Now before I start….I may make quite a few changes to the script
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Legolas heard Elizabeth singing on the foredeck, which would have been quite enjoyable had it not been for the fact that he needed to get past her without her noticing,
"…cursed pirates sail these waters you don't want to bring them down on us now do you?" that was Gibbs
"That will do Mr Gibbs" he had been right, but the voice that spoke now was that of one of the young officers, Norington, he had ideas of glory no doubt
"…with us mired in this unnatural fog mark my words"
"Consider them marked, on your way…and you as well Mr Turner come down from amongst those sails"
As Legolas walked away he heard Elizabeth speak again
"I think it would be quite exciting to meet a pirate"
"think again Miss Swann, I intend to see to it that any man who has a pirate brand gets what he deserves a short drop and a sudden stop"
"I appreciate you're…"
the noise of these voices in conversation were lost as Legolas returned to the mid decks amongst all the babble of the other ship hands, but only a short while later he heard a shout from the fore deck, "a boy look there is a boy in the water," standing back from the crowd of people who gathered at the mid ships Legolas watch the crowd fumble with lengths of rope finally the boy was brought up upon the deck and placed in Elizabeth's care. He looked around as a fresh wave of the smell that had been around in the air since he awoke, a smell of wood smoke and saw a boat a short distance away from their own, it was shattered and a flame, Legolas listened whilst Norrington ordered for men to launch boats rouse the captain and take in sail. He managed to evade all of these tasks and headed over to the place where Miss Swann was watching the boy, she muttered something but Legolas was unable to hear it, Legolas went up to her, but Norrington got there first
"Has he said anything?"
"His name is Willy Turner, that is all I have found out"
"Take him away, Mr Turner"
Legolas started to comply
"Mr Turner I think that it is possible that he may need to visit the surgeon"
Legolas nodded and headed below decks but did not take the boy to the surgeon, the man was more likely to do harm than good, instead he took the boy to the main cabin and over to his box, when he settled the boy in his hammock the boy started awake
"Who are you? Where has Elizabeth Swann gone?"
"I am will Turner, Miss Swann is still on deck, are you hungry?"
"Hungry is not the word, try starved"
"Very well," Legolas dug through his box until he found a packet of lembas he broke off a corner and passed it to the boy
"Is that all you will give me?"
"Yes, it will satisfy your hunger…"
The boy ate the morsel of way bread slowly
"Limey, that stuff is great I feel full"
"The most anyone was ever eaten of this bread is four whole loaves"
"How can any person eat four of those?"
"I do not know, are you injured at all?"
"No sir, least I don't think so"
"Very well, so you name is Willy Turner?"
"Yes…"
"I am will turner"
"That were the name my mam told me my father had"
Legolas felt his eyes widen
"Then you are my grand son, I am sorry to tell you that since this is the case you will probably live for a couple of hundred years, if you will let me I will explain it to you
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After eight years of apprenticeship will found that he preferred the life of a tailor, but competition was too great for him in port royal so he had moved to an island to the north, the town now assumed that there had only ever been one child working for Mr brown. By the time bill had left Legolas was a skilled smith and was making most of the products that came out of the work shop himself, unfortunately for Legolas the entire town also believed that he was only Mr brown's delivery boy, in fact he was making a delivery today, he had made a fine sword for the commodore he was to present the sword to the governor who would in turn present it to the commodore, this also made for a perfect opportunity for him to check on Miss Swann, he was admitted by a footman who asked him to stand just inside the door whilst he alerted the governor to his presence, not five minutes later the man came down the stairs
"I have your order…" Legolas presented the sword to the man, who seemed but for a moment to be unsure of which end he had to pull on, once he had decided on the handle he drew the blade with a whisper of steel
"The blade is folded steel" like the man would know what that was any way, "that's gold filigree laid into the handle…if I may…perfectly balanced the blade is nearly the full width of the tang," he flipped the sword into the air and catching it below the hilt presented it to the governor
"Yes the commodore is going to be very pleased with this…pass my compliments on to your master"
Legolas hated calling that alcoholic slug master but kept such thoughts to himself
"I shall a craftsman is always glad to hear his work is appreciated"
Legolas heard a creak on the stair and turned around to see Elizabeth standing at the top of it dressed in a fine form fitting dress
"Elizabeth you look absolutely stunning" commented the governor.
"Will, so good to see you" Legolas inwardly winched he had forgotten that bill and Elizabeth were so close, "I had a dream about you last night…"
"Elizabeth," the governor sounded shocked, "is that entirely proper?"
"About the day we met, do you remember?"
Legolas quickly thought of how bill would respond
"How could I forget Miss Swann?"
"Will how many times must I ask you to call me Elizabeth?"
"At least once more Miss Swann, as always"
"There see at least the boy has some sense of propriety, now we really must get going"
"Good day Mr Turner"
"Good day," he lowered his voice, "Elizabeth, heir of Aragorn"
Legolas decided to take the route through the palm tree groves back to the smithy, master brown had been drinking last night and he had no wish to return to feel the lash of his tongue.
He had stayed in the woods for almost an hour; he would have stayed longer but felt that there was something amiss at the smithy.
