Legolas groaned as he regained consciousness, the sun hit his eyes painfully as he opened them. What had happened? Why was he lying in the street? Wait a minute why were his eyes even closed? Elves don't sleep with their eyes closed unless they are completely exhausted, ill, or injured…Injured, he then realized that the back of his head was sending him painful messages; gingerly reaching back he found an enormous goose egg. Where had that come from? All of a sudden it all came rushing back…..Elizabeth! He leapt to his feet, his sore head utterly forgotten, and ran to find Governor Swann – he had to save Elizabeth Dunedain!

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            He found the Governor consulting a map with Norington. As much as he disliked the idea of Elizabeth marrying the man – the Commodore did seem to authentically care for her and Legolas figured they would be certain to help in the quest to save her. "They've taken her, they've taken Elizabeth," he announced in a near panicked voice. To his shock and anger Norington's only response was the calm order "Mr. Murtog, remove this man."

            Effortlessly shaking Murtog's grip from his arm Legolas continued in disbelief  "We have to hunt them down, we must save her"

            "And where do you propose we start?" this from the Governor, "If you have any information concerning my daughter, please, share it." He, at least, had a note of desperation in his voice.

            "That Jack Sparrow, he talked about the Black Pearl." A red coated solider cautiously interjected but was corrected by his mate. "Mentioned it, is more what he did"

            "Ask him where it is. Make a deal with him, he could lead us to it." Legolas suggested hopefully

            "No…the pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell, ergo they are not his allies." Norington muttered distractedly, "Governor, we will establish their most likely course…"

            At this complete disregard for an idea that could possibly save Elizabeth's life Legolas finally snapped. What sort of logic was this – just because the attackers weren't Sparrow's allies how did that have any bearing on whether or not he would know anything about them. Striking the table with only slight restraint on his enormous strength he imbedded his hatchet deep in the Commodore's map "That's not good enough!" he bellowed in the tone of one not used to having his words ignored.

            With calm annoyance Norington wrestled the ax out of the table, "Mr. Turner, you are not a military man, you are not a sailor. You are a blacksmith; and this is not the moment for rash actions." 

            Legolas was sorely tempted to correct him on that point; not a military man eh? He was completely certain he had commanded more battles than Norington had ever even seen. Not to mention the patronizing tone with which the Commodore was speaking down to him. But overcoming the moment of, however justifiable, snobbish weakness he simply squared his jaw and held his tongue.

            Norrington continued, "Do not make the mistake of thinking that you are the only man here who cares for Elizabeth."

            Deciding that this was getting him no where Legolas glared at him and marched off deciding that if no one else would even see if the pirate knew anything  - he would.

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            As Legolas stormily marched through the town his mood only worsened. The town was decimated. The smoldering ruins of homes and businesses choked the morning air with thick smoke. The streets were littered with the dead and wounded. Women, small children, old men, the pirates had shown them no favor and Legolas burned with righteous anger towards those who had committed the brutality. He had never had a favorable opinion of pirates but at the sights that met his eyes that morning he found his general dislike turning to a hatred as intense as he had once felt for the giant spiders and orcs of Dol Gulder that had terrorized Greenwood the Great eventually taking over and transforming his homeland into the dark forest of Mirkwood. And now here he was going to ask a pirate for help, it absolutely galled him.

            Legolas hurried down the stairs of the prison and found the pirate lying on the floor of his cell. "You, Sparrow!" he barked authoritatively 

            "Aye" he answered not moving in the slightest

            Legolas decided that directness was probably the best approach "You are familiar with that ship, the Black Pearl?"

            "I've heard of it." The pirate mumbled

            "Where does it make berth?" Legolas continued preemptively annoyed

            "Where does it make berth?" Sparrow repeated as if the elf has asked if the ocean was wet and he couldn't believe the stupidity "Have you not heard the stories?" he asked propping himself up on his elbows

            Legolas of course not having heard the stories merely cocked his head questioningly and waited for the pirate to continue

            Flopping back on the ground Sparrow exasperatedly began expositing "Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants…" It was impossible to miss the venom and sarcasm with which the pirate had said captain, "…Sail from the dreaded Isla de Muerta. It's an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is."

            Isla de Muerta – Island of the Dead? Cannot be found except by those who already know where it is? That sounded disturbingly familiar – but quickly hiding his discomfort he demanded, "The ship's real enough. Therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?"

            Rolling his eyes and looking at his nails the pirate unconcernedly responded, "Why ask me?"

            Swallowing his pride and disgust he grumbled, "Because you're a pirate."

            "And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it?" Sparrow grinned

            Temper at the breaking point he gritted his teeth and spat "Never!" Then, regaining control, reluctantly and sorrowfully mumbled, "They took Miss Swann"

            Grinning wildly the pirate sat up and mocked "Oh so it is that you've found a girl. I see." Then becoming slightly more business like – at least for Jack Sparrow -  he smugly continued; "Well, if you're intending to brave all, hasten to her rescue and so win fair lady's heart you'll have to do it alone, mate. I see no profit in it for me."

            Of course the pirate would only care for his own profit  - fortunately Legolas had a trump card, "I can get you out of here." Legolas informed with a raised eyebrow

            The pirate looked incredulous "How's that? The key's run off."

            "I helped build these cells." The Elf looked around remembering the day "These are half pin-barrel hinges." He continued as he found a bench and propped it against the bars "With the right leverage and a proper application of strength, the door will lift free."

            "What's your name?" the pirate asked thoughtfully.

            "Will Turner"

            "That will be short for William, I imagine. Good strong name. No doubt, named for your father, aye?"

