Pirates of the Caribbean: Legend of the Sacred Dawn

Author: SoulOfFlame

Chapter Two

~*~Soul~*~: Hi guys I am so sorry for the lack of update but I have had some problems with my computer and health so now I am back and ready to roll! Now, I got some feedback from last chapter that said that it was strange that Elizabeth and Will weren't married. I had planned for the story behind that but five years is an awfully long time so I have shortened it to just one year after the movie rather than five so I might shorten the story behind why they have yet to tie the knot. I assure you all there is a reason. Mmk? All right well I guess I shall stop ranting so and write the chapter. So here it is sorry for the slow update.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean but I do own the plot and a few characters that will come into play later on. So if it isn't in the movie, it is from my head unless otherwise stated.

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William Turner-

For the past year you have assumed me dead but I live and I have been waiting. Waiting Mr. Turner for the chance to strike again and regain the power I lost at your hands. You think a man such as I can be defeated so easily? You are a fool if you truly allowed yourself to think you were safe. As punishment for your ignorance, we have taken you dear Elizabeth with us for our own purposes, and this time she will not be returning Mr. Turner. In the future do not underestimate your enemies.

-Captain S. Barbossa

True Captain of the Black Pearl

Will stared in awe as he read the note over again. Shocked into silence, he froze as he stared at Jack as though someone had just taken a gun and dealt him a fatal wound. The pirate raised an eyebrow at the younger man and walked around so that he was behind him, hips swaggering, so that he might read the note.

"Pathetic!" His eyes narrowed as he jerked his head backward in disgust. "Don't they know who I am? I'm Captain Jack Sparrow!" He scoffed in rage. "What a load of-"

"Ssssh!" Jack swung around to face the source of the voice that had just quieted him. Annamaria, anxiety and unease written into her fearful expression, quietly closed the door behind her as she quickly entered the smithery and walked over beside Will and Jack. "Do you want to get yourselves killed?" She asked.

"Annamaria!" Jack felt his eyes widen in surprise as he tried to figure out what the woman would be doing here in town. He had given the crew explicit instructions ta stay on the Pearl and wait for him to return. The fact that she was here not only confused Jack but angered him as well. "What in hell's name are you doing here!" He yelled. "I told you to-" the piratess clapped a hasty hand over Jack's mouth, causing his eyes to widen, this time in pain. A muffled cry escaped from his lips as he groaned in pain from what he considered and attack. Will, finally shaken from his trance, turned to Jack and Annamaria with a stunned expression.

"They've taken her." Will gazed helplessly at the two. "And Barbossa is alive." Annamaria froze and turned her gaze to Will with an apologetic gaze.

"Aye, it appears he has. The crew just attacked Port Royal and grabbed her before leaving. They didn't harm a soul, just took her and left." The woman lowered her gaze and sighed. "Barbossa attacked the Pearl off shore where you left her and then departed." She explained to Jack solemnly.

"Mhm mhmhm!" Jack began to scream but was refrained by Annamaria's hand still covering his mouth. He slapped at her hand but she moved it and he ended up smacking himself across the face. "Ouch, damn luck." He muttered rubbing his face. "My ship!" He cried when he had recovered.

"How did they get to Elizabeth without any confrontation?" Will asked in confusion. After the reaction from the last attack it was beyond him as to how or why they would not merely repeat the same tactics. Unless they knew that wouldn't work and so they slipped in unnoticed. He thought to himself.

"Magic." Annamaria said after a long pause. Will raised an eyebrow in thought but was interrupted in his thoughts by Jack continuing to rant.

"First they call me pathetic and then they attack my ship? Don't they know who I am? I'm-" Annamaria cut off the fuming pirate captain. Finishing his sentence with the well-known phrase.

"Captain Jack Sparrow, we know. But there's no time for that now! We lost four men in the attack and five more to the fire they set upon us. We managed to minimize the damage and the ship is fine, but the spirits are low and the danger is high." Annamaria's tone became very insistent as she made this last point.

"Where have they taken her? What do they want from me?" Will wondered aloud. He looked to Annamaria and Jack for an answer but the while Jack ranted and raged, not paying attention, Annamaria merely shrugged, unable to answer. "We have to find her." He said determinedly.

"Of course we do." Muttered Annamaria rolling her eyes. "Swear that boy's obsessed."

"Me! Captain Jack Sparrow! Oh when they get a piece of my mind!" Jack ranted. But Will ignored the two, choosing to look out the doorway as he tried to collect his thoughts and decide what to do next.

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Elizabeth sat up groggily and tried to look around her. It was black as pitch and she could barely see her hand as she waved it in front of her face. She then placed that hand to her forehead, which was spinning and ached terribly. She had no idea where she was or how she had gotten there. All she had was a prominent feeling of dread and foreboding as she carefully began to rise to her feet. The darkness swirled around her making her feel like her mind was searing in hot flames, and forced her back down onto her knees. As she tried to remember what had happened, the events prior to her waking flooded back to her mind. She froze in fear and looked frantically around her for a way to escape. As she looked, a ray of light shot into the room, followed by a high pitched scream from the hinges of a door. Whirling to face the sound, Elizabeth's eyes widened in a mixture of surprise and fear.

"It's you!" She whispered frightfully to herself.

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~*~Soul~*~: Well? What did you think? Come on and tell me in a review if you can spare a moment. If not, then I understand, I am often too busy or lazy to review a story (I am ashamed but I do admit it.) Again I apologize for the lack of updating but I should not be so busy anymore and so I can take time to update my stories! This seems short to me but oh well; I made it as long as I could. I hope you all enjoyed it and that I will have some readers left that will continue to read my story! I am sure someone out there will and if not, then I will write out of simple pleasure! Anyhow, ranting again! Au revoir pour maintenant mes amis! (Goodbye my friends for the non-French speaker.) Until next chapter!

~*~Soul~*~