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Another Pirate's Tale
Yo ho! Yo ho! A pirates life for me!
I wish to tell a pirate's tale to thee.
Rain falling from the sky
Tears threatening to cry.
A bride left alone
On a day that was to be her own.
Holding a bouquet of flowers white
Wondering why things did not go right.
She did not know
That to shore men did row
And capture her dear husband
Though she found out in the end.
Led down the aisle in chains
She ran to him, not caring that it rains.
Governor Swann comes to the scene
Not believing what he had seen
Finding a man he already met
Mr. Cutler Beckett.
Beckett handing over the warrant for Will's arrest
Unfortunately to Elizabeth was it addressed.
Another for Norrington had been signed
but luckily for him, he had resigned.
Conspiring to set free a pirate
The punishment for which, death.
After correcting Cutler with 'Captain'
We go to visit another set
Where a pirate's song was being slurred
A drunken man, many things he heard.
A terrifying sight, difficult to imagine
Men dragged off and mutilated were their kin.
The heavy gate doors closed tight
And crows feasting in the dim light.
Back to the ocean we go
Where coffins into the sea, men did throw
We follow them as they drift miles from shore
A crows pecks on one, as though knocking on a door
A gun shot blows it to pieces
And as the noise ceases,
"Sorry mate"
We hear from Jack Sparrow, our fellow pirate.
Using a corpse's foot as an oar,
A story soon to be repeated in future pirate lore.
Sparrow rejoins his pirate crew
Completing what he set out to do.
Unfortunately, disappointed Sparrow's men were
When they heard the word
That what Sparrow had was not shiny
But only a cloth that was tiny.
Then enter the undead monkey
Jack shot it, but it jumped back into the sea.
A drawing of a key lies upon the cloth of Jack
After rambling of what he knows,
With an unstable compass, Jack is unsure of which way he goes.
Not knowing which way he's headin'
Jack heads off to his cabin
With armed escort, was Will taken to Lord Beckett
And tangled up in a difficult net.
Will's services the East India Trading Company does require
And both needs are dire.
Will must help to save his wife
And Jack will be in the Trading Company's hire
A full pardon in exchange for the compass
If only he were not tangled up in this mess.
Unfortunately for Jack he has depleted his rum
For which he'd pay a considerable sum
So he went down to get another
And almost could have cried for his mother
For first of all his resources did he deplete
Also an unexpected friend did he meet
"Time has run out, Jack"
Sparrow nearly had a heart attack
For Bootstrap Bill, horrible did he seem
And Jack wondered if he were in a dream.
Not of his own accord was Bootstrap Bill
He came of Davy Jones' will.
To Jones, a debt, Jack did owe.
Jack could not talk out of it, that was so.
And as Bill Turner left Jack alone
On Jack's hand the black spot made its presence known
"All hands on deck" Jack frantically did call
Upstairs they did haul
As Jack covered his hand
The crew was told to head to land.
Which port ?
"I didn't say port-land, any land" was the retort
Deep panic did ensue
Jack's hat the monkey threw
Down it fell, into the sea
But orders were to leave it be.
"Run", and under the stairs Jack did hide
Told Gibbs they were not being followed, he lied.
To another boat
Jack's hat did float
But what followed, but back luck
For the boat was struck.
To Elizabeth Will did visit
Behind the bars she did sit
A promise was made to get Elizabeth out of the bars of rust
But Governor Swann was not to trust
Little plans were made
With prices to be paid.
Rumors in Tortuga were said
And to an island Will did head.
A ship to take him there, he could not ask for more
And so he swam ashore.
Beached, the Black Pearl sat tall.
And for the crew, Will did call
And Cotton's Parrot he did see.
"SQUAWK! Don't Eat me!"
Through the jungle Will did haul
And into a trap, he did fall
By natives he was ensnared
To fight them upside down, Will dared
Once he was subdued,
The natives continued
Taken to the place in which they camped
And to a log Will was strapped.
To the chief he was brought
Thought to be unfamiliar, though he was not
The Pirate Captain Jack Sparrow
Though unhelpful he was, that was so.
Jack's last words "Save me"
Confusing as it may be.
Governor Swann still did not trust
So Elizabeth out of jail, he did bust.
To see his daughter hang, he could not endure
Of the safety of the passage, though, he was too sure.
For a trap had been set
Rolling down Swann's face-nervous beads of sweat
But when opened was the carriage door
Elizabeth was in there, no more.
To Beckett's room she did stroll
Luckily no guards did patrol.
She wished the Letters of Mark bore his crest
And he divulged that with the compass, he seeks a chest.
To an island Pintel and Raggetti did sail
And the dog with the keys did bail.
And the bible, Ragetti did read
But being upside-down, he did not succeed.
Quite roughly their boat was swept ashore
An unmanned Black Pearl, too hard to ignore.
Unnerving were beating drums
While Jack adorned a necklace of human toes thumbs.
In a cage of bones, the Pearl crew hung
Figuring out how their freedom could be sprung.
