Summary: The movie was never made. But, in the past, it all really did happen. A Medallion's missing and in the future, a young woman holds it as a family heirloom. Much to her suprise -and dismay-, she is transported back in time and must face danger and adventure that she never would have imagined experiencing. Self-insertion fic.
Rating: PG-13
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Pirate Gurl: Aye, :) She gets home! And here's the last chapter, where she does so >.> Mwhahaha, I'm finished! I'm so happy x_x I actually finished a story: this is amazing and cause for celebration! *throws confetti*
saiyan-girl-cheetah: It did have alot of dialogue from the movie, didn't it? *scrunches her nose up* x_x; I'm lazy I tell ya XD Anyway, its done not, >.> now the most grande of endings, but, hey, it works for me.
Disclaimer: Still not mine...
Chapter Eleven: "Follow Me, Love" --------------------------------------------------------------------
Everything had gone so quiet while the three stood in the cave, Barbossa's lifeless eyes staring up at the caves roof while the green apple still bobbed up and down in the water. Gold glittering beneath the surface, and on the large mounds around.
Will and Elizabeth exchanged looks as they watched her: she stood so still, her eyes unblinking and she didn't look like she was breathing. But she startled everyone when she let out a shuddered sob and moved her fingers beneath her straight locks of dark brown hair, gripping her head tightly as she stared down at the blood that stained the white shirt that belonged to Barbossa's lifeless form.
They remained in the cave for a short while; Jack sauntered off and started to rummage through the Gold. Elizabeth faced what looked like a vanity covered in gold and precious items while Will stood off to the side. Jessica hadn't moved.
Will watched Elizabeth for a few moments, and then swallowed before he stepped up. She turned when she heard his soft soles against the caves floor and smiled, but they both jumped when Jack tossed a large gold item and it crashed into a few other things. She swallowed. "We should return to the Dauntless…" She forced a smile.
Will looked crushed, but forced a smile of his own and turned his head slightly, "Your fiancé will be wanting to know you're safe…" He said softly.
Elizabeth's lower lip quivered, and then she pushed by him and rushed off.
Will stood alone, not knowing what to say, or do then. But Jack sauntered up a few moments after, a few gold and pearl strings strewn around his shoulders, a crown lopsided on h is head while he held a gold goblet. He stopped beside young Mr. Turner and raised a finger, "If you were waiting for the opportune moment… that was it." He raised his eyebrows.
Will looked over at him, then looked at Elizabeth, forlorn. He remained quiet as Jack went on. "Now, if you would be so kind as to drop me off at my ship." With that, he walked on.
With a heavy sigh, Will looked down and swore silently before stepping up to Jessica and placing a hand on her back lightly, "We should go."
"…Yeah… we should…" Jessica murmured, her eyes glazed over.
****** In the rowboat, Jack stared wistfully at where the Pearl had once been anchored.
"I'm sorry, Jack…" Elizabeth bit her lip.
"They done what's right by them. Can't expect more than that…"
Jessica looked up from where she sat behind Will; her eyes still a little glazed over, but not as they had been in the cave.
What was going to happen next, she surely had no idea, nor any want to know. Home was a far off place, a memory, and a dream.
******
Once arriving in Port Royal, Elizabeth asked her father if Jessica could remain with them at the Governor's Mansion. He agreed, and Jessica was given the same treatment as Elizabeth had. She was bathed, given a nightdress and a room with a nice bed to sleep in.
It was in the morning, a few days later, when Elizabeth went to her guest's room. Jessica hadn't come out for days and only Estrella had seen her when she took her meals. She knocked lightly on the whitewashed door, but after there was no answer, she turned the knob and pushed it open a crack.
Elizabeth could only see the coverings nearly pulled off the bed and the small crack of light coming through the heavy brocade drapery. Lacing her eyebrows together, she opened the door more and stepped inside. She managed to catch a glimpse of Jessica's seemingly lifeless body among the bed coverings. "Jessica?" She whispered loudly before moving over. Only when she saw her chest rising up and down, did she know she was still alive.
