A Pirates Life for Me
By Skye-Chan12
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Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter that is a right only claimable to Ms Rowling and Pirates of the Caribbean rights are all Disney's, I'm just a wanna-be writer who has to many ideas to write and draw but never enough time.
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The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
- Mark Helprin
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AN: One quick note before you start the story, I would like to dedicate this chapter to minorly-crazy, whose wacky way of reviewing inspired me to continue.
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Jack glared at the large hole punched in the adjacent cell. He had really thought his luck was going to change with Harry by his side. But does good fortune come his way? Noooo...
"It goes a bloody two feet to the left! Damn cannonball, damn mutinous pirates, and damn damn damn bloody Barbossa!" Jack allowed himself a mini temper tantrum in his solitude.
After he settled down he gazed out the hole once more, this time wistfully. 'At least Harry was safe...' he thought then his smile curved into a lecherous one 'At least I got a kiss before everything went wrong...'
/SMACK/
"ARGAH!"
/Thud/
/Thud/
/ThudThudThudThud/
Jack watched in wonderment as the blacksmith boy tumbled down the last of the steps, landing in a heap before him.
"Merlin's shiny brass balls... ... Will?" Jack actually felt his heart skip a beat when Harry's form appeared around the corner of the stairs.
Harry began to approach the crumpled smith only to stop in his tracks when his eyes locked with Jack's. "Jack..." He breathed before launching himself at the prison bars, unfortunately for William who gained a few more bruises at the hand of Harry's nimble feet. "Thank Merlin your alright!"
"Harry.." Jack murmured softly, his sea scared hand gently caressing the wizard's cheek. "I thought I'd never see you again..."
"I'm like a bad penny." Harry smile was so wide that for a moment Jack thought his face might just split in half.
"A lucky one, rather." Jack hummed back. At that point, Jack remembered that they had an audience. Best to continue with the seducing later. "What was with the head over feet tumbly action?"
Harry's eyes widened as he remembered the fallen blacksmith, "William!" Jerking out of his embrace with the pirate captain, Harry half lunged and half fell beside the still slightly stunned William. "Are you ok?"
William manage gather himself into a semi upright state while Harry once more examined the boys skull for any further damage. "I'm fine, Harry." Will muttered, attempting to swat Harry's hands away.
"Your not fine, until I say you are." Harry muttered heatedly.
"I'll be fine..." William murmured, rubbing a swollen jaw.
"What brought on the tumble, if you don't mind me asking?" Jack butted in. They were starting to look a bit too cozy for his taste.
"I stumbled..." Harry began, and then blushed for a moment as he replayed the preceding event in his head. Shaking his head as if to shake the memories out, Harry glared slightly at William. "Will manage to catch me."
"Which caused you to whack boy?" Jack pried, now genuinely curious.
"Yes." Harry said firmly before turning to the blushing blacksmith, "William, be a gentlemen and help me up." Will immediately rose to his feet and helped Harry up, giving him his arm for support.
"Alright then..." Jack's eyes never wavered from Harry's hand that was grasping the whelps arm. "Would you mind-" He gestured to the bars.
"Right, just a moment..." Harry took two shallow and shaky breaths in an attempt to gather his wavering strength, which caught both Jack and Will's attention.
"What's the matter?" Jack asked, his emotions flying from jealousy to concern faster then a woman on her- you know...
"I'm just a little tired, nothing to worry about." Harry stated firmly.
"Why don't you take a seat on the steps for a moment." Will suggested as he began lead the protesting Harry to the stairwell. "I'll get Sparrow-" "That's Captain Sparrow to you whelp" "- out." And before Harry could protest further, Will had already lowered the wizard on to one of the stone steps.
"How's that? You scared the key away with your tumble down the stairs." Jack asked darkly, wanting more then anything to know what was wrong with his boy.
"I helped make these cells. The doors where made using half pin-barrel hinges." Will explained as he grabbed a nearby bench and wedged it between the bars and the floor. "With the proper amount of leverage, the door will lift free."
