Prologue
AN 1- Hello everyone. Super excited to share this. This is posted on Ao3 and on Tumblr. Without further ado here is the prologue.
The stars twinkled merrily in the night sky. An occasional shooting star would streak across the sky and disappear as suddenly as it came. A gust of wind would occasionally roll by, fluttering the sails as it passes.
A young woman stood by the railing staring up at the sky looking for constellations. An occasional mumble would escape her as she named the constellations she could find. So enthralled she was with the night sky she did not notice someone standing near her.
"I bet ya a bottle a bottle of rum I can find more constellations than you" rang out Jack Sparrows drawling voice.
"Ah! The mighty Captain has finally decided to grace me with his presence. What is it Jack? Did the rum run out?"
"I never run out of rum luv. So what say you, Eleanor Katherine? Do you accept my wager?"
"Without a doubt. Let us proceed'', Ellie stated with a smirk and a mock bow.
"Ladies first"
Ellie did not lose a second as she stated "Cassiopeia"
"Orion"
"Cygnus", she shouted after a glimpse of the night sky.
Jack looked up for a moment. "What is it Jack? The rum addled your brains?", she smirked at him.
"Oh no! Quite the contrary! It enhances my wits"
The naming and bantering went on for sometime and the bottle of rum wagered was shared between the two. It gradually watered down into a quiet conversation. Jack stared at her affectionately, she had grown into quite the woman and he was so damn proud of her.
"You are not going to fall in trouble aren't ya luv? You are not to sing Yo Ho and My Jolly Sailor Bold everywhere you go", he grinned at her suspiciously red face, "That will get you into a pickle and a jolly hunt similar to that followed like last time ."
"I was six and I did not know there were soldiers approaching me."Ellie stuttered and without missing a beat she shot back at Jack, "Besides you were supposed to be with me remember? Not enthralled with rum bottles!"
Jack held up his hands and conceded defeat. Ellie grinned victoriously. It was quiet for a while until she spoke up. "I will be fine Jack. I made promises that I will stay safe and I intend to honour it. Besides please visit me whenever possible because I am going to dearly miss you and our bantering."
"Me too luv..me too."
AN 2- Hope you all liked it. I hope I did at least a miniscule of justice to Jack's amazing accent. Follows, Favourites and comments are welcome. If there is anything I need to improve in my writing please tell me. Thank you once again for reading this and giving my writing a chance!