            Legolas hesitated – his immediate reaction was of course to say no but something in the pirate's tone told him that there was more to the question then small talk and cautiously answered, "Yes"

            "Aha." The pirate pondered this new information for a moment then seemed to come to a decision "Well Mr. Turner, I've changed me mind. If you spring me from this cell, I swear on pain of death, I shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonny lass. Do we have an accord?" he stood and stuck his hand through the bars.

            "Agreed" Legolas firmly took his hand – his demeanor admitting relief

            "Agreed, get me out."

            Legolas easily lifted the iron door but dropped it with a larger crash than he had intended, jarring his sensitive ears, "Hurry, someone will have heard that."

            Sparrow darted over to a row of hooks, upon which were his hat and weapons, "Not without my effects."

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* grovels and begs for forgiveness *  I am SOOOOOOOOOOO sorry this took so long – see my bio for explanations. And sorry for how bad this chapter is – this for some reason was the absolute hardest to write so far – it was all dialogue I couldn't mess with much and didn't leave much room for thoughts to write about either - made it hard to be creative. I do have a lot of interesting ideas for the rest of this so hopefully this will just be one bad chapter before they get good again. Thanks for hanging in here with me – hopefully I can get a chapter out every week or two next semester and should get a few more done every couple days or so while I'm on break. And on a side note I must state what all here (presumably) already know – Return of the King was completely and totally awesome. Yes, I do have a few gripes about some of the changes from the book and there are a few times that one wishes to start screaming at the screen "Bad PJ, bad, BAD PJ" but even for those moments it is still the greatest movie I have ever seen, I am already impatient for the DVD.

       Now for thank yous to my dear faithful reviewers:

Queen of Vegetasei: Ok I'll try to address the stuff you pointed out – all quite valid points.

Legolas falling in love with Elizabeth: Umm, because its fiction? :P Lol, really though its partially the intense feelings the sight of her brings to the surface in regards to Silmarwen (which btw is Elizabeth put through an Elven name generator – not sure how accurate of one it is but since I was already playing around with the name once I got it as a result for Elizabeth that just really decided it), and partially just her spirit and fire and such. Then like I said, its fiction, bad answer I know; but my goal isn't to significantly change the movie  - just to see it from an entirely different perspective (granted that will change a few things, especially later on, just not major plot points). Hatred of Pirates: I tried to address this question in this last chapter so I hope that takes care of things here. Also, if you remember the Corsairs in Return of the King, Legolas has long associated Pirates with evil. Randomly killing people: Huh? Where does he do that? Do you mean his little archery practice and naming the coconuts? I guess I'm confused in this one, not sure what you are talking about. Hair and Eyes: Hair I leave up to each reader's imagination whether he keeps it long and blond or whether he cuts and dyes it (I personally see blond because that marks him as Legolas more). The eyes I'm toying with an explanation – it however won't show up till the end if I use it at all. As it stands right now, think brown. Attitude towards unkempt humans: Well first and foremost its a lot easier to forgive your best friend for being filthy than someone who's malodorousness (is that even a word, spell check doesn't recognize it) is only adding insult to injury on top of their other transgressions. I think he's really only complained much about smell and dirt around Brown (unless I'm forgetting my own story), who is a perpetual drunk – and to put it quite simply, drunks stink. And if you are meaning his superior attitude – I guess I see that as rather a point of self-preservation. He's lonely and isn't able to really make friends for numerous reasons so remembering how much better elves are makes him feel better in a way. And in all honestly, the Elves, especially those of the Sylvan variety (while Legolas is technically Sindarin, Mirkwood is mostly Sylvan and he repeatedly identifies himself with them), do tend to be rather superior towards strangers of lesser races. And he doesn't treat the majority of people in a superior matter (though he may be thinking it), just those who are getting on his nerves (i.e. Norrington, Brown, and Jack). We need more POTC/LOTR crossovers: I heartily agree!

Legolasfreak, Tap Dancing Widow, sailor, LalaithoftheBruinen, Marion, Hawkelf, Captian Red Black (thank you – I really struggle with writing action – I'm better with writing thoughts, so its nice to hear all my fighting with it was worth it), AuronLives, Luntetuurewen, Ragamuffin, Gaslight (yes I agree with you two – I just have yet to find one – I do have a friend who said she might be willing but I just wanted to get this posted finally), Quicksilvermad, Little Witch, Silverflames18 (really? lol, makes me think of Sam), SnowGirl7 (yeah I always read that in fan-fics to but I've never seen it in Tolkien – doesn't mean it isn't, I just haven't noticed it anywhere. It just seems weird to me though since Legolas actually means green leaf so when you call him Legolas Greenleaf you are essentially calling him Greenleaf Greenleaf. Legolas Thranduilion is just what Haldir calls him when they are in Lothlorion and it just simply means Legolas son of Thranduil.), Priz, PantherS (I tried to email you but I'm not sure it went through, I hope you are still here and things are clearer), Das Blume, Vaniwen Calenlas, Kaitlin, Rangishran (try, yes – chance of it actually happening, not likely), Hiro-tyre, Psyco elf (anyone who likes this story has got to read hers  - its another POTC/LOTR crossover, only its better), Psyco101 (bunch of psychos reviewing my story, lol), babmidnight, elvingirl3737, Elros Seregon, DarkFyre (Lol sorry, I'm a hopeless romantic :) ), Banba McCuill, elfgirlsfj (haven't decided that one yet), Myrielle, Elendil Star-Lover, The Nancing Pirate (lol *hugs * no I don't mind a bit, I have a tendency to write insanely long and pointlessly rambling reviews to, they are fun to get :) ), Eothen, Draconic Ban-sidhea, aragorns-gurl33 (nope, I refuse to abandon this, no matter how many months it takes to update!)

Thank you all sooo much, you are what inspire me to continue this even when I would give up in frustration. (Exactly why I decided to post it as I was writing, I knew the only way it'd get done is to have other people expecting/wanting me to).