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Chapter 5:
The Broken Compass
Elizabeth looked at me in disbelief as I grinned at the Governor who now had a look of furry on his face. Elizabeth then looked at her father while lying "I did not!" I chuckled and wrapped my arms around her while saying "But ye did, luv. Remember it was what last night? When you said those things about being trapped…" Elizabeth then interrupted me by yelling, "That's enough Jack!"
I then smile and say, "Oh, I see what's going on here. You want me to stop talking". Elizabeth then took my hands off of her and pushed me away, forcing me to take a few steps in a circle. She then said, "Yes, you being quiet right now would be greatly appreciated!" I nodded and her father then looked at Elizabeth and said "Daughter how could you do this to our family?"
Elizabeth then became defensive and answered her father's question "Even if I would have kissed him, it would have been my decision father!" She then looked at me, and saw that I was playing with my compass. Elizabeth then continued, "Dad, are you actually going to take his word instead of mine? Besides, he is just a drunk pirate!"
I then raised my eyebrows and asked looking around the ship "There's a drunk pirate on board? Where? (Pause) And does he have any rum?" Elizabeth then glared at her father, who now chuckled and said, "I see your point Elizabeth…" I then yelled out randomly "It points at you!" Elizabeth and her father then looked at me confused and I put my compass back in my pocket, as I said, "Isn't that something?"
The Governor then walked over to me and said, "You had me convinced for a second there pirate. You better go sleep it off, it would do the rest of us some good". He then walked away from Elizabeth and I, leaving us alone. I then grin at Elizabeth "Now, luv. Care to join me in cabin?" Elizabeth then pushed me away and said "Jack, your drunk!" I then smile and said "Really? I'm drunk? Well, some of my best work has been while I was drunk. (Pause) Besides, I know you want it."
I then stretched my arms out yawning and Elizabeth then looked at me and laughed while saying sarcastically "Yes that yawn does seem inviting". I then stopped yawning and then grabbed her body and put it against mine. I then said "I know you want it, luv. You want it but your afraid to want it and because you want it, it's the want that you want." Elizabeth then looked at me confused and I then walked away from while saying "Suite yourself, luv. Just remember I'll be waiting".
As I said that I walked away from backwards looking at her and not paying attention to anything behind me. I didn't notice that there were stairs behind me. I then screamed while falling down the stairs backwards. Elizabeth then ran over to the stairs while gasping. I then yelled from the bottom of the stairs "Who put these stairs here?" Elizabeth then smiled and walked away from the stairs. And so did I, but when I did I hadn't noticed that when I fell my compass also fell out of my pocket and onto the stairs.
Once I got into my cabin, I looked around it and saw that my map was still on the table. I then said to myself "Where to now?" I then reached into my pocket to find my compass, but it wasn't there. I then looked frantically in my other pocket and wasn't in that one either. So I then asked myself "Did I take it with me?" I then decided that it was probably somewhere in my cabin so I began to tear the room apart.
In the meantime Elizabeth found some type of blanket for me in case I ever got cold that night. She then began to step down the stairs, and as she did she saw a shiny object. She then bent down and picked the object up and said "Jack's broken compass." She then put it into her pocket and continued her journey to Jack's cabin.
Elizabeth then opened the door to my cabin, and I smiled as I saw her. I then walked over to her saying seductively "I knew that you wanted it, luv". Elizabeth then walked passed me and looked around the room noticing that it was a complete mess. She then realized that he was probably looking for the compass so she asked, "Lost something?"
I then wobbled over to reply "Aye, aye. Other than me mind, it's me compass". Elizabeth then chuckled and said "Jack why is that compass so important?" I then put one of my fingers to my lips while saying "It's a secret, luv." Elizabeth then smiled and decided not to give up the compass just yet.
I then took the blanket from her hands and wobbled over to my bed. I then said sadly "It's gone, like all the bloody rum." Elizabeth then walked over to my while asking "What was the compass for?" I then sat down on my bed and said "Freedom." Elizabeth then smiled to herself noticing that Jack would never tell her what the compass was really used for, so she decided she was going to find out for herself.
Elizabeth then got up and walked towards the door, and then I asked "Your not staying the night, luv? I guarantee that you will be satisfied". Elizabeth then opened the door and closed it while saying "Not tonight, Captain Sparrow." I smiled and then put my head on me pillow and whispered "Elizabeth". A few seconds later, I fell asleep.
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A hours later Elizabeth herself was getting ready for bed. She sat on her bed playing with the compass and then she heard a knock at the door. Elizabeth then began to smile and asked "Jack?" The door then opened and it was James Norrington. She then frowned and said "Oh, sorry. Commodore, I thought you were Jack".
Elizabeth then got up from her bed and James then said while looking at her hands "So you could return his compass I am presuming?" Elizabeth nodded lying, and she then asked "Is there a reason for your visit James?" James then took her hands in his and said, "You have made me the happiest man in the world. Elizabeth, I love you." Elizabeth fake smiled and then lied "I love you too James".
James then took the compass from Elizabeth's hands and said "If you want I could return this to Sparrow for you". Elizabeth then smiled and said, "Not tonight, just let him sleep." James then smiled and began to play with the compass "I am so happy that you accepted my proposal, you have been what I wanted most for a long time". Elizabeth then smiled back at James as he began to open the compass. She then looked down at it to see it point at her.
Her eyes then went wide and she asked, "James, could you please repeat the last part again?" James nodded and closed the compass then gladly said, "You have been what I wanted most for a long time, Elizabeth". Elizabeth nodded and then asked, "Open the compass please?" James shrugged and then did what he was told, and again it pointed at her.
Elizabeth then took the compass from him and said "James, I am awfully tired." He nodded and then said while walking out the door "Pleasant dreams for you, my future wife". He then closed the door, and Elizabeth shivered after she repeated his last statement in her head.
Elizabeth then examined the compass and said out loud "What you want most". She then gasped and opened the compass and it pointed towards her right. She then walked out of her cabin and moved towards her right. She then passed by the stairs where she had found the compass. She opened it again and it pointed forwards, so she began to walk forward.
The compass then pointed towards a door that led to the cellars. So she opened the door, a little frightened at what she might see. She then walked into the room and saw that it was some type of passage. So the compass continued to point forward so she obviously began to walk forwards. Then all of a sudden the compass pointed to her right. She looked to her right and saw bottles of rum. She then laughed to herself "This is what Jack wants most".
She then heard a voice "Lizzie, luv. You found me compass". Elizabeth gasped as Jack took the compass away from her hands. Elizabeth then exclaimed, "I didn't know you were here!" Jack then being a bit more sober than asked confused "Then how did you find me?" Elizabeth then began to think, and she then mumbled confused "I…"
Authors Note:
Such a cruel cliffhanger, sorry.
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