Author's Note:

I'm so sad! Only one more after this! But don't worry, this chapter is a long one.

So on to reviews, thank you to stealingseamonkeys (ah, the fun of inside jokes!), Starpossum, Jousting Elf with a Sabre, Mikol (it's almost the end), Elizabeth (thanks!), Unseen Characters (glad you liked it!), and Queenofinsanity. Also thanks to enigmagirl2727 for allowing me to bounce crazy ideas off of her.

Chapter #15:

When we reached Port Royal Commodore Norrington threw Jack straight into prison. My arguments, ('that's not Jack Sparrow it's his clone', 'Jack's not a pirate you must have been dreaming', and 'what pirates?'), almost got me thrown into prison by the ever so serious Commodore.

Will, Elizabeth, and I quickly decided that we would have to try to save him. We couldn't just let him die. Of course our planning would have been much easier if Elizabeth was allowed out of the mansion without her father. Governor Swann had become super protective ever since Elizabeth had been captured by pirates. Go figure.

My guess, however, was that Will and Elizabeth wouldn't have met face to face even if they could. I became more a messenger then a planner to them. I knew that I could have good ideas, they just had yet to discover it.

It was four days before Jack was going to be executed. I was meeting Will in the blacksmiths shop to discus the failure of our most recent plan, (Plan Number Five). I was getting to be good friends with Will through our little brainstorming sessions. We had been throwing out lame ideas for about half an hour when I was struck with inspiration. I stood up and turned to Will. I said the four little words that I'd been dying to say for weeks now.

"I have a plan!"

I outlined it to Will who seemed shocked to admit that it was not a bad plan. In fact it seemed better then Plan Number Three, (the one we'd all been sure would work).

And that's how I found myself on a boat heading for Tortuga, the place that Will assured me I would be most likely to find Mr. Gibbs, Anna Maria, and all of Jack's pirate friends who had abandoned him.

Even without it's tattered black sails it was easy for me to recognize the Black Pearl. After all I had been a prisoner on it numerous times. Such fond memories… not!

I was told that I could find Anna Maria, the only member of Jack's crew that I actually had met, in a local pub.

The question, however, was which local pub?

There were many local pubs. And of course it would have been very rude if I hadn't had at least one drink in each pub. And because I'm such a polite person I had about three drinks in each pub.

I wasn't not quite sure how it happened but somehow I fell asleep. Luckily for me while I was asleep Jack's Pirate crew found me.

I woke up in a very familiar place, the Black Pearl. For a second I panicked and assumed that Barbossa had captured me again. Then I remembered the fight in the caves and reminded myself that he was very dead, (not even mostly dead, all dead). I looked around and saw Anna Maria enter the room.

"What are you doing here?" She said without so much as a hello.

"I'm looking for you!" I exclaimed trying, (and failing), to leap out of the bed. I looked up at her from the floor with a grin. "I am so glad I found you."

"I see," she answered slowly backing away.

"It's Jack," I said in a rush, "Norrington is going to execute him, well hang him, which is the worst kind of execution. Anyway, my point is that nothing Will, Elizabeth, and I have done has made a difference. We need your help, more importantly Jack needs your help." I stopped to take a deep breath. Before I could continue talking or rambling, or whatever I was doing Anna Maria spoke up.

"Why should we help Jack?" I stood up, my mouth hanging open, as I tried to come up with words.

"He may be insane," I finally said, "but that doesn't mean that he should be hung. It's just not right. And there's no denying the fact that he's the best captain ever, even if he can be a tad unorthodox at times."

Anna Maria snorted loudly and rolled her eyes.

"I guess you've met him then," I said with a grin.

"A tad unorthodox at times?" She said raising one eyebrow, "you have quite of gift for embellishing the truth."

"Will you help?"

"We'll try to help," she answered, "I can't deny that all of us have a soft spot in our hearts for Jack Sparrow. Unfortunately the Pearl is undergoing repairs, I can't promise we'll be there in time to help."

Once I had their assurances that they would try to help I didn't linger on the Black Pearl. I told Anna Maria when and where Jack's execution would happen. Then I sailed back to Port Royal as fast as possible.

When I got back there was only one day left until Jack's execution. I told Will what Anna Maria had said and we laid out two plans. One plan was for if the Black Pearl came and one plan was for it didn't come. Will told me that if the Black Pearl didn't come we would probably both be hung for trying to help Jack.

I was pretty sure that he was joking though…

Finally the big day came. I accompanied Elizabeth and her father to the gallows but then snuck away to meet Will.

"Maggie," he said in a low voice when he saw me, "the Black Pearl didn't show up."

"I think the more important issue here is 'what are you wearing?' and 'why?'."

"Maggie be serious! There is a good chance that this rescue attempt will not work and we'll find ourselves strangled by a noose right up there with Jack. Are you sure you want to go through with this?"

"Sure," my stupid, not connected to my brain mouth answered. I really had to start thinking about things before I blurted them out.

"Bird," Will muttered suddenly.

"No," I said worried for his sanity, "my name is Maggie."

"That bird," he said ignoring me and pointing at a yellow and blue parrot, "belongs to a member of Jack's pirate crew. The Black Pearl is on it's way, go back to the other plan." And without another word he ran off a determined look on his face leaving me standing there very confused.

But I was used to being confused and ignored so I decided to figure out what was happening as I was carrying out the plan. I had a very important job in the plan, (if I did say so myself). I was in charge of taking out the sentries so no one would know that the Black Pearl had arrived.

