Pirates Tradition

Hi guys I'm sorry for how late this publishing is. I tried to publish on Friday but for some reason Fanfiction wouldn't let me then I was at a friend's aka no computer. We are nearing the end now. Anyway enjoy. I don't own POTC, although Scarlet is mine.

We were dragged onto the Pearl and then tied to the post. The pirate who's name I had learnt to be Pintel, from when Barbossa was telling him to tie us was pointing a gun at us, "If any of you as much as thinks the word 'parley,' I'll have your guts for garters."

"Par…" I began unable to resist the temptation. Pintel shot me a deadly look and I decided it would be best to be quiet.

I watched Barbossa playing with the medallion in his fingers, while watching the ship. Elizabeth ran towards the interceptor after escaping, the explosion hit with full force. The ship went up like a giant fire ball. So not only were we capture by Barbossa, who would probably want us all dead, but we were also now in serious trouble with the Navy for destroying on of their best ships, if not the best.

"Will," Elizabeth yelled out. I didn't notice that Will hadn't made it on here. Jack and I shared a look, this was not good.

"You've got to stop it! Stop it!" Elizabeth screamed hitting Barbossa on the chest.

"Welcome back, Miss. You took advantage of our hospitality last time. It holds fair now that you return the favour," Barbossa said pushing her towards his crew, who grabbed her a pulled at her as she screamed bloody murder.

Just then Will leaped on deck. It was a miracle that he was still alive, but at least that meant we had a chance to negotiate now, "Barbossa!" he said leaping up on deck.

"Will," the pirates stopped moving as Elizabeth whispered his name.

Will jumped off the rail and grabbed Jack's pistol and pointed it at Barbossa, "She goes free."

"What's in your head, boy?" Barbossa asked cruelly.

"She goes free!" Will repeated.

"You've only got one shot, and we can't die," Barbossa said quietly.

"No one ask to save me! Nope!" I complained to Pintel who was standing next to me. He nodded in agreement.

Will looked over at Jack who looked like he was praying, "Don't do anything stupid."

"You can't. I can," Will said pointing the gun back at himself and standing on the rail.

"Like that," Jack said softly. I shrunk down slightly.

"Who are you?" Barbossa said, I would have thought it would have been obvious by now but it seemed he still hadn't noticed that the boy in front of him name was Will!

"No one. He's no one. A distant cousin of my aunt's nephew twice removed. Lovely singing voice, though-eunuch," Jack said to Barbossa moving from his spot to in front of him.

"My name is Will Turner. My father was Bootstrap Bill Turner. His blood runs in my veins," Will yelled the gun still pointing at his neck. Jack moved back to his spot away from Barbossa's eye line.

"He's the spitting image of ol' Bootstrap Bill come back to haunt us," Ragetti, who I had also now learnt the name of, exclaimed.

"Funny how you notice that after he tells you his name, but not when you didn't actually know who he was," I muttered under my breath.

"On my word do as I say, or I'll pull this trigger and be lost to Davy Jones' Locker," Will said.

"Name your terms, Mr. Turner," Barbossa said, but the glint in his eye told us this was not going to go to plan.

"Elizabeth goes free," Will yelled immediately. Even I rolled my eyes, how could they still be blind of each other's love!

"Yes, we know that one. Anything else?" Barbossa signed.

Jack pointed at himself and me dramatically, "And Scarlet she goes free too! And the crew? The crew are not to be harmed."

"Agreed," Barbossa said immediately. I knew by the look in his eyes we were not getting away that easily.

I sat with Jack on a barrel waiting to see what Barbossa had planned for us.

"We can escape this. You have got out of bigger scraps before," I said jokey to him as I watched the relatively still waters looking for any sign of land around us.

"How do you know what I've escaped from?" Jack asked in a suspicious voice, I looked up and him next to me. He had always been tall for his age when we were younger. It didn't help that I was short for my age.

"Just because we haven't seen each other in so long doesn't mean I didn't hear rumours about you Sparrow," I said looking into his eyes.

"Yet you still never came to find me," Jack said sounding slightly put out.

