Sorry it's taken a while for me to update. I've been on a Star Wars Knights of the old Republic 2 fanfic kick lately, ever since I started playing it again xD I'm rather obsessed with Atton now and I have been neglecting my POTC duties. Again sorry x3 but fear not, i'm done with the game and there's a limited amount of KOTR II stories out there xD
Thanks to my reviewers: Ectofralamazoo, CJS, Jack's True Love(Thanks Britt x3), xxJE4everxx, Tears-and-Tragedies and beautiful-mistakez
From atop the rigging Lily watched below as Jack and Barbossa argued over position. It was funny but rather tiresome to watch. With a lazy eye she watched Will talk to Elizabeth, who was looking more depressed then before now that Jack wasn't talking to her, even though he was back. The fact that Elizabeth had killed her brother made Lily angry at Elizabeth but then what would she have done? Would she have done anything different had it been her and Will as the last two?
Looking away from them she almost fell out of the rigging in shock when she saw ghostly beings swimming around the ship. Twitching slightly she climbed down and walked over to Tia Dalma, who was scolding Pintel and Ragetti.
"They should be in de care of Davy Jones. Dat was de duty in which charged with, by the goddess Calypso. To ferry does who die at sea to de other side." Tia Dalma choked out. Lily looked down away sheepishly. She knew what Tia Dalma was talking about, she had learned about it years ago. She felt Tia Dalma's gaze penetrating her back as she spoke, "And every ten years him could come ashore, to be with she who love him. Truly. But the man has become a monster."
"So he wasn't always...tentacely?" Ragetti asked, making a strange motion with his hand.
"No, him was a man...once."
Looking back to the ocean, Lily saw lights heading their way. She took her hat off and watched in silence as dead souls drifted by in their longboats, men, women and children. Lily felt extreme pity toward them. Davy Jones wasn't going to help them to the other side, so they'd be wandering the oceans forever. It was a horrible fate to have thrust upon you.
A certain boat caught her eye, as it did everyone else's. She was shocked to see Governor Swann sitting in it, gazing ahead. Elizabeth, who was beside her, gasped when she saw him."It's my father, we've made it back! Father! Father look here!" Elizabeth grinned, looking happier then she had in days. A horrible feeling crept up in Lily's stomach when Governor Swann didn't even hear Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth, we're not back." Jack said from Elizabeth's other side. He looked at her pityingly and made to grab her hand but she spun back around and started shouting at her father. Governor Swann seemed to perk up and then looked over in surprise.
"Elizabeth? Are you dead?" He shouted.
"No!"
"I think I am, there was this chest you see. At the time it seemed so important."
Lily frowned and thought of Beckett, anger crept up on her. Beckett obviously had Governor Swann killed. It was sickening to think that she was once friends with the man, until he betrayed her and Jack. Turning her attention back to the current matter she saw Elizabeth toss a rope to her father, but he didn't take it. All he did was look at her. The last look a father gives his daughter.
"I'm so proud of you Elizabeth."
Elizabeth ran to keep up with her father and kept screaming at him to take the line but the rope just fell out of the boat. Lily ran along with her, keeping her from jumping off the ship.
"She must not leave the ship!" She heard Tia Dalma shout. Everyone came running toward them but Lily kept a tight hold on Elizabeth, allowing her to cry on Lily's shoulder. Will looked to Tia Dalma and asked if they could do anything about Liz's father but Tia Dalma just shook her head. "Him at peace."
Lily walked Elizabeth down to the captain's cabin, past Jack who was rooted to the spot, and sat her down on Jack's bed. "I'm sorry 'bout your dad Lizzie." She whispered, patting Elizabeth on the back comfortingly. "I know how it feels to lose your dad, lost mine when I was little." She didn't get much in the way of response. Sniffles and sobs were all that Elizabeth could do at the moment and Lily knew that would be the case for a while.
"I-I had no choice." Elizabeth hiccuped softly. "I wanted to live, I wanted everyone else to live."