My first two attacks on the sentries went off perfectly. I simply sidled over claiming that I needed the help of a military man. Then I would point off behind them. When they, like the idiots they were, turned to look I would simply hit them over the head with a hammer Will had lent me. It wasn't the most elegant weapon but it was actually a lot of fun to use.

The third, and final, sentry I had to knock out was already looking out at the Black Pearl when I got to him. I was not only too late to keep him from seeing the ship, I was also too late to keep him from telling Norrington.

I threw caution to the winds and waved my arms wildly at Elizabeth. She looked from me, to Norrington, to the sentry, and finally to the blue and yellow parrot. Then she repeated the whole process. Finally she decided upon a course of action.

She fainted.

I shook my head and rolled my eyes. That was so fake, it would never work. At least that's what I assumed…

… until it worked perfectly.

Norrington and Governor Swann hurried to lean over and revive her. I chuckled at their stupidity. But I didn't have time to revel at that, I had to go help save Jack. When I reached Will and Jack things were already happening.

The only thing that was keeping Jack from being strangled by the noose was a sword that he was standing on. Will was locked in a bitter struggle with the hooded hangman. I saw that Norrington was also in action, leading a group of red coated soldiers towards the scaffolding. So I did the only thing that I thought I could do.

I stood in front of Norrington holding my hammer in, what I thought, was a very threatening manner.

"Stay back, or else," I threatened waving my hammer at them. Several of the soldiers chuckled at me. Then their chuckles turned to gasps of panic as the hangman flew over my head and landed on the soldiers.

I turned around to see Jack freeing his hands. I pulled the sword out. He took it from me without a word, we both knew who the better sword fighter was.

(It was Jack just in case you weren't sure.)

Will did an impressive flip over a railing to join us.

"Show-off," I said bitterly. "Thanks," I added referring to his throwing the hangman at the soldiers and thus saving me from attempting to take on the British army with only a hammer.

"For what?" he asked as he and Jack used a long rope to take out some British soldiers.

"Never mind," I added hastily doing my part and hitting one soldier over the head with my hammer. Jack and Will continued to decimate their ranks using only a rope. I followed them without doing any fancy tricks. I thought we were doing all right.

That is until we were suddenly surrounded by cocked guns.

"Why don't we have guns?" I asked Will and Jack as they tapped each gun with their swords as if trying to find a weak spot. They didn't answer me except to glare. As they stood back to back the feather in Will's hat got in Jack's face. I was about to ask Will, again, about the outfit but then Norrington began speaking.

"I thought we may have to endure some manner of ill-conceived escape attempt. But not from you."

"On our return to Port Royal I granted you clemency. And this is how you thank me? By throwing in your lot with him? He's a pirate."

Norrington and Governor Swann glared at both Will and me. It was nice that they weren't ignoring me but I felt that this was not the best moment to get noticed by people who could have me killed without breaking either the law or a sweat.

"And a good man," Will answered swiftly.

"Yeah," I said, a little less swiftly. Jack pointed at himself as if to let everyone know. "Don't let it get to your head," I advised him.

"If all I have achieved here," Will continued, "is that the hangman will earn two-"

"- three," I reminded him.

"- three pairs of boots instead of one, so be it. At least my conscious will be cleared."

"You forget you place Turner," Norrington growled.

"You know," I mentioned softly to the Commodore, "that's not what I feel. Just so you know." This time, however, he ignored me.

"It's right here," Will said to Norrington, "between you and Jack." Then Elizabeth came over and stood next to Will.

"As is mine," she said. Governor Swann immediately told the soldiers to stop aiming their scary weapons at us.

"Oh," I whispered to Will suddenly, "now I know why you were wearing that outfit. You wanted to impress Elizabeth."

"Maggie stop talking," Will muttered.

"So this is where your heart truly lies then?" he asked Elizabeth looking hurt.

"It is," she answered with a nod.

I saw the parrot above us and pointed it out to Jack. I didn't know why it was so special but based on Will's reaction I was guessing it was important.

"Well," he said happily, "I'm actually feeling rather good about this, I think we've all arrived at a very special place. Eh?" He walked right up to Governor Swann and talked right into the man's face. "Spiritually. Ecumenically. Grammatically." As Jack walked away from the governor I walked over.

"I'm sorry sir," I said cordially, "but I hate being a maid. I quit."

"I want you to know that I was rooting for you mate," Jack was telling Norrington in a reassuring voice, "know that."

"Thanks for rescuing me from that island," I told Norrington, "sorry for the escape thing."

"Elizabeth," Jack said sadly, "it would have never worked between us darling. I'm sorry." Elizabeth gave him a disbelieving look.

"I'm sorry I never believed or helped you with your plans," I told her, "next time we're kidnapped by pirates I won't question you're plan or get drunk."

"Will," Jack said simply, "nice hat."

"Nice cape," I told him.

"Friends," Jack said turning to address everyone as I hurried after him eager not to get left behind, "this is the day that you will always remember, as the day that-"

At that moment I tripped and fell. I grabbed wildly for something to hold on to in order to keep myself from falling.

I did not succeed. I fell right into Jack. The two of us tumbled right over the edge and fell towards the blue water.

But I never hit the water.

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Instead I opened my eyes and found myself looking up at a worried nurse and a white ceiling.

"Damn you Philo Farnsworth!" I muttered.

"Excuse me?" the nurse asked shocked.

"Never mind," I told her.

Other Author's Note:

So we're back in the real world. The next chapter will be the last and also I will tell you all what the next movie will be! Last chance for suggestions! Thank you for reading!