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 10

A Tour

That night, as Gibbs slept soundly in a chair near Isabelle's door, failing to keep watch of the new passenger, Isabelle silently left her room and somehow found the galley.

As she began to quietly look about for food, Elizabeth appeared with an empty glass in her hand.

"Are you hungry?" Elizabeth immediately smiled sweetly as the other young lady backed a little way off guiltily.

"Yes," Isabelle replied softly realizing that Elizabeth was not going to get her in trouble with the captain.

Elizabeth's smiled widen as she said in a comforting voice, "Take a seat and I'll find something for you to eat."

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Minutes later Gibbs and Will had joined the two ladies in the galley. And to Isabelle's surprise, neither man went to tell Jack about her being out of her room.

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"So I guess it's off to bed now, lass," Gibbs said nicely as Isabelle finished eating.

"Bed?" Isabelle nearly laughed, "How could I possibly go to bed now?"

"What do you mean?" Will asked a bit confused.

"Well, I've never been on, let alone seen, a real pirate ship before," Isabelle explained.

"Oh, a bit excited are we, lass?" Gibbs broke into a smile.

"Just a bit," Isabelle admitted, "I mean I've read countless books about pirates, but I've never experienced anything like what I've read until now."

"Perhaps you'd like a tour of the Pearl?" Gibbs asked in amusement.

"Are you sure that's a good idea, Gibbs?" Elizabeth questioned in concern.

"Oh she'll be fine, Elizabeth, she'll be with me and Will, and besides, the captain's still at the helm."

"So I presume then that it's solely a tour below deck," Elizabeth eyed Gibbs.

"Aye."

"Alright," Elizabeth breathed out, "Go on ahead, I'll stay here and clean these dishes up so Jack won't get all suspicious."

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"So you like to read, Isabelle?" Will tried to start up a conversation as they made there way through the ship.

"Oh, yes!" Isabelle nearly sang, "Very much!"

"This, Miss Isabelle," Gibbs interrupted, "would be the crew's cabin. In that direction would be the brig, but you've already seen that."

Isabelle nodded as she looked about her, everything was different from what she had pictured from what she read in her books.

"This here would be the storeroom for the magazine and small armory," Gibbs continued pointing to their left, "and here is the room where-"

"Elizabeth and I are staying," informed Will.

Isabelle took note of the room for future reference.

"Here of course is the galley," Gibbs went on as he gave a small wave to Elizabeth, "And lastly, this be the captain's cabin, but no one's allowed in there except Jack himself."

"Why's that?" Isabelle asked curiously, "Is he hiding something in there?"

"Hiding something?" Gibbs asked shakily looking to Will for help, "Of course not, lass, it's just-"

"That's his cabin and he's the captain of this ship," Will offered.

Not buying a word they were saying, Isabelle began to ask another question but was immediately cut off by a female voice yelling from the top deck, "Bring her in as best ye can and lower the other anchor quickly! Get as close to the dock as ye can!"

"We're here already?" Gibbs beamed at Will.

"Anguilla?" Will asked.

"Aye! Remember the last time we were here at Coral Point?" Gibbs began to chuckle.

"Of course!" Will laughed with the first mate.

As the two began reminiscing past visits to this port, they somehow seemed to completely forget all about Isabelle.

Watching the two make their way up the stairs to the top deck, Isabelle's curiosity got the better of her and she opened the door to the captain's cabin.