Elizabeth followed Jack as he walked away, arguing with him. Y/N lied on the beach, a heavy sigh leaving her lips. "Damn you James Norrington, it's all your bloody fault" she muttered as Jack came back. He handed her a bottle of rum. "Cheers" she pulled out the cork and took a large swig, it was sweet but not overwhelmingly so. Elizabeth didn't talk much angered by Sparrow and Barbosa. She did converse with Y/N though. "Why...What convinced you to join Will and that wretch? We aren't close so it wasn't to save me so why?" She wasn't angered or annoyed, just curious. Y/N looked at Elizabeth with jealousy in her eyes. "...Someone who I love with all my heart has taken a lover who isn't me. I simply wished to leave no matter the cost. Sparrow was the quickest way." Elizabeth's girlish gossipy side arose. "Is that so? Who is this man then?" Y/N rolled her eyes. "It's someone you know and that's all you'll get out of me" she huffed, drinking from the bottle once more.
When the sun had set, Jack gathered fire wood whilst Y/N caught fish. Enough for two each. After they had their fill, they drank until the sky was pitch black and spotted with stars. The pirates were rum soaked whilst Elizabeth was completely sober. "We're devils and black sheep and really bad eggs. Drink up me 'earties yo ho! Yo ho, yo ho a pirate's life for me" the trio sang, drunkingly skipping around the fire, Y/N fell to the sand with a giggle. "I love this song! Really bad eggs! When I get the Pearl back, I'm gonna teach it to the whole crew and we'll sing it all the time!" Sparrow declared as he too fell to the sandy ground. "And you'll be positively the most fearsome pirate in the Spanish Main" she told him. Y/N sat up and grinned "I quite like the sound of that. Heeey! We should get Barbosa to sing it before we dump him here!" Jack pointed at Y/N with a toothy smile. "An idea worthy of a Pirate as infamous as meself luv! And I'll be the most powerful pirate in the entire ocean. The entire world!" He corrected Elizabeth, Y/N drank more Rum and finished her fourth bottle before blacking out, Sparrow did the same minutes later.
In the morning, the smell of smoke was strongs. Both Y/N and Jack got up, saw the island burning and ran to Elizabeth. "No!Not good! Stop! Not good! What are you doing? You burned all the food, the shade The rum!" Jack shouted, distressed at the loss of vital supplies. "Yes, the rum is gone" "why is the rum gone!?" Y/N snapped, almost more angered than Jack. Almost. "One, because it is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men and women into complete scoundrels. Two, 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?" She barked. A signal to her beloved James and father no doubt can't wait to be married. "Just wait. You give it one hour, maybe two, keep a weather eye out and then you will see white sails on that horizon" she said matter of factly before sitting down, waiting for her saviours. Jack took out his pistol and Y/N almost did the same but just sat down with a huff.
Not even an hour later. Ten minutes. That was all it took for Royal Marines to find the trio, Y/N was less than happy about her rescue when she saw that the ship who found them was the Dauntless who was captained by Commodore Norrington. There was several minutes of squabbling about Will's safety but Mr Turner's life would be saved after one request. "Commodore, I beg you, please do this. For me. As a wedding gift" the words left Elizabeth's mouth easily and of course Commodore Norrington accepted. "Mr. Sparrow, you will accompany these fine men to the helm and provide us with the bearings 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?" Jack nodded and for the first time that Y/N had witnessed, he looked nervous. "Inescapably clear."
Y/N leaned against the Dauntless' rail and looked out to the sea. There was something calming about watching the amber glow of the evening sky sparkle on the sea like diamonds though that calmness was interrupted when Commodore Norrington approached her. "I understand you're part of Mr Sparrow's crew, he escaped Port Royal with a friend of mine but has told me nothing of her current state. I was hoping you'd be less reluctant in giving me information" his tone was filled with worry but still had its normal business like sound. Y/N chuckled quietly and nodded. "Yes I know exactly what happened to Y/N L/N." She took off her hat and looked at the now stunned and confused Commodore. "She fell in love with a man who saved her life. At the time he was a Lieutenant but eight years later he became the Commodore. Despite sharing the perfect kiss one night, it was painfully obvious that his heart belonged to another. She got so desperate to escape her broken heart that she aided a pirate in his escape, theft of a ship and became one herself. I have no interest in returning to Port Royal Commodore, I can't watch you and Miss Swann have a happy life or I'll go insane." He opened his mouth but words evaded him.
"Commodore, we're coming up to the Isla De Muerta sir" the ship's navigator reported, he nodded in response. "I shall be with you shortly" the Commodore looked at Y/N once again. "...I'm sorry for causing you such pain. In all honesty, my heart is conflicted. I love you and Elizabeth however...Given my status and rank..." "you chose the extravagant Governor's daughter over the simple tavern girl" Y/N finished with a scowl, putting her triangular shaped hat back on her head. James wanted to say something, anything but his body betrayed him. He looked down silently and with a quiet sigh he returned to his duties. The Commodore gathered three groups of marines and Sparrow before ordering them into the longboats however Sparrow had words with the Commodore. The conversation ended with Elizabeth being secured in the Captain's cabin despite her protests. The groups in the longboats then headed closer to the cursed Isla De Muerta.
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POTC: The Curse of the Black Pearl
FanfictionY/N L/N has lived in Port Royal for eight years. As Governor Swann, his daughter Elizabeth and Lieutenant Norrington were voyaging to Port Royal from London, she was discovered amongst a wreckage alongside one William Turner. She became a normal sta...
