It had been almost an hour since Antoinette had heard from James. She was starting to get bored, when suddenly, POW! She heard a gunshot from out on deck. Antoinette looked out from the window in the door, and saw the Black Pearl's zombie crew climb aboard the Dauntless, killing everyone it their paths. Antoinette received a cold sweat, and seemed to have an internal melt down. "James," Antoinette whispered, a tear freely falling, "where are you?"

As Antoinette sat there, she felt like she did when she was just a child, lying in bed alone, afraid that the monster that she had heard would finally come out of her closet and kill her. She had spent almost a month trembling in bed, before she finally conquered her fear, and decided to fight and kill the monster.

That is what I must do now, she thought to herself. She pushed herself up off the floor, and went over to a closet and began looking for a weapon. I will fight, and they will die, she thought again, as she pulled out an extra sword that James had kept in case of emergencies. Antoinette also found some men's clothes, and, not wanting to be restricted by her painful corset and dress, dressed herself in them. After she was dressed, she grabbed the sword, and made her way out to the fighting.

As soon as she shut the door behind her, she instantly saw James, trying to fighting a pirate. She made her way over, fighting numerous pirates along the way. When she had finally made her way over to James, she noticed that there was a pirate behind him, getting ready to stab him with its sword. As the pirate drew its sword back, Antoinette blocked it, making the swords clash. After a minuet or so of fighting, she kicked the pirate overboard.

"Let this be a lesson to you!" Antoinette shouted to the pirate. "You do not question the love and loyalty of Miss Antoinette Victoria Davenport!" With that, Antoinette made her way back to James, helping him rid of the pirates.

"Antoinette!" James said, noticing her presence. "Will you marry me? For I fear now might be the only time to do so!"

Antoinette did not even have to think before replying. "Gillette!" She said, getting the Lutinit's attention. "Marry us!"

"I'm busy right now, Miss Davenport!" Gillette said, fighting a pirate.

"Gillette!" James shouted, "Do it now! That's an order!"

"Fine!" Gillette said as he knocked the pirate overboard. He, having a moment of semi peace and quiet, placed his hand on his heart, and said, "Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to join in holy matrimony, Commodore James Norrington and Antoinette Davenport!" After he said that, he began fighting pirates again, saying obscenities at them as he did. Antoinette and James, as they stood side by side, sighed. This wasn't going as they planned.

"Antoinette!" James yelled to her as he stuck his sword in the middle of a pirate, "Do you take me to be your husband?"

"I do!" Antoinette told him as she tried to behead the pirate in front of her. James forgot what to say, and improvised.

"Awesome!" He said, turning to Antoinette, all out of breath. Antoinette had no time to smile at his statement.

"James Norrington!" Antoinette said as she drop kicked a pirate, "Do you take me to be your lawfully wedded wife? Through sickness and in health, 'till death do us part?"

"I do!"

Gillette, who had only been paying half attention, said, "I now pronounce you man and wife! You may kiss!" As he was saying that, he fought off a pirate. James and Antoinette looked at each other, and tried to kiss, but were interrupted by some of the pirates surrounding them.

"You may now kiss!" Gillette told them again.

They tried it again, again being interrupted by pirates. It was harder to share a romantic kiss while killing pirates than they thought!

"You may NOW kiss the bride!" Gillette shouted, loosing his patience with the pirates as he fought them. James and Antoinette fought the pirates surrounding them, and finally, they were able to share their first kiss as husband and wife.

When they broke apart, everything seemed to stop. The pirates that were still in the moonlight were covered in flesh. James stuck his sword through the middle of one of the pirates in front of him, and killed it, signaling that the curse was broken. Pintell and Ragetti, who were chasing after Ragetti's eye as it rolled across the deck, finally retrieved it, and noticed that the curse was broken, and they were immortal no longer. "Parlay?" Pintell asked, grinning nervously.

James smiled, and put his arm around Antoinette's shoulder. "The ship is ours, ladies and gentlemen." As the pirates were being took back to Port Royal in long boats; and some of the Navy men went to fetch Elizabeth, Rayanna, and Jack from Isle de Murta; James whispered seductively into his bride's ear, "I shall see you in bed tonight, Mrs. Norrington."

Later that night, after Antoinette had crawled into James' bed and began reading a book, James came in and smiled seductively at her. She was scarred, but still stood up in front of him. He kissed her, and as he did, he started un-buttoning her shirt, but stopped when she gently pushed him away. He noticed she was crying.

"My love," James asked, worried, "what is wrong?"

Antoinette gulped back more tears. "I can't do this, James, not yet. Since we were not married in front of our friends and family, it feels as though we were never married at all."

James looked down, and thought for a minute before saying, "Yes, I know what you mean. And now that I think about it, I feel the same way."

Antoinette kissed him. "I still want to wed and bed with you, James, but not until we have had a proper marriage. If we could wait this long for us to be together, than surly we could wait until April, like we had planned."

James sighed, but respected her wishes. "Yes. And possibly, by the time we are properly married, we will want each other even more than we do now."

Antoinette nodded. "Well, Miss Davenport," James said, walking towards the door, if you will follow me, I will set you up in a different room. It would be improper for an un-married couple to sleep with each other." James smiled sweetly as Antoinette walked over to him.

"Thank-you, James," She said, as she pecked him on the lips, "For respecting my wishes.

Author's note

Thank-you for all of those who reviewed last night. And special thanks to Dutchess Norrington, or better known in this story as Antoinette, for helping me with this chapter.