Turning the Tide
Author: orlysluv
Summary: What if Captain Jack Sparrow found William Turner on that floating wreckage in the first movie instead of Elizabeth Swann? What if Will had a sister? How would things of been different? W/E J/A N/OC
Disclaimer: Disney owns all the character you recognize from Pirates of the Caribbean not I, sadly.
Two very horrible days had past since the Black Pearl and her cursed crew had arrived in Tortuga and the once colorful and lively town was now the very image of hell. Hundreds of bodies littered the streets, domestic animals roamed free, and most of the buildings and houses were in total shambles. Some would say that the sinful town got what it deserved but others who knew better bowed their heads in sorrow, this was a huge blow to the pirating world. Their sweet haven had been destroyed.
Captain Barbossa stared angrily at the mess he had created in Tortuga with little remorse. Not only had he ruined an entire town but the last medallion was not found. His crew stood nervously behind him, never in all their years had they seen their ruthless captain this livid. It was a new sort of anger that swept over Hector Barbossa that night and hovered over him like a dark and thunderous cloud.
Barbossa slowly turned his skeletal body toward his crew, the awful cracking sound of his bones making them all cringe. "We've been searching this bloody island fer two days now." He began, his voice rising with every breath he took as he gazed intently at his first mate who squirmed tensely under Hector's furious eyes.
"How is it then that we have yet to come across the last damn medallion!" He roared, grabbing his second in command by the shirt and shaking him violently.
"We looked everywhere sir." He whispered pathetically.
"Well ye didn't look hard enough." Barbossa spat back.
"Do ye not want ter get rid of this curse!" He yelled out to his crew, causing them all to flinch.
"Umm, captain?" Ragetti said, coughing nervously. "Pintel here has something to tell ye." He finished, pushing his friend toward the wayward captain. "He's got a theory on why the medallion is gone."
Barbossa sighed and rolled his eyes. "What is it?"
Pintel looked at his feet for a moment before answering in a small, cowardly voice. "Ye remember when we saw a merchant ship Captain, the day we reached Tortuga?"
"Aye…"
"Well, I think that ship belonged to Jack Sparrow." Ragetti said, causing the crew to momentarily forget their troubles and burst into laughter.
"No, it's true!" Pintel insisted. "We even saw him in Tortuga with another pirate…Ana something."
"You saw Sparrow in Tortuga?" Barbossa asked, his eyes growing wide as they moved from Pintel to Ragetti. "The very same drunken Sparrow we marooned on that island?"
"Aye sir, the very same." Pintel confirmed. "I wonder how he got of that island though."
"Yeah, and I bet he had something to do with the missing medallion."
Barbossa paused for a moment and then grinned. "Make ready the ship; we have a Sparrow to catch."
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"Gents, please calm down there's really no need for all this." Jack stated, trying to look honest in front of his fed up crew.
Earlier that night, Jack's crew woke up the snoring captain saying that they had something terribly important to show him. Now, Jack was standing in front of his crew with his hands up, about to walk the plank with Gibbs and Ana Maria next in line. It would seem that Jack's "loyal" crew found it in their best interests to form a mutiny against the staggering captain.
"I'm havin' a bad case of déjà vu." Ana Maria whispered to a frightened Gibbs who was praying continuously. He was mumbling something about women being bad luck on a ship, causing Ana Maria to rolling her eyes and turn her attention back to Jack.
"I think that we could just talk this through over a nice bottle of rum." Jack said, giving his crew a huge grin. "That's right mates, I'm willing ter share my stash with your lot."
"Not this time Sparrow, you can't talk your way out of this one." One of the sailors stated with a smirk. "Since you and your kind have taken over this ship you have told us nothing of where we are going and more importantly, why we are going there."
"It's really none of your business where we are going." Jack snapped back. "But if ye really must know then I'll tell yah."
"Not now Jack." Ana Maria warned, shaking her head at his stupid antics.
"Ana Maria let me handle this." Jack said, narrowing his eyes.
"Well you're not handling it properly."
"Enough of this!" Another man shouted. "Walk the plank Jack Sparrow."
"What if I don't want to?"
The man turned away from Jack and over to Ana Maria, he took out his gun and pointed it at her temple.
"Walk the plank or the lady gets it." He snarled, smiling wickedly. "It's your choice."
Jack gulped and locked eyes with Ana Maria. He saw something he never noticed before in Ana's usually fiery eyes, Jack saw fear and for the first time in his long life the infamous pirate's heart ached. Jack Sparrow sighed and turned toward the sea and the nearby island; he quickly swallowed his pride and jumped off the plank.
The crew mate laughed hard as he looked at Ana Maria and Gibbs with a grin. "He's not so tough once ye threaten him with something he holds dear to his heart." He then shoved them off the ship, laughing enormously once again. He did have lots to laugh about indeed fore he had found the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow's only weakness and that was a rare sight to behold.
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Everything had happened so quickly that it took Elizabeth some time to actually catch up. It all seemed so surreal at first, she was back in her lover's strong arms and he was safe and sound, but it soon spiraled out of control once again. Elizabeth was now left alone in her room sobbing uncontrollably on her bed with her pirate locked up in a dirty brig. Will's sweet scent was still on her pillow and it made her cry that much harder when she realized it. After a few minutes, Elizabeth got up from her bed, wiped her tear streaked face, and slowly sneaked out of her room. Elizabeth knew what she had to do but how she was going to accomplish it was a different story.
