As she thrashed around angrily, she glared up at the man laughing at her. Her mouth was bound, she tried to spit it out but this man was sinister and bound her really tight. He tried to make sure she was uncomfortable but she just suddenly stopped struggling and lounged back against the wall. The man frowned, he was enjoying her struggling. He kicked her in the side.
"James" bellowed a very loud commanding voice. The girl and her captor looked up. James stood up taller and bowed his head respectively.
"Yes, captain" he greeted. James and the captain looked down at the girl who was back to lounging against the wall and shouting curses at the captain in her head. The captain kept the mask on his face as he ungagged her and noticed that the binding had rubbed her face raw and her mouth and the surrounding skin had blistered. He glared up at James.
"Why the fuck did you do that to her" she winced as she moved her mouth slightly.
"Wouldn't want me hurting you now, would you little boy" she smiled, then remembered her face hurt. Jame's face hardened.
"You couldn't hurt me girl" he looked at her bound hands and feet. Her hands behind her back and her feet tightly bound. She rolled her eyes at his male pride.
"Oh please, I could take you with my hands bound" she looked to the captain, who looked older than yesterday. She looked closer, and she noticed there was a slight colour difference in his eyes. Bloodbeard noticed her scrutinising him and stood.
"Now this is something I've got to see" he hauled her up by her armpits and threw her to the middle of the deck. She stood and rolled her shoulders and clicked her neck. She pushed her hands behind her, hearing her shoulders pop, she looked around at all the men that has gathered around were staring at her chest. She smirked towards James.
"See something you like soldier?" he looked back up at her eyes, he saw the hard look she was giving him. He brought out his sword that was petite and quite sharp. As it glinted in the sun, he charged towards the female. She kicked off the ground and she flipped, her bound feet kicked his wrist which was flung forward he dropped his sword.
She landed; she turned as James flew toward his sword, the fast woman jump bringing her legs up to her chest and flung her arms down and bringing them in front of her. The thick rope bound tightly almost enough for her to just slip her hand through but her assailant was coming straight for her, she ducked as he swung strongly.
She dropped to the floor, bracing her weight on her hands and swung her legs around being bound made them stronger she pushed James off of his feet the sword flying next to the woman. She quickly cut the bounds, and rubbed her wrists which had really bad rope burn. She hopped over James as he was getting up she jumped on his back throwing his head face down into the wooden deck. She knew she was going to have to let his pride win out and actually get a hit in. as he looked up at her, the phrase 'if looks could kill' came to mind. His nose was bleeding and his left wrist was sat on an awkward angle as he had landed on it.
He leapt to his feet, surprising the woman as she didn't know his build would let him go that fast. As he flung she let him hit her in the stomach. As she flew to the ground, he kicked her in the hip and jarred her leg. She moved her legs the momentum flying her to a standing position. She pushed her feet into the deck and flipped so she was in front of him in a burst of speed she nutted him. Her forehead making contact with his with such power he flew to the deck and didn't move. She jumped over to where his sword lay; she cut the bounds around her ankles and rubbed the rope burn. She glared around at the rest of the crew.
"Any other takers?" she could see from the gobsmacked crew and the various mouths hanging open that no one else was going to challenge her. The nineteen year old, grabbed someone's water skin she dumped it on Jame's face and he woke. He glared up at the smirk.
"Told you so" she grinned. She heard slow clapping; she turned and saw the captain in his all black costume. But this captain was thinner but stronger looking. She looked at his eyes that reminded her so much of Edward. A shot of pain jolted through her and she had to look away. Feeling the lump in her throat, she tried to stop the tears, of her Edward.
"Impressive" he smiled slightly. She was still looking away and refused to look at him.
"Fetch the ship's doctor, I think he's broken his wrist" the captain turned and nodded at a tall blonde man, as he walked forward and assessed James.
"She's right, he has a concussion and a broken wrist, maybe a fractured nose" the man called out to the captain. The woman turned.
"You shouldn't play if you don't know that game" Bella whispered. Jame's spat at her, blood splattering out.
"I know the game" he hissed. Bella shook her head.
"Not, when girls are playing" she winked and walked to the side as the man dragged James away.
"Watch it Carlisle" James hissed. Carlisle dropped him, glaring at the man.
"Respect" Carlisle hissed. The girl could guess that he wasn't much liked. A girl came bounding up her.
"Bella, that was absolutely amazing! I hate that James" A small petite, not girl but woman gushed. She looked up at the confused face of Bella. "Are you okay?" the girl asked.
"You're a girl? But the way the crew reacted to me…"she trailed off. The girl rolled her eyes.
"Nice find Sherlock" she snickered, Bella now only picking up on her accent. "And they only reacted that way because, you actually beat the captain" the girl leaned in and whispered.
