A/N :here's yet another chappie...enjoy, and then review!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chapter 7

Port Royal-

Jenny, yet again was the first to wake up on the sunny street. She looked to one side and saw Alexa. She was still unconscious. She glanced to her other side, and saw Will. She had no clue as to why she was there. She reached up to touch a tender spot on the back of her head and found a huge bump. Suddenly, everything from last night rushed into her head.

"Ohh..." she moaned, "my head. Bloody pirates."

She got up and walked over to Alexa's sprawled-out body. She kneeled down and gently shook her. "Alexa... Come on! You have to get up!" Alexa woke and sat up, holding her head.

"Ohh, my achin' head..." she groaned. Then she looked around and saw Will, still unconscious on the ground.

"What's he doing there?" she asked, still unsure what she was doing down there as well. Jenny sighed. "He was knocked out by pirates. So were we."

Alexa nodded as all of her memory came back. "Oh... should we wake him?"

Jenny's eyes lit up. "Let's!"

They walked over and started to gently shake the man. When he showed no signs of waking, Jenny decided to take some desperate measures.

"WILL!" she shouted in his ear. He suddenly opened his eyes and they snapped to clarity instantly. "Elizabeth!"

Alexa patted his back as he sat up. Will looked at Jenny.

"You're a pirate!" he said.

Jenny rolled her eyes. "No, I'm not. I'm here to help you."

Alexa crossed her arms. "So am I," she said.

"How can you help me?" he asked. "Do you know where Elizabeth is?"

Alexa and Jenny nodded. "She's with our friends," Jenny said. "Well, two of them, at least," Alexa corrected.

"What do you mean?" Will had noticed the worried tone in both of their voices.

"Well, one of them was the girl who jumped out at you yesterday and told you to move. She got put into jail."

Will's eyes opened wide. "You mean that she wasn't a pirate?"

Jenny shook her head. "Nope."

"Then why didn't she stick up for herself?"

"You know Norrington," they sighed as they pulled Will to his feet.

"Too well," Will muttered.

"They've taken her! They've taken Elizabeth!" Will shouted as soon as they got to the pavilion in which Norrington was mapping out where Elizabeth could be.

Alexa and Jenny, who stood on either side of Will, were too preoccupied to say anything. The dresses they now wore were to thank for that. Will had said that they should wear them so Norrington wouldn't accuse them of piracy, and Jenny and Alexa agreed.

Norrington glanced at the girls, but said nothing about their attire. Instead, he said to one of his guards, "Mister Murtogg, remove this man." The guard who stepped forward was one of the stupid ones who were supposed to guard the Dauntless.

Will stood his ground. "We must hunt them down! We must save her!"

The governor looked up from the map on the table. "And where do you suppose we start? If you have any information concerning my daughter, please, share it."

Murtogg nodded towards Will. "That – Jack Sparrow – he talked about the Black Pearl." Mullroy made a face. "Mentioned it is more what he did."

Alexa scowled. "These people were so mean to Will," she thought. She glanced at Jenny in her light blue dress with a rose pattern on it.

It was an off-shoulder dress, "Just like Elizabeth's dress she couldn't breathe in!" Jenny had remembered when Will picked out the dresses for them. He had found two sister dresses, one light blue, and one light pink, both with the same, deepened rose pattern. They were both off-shouldered dresses, and Will had had to trim the hems a bit, so he took the extra fabric and found hats for each girl and made them a dress-and-hat set, and all the way to the docks, Jenny and Alexa were hanging on to Will, saying "Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you..." again, and again, and again...

Anyway...

Will turned to the governor. "Ask him where it is! Make a deal with him! He could lead us to it!"

Jenny and Alexa nodded vigorously in agreement, but the men ignored them. "Hmph," Jenny muttered, crossing her arms. "Exactly," Alexa agreed, and followed suit.

Norrington shook his head. "No...the pirates who invaded this fort left Sparrow locked in his cell, ergo-"

"Ergo?" Alexa blurted out.