"Right" Jack was unconvinced... At least until the door elevated and was thrown to the floor.
Jack didn't wast a second, the moment the door was gone, he was out of the cell and by Harry's side. "What happened? Are you alright? Do I need to kill anyone? Where does it hurt-" "Jack, I'm fine, just feeling a little weak. It's going to take me a bit before I get my strength back up to normal." Harry assured the panicked captain.
"But, why-" "Jack!" Harry was fed up with the attitude the seafaring captain had adopted in his absence. With seeker-like snagging abilities Harry caught the pirate captain's dangling beard-braids and pulled the pirate's face painfully towards himself.
"Just because everyone else thinks I am a woman, doesn't give you the right to treat me like a damn damsel in distress." Harry growled into the shocked pirates ear.
Jack's mind went immediately into self-preservation mode, "Terribly sorry... Won't happen again..." He muttered eyes lowered in submission.
"Good." Harry nodded in approval before releasing the pirate.
However, Harry noticed the roguish smirk upon the pirates face a bit too late. The next thing Harry knew, he was being properly snogged into the stone wall behind him.
Jack was sure that he really had died and gone to heaven. There was no way that a living being's kisses could feel as good as Harry's did at that moment. And all too soon he was pulled away once again from the sweet lips of the man he would make his very soon, by the sound of some annoying bastard clearing his throat.
Both Jack and Harry ended the kiss and turned their heads slightly to see a very flustered Will who was trying to act as if the two weren't about to go at it right in front of him. "We need to leave, some one could have heard-"
"Right!" Harry didn't wait for him to finish his sentence. He was already attempting to push Jack off of him and, at the same time, attempting to clime to his feet using the wall and the awkwardly positioned Jack.
Will watched torn between which of the two actions he should help with. Jack relieved him of that decision by commanding him to gather his and Harry's effects while he helped Harry to his feet and began helping him up the stairs.
"Are you sure your going to be up to the... ah..." Jack paused not sure how to word his concerns without a repeat of before.
"Shopping?" Harry finished breathlessly. To be honest, he wasn't sure. The physical exhaustion was an unforeseen complication. Harry sighed once again as he took another break to catch his breath. "There's no way that I'll be able to hold myself up for a fight in this condition."
"Do you think you'll be able to make it to the beach?" Jack asked, his mind racing with an idea.
"Well, probably. But I'll only be holding you back!" Harry protested.
"You let old Jack worry about that, savvy?" Jack adjusted Harry's grip so the wizard was now placing most of his weight on the pirate captain.
"No, Jack." Harry's voice was firm, "I'm here because I want to help. I'm not going to have my weakness bring about your third arrest. Or your death."
"Not to worry, love, I have a plan." Jack's slurred statement seemed to bring about more doubt over this so-called plan instead of assurance to his two comrades, who gave him looks of apprehension.
"Because your last few plans have worked out so well..." Harry muttered darkly. But his sentiment only produced laughter from the pirate captain.
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They had managed to reach the edge of the beach without being noticed, thanks largely to Harry's notice-me-not charm. Harry was beyond exhausted at this point and Jack was practically carrying him now.
"Are you going to tell me what your brilliant plan is now?" Harry demanded grumpily. They were standing hidden behind some shrubbery waiting for a few men to pass.
"Only if you'll tell me why the brat is following us... It's seriously starting to disturb me." Jack threw a glance over his shoulder at the whelp that had been following ten paces behind them since Jack had dissuaded his efforts in helping him support Harry.
"He's coming with us -er- you."
"What?!" Jack's face twisted into a priceless look of shock and surprise.
"Your crew-" "mutinous crew" "kidnapped the Swan-girl" Harry explained idly.
"What's that got to do with us?" Jack demanded, not seeing a connection.
"He's in love with her you dolt!" Harry hissed, "What do you expect him to do? Wait here and hope she survives you taking the ship back?!"
"It's not our problem!" Jack hissed back.
