Authors Note:
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Chapter 2:
Pirate
Will watched his best mate, Jack dive into the water fully clothed in order to rescue some mysterious stranger. Will looked down into the water and shouted, "I'm going to get help!" As Will began to run towards the castle he realized that Jack probably did not hear him seeing that he was underwater. But Will shook that thought away and ran towards the castle to find someone that could help.
Jack swam towards the mysterious woman and grabbed her body just as she hit the bottom level of the sea. Jack pulled the woman out of the water and once he did that he took one huge deep breath and swam while holding her towards the docks. He put her on the docks and noticed that she had a cloth that was tied around her mouth.
He untied it confused and examined the woman for a second. She was beautiful he noticed. He smiled and shook her lightly back and forth while asking, "Miss… are you alright?" But the woman did not answer so Jack took her wrist in his hand and with his fingers he tried to find her pulse. He smiled because he could still feel a pulse.
For a few more seconds he thought of what he should do. But then he remembered an incident when he was a small boy upon a ship and one of the guests to his father's show fell into the water and almost drowned. He thought back trying to remember who saved the guest. He took out his locket that he found that day long ago, because maybe that would make it easier to remember. He gasped as he remembered that Gibbs had run over to him then and gave the guest mouth to mouth.
Jack bit his lip for a second, holding the locket in one hand and her head in the other. He bent down and breathed into her mouth. A second later the woman woke up and coughed out some water. She looked at him in confusion and then in anger as she pushed him away from her. Then she began to yell "What do ye be think yer doing?" Jack gave her a look of insecurity and of confusion as she continued to yell "Touching yar lips with mine…. we don't even know each other! Ye should have at least bought me dinner first!"
Jack looked at her in disbelief and shouted back as she started to get up "Excuse me Miss. But I just saved your life! Don't I deserve at least a thank you?" The woman coughed out sarcastically and whispered, "You don't deserve anything…" She was about to continue but her hand moved across an object. Jack saw that she was touching his locket so he picked it up and whispered, "That is mine." She looked at him in bewilderment and asked, "Where did ye get that?"
Just then foot steps were heard and the woman got up and tried to run away but she ran right into the now Commodore James Norrington. Jack's eyebrows narrowed and he bit his lip nervously hoping that James would not remember that he was not at his celebration. Will then came out of the crowd and asked Jack "You alright?" Jack nodded and stared at the mystifying woman in front of him.
James snapped and some of the navy guards grabbed the woman and put shackles around her wrists. Jack's eyes widened and he began to ask baffled "What are you doing? What are the charges?" James smiled at Jack and said "Committing piracy isn't that right Elizabeth?" Elizabeth sighed and shouted out "It's Captain! Captain Elizabeth Swann."
James smiled at her and replied proudly "I don't see your ship Captain." Elizabeth pouted and explained, "I'm in the market." The guards held her tightly and she screamed out "Easy! We haven't known each for that long!" Will looked at Jack confused and asked James "Do you need me to talk to the executioner and see if his blade needs sharpening?"
James chuckled and whispered to him "Yes, seeing that this is all you are good for." Will rolled his eyes because he wanted to defend himself but he knew that James could have him arrested if he did so. Elizabeth then began to shout out "Parlay…." James looked at Jack in confusion and he explained, "She wants permission to speak…." Will gave Jack a look of surprise and Jack whispered to him "Pirate talk, I've read some books on them."
Will nodded trying to understand what Jack had just said. Elizabeth smiled at Jack while saying "Thank ye, swain". Jack looked at her astonished while she began to talk "It is not right to condemn me to death! I haven't done anything wrong…well, now." James rolled his eyes, smiled and answered proudly "Really? Well, are you not the pirate that I have read about? The Elizabeth Swann. You impersonated a nun while committing felonies…. Do I have to go on with the list?"
Elizabeth gasped loudly in disbelief and she began shouting "First off, it's Captain! Captain Elizabeth Swann… Two: I did that for reasons that I will not be mentionin' because said reasons are not of importance to ye, savvy?" Will chuckled and whispered to Jack "What are planning to do Jack?" Elizabeth then smiled at Jack and whispered, "Your name is Jack? Jack Sparrow?"
Jack nodded and Elizabeth rolled her shoulders back angrily while saying furiously "Ye be the reason me crew got killed last year!" Jack looked back at her in question, and James chuckled and asked "Really? Well-done Sparrow. I shall see that you get appointed." Jack's eyes widened because one of the guards that had held Elizabeth moved slightly away from her and Jack knew that at any moment now she was planning her escape.
Just as Jack expected, Elizabeth tried to escape but the guards caught her and James looked at her sternly in the eyes "If Jack here, did not make the mistake of saving you. You would have been dead right when I pushed you off that fort! Now, it's off to prison with you Pirate. Of course until I get to arrange your funeral."
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That night Jack decided to take a walk with James Norrington to congratulate him on his promotion. "My promotion? Well I appreciate it Jack. I couldn't help but notice that you weren't at my party." Jack nodded nervously and James chuckled while asking, "You must have been to nervous, eh? You had to ask Juliana to marry you today. Are you planning on doing it tomorrow?"
Jack fake smiled at James and whispered, "Yes, I am." James let out his hand and whispered bashfully "I couldn't help but notice your infatuation with Miss. Swann." Jack cleared his throat and fixed his hair back in a ponytail while muttering "Infatuation?" James nodded and whispered, "Yes. Your infatuation with her role in society… as a pirate. Even though Elizabeth Swann is a dying breed…"
Jack bit his lip and was about to answer when something in the distance was heard. Jack's eyes widened and screamed out "Move!" James and him fell the floor in time for a bomb to miss them. Jack looked out into the ocean and shouted out half happy and half worried "Pirates!" James got up and shouted, "What do we do?" Jack gulped and whispered, "Warn everyone! Get the navy out here immediately! Make sure all people stay inside and lock their doors!" James nodded and followed his orders.
Jack looked at the ship and examined its sails. It had black sails and was beautiful. He sighed and took a deep breath while whispering, "Looks familiar." He shrugged and ran off to help the Royal Navy.
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The next morning Jack walked around town trying to see what damage the pirates had done. Jack looked around and noticed that the streets where filled with garbage and with blood remains of the towns people that had endured pain the night before. Will grabbed Jack by the shoulder and said "James requests to meet with you!" Jack nodded frustrated and followed Will through an alley.
At the end of the alley, stood Beckett and James looking at a map of the seven seas. Jack asked James "You asked to see me?" James nodded and said, "I have bad news Jack. Juliana has been taken hostage aboard the Black Pearl. Those pirates that were there last night have stolen her…" Jack bit his lip trying not to smile.
Beckett looked at him seriously and whispered, "We need you to go and find her. She means the world to me... and you are the greatest Navy official we've had in years. With your vast knowledge of the sea, it will be as easy as a cup of tea." Jack slightly protested, "I have to find her? Even if I did agree…how would I know where to look?" James turned to look and Will who answered his question "Elizabeth Swann. We could strike a deal with her."
Jack rolled his eyes and shouted "No not her! I cannot stand that…that…that woman!" James laughed and said to Jack "I am not asking you to fall in love with her! All I am asking you is to tolerate her…" Jack placed a strand of his hair behind his ear and whispered "Fine. I'll go release her then."
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