POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl

Do We Have An Accord?

The day after was a hectic mess. Navy soldiers everywhere cleaning up the bodies, most of the locals dealt with the debris. It was chaos but nothing Y/N could do. It wasn't after she passed Norrington in the courtyard that she heard something of interest. A discussion between him and William Turner. "We can ask him where it is, maybe he can lead us to it! We could strike a bargain-" "No. The pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell. Ergo, he is not their ally, and therefore of no value" James had argued. That pirate...He was her ticket away from her, her ticket to a new life. She swiftly turned around and headed to the dungeons, unguarded thankfully most likely due to last night. Y/N walked down the stairs and to the only occupied cell. "Pirate?" "Aye lass?" She looked sceptically at him, simple yet dirty clothing, a few tattoos, tanned with brown eyes, dreadlocks and a pirate bandana on his head covering the top of his hair. "I wish to strike a bargain. If I free you from this cell, you'll be going after the ship which attacked last night. You'll take me to the nearest civilised port away from here as thanks for freeing you." The pirate smirked and sat up, looking at Y/N. "Now what would a fine girl like yourself be trying to flee from?" She looked away with a slightly pained expression. "Heartache" she muttered quietly. "Ah. Very well lass but how do you plan on freeing me? The keys run off" before she could answer, William Turner entered the dungeons. "Sparrow! ...Miss L/N? What are you doing here?" "I could very well ask you the same." Sparrow rolled his eyes as the two started to bicker until Will striked his own deal with Sparrow. He wanted to save Elizabeth who was on the ship Jack would be chasing and as he made the cell doors he was able to free the Pirate but agreed to take Y/N away regardless.

The trio escaped the dungeons and got to the docks unnoticed. They hid under one of the long boats and from there went underwater to reach the Dauntless. "You do realise that James keeps a crew on this ship at all times in case of this exact situation?" Y/N hissed quietly. "All part of the plan luv, besides we're after the Interceptor but what has me thinking is why you and the Commodore are on first name basis" Jack smirked but received no answer. Once they boarded the Dauntless, Lieutenant Gillet was, at gunpoint, forced off the ship alongside the crew. Norrington, aboard the Interceptor gave chase shortly enough and boarded the Dauntless within minutes. "Search every cabin, every hold, down to the bilges!" He barked, in a few seconds we swung across and boarded the Interceptor. William cut the grapnel ropes as I kicked off the boarding planks, by time James noticed it was too late. The Interceptor was too far away for boarding. "Thank you, Commodore, for getting our ship ready to make way! We'd've had a hard time of it by ourselves!" Captain Sparrow smirked as he stood by the wheel, Norrington seethed but his orders to Groves were measured. "Raise the sails!" "The wind is quarter from astern by the time we're underway, we'll never catch them" the Lieutenant argued. "We need only to come about, to put them in range of the long nines" Gillette looked surprised at the order but relayed it. "Hands! Come about! Jackets off the canons! We are to fire on our own ship?" He asked the Commodore who seemed to be conflicted by his own orders. "Better to see her at the bottom of the sea than in the hands of a pirate." The steersman turned the wheel but the Dauntless' course didn't change one whit, Sparrow had disabled the rudder chain. "That's got to be the best pirate I've ever seen" Groves smiled in admiration before we were out of earshot.

Our current destination waa Tortuga, a whole town filled with rum soaked pirates and whores. "If for one second, you think I'll be satisfied with such a place then you are gravely mistaken Captain Sparrow" Y/N almost spat in disgust. He chuckled quietly "oh but your dear Commodore James Norrington would never find you there luv. Besides Tortuga is heaven, girl like yourself would never feel lonely. Give it a try at least" but was answered by a fierce glare. "Why don't you attempt to sell me the life of a pirate? You'll be needing a larger crew than this no matter what ship you Captain." Turns out there were many positives to being a Pirate. Food, work, adventure and of course treasure. The only downsides were being a criminal, an almost constant possibility of death and the lack of hygiene but everything in life came with a price. Will and Jack had a small squabble over Will's father and his acts of piracy, when we reached Tortuga it was already nightfall. It was exactly as I had imagined it to be, drunkards starting fights over anything and everything and women showing themselves off at every possible moment. Jack found an old friend, Joshamee Gibbs, before we entered a tavern for a drink and so the pirates could talk. I on the other hand, "commandeered" some more appropriate clothes for piracy which meant a shirt, hat and trousers no dresses as well as a sword and a pistol. It seems I'm quiet good at the theft part of being a pirate then again I'm stealing from drunken idiots.

The next day, the crew was assembled and after talking to a parrot and Jack getting slapped for the fourth time we finally set sail to Isla De Muerta to rescue Elizabeth. Not even an hour later and we were suffering a harsh storm. A flash of lightening struck the waves and the crack of thunder could almost be mistaken for canon fire. The canvas of every sail was stretched taut, the ship rocked as it dropped into the valley of huge swell. On board, the new crew members scurried about with their tasks, pulling lines and trimming sails. Excellent sailors, it took everything they had to keep the ship afloat. AnaMaria, the woman who slapped Jack over a stolen boat, was at the helm as Gibbs staggered along the tilted deck toward Jack. "We'd best drop canvas, sir!" He shouted over the storm's rage. "She can hold a bit longer!" The wind picksedup, howling and for whatever insane reason, Jack smiled.