A knock,
a sound so small and quite yet able to pull even a grown man out of his thoughts,
Another Knock,
Norrington stared at the door, nervousness flooded his system, he knew Elizabeth was on the other end of the door but he couldn't bring himself to go open it.
his maid Sampson went to open the door, Elizabeth Swann the woman who he was asking to marry not so much as two hours ago walked into his house, "how are you feeling?" her voice was quiet and calming, "i'll admit not well" he whispered gazing up at her with pained eyes.
she smiled sympatheticly going to sit down next to him on his couch, "it's alright" she reassured as she gently squeezed his arm,
he stared at his lap not able to keep the tears in any longer, he sobbed uncontrollably,
Elizabeth pulled him into a hug, in her eight years of knowing the man she had never seen him show much emotion, much less cry.
"james i'm so-" she was interrupted by a loud bang on the front door, James pulled away from Elizabeth and wiped away the tears streaming down his face, "I'll see who it is" his voice was rough and his face was sorrowful. Elizabeth followed distantly as Norrington walked towards the door, there he stood facing it unsure of whether he should open it or not.
another bang,
"open the door Norrington we know you're in there" Antians voice boomed, Norringtons hand shakily went to the doorknob carefully opening the oak door. there Captain Antian stood on the step with at five guards behind him, "do what must be done" the Captain ordered the guards who pushed passed Elizabeth and Norrington entering the house.
Norrington stumbled outside onto the step and saw a few onlookers whispering about what was happening, Elizabeth followed him outside but instead of looking around she went up to Antian. "what are you doing?" she questioned her voice becoming louder, Antian smirked, "doing what must be done, what Miss Norrington did was unlawful" one of the guards exited the house carrying some of Norringtons clothes.
"no!" Norrington yelled attempting to block the guards way, only to be pulled back by Antian.
"you can't do this to him!" Elizabeth protested, "oh but i can Miss Swann" Antian spat, something about this seemed to amuse him. Norrington felt the tears spring back to the corners of his eyes as he watched the guards carry his belongings out of his house, Antian turned his head to look at Norrington "i'm afraid these are the consequences of your actions Miss Norrington".
Norrington allowed himself to sob,
Elizabeth went over and hugged him in an attempt to comfort the man,
one of the guards exited the house carrying Norringtons uniform and sword, "stop!" he sobbed "stop please!" Norrington begged feeling a piece of his personality being torn away from him.
"Miss Norrington stop causing a scene" Antian demanded,
Norrington glared at Antian,
"how can i? you're taking away everything i've ever known!" he shouted, "Miss Norrington calm down" Antian said in that same smug voice.
Elizabeth sighed before speaking "it'll be alright James, i promise i'll see what my father can do about this unjust act" James looked at her and smiled, "thank you" he whispered.
Antian spoke up,
"oh and one more thing Miss Norrington," he paused chuckling slightly, "you'll no longer be permitted to own a house, you are a woman after all" he finished his sentence with a smile.
"what?" he questioned, Elizabeth looked between Antian and Norrington and then back to Antian, "you cannot do this to him!" she yelled "he bought this house with his money!" "that changes nothing Miss Swann, a woman such as you and Miss Norrington are not allowed to own property under the british crown".
"please stop this" Norrington pleaded, "well" Antian smirked, "if you married a man quickly enough your property would go to him" his smile was devilish.
Norrington and Elizabeth both caught on to what Antian was suggesting,
"he will not marry you" Elizabeth informed before looking at Norrington, "you will not marry him right?" she asked,
"i can't lose this house" he whispered his face pale,
"James" her voice was hushed,
Antian stood there waiting,
"so?" the captain asked,
"fine, i'll marry you" Norrington spoke softly,
Antian near laughed,
"perfect!" the captains voice was prideful, "the wedding will be next week at dusk."
Antian walked away leaving Norrington to fall to his knees in a mess of tears, Elizabeth comforted her friend as she silently crused at the man walking away.
The End.
(A/N: I hope you all enjoyed these two short chapters! I may return back to this and make a third or even forth part but time will have to tell)
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Fiksi Penggemar"because you're a woman" Captain Antian reappeared with that smug grin of his, "no i'm not" his voice sounded pitiful (this work is also published on Ao3)
