Hello! Here is chapter 10, see, this is what happens when I'm off school ill! I update like every day!

Ok, a few things need to be read here so DONT IGNORE

This fic is rated T and I have stuck to the guidelines, I researched the heck out of what i could put in this fic so this should be fine.

There is Violence/Romance in this, but the violence sticks in with what they would show you in the films and the romancey stuff I am referring to is about a sentence.

It's all age appropriate.

Anyhoo, Enjoy! and forgive the mistakes, Ill.

Scarlett skipped along the white sand of the island, holding multiple bottles of rum, the brown liquid sloshing and splattering about in its glass chamber. She put the bottles into the sand, and walked into the palm trees to find some wood or leaves to pull off and burn. The three all collected fodder until Jack lit the fire with sparks from stones, and the great fire grew. Throughout the night, all the bottles of rum seemed to be finished within seconds, whether it was the lack of water or intuitions that allowed them to do so. Scarlett, Elizabeth and Jack all sang and jumped around the fire, singing pirate shanties and laughing manically at every little thing.

'Yo-Ho' sang Elizabeth

'Yo-Ho' sang Scarlett

'A Pirate's life for me' sang Jack, whilst tripping over a stone in the ground and stumbling back to his feet. 'Oh, I love this song!' shouted Jack; he sounded like he was in pure ecstasy, or drunk. 'I'm going to teach it to the crew, and we'll sing it all day long!'

'Then you will be the most fearsome pirates in the Spanish Main' said Elizabeth, Scarlett liked the drunken Elizabeth better than the sober.

'Not just the Spanish Main, the entire ocean, the world' said Jack. 'Wherever we want to go, we'll go'

Scarlett then joined in and said, 'That's what a ship is, you know. It's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails that's what a ship needs'

Jack continued, 'But what a ship is...what the Black Pearl really is...is freedom'

'A freedom we must toast to! And keep running and running till we go over the horizon!' shouted Scarlett, jumping up and running around the bonfire, both Elizabeth and Jack in tandem. All three kept running around the campfire, and chugging their rum, until one stopped and stumbled back. The world was spinning, and black dots appearing in front of her eyes, she then passed out on the floor.

'Guess the Princess can't handle her drink' said Scarlett, looking down on the passed out Elizabeth, clearly the victim of too much alcohol.

Jack flung his arms around Scarlett and said 'Let's give her some privacy, or let's get us some privacy. I can't remember which way around it is…' Scarlett laughed at Jack, he wasn't even very drunk, but she supposed the mix of the heat, exhaustion and rum was going to his head. They held onto each other's waists and attempted to walk through the island trees to the spot they were at earlier that day. They lay down on the sand and embraced one another, the moon beaming down on them as if it were heaven's light, the stars acting as tiny candles in the sky, it was truly a peaceful scene.

'I don't deserve you' sighed Scarlett.

Jack deeply exhaled and said 'You deserve everything in the world' Scarlett opened her mouth to contest him but then he put a finger on her lips and said 'And nothing, will change that'

Scarlett rolled over in his arms so she was facing him, their faces inches apart, 'What about my past? All you don't know'

Jack moved his head forward so it touched her forehead and they stared in each other's eyes, 'I do know you'll tell me in time, but let's just live in the present, the current, now' They moved forward so that their lips touched, the air filled with lust and love, the rum inducing feelings neither felt earlier in the day. Jack rolled both of them, so that Scarlett was on her back and Jack above her, their lips still locked in a passionate battle.

Jacks hands began to wander under her back to open the knot, tracing the scars and looking into Scarlett's eyes. 'I want this' said Scarlett, her voice barely above a whisper, and they consummated their love.

Later in the night, the two lay on the sand, basking in the new feelings of love that neither had experienced before. 'Scarlett?' asked Jack

'Yes?' answered Scarlett, her emerald eyes glowing in the moonlight.

Jack swallowed, unsure of what he was about to say, it felt so right, but wrong for his reputation. However, he decided he needed to say it, 'I- I lov-'

Scarlett jumped and cut him off, holding a hand over his mouth, 'No don't say it, not until you know' she removed her hand.

