(A/N) What you all think? Another chapter because I really have been a slacker!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POTC!
"Miss Swann, where is your father?" Mister Danton asked. Mister Danton was Elizabeth's father's lawyer.
"I don't know, I believe he went down to speak with the Commodore."
"Oh, well, then, maybe you can help me." Elizabeth put the book she was reading down and walked to him.
"What do you need me to help you with?" Danton then walked to the study and Elizabeth followed.
"Some papers he needs to sign. Can I leave them here?"
"Sure. What are they about?"
"The wedding. I can't say any more, and you can't look at them, they are just for his eyes only." Danton warned.
"Of course." Elizabeth smiled, but had her fingers crossed behind her back.
"Well, I'll be on my way, tell your father I will be by later to pick them up."
"Sure." Elizabeth watched as he walked out of the house, and waited until she heard the front door shut. Elizabeth looked at the envelope on the desk, she really shouldn't be snooping in her father's affairs, but it was about the wedding, and that was her business, so Elizabeth sat behind the desk and touched the letter.
Opening it carefully, so her father didn't think she was snooping, she pulled out all of the letters. A few were expenses that needed to be approved by him, a few more were guest lists, but there was another, that looked entirely different, it looked older than the rest. Sliding it out she saw it was her birth certificate. Scanning it she saw her name… "This can't be right…" Elizabeth said aloud. "Adopted…but…" Elizabeth could barely believe what she was reading. Tears started to cloud her vision, and she but the letter down. Elizabeth then picked the certificate up and ran out the door. There was only one person that could answer her questions.
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"How are you going to get around it? For the marriage papers to be signed she is going to have to see them." James Norrington said to the Governor of Port Royal.
"My lawyer has doctored her certificate, so she will never know."
"With all due respect Governor, she is twenty years old now, she has the right to know that you are not her father."
"She does, but that would lead to her asking who her real father is…I couldn't have that."
"Who is her father? Do you know?"
"I do, but I would not even share it with you." The door to the office swung open, and a very angry and visibly upset Elizabeth stood in the doorway.
"Elizabeth, what are you doing here?" Her father asked with concern. Elizabeth said nothing and slammed the certificate on the desk.
"Why don't you tell me what this is?" Elizabeth said with tears streaming down her face.
"Elizabeth this is poppycock! This isn't true!" Her father said, but Elizabeth could tell he was lying.
"Stop lying! Am I your daughter or not!" Elizabeth stood her hands clenched at her sides..
"Elizabeth I love you."
"That's not what I asked." Elizabeth then watched him as he said nothing more. "Well then I have my answer I guess." Elizabeth then turned for the door.
"Elizabeth you were just a few months old when your mother and I took you in." He started, "Your mother was barren, so we looked to adoption, but you almost fell on our lap, your father couldn't care for you properly so I took you in."
"My father?" Elizabeth turned around and sat down.
"Yes. I don't know who your mother is."
"What is my father's name?" Elizabeth said a bit more calmly.
"I am your father Elizabeth. I was the one who took care of you when you were sick, I am the one that loves you."
"How do you know he doesn't?" Norrington sat back at his desk and watched the strong Elizabeth Swann nearly crumble.
"Because he doesn't care about anyone or anything." Governor Swann said angrily. Elizabeth looked at her shoes, and then suddenly looked up at James.
"Did you know about this?" She asked Norrington. He merely nodded, not wanting to match her gaze. "And as my friend you didn't tell me?" Elizabeth was extremely upset.
"I'm sorry Elizabeth." James said softly. Elizabeth got up and left the office, she felt so lost, no where to go…
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Will was working hard at the Smithy. He worked long days so when he married Elizabeth, he could spend more time with her. Will smiled that in only in a matter of weeks she would be his wife. Will couldn't imagine his life without her, and he had Jack Sparrow to thank for that. A loud banging at the door snapped him out of his gleeful trance. Will opened the door and Commodore Norrington strode through.
"Have you seen Elizabeth?" He asked.
"Glad to see you too." Will said annoyed by his arrogance.
"Stop with the bickering Turner, this is important, have you seen her today?"
"No. Why?" Will asked concerned.
"Elizabeth got startling news today and she left my office quiet distressed." James then glanced around the smithy. "She is in a lot of pain."
"What happened?" Will asked and he placed his hands on his hips.
"She found her birth certificate…it says that her father adopted her…by blood they are not related." Will blinked, he could not believe what he was hearing.
"So who is her father?"
"The Governor has no idea who her mother is, but is keeping her father's name from her."
"She must be devastated. I have to find her." Will then grabbed his jacket.
"Tell her if she wants to know who her father is…I will find the information…" James nodded and headed out the door, Will going in the opposite direction, he had an idea where Elizabeth would be.