Title: The Old, the New and the Unexpected

Author: Legolas-gurl88

Summary: Blah, blah, blah… refer to chapter 1 to see the actual summary.

Disclaimer: Let me check… uh-huh… uh-huh… uh-huh… nope… I still don't own anything that you recognize from the movie… *busts into tears*. Bravo Disney for thinking of such a great movie! We owe them these ideas! Thanks, Disney, Gore Verbinski and actors for giving us something to live for… writing stories about our favorite actors! *cough* Orlando Bloom *cough*

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4. The Battle of Pirates

"Men! Prepare the cannons! I'm going to turn so you can get better shots at them!" Jack yelled, turning the wheel so violently that everyone had to hold on to a rope to steady themselves as the ship leaned to the left. Now that The Elizabeth was close by, Will could see the faces of every man, standing by their own cannons.

Will blinked.

None of these men were of the Royal Navy. They were all as dirty looking as the crew of The Black Pearl. Some were wearing eye patches and others were wearing bandannas and every single one of them was wearing torn clothes. These men hadn't ever lived in Port Royal, for Will knew every face in his town. These were pirates.

"Jack!" Will yelled, "Jack! Those men aren't from Port Royal!" Jack stared through his telescope.

"Davy Jones! It-- but it can't be!" Jack yelled, "That's Captain Plankard's crew! I thought they'd all drowned!"

"Who's Plankard?" Will yelled.

"Only the bloodiest captain that roamed the Caribbean!"

"That about sums it up, Jack Sparrow." A deep, croaky voice said from above all their heads. Everyone stared upward to see a shadowy figure jump from the mast in front of Jack.

"Plankard." Jack said under his breath. Plankard had a big, gray beard and gray eyes to match. His coat was big-- probably stuffed with stolen goods, Will reminded himself. The Captain was tall-- taller than both Jack and Will. His nose was big and Will thought to himself that he could smell anything from a mile away. But the most noticeable trait on this ancient looking captain, was a long scar along his cheek.

"Sparrow." Plankard said aloud, "I thought I drowned you years ago."

"I thought the same of you and your crew." Jack said. Will ran up the stairs to Jack's side. Plankard gazed at him.

"Well, if it not be Bootstrap, it'd be his son." Plankard said. "Move aside, boy."

"How did you come across The Elizabeth?" Will asked, not taking his eyes off Plankard's hand, which moved to his sword.

"Borrowed it from a pompous chap-- by the name of Norrington, or so he told me."

"Where is he?" Will said, slowly inching his hand toward his own sword, which was tied around his waist.

"Down below the deck, in the brig. I only tell you that because I know you'd never make it down there for a valiant rescue." Plankard said.

"What do you want, Plankard?" Jack asked.

"Don't be daft, Jack. You know I only would come for The Black Pearl. And I suppose to gain revenge on you." He added as an afterthought.

"Well, you're a fool to try." Jack said.

"Well, I suppose if I can't have The Pearl, I'll sink her to the bottom of this ocean!" There was a giant BOOM and a CRASH as one of the cannons on The Elizabeth hit the side of The Pearl. Plankard turned to his ship, angrily.

"YOU FOOLS!" He roared, "WAIT UNTILL I'M BACK ON THAT SHIP!" With that, he jumped on the side of The Black Pearl and took a rope. Once he had swung safely back onto The Elizabeth, the cannons had fired again. There was a tremendous groan as The Pearl started to sink.

"All spare men, get down below to make repairs!" Jack yelled, jumping at the wheel so fast that he almost knocked Will over.

"Wait." Will said as Jack barely touched the wheel to The Black Pearl. "Just fire at them. I'll go across and get Norrington."

"Will, don't!" Jack yelled, "There are many ways that plan could go wrong! And even if you did get Norrington back to safety, he would want to hang you dry!"

"I've got to try, though, don't I?" Will said, taking hold of a rope and pulling himself up on the wall of the ship. "If things get to bad to stick around, just leave without me."

"Will-- NO!" Jack yelled, but too late. Will had already swung himself over to The Elizabeth and landed on the deck. Fortunately, all the pirates were too focused on The Black Pearl, which had just started shooting at them to notice that there was a new man among them. And lucky for Will, Norrington had given him a tour of The Elizabeth, so he knew exactly where to go.

He bounded silently down the stairs and turned right. He went down more stairs and met up with a pirate.

