"This is Elizabeth Swann-Turner, please leave a message and I'll contact you when I can."

I know I shouldn't have done it, but at the time, all I could think of was what that bloody compass had been showing me everytime I tried to use it... and the fact that I had to do something to keep the Kraken from continuing from attacking us.

I knew without a doubt that if we could get out and away from Jack, the Kraken would leave us alone. It was Jack he was after, and nothing we had done so far had prevented it from attacking no matter where we were. Yes, there may have been my anger at finding out that Jack had tricked Will onto Davy Jones's ship and told me he was lost playing a small part into it.

So, I did the one thing I knew would distract Jack enough to let me put my plan into action.

I kissed him.

It worked. He was distracted enough by my kiss that I was able to chain him to the wheel before he even knew what I was doing.

I truly did not enjoy chaining him up to leave for the Kraken, but I didn't think that there was anything else that I could do. The Kraken wouldn't stop until it had Jack and if I hadn't done something, all of us would have died. I was not ready to die -- or to see Will die.

So I kissed him, and then I left him there.

I didn't kiss him because I was in love with him or lusted after him. There never has been another man for me but for Will.

I know I shouldn't have done it.

I never would have hurt Will like that.



Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 284

January Prompt C : - This Picture

Elizabeth was laying on the beach, curled up close to the sleeping Will and watching the scenes playing out in the stars above them. There was one formation had managed to keep her attention focused upon it since she had first seen it a few hours earlier.

It started out as an hourglass formation and the colours seemed to be brighter than anything she had ever seen. However, it was the shape in the middle of the hourglass that was managing to hold her attention so solidly.

To her, it looked like a perfect representation of an eye and it made her feel like it was looking down at where she and Will were. She moved her head slightly on Will's shoulder to get a better look at the eye and she smiled.

Feeling peaceful, she let her eyes drift close and allowed herself to slip into an easy sleep.

After all, how can you not rest easy when the eyes of the heavens were watching over you?


Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 168

I have always liked to travel. I have never been one who was much for staying still or staying in one place. My father used to despair of it because there have been times where we have been at important functions or meetings and I just could not seem to stay still. I am happiest when I am moving. I am more at peace when I am exploring or discovering. I am a wayfarer at heart.

I have been told many a time that I have a seafarer's soul because I am always wanting to travel on a ship to see where the waves can take me and what I can discover.

If it were not for my love of travel and adventure, I am not sure if I would ever have met Will Turner. I was on a ship's journey when we came across his sunken ship and his younger form unconscious on a floating piece of wood.

Then, when I was kidnapped by the pirates and Will came after me... well, again, it was through travels over the sea that I realized that he felt the same way about me that I felt about him. He chased Barbossa and his crew across the waters and to that darkened cave to rescue me.

And now?

Now I look forward to the travels that Will and I are going to take together in this new adventure that our lives have seemed to become. I have cast my heart in with his and cannot wait to see where all of this leads us next.




Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 263

Elizabeth didn't usually let herself think about hind sight or about how some things might have changed in life if you just changed one action or phrase.

What If...

What if she hadn't decided to lie on that fateful night when the Black Pearl and its crew had attacked Port Royal? Would the events that happened afterwards still have taken place? Would she still have been kidnapped by Barbossa and his men? Would Will still have had to break Jack out of jail to come rescue her?

What if she hadn't lied all of those years ago and hidden the pirate necklace that she had found on Will when they rescued him from the sea as a child? What would that have changed? Would she and Will have still grown up together? Would they still have formed the bond that they did?

Would they still be in love like they were now?

There were too many things that might have changed if the wind had blown a different way or if the sea had led all of them on a different course.

She just didn't have time to dwell on any "What If's".

She had a life in the here and now to lead.

A life that wouldn't be right without Will in it.



Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 215

[[OOC: From prior to any of the movies]]


There's something about the way you look at me when you don't think that I am watching you.

