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 20

At the Beach

"Now what's all this about?" Jack shouted at his crew members who were huddled at a corner of the ship, "We docked at Tortuga nearly an hour ago and me crew is still on me ship! What's goin' on mates?"

"Oh, nothing, Jack," Will immediately replied as he fled from the group to Jack before the pirate captain could get too close to hear anything.

"This has been goin' on too long now, Will," Jack said sternly, "Just tell me what the blazes is goin' on!"

"We're still trying to figure out some small problems in our idea of how to open the gold box."

"Are ye serious, man?" Jack looked him square in the eye, "You're plannin' a mutiny, are ye?"

"No, no! Of course not, Jack! We'd never do such a thing!" Will answered truthfully.

"Good," Jack nodded, "So what idea do ye have in how to open the box."

"I can't share that information with you, Jack. You'll just have to wait until we present the idea to you."

"And when will that be?"

"At the end of this week, hopefully, as we sail away from here. It simply depends on how the rest of the week goes."

Jack looked at Will suspiciously but decided to drop the matter altogether. As long as his crew wasn't planning on committing mutiny, it seemed alright to wait until the end of the week to hear the proposition.

"Jack!" a voice called him out his thoughts.

Jack turned around to find Isabelle and Elizabeth approaching him.

"Good afternoon, Miss Isabelle," Jack greeted, "And Elizabeth."

"Good afternoon, Jack," Isabelle smiled, "Elizabeth told me that there's a nice small beach nearby. I thought it might be a good place to sit and read, would you care to join me?"

"I'd love to," Jack began, "but first I need to have a word with Will and Elizabeth. If you'd like I'll send Gibbs to go on ahead with you and I'll meet you there shortly."

"Alright," Isabelle said trying to keep her smile, "I'll see you in a bit."

After trying to get his attention for several minutes, Jack finally got a hold of Gibbs from the group and sent him along with Isabelle to the beach.

"So what is it that you need to discuss with us, Jack?" Will questioned the pirate captain.

"I was just wondering when my dance lessons were to begin," Jack whispered through gritted teeth, eyes wandering around in hope that none of the crew members heard him.

"Well, we can begin today," Elizabeth smiled sweetly.

"How about tonight, after Isabelle goes to sleep?"

"Fair enough," Will replied.

"What kind of dance is it that you wish to learn, Jack?" Elizabeth asked quietly.

"I've no idea… how 'bout that dance that people count out loud to all the time… ye know… one, two, three… one, two, three."

"Oh a waltz!" Elizabeth cheered.

"Yeah, that one," Jack agreed.

"Alright then, tonight after Isabelle is in her room sound asleep, we'll meet in you're cabin and start teaching you how to dance a waltz," Elizabeth smiled broadly.

"Agreed," Jack beamed.

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"Well, look who finally decided to show up," Gibbs laughed as Jack appeared on the secluded beach.

"I thought she wanted to come 'ere to read," Jack thought aloud as he looked at the book and pair of shoes lying next to Gibbs' feet.

"She did, for a little while, but as ye can see now, captain," Gibbs said as he pointed out towards the ocean, "she just couldn't resist wadin' in that there water."

Jack followed Gibbs' pointer finger out towards the crashing waves. And there he saw Isabelle where the waves met the sandy shore. She was holding her dress up above her ankles, her hair was let loose in the wind, and she was on her toes dancing among the incoming and fading waves.

"That'll be all Gibbs," Jack said fantly, "You're free to go. On your way."

Gibbs gave a puzzled look at Jack and then obeyed, heading towards the bustling pirate town.

Jack stared at Isabelle wading in the water for a little bit before taking off his jacket, boots, hat, and other effects. He then quickly strode over to the maiden who had now gone in a bit further, no longer bothering to hold her dress up away from the waves.

"Enjoyin' the view, missy?" Jack asked as he made his way towards the maiden.

"Yes, isn't it most beautiful?" Isabelle replied not turning away from the horizon.

"Very beautiful," Jack acknowledged, not looking at the horizon but at Isabelle.

"And quite comical as well," Isabelle added after Jack.

"How so?" Jack asked surprised.

"The fish," Isabelle said as she pointed at some of the larger waves ahead of them, "look at how they're riding those waves. You can see their eyes and silver scales reflecting the light from the sun."

Jack turned his gaze from Isabelle to what she was talking about.

"Yes," Jack agreed with a crooked smile, "That is quite humorous indeed."

"Actually, those are just the big ones," Isabelle explained as she finally turned to Jack, "There are little fish all around us."

"So that explains the little nibblin' feelin' I've been havin' on me toes since I've gone out 'ere," Jack laughed lightly.

"Yes," Isabelle smiled, "they're harmless… and I must admit fun to catch."

"To catch?" Jack echoed surprised.

"Well, just for fun, I always return them back to the water."

Pondering over the thought of catching a fish, Jack began looking about his feet. Once he caught sight of a small fish he darted into the water after it. In minutes he was on his feet again but with no luck of catching the fish.

"No, no, Jack," Isabelle laughed as she approached the pirate captain, "That's not how you catch them."

"Well then, how does the fair lady catch her fish?" Jack taunted.

"First you need to squat down," Isabelle instructed as she pushed down on Jack's shoulders.

Jack quickly obeyed and got back down into the knee-high water.

"Now cup your hands, put them in the water, and then stay as still as you possibly can."

Jack did as Isabelle said, his hands now in the water.

After a few moments of silence Jack looked up from his hands to Isabelle, "Now what?"

Isabelle rolled her eyes and squatted next to Jack, "Well, when a fish stays within your cupped hands, you simply close your hands on it of course."

"Right," Jack muttered as he turned to his hands in the clear water again.

After a few more minutes of watching the little fish swim about his hands, one fish stayed between his hands, sucking a bit on his palm. Swiftly Jack closed his hands and lifted it out of the water.

"I don't think it likes this," Jack commented as he could feel the fish flapping about between his hands.

"Well now that you have caught it, drop it back into the water," Isabelle smiled.

Jack separated his hands, and the two of them watched as the little fish fell a couple of inches until it was back in the water. As Jack and Isabelle exchanged their gazes from the fish to each other, they found themselves locked in each other's eyes. After a moment, Jack shook himself awake and gave the girl a teasing smile in which she responded with flushed cheeks. Loving the effect he was having on her, Jack was sad to see her quickly look away. Isabelle then placed a hand gently on his arm as she stood up. She then walked a few feet away looking out towards the sea.

The pirate captain slowly stood up, shivers running down his spine since she had touched his arm.

"What the blazes is goin' on?" Jack thought to himself as he stared after Isabelle.

Still thinking, Jack lowered his eyes to the fish swimming about his feet, lost in his own thoughts.

After several long minutes Jack was awakened out of his thoughts by a large splash of water. Now being completely drenched with water, Sparrow looked up wondering where the splash came from. And there a few feet before him was Isabelle, keeping a hand over her mouth in attempt to keep herself from laughing out loud.

Jack gave Isabelle a sly smile, "Two can play that game, Isabelle!"

However, as Jack began to run in preparation of kicking water at Isabelle, he tripped and fell right into the water. At seeing Jack fall, Isabelle couldn't hold in her laughter anymore. Though she soon regretted it, for Jack quickly stood up and charged after her, splashing as much water as he possibly could at her.

It wasn't until the sun was setting below the horizon that Jack and Isabelle's splashing game came to an end. Sparrow dragged Isabelle by the hand onto the beach before collecting branches to create a fire.