"Jessica…" She called out melodiously as she tiptoed over, and then poked the girl's good shoulder, only receiving a moan and a shift in response.
"Jessica…" She murmured again, giving her another poke.
"Fifteen more minutes…please…" Jessica whimpered, pulling a pillow to cover her face.
"Jessica!" Elizabeth raised her voice a little bit more, startling the younger woman to where she jumped and pulled the pillow away. She spotted Elizabeth and then groaned.
"Oh Lord, why couldn't it have all been just a bad dream?" She whimpered as she closed her eyes tightly, and then rubbed them with her fingers.
Elizabeth ignored her banter and pulled the front of her dressing gown closed. "Jessica, there's going to be a hanging this afternoon… you and I are to go…"
"Whose neck is going to be stretched?" Jessica asked, rubbing her eyes as she tried to wake up fully, yawning just a bit.
"…Jack Sparrow's." Elizabeth bit her lip.
Jessica shot up right, "But…he saved…" She gaped.
"I know…" Elizabeth nodded, and then stepped back, "I'll send Estrella in with a dress for you to wear…" With that, she left the room, and left Jessica alone in bed.
******
Drum's echoed through the courtyard of the fort while townsfolk gathered, holding hands over their eyes to keep the harsh sunlight away. Jack Sparrow stood on the gallows, his hands bound. To his right, the hangman, and then in front of the hangman, an Official read out loud:
"Jack Sparrow, be it known that you have charged, tried and convicted…"
Jack quietly interrupted, "Captain, Captain Jack Sparrow."
"…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…"
Beneath the shade of the fort, Elizabeth, Norrington, Governor Swann and Jessica stood. "This is wrong…" Elizabeth shook her head.
"I agree…" Jessica clenched her teeth as she held tightly to the fan she had been given. She moved it quickly to cool off in the hot Caribbean air and to get as much air as she could. Even though she was used to corsets, combining a restrictive garment, and the hot, heavy air of the Caribbean, it was a little much.
Governor Swann lifted his head, and then swallowed before speaking, "Commodore Norrington is bound by the law. As are we all."
Jessica breathed out, her nostrils flaring as she glared over at the military man.
"…Impersonating an officer of the Spanish Royal Navy, impersonating a cleric of the Church of England…"
"Oh, yes…" Jack grinned, then looked over at the hangman, who didn't share his enthusiasm. Jack lost his grin and turned sullen.
"…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."
In the crowd, Will Turner was hidden by the large brim of a feathered had. The brightly colored parrot perched just across the yard caught his eye. With a deep breath, he moved through the crowd and stopped in front of the small group. "Governor Swann." He nodded, "Commodore. Jessica," He greeted them all politely before looking to Elizabeth, "Elizabeth, I should have told you everyday from the moment I met you: I love you." He said this, then quickly turned on his heel and moved for the gallows.
Elizabeth gasped; ignoring the shocked looks she and Will received from Norrington and her father.
The drums pace picked up as the noose was placed around Jack's neck; Will pushed by a wench, "Oi! Watch yourself!" She cried out, but he ignored her.
"…Marines…!" Norrington started down the steps, but Elizabeth noticed the parrot, put a hand on her chest, winked to Jessica and then started to fall back, gasping, "I can't breathe!" She fell back and Governor Swann turned, "Elizabeth!" He caught Norrington's attention and they both rushed to her side as Jessica held onto the wall beside her, her eyes catching every movement.
Will drew his sword and just as the Hangman pulled the switch, making the trapdoor beneath Jack fall open, "MOVE!" Will threw it and it embedded just below Jack's feet, catching him. Will and the executioner engaged in a duel of an axe and cutlass until Will's sword was knocked from his grasp and the axe slammed into the frame of the gallows, cutting the rope. Will grabbed hold of the back of the man's vest while he was distracted only for a brief moment, and threw him down off the gallows, landing on Norrington and a few of his men, catching them off guard and knocking them to the ground.
