in a yin-yang position on a little pile of rags just big enough to cover the bottom of the box, were two pure white, baby ferrets. The governor melted. "Satan and Kali had these?"
Lizzy reached into her pocket and pulled out two adult albino ferrets. "Yes, a girl and a boy. And we brought Satan and Kali to visit you as well."
Raymond was almost in tears as he took the two adult ferrets, sat down on the divan, and let them crawl all over him after he nuzzled them. "Oh, I've missed you so much!" He kissed Kali on the nose, then repeated it with Satan. He took the babies out of the box and held them in his hands, nuzzling them to his face. "They're beautiful."
Will was the first to come back to reality. "Governor, you're going to have to get back to the ball. I'm sure we weren't the last to arrive." He took the two adult ferrets and gave them back to Lizzy, who put them in her pocket again.
"Yes, I'll have to go back in there. But not for a couple of minutes at least. Robert, how's my Lady faring?"
"We're getting along quite well, though she misses you a great deal. How is your back?"
"Healed. Looks wretched. Same with the rest. Did Pintel and Ragetti get back all right?"
"Yes. No one saw them."
"Good." Lord Raymond started gently stroking the two ferret kits. "Any problems with any of my old friends?"
"None. With you dead, they've accepted me as Captain of the Pearl without question."
"Any thoughts of going back to the fort?"
"Oh, I missed it for a while..."
"Liar!" Lizzy giggled.
"All right. I haven't missed it at all. You were right...the freedom feels wonderful."
"Good. I've had some reports from the plantation, so I know you're all doing well on that account, and it looks like you decided to let Captain Groves in on our little secret. May I ask why? I mean, he's trustworthy and all, but why did you take the chance?"
Robert smiled. "Captain Groves is a good man. He's kept many a confidence, and besides...I knew he'd be very downhearted when you were hanged. He believed you to be the best pirate he'd ever seen, and the look on his face was almost hero worship. In fact, should you ever retire from the governorship and go back to your former profession, I know that he'd be more than happy to abandon his post and follow you anywhere."
"I know that, actually. He asked me if I would take him to be my butler, but I need information from the Commodore that only Captain Groves can seem to get, so I had to turn him down. But I wanted to thank you for telling him, even if I didn't know your original reason." He stood up, placing the two furry puffballs gently into a huge brandy snifter and held out his other hand to Robert. Raymond grinned. "Milady, it would be a privilege to escort you back to the ball." Robert scowled, but took his hand, allowing himself to be led out of the study.
- -
After all of the introductions were over, Lord Raymond seemed to fall into his old habit before he became governor: He stayed with the ladies, talking with them, wiggling his tail, and introducing them to his new pets. When one of the ladies asked what their names were, he replied that he had just received them as a gift, so he didn't have names for them yet. This instigated a contest for the rest of the evening to name the cute little fuzzbutts.
Captain Groves was handling Commodore Gillette rather well, keeping him away from the pirates and from Lord Raymond as was planned.
The evening was turning out even better than the governor had hoped. He danced with several of the ladies, including Lizzy and "Juliet," and looked for all intents and purposes to be a perfectly happy poof. He'd even had a little "quiet time" in the study talking longer with the three pirates who he called "friends."
Near midnight, after the pirates had gone and everyone was waiting for the unmasking, a cannonball came barreling through the mansion, and the sounds of guns could be heard from the fort and the harbor. Naval officers in various costumes streamed out the door heading to the fort, and the party fairly broke up at that point; people running to the back of the mansion or panicking into the night. Captain Groves, dressed as a colorful rooster, moved Governor Smythe-Douglass to his chambers on the second floor and closed the door. "Governor, did you know anything about this?"
"No. It's not the Pearl. I'd know her guns anywhere." He went to the bench next to the window, opened it and pulled out a spyglass. He looked out the window through it toward the docks. "I don't recognize that ship, Ted. It's big though...fifty guns at least." He saw something coming into his scope. Guns fired at the ship. "Now THOSE guns are the Pearl's. Ted, go to the fort and make sure they only shoot at the ship that's firing at US. Make sure they know the Pearl is fighting against the attacker and not the fort. I don't want the Pearl sunk under any circumstances." He kept watching the battle through the spyglass.
"Yes sir."
Groves made to go to the fort, but when he reached the door, it burst in on him, hitting him in the head and knocking him unconscious. Lord Raymond whipped around. There were four rather large, dirty men making their way through the door, two picking up Groves, and two heading for him. He held his hand up and they stopped for a moment. "Excuse me, but if this is a kidnap, please allow me to dress more suitably." He started toward his wardrobe, and was grabbed roughly by one of the men. "See here, but kidnapping the devil and a rooster is rather embarrassing, even for you, I would think. At least bring some extra clothes if you don't believe that I just wanted to change."
They dragged Captain Groves out and walked him behind. One of them pointed a dagger at him. "We've got clothes for ye to wear on the Dragon, Governor."
"Oh, well all right then." He went quietly, hoping that his butler would know what to do.
- -
TBC
A/N: Remember, writing fanfic is a labor of love. The only payment that fanfic authors receive are reviews. So please hit the REVIEW button on your way out. PLEEEEEEEZE?