"Well I'm making it our problem!" Harry glared unblinkingly into Jack's eyes, which gazed back baffled. "Now, what is your plan?!" Jack muttered darkly to himself for a moment before reveling his masterful plan to Harry and Will.
"That's insane! There's no way that will work!" Will hissed in annoyance.
"Actually, I think it might..." Harry murmured, his mind racing over all of the probable outcomes.
"It will work, you'll be fine and dandy in the water all fishy-like, and me and the whelp can secure ourselves the purchase with the old switch-the-stick-for-the-rock." Jack stated proudly
"Switch-the-stick-for-the-rock? What the hell kind of name is that?" Will muttered incredulously.
"Then you don't have to come." Jack answered snootily, his mind idly reviewing the fact that pirates really weren't that cleaver when it came to naming things... But the whelp didn't have to know that!
"Jack"
"Yes, love?"
"Just put me in the damn water."
"Right."
Jack made sure the coast was clear, then scuttled as quick as a crab to the shore's depths. Carefully, Jack lowered Harry into the water, making sure his head staid above the lapping waves. "You alright?" Jack asked as Harry took a sharp intake of breath.
"Wonderful." Harry almost moaned as the sea's water eased his aches and pains. Looking up at the worried pirate, Harry smiled reassuringly. "Come here" Harry beckoned the pirate closer as if to whisper a secret. The moment Jack's face was close enough Harry raised his head up and closed the distance that remained between them with a soft kiss.
"Stay safe." Harry commanded, his breath coming out in soft pants that warmed the pirate captain's cheek.
"Who am I?" Jack asked mockingly as he pressed a scruffy kiss to Harry's forehead. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow."
Harry chucked softly and took one last kiss before he released his hold on the pirate captain's broad frame and sank into the sea.
Clearing his throat, Jack took a deep breath before heading back to the shore.
William's gaze never left the spot where Harry had disappeared. "Will she really be ok?"
Jack smiled at the 'she' part, "Of course she will be! Now lets go! We have a ship to commandeer and the British Royal Navy to humiliate! There's not a moment to lose!"
Will sighed as Jack swaggered over to the pile of boats that were laid out across the shore. Once again he looked over and the insane looking pirate captain and wondered what the hell he was doing.
"Oye! Whelp! Get over here! Unless you changed your mind about that bonny lass of yours!"
Will sighed one last time hoping with each exhalation of breath a new solution would present itself...
"Right then, I'm off!"
But it didn't.
Unable to avoid it any longer, Will hurried after the pirate who was attempting to manhandle one of the boats over his head while splashing along the water's shallows. Grabbing ahold of the side, Will shoved the boat the rest of the way over the captain.
Unfortunately for Jack, this unexpected assistance threw his balance off causing his to land on his ass, the boat flying over his head and landing with a /smack/ into the shallows, thoroughly drenching William in the process.
Jack opened his mouth to give the whelp a piece of his mind, only to be silenced by the faint sound of jogging soldiers heading their way. Leaping to his feet, Jack rushed to the next boat in line on the beach and lifted it enough to crawl underneath.
"IN!" He commanded and Will quickly scampered under.
Sliding under himself, Jack shushed the quite boy behind him before listening for the marching feet to pass. Jack held his breath, hoping they wouldn't notice the askew boat that was now probably submerged in the shallows.
/climp clomp/climp clop/
They had passed. Jack looked behind him and caught the whelp's face turn from anxious to a scowl. For a boy who hated piracy he seemed to be willing to do a lot of it. But the real question was whether Jack could count on the boy when they boarded the Dauntless.
"Last chance boy." Jack murmured "How far are you willing to go for this girl?"
"I would die for her!" The whelp hissed as if offended that Jack would question him, despite the fact that he really had been questioning his decision only moments before.
"Oh good, no worries then." Jack muttered with fake keenness while he preparing himself to stand. "Ready?" He got no response, which caused him to smirk. "Lets go then."
And with that, the boat rose and they marched into the ocean.
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End Chapter Nine