SORRY ABOUT THE LATE UPDATE!

School is ridiculous at the moment, and been really stressed out so havent had time to write.

But I'm back for now, the next update will be next weekend at the latest.

ENJOY! and sorry again, xx

When Scarlett opened her eyes, she was startled by the arm around her waist, but as she turned around on the sand, she was put at ease, as Jack's tanned face came into her view. She remembered the antics of the night and smiled to herself, she'd never felt this way about anyone. She sighed and lay back down on the sand, taking in the beautiful scenery on the island, the gorgeous blue sky, the waves crashing against the land. The silence was soothing; there was not a cloud in the sky, except for the smoke. 'Smoke?' She thought, and she instantly jumped up, jolting the sleeping pirate next to her up as well. 'Where is the smoke coming from?' she asked Jack, who groggily opened his eyes, and smelling the smoke jumped up next to Scarlett.

The two stood up and turned around to look for the other side of the island, and the source of the smoke. They saw Elizabeth throwing the trees, food, and rum onto a large fire which emitted a smoke signal miles high. Both pirates looked at each other in pure shock and started running towards Elizabeth, flailing their arms about and shouting 'NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD!' in tandem. As they reached Elizabeth she had just thrown on about the last palm branch left onto the flames, 'No! Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You burned all the food, the shade! The rum!' exclaimed Jack, this was the most worried Scarlett had ever seen the man.

'Yes, the rum is gone' said Elizabeth nonchalantly, as if she had done nothing wrong.

Scarlett grasped her own hair and tried to comprehend the situation; that now they were truly finished. 'But- But'

'Why is the rum gone?' asked Jack and Scarlett simultaneously, you could tell they were pirates, obsessed with rum.

She pointed to Jack and started stalking towards him, clearly annoyed at the lack of respect the two gave her, 'One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete scoundrels.'

She then turned to Scarlett who was pretty close to tears at the burning rum, she turned to Elizabeth and started to scream, 'Do you ever think of other people than yourself! We're now going to die because of you!'

'How stupid can you be? That signal is over a thousand feet high. The entire Royal Navy is out looking for me, do you really think that there is even the slightest chance that they won't see it?' said Elizabeth with a patronising tone to Scarlett.

'But why is the rum gone?' asked Jack from behind Scarlett.

Scarlett grabbed her head again and walked a bit away to calm herself down, Elizabeth sat herself down on the sand and brought her knees to her chest and said 'Just wait, Captain Sparrow. You give it one hour, maybe two, keep a weather eye out and then you will see white sails on that horizon.'

Scarlett, who had now walked a bit away from the group, had snapped with Elizabeth and started to run towards her, ready to destroy her for dooming them. As Scarlett approached Elizabeth, gaining speed, Jack quickly turned around and scooped Scarlett over his shoulder as she ran towards him. The pirate was kicking and reaching out over Jack's back to try get Elizabeth but it was no use, Jack stormed away with Scarlett over his shoulder and started mumbling to himself. 'Must've been terrible for you to be trapped here, Jack, must've been terrible for you she said…Well it bloody is now!'

Reaching a hill and the other side of the island, he spotted off the shore, the Dauntless which had seen the signal and came to rescue whoever was on the island, Jack sighed and said 'There'll be no living with her after this'

'After what?' inquired Scarlett, Jack turned around so that Scarlett could see the Navy Ship lingering by, 'Oh…'

They were brought on board the Dauntless, the appearance of navy uniform all over made Scarlett shiver, she had never been around Navy men since the disaster. She worried some may have transferred over to the Caribbean from England, she just walked on board with her head down, her platinum hair hiding her face. Looking up slightly, she saw Elizabeth being wrapped in a navy coat to keep her 'modesty' in front of the navy men, the man in the wig must have been her father. He seemed to adore her, he kept saying he'd worried he'd lost all his family and she was the only woman he had left. Poor man must have either had sons or daughters who died or his wife had perished, it was strangely common in England. 'Who are these two?' asked the Governor to Scarlett and Jack.

'Jack Sparrow, sir' said one of the sailors

'Captain' said Scarlett and Jack together; the sailor slunk away in resignation

The Governor walked over to Scarlett and said 'And who are you?' lifting her chin with his hand.

'Scarlett' she replied

'Scarlett who?' inquired the Governor

'I don't have a last name, well, I do, but I don't know it' stuttered Scarlett

'You look familiar to me… have you ever been in Port Royal?'