Lily didn't reply, instead she kept patting Elizabeth on the back. After a while Elizabeth cried herself to sleep so Lily tucked her into Jack's bed and sat next to her, on a chair. Contemplating what Elizabeth had said she didn't hear the door open behind her.
"I forgive you Liz. Fact is I would've done the same thing were our positions switched." She whispered. "Sometimes when our desire to live, or our greed, overcomes our desires for other people, we do things we regret later on in life."
"Ah yes and we all know how tha' ended up." A voice from behind her chuckled. Lily jumped, looked behind her and frowned when she saw Barbossa. He was leaned up against the wall, eating an apple naturally. As if the cabin belonged to him.
"What do you know about it?" She snarled.
"Easy there miss, wouldn't want that pretty face stuck that way." Tossing the apple aside Barbossa chuckled and walked out. Lily swore he got pleasure from annoying her. A noise from Elizabeth broke her out of her thoughts of murdering Barbossa. With a sharp glance down she saw Elizabeth's eyes flutter, giving away the fact that she wasn't really asleep.
"Mornin' Lizzie."
Opening her eyes fully, Lily noticed they were still red and puffy, Elizabeth rolled over onto her side, facing Lily, then spoke. "What did Barbossa mean?"
"It's nothing." Lily avoided Elizabeth's eyes and stared at a spot on the wall behind her. Suddenly two eyes were staring back at her, Davy Jones's eyes, leering at her. As if mocking her. With a shriek Lily fell back-wards out of her chair in shock, making Elizabeth shriek as well. When Lily looked again the eyes were gone, with no evidence that they had ever been there.
"What is it?" She heard Elizabeth ask but her mind drew a blank. She wanted to admit she imagined it but a nagging voice in the back of her head kept telling her he was there, checking up on his prey. A shudder ran down her spine then she turned her attention back to Elizabeth, who was looking at her with a mixed look of fear and hesitation.
"Nothin' to worry about Lizzie. Thought I saw something. Anyway you wanted to know what dear ol' Hector was talking about aye?" A slow nod confirmed it so she continued. "It was a long time ago, when I was a kid. My family, mainly my mother, used to be very social. We'd go to the grandest parties and eat at glorious houses every night we could, I hated it all.
"Eventually my mother introduced us to the Beckett family. My dad had known them through his dealings and was hesitant to meet them but surprisingly they were very gracious and made us feel at home. Cutler Beckett was my age, younger then Jack, but we didn't hit it off strait away. I thought he was a spoiled rich boy and he thought I was a scoundrel's offspring. Strong words for six year olds.
"We continued to despise each other as only children could for about a year. By the time he was nine however he wanted to find out what being a pirate was like. I took him on as my pupil in crime, since Jack said he was to old to teach some 'pompous midget', and he ended up being pretty good in the ways of the pirate. I began to like him a bit more each day that I taught him until I stopped teaching him when we turned ten.
"One day we were stealing a necklace from the local jewelers when we both got greedy. We wanted more but we wanted the other to have less. We didn't say anything but we could both tell what the other was thinking. After a week of more sharing I got tired of him, so I decided to cook up a plan to get him caught. When he left to go steal some more loot I told the local authorities what he was planning, making myself look like some innocent that had overheard him planning it, and he got caught. As the authorities passed by, with him in tow, he looked at me with cold eyes and I said, 'Nothing personal Cutler, just good business.'
"Then my father died the next year and my mother deserted us. After a few years of being pirates Jack and I decided to go back and visit Cutler, see what he was up to. He was less then happy to see us, considering we were wanted by then, but he allowed us to stay. I saw a look of greed in his eyes as he looked at us though, it was something I didn't like. We were almost adults by then, about seventeen, and he was just into the Navy which was a shock to me but I didn't expect anything more of him.
