Chapter 5: It's not the destination, it's the journey, or how much bloody more of this can we take?
Disclaimer: As much as I'd love to own Pirates of the Caribbean, I still don't. Sorry about the delay. Thanks to Caz for giving me a swift kick in the butt and reminding me I needed to go back and update this.
"Well, the thing about Will Turner is that he's been through a lot of pain recently, mainly on account of losing the woman that he loved for most of his life.", Ana Maria said, a sad look on her face as she recalled what had happened to Elizabeth.
"Who was she? What happened to her?", Willow asked, feeling sorry for Will.
"None of us could have seen it coming, and all of us were shocked when it happened. It was a terrible storm. So terrible we almost lost the Pearl. Many of our men died during that storm, but Elizabeth's death was unexpected. She was a damn good sailor, took to it far better than you'd expect, seein' as she was born a governor's daughter."
"Governor's daughter? Not that I'm trying to be insensitive or anything, but this is starting to sound like the plot of a bad movie", Buffy said
"I think it's romantic that she followed her love to sea.", Willow said.
"Actually he became a pirate to rescue her. Back before Jack reclaimed the Pearl.", Ana Maria informed them, launching into a brief version of the tale.
After she finished she looked at Willow, her gaze solemn. "I think you'd be good for him," she said at last, "but we're going to have to work on getting you together.
The next morning the Scoobies awoke to clear blue skies. They ate breakfast and tried very hard to resist the urge to throttle Xander who had decided to try to impress them with his grasp of nautical language. Buffy finally got him to knock it off by throwing a biscuit at him. After that they wandered up onto the deck and looked around as the crew went about the business of sailing the ship.
"Morning, love.", a voice said in Buffy's ear, making her jump. She turned around and glared at Captain Jack Sparrow.
"Can you not do that", Buffy snapped irritably. It had been such a great morning till then.
"Hmm, jumpy aren't we?", Jack asked with an amused smirk, "Shouldn't some of those legendary Slayer senses have told ya I was sneakin' up on ya?"
Buffy rolled her eyes. "My Slayer senses alert me to danger, not minor annoyances."
"Minor annoyances!", Jack looked a mixture between angry and hurt that was so comical that Willow and Xander burst out laughing
"I'm a dangerous pirate, the most feared in the Caribbean.", he added indignantly.
"Of course you are", Buffy replied condescendingly, deliberately turning her back and starting to walk away. She stopped, still smirking as she heard Jack draw his sword. She turned back to face.
"So ya think you're tougher than me love?", Jack asked, "Why don't ya prove it. Or are ya afraid that this helpless pirate might get the better of ya."
"Anything to get that annoying smile off your face.", Buffy replied grabbing a sword off of one of the men and facing him.
An: Well what do you think? I know it's been a while but my life's been kinda crazy. Coming soon: Jack and Buffy's fight and hopefully some Willow/Will.