Jack stumbled and lost his footing before tumbling down to the ground, he broke his robe bonds by slicing them on the sword before pulling the noose from his neck and rushing out.
From where she stood, Jessica smiled and held up a fist. "Yes…!" She hissed to herself before rushing down, holding up her skirts as she hurried after the two escaping men, Elizabeth in tow as Norrington and his marines forced them to the top of the fort. But as soon as they reached an open area, they were surrounded.
Back to back, Jack and Will turned around before the feather adorning Will's hat got in the way of Jack's vision, he blew it away and held his hands up in surrender while Will faced Norrington when he stepped up.
"I thought we might have to endure some manner of ill-conceived escape attempt but not from you." He Norrington frowned.
"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!" The governor shook his head disapprovingly.
"And a good man!" Will protested; Jack grinned and pointed to himself, mouthing, "That's me" while he faced the marines behind him.
"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." Will informed Norrington.
The Commodore stepped forward, his eyes narrowed and his teeth clenched, "You forget your place, Turner."
"It's right here," Will raised his eyebrows, "between you and Jack."
Elizabeth swallowed through tightly closed lips and laced her fingers through Will's, "As is mine."
"Elizabeth!" Swann gaped, "Lower your weapons!" He ordered the marines, "For goodness sake, put them down!"
Norrington looked hurt, "So, this is where your heart truly lies, is it?" he swallowed.
"It is." Elizabeth confirmed.
"And you know what?" Jessica suddenly spoke up, pulling her skirts up to keep from tripping on the hem, "I'll have to take that place as well. I mean, after all… Captain Jack Sparrow did save my life." She shrugged and stepped up beside Jack, linking arms with him.
Jack turned to look at her, and then caught a glimpse of the parrot flying off. He blinked, then straightened up and pulled his arm from Jessica's, "Well," He walked around Elizabeth and Will before walking up to the Governor. "I'm actually feeling rather good about this. I think we've all arrived at a very special place, eh? Spiritually… Ecumenically… Grammatically?"
Governor Swann leaned back, making a face and turning it away as Jack was close, but when he moved to Norrington, he straightened up.
"I want you to know I was rooting for you, mate." Jack pointed to Norrington as he was close to him, "Know that." He narrowed his eyes, then turned, but stopped at Elizabeth, "Elizabeth, it never would have worked between us, darling. …I'm sorry." He shook his head mournfully and moved toward the battlement before pausing again, "Will…" He tried to think of something to say, but rolled his shoulders, "Nice hat." He smiled, then grabbed a hold of Jessica's hand and pulled her up the steps with an "oof".
"And you Miss Jeffrey," he smiled roguishly, "It was indeed a pleasure to make your acquaintance, perhaps we'll be rum buddies in the future?" He asked, flashing his gold and platinum teeth as she raised her eyebrows.
"Perhaps…" She responded, but didn't expect what was coming next. He swept her up into a long, deep, Pirate appropriate kiss before they broke away. He glanced at the marines, and then leaned close and whispered in her ear, "Follow me, love. If you want to go home…" he said, then pulled away, "Friends…!" He started, but was startled at just how close the marines had come. He moved up higher onto the steps and turned his back toward the horizon.
"This is the day that you will always remember as the day that-!" He was cut off as soon as he tripped over the battlement and toppled over the side. Everyone rushed up, watching him as he splashed into the water.
"Idiot! He has no where to go but back to the noose!" Gillette laughed as they all watched him, and then:
"Sail ho!" A voice cried out, and in the distance, black sails.
"The Black Pearl…" Elizabeth whispered, a small smile forming on her lips as Will broke into a smile as well.
"What's your plan of action?" Gillette demanded, but when Norrington didn't respond, "Sir?"