"We stayed with him for a few weeks but nothing happened. I expected the Navy to barge in at any time, being so close to the Naval base, but no one ever bothered us. Until the day Jack and I were going to leave. We had gone to the docks to load the ship with the various things we managed to steal from around town, when Cutler wasn't looking of course, when the Navy came swarming off the Pearl and surrounded us.
"We heard Cutler yelling from a little ways off and thought we were in the clear but it turned out he was yelling at the Navy men for not cuffing us as soon as they captured us. It was a cold knife to the heart when he turned to me and said, 'Nothing personal Sparrow. Just good business.' After a while of being in jail Cutler came to visit us.
"Turns out it was time for us to get our marks. He had his assistant put the P on Jack first then he did my arm personally. The whole time I was glaring at him, wishing for his instant death and hoping that justice would catch up with him. He claimed he opposed pirates because we were despicable but I told him he'd done more horrible things then we ever would." With a sigh she ended her story. She glanced at Elizabeth and wasn't surprised to see her asleep, many a person would fall asleep while she was talking. Slightly tired herself she placed the blanket over Elizabeth and made her way out of the cabin, just as Jack was coming in.
He looked at his bed, with Elizabeth in it, and sighed, much the same way she had sighed. She decided to call it the Sparrow sigh.
"What is she doin' in me bed?" Jack huffed. Lily just rolled her eyes and walked up to the mast. She heard Jack shut the cabin door and grinned softly.
With a frown Jack walked over to his bed, watching Elizabeth sleep. She looked alluring while asleep, and much less like a murderess. Shaking his head he sat in Lily's seat and decided to wait until Elizabeth woke up before shooing her out of his bed. With all she'd done to him he thought she deserved to sleep at least, after seeing her father dead. He knew the feeling of losing a loved one and he pitied her.
"Jack."
He looked over at Elizabeth alarmingly but found she was still asleep. She was mumbling incoherent things in her sleep but he caught words such as Jack and Forgive. Slightly petered but never the less stubborn he refused to let her get to him. It was a pitiful whimper from her that suddenly made him sit on his bed and stroke her hair. He didn't know why he was doing it but he didn't feel like stopping.
As if she could feel Jack's presence, she stopped whimpering and started smiling slightly in her sleep. Then he saw her frown again and flutter her eyes. With a yelp he jumped away from her and tried to make himself look scarce. When she opened her eyes Elizabeth was surprised to see Jack standing in front of her with his hands in front of him, as if he was in trouble for something, looking positively frightened.
"Jack? What are you doing in here?" She whispered.
That seemed to snap Jack out of whatever mood he was in. He pursed his lips and sat down. "If ye didn't notice luv this is my cabin. And you currently seem to be occupying me bed. I have every right to be here."
A blush crept up Elizabeth's face when she realized he was telling the truth. Her gaze dropped to the floor and she mumbled an apology, then got up to leave but a hand on her shoulder stopped her from even getting up. She didn't want to look up at him but she felt two fingers under her chin, pushing her face up to meet his. As soon as her eyes met his images of her betrayal flooded her mind, making tears gather.
Jack noticed them but didn't do anything about it. He did sit next to her again and wrap an arm around her shoulder. "Luv...I understand why ye did what ye did. I told ye a long time ago that I admire a person who's willing to do whatever it takes." He saw her hopeful look and smirked. "Doesn't mean I forgive ye yet."
Seeing her face fall the way it did was too much for Jack. He gather her face in his hands and kissed her softly but firmly. He felt her hesitate but she melted into the kiss as his hands dropped from her face to her waist. She wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. Gently he broke away from her, leaned over to her ear and whispered, "But i'm starting for forgive ye."
"Lily?"
A voice floated through Lily's mind but she ignored said voice and rolled over on her side, attempting to get away from whoever was currently poking her. Growling softly she opened an eye and didn't see anyone, then realized whoever was still poking her was behind her. Taking a quick glance at the person she groaned when she saw Will. As much as she loved him she desperately wanted sleep.
"Yes Will?"
