Pirates of the Caribbean

The Second Daughter of the Governor

"Belle! Belle wake up! HURRY!" Elizabeth ran into her sister's bedroom. Her hair was a mess and she was pale with fright. "Belle it's pirates! The fort is under attack. WAKE UP!" She shook her sister and screamed in her ears.

"Lizzie, What's going on?" Annabelle was still half-asleep. She had had quite the day and was in much need or rest. Elizabeth pulled her out of bed and helped her into her thick robe. "It's too early, wake me up later, Lizzie."

"Annabelle Swann, we are under attack. If you do not get up this very second you are going to be killed. RUN!" Elizabeth pulled Annabelle out of the room and down the hall. "We have to stop them from letting the pirates inside." The arrived at the top of the grand staircase just as there was a knock at the door. "Don't!" Shouted Elizabeth but she was too late, the door was opened and a shot rang out, the butler had been killed.

"AHHHHHHH!" Annabelle screamed. Elizabeth grabbed her arm and pulled her back towards her room. Estrella found them and pulled the two girls into a room with a lock.

"They've come to kidnap you! You're the Governor's daughters! You have to hide." Estrella was trying to stay calm and failing miserably. Elizabeth looked around and tried to find something to be used as a weapon. She found the hot iron's used to warm the beds. The door opened and she clubbed the pirate over the head. He cried out from the burns and then she poured the hot iron onto the other pirate. Elizabeth, Annabelle, and Estrella ran out of the room followed closely by the pirates. Estrella went in one direction and the Swann girls went in another.

"Belle, bar the door with this." She held up a silver candlestick. Annabelle did as she was told. "Alright, Belle, I need you to listen carefully. Go through the window and get to the fort. Stay there until the pirates have been captured, killed, or they have left." Elizabeth made sure that her little sister understood and then she opened the window. It was a long way to fall, Annabelle was scared.

"Lizzie I can't do this! I'll be killed!" Annabelle refused to jump out the window. She not only was afraid to fall but she did not want to leave her sister alone to fight off the pirates. "There is no way I am leaving you alone." A loud thump made both girls jump a foot in the air.

Elizabeth saw that they were wasting time arguing and they were getting no where. Annabelle was not going to go through the window so Elizabeth had to think of another plan. "Into the closet. We can only hope that these pirates aren't too bright." Elizabeth shoved Annabelle into the closet and got in next to her. "Don't make a sound." She cautioned.

The two pirates who had followed Elizabeth and Annabelle burst into the room. The door flew off its hinges. They looked around and saw the open window. "We know you're here, Poppet." The pirates moved away from the open window. "Come out... and we promise we won't hurt you." He knew the girls were still in the room, no one would have been stupid enough to jump out a second floor window.

"What?" The other pirate was shocked by his friend's promise. It took him a moment to realize that his friend, Pintel, was lying.

"We will find you, Poppet. You've got something of ours, and it calls to us. The gold calls to us." Pintel noticed that the edge of the carpet had been moved. He pointed this out to Ragetti who began to smile cruelly and chuckled a little.

"Gold calls..." He repeated his friend and laughed a little. He really was a pathetic pirate.

Pintel opened the door to the closet which hid Elizabeth and Annabelle. He smiled coldly at the girls "'Ello, Poppet." He pulled Elizabeth out of the closet and Ragetti grabbed Annabelle by the arm.

"Parley!" shouted Elizabeth. She tried to get away but the pirate held her tightly. Annabelle struggled against her captor as well but neither got anywhere. The pirates were clearly shocked that she knew the word, they loosened their hold on the two girls. Annabelle quickly moved so that Elizabeth was in between her and the pirates.

"What?" Pintel was clearly trying to figure out what had just happened. He looked from Elizabeth to the gold and back at Elizabeth.

"Parley." Said Elizabeth. She was overcome with the need to protect her little sister. This was the only way that she could. "I invoke the right of parley. According to the Code of the brethren, set down by the pirates Morgan and Bartholomew, you have to take me to your Captain." She glared at the offending pirates but would not back down. She had something they wanted and they had something she needed, the safety of her sister.

"I know the code." The pirate looked her over. This was an unforeseen turn of events. Why on earth did the girl want to provoke the pirates? She must be mad!

"If an adversary demands parley you can do them no harm until the parley is complete." Her knowledge of the code came from excessive amounts of reading up on pirates. She had learned a lot from the sailors and their stories. Of course father disapproved, but that didn't stop her. Elizabeth had a mind of her own and would not be content to sit around sewing. Annabelle on the other hand was much quieter and well behaved, she was quite content to sit and sew. Annabelle had no idea what Elizabeth was talking about.

"To blazes with the code." Ragetti spoke up; he had been fairly quiet up until then. He just wanted to get this over with.

"She wants to be taken to the Captain. And she'll go without a fuss. We must honor the Code." Pintel barked at Ragetti. Truthfully the two were incredibly stupid, but they worked almost efficiently together. It was as if between the two of them they had one brain.

Annabelle was promptly grabbed once again by Ragetti. He held tight her arms and dragged her out of the house. Pintel followed holding tight to Elizabeth. Elizabeth didn't struggle very much but Annabelle jerked her arms as hard as she could in an effort to escape. While they were crossing the town square Annabelle saw Will fighting off one of the pirates.

"WILL! HELP!" she screamed as loudly as she could. Will saw that Annabelle and Elizabeth were being taken away. Elizabeth saw Will coming towards them and tripped her captor who then fell. Ragetti was knocked over by Pintel and Annabelle with them. Elizabeth hurriedly pulled Annabelle to her feet. In a second Will was beside them trying to kill the pirates.

"Annabelle, Elizabeth, get out of here!" Will shouted at the two girls. He thrust his sword at a pirate but was blocked. Another pirate picked up Elizabeth and thew her kicking and screaming over his shoulder.

"Time to go." Pintel made a lunge for Annabelle but Will put himself in between her and the pirates. "Leave her! She is of no value, it's the other one that we need." A remaining pirate knocked Will over the head with the hilt of his sword. Will fell to the ground unconscious. With one final look at Will and Annabelle the pirates left for their ship.

"W-Will? A-are you alright?" Annabelle could barely stand; she sunk to the ground next to him. It was the second time that day that he had saved her from pirates. She looked around her; half the town was on fire and even more of it was destroyed by the canons. It would take a lot of time to fix everything up the way it had been. "Oh Will, you saved me… again." She felt so lost and alone. Elizabeth was gone and likely would die, if she wasn't already dead. Her only other friend was laying unconscious on the ground and she didn't know if he would wake. Annabelle was not about to leave Will alone in the streets so she sat next to him. She swore she would be there when he awoke.