Chapter Twelve

I am so over these intro things

I woke up on a black and white tailed floor, groggily glancing down to find that I was in a pink dress! With a tiara! And high heels! I stood up, still woozy from loss of breath, and instantly tore off the tiara. Throwing it to the ground and creating a loud crashing noise, along with shattering it into tiny pieces.

I slumped back to the floor, trying to make the world stop spinning. "Ah, you're awake!" Someone cried excitedly, I groaned in response. The world slowly became normal again, and remembering what happened, I jerked my head up to see the figure. It was Adam.

"B-bastard" I whispered standing up, less dizzy this time.

"I see you did not like your tiara, well, there's more where that came from" he said with a large grin, Adam was the Prince in England, but, England and Jamaica had recently become allies, hence why he is always seen on a Jamaican ship.

"Stop this insanity" I said, my head began to pound at this point. I was not fond of headaches.

"Stop it? You started it, darling, you are the one who knows how to stop it" he said looking straight into my eyes and not shying away.

"Yeah and that's..." I trailed off reaching for my sword...but it wasn't there. "What?" I asked, remembering that I was now in a dress.

"Oh, yes, your sword was lost and so was you hat aboard the Black Pearl" he said "you were drenched in water so we took the liberty of saving your old dress for you" he added with a sly grin.

"We?"

"Yes, your parents are here also" he said with a smile, taking a step towards me.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I yelled, my back touching the wall.

"Doing what?" he asked calmly, coming forwards and grasping my arms with a gentle tightness I always associated with lovers.

"I try to go live a happy, adventurous, wonderful life and then you and your men come racing to take me back to the hell I was trying to escape!" I explained in composed anger, glaring into Adam's eyes.

"Escape?" he asked in surprise "why, this is the best life a woman could ever ask for!" he yelled, his grip on my arms tightening, he pulled me closer to him, his breath stunk of a fancy liquor.

"Well, let another woman take it." I growled. I was ready to blow up.

"What is all that yelling?" My mother yelled walking in to the room.

"Well I thought she would be a good present" Adam said, turning me towards my mother and wrapping his left arm around my waist.

"Brittney!" My mother screeched, running to me and throwing her arms around me.

"Let go of me you old hag!" I yelled and forced her off of me.

"You did this? You brought my daughter back?" My mother asked looking to Adam with tears of joy in her eyes.

"Yes, yes I did" he replied with a confident smile, puffing out his chest a bit.

"oh, so...you still want to be a pirate?" My mother asked, addressing me.

"of course...and I want to get out of this damned dress" I growled, Adam's grip on my waist never faltered.

"What is with all that yelling?" My father screamed from the other room. He came through a big, red velvet curtain separating the two rooms. "Oh, Brittney, sweetie" he said with a smile and hope gleaming in his eyes.

"It's not me...he captured me...I don't want to be here" I said quickly, ready to pull Adam's head from his shoulders. I broke away from Adam's grip and backed away from everyone.

"Sorry, my love...you're stuck" Adam said sweetly, smiling and advancing upon me.

"You know something Adam? Pirates...are never stuck" I said, imitating Jack. "Especially me" I added and punched Adam in the nose, then ran like hell. I tore my dress and quickly threw it off. Underneath there was a slim, white dress that came down to my knees, thankfully, I could run better in it.

Guards quickly had me cornered. My father's troops to the left and my mother's to the right. And a window leading to the town straight ahead. I quickly jumped through the window and flew down a clothesline (using my torn dress to repel me down). I landed on a ledge of a building and started climbing up the bricks.

When I made it to the top Adam was already there. "Somehow I can plot pirate's moves" he said smoothly then spit on the building.

"How'd that taste coming from your mouth?" I asked with a smile, still huffing.

"Like vinegar" he answered and I stood up straighter to face him whilst the wind slowly whirled around us, blowing my hair around; Adam took out a sword. It looked similar to mine when it was silver. "Now, I am willing to...forgive your rash, childish actions. Your parents informed me that you were a very adventurous child, but, now you are a woman and you have a future to consider. I would very much like to marry you and make you, for the time being, Duchess of England.

Of course, when my mum dies you will be crowned Queen and I, King." He paused and sighed "we will be married, Brittney, whether you like it or not."

I shook my head and stepped forwards to stairs that lead to the ground, on the other side, but Adam blocked it with his sword. "Yes, we will, it will be the most beautiful ceremony, and you will be the most beautiful bride. Of course, neither of us will sleep that night" he said smirking to me, then he launched his sword up and over my head. I raised my hands to protect myself and looked down at the building's roof. Soon, I felt a shockwave of pain flow through my arm and into the rest of my body, I glanced at my arm to see that there was only a scratch.

"H-how?" Adam asked in disbelief, stumbling backwards, sword still in hand.

"Oh, did I forget to tell you something, darling?" I asked with a giggle and I showed him the 'P' mark on my wrist.

"Pirate Lord" he said, he was shocked, but only for a moment, he ran at me, attempting to apprehend me. But, when his arms yanked mine behind my back and he placed himself behind me, I brought my left foot up as fast as I could, hearing Adam groan and double over, I elbowed him in the face, broke free and ran away as fast as I could. (Ladies, when in doubt, let him think he has the upper hand, then, kick him where it counts!) All of a sudden, as I ran down the beach, I saw the Black Pearl sailing smoothly on the waves, so close, yet so far! "Jack!"