"Jack said it's time to wake up. He needs your help with charts." With extreme reluctance Lily sat up, grumbling the whole way about pushing Jack into the ocean for the kraken to eat him again. Will chuckled, kissed her softly then climbed down before her. Once on deck Lily found her brother hunched over the charts, grumbling in the same way she just was.
"You wanted me?" She huffed, sitting next to him. He didn't even acknowledge her but instead he shuffled the charts. Annoyed and tired she twitched and poked him in the shoulder. That seemed to break his concentration, as he looked up at her and frowned. "Ye alright Lil? Ye look tired."
Will, who was on the other side of the ship, chuckled again when he heard, "OF COURSE I'M TIRED YOU BLOODY IDIOT! AND YOU HAD TO WAKE ME UP, FOR THIS?!" It never ceased to amuse him when Lily got angry, she never got angry at anyone but Jack and Barbossa though. Which made it even more funny when she exploded. He felt someone next to him and was surprised to see Tia Dalma.
"I fear that if we do not get out of escape dese dull drums, den we will be forced to spend all of eternity 'ere." She muttered. Lily, in all her annoyance, joined her and Will at the railing and scowled at the setting sun. She certainly didn't want to spend all of eternity in this horrid place, no matter if there was ocean or not.
"Why doesn't he do anything?" Will asked. Lily looked at where he was gesturing and found he was talking about Barbossa. "It's driving him mad, he doesn't know any more then we do." Lily replied absently. Will looked at her surprised but she just shrugged, "I do know a thing or two about Barbossa, no matter how insane he is." That drew a chuckle from Tia Dalma and a scowl from Barbossa, who apparently heard them.
"Watch it Miss." He warned scathingly.
"I have a name ye know, use it sometime." She bit back. Following Will she walked along the ship with him and Gibbs, listening partially to what they were saying and partially listened to what Jack was saying. Something about being immortal was what she heard. She rolled her eyes and noticed Elizabeth sitting on the stairs, staring at her hands.
"Ello Lizzie, feeling any better?" She asked while sitting next to her.
"I just lost my father, would you be?" Elizabeth snapped. Lily didn't flinch, instead she smirked. There was the old Elizabeth, the one they all needed back. "As a matter of fact I have lost me father. So aye in fact I know how ye feel and in fact I did eventually get over it. Ye will too, in time."
"Thank you for your sympathy, it helps." Sarcasm dripped from every word Elizabeth drew out and Lily's smirk grew bigger. She'd coax out the old Elizabeth in time. Giving a small bow she hopped up from the stairs and walked lazily over to the mast to lean against it. Stretching slightly she jumped when she heard Jack yell and run to a side of the ship, shouting that something was there.
She ran over, looked but saw nothing, then turned to Jack in confusion but he was already running to the other side of the ship. She ran after him and got even more confused when he ran back to his original spot. Growling in annoyance she stopped in the middle and watched everyone run every which way until she realized they were rocking the ship.
"He's onto it." She heard Barbossa exclaim. A dawning realization of what Jack was trying to accomplish hit her suddenly, so she started running along with everyone. The floor below her creaked and rocked every way while she ran but she ignored it and kept her balance, a feat not easily done. Soon the Pearl was rocking violently until everyone had to grab onto the railing to keep their balance.
The Pearl gave one final rock then started falling into the water. Lily clung onto the rail, squished in between Tia Dalma and Barbossa, for dear life while her beloved ship dipped into the ocean, up side down. Water surged through her body until all she saw, all she felt, was the cold ocean swirling around her. She saw Will lose his grip and start to fall but was to far away to do anything.
A loud noise alerted her to the deep abyss below, it seemed it wasn't staying deep for very long. She saw everything go black, a slight tinge of green in the distance, then the ocean started bubbling below her. Relief swept over her as the ocean passed above her, which was actually below her she supposed, and she fell to the deck hard. Thumps all around her calmed her that everyone made it. Looking around frantically until she spotted Will then ran up and hugged him.
