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Chapter 1
The day of their wedding had finally arrived and Elizabeth looked radiant, this time there would be no bad weather, and no arresting officers to interfere with the ceremony. She gazed out her bedroom window which overlooked the caribbean sea, thinking about the path she had chosen and where it had led her. She was happy with where she was headed but a great sadness weighed down her heart. She wished she didn't have to let him go, they had been through so much together and their bond was deep, but if she was to follow her heart's desire she knew that this was the end.
She walked over to the mirror and looked at her reflection, she didn't look like a pirate, not today. She returned to her spot at the window and sat down waiting for her father to arrive and escort her to the battlement, the location of her wedding. She'd insisted on having it there, outside under the wide open sky with the ocean breeze blowing on her face, it seemed...right. Elizabeth didn't have to wait long for soon came the knock on the door that she had been waiting for since she was a young girl. She took a deep breath and called out.
"Come in!"
Governor Swann entered the room and stopped short at the sight of his daughter.
"Elizabeth!" he exclaimed, "You look absolutely beautiful! Why, you take my very breath away! Young William Turner is the luckiest man alive!"
Elizabeth smiled at this and quickly smoothed her dress and picked up her flowers.
"Are you ready?" her father asked with a raised eyebrow and a smile.
"I'm ready!" she replied confidently and took her father's arm.
As she stood under the shade of the arches she could see Will standing at the edge of the battlement, in the very spot that she had fallen the day of Commodore Norrington's promotion ceremony. This time there would be no fainting.
She had loved Will from the moment she met him, his handsome face was not lost on her the day they had pulled him out of the water as a young boy, and she had done her best to take care of him. Today, however, was the day she was letting that go, for today was the day of their marriage and afterwards that burden would be lifted. Not that she thought of his safety as a burden really, but her loyalty to that task had become a hinderance to her at times.
He looked handsome and he smiled as she took her place next to him and looked up into his face. Before she turned towards the cleric she scanned the horizons and saw a ship with black sails floating in the distance. She smiled and once again turned her face to Will who returned her gaze and gently took her hand.
"Dearly beloved," the cleric began, "we are gathered here today..."
Nobody had told James Norrington about the wedding, he had been having difficulties as of late and often spent his time in Tortuga drinking away his sorrows. Although he attempted to get his life back on track he couldn't get things to go the way he wanted. He had Jack Sparrow's pistol in his possession now and often thought about using it on the pirate, but without a ship it was an impossible goal. He'd just bide his time.
When word of Elizabeth's upcoming wedding to Will finally did reach him, it was purely by accident. Murtogg had let it slip during one of their conversations but Mulroy was quick to change the subject so he had little information about the event. It was Mr Gibbs who provided him with the particulars and he assured him that Jack Sparrow would not be in attendance.
He gained passage on a small fishing vessel that was making it's way from Tortuga to Port Royal during one of it's weekly jaunts. He arrived quite early in the morning and looking up at the fort he could see preparations for the big event were beginning. Flowers adorned the walls of the fort and he could hear a string quartet practicing in the distance. He walked up the hill that lead to the fort, but stopped before reaching it and hid behind a stone wall, he didn't want his presence known until the time was right. He wouldn't fail again.