When he returned there he found that the donkey was in a terrible state galloping around its tread mill, once he had calmed it he checked on the master brown who was still in a drunken stupor…from the street outside he heard calls such as search up the stairs and check down that alley and come on lets catch the pirate that threatened the governor's daughter, walking over to the anvil he saw that one of the hammers had been moved from its proper place, he was about to replace it when his eyes fell upon a hat resting on the smaller anvil…he heard footsteps behind him and turned to see a short man with long hair and a red scarf tied around his head.
"You're the one they are hunting for…the pirate"
"You seem somewhat familiar have I threatened you before?"
"I avoid familiarity with pirates, although you say that you remind me of some one I have met also"
The pirate insulted Legolas who in turn started to duel with him, although he did not used his full ability
"Who makes all these?"
"I do and I practise with them three hours a day"
"You need to find yourself a girl mate…your not a eunuch are you?"
"If you really want to know I am married but my wife has died"
"Oh…so sorry"
they continued to battle, their way ward duelling took them to the cart, the pirate leapt up onto it, the blocks fell away and so they found themselves battling on a see saw, the pirate obviously thought that he would have the advantage over a blacksmith at this point for his guard became careless, but he had not counted for Legolas' elven balance, Legolas caught some piece of metal on the pirate's arm and pinned it to the rafter, the man rather haphazardly swung from side to side with his sword and then flicked one of the planks up Legolas dodged it and jumped to the floor taking another sword from one of the racks, he pulled the cart down and stood on it at that moment the pirate had managed to loose the sword from the rafter and plummeted down on to the other end of the cart, Legolas went flying up, and landed on the rafters, he cut down a bale of hay which landed on the other end of the seesaw, as the pirate was heavier than Legolas he only just managed to keep a grip on the rafter, Legolas had retrieved his bow from the eaves and was aiming it straight at the pirate
"Do you even know how to use that thing?"
"Yes"
"Now I have heard that the bow takes many years to master, as you are young then I would assume that you wouldn't be able to hit me even if I stood still"
In answer to this Legolas loosed his arrow so that it buried its self in the wood between the pirate's feet
"Right so you can manage a bow, but why not just use a pistol?"
"The noise made by those contraptions is unbearable"
The door rattled
"Please let me go"
"No…I can not let you escape"
The door swung open
"Is he in here?"
"Yes he is here in the rafters"
"Mr Turner?"
"Yes I have him covered,"
"Pirate jump down or we will be forced to shoot you"
"Well I didn't think you aim was up to much, I think that Mr Turners may be better"
"Go with them pirate or you will become a eunuch"
"The pirate it appear seemed to think that it would be wiser to go with the soldiers he jumped to the ground and was knocked out by a rifle stock
"Well done Mr Turner you have helped to apprehend…why do you have a bow?"
"It is my preferred weapon"
"Very well, men take this pirate away"
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The next morning
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Legolas came to his conscious self the next morning and found himself sprawled on the street he cast his mind back to the events of the previous evening, the pirates had attacked and looted the port, if he hadn't been distracted by those pirates taking Elizabeth away he would not be here at this moment, he had to tell the commodore, he must not lose the legal heir of Nuemenor as he had lost the real one.
He ran full pelt through the streets and up to the fort there he found the commodore and the governor standing by a table,
"They took Elizabeth"
"Mr Mortug will you remove this man"
"We must save her"
The governor interrupted Legolas "if you have any information concerning my daughter please share it"
"That Mr sparrow, he talked about the black pearl"
"Mentioned it is more what he did"
"Make a deal with him he can lead us to them" Legolas had sworn to protect the line of Nuemenor and he would do it even if he had to resort to helping corsairs
"No, the pirates have invaded this fort and left Mr Sparrow locked in his cell, ergo they are not his allies…governor we will assume their most likely course…."
Legolas was furious, he had heard tell that this man had proposed to Elizabeth just yesterday, he could not really love her
"That's not good enough" Legolas buried a hatchet in the centre of the map, he watched the commodore pull it out, he was marginally satisfied that the man had to put quite some effort into doing so
"Mr Turner you are not a military man you are not a sailor" Legolas had been both in his long life, "you are a blacksmith this is not the time for rash actions"
Legolas then decided that there was not point in pressing the matter with legal men, he would see if the Mr sparrow did know anything of this ship.
He made his way down to the prisons, waiting a moment at the top of the stairs he heard the pirate speaking
"Please…just open, please"
He walked down the stairs silently and stood in front of the pirate's cell, he was trying to open the door with a whittled down bone
"Having any luck there?"
"Not much, but if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have to be trying would I?"
"I am sorry; I was merely doing what was right as the time"
"Right, so what are you down here for?"
"What do you know of the ship, the Back Pearl?"
"I have heard tell of it before"
"Do you know were it makes berth?"
The man looked surprised at this "have you not heard the stories?"
Legolas shook his head
"Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sail for the dreaded isla de meurta it is an island that can not be found except by those who already know where it is"
"And I suppose you know where it is?"
"I do, you are a strange lad most law abiding folk do not believe in such magics, what is you name?"