Norrington glared at her. "Therefore " he said venomously, "They are not his allies." He turned to Elizabeth's father. "Governor, we will establish their most likely course-"Will cut him off by throwing his hatchet down onto the table. "That's not good enough!" he yelled.

Norrington glared at him. (He does that a lot, too) "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. Do not make the mistake of thinking you are the only man here who cares for Elizabeth." He handed Will back his hatchet, which he had pulled from the table, and turned his back to him.

"Why, I oughta-"Alexa hissed, charging towards the commodore. But Will grabbed her arm and dragged her away.

"No," he whispered. "Leave it be. We can rescue Elizabeth and..." he stopped, leaving a space for Alexa to fill in her friend's names.

"Alex and Christie."

Will smiled. "We'll go and rescue them by ourselves. Norrington isn't going to get anywhere with his plan."

Jenny and Alexa shared a smile. This was definitely the best part of getting dragged into this adventure-save for getting lost...but hey! They had Will to themselves! No having to share Megan, or Lauren, or Amber. Just themselves!

The jail-

Megan sat in the corner, watching Jack attempt to unlock the lock with the bone.

"You can keep doing that forever. The bolt is never going to unlock."

Jack turned to face her. "Ye're learnin' quit a few bad 'abbits from me."

Megan reached for the hat upon her head and pretended to bow.

"An' when do ye plan on givin' me 'at back?"

"Never!!!" Megan shook her head and grinned.

Jack resumed his picking the lock. Megan sat back and pulled Jack's hat over her eyes.

"Please?" Jack tried again. Megan pulled off the hat and smiled. Then she put it back on.

Suddenly, there were footsteps. Megan could also make out the sound of swishy dresses. Jack lay down on the ground. Megan scooted back into the shadows and re-covered her eyes.

"You! Sparrow!" a familiar voice shouted.

"Aye," Jack answered.

There was a new voice. "You are familiar with that ship? The Black Pearl?"

Megan was glad that she was concealed in the shadows so that the people coming down the stairs were not able to see her. She decided to risk looking, and almost burst out with laughter when she recognized the two girls in dresses at Will's sides. "Alexa and Jenny," she thought happily. She noted that it was Jenny who had asked about the Black Pearl.

But before Jack could reply, Alexa interrupted. "Captain?" she asked.

Jack grunted to show that he was listening.

"Do you know where our friend is?" She sounded desperate.

"What be 'is name?"

"It's a girl, not a boy. And her name is Megan."

Jack held his breath as though he held bad news. "D'ye really want to know, luv?"

Jenny and Alexa nodded their heads vigorously.

"I'm sorry to say..." here he paused dramatically, "But this mornin', she was taken to the gallows. She was hanged less than an hour ago."

As much as Megan thought that this was funny, she could not stand the looks on her friend's faces. They had gone all white and had dropped to their knees.

"R-r-really, Jack?" Alexa asked.

Jack nodded solemnly, sending both girls into tears. Will kneeled down and hugged both of the girls in turn.

Megan decided that this was the opportune moment to speak, before Jack became the best kind of pirate (a dishonest pirate, remember?).

"Oh, so now ye're goin' to be cruel to me friends, then, Jack?" she said standing up, but staying in the shadows. She smiled as she heard her friends gasp. She started walking slowly to the cell door.

"Megan!" Alexa gasped, not really wanting to leave Will's embrace.

Jenny just stayed on the ground. "But Jack said you were hanged!"

Megan smiled. "When he said that, you forgot one very important thing, luv." Alexa, Jenny and Jack grinned.

"He's Captain Jack Sparrow!" they chorused, except for Jack, who said 'I'm' instead of 'He's'.

Will cleared his throat. "Ahem!"

Everyone turned to look at him.

"So, are you familiar with that ship? The Black Pearl?" he asked.

Jack shrugged, still on the ground. "I've heard of it," he said indifferently.

"Where does it make berth?"

"Where does it make berth?" Jack sat up at this question. "Have you not heard the stories?"