'I know what?'

'What happened on the Pearl'

'You don't have to tell me, it could ruin the moment'

'No, I have to, otherwise the guilt would destroy me'

'Alright, tell me' said Jack sitting up

Scarlett joined him and stared out to sea, whilst she started her tale. 'Well, it started when I was working in the cabin; the meals had just been prepared and given to the crew. They ate together, and I joined them. Soon after the meal was finished, Barbossa stood up and got the men's attention. He explained that you were too tame to be a pirate captain, that you were leading us on soft adventures. The men all cheered and agreed, whilst Barbossa continued devising a plan to mutiny you. I didn't say anything, I mean; you can't really disagree with the man who raised you. He saved me when I ran away; he was the one who stowed me away on board the Wicked Wench, so I just sat there and listened. They planned to convince you to journey to the Isla De Muerta, where the cursed treasure of Cortes lay, but a few days into the journey, Barbossa would make you give up the location and therefore allowing the mutiny to take place. So, as you know, they marooned you on the island. I was pretty shook up by the mutiny, I was racked with guilt, so I went to see Barbossa and he told me that you hated me, that you were counting the days till you could find a reason to throw me overboard. I believed him' Scarlett looked down at her hands.

'Why?' asked Jack

She turned her head to Jack, a stray tear crawling down her face. 'Because, why would you have thought any different? I was a scrawny Cabin Girl, nothing like the women you courted in the ports. But anyway, we travelled to the island, and I had convinced myself that I was going to have a better life without you, we got into the boats and rowed to the island. I could see the gold glittering in the water, but your face kept flashing in my mind and eventually the guilt over rid me. I said I couldn't stay on the island, so without touching any treasure, I got back in the boat with bootstrap who also disagreed with your mutiny. When we returned to the ship, we talked about how wrong the mutiny was, and I planned to confront Barbossa again, but when he returned from the island, he was a different man. As both Bootstrap and I argued with him about returning to the island, he decided we would both be punished for disobeying the captain. Bootstrap got the worst deal, they strapped him to a cannon and pushed it overboard, last thing I saw of him was the bubbles of air flooding from his lungs. When the crew turned to Barbossa asking what was to become of me, he seemed reluctant to kill me; we still had a bond from when he raised me. So, I was flogged'

'Only flogged? How did it leave those scars?'

'The crew weaved fish-hooks into the ropes… it tore through my skin so deep it left those scars. It was the most pain I'd ever experienced in my life. But that wasn't the end of it'

'Only the most psychotic pirates do that, rare anyone has to get flogged with hooks. What else did they do to you?'

'After they had finished the flogging, I had deep open wounds, blood stained my back and they were about to put salt on the wounds, it would stop infection but sting like mad. However, Bo'Sun had a better idea. They tied me to the front of the ship, where the maiden carving would be, so that salt water would be thrown on me with every wave. I was there for the whole journey back to Tortuga, where they left me hanging; I thought I was going to die until someone cut me down. He took me to a medicine woman in Tortuga who sealed up the wounds, he stayed by my side until I was stable, he then proposed I should run away from the Pearl, and go on his father's ship, where we could sail over the horizons. So, we gathered a crew of gentle sailors, who had been wronged by their own crew and the man who rescued me, Mr Bailey, became the first mate and I the captain. The first thing we did was sail here, but I couldn't find you anywhere'

'You allowed them to do that to you, just in hope of saving me from the island?' asked Jack in surprise

'Yes, and I'd do it again. So, would you still say it?' asked Scarlett.

Jack took her hands in his and looked into her eyes, 'If anything I want to say it more, I love you'

She moved her face towards his, resting her forehead on his, 'I love you too' she whispered, and eventually the two fell asleep together on the sand.

Hope of rescue fading away… but their love, aflame.

So there we go! Many secrets told there, many things explained. HOWEVER!, plenty more to come! Scarlett has many more secrets.

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~StardustChaser2012