As she made her way toward the door that led down to the brig, she noticed a young navy officer standing in front of it, the brig keys conveniently fastened to his belt. Elizabeth let out an exhausted groan and tried to think of a plan. Before she could go any further, the officer let out a startled yelp and fell to the floor.
"Why hello Miss Swann, looking for these?" Jessie said smugly, holding up the brig keys.
"Jessie!" Elizabeth breathed as she approached the young pirate. "I need your help."
"With what?" Jessie smirked, tossing the keys to Elizabeth.
"We need to get Will out of here before we reach Port Royal." She demanded, looking down at the fallen officer before her.
"And how do you propose we do that?"
Elizabeth though for a moment then smiled. "We can escape using a row boat, its too dark for a small vessel to be seen in the water." She explained as she walked toward the brig door, only to be yanked back by Jessie.
"That's not a bad plan for an amateur." Jessie stated, raising an eye brow at the stubborn girl. "But someone as experienced as I would stop to wonder what would happen if the Commodore saw you."
"Some one needs to stay behind and distract him." Elizabeth replied, looking at her expectantly.
Jessie sighed. "I guess you have volunteered me."
Elizabeth nodded and smiled. "Thank you." She whispered, opening the brig door and walking inside.
"Elizabeth." Jessie said, causing the girl to turn around.
"I can see why my brother adores you so much."
Elizabeth smiled and slowly closed the door behind her.
The prison of the Interceptor was dark and musty. It had rows and rows of jail cells but only one that was presently occupied.
"Will!" Elizabeth exclaimed, running toward his cell. At the sweet sound her voice, William immediately got up from the dirty floor and ran to Elizabeth, bringing her as close to him as the bars would let possible.
"Oh Elizabeth, how did you get down here?" He asked softly, wiping the tears off his love's face. Elizabeth moved away from Will and took out the brig keys she had with her.
"I had your sister's help." She said, unlocking the cell.
As soon as the jail door swung open, the two lovers ran into each other's arms, kissing one another frantically. "Oh god, I've missed you so much." Will whispered between kisses.
Elizabeth smiled and reached up to caress William's dirtied face. "We need to get out of here love."
William nodded. "Agreed."
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James Norrington stared out into the open sea with a look of turmoil etched on his face fore he had just witnessed his own fiancé kissing a pirate on her bed in a way she never once did with him during their courtship. What frustrated the Commodore to know end however was the fact that he did not feel angry or even jealous, he felt relief. He and Elizabeth were supposed to be the perfect couple, the two people others would look up to and model their own relationships after. Yet, as he stood on the Interceptor with his gaze still fixed on the sea it was Jessie his mind wondered to, not Elizabeth.
"She's a pirate." James reminded himself for the eleventh time that night. "You despise pirates and you love Elizabeth."
"No you don't." His heart screamed back to him. "It is Jessie you find alluring and exhilarating, you're falling for the pirate."
Norrington was so deep in his thoughts that he did not notice when a certain female pirate walked to toward him and stopped to stand right beside the frustrated Commodore. Looking at him with growing concern, Jessie placed a hand on his tense shoulder and caused James to look up.
"Are you alright?" She asked softly, her brown eyes searching his for an answer.
"Would you leave me be if I lied and said yes?"
"Course not, what kind of pirate or woman do you take me for?" She teased, raising her eyebrows. "We never give up until we get what we want."
James smiled and leaned against the rail of the powerful ship, combing a hand through his brown hair nervously. "I'm confused." He whispered, looking up at the young women that occupied most of his thoughts.
"About what?"
"Where my heart truly lies actually." He replied with a sigh. "When I was a young lad living in England, I wanting nothing more than to follow my father's footsteps and become a treasured navy officer."
"And you have."
"Yes and I thought that if I accomplished that and also settled down with a family that my life and ambitions would be fulfilled."
"But?" Jessie inquired, watching the Commodore with admiration, wondering how a man who obviously cared so much felt so confused and alone.
"But, now I'm not so sure." He whispered, looking up and the dark sky as if looking for some sort of sign.
"Hey." Jessie said softly, causing the Commodore to look down at her once again.
"Everyone doubts what they are doing at least a hundred times in their life." She said, touching the Commodore's face adoringly. "Sometimes one must throw caution to the wind and just go for it."
"Caution to the wind." He breathed, moving his head down to capture Jessie's lips.
Just then, William and Elizabeth made their way silently across the deck when something caught Will's eyes and he stopped suddenly, causing Elizabeth to crash into him.
"My god, what is she doing!" Will whispered loudly, gawking at the image of his sister kissing their foe.
"Well Jessie did say she was going to distract him." Elizabeth giggled. "I just didn't know she was going to do that.
Once they were far enough away, Will turned to Elizabeth. "Did you see that!" He asked, helping her into a row boat.
"No Will, I'm blind didn't you know?" She replied back sarcastically. "It would seem that your sister has fallen for the Commodore dear William."
"What am I going to do with her?" Will said, shaking his head as he too got into the boat and lowered it into the water, both were trying to hide a smile.