Disclaimer: I don't own POTC. Wish I did, fo sho, but I don't so whatever.
AN: Sorry for being gone for so long, I know what it's like when good stories are rarely updated and you feel impatient for the next chapter. However, I'm in a play for my school and that sucks up a mega ton of my time. That and I'm taking a bunch of theatre/choir classes that require me to learn how to read and write music... - *rage face* I will attempt to update four times a month, starting now.
Syrena's POV:
If only. That is the only thing I wonder about now. Natalina is nineteen, the cusp of womanhood, if I may, and she has experienced so much in that time. Her younger sisters, Lily and Alice, are nine and just as capable as she was, yet, it was somewhat different. Natalina had the taste of freedom, back in White Cap Bay, her birth place and mine. Her sisters were born at our home, and seem more civilized than she. Alice spends all her time under the old tree on the cliff, weaving flower crowns and day dreaming of stories and lands far far away. Lily loves her rules and her books, never mind that she can fight better than most boys at Will's age. Ahh, William Turner Jr. The boy who unknowingly to both parties stole Natalina's affections. The son of pirates, the son of the former captain of The Flying Dutchman and the Pirate King.
Oh yes, I know about Will Sr. and Elizabeth's past. As a mermaid, a siren to the Sea Goddess herself, I knew who Will used to be, thus it was only easy to discover who Elizabeth was. Word in the ocean travels fast and when Davy Jones entered his locker... well, everyone knew.
I explained to them what and who I was, revealing that I knew exactly who they were. Clearly they weren't expecting that as I soon was blocking a knife to my throat via Elizabeth. Philip and Will launched to a heated discussion, soon coming to the conclusion that we women were insane. Elizabeth had calmed down at this point, however she refused to touch myself or my little daughters. She then went to get up, to retrieve her son and make sure Natalina hadn't eaten him. I assured her my daughter would do no such thing... infront of James. That made the Pirate King crack a smile, and the tension that I created was released.
Once our discussion was over, I made amends with Elizabeth and we were on our way to becoming fast friends. We both shared our distain for a certain dread-locked pirate who had no sense of boundaries. Will and Philip were discussing their training methods of various weapons and what they were teaching their children.
I thread Natalina's soft brown locks between my fingers, humming softly. James is making a sand castle on the small private beach. I sense someone coming and lift my head to look at the path, where Philip was being dragged by a blonde and a red-head. Apparently, Philip's mother was a red-head, which made sense, as my father was a blonde according to Tamara so the possibility of having a red-headed child like Lily was plausible.
"Mother!" Alice, my dreamy little blonde, bounced over to me. She stripped out of her dress and dove into the water to join myself and Natalina. Lily was more careful, but soon followed, green eyes gleaming. I'll never know why I was blessed with my beautiful children and wonderful husband.
Speaking of Philip, my drop dead gorgeous man was helping James build sand castles and make mud pies. I swear that fourteen year old acts like he's twelve. But I love him all the same, despite his jokes and pranks.
My beautiful family, where would I be without them?