Will shook his head.

"Captain" (this he said sarcastically) "Barbossa and his crew of miscreants sailed from the dreaded Isla de Muerta. It is an island that cannot be found," he said, sitting back down, "except by those who already know where it is"

Megan rolled her eyes and sat back in her corner, putting Jack's hat back over her eyes.

"The ship's real enough," Will said, "Therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?"

Jack studied his nails leisurely, with Megan imitating his every move and dialogue. "Why ask me?"

Will hesitated. "Because you're a pirate."

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

" NEVER! " Will said, eyes blazing. Then, embarrassed, "They took Ms. Swann."

Jack's eyes opened in mock amazement. "Oh, so it is that you found a girl!"

Alexa and Jenny sniggered. Will shot them a dirty look.

"I see," Jack said. "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. OW!"

Megan had thrown a rock at him. "Stop being so greedy, Cap'n."

"I can get you out of here," Will offered suddenly.

"How?" Jack asked. "The key's run off."

"I helped build these cells," he said smugly. "These are half pin-barrel hinges." He walked over and picked up a bench. Alexa and Jenny hurried to get out of his way as Will placed the legs of the bench between the bars at the bottom of the cell. "With the right leverage and a proper application of strength, the door will lift free."

Jack looked at Will, and then the girls. "What's your names?" he asked politely.

Will looked up from the end of the bench he was holding up. "Will Turner," he said.

Jack nodded slowly. "That would be short for William, I imagine."

Will nodded.

"Good strong name. No doubt named for your father, eh?"

Will nodded again, wondering what his name had to do with any of this.

"And what might your names be?" Jack asked the girls outside of his cell.

"I'm Alexa. Alexa Levesque," Alexa said (well, duh, it would have been Alexa, wouldn't it?). And then, feeling as though she might as well do this thing properly, curtsied.

"And I'm Jennifer Holbrook. But you can call me Jenny." Jenny said, also curtsying.

Jack smiled and stood up. "Aha. Well, Mr. Turner, Ms. Holbrook, and Ms. Levesque, 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 bonnie lass." He put out his hand for Will to shake, but before Will could do anything, Alexa asked, "And what about our friends, eh?"

Jenny nodded. "Yeah! You can't just forget about them, can you?"

Jack turned around to Megan, seeming as though he was asking for her consent.

Megan nodded and walked back up to the door. "So, that's where Christie and Alex decided to hang out, is it?"

Alexa and Jenny rolled their eyes. "Yeah," Alexa said.

Megan nodded again (everyone seems to do that a lot here) and said, "Then he'll take you both to the Black Pearl, and to Christie and Alex. No doubt they've already scared Barbossa and his crew much more than he'll ever scare them!" (He, he. Evil Christie. Evil Alex. No hard feelings, right, mates?)

Jack smiled. "Do we have an accord?"

Will grabbed his hand. "Agreed."

"Agreed," Jack said, after he pulled his hand away. "Now, get me out!"

The girls covered their ears as Will lifted the door clean off of its hinges.

"Hurry," Will said. "Someone will have heard that."

"Not without my effects! Gimme me effects, luv," Jack said, stopping Megan from going out the door.

"Uh-uh. You get your own effects." Megan said.

Jack pulled out his gun. "This shot was—""not meant for me. I know, I know. But you wouldn't really shoot me, would you, Jack?" Jack sneered. "Just watch me, Megan."

"Ooh...he just called me by my real name!" Megan thought. She pulled his hat off of her head. "Sorry, Jack. It won't happen again, honest!" She held the hat in her arms.

Jack yanked it back and smiled. "I thank ye, luv." He said, gesturing for her to go out before him.

Megan scowled at Jack. "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, go smell the coffee, Jack." Alexa and Jenny snickered as Megan shifted her bookbag. "Come on, we don't want to be caught again, do we?" she asked irritably. "And with Jenny and Alexa in those dresses, we aren't going to get anywhere fast!"