The pirate pulled out his sword, but Will was too quick for him. He pulled out his own sword and stabbed the pirate in the heart. Once the pirate had fallen dead, Will ran down a small, rickety hall. At the very end, was the brig. He turned in this room so fast that he slipped in his haste, on the wet floor. He fell to his knees and skidded down the hall of jail cells. Finally, he halted in front of a cell that held at least twelve men in red coats. The one in the front turned around. It was Norrington.

The young, but mature man looked unharmed except for a bruise above his right eyebrow. His eyes looked scared and his blue coat torn.

"Turner?" He said, "Is that you?"

"Yes." Will said, standing up. "Are you okay?"

"How did you get here?" Norrington asked. Will decided not to answer that question.

"Is there a key anywhere around here?" He said, looking around.

"Not one that I've seen." Norrington answered.

"Then let me look at the lock." Will said, kneeling down and peering into the key hole. This was well crafted and Will felt ashamed that such a beautiful ship, bearing his wife's name had fallen into the grimy hands of untrustworthy pirates.

"Commodore." A soldier said from behind Norrington, "The secret key."

"Oh, yes!" Norrington said, "Very well, Leavesdon, thank you. Turner," He said, turning to the blacksmith, "There is a spare key under that barrel over there." Will looked around and spotted a large barrel that was full of water. He ran over to it and pushed it aside. A large, brass key lay beneath it. Will scooped it up and ran to the jail cell holding the Commodore and his men. He pushed the key in the lock and turned. The door to the cell swung open and Norrington ran out.

"Thank you, Turner." He said, straitening his ruined jacket. Just then, four or five pirates ran in, one of them, he had just killed in the hallway.

"Get 'em!" One of them shouted and they all unsheathed their swords and ran at the party of men, in which only one of them, Will, was armed. He turned to Norrington.

"Commodore, run to the deck and swing over to The Black Pearl! I'll hold these off! Run!"

"The Black Pearl?" Norrington said as Will's sword clanged with the first pirate and he stabbed him and tossed him aside. "Why--"

"Please Commodore, trust me!" Will yelled, fighting with a second pirate, "RUN!" The Commodore didn't need twice telling. He and his men ran to the door, followed by all the pirates and Will pulled off a spectacular diversion by stabbing his sword in the floor of the ship, and creating a giant hole that started to leak. (Just pretend he's strong enough to do that)

With all the pirates trying to plug up the hole, Norrington and his men ran out of the brig and onto the deck. They all took off their bright red coats, so they wouldn't be as noticeable, they ran to the end of the ship where it was less populated and grabbed ropes and swung over to The Black Pearl, which was, to navy officers, not a comforting place. Before they landed on the deck of the ship with black sails, they heard Captain Plankard yell, "Men! We're going down! All hands below deck to repair damages!"

"Captain!" One of the crew members of the pirates yelled, "We caught the man responsible! Bootstraps' son!"

"Get him up here! I want a word with the boy!"

Norrington tried to take the rope back to The Elizabeth, but one of his men stopped him. Turner had just saved all their lives and what would Plankard do to him?

"Dad?" Norrington heard a small voice behind him. He turned to find Diann Turner standing behind him. "Commodore Norrington!" She said. Her face was pale and she was wearing a nightgown. Her black, curly hair, which looked like her father's was tied into a messy ponytail.

"Miss. Turner!" Norrington said, just amazed to find her here as she was with him. "What are you doing here with all these-- these pirates?"

"I'm here with my father." She said, "Where is he?" Behind Norrington, on The Elizabeth, he heard a yell and a splash. He looked down to find the figure of Will floating in the water, face up. His eyes were closed, and his shoulder bleeding.

"MAN OVERBOARD!" He heard the voice of Jack Sparrow yell. "Someone! Get Will up here! Natalie, get some towels! Gibbs! Get Will up here!" All the pirates suddenly started to shift as they were all given orders by Jack Sparrow. Gibbs ran by Norrington and he recognized him as the man that had sailed with them from England when they had found a young Will in the water.

"Mr. Gibbs?" Norrington asked, and Gibbs stopped. He turned to find Norrington staring at him.

"Lieutenant Norrington?" He said. Meanwhile, The Elizabeth was sailing away quickly. In seconds, it was about fifty feet away from The Black Pearl.

"Commodore, now, Mr. Gibbs." Norrington said.

"GIBBS! WHEN I SAID TO PULL WILL OUT OF THE WATER, I DIDN'T MEAN WHEN YOU FELT LIKE IT!" Sparrow yelled.

"Aye, Cap'n!" Gibbs yelled, taking a rope and jumping in the water. Diann, who had been drifting off after she had asked Norrington where her father was, suddenly jerked out of her phase. She looked over the side of the ship.

