Lovely

[jcksprwlvr789]

Scarlett got up and hugged Liz.She looked gorgeous.Scarlett then sat back down on Jack's right side.

Jack stared at Liz as she walked in."You look lovely."he said with a grin.In the corner of his eye he saw Scarlett slump a little in her chair.He leaned in her and whispered in her ear."You look lovely as well."he said kissing her neck lightly before turning back to Liz.

[elizabethjaneswann]

Elizabeth nodded politely and said, "Thank you, Captain Sparrow. I have one request, however." At this Jack turned.

"Yes, Elizabeth?" said Jack.

"Now, I have two. The first is, please call me Miss Hartford. I am not accustomed to having Pirates speak to me in such tones," she said. At this Jack grinned, for it reminded him of Elizabeth Swann. "And two, can we please set sail for Port Royal? I must get back, my mother is dying of sickness."

"Very well, Miss Hartford," said Jack. "But we have a little...erm...journey to finish, before we go to Port Royal. It may as well keep your mother alive for many years to come, and not for just the few years she has now."

The dinner was pleasant, and at the end, Scarlett and Jack bid Elizabeth good night, showing her the way to the Captain's Quarters.

"You will stay here, Miss Hartford," said Jack. "It is comfortable." Scarlett looked at Jack inquiringly, and Jack said in a whisper, "We don't need to sleep. We have to chart a course to the key in the New World (which is Florida, okay, guys?) so we may get the Fountain of Youth. Miss Hartford is not accustom to smelly rooms, as I am quite sure."

Elizabeth gave a small smile and said, "Thank you, Captain Sparrow, and Scarlett, thank you too."

Scarlett nodded and Jack kissed Elizabeth's hand. "You are very welcome, Miss Hartford," he said.

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Elizabeth could not sleep that night. There was too much running through her mind - the kidnapping, her being left in Tortuga, everything. It was as if by luck that she met Scarlett, who tended to her and helped her feel better about everything. But Elizabeth had to admit, a little break from the dull society of aristocratic Port Royal was quite nice. She always wanted to be aboard a Pirate Ship, but the ones who kidnapped her were quite horrible. The Red Death, their ship was called. It was horrible - red bloodstains on the rails, decks swabbed with tar, it was disgusting. But The Black Pearl, why, it was magnificent. It looked like a Ghost Ship, which it was, the fastest ship she had ever been on, with a glow and a mysterious look at night. And that Captain Jack Sparrow-he was a charming man, no doubt, a kind but very odd and seemingly drunk all the time. She was examining the little heart necklace that she had taken from the Red Death. It was beautiful, but the Captain of the Red Death did say it held importance. He said he would take her from Tortuga that night to the Fountain of Youth, and both she and the necklace would be needed for it.

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The whole time while Elizabeth was examining this necklace and thinking about everything that had happened to her in the past few days, Jack was watching her through a hidden door to the Captain's Quarters. Scarlett was busy speaking to Mr. Cotton - or rather, his parrot - up at the Helm of the ship, telling him where exactly to steer, and also giving Mr. Gibbs instructions for the crew. When Elizabeth sighed, showing that she was done thinking, she placed her necklace on an End Table. She then pulled out a little diary from inside the gold dress she was wearing before her current black one. They were entries her sister Cecilia had written before she was hung, and Magistrate Richard Clayton, to whom she was engaged, had told her to read it. (Magistrate Richard Clayton looks like David Beckham, okay guys?)

She had just read the first line of her Sister's beautiful writing when she heard Jack speaking.

"Miss her, do you?" asked Jack. Elizabeth was startled. "Her? You know?"

"Miss Scarlett told me," said Jack. "I'm sorry, but I think it is just better to know my, er, guests better, Miss Hartford."

"Oh, alright," said Elizabeth. She put the diary away, locking it shut and hiding the key from Jack's eyes. "I'm sorry, but it's the only way I can remember her."

"So why was it that your sister Cecilia was hung again?" Jack asked.

"She was a witch. A good witch, actually, but she used her powers against three nobles of the East India Trading Company," said Elizabeth. "They were terrorizing little children of a middle-class family so they could get money."

"If your sister was a witch, then you must be one too, righ'?" asked Jack curiously. "I mean, it runs through the family, don' it? I won' tell anyone, jus' tell me, luv."