It's sometimes like I'm seeing myself through your own eyes, Will. When you think no one is watching you, your gaze is open and quite informative. There are no shadows of worry there and you don't seem to be quite as concerned about who might be watching us and who might see how you really feel for me.

When you are unaware you are being watched, there is something more relaxed in your eyes and I can see how deep your feelings and your emotions run when it comes to me. You seem to be less worried about what others will say about the feelings you have for me when you think that no one sees you.

There's something about the way you look at me that makes me feel a little floaty inside and a little bit breathless as well. In those moments I have hope that the feelings I have for you are not only returned, but that some day we may be brave enough to share those feelings with each other and let ourselves be together.

There's something about the way you look at me that allows me to know that I am not as alone as I feel in this place sometimes, Will.

To me, that is more important than anything else in this world.



Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 237

My most powerful memory would have to be from the foggy morning where we encountered the wreckage of that ship and the young boy floating on a piece of the wreckage from the ship. When I first set eyes on him, I knew that my life would forever be changed and that nothing would ever be the same for me after that day.

Will was unconscious and floating in the water. Father and Norrington were worried that the pirates would come back, so they sent me into the cabins with Will where I could take care of him and make sure that he was going to be okay.

After they left me alone, Will opened his eyes for only a fraction of a second. He told me his name and I will never forget the brightness of his eyes.

That day gave me something very precious to me and it will always be a powerful memory in my mind.



Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 159

There are many different kinds of hurt. Some of them are just more obvious than others.

The time I was most hurt had to be on the Black Pearl, during those few moments after the Defiant had blown up and I thought Will had been blown up with her. There were not --- and still are not --- enough words that are strong enough to describe how I felt in those moments. Will had been trapped and he had urged me to get to safety... and the only safety was being picked up by Barbossa and his crew --- the very pirates we were trying to escape from.

I was on the deck of that pirate ship when the Defiant exploded and sank. For a long moment, I just stared at the debris and then watched as the ship sank. My chest tightened up and I couldn't draw a breath for several moments. The pain and loss seemed to become tangible and it threatened to choke the life out of me.

To say that the idea of Will being dead hurt is probably a very large understatement.




Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 184

Prompt 1A : "There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale." -- Charles de Lint
Tell us a well-told tale about you.



A well-told tale?

I'm not sure how well the people telling of it do, but I can tell you of a tale that gets repeated a lot throughout Port Royal.

It's the tale of the supposed highborn lady that not only fell in love with a Blacksmith, but was kidnapped by pirates, and then helped a pirate escape from the hangman's noose.

Yes, I was kidnapped. It was true that I had demanded to be taken to their captain, but it was because I wanted to speak of Parlay with him. I wanted him to agree to leave Port Royal immediately and never come back.

That... didn't work out quite as well as I had hoped that it would.

The captain, Barbossa decided to keep me when he sailed away from my home. Of course, that could be because I had the cursed coin he was looking for and I did tell him my name was Elizabeth Turner. Well, my maid had told me that they were there to kidnap me because I was the governor's daughter and when they asked me who I was, I said the first name that popped into my mind. Later, when I realized what they were planning, there was no way I was going to tell them anything about Will.

Will and Jack Sparrow came after me -- Will to rescue me, Jack to carry out his own agenda. Will rescued me, but ended up as a captive himself. I couldn't let that situation stand as it was, so I went after Will -- much to the dismay of my father and James Norrington. The rescue and defeat of Barbossa was a success, but then the soldiers arrested Jack and were going to hang him.

Will said that it was wrong, and I agreed with him. Jack is a scoundrel and a terrible pirate, but somewhere in there he is a good man -- and he did help us. So, Will and I got between Jack and the soldiers. James asked me if I felt as strongly about this as Will did, and I said yes. Jack escaped and Will and I...

Will told me he loved me, and I told him I felt the same.

Well-told tale? I'm not sure I agree with how they tell it, but true all the same.


Muse: Elizabeth Swann
Fandom: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
Words: 390