[FIC] PotC drabble series
All right, so that I don't keep spamming my lj, I've combined my Pirates of the Caribbean drabble series.
Each one is exactly one hundred words. It's harder than it sounds.
BS
Monday, June 04, 2007
Monday, June 04, 2007
Disclaimer: Like any one cares. Everyone knows that PotC belongs to Disney and this is just sad fanfiction.
Warnings: Character Death.
Notes: This takes place after Jack escapes Port Royal at the end of the first film. The scene with Will, Elizabeth, Norrington, and Gov. Swann plays out differently, thus this is AU.
Consequential
It had seemed so easy at the time. The line between right and wrong as plain as day and night. He could not let Jack die.
Will knows that Jack won’t be coming to his rescue. Jack is a good man, but he’s still a pirate.
Elizabeth’s eyes meet his across the way and he gives her a little half-smile. She bursts into tears and Will looks away.
There is no legal route anyone could employ to spare Will his fate. Will understands this. Accepts it.
The floor drops out beneath him.
“I will face the consequences of my actions.”
one year later...
Exculpation
Elizabeth takes the bottle from Jack’s outstretched hand. “And where is young Will?” he asks, knocking it back and draining the contents.
The glass bottle slips for her grasp and shatters over the floor. She strikes the table with her hand, relishing the sting. “They killed him, Jack,” she says and reaches for another bottle. “For rescuing you.” Her voice no longer cracks when she says it. She’s cried all her tears.
Jack stares at her, trying to read some sort of lie in her words. He finds none and reaches for the rum.
“There was nothing I could do.”
one year later...
Culpability
“Time’s run out, Jack.”
Jack starts at the unexpected voice. He takes a step closer, peers into the darkness. For just a moment, he’s seeing Will Turner and the weight on his shoulders starts to slip away.
And then Bootstrap Bill Turner shifts into the light and Jack feels that heaviness on his heart again. “Got the Pearl back, I see.” He hands him rum.
“I had some help -- your son.”
“Turned pirate after all.”
Jack clenches his hands over the rum bottle. “Right to the end.” He raises a toast to him, drinks, and meets Bill’s blue eyes.
some weeks later...
Ignominy
“But I wonder, Sparrow, can you live with this? Can you condemn an innocent man to a lifetime of servitude in your name while you roam free?” Davy Jones is by far too smug. He looks like he’s staring straight through Jack's soul.
Jack can only think of the light in Will’s brown eyes going out. Can only remember them fighting back to back to see Jack away from the hangman’s noose. Imagines Will swinging from a rope as the crowd cheers and laughs.
He’d never thought Will would suffer for helping him.
Can I do it? I already have.
I'll post a note on this post when I'm through with this series. ^_^
[EDIT] oh, by the way, this is my one hundreth memory entry. seems worth noting.
Each one is exactly one hundred words. It's harder than it sounds.
BS
Monday, June 04, 2007
Monday, June 04, 2007
Disclaimer: Like any one cares. Everyone knows that PotC belongs to Disney and this is just sad fanfiction.
Warnings: Character Death.
Notes: This takes place after Jack escapes Port Royal at the end of the first film. The scene with Will, Elizabeth, Norrington, and Gov. Swann plays out differently, thus this is AU.
Consequential
It had seemed so easy at the time. The line between right and wrong as plain as day and night. He could not let Jack die.
Will knows that Jack won’t be coming to his rescue. Jack is a good man, but he’s still a pirate.
Elizabeth’s eyes meet his across the way and he gives her a little half-smile. She bursts into tears and Will looks away.
There is no legal route anyone could employ to spare Will his fate. Will understands this. Accepts it.
The floor drops out beneath him.
“I will face the consequences of my actions.”
one year later...
Exculpation
Elizabeth takes the bottle from Jack’s outstretched hand. “And where is young Will?” he asks, knocking it back and draining the contents.
The glass bottle slips for her grasp and shatters over the floor. She strikes the table with her hand, relishing the sting. “They killed him, Jack,” she says and reaches for another bottle. “For rescuing you.” Her voice no longer cracks when she says it. She’s cried all her tears.
Jack stares at her, trying to read some sort of lie in her words. He finds none and reaches for the rum.
“There was nothing I could do.”
one year later...
Culpability
“Time’s run out, Jack.”
Jack starts at the unexpected voice. He takes a step closer, peers into the darkness. For just a moment, he’s seeing Will Turner and the weight on his shoulders starts to slip away.
And then Bootstrap Bill Turner shifts into the light and Jack feels that heaviness on his heart again. “Got the Pearl back, I see.” He hands him rum.
“I had some help -- your son.”
“Turned pirate after all.”
Jack clenches his hands over the rum bottle. “Right to the end.” He raises a toast to him, drinks, and meets Bill’s blue eyes.
some weeks later...
Ignominy
“But I wonder, Sparrow, can you live with this? Can you condemn an innocent man to a lifetime of servitude in your name while you roam free?” Davy Jones is by far too smug. He looks like he’s staring straight through Jack's soul.
Jack can only think of the light in Will’s brown eyes going out. Can only remember them fighting back to back to see Jack away from the hangman’s noose. Imagines Will swinging from a rope as the crowd cheers and laughs.
He’d never thought Will would suffer for helping him.
Can I do it? I already have.
I'll post a note on this post when I'm through with this series. ^_^
[EDIT] oh, by the way, this is my one hundreth memory entry. seems worth noting.