Norrington didn't know what to say, but the Governor spoke up, "Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy, piracy itself can be the right course?"
A small smile formed on the Commodore's lips as he turned, "Mr. Turner!"
The smiles faded from Elizabeth and Will's lips as they turned around. She held onto his hand tightly, but he looked to her sadly, "I will accept the consequences of my actions." He pulled his hand from hers and stepped down, coming face to face with Norrington.
"…This is a beautiful sword." He commented as he unsheathed his sword, "I would expect the man who made it to show the same care and devotion in every aspect of his life."
"Thank you." Will nodded.
Norrington turned and started to walk away when Gillette cried out, "Commodore! What about Sparrow?"
"…I think we can afford to give him one day head start." The Commodore responded with a smug smile before turning and walking off, the marines following him till all who remained where Will, Elizabeth, the Governor and Jessica.
"So. This is the path you've chosen, is it? After all, he is a blacksmith."
"No," Elizabeth disagreed as she removed Will's hat, "He's a pirate." She smiled lovingly at him before he slipped his hand to cup her cheek and pulled her into a breathtaking kiss.
A small smile reached the Governor's lips before he turned and slowly walked away.
Jessica cut her eyes to the side. "The mushy part…" She muttered to herself as she stepped up onto the landing where Will and Elizabeth stood, now apart from their romantic moment and simply staring into each other's eyes.
"Well," She said as she started to unpin her gown from her stomacher, gradually removing each piece. "It's time for my happy ending too." She told them as she dropped the gown and pulled off each item till she was just wearing her black Capri pants and camisole that she had kept.
Will blushed faintly and Elizabeth smiled, "Where will you go?" She asked.
"I'll take Jack's leave as my own." Jessica replied as she pulled her hair down and then kicked away the fancy clothes. "It was great to have met, and known you both. If this ever happens again, I'd want you both right there with me." She smiled and gave a small salute.
"You're going to jump after Jack?" Will's eyes widened.
"Sure, why not?" Jessica stepped on top of the stone battlement wall and swallowed as she looked down.
"…Maybe we'll see you again someday." Elizabeth smiled faintly, though she wasn't sure if she would ever see the girl she then called a friend, ever again.
"Hmm, maybe so. Who knows what the future holds." Jessica smiled over her shoulder, and then looked down. "Ta!" Without another word, she jumped off the wall and closed her eyes tightly, letting the world pass her by. She waited, and waited to hit the water, but it never came.
******
Her skin crawled until finally, her eyes snapped open.
No longer was it day, and no longer was she outside.
Jessica laid on a familiar, comfortable surface, staring up at the ceiling.
"…Home…" She whispered. But then she suddenly sat upright; she wasn't wearing her dress, or the medallion anymore. Only her black Capri's and her camisole top. The clock blinked 2 AM at her. Her hand immediately moved to her left shoulder and she winced, feeling the wound still there.
"…it was real…"
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Oh wow, the ending sucks! Maybe I'll do another chapter, just for fun. I dunno, I ran out of good ideas XD I've been working like mad on the first chapter for "The Sirens Cry". Alot of Norrington in that one XD Jack hasn't even come in! Ack! And it's about, 15 pages so far on paper, in small hand writing x_x;
Oops, getting off topic. Anyway, I'll only do another chapter if its asked for, but 12 is where it'll end! I don't think this is sequal worthy so... mmhmm, yes. I have another fan fic in the works, its kindof a self-insert, but not really. Its called "Denied Salvation". It's a pretty dark one, depressing, etc.
Read if you want. Review if you please. You don't have to like it, just please, be kind! =)
Whats up with the kiss at the end, the one with Jack and Jessica? Well, that was a last minute, non-romantical thing. I mean, jeeze, he didn't get any liplocks in the movie, so, here's his liplock >.> and yes, it just happens to be with her... Elizabeth's too hung up on Will, gotta improvise! if there is a sequal, I doubt there will be a romance between Jack and Jessica. Very unlikely.