With a grin she released him and looked out to the distance, where the sun was rising. Her joy was short lived as she heard a pistol click behind her. Spinning around she saw Barbossa pointing a pistol at Jack, who had pulled out his pistol at Barbossa. Elizabeth, Will and Lily followed suit but Jack pulled out another pistol and aimed it at Will. Will pulled his other one out and pointed it back at Jack, then Elizabeth pulled hers out and pointed it toward Will making Lily pull her other one out and point it at Elizabeth. It was quite confusing.
Glaring at all three of her comrades she lowered her pistols slowly when everyone started chuckling and lowering theirs. Unfortunately the good mood didn't last as everyone pulled their pistols up again.
"The Brethren Court is gatherin' and we're goin', they'll be no arguing that point." Barbossa snapped at Jack.
"I is arguing the point. If there's pirates gathering, i'm pointing my ship the other direction." Jack replied airily. Elizabeth glared at him and pointed both her pistols at Jack, which made Lily take her other pistol off of Barbossa and onto Elizabeth.
"The pirates are gathering to fight Beckett and you're a pirate." Elizabeth snarled.
"Eventually they'll hunt us down one by one until they'll be none left but you." Barbossa added haughtily.
"And that's a problem because?" Lily retorted. "I kinda like the sound of that, Captain Jack and Lily Sparrow, the last pirates."
Barbossa turned his gaze to Lily and took a step toward her, causing Jack to pull one of his pistols away from Elizabeth and back onto Barbossa. "And you two'll be fighting Jones on your own, how does that figure into your plans?"
"Still working on that." Lily snarled in reply. Everyone saw the angry tint in her eyes as Barbossa took another step forward. She raised both her pistols up to Barbossa and curled her lip. "But I won't be going back to the locker, count on that." She pulled the triggers but to her immense displeasure nothing happened, her pistols just clicked and sprouted water. With a glare at Barbossa she stalked off to her cabin, ignoring everyone who was gathering on around the charts.
Inside her cabin Lily let out a snarl and punched the wall, sending pain shooting up her arm but it left a slight hole in the wall. Feeling satisfied with her anger she wondered briefly about what got her so angry. Barbossa was coming at her they way he did all those years ago and she was not going to stand for it again, not while she wasn't defenseless like last time.
For a moment she tried to reason that he wouldn't do that again but then she remembered something Jack had told her, a sword is a sword. No matter how you fashion it, it still hurts. She flopped eagle spread on her bed and stared at the ceiling for a while, she didn't know how much time had past but eventually a knock came on the door.
"Come in."
The absolute last person she ever wanted to see strolled in with his stupid monkey, with a smirk on his face and another apple in his hands. She growled but didn't say anything, he wasn't worth it she reasoned.
"Just came in to check on ye, ye ran off pretty quickly earlier." She turned away from him and heard him sit in a chair. Ignore him, he'll leave eventually if you just ignore him. Was what she told herself but it wasn't working. He wasn't leaving, no matter how cold a shoulder she was giving him. "What do ye want?" She sighed resignedly, still not turning to look at him.
"I told ye, i'm checking up on ye." He chuckled. Jack the monkey hopped over to her and poked her in the shoulder, earning it was swat and a growl. She finally turned around and glared at Barbossa until he rolled his eyes and stood up. He began walking toward her, which caused her to fidget and scuttle backward, then he stopped and frowned at her. "Ye're afraid of me aye? Think i'll do to ye what I did to ye back then."
"I am not afraid of you!" She shouted. Deep in her mind she knew he was right but she'd drop dead before she admitted it to him. He seemed unfazed by her shouting though, just looked at her with the same frown.
"I know I don't look it but I have changed, if only a little." He said with an edge to his voice. "Death has a way of shuffling a man's priorities." And with that he snapped his fingers at Jack and left, leaving Lily fuming.
'How dare he! He'll never change, a sword is a sword.'
Ever notice that my chapters usually end in a thought of Lily's? xD I just noticed that believe it or not.
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