a/n: contains elements of the plot of PotC:DMC; particularly elements requested by ontheotherhand:-)
I own no aspect of Pirates of the Caribbean (Flannelette:out of my dreams and into my heart.)
The Adventures of Flannelette the Pirate Maiden: part 38
When the wheel stops turning...
The "hamster wheel"
Rolls slowly
To the surf-flecked
Palm-fringed shore.
It tips; the two remaining
Hamster/ swordsmen stagger out.
Gradually, it dawns on them
That things, perhaps, have changed;
As Flannelette and Liz
And several fish folk charge about.
Will Turner rushes off
To aid his
Lovely
Bride-to-be;
James spots the empty longboat,
Treasure chest and jar of dirt.
The penny drops; he checks
There are no witnesses about;
Now two hearts beat a rhythm
Underneath his once-clean shirt.
Now, Pintel
And Ragetti
Are retreating
Down the beach;
They check the chest is in the boat
And cast off from the shore.
Will Turner waves his sword around
And stops them in their tracks;
Jack Sparrow tests the impact made
When blacksmith's head meets oar.
The girls,
Still fighting bravely,
Reach Jack Sparrow
And poor Will.
Liz wants to help the blacksmith,
Lying slumped across the boat.
"Just leave him," is the Captain's
Unexpected, strange advice;
"The chance he'll make a useful
Extra weapon is remote."
The fish-faced folk
Edge nearer;
Is this where
My poem ends?
They'll never leave the shore alive
And reach the waiting Pearl !
James Norrington declares
That he will make the sacrifice;
He plants one final kiss
Upon a silken copper curl.
He lifts
The pirate treasure chest;
Jack Sparrow
Lets him go;
He knows the heart beats safely
In his precious jar of dirt.
James strides towards his destiny;
His head and chest held high;
And one heart hammers faster
Than the other 'neath his shirt.
Fair Flannelette
Weeps softly
For the man
She loved and lost;
She sees him face the angry hordes
(Just like the dog-with-key.)
Against all hope and reason
They had tried to change his fate;
The script, alas, had triumphed;
It just wasn't meant to be.
~0~
to be continued...
who will console Flannelette?
are they now completely safe and set for a peaceful voyage home?