'No' said Scarlett

'Hmm, I must be imagining things in my old age' chuckled the Governor, Scarlett smiled at the man, and he seemed kind. 'Right oh, Let's set sail for Port Royal' ordered the Governor

Elizabeth exclaimed 'But we've got to save Will'

The Governor turned to her and said, 'No. You're safe now. We will return to Port Royal immediately, not go gallivanting after pirates!'

'Then we condemn him to death' stated a frantic Elizabeth

'The boy's fate is regrettable, but, then, so was his decision to engage in piracy'

'It's not that bad a career' said Scarlett, and seeing the group all turn round to stare at her, she quickly put her head back down.

'To rescue me, to prevent anything from happening to me' said Elizabeth, ignoring the interjection.

Jack started to walk forward and addressed the Captain of the ship who had his back to the group, 'If I may be so bold as to inject my professional opinion. The Pearl was listing near to scuppers after the battle. It's very unlikely she'll be able to make good time. Think about it. The Black Pearl. The last real pirate threat in the Caribbean, mate. How can you pass that up?'

The Captain turned around and said 'By remembering that I serve others, Mr Sparrow, not only myself'

Scarlett's eyes widened and she gasped, 'Norrington'

Norrington looked up at Scarlett with disgust that a Pirate had called him by his informal name, 'That's Commodore to you, Pirate. Oh, Captain Scarlett… I would say it's a pleasure to see you again, but I don't like to lie.'

'Don't worry, the feeling's mutual' sneered Scarlett. Elizabeth ran forward to Norrington and grabbed his arm, making him turn in her direction.

'Commodore, I beg you, please do this. For me, as a wedding gift' said Elizabeth, making all the crew gasp.

'Elizabeth. Are you accepting the Commodore's proposal?' asked her father

'I am' she replied

'A wedding! I love weddings...drinks all around!' exclaimed Jack, his usual inappropriateness shining through, 'I know. "Clap him in irons," right?' he continued, after earning numerous glares.

'Mr Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearing to Isla de Muerta. You will then spend the rest of the voyage contemplating all possible meanings of the phrase "silent as the grave." Do I make myself clear?' said Norrington.

'Inescapably clear' said a resigned Jack.

'And Scarlett, I'd like to see you in my cabin, for a little… talk' said the Commodore, as Scarlett was dragged to the cabin roughly by two sailors.

As they pushed her into the Cabin she shoved them off of her and sent them a glare which could have killed. She looked around and saw lots of maps, expensive ornaments and paintings, the EITC logo forged into the walls as well, she hated the Navy. She heard the door behind her open and a man step in, 'Take a seat, Miss Scarlett' said Norrington

'Are we back to formalities James? I thought we were past that in England'

'I would think you would have forgotten England'

'How could I? You don't know what happened'

'Actually, I do.'

'What?' asked Scarlett, starting to worry about how much he knew

'Take a seat'

She quickly sat down on a nearby chair, clenching her hands around the arms, waiting for Norrington to circle the desk and sit opposite her.

'I suppose you will be wondering about your old crew?' asked Norrington

'Did he keep his promise?' asked Scarlett

'Well after that bargaining which took so long'

'Did he keep his promise?' interrupted Scarlett

'Yes, he did. The crew is alive and safe; in fact, Bailey is working his way up in the company very quickly'

'Why would he work at the company?'

'Well you really gave him no choice did you? I bet you've been lying to everyone about what happened to make you lose your ship and crew'

'Please don't say anything, James I beg you, please' her eyes filled with tears, 'I hate myself for what I did, and I'm just turning my life around, please don't do this to me'

'Like I said, I don't lie to people, if my betrothed brings up the subject of you and England, I will tell her'

Scarlett flung her head into her hands and ran her hands through her hair, Norrington stood up and started to walk out the cabin, she turned around and shouted after him, 'What happened to you? We used to be friends'

Norrington stopped and turned back to her, 'I thought you were a better person than who you were in England, I was clearly wrong' and he turned back around, walking out the door.

Scarlett's secrets were on their way out, and there was nothing she could do about it…

OOOOOHHHHHH, what does Norrington know!?

Will he tell everyone!?

Find out in Chapter 12!

(Also, I actually really like Norrington as a character, I feel Elizabeth takes advantage of him. But I really like him and think he's deep down a nice person, so he will redeem himself eventually... but for now he's going to be a meanie)

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