A/N- So here's chapter 1 of my new fic, The Power of a Pirates Love! The idea came to me in a very strange dream when pirates were trying to kill me as I was trying to get into my dance recital. Go figure I'd make something out of that. I will continue writing Hold On, though I don't know when it will be updated, hopefully some time this week, but please don't give up on it! So...here's chapter one! Please tell me what you think of it!
Disclaimer: I do not own POTC, Jack, Elizabeth, Will, Gibbs, or any of the others. Nor do I own Puerto Rico, haha. I do, however, own Juan and Alese Rubizio.
.::.Chapter 1.::.
Will Turner paced in the street outside of the small Tortuga inn. He was waiting for his fiancé to get off the ship and meet him. He smiled at the thought of her image in his mind. They were to be wed tomorrow, right here in the pirate port of Tortuga.
Will smiled as he saw her rushing towards him. Everything about her was breath-taking. Her jet black hair flowed behind her as few strands whipped before her face. Even though it was nearly midnight, he knew that her bright blue eyes were sparkling with happiness. Just as his did whenever she was with him. He had finally found happiness after Elizabeth Swann, his first love.
They, along with Captain Jack Sparrow, Mr. Gibbs, and a crew of other ne'er do-well pirates, had been sailing the Caribbean, enjoying the freedom and sights.
They had met the eccentric captain on their first adventure, which involved undead pirates, cursed Aztec treasure, and a ship called the Black Pearl. Will, working as a blacksmith's apprentice had joined the pirate when Elizabeth was kidnapped by Captain Barbossa, Sparrow's First Mate that led a mutiny against him.
Though the journey had been unbelievable and not to mention dangerous, everything had turned out well in the end. Barbossa had been killed, Jack had his Pearl back, and Elizabeth had been rescued, both her and Will free to return home to Port Royal, Jamaica.
But neither wanted to return home after the taste of adventure. Elizabeth, the governor's daughter, had dreamed of pirates since she was young. She was fascinated with everything to do with them. She envied their ability to live by their own consent, not having to worry about what's proper.
Will, an aspiring blacksmith, had nothing to return to but a drunken master. He had no family. His father had left William and his mother to sail the seas as a pirate. His mother, who died when he was twelve, had sent him from England to Jamaica, wanting more for her son than she or her husband had had.
So both childhood friends had elected to stay with the pirates, agreeing to some adventure and plundering.
One thing had led to another, and Will and Elizabeth had begun to get involved with one another, eventually falling in love. However, Will had loved Elizabeth ever since he first saw her.
On his journey from England, his ship had been destroyed by Barbossa and crew, leaving him floating on a piece of driftwood, only to be found by Elizabeth and her father. After that, the rest was history.
After nearly a year of courtship, Elizabeth had agreed to marry him.
However, things took a turn for the worse.
Running low on supplies, Elizabeth agreed to travel in a longboat to a nearby island to re-supply, seeing as the ship was wanted by the East India Trading Company, and they didn't want to risk being seen. So she left, never to return again.
After the day was over, suspicions began to rise as the crew got nervous. She should have returned hours before nightfall, and there it was, nearly midnight. As they sailed around the perimeter of the island, their worst fear, as well as Will's worst nightmare, had been confirmed.
There was a patch of sharp boulders sticking out of the water, pieces of wooden boat stuck in between them. Elizabeth was no where to be seen.
Will and Gibbs had gone to shore, asking if anyone had seen a woman fitting Elizabeth's description, but they had had no luck. They returned to ship, where they shared the news and had a moment of silence for the loss of the pirate.
Everyone on board felt the strangeness in the absence of the woman, but none as much as Will. Will, who had loved her with all his heart and soul, had been devastated, mourning for a good month or two. He ate little, pushing his food around; he often took late night walks on the deck, his eyes gaining bags under them.
Jack had called him over one day, talked some sense into him. He simply said that the boy needed to move on, not forget about Elizabeth, but realize that she wouldn't have wanted him to be miserable on her account. Will realized that the mad pirate was right. And almost as if by fate, the next day they pulled into Puerto Rico, he met Alese.
They had made port to re-supply and lay low from the eyes of the East India Company. Alese had been wading in the water as the Pearl docked, and rushed over to see what pirate would show up on the island. Her father happened to be the Pirate Leader of the island of Puerto Rico, so she was no stranger to pirates. Actually, some of the crew even greeted her has they un-boarded the ship.
Will had climbed down the ladder on the side of the boat, Jack's words echoing in his head. As he spun around, he laid eyes on the woman, who smiled kindly at him. She had introduced herself as Alese Rubizio, daughter of pirate Juan Rubizio. Her English was flawless with the exception of a slight Spanish accent. It had been then when Jack's voice had reminded him that Elizabeth would have wanted him to move on.
So he did. And now, in one day, he would finally be with someone who loved him, joined in matrimony until parted by death.
As Alese drew nearer, Will felt a tinge of regret. They had been together for nearly a year, and he had yet to mention his relationship with Elizabeth. He often wondered why this was. Was it because he still loved her and it caused him to much pain to mention her, or was it perhaps because he wasn't sure how Alese would react when he told her that he had been engaged to another woman.
Will hated to keep it from her, but he saw no reason in bringing up the past. It was not as if it would interfere with the future.
Will offered the arm to the lady as she approached him, breathing heavily through her smile. "Ready, love?" he asked.
"Si. Aye," Alese Rubizio responded, following her soon-to-be husband into the inn.
The pirate could see the faint outline of Tortuga, the destination of her journey. She only hoped she'd arrive in time.