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Chapter 6

Decisions

Jack bolted upright with a start.

"What a nightmare.."

Moaning he got out of his bunk and started to dress. He mused what that was all about. Could it be a sight in the future? Was his little brother truly in danger? And if so, would he have to come to protect him? Captain Sparrow sat down in his chair and sighed. He had better make the right decision for Legolas' live depended on it.

"That is, if he still wants to see me, let alone accompany me…"

Why did his family always give him a horrendous troubles? He had been just fine away from them, caring about nothing but himself. But now that storm showed up and his old life and new got mixed up together. How he hated this.

But still, he never hated his little brother. He had always been very fond of Legolas. Everything his brother had done when he had been a little elfling had made Jack so proud of him. It had hurt to leave him.

Now he couldn't abandon him twice. Standing up, the captain made his decision.

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"Jack, why are we going with them?"

"That's Captain Jack, luv, and we're going because I feel like it. Don't question my orders."

That morning, Jack had stormed out of his cabin and swung directly over to the Evenstar to talk to the man named Aragorn, whom Anamaria had discovered was some sort of king of a land nearby called Gondor. She was still wondering if that lay in America or Asia or something, for she had never heard of it before.

Captain Sparrow himself stood at the helm of the Black Pearl tailing the other ship for God knew what reason.

Wondering what answer she would get Anamaria asked him:

"And where are we going?"

"Up the river Anduín. We'll first make a short stop for supplies at the city of Minas Tirith."

"Is it safe to make berth there?" she ventured, although she knew