Disclaimer: I don't own ANY of these characters…yet. I'll be adding some ocs in later chapters. Until then, kudos to Disney!
Chapter 1: Charm and Challenge
"So this is where your heart truly lies?" Commodore Norrington asked. He had gone through so much to save her and bring the Pirates to justice. Now he would lose her to a blacksmith with the blood of a criminal. She said she would marry him…and he believed her. She makes me a fool.
Elizabeth nodded and looked up into Will's eyes.
"No," Governor Swann said pushing through the small crowd. "I will not allow it! I will not let you marry some, some Pirate!" He spat out the word Pirate as if it tasted fowl.
Stunned, Elizabeth took a moment to collect a response. "But Father! Do you condemn me to misery until my death!? I don't love the Commodore! I would never be happy with him."
Norrington took a sharp breath and closed his eyes for a moment. The words she spoke slapped him in the face. Condemned to misery? Could one man be so terrible? She thought that bitterly of him? But he would do anything to make her happy!
"Even so, Elizabeth, you already answered his proposal-"
"To hell with that!" Elizabeth yelled, frustrated. There were a few gasps from her improper language. "And to hell with the rules! I am NOT marrying Commodore Norrington!"
"I'm afraid, Elizabeth, there's nothing you can do," Will said laying a gentle hand on her arm. "But…there is something I can do." He stood in front of the Commodore and stared him in the eyes. "Commodore, I demand satisfaction." Another gasp from the crowd.
"Do you mean a duel?" Norrington raised his eyebrows.
"A duel for love."
"Well, tell 'im not to do anything stupid and he shoots himself in the chest!" Jack Sparrow mumbled from behind.
"Alright, Mr. Turner, I except. Miss Swann, you must be flattered," Norrington said coldly. "Put Sparrow in irons again," he added in afterthought.
"Ah!" Jack jumped away towards the wall. "No, Commodore, this is your unlucky day. Because you will always remember today as the day that-" Jack fell over the edge into the water below.
"He'll just go back to the noose! What's your plan of action, Commodore?" Gillette said, looking over the wall.
"I'll deal with him after the duel," Norrington snarled and left the scene.