Drabble XIV: Monsters
lol this one isn't as good as the other two in my opinion. I just kind of smashed it out and didn't look back -- wrote it pretty quickly compared to my normal writing pace. BUT HEY IT'S NOT FFX? ... instead, it's Pirates.
Prompt: PotC, Jack Sparrow/Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner, and they called pirates monsters
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Words: 286
They called pirates monsters, and it always made Jack laugh. "Monsters, huh?" When he was young, he would think, What does that make Dad? What does that mean for us? His mother would shake her head and keep fussing with his hair and clothes. She tried so hard to teach him to be a good, proper young man -- tried so hard to keep her son from following his father's footsteps. Jack did his best to make his mother happy, and he nodded and agreed when she told him pirates were monsters.
"Yes, they are." For a time, for a long time, Will was adamant. Pirates were thieves and murderers and rapists -- Pirates were all that were Wrong, they were everything Will tried so hard not to be. He wanted to be a good man. He wanted to be a good man so that maybe, one day, just maybe, he would have a chance to win her.
"I always thought it'd be exciting to meet a pirate." Elizabeth was a restless girl, and always had been. Yes, she loved the luxuries she was born into (though she didn't notice it), but she got... awfully bored. Often, she envied the boys out playing in the street, and wanted to be out there, covered in mud and playing Navy and pirates right along with them.
And then they all grew up, some faster than others. Jack learned, all too quickly, that there weren't lines between good and evil, what was piracy and what was right. Will learned, much later than he should have, that the lines were blurred. Elizabeth learned, with increasing horror, what those with power and luxury were capable of.
And they called pirates monsters.
Prompt: PotC, Jack Sparrow/Elizabeth Swann/Will Turner, and they called pirates monsters
Link: [here]
Words: 286
They called pirates monsters, and it always made Jack laugh. "Monsters, huh?" When he was young, he would think, What does that make Dad? What does that mean for us? His mother would shake her head and keep fussing with his hair and clothes. She tried so hard to teach him to be a good, proper young man -- tried so hard to keep her son from following his father's footsteps. Jack did his best to make his mother happy, and he nodded and agreed when she told him pirates were monsters.
"Yes, they are." For a time, for a long time, Will was adamant. Pirates were thieves and murderers and rapists -- Pirates were all that were Wrong, they were everything Will tried so hard not to be. He wanted to be a good man. He wanted to be a good man so that maybe, one day, just maybe, he would have a chance to win her.
"I always thought it'd be exciting to meet a pirate." Elizabeth was a restless girl, and always had been. Yes, she loved the luxuries she was born into (though she didn't notice it), but she got... awfully bored. Often, she envied the boys out playing in the street, and wanted to be out there, covered in mud and playing Navy and pirates right along with them.
And then they all grew up, some faster than others. Jack learned, all too quickly, that there weren't lines between good and evil, what was piracy and what was right. Will learned, much later than he should have, that the lines were blurred. Elizabeth learned, with increasing horror, what those with power and luxury were capable of.
And they called pirates monsters.