"DAD! She screamed. In a matter of minutes, Mr. Cotton and Anamaria had pulled Gibbs and Will out of the water. Will was breathing deeply and his eyes opened.

"Dad! Are you okay?" Diann shrieked, running to her father.

"Diann, what are you doing out of bed? Go back, now!" Will said, grasping his punctured shoulder.

"Not until I know you're okay." Diann said, putting her hands on her hips.

"I'm fine. It's just my shoulder. It will heal soon enough. Now off to bed." Will said.

"But Dad--"

"Go. You need your rest."

"As do you."

"Diann," Jack said, appearing at Diann's elbow, "Do as your father says. He'll be fine, I promise. Now, I don't even know why Natalie let you out of bed."

"Aye, Cap'n." Diann said, halfheartedly, then stumped off, coughing all the way. Jack's attention then turned to Will.

"How many times do I have to tell you to stay put before that information penetrates that thick skull of yours?"

"At least once more, Jack, as always." Will said.

"Turner." Norrington said, and everyone's attention turned to him for the first time, "Why are you on this ship? I thought you and Elizabeth had fled after…" His voice trailed off.

"After what?" Will asked, sitting up and ignoring the pain in his shoulder.

"After… the attack of the pirates." Norrington finished.

"What?"

"Those pirates attacked Port Royal some nights ago." Norrington said, "My men and I were on The Elizabeth at the time and they attacked us. Once we were put in the brig, heaven knows what condition they left Port Royal in."

"Well, you're welcome to stay with us as long as necessary." Jack said, stepping forward and Norrington stepped back.

"I hardly need say that I won't take any hospitality from pirates." He said.

"Well, then you'd find more hospitality from the ocean, as every single person on this ship is a pirate." Will said.

"But you--"

"I am a pirate as you fully know. It has just taken me a while to accept that fact. And Diann is a pirate… or shall we say-- she carries the blood of her grandfather in her."

"Grandfather? Not the Governor?"

"No, my father. Bootstrap Bill."

"Oh. Yes… of course."

"So, are you willing to chance your life and take the hospitality of the friendliest pirates in the Caribbean, mate?" Jack asked.

"I suppose I don't have a choice, do I?"

"Not entirely. Unless you chose to jump off the edge of this ship."

"Then, we'll stay here. But only under the circumstances that we are dropped off at the next port and Turner is not to speak a word of this at Port Royal."

"Are you sure you didn't see Elizabeth or Ana?" Will asked, changing the subject abruptly.

"I am sure. Do not think I would joke about this. Now what about our bargain?"

"Agree-- wait. I see no prophet in it for us." Jack said, his eyes narrowing, "What would we get out of this little bargain?" The Commodore thought about it for a second. What could he give a pirate? There was only one thing he could think of, even though it pained him to even know what the consequences could be.

"I will tell my men to stop hunting for you." He said, finally. Jack smiled.

"Agreed." He said, shaking his dirty hand with the Commodore's manicured hand. "Will?"

Will sighed.

"Agreed."

"Then, it's off to Tortuga." Jack said, walking drunkenly towards his place at the steering wheel.

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Now, I promise, next chapter, it will be getting to the good part! Next chapter, they are going to Tortuga and Will meets… ah, but I can't spoil it for you, now can I? How do I know next chapter will have Tortuga in it, you ask? It's already written. Why don't I just post it now, you ask? I'm waiting for reviews! REVIEW! It would make me most happy! I don't care if it's about the story or if your dog threw up on the carpet last Friday night! Tell me something! I must have reviews! I feed off them, just like… um… Jack feeds off Rum! Review answering time!

Trinityelf- Thanks for correcting me! I've still got Lakmé stuck in my head. Thanks a lot! Actually, it's a good song, so… yeah, yeah, yeah… listen to my random babblin' won't ya? Di' ja like the chapter? I like it… the next two are some of my favorite… I'll post them A.S.A.P. Aa' i'sul nora lanne'lle, mellon-nin! [May the wind fill your sails, my friend].

Valanya- I laughed out loud when you said, 'No strangulation needed'J Tee-hee! I hope you liked this chapter. This one wasn't as much of a cliffie, but the next two chapters are some of my favorites. I already know what happens… I'm just waiting a week (sometimes less, 'cause I want to post again) to see if anyone reviews. But you and the rest of the readers get it in two parts (two weeks or so). Talk to you next time! Thanks for being a wonderful reviewer!