Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

As the night approached the town of Port Royal, an uncanny silence had made the alleys its home.

Light fog lingered like ghostly sentries everywhere.

Clouds had taken over the promised full moon's moonlight, and even the very sea had gone quiet as if it dared not whisper the announcement of the devil.

It was ghastly and bleak weather, to say the least; the most unique and ominous of its kind.

Amid this fog and silence, a large black ship, with tattered black sails, glided over the sea, engulfed by an eerie mist on both sides.

It was the Black Pearl!

The Gold Medallion had called them here, and it was that coin for which they had come.

And, yes — to pillage, plunder, kill, loot, rape, and murder. That, too.

Governor Weatherby Swann and Commodore Norrington were walking on the Fort Charles' ramparts when the first whistling sound reached their ears.

At the next moment, the cannonball had already arrived.

Boom!

It was just the start.

As Jack recognized the sound of his ship, the Black Pearl bombarded the entire town with ceaseless cannon fire.

Homes exploded, bridges collapsed, and dozens of people died under the might of the vicious ghostly crew and their wrath.

"Ahhh!"

"Clear the dock!"

"It's the Black…"

"Mamma!" Even the cries of toddlers got buried under the rubble.

Several pinnaces (-small ship's boats, propelled by oars-) sailed their way to the docks, boarded by at least a hundred pirates.

From their ferocious expressions and murderous shouts, their savageness spilled out, mixing into the smog and the sea underneath.

Two of these pirates were Pintel and Ragetti, who had been commanded to bring the gold medallion back to the ship.

Their destination?

Governor's mansion!

As the streets got taken over by pirates, who just blatantly began to loot, kill, rape, and plunder, William Turner armed himself in the blacksmith and walked out courageously to resist the pirates' atrocities; to defend his home.

"He-ha! Come back!"

A pirate roared, chasing a young lady across the street.

William chanced upon the scene and threw his axe at the pirate.

The sharp axe plunged itself deep into the pirate's back and he fell dramatically before William came and snatched it out again, and marched off to another battle.

Over at Fort Charles, the ramparts had gotten decorated with hundreds of cannons, and the newly promoted Commodore Norrington had taken charge to defend against this sudden besiege by the infamous ghost ship.

As the entire Port Royal fell into a clamor, something unexpected was going on at the Governor's mansion.

The mansion was already quite a distance from the main harbor and the markets and slums.

Around the mansion, there was a stillness as if the living had abandoned it long ago.

Nonetheless, signs of life could still be seen if one was desperate enough to look for them.

…

From the balcony of Elizabeth's bedchamber, Cersei eyed the smog, shouts, flashes of cannon fire, and the raw raucous caused by dying people and their killers.

She was still wearing the young Swann's nightgown, and around her neck, there was a gold chain from which hung the famous gold medallion.

There was no hint of any worry on her face. Nor was there any sign of anxiety.

This day was hers.

Cersei had already proven her worth to Kai, but she knew she needed to do more if she wanted his true acknowledgment.

With the matter of Blood Prophecy, she had gotten few chances to show her capabilities and how useful she could be.

One could even say that this Random World bestowed the greatest stage upon Cersei to act, showcasing the might of her tongue and cunning.

Perhaps, the major character Cersei, whose memories had given her this form, indeed had some weaknesses.

But she wasn't that Cersei, to begin with.

Her experiences, thoughts, and goals were entirely different from the main storyline character. So, it was natural for her personality and thinking process to differ as well.

With such reasoning, the young Cersei, as proud and scheming as she was, even believed that this entire thing was just Kai's way to test her out.

Whatever was going to happen next would dictate how much her lord would invest in her growth later.

She could not and would not afford failure. Not now.

The corner of Cersei's lips arched up in a sneer as she rubbed the gold medallion between her fingers.

Power… was in her grasp!

It was then that gigantic iron-bar gates leading to the manor got thrown open by the pirates, who were carrying fire torches, brandishing swords, and pistols.

Cersei narrowed her eyes at them and vanished back into her bedchamber.

Down at the main hall, the Butler strolled toward the main doors of the mansion upon hearing knocks.

Unlike the main storyline, Elizabeth Swann didn't come down to warn him against him; her fate unknown. Nor was there the maid Estrella in the mansion.

All servants had retired to their quarters.

And the moment the Butler opened the doors, Pintel the pirate shot his head off with a loud bang, walking them all up.

Screams, full of fear and rage, flooded the mansion like mighty waves.

"Up!" Pintel said, nodding at Ragetti.

As the other pirates ran off to find pretty maids and pillage the gold, Pintel and Ragetti ran up the stairs.

By now, the main storyline had already undergone drastic changes, and no one could stop it from falling off the cliff and plunging into the deepest darkness

When they burst into Elizabeth Swann's bedchamber, holding sword and pistol, they found Cersei looking back at them, sitting on a chair like a queen.

"Thrown your hands at your fate, poppet, eh?" Pintel asked, grinning through his fat cheeks.

Ragetti laughed at the word. "Hehe! Poppet!"

"You've got something of us, Poppet!" Pintel spat out through his missing teeth. "Give it to us, and we promise we won't hurt you."

Ragetti looked taken aback by this declaration. He faced his crewmate and asked, "We won't!"

Cersei couldn't tolerate this foolery any longer. She threw herself off the chair and hissed, "Parley!"

"Parley?" Pintel repeated listlessly.

Boom!

A cannonball found its way to the main hall of the mansion, and struck a pirate face-front, bursting apart wall and flesh alike.

"I invoke the right to Parley," Cersei declared nonchalantly. "According to the Code of the Brethren…"

"I know the Code," Pintel cut in, his lips twisting in disgust.

"To blazes with the Code," Ragetti spat, his fake eye rolling back into his head.

"She wants to be taken to the Captain!" Pintel barked in Ragetti's ear, pointing the pistol at Cersei. "And she'll go without a fuss. We must honor the Code."

After pillaging enough, the remaining pirates took Cersei toward the docks, marching through the bloodstained alleys.

At the same time, in the streets of the town, William Turner survived death at the pirate's hands, depending upon the characteristic tremendous Luck he possessed.

Just as he was heading toward another pirate, from the corner of his eyes he saw the group of pirates and a young lady.

Will's eyes widened and terror flashed across his face.

"Elizabeth…" a breath escaped his mouth, like a vanishing call.

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