After what feels like forever, I've found my muse once again and decided to post a chapter while I'm supposed to be studying Blood Bank for my exam tomorrow. I should note, however, that the dialogue might not exactly match the movie, but who cares? This is mine, dangit! Have fun! :D
8.
Finding almost an entire island on fire wasn't really what I had expected when we rescued Elizabeth. Not only that, but she was in the company of JACK SPARROW! I had him immediately arrested as soon as he stepped onto my "new" ship. When I asked him why he stole my ship from me, he simply said "pirate" and gave a grin. Thank goodness the governor was on board, or I don't think he would have made it back for his scheduled appointment with the gallows. I could tell James was getting angry, but not to the degree that I was.
Speaking of James, now that his fiancée is on board, I hope they talk and end their engagement. That would simply be the best thing, since I can tell she doesn't really even like him, let alone want to marry him. Plus, the fact that he doesn't love her anymore makes it all the easier. And adding another fact that he told me he loves me makes it all the more satisfying. More on that later.
I just hope that we get home in one piece and the adventure can end. I really miss not only Sophie, but my bed at home. Never mind the people, I just want some uninterrupted sleep in my own bed!
Yours,
Narelle
She set down her pen, and closed the ink. She looked out the window for a brief moment, before standing from her desk. She tightened her bow, and went outside on the deck.
"But we've got to save Will!" Elizabeth pleaded with her father.
"No!" was his reply. "We're here to bring you home, not to go gallivanting after pirates." He turned on his heel and started to walk away.
"Then you condemn him to death!"
The governor stopped, and turned with a somber expression. "The boy's fate is regrettable," he said, "but it was his choice to engage in piracy."
"To rescue me, to prevent anything from happening to me!"
Her father, walked away, and James ascended the stairs to the helm.
"Please, Commodore, I'm begging you. Do this for me," she pleaded, "as a wedding gift."
Narelle's eyes widened and gasped, James froze, and the whole crew held their breath as he slowly turned around to face her, shocked.
"Elizabeth," the governor started. "Are you accepting the Commodore's proposal?"
As soon as she said "yes," Narelle's shock gave way to anger. She met James's eyes with her own.
"Well, James?" she asked, acid dripping from her voice. "Where to?"
His eyes fell to the deck, thinking, then back up to where Jack was standing. "Mr. Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with a bearing to Isla de Muerta." Murtogg and Mullroy each grabbed his arms.
"You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase 'silent as the grave,'" James continued. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Inescapably," Jack replied.
The two troopers took Jack up the stairs, James took Elizabeth's arm and led her away, and Narelle angrily made her way to the side of the ship.
I can't believe that woman! she thought. Why couldn't she just have waited until he told her?! SHE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE HIM!
"Don't worry," came a voice, making Narelle jump. Theo leaned against the side of the ship as she smacked his arm.
"Will you knock it off with that?" she cried. "You are the worst."
"Sorry. What I was saying earlier, was that you shouldn't worry about this. James knows that she doesn't like him, and he loves you, so it shouldn't be long before he talks to you."
"I hope you're right." Narelle sighed, then a wave of realization swept over her, and she rounded on Theo again. "Wait, how do you know his feelings for me?"
Theo simply winked. "I cannot divulge that secret."
James re-emerged from where he went, which to Narelle it seemed like he took her to his cabin. Meeting up with her and Theo, he nodded at a few men as he strode over.
"What's the verdict?" Theo asked.
James sighed. "We didn't talk about it yet. I simply let her change into some trousers and a red coat, and she insisted on sleeping, so I left her there." He met his eyes with Narelle's. "Don't worry. Everything will be okay. I'm just letting her sleep, then she and I will talk."
"I have no doubt that you will," she replied. "I just want to get back to Port Royal and be done with this."
"As do I, Narelle," he said coolly. "As do I."
Night had fallen once again on the Dauntless, but the night was different than the normal midnight sail. Narelle walked the deck with Theodore, and watched over the sailors as they busily tied masts, loaded cannons, and checked muskets and swords. The grim silence was enough to keep Narelle on edge, but no fear crept in her mind. She remained relatively stoic as she met the eyes of a few sailors, fear evident and foremost in their heads.
"What do you think will happen?" Theo whispered. "What are our chances?"
"Assuming that Mr. Sparrow has been truthful, our chances are good. We can outgun the Black Pearl, and with our illustrious Commodore out with the marines, this'll all be over and we can be on our way back to Port Royal."
"Speaking of James," Theo glanced at her before returning his gaze to the battlefield before him, "you're not nervous for him at all?"
"I'm focusing on the job I need to do here, on the ship. As much as I want to worry, like a normal lady should, there's too much that I'm responsible for to be distracted. Besides, he's made it this far without me, and the same with me. I'm sure that we can make it through at least one battle without worrying for one another."
"Well, before he left, our lovely James decided that I should be in charge of protecting you." Theo dropped his voice lower. "Didn't want any harm coming to the princess."
"Is there anything that man didn't tell you?"
