Beauty and the Pirate

Disclaimer:I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this story from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl". Nor do I own any dialogue that matches up to the dialogue from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" nor any storyline plots from said movie. I solely own the characters of Isabelle and Marcel Cheney and Gaspard and all additional creative story lines. Hope you enjoy the story and feel free to send a review!

Chapter 5

Take me instead

"I'm coming, papa! I promise I'm coming!" shouted a young maiden as she ran along the bend of the beach to the hidden cove.

"Papa where are you?" she called out as she made her away along the shoreline in the direction of where the old man had appeared earlier.

However just as she was about to call out to her father again, she noticed a few row boats stationed along the sand. Curiously she looked about them, then wondering from where they came from she looked out at the sea. And to her great surprise she found a large black ship with black sails. Then taking a closer look at the movement of people on the deck, she recognized one to be her father as he was dragged below deck by another man.

"Papa!" Isabelle cried as she realized the situation. Then, not waiting another moment, she pushed the row boat nearest to her and set out for the black ship.

…..

When Isabelle reached the black pirate ship she immediately climbed up to its railing. Taking in that no one was about, she scurried off to the opening on the deck and disappeared below. Keeping to the darkest places as she made her way further into the ship, she finally made her way to the brig where her father was locked up.

"Papa?" she called out not sure because of the darkness whether or not it was indeed her father in one the cells.

"Isabelle?" the old man coughed out in surprise.

"Oh, papa!" Isabelle called out as she ran to the gate of his cell, then seeing his condition added in distress, "I've got to get you out of there!"

"No, Isabelle!" the maiden's father argued, "I want you to leave this place!"

"Who's done this to you?" Isabelle ignored her father's orders.

"There's no time to explain, Isabelle," the elder man coughed again, "You must go! Now!"

"No! I won't leave you!"

…..

Having heard something from below deck as he passed the opening, Jack motioned Gibbs, who was wondering around the helm, to follow him below.

Quickly Jack and Gibbs made there way down the stairs and into the shadowed areas of the brig, finding Isabelle's back turned to them.

…..

Knowing there was someone behind her, Isabelle tried to turn to see who was there, but before she could a rough hand pushed her to the side.

"What are ye doin' here, missy!" Jack's slurred angry voice yelled from a dark area across from where Isabelle lay on the ground.

"Who are you?" she pressed her question instead of answering the his.

"Why, the captain of this ship, of course!" Sparrow shouted matter-of-factly from the shadows.

"Well then, can you please release my father?" Isabelle questioned as she slowly got to her feet, feeling a little more confident in that she was speaking to the authority figure of the ship her father was captive in.

"No!" the captain answered angrily.

"Why not? Please, can't you see he is not in good health?" Isabelle pleaded.

"Not my problem that your father couldn't keep his bloody hands to himself in tryin' to steal one of my most valuable… possessions," Jack explained roughly from the shadows.

"Oh please, sir," Isabelle begged, "There must be way…"

As Isabelle trailed away in thought, Sparrow obviously thought the situation was done for and began to leave. Though as he was about to walk through the doorway, Isabelle called out to him, "Wait!"

With light shining weakly from the doorway, Isabelle saw a black figure slowly turn around.

"Take me instead," Isabelle said strongly.

"You? You would take his place?" the pirate captain asked, taken aback completely.

"No, Isabelle!" the maiden's father cried, "You don't know what your doing!"

"If I did," Isabelle continued to the captain, "would you let him go?"

"Yes," the captain said in a low voice, "only ye must promise to stay 'ere until a certain search of mine is completed… and who knows how long that will take."

Isabelle thought to herself for a moment then curiously asked, "Could you step into the light?"

Without hesitation, the captain of the Black Pearl stepped into what little light shined through the doorway to the middle of the room.

As Isabelle's eyes scanned Jack from his feet to his head, her eyes grew wide with fear. For one who loved to read, Isabelle had read many books about pirates, but she had never in her life had ever encountered one. As the horrific stories about pirates that she had read began to fill up in her head, she took a deep breath and took a few steps into the weak sunlight as well.

Jack nearly choked when she first stepped into the light from her natural beauty. Her lengthy chestnut hair, large brown eyes, just overall she was so beautiful. But he held his tongue and refused to let her become a distraction, after all she was now going to be in the way in order to gain the treasure of Corazon.

"You have my word," Isabelle tried to say strongly to the pirate captain, but immediately fell to floor in defeat.

"Done!" Jack declared and nodded off to Gibbs in another dark area of the brig.

Gibbs swiftly took after the cell door and unlocked it, letting the elderly man out.

"Come now!" Jack ordered as he took the old man's arm and nearly dragged him out of the brig.

"Wait!" Isabelle cried reaching out for her father, "Wait! Please wait!"

Not listening to Isabelle, Sparrow forced Isabelle's father to the top deck and back down the other side of the railing into a row boat.

"Off ye go!" Jack saluted before climbing back up the Pearl.

"No, wait, please, my daughter!" the old man begged, reminding Sparrow of Governor Swann in a small way.

"She's no longer your concern, mate," Jack smiled slyly before adding more seriously, "Unless ye be planning on sharing this account with some friends of yours, then ye might be receiving somethin' of a daughter on your doorstep, savvy?" With that Jack climbed part way down and pushed the row boat away with the shocked old man.

…..

As Jack made his way back down to the brig, Gibbs grabbed his arm, "You're not going to be leavin' her in the brig, are ye, captain?"

"Course not," Jack acknowledged, "I be puttin' her in your room, so go move your things out, for you'll be sleepin' with the rest of the crew."

Not sure of what to say, Gibbs simply gave a nod and headed for the first mate's cabin.

…..

When Jack entered the brig, he found the young lady crying as she looked out a port hole window, watching her father row back to shore. A tiny bit of guilt began to creep its way through Jack, but he quickly brushed it away and made his way to Isabelle.

Noticing Jack, Isabelle turned to him angrily, tears running down her face, "You didn't let me say good-bye! I may never see him again! You didn't let me say good-bye!"

"I'll show you to your room," Jack stated calmly as he stood in the open doorway of the cell Isabelle was in.

"My room?" Isabelle asked in confusion.

"Ye want to stay in the brig?" Jack pointed out.

"No," Isabelle replied truthfully.

"Then follow me."