"How do you know I prefer Bella?" she asked, getting a little suspicious her green eyes untrustworthy reminded her too much of someone locked away in her heart. The girl froze for a second.
"Who wants to be called Isabella? It's a mouthful" the girl talked her way out of the situation. Bella rolled her eyes. "I'm Alice by the way" Bella shook her hand.
"Oh, and by the way?" Bella turned and asked. "Who's Sherlock?" she asked. Alice giggled.
"He's from my home country, and anyway I'm only allowed on this ship as for a fact that I can fight as good as any of the men and second I'm related to the captain" Alice said, she smiled up at Bella who was about half a head taller than her. Bella turned away from those eyes. She looked back up at the captain. The Captains second-in-command, glaring at her.
Something at the back of her mind tried to remind her of something but nothing was appearing. She recognised this blonde man who had war scars all over his face. She frowned trying to think where she could possibly have seen him. The captain pointed at her and two large men came forward and grabbed her arms. She let herself be taken. Alice walked up to the captain who was looking at Bella in concern not for her but for his crew.
"What are you doing?" she demanded. The captain turned his own green eyes on her.
"She's dangerous" he insisted, Alice rolled her eyes. As Bella was being dragged away, Bella pulled her elbow back, she hit Mike heavily in the side, and she threw a punch and hit Mike right on the cheek. She grabbed, Eric's arm who was still desperately trying to hold on to her, she flipped her over her shoulders and he landed on his back. She jumped onto the main mast and climbed right to the top. As the captain order everyone to get her down.
As people chased her, she was faster up there as her agility was better than anyone's ever. As Emmet was the first one up after her she flipped off backwards and grabbed a rope and swung to a second mast and as everyone watched her stunned that she just launched herself off the main mast which was the tallest. The captain grabbed his bow and arrow and took his shot; he grazed her arm she let go of the rope. The captain rushed forward as she fell from the mast she was flying far away from. She did not scream however, a good pirate never lets an enemy see a weakness. As he caught her, he looked down at her.
"you will do chores, you will join in on crew activities you will bunk with the rest of them and you will not injure another one of my men" As Bella jumped out of his arms, no matter how good it felt, so different to Jacob's almost familiar.
"I will honour what you say, but if any of your men try to touch me in any way. I will break their arms, and throw them over board" Bella said and walked towards the second-in- command for her chores. That night she was in her hammock, underneath an ancient crew member who farted in her sleep. She was playing with her locket. Unaware that she was being watch by the captain himself and his second-in-command. She sighed as she opened the locket and there was a picture of her and Edward. She played with the ring. She felt wriggling on her bed; she swung up and grabbed it. It was a rat, she held it by its tail no matter it's squeals.
"You think your life is bad?" she asked it. "Well, you don't have to sleep under Mr farter" She whispered, she got bored of it and just flung it over the hammock and down onto the floor. She ran her finger over the engraving. "Oh if you could see me now" she whispered, a lone tear ran out of her eye. She wiped it away. She sighed.
The next morning she was scrubbing the deck, she kept getting flogged for she kept swinging up into the mast. She just loved feeling the wind in her hair, seeing the sea all around her. She was brought before the captain. This one being slightly bigger and what seemed to be older than the captain yesterday.
"I'm telling you, she notices" Alice hissed at her brother. He looked at her, Alice knowing that was the face she pulled when he doesn't care.
"I don't care for that, you want to know what I do want to know?" he demanded. Alice looked up at him. She had an idea. "I want to know why she got engaged again, it's only been three years. I was going to go get her" Alice looked at him, bored.
"Edward, she thought you were dead! She's going to move on" Alice said in a tone that suggested that Edward was stupid. He glared at her.
"She recognises Jasper Edward; I see her trying to remember where she has seen him before. She's not stupid Edward that was one of the reasons why you liked her. She going to clock on" Alice demanded. Edward just turned and headed towards his cabin that was joined to his fathers. The original Bloodbeard. She huffed and went to find Rose. Rose was a beautiful woman, Blonde and deadly. Sister to Jasper she was the ships cook and she was amazing, she could hold her own in a fight and she hated outsiders, she didn't exactly warm up to Bella, so when Bella walked in and only picked up a piece of bread realising Rose wouldn't give her any soup she went and sat on her own. She started her lunch, she picked it apart. Alice danced over.
"Hey Bella" the best Alice got was a grunt. "Okay, tonight, Felix said he'd get his guitar out which means" Alice dragged her last word out. "Dancing there's going to be dancing! YAY!" Alice cried. Alice grabbed Bella's arm. Alice dragged Bella to Alice's and Jaspers quarters that they shared.
"Alice what are you doing? I have chores to attend too, the captain will have my non-existent balls if I don't do them" Alice rolled her eyes, at Bella.