Theo smiled. "Your secrets are safe with me. And Andrew. James told him too."
Narelle raised an eyebrow, and sighed. "Should I tell you my favorite color too, while we're sharing everything about me?"
"I would love to know your favorite color. Can I guess? I think it's pink. Most ladies like pink. You seem like a pink type of person."
Narelle laughed lightly. "Not even close, Theo. One: I'm not like most ladies. Two: I really don't know what qualifies as a 'pink type of person' is."
"Well can I at least know what it is?"
"Someday, Theo. I haven't shared that piece of information with James, and I don't want you running off and tattling with information that you know and he doesn't."
"Very well. Wait, what's that?"
Narelle looked off to the direction Theo was referring to. A good distance away from the blockade, there was a single rowboat floating out to open sea, away from the island. She couldn't make out who was in the boat, as umbrellas covered the passengers. Puzzled, she handed over her scope to Andrew as he was passing by.
"Who is that?" she asked. "Can you see anything?"
The lieutenant peered through the scope.
"It looks like… a pair of ladies?" he suggested. "Wait. What's hap-"
A shot rang out, and Andrew's tricorn hat flew off his head. All at once, pirates poured over the sides of the ship, instantly starting chaos. To her disbelief, she noticed that the pirates attacking her were skeletons, and they couldn't seem to die. She watched an officer run his sword through a pirate, and it only seemed to annoy him. Narelle pulled out her sword, and threw herself into the fight.
"Someone ring the bell!" she yelled. "We need to alert the Commodore!"
"Aye, ma'am!" someone exclaimed. Eventually, the glorious ring of the bell sounded throughout the shore, and a wave of relief swept over Narelle.
James will be here soon, she thought. Just have to hold them off 'til he gets here.
Wave after wave of the undead pirates attacked the Dauntless. Narelle was sure that the ship would soon be lost if James didn't show up. She kept fighting with her sword, occasionally ducking from bullets here and there. With her small frame, she was agile and able to evade the smaller attacks. Her smaller height made "bug bites," as they were called, more effective- whittle the opponent down with little attacks rather than going on endurance runs.
She was fighting almost back to back with Theo. Though he was a half head taller, Narelle was much faster than him.
"Getting tired yet?" he shouted to her. "I've got another three kills to add to my plethora."
She laughed, but kept fighting. "No," she called back. "But you can add another six to my count."
"Cheater! There are more pirates on your side than mine!"
"Well come over here and help!"
Theo moved over to fight side by side with her.
She heard two people yell, and she whipped her head around to find the source. Murtogg and Mullroy climbed out of their boat and onto the Dauntless. Narelle smiled, and fought with newfound energy as James hoisted himself onto the ship to fight.
She ran her sword through a pirate to buy time to get to James. The pirate only stumbled back a little, and huffed in annoyance. Narelle glanced in James's direction and saw he was dodging in and out of attacks, gracefully fighting back.
She made the decision to find a way over to him. She blocked many attacks and made a few swipes of her own, but eventually made it over to James.
"Glad you could join me," he called. "I was starting to get rather lonely."
"Glad I could help," she yelled back. "You almost look bored."
He laughed. "Just keeping myself busy."
They kept fighting off the pirates, but both of the officers were getting tired. Narelle knew that James couldn't hold out much longer- she hoped this fight would resolve itself quickly.
The pirate she was dueling with started throwing her off balance, and was quickly discovering her weak points. Forced to go on defense, Narelle abandoned her attacks and relied on her blocks to see this duel through.
Maybe I can get James to finish him while he's not looking, she thought.
All of a sudden, she saw an abrupt change in the pirate's demeanor. He started getting more aggressive, throwing punches at her instead of fighting fair. He caught her in the shoulder, causing her to only pause for half a second. She blocked another attack from his sword, as he landed another punch in her ribs. Hard. She gasped, taking a step back and dropped her sword. The pirate grabbed her by the throat and squeezed, effectively cutting off her air. For added effect and to put more pressure on her neck, he lifted her into the air, her feet dangling almost six inches off the deck. Her vision started to go blurry, and she saw black spots. She grabbed onto the arm holding her up, trying to find relief.
She felt an excruciating pain in her side. She blinked and looked down to see that the pirate was digging his sword in her side. He was going to kill her slowly! She grunted in pain, and closed her eyes.
This is it, she thought. I'm gonna die here, and James doesn't even know.
Suddenly, the sword removed itself from her side, and she opened her eyes. The pirate's eyes were wide with shock and pain, and she saw that James ran him through with his sword. The pirate dropped Narelle, and she fell to the deck, unconscious.
Noo! Not our lovely Narelle! D: I have the rest of this story in the works, and will finally finish it. That way I can say that I actually amounted to something and wrote an entire story for once. All of my non-friends will be so impressed….lol. Maybe it won't take me a year to write another chapter, but who knows? I'm not coming up with excuses to justify my absence, so I hope you enjoy this, and prepare for an onslaught of ending! :D