"I couldn't," I admitted, my voice sounding as ashamed as I felt, "When I survived the hurricane I was pulled ashore. I didn't wake up for a few days and for some days after that I had to recover from what had happened, but when I did I was told something."

Flashback

I looked up at Tia, as the sun began to set on the horizon, my thoughts turned to Jack. I wondered if he actually had lived, if I could maybe find him again?

"You know everything don't you Tia?" I said softly as I turned to face the sun.

"I try my child," Tia answered turning her attention back at me.

I took a deep breath, trying to prepare myself for what I was about to say, "The boy, the one who I asked about when I just came out of unconsciousness. Do you know if he...does he, you know...?"

"Ye want to know if Jack Sparrow survived child?" Tia asked, guessing what I was trying to say.

I nodded not able to look at her. If she told me he was dead, how would I live with myself? If I had stayed then maybe we would be together, even if it was at Fiddler's green.

"He is alive," Tia said.

I turned and faced her, "Really?" I questioned, she nodded at me smiling. I let the tears run down my cheeks, and laughed gently, "Do you know where he is? If I can find him?"

"Ye will find him when he needs you most, child," Tia said sadly at me.

"How long?" I asked quietly, suddenly worried. What if I had to wait until I was practically dead? Would he still say he wanted me, the way he did back on his father's ship.

"A few years yet Child. Ye will be able to understand a lot more of the world by then. When ye meet him, it will be close to the end of the world."

End of Flashback

"So you see Jack I couldn't have come to see you before you needed me. Something would have gone wrong, I had to wait, but I've missed you ever day," I told him honestly resting my head against his shoulder.

"I have missed you too lass," Jack whispered gently in my ear.

I turned my head to face him. His lips were so close to mine, I could feel his breath on my mouth as I opened it nervously licking my lips for what was to come. He was only a few centimetres away now, so close.

"LAND PORTSIDE!"

Jack jumped away from me looking down nervously as if he was preparing himself for a slap. I turned away from him and looked out into the ocean, sure enough there was an island getting bigger with every moment.

"No," I heard Jack say behind me.

"What is it?" I said turning to face him and away from the island.

"That was the island they left me on last time," Jack muttered under his breath. I looked past him toward Barbossa who was smirking happily to himself. I swear one day I would kill that man!

"We'll find a way out," I told him firmly, even though I knew it wasn't gonna be easy.

I don't know why Elizabeth didn't get ropes around her wrists, but then she wasn't a pirate. They had used the 'Lady's first policy' and seen as I was less of a lady than Elizabeth, she was first up. Holding her red dress up to her knees as she edged slowly along the plank.

"Go on, Poppet, go! Walk the plank!" Pintel said, pointing his sword at her back, so she had to keep walking forward.

Will was brought to the front of the crowd, "Barbossa, you lying bastard! You swore she'd go free!"

"Don't dare impugn me honour, boy. I agreed she'd go free, but it was you who failed to specify when or where," Barbossa laughed as Will was gagged to stop further interruptions, Barbossa turned his attention back to Elizabeth, "Though it does seem a shame to lose something so fine, don't it lads?" the pirates around cheered, "So I'll be having that dress back before you go," the pirates around him laughed.

Jack who was standing next to me spoke to his capture, "I always liked you," I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him.

"It goes with your black heart," Elizabeth spat throwing the dress towards Barbossa.

Barbossa pressed it into his face, "Ooh, it's still warm."

"Says the pirate that can't feel anything," I muttered to the pirate who was next to me. He just grunted in return. One hell of a talker!

"Off you go! Come on!"

"Too long!" Bu'sun said shaking the plank at the end so that Elizabeth dramatically screamed and fell into the water. I burst out laughing until I realised it was my turn.

"I hope this is the last time I see you Bloody Scarlet," Barbossa said to me.

"Have you learnt nothing?! I'm Cap'n Bloody Scarlet. I don't die," I smiled and winked at Barbossa, before grabbing hold of the pirate's sword and gun from behind me, before kicking him into the crowd. I ran and dived over the railing landing in the water with a slightly splat. I burst out of the water and watched from below as Jack's pistol was thrown into the water, closely followed by Jack himself. I began to swim towards the island. Wonder how we would manage to escape this time.

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