I cried but the legendary captain couldn't hear me. I mumbled curses to myself and kept running. I screamed Jack's name a few good times before he turned to find me flailing on the beach, I stopped for but a second, and in that second Adam caught up to me. He tackled me and forced me on to the ground, sand flew into my mouth and on to my face; Adam pinned my arms to the beach with his hands and held my legs down with his knees. We just breathed for a moment.

Then, Adam's eyes squeezed shut and he gritted his teeth, my brows furrowed until I saw my sword sticking out of Adam's back.

I didn't ever think I had ever been so relieved.

Adam rolled off of me and my sword dislodged itself from his back. I stood with my sword in hand as a crowd gathered a ways away, I glanced down to Adam and sighed "I don't want you to die...I just want you to leave me alone...please." I whispered to him, he pushed himself up as I was walking into the ocean. Where the crew of the Black Pearl untied a dingy and were now patling to me. I stopped and turned to the dying man.

"I'm going to find you again, Brittney, and when I do...you'll be mine...mine..." He whispered, letting go of my ankle as doctors rushed to his aid, carrying him off of the beach and into a carriage that was destined for the Crown Hospital. I knew Adam was going to live, he was a stubborn man, and he would do everything to fulfill that promise.

Chapter Thirteen

Sorry if I'm all giggly im just...in love...

The first person I ran to when I got back on the ship was Jack. "Brittney!" he cried hugging me, then he let go of me "where'd ya get the dress and where can you get more?" I giggled. I still had the slim, not-so-white dress on.

Kayla came over to me whilst Jack and I were talking. "Having fun?" she asked, I just smiled and nodded. "Glad you're back" she added tearing me away from Jack and into a hug of her own.

"Alrighty, mates, we have to get back on track for Mermaid Waters, ya see, Miss. Turner has to finish her trials" Barbossa said, addressing the entirety of the crew.

"Aye, aye captain" Jack yelled "but I have the bigger telescope" he added and showed Barbossa a two foot long, black telescope.

"Alright, Jack...since you have the bigger telescope why don't you man our course?" Barbossa asked knowing Jack would either get nervous or decline.

"Well, um...I"

"Jack" I said "We really need you to" I added, he nodded like a love sick puppy and ran up to the bow, opened the telescope and started looking out to the ocean, on my orders! We all stared for a moment.

"Aren't we sailing to Mermaid Waters?" He asked, we all nodded and moments later there were deckhands everywhere. Because we had double the crew it was more likely for them to bump into each other and hurt something or someone. I tried looking for Brandy and Charlotte but Kayla just told me to stop (Brandy had been spending time with Charlotte since her incident). I didn't think that it was very fair, for what Charlotte did, I mean, I know what I did was not very...right, but it was an accident.

A happy, wonderful accident.

And now Charlotte wants me and Jack to hate each other for her happiness and my misery? That's not going to happen. Not unless hell freezes over and Davey Jones is in it. I sat at the dinner table with Kayla for a long while, without speaking. "So, um, what happened on the boat while I was gone?"

I asked after what seemed like days of silence. "Chaos" Kayla replied with a laugh "a ship needs her captain" Kayla said smiling at me and patting my knee.

"I can't believe it" I said after a long pause.

"That your a pirate lord?" Kayla asked, taking a sip of rum.

"No, that I still have this wet dress on" I said, laughing and getting up from my chair, continuing to laugh.

"I know why" Kayla said "because Jack likes it" she said with a sly smile and while I was walking out I murmured.

"Maybe"

I was putting on my shirt when I heard the door open to the Captain's Quarters. I was in the closet room which was very big, changeing into my clothing. The doorknob twisted "Alright, who's in there?" Jack asked, a hint of jollity in his voice.

"Um, Jack I'm changing" I said, pulling on trousers.

"So, why can't I come in?" he asked softly and sensually. I banged on the door where his head was.

"You and Kayla, I sware" I mumbled "what do you need?" I asked, tying my corset tighter.

"My hat"

"No hat here" I said after a few moments of combing the closet.

"Damned monkey" he grumped before walking away and shutting the door. I quickly threw on my boots and hat, I don't want an encounter with Jack when he was angry. I walked out of the quarters to find Jack chasing after Barbossa's monkey for his hat. I giggled and whispered to my sword; it flew out of my hand and pinned his hat against the wall. Jack looked up to see me smiling "yeah I was just about to do that" he said and walked over to the sword, yanking it out of the wall and placing his had back upon his head.

"Alright then, back to work I go" he said flashing a smile to me, grabbing the huge telescope and getting back to watching the sparkling ocean. I walked over to Kayla who was looking out at the sea from the starboard side.

"Its beautiful, ya know?" she asked as we watched the water shine and glimmer, I grunted in reply. It was almost too beautiful for words. Someone stepped up on the other side of me, Brandy. "Well, she's still crying her eyes out, but, not as much red eye as yesterday" she said then she glanced over to me.

"She hopes that you'll die on the trails" Brandy added, turning back to the ocean.

"I know, word spreads like the plague on this boat" I growled, then paused. "Well, when we get to the nearest port, she's coming off the ship" I added still marveling at the water. "Tell her if she doesn't come out and start acting like a crew member aboard this ship I'll throw her over board and leave her to the mermaids" I finished to Brandy, smiling, Brandy walked away with a little more skip in her step.

"Wow" Kayla mouthed.

" A captain's got to do what a captain's got to do...and this is starting to get on my nerves...now I don't care if she hates me forever or wishes my death, but, when she is aboard this ship and isn't the captain, she needs to get her ass out here and work like the others" I growled, now over at Kayla.

"Wow!" she said even higher tone "you are a natural born captain" she smiled, patted my back, and left me to my thoughts.