"Will Turner" Legolas was disturbed by how the pirate suddenly became interested in him when he said that
"That will be short for William I imagine, good strong name are you named for you father?"
Legolas considered this carefully and then lied the affirmative
"Then Mr Turner, I would help you but I can not get out of this cell"
"I helped to build these cells, the locks and bars are all my design, the door will lift off, I will lift it for you if you swear to help me"
"I swear on pain of death to take you to the black pearl…why exactly do you wish to track that ship?"
"They took Elizabeth"
"I thought you said you wife was dead, she can not have been long dead"
"Those matters are not your business"
"Very well, will you open this cell for me?"
Legolas went up to the door and lifted it up and out
"Mate is that not just a little unsafe, there may be dangerous people in these cells and they could just walk out"
"Most trapped prisoners would not think to look for such a simple solution, any how would you like to try and lift this? It is extremely heavy"
"Less talk more action savvy"
"Very well let us take our leave someone will soon notice the guards I knocked out"
"Not without my effects"
"I must also collect some of my belongings, such as my bow, knives and decent food"
"Why do you think you need food?"
"I remember the food from the last time I sailed; I would prefer to starve than eat tack and weevils"
"Suit your self"
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"Which ship do you intend to steal?"
"Commander, I am going to commander that ship," he pointed to the interceptor, "one question about your business"
"Very well"
"This girl now far is you willing to go to save her?"
"I would die for her"
"Good now we can all rest easy"
They ran to one of the dinghies on the beach and hid underneath it
"Now all we have to do is wait until the coast is clear"
"And how do you propose to do that?"
The pirate looked a little worried
"I hadn't thought of that"
"Well you are lucky that I had" Legolas listened carefully, a group of four red coats went past and as he could hear no one else near he nodded to jack
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half of an hour later they were climbing aboard the dauntless, prize of the royal navy, Legolas was on the after deck long before jack, he looked around, all of the men guarding the boat were on the mid ship deck, he nodded to jack as he hauled himself over the railing
"Sorry mate I was just, dismantling the rudder chain"
"All of the crew are mid ship"
Jack drew out his pistol
"Everyone stay calm we are taking over the ship"
"This ship can not be crewed by one man"
"You may not have noticed my mate"
"Even with two men the feat is impossible"
"Son, I'm captain jack sparrow, savvy"
once the standing crew had been placed in one of the ship's boats and sent back to the shore Legolas and jack made a passable pretence of trying to make the dauntless ready to sail, Legolas looked back towards port royal and was less than amazed to see that the pirate's plan had worked, the interceptor was coming after them
"Here they come"
"Then let us prepare to board"
so it was that once every hand and soldier had left the interceptor Legolas and jack swung aboard, Legolas went along the railing cutting off the ropes that held her fast to the dauntless and with that they sailed away, Legolas heard a call of "sailors back to the interceptor…now" and saw a brave man swing out and miss thee stern rail by about ten foot, it seemed that jack was unable to let the event pass with out an insult to authority
"Thank you commodore for getting us ready to make way, we would have had a hard time of it by ourselves" he then had to duck the rifle fire of a score of soldiers.
"The commodore is telling his crew to get us within range of the long nines"
"You hearing is very good boy, but don't worry, they wont be able to get us in range anyways"
"A crew member has told the commodore that you have disabled the rudder chain and you will like this, his second in command has told him that he thinks you are the best pirate he has ever seen"
As this comment the pirate's face split into a wide smile
Once the ship's sails were set Legolas felt that this could be a good time to ask Mr Sparrow a few questions,
"So…Mr Sparrow, you remember you said I reminded you of someone when we fought in the smithy, may I ask you of whom I reminded you?"
"Mate of mine, he was your father and a pirate"
"My father was not a pirate…"
"Well I am afraid that he was lad, so you will have to live with that"
"I am not sure that I can…but I have another question to ask you…how old are you?"
"How old do you think I am?"
"If you are the person you remind me of then you are eighty seven"
The man's eyes widened
"How the heck did you know that?"
"The ring on your finger is the ring that belonged to a friend of mine; unless you stole it you are his heir"
"This ring? My father gave it to me when he passed on, and then I ran away to sea"
"I remember the hassle it caused the household"
"How can you remember?"
"Do you not remember tom harrow the serving man?"
"Yes, he was a man of an age with me, on his days off he taught me how to hunt, and I suppose he is long dead by now"
"Do I look dead to you?"
"Tom?"
"No my name is Will now, when one is immortal one must often change names"
"Immortal?"
"I am an elf I have been alive for the last six thousand years, I should have sailed to Valinor with the rest of my kin but I stayed here because of a promise I made to my friend, I swore that I would protect his son once he was gone…that has turned into an oath to protect his line, the Elizabeth is your great grand niece, that is why I must save her, then my oath will probably take me to stay with you for as long as you life lasts"
"Limey mate you have a serious problem"
"I do not need telling this…"
"When did you get yourself a wife?"
"I almost died of sorrow when I lost the true line of Aragorn, this woman took me in a cared for me, and she died not long after we had raised a son together…"
"Do not worry mate…I will take you to a place where you can drown your sorrows"
"And where would that be?"
"Tortuga"
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