"Very well, Captain Sparrow. Yes, it runs through the family. Through my mother's side. I am, indeed, a witch-a good witch, mind you. I have the power to freeze time with my hands, while Cecilia had the power of moving things with her mind. I have another sister," Elizabeth added, "named Kassandra. She has the power of having visions of the future. Now, Kassandra and Cecilia were twins, with bonded powers. When Cecilia died, Kassandra lost her powers, and I inherited both Kassandra's and Cecilia's powers." Elizabeth held a hand to her head. Jack, on purpose, knocked over a glass goblet from the end table and Elizabeth raised up both hands, freezing both the goblet and Jack. She picked it up and placed it on the end table and raised up both hands, unfreezing Jack.

"Oh, so it is true," said Jack.

"Oh yes," said Elizabeth. "But keep it quiet, Captain Sparrow. I only showed you because I needed to tell someone. One word to anyone - including Miss Scarlett - and I'll have you under the noose back at Port Royal." She knew she sounded harsh, but she had no option. Wiccan witches were hunted down, and she had to keep it quiet. Also, being engaged to the Magistrate/soon-to-be-Governor, Richard, she had to make sure he never found out. She loved him, but very little, and she knew that she would not only lose her life, but the Power of Three to him. And that meant more to her than anything.

"Righ', I won'," said Jack, grinning. "I'll leave you to yer ponderin' then."

"Thank you," said Elizabeth, pulling out the diary and key, as Jack left. Jack finally reached Scarlett, who was seeing to it that one of the new crewmembers was tending to the sails correctly.

"Scarlett," said Jack. He wasn't going to tell her the secret Elizabeth entrusted him, because it seemed wrong. (Scarlett will figure it out eventually ;D ). "We have to reach the Fountain of Youth first."

At that, Scarlett understood that Barbossa and others were in search of not only the Fountain, but her new friend, Elizabeth.

(Yes, I'm copying CHARMED, but I'm obsessed with it ;D )

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Scarlett nodded."Oi!Hurry it up you land lovers!"she yelled.She turned back to Jack."Well Jack we should be there in no time."she said with a grin.He came in closer to her brushing away a stray hair from her face."Ahem!"interrupted Mr. Gibbs.Scarlett turned around and gave him a I-hate-you look."What?"

Jack grinned at Scarlett's unhappiness with Mr. Gibbs at this moment."Speak Mr. Gibbs!Speak!"he commanded."Uh Captain what is our heading?"he asked.

Scarlett rolled her eyes and took out her gun.She pointed it at him."North you blithering idiot!"she yelled.

[elizabethjaneswann]

"I asked the Cap'n," said Gibbs annoyingly.

"Whatever she said was correct, Gibbs, you must listen to her," said Jack. Scarlett gave him a look so as to say Thanks and he nodded understandingly.

[jcksprwlvr789]

Scarlett kissed Jack.He was about to wrap his arms around her when she took his hat and ran into captain's quarters to see Liz. She smiled at Liz when she closed the door.She put Jack's hat on her head.Scarlett loved this hat."Hello mate!"she said laughing.

Jack rolled his eyes."Oi!Give it back!"he yelled pounding on the door.All he heard in reply was Scarlett's sweet voice saying,"You'll get it back when I'm done with it love!"

[elizabethjaneswann]

Jack rolled his eyes.

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Elizabeth was reading the little light-coloured diary.

[jcksprwlvr789]

Scarlett laughed."How are you Miss Hartford?"she smiled.She could hear Jack rap on the door some more.This satisfied her.

[elizabethjaneswann]

Elizabeth instinctively raised her hands up, freezing everything on the ship. (No they weren't icy, just frozen). No rapping noises, no laughing. She realized it was only Scarlett.

This was how Elizabeth was always ready for anything.

"I am very well, thanks," Elizabeth said, after unfreezing the ship.

[jcksprwlvr789]

"Uh great!"Scarlett said,feeling a little woosy.She layed herself out on the familiar bed.She closed her eyes and breathed in deep, taking in the sweetly salty smell of the ocean.

[elizabethjaneswann]

Elizabeth got up and shut the door. "What did you want to talk about?"

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Man, this thread died! Lyss!