"I can deal with the Captain, can you dance?" she asked, going all serious. Bella's eyebrows rose.
"Are you kidding me?" Bella demanded. She turned and started to head out. Alice dragged her back. "Oh come on Alice, I've got things to do" Alice spun her around, so she was twirling. It was almost a perfect spin that any dancer would be jealous of, until… Bella stumbled. Bella groaned.
"You can't dance can you?" she asked. Bella looked down, it was the only thing she couldn't do. There was only one person who could dance with her, that was Edward. For some reason he made her able to dance. "A noble who can't dance, imagine that" Alice hummed. Bella was still looking down.
"I had millions of tutors and lessons but…" Bella trailed off. Alice looked at her, as Bella looked up; she had unshed tears in her eyes.
"But what?" Alice asked softly. Bella looked at her.
"there is and remains to be only one person who ever was able to dance with me" Bella looked down again. Alice knew she was talking about Edward.
"Jacob?" Alice asked. Bella looked up, her eyebrows creased dramatically.
"God no! I ran as far as I could, and here I am my life going even far downhill" Bella motioned her arms open.
"My guess is that's ballroom dancing?" Alice asked. Bella nodded.
"Naturally"
"well, the crew here prefer a more exotic dance that me and rose picked up in a place called Fiji" Alice was giving Bella lessons. It was full of graceful movements and shaking of hips, Bella started to get the hang of it. Alice dragged Bella up onto the deck. This was how Bella's life existed for two weeks. She got up at the crack of dawn to watch the sun rise, she's watch the sun glint off the waves. She's always look down, and see the captain watching her.
She refused to talk to him or even acknowledge him. She'd do her chores, James and Jasper whenever they'd see her they would glare and she did grow closer to Rose and Emmet became a good friend. She slept every night looking at her locket and crying when no one ever saw her. No matter if she felt like she was being watched and sometimes saw the green of the captain's eyes in the darkness. She's always turned to fall asleep. After Bella had aced the belly dancing Alice was determined to get her dancing.
It was a rare night, it was a cloudless the stars twinkled reminding Bella of one of the best nights of her life with Edward; but also because the Captain was sat with the crew that night. As Bella stumbled and cursed, The Captains eyes followed her closely. She kept stepping on Emmet's feet and as he twirled her she flew around in the wrong direction.
But another set of arms caught her and moved her into the correct moves and she was finally moving in the moves without stumbling. The tired crew watched as the girl who had integrated herself into the crew somehow not stumble.
As Bella looked up shock; she came face to face with the eyes she's been trying to avoid for the entirety of her stay on the ship. As, the Captain pulled her close; the chemistry making the dance more intense. Alice, feeling the romance; from where she was sitting.
Bella could literally see Edward dancing with her, going back to her youth. She pulled away, she looked at the Captain. She had a almost vulnerable look on her face. She felt safe and secure in his arms; she dreaded those feelings- felt as if she was betraying Edward with those feelings. She turned and walked to the hull. She played with her locket; she had just been dancing and feeling safe in the arms of the man that had killed her love. She looked back; she couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. She got her packet of cigarettes out of her pocket it was seriously dwindling as she'd been trying to save them until next port, but you don't port on this ship it seems.
As she lit her cigarette, she looked up at the sky. She started to sing the song that she and Edward shared, as she pulled out her engagement ring that at an identical partner which was with Edward now. She heard someone sniffing, she turned and looked around when she was only through the second verse and saw the captain stalk off.
"Oh Edward, if you could see me now" as she took a drag she noticed someone in the shadows. Jasper emerged looking enviously at her Cigarette. She sighed and smiled shortly. "Want one?" she offered holding the packet out. He took one and a match and he too took a drag. As Bella looked at Jasper from the side, she still got that feeling of familiarity.
"Why are you here?" Jasper asked, he was the tactical officer so Bella hadn't been surprised that he didn't like her.
"Because you burnt my old ship" Bella stated looking back out over the sea.
"Why were you that ship?" he asked. "They all though you were a boy didn't they?" he asked, looking to Bella. She nodded.
"To be honest?" she asked. "I was running, I was running from what my life was becoming"
"Which was what?" Jasper asked. She didn't know whether to tell him, but he felt she could trust him.
"Routine, get up eat play music read impress everyone eat go to bed. Most of that is my fault though. I lost someone very dear to me, and I felt like I couldn't go on. I tried to end it a couple of times, but something stopped me something kept telling me he's alive. But I know it sounds stupid but from that I never seemed to end it. Then my father tried to marry me off, I had become a burden to him he loved me I knew that much but… I don't know, maybe my sadness and my constant moping the screams in the night maybe that all became too much for him" Bella said, pouring her heart out to him.
"You loved this man?" Jasper asked. Bella looked at him.
"Love" she stated, she nodded. "It was like what you and Alice had, except he was leaving to get a job and some more money" She knew she'd have to stop or she would start talking shit about the Captain and to Jasper that would be mutiny.
"But he died?" Jasper asked. A tear slipped out of Bella's eye, showing her vulnerability. She nodded. Jasper looked at her differently, seeing her so broken he knew she was only dangerous when something posted a threat.
"I can only imagine that pain, I already know I could not live without Alice" she nodded.
"It's ten times worse than what you can imagine too" she turned abruptly knowing they were fine and he would no longer be an ass to her, she stalked off towards the bunks. She got into her hammock which she had switched with Johnny as she didn't mind old earl and she could get sleep. She couldn't sleep that night though for some reason. The rest of the crew had come to bed and were asleep and snoring. When she finally drifted off into a very disturbing dream.
"I love you my Isabella" Edward grinned as he held her hands between them level with his chest. Bella smiled up at him. He leaned down and kissed her softly.
"As I love you my Sailor" He laughed at the name she had come to calling him.
"I promise, we will be together soon my love" He kissed her forehead.
"I hope so baby" she whispered. He clutched her hands to him and he turned hiking his bag up his shoulder and turning, his bronze hair turning and smiling at her. She saw him greet another man, he was tall and blonde and had scars on his face. Edward turned and smiled at her, but he was changing he was morphing into something else, his hair changed black his eyes stayed the same but he grew a mask and his clothes turned black until Captain Bloodbeard was standing where Edward once stood.
She flew awake screaming and realised the rest of the crew were awake. As she quickly got changed she headed up onto the deck. She quickly spotted Jasper.
"You lying bullheaded snivelling maidens toe rag" she insulted. Jasper turned around. Alice stood next to him.
"Oh no, she remembers" She hissed Jasper now realising.
"Sorry, was that directed at a senior crew member?" he asked.
"I don't give a shit about your rank!" she exclaimed. "You were there" She insisted.
"Bella, I don't know what you're talking about" Jasper admitted.
"You got on a ship about three years ago, with a man called Edward. He is the man I lost" she yelled. Her rage consuming her, this is why she never got angry she knew she could kill people in her anger. "And why is it the Captain always seems to change?" she demanded. Looking, at Alice now too. "One minute he's old but still strong and second minute he's young and fit" her angry words causing the crew to stop and listen.
"Bella, you do realise you sound crazy now yeah?" Jasper said.
"Why didn't you save him?" Bella said quieter. Jasper knew who she was talking about.
"He was killed in battle" Bella shook her head no.
"That's bullshit, the only person that could beat him was me he was that good. You're a liar, good for nothing." Bella declared Jasper went red in the face, one thing he couldn't take was being called a liar even if he had been techniquely been lying to her for the past two weeks. He swung a punch. She blocked it and hit his side as he flew back, he looked back up and they started circling, they punched they kicked, Bella found Jasper a worthy opponent even if she did get more punches in than he did.
"What is going on here?" A loud commanding angry voice demanded. Jasper fell to the ground exhausted. Bella looked up and around. Her eyes narrowed, it was the young captain. He looked down at Jasper. "You've harmed another member of my crew?" he demanded in an eerily quiet voice. But it didn't deter Bella's anger. "I guess there's nothing else for it, the plank" He threatened.
"You know, that's fine with me. Maybe finally I'll be at peace. For now I definitely know, you killed him. You, son of a bitch!" Bella's anger spurred her words. She pulled her sword quickly and before anyone could blink she had it touching the captain's throat. "you know, I've dreamt of this moment this moment where I avenge my Edward's killer." Bella said. Everything was silent. The Captain didn't dare even swallow having seen her fight knowing she was deadly.
The Captain pulled out his sword and quickly pushed her away from his throat. Their swordfight, went on and on. The Captain began to tire and he made a mistake and in an instant Bella had him at the throat. "Any last words?" she asked, the crew held their breaths ready to take action.
"There's only one woman who can beat me" he said and closed his eyes for the end. Bella froze.
"What do you mean?" She asked, unsure.
"It's me Bella" The captain said. Bella narrowed her eyes.
"No! you killed him, you killed the man I love" Bella stated telling herself, even though now everything added up.
"I am the man you love" he said, pulling off his mask. She came face to face with the face she had only been dreaming of for the past three years. She dropped her sword, tears flooding down her face. She stepped back.
"you Bastard!" she yelled. Edward looked up at her in surprise that was not the reaction he was expecting. "You made me think you were dead. For three years!" she cried. She slapped him. Her tears blurring her eye sight. She ran she ran onto the plank and dived into the sea and swam for the tiny island that seemed to be about six miles out. Edward knowing she was a brilliant swimmer knew she'd get there. Edward determined not to let her go this time grabbed a boat and started to lower himself down to the sea.