And also realizing that Jack was to be eaten
Which to the current situation, did nothing to sweeten
And Jack soon did disappear
To the camp to gather some gear
But from the tent Jack did find
A mob of angry natives and nothing to hide behind.
To a spit, Jack was bound
With no help to be found
As will and his crew learned some air acrobatics
Looking like crazed fanatics.
To vines on the cliff wall they did seize
Without the greatest of ease.
Up the cliff they began to climb
Realizing only six could crew the Pearl, not at the best time
So the climb became a race
Up they climbed at a very fast pace.
But across the bride, a native did walk
To avoid detection, the climbing did stop
But for the unfortunates that did continue,
And down the cliff fell half the crew.
Alerting the natives of their plot
It wasn't long till everyone found out
Right before Jack's fire was lit
But a fallen torch accidentally set fire to the spit.
And off the spit, Jack did bounce and roll
And towards the Pearl crew, the natives did quickly stroll
Down the hill they did tumble
Making quite a rumble
But it did not break open
Carrying it, they did then
Finally after a fall, did it break
And flying arrows, their lives almost did take
While Jack was fighting off flying fruit
While the crew tried to escape pursuit.
Jack had his own air acrobatics to show
But the fruit brought Jack to the ground below
The crew came upon the Pearl, ready to get off the island, uncharted
Lucky for the crew, on casting off Pintel and Ragetti had already started
As the crew cast off, Jack came around the corner
Running like a condemned foreigner
But once onboard, Jack's gloating cut brief
Leaving the dog as their new chief
The undead monkey, Jack did require
For shooting something was his desire.
But Will confronted Jack first
In his frustration, about to burst
But the compass, Jack will trade for the key
And so they continued out to sea.
In a ship sailing out of Port Royal
A wedding dress found among rope coiled
Haunted is the boat, believes the crew
Making up stories, figuring out what to do.
But the captain, the truth did expose
A woman on board, with no clothes.
A pair of boats row through a shallow stream
And Will and Gibbs speak of the Kracken's scream
Into a strange shack they go, on a very strange note
Leaving Cotton to mind the boat
Tia Dalma already knows Will's name
"A touch of destiny" about him, did she claim.
And Jack asking for her help
Taking Tia's attention off the "whelp"
The undead monkey offered as payment
Releasing it, she left the crew in unsaid torment
Showing her the cloth with the key
Wishing to know what in the chest may be
Gold, gems, treasure?
But learning what, left them in displeasure
Davy Jones loved a woman, from which he wished not to part
And therefore, cut out his beating heart.
This is what is kept in the chest
And the key he kept on himself, did she confess
But before leaving, Tia wished to see the hand of Jack Sparrow
Revealing the black spot and the crew not hiding the fear it did bestow
And Tia Dalma offered Jack a jar of dirt
Disappointment Jack did not hide, leaving Tia Dalma a little hurt
But eventually the dirt was accepted
And with Tia Dalma's help, the Dutchman was intercepted
And off to a fallen ship, Will did head
Not knowing what was to lie ahead
But not without a last word from Jack
Before Will headed off into the sea in the night so black
Will boarded the ship torn apart
Finding some terrified sailors, faint of heart
The real Flying Dutchman emerged from the ocean below
Captured were Will and the terrified crew, when Jones made a show
Will said what he was told
And of Davy Jones' presence, the Pearl's crew did behold
A bargain, Jack tried to raise,
But not in his favor, 99 souls in three days.
Hoping they would not fail,
Tortuga they did sail.
Back to the "haunted" ship we go
Where a strange wind does blow
And the ghost comes back to give a sign
"Tortuga" it said, no one could decline
To Tortuga, they did sail
Where Jack and Gibbs looked like they would fail
For only four souls had been found
When a poor looking Norrington came abound
Norrington with his gun raised, and Jack trying to stall
It wasn't long before a full blown brawl
Norrington's presence they could do without
So Elizabeth took the pleasure of knocking him out
To the Flying Dutchman, we now head
Where condemned souls tread
It wasn't long before one Turner found the other
But for time, one could have wished for another
For Bootstrap Bill Turner lost his grip
And it was Will who would suffer the whip
A father, Will had finally found
But on which, Will frowned
But because of Davy Jones, the tender moment crashes
For it was Bill Turner who gives the lashes
Then Will was thrown to the deck below
His father's help, aside Will did throw
But soon trust did endure, man to man
And it wasn't long before Bill learned of Will's plan
Back in Tortuga, the man he loves, a lad it trying to find
Jack thought it very kind,
Though his only love is the sea
But the lad is not what he thought him to be
And Jack is not the love of Jack
Humbleness Sparrow did lack.
Turning around it was Elizabeth Jack eyed
Right before telling Gibbs the rum he was to hide
While Norrington's food did not digest,
Jack convinced Elizabeth she needed to find the chest
Giving, Elizabeth his compass
And finally a heading, Jack had finally a success
Back on the Dutchman, a game was being played
Will joined in challenging Davy Jones, and bets were made.
The key to an eternity of service
Being a little nervous,
Bill too joined in
With a high bet from Bill, Jones did win
But Will did not care whether he lost or won
It was about where the key was, but the damage was already done.
And once Jones was fast asleep
Into his room, Will did creep.
With careful hands, the key did he replace
Putting the cloth drawing in its place.
Before making off with his prize,
A promise to set his father free, before he dies.
Back on the Pearl Gibbs, Elizabeth and Jack realized the plans of Beckett
To let Beckett control the sea, would be a decision quick to regret.
While on a ship at sea, Will did come by
He told them to go fast, but did not say why.
It was not long before Will came along a familiar wedding dress
Whose it was, he did not have to guess.
It was not long before their ship was found
And it wasn't long before the Kraken was sent around.
This ship, Will had forsaken
It wasn't long before into the sea it was taken.
To dive into the water, Will suffered no harm
Hiding in the Dutchman, he rose no alarm.
Back on the Pearl, Elizabeth dotes on the wedding lost
Wishing to be married, perhaps at any cost.
And the two shared some thoughts from inside
To know what it's like to be free or to be courageous sometime.
But soon appeared once more, the black spot
And Jack wished for his jar of dirt, until now he had forgot
And then it was off to shore
Hoping to find the chest, but they found more.
For once they found the chest, then came Will.
And to Elizabeth the truth of Will's imprisonment did spill
And soon the battle began
The heart wished by each Man
Will, Sparrow, and Norrington
Doing battle under the blazing sun.
Each wishing the heart for their own needs
And Elizabeth thinking how silly their deeds.
Pintel and Ragetti seeing the four preoccupied
Ran off with the chest, for the value inside.
While the three men battled it out
Pintel and Ragetti were soon found out.
Soon Jones' men emerged from the sea,
Finding the chest as empty as can be
While the fighting men took their fight to a church of old
And claims were made, some very bold.
With the key, Jack runs off
But soon finding himself in a grave or trough.
As the fight continued, off the church a water wheel did split
Taking Jack along with it
And once again the key was up for grabs
But, who's keeping tabs?
A metal bar left Jack knocked out cold
With the other two, though, the fight continued to unfold.
Elizabeth thought she had the two pirates caught,
But then she realized a sword, she had not.
But there wasn't time to fight
Now it was time for flight
For Jones' crew came flying at them
They did not want to join the condemned.
Pintel and Ragetti made off with the chest
Leaving Elizabeth with two swords put against her breast
Fighting the pirates was as difficult as can be,
For two swords were to be shared among three.
A lucky pirate made off with the chest containing the heart
But soon his head and body were to part.
And the chest Jack did unlock
While the headless pirate he did mock.
Into his shirt, the heart was placed
And back to the boat he ran, very fast paced.
Where in the jar of dirt he placed the heart
Thinking he was smart.
It was not long before the others did follow
And much ensued, difficult to swallow.
The heart, Pintel and Raggeti thought they had,
While Norrington ran off, very glad.
Seeing the key in the chest, Will had a doubt,
But Jack realized and knocked him out.
Norrington ran off with the chest, they thought him brave,
While Jones' crew thought by taking the chest, the heart they did save.
Both crews were sadly mistaken,
They had not found out yet, but the heart, he had taken.
But once the Pearl pulled away from shore,
The Dutchman came knocking at its door.
Jack taunted Davy, wishing to bargain.
For with the heart, he thought he had won.
It was not long before the fight began,
The Dutchman, the Pearl out ran.
Before they could rejoice,
The Kraken was release, Jones' choice.
And with one little bump
Jack realized he had not the "thump-thump"
And to fight the Kraken, preparations were made
To escape from this fate, all prayed.
After fighting it off, no boats were at hand,
So they organized for one last stand
But it was not enough
The beast was too tough.
Into the longboat, was the command
Heartbreaking to lose a ship so grand.
Then was the betraying kiss
The reason behind it, Will did miss
For Elizabeth used the moment of opportunity
To chain Jack to the mast and leave him to mutiny.
And so Sparrow was left behind
Will though was still blind.
Desperate was Jack's attempt to escape
Oil over his hand he did drape
Set free just as the beast spit up Jack's hat
Just in time to engage in combat
Even though not a chance did Jack stand
At least he died in a manner so grand.
Only then did Jones find the heart gone
So they had to search on.
But the heart was not with Sparrow as Jones guessed
With Norrington its presence was blessed.
The beating heart
Was traded for the Letter of Mark.
While in another land
The Pearl's crew beached on the sand
Outside Tia Dalma's shack
All wishing their captain were back.
Sad hearts filled with sorrow
At the loss of their friends, Captain Jack Sparrow.
And they were asked what they would do
To bring back the one they knew.
To the ends of the Earth they must sail
But to prevail
They would need a captain anew
Who of the path he knew
A captain Barbossa brought back from the dead
Now I cannot tell you of what lies ahead
That I must save for another day
But until then, may fair winds blow your way.
Author's Note: I hope you liked it! Please review and let me know what you think!!! No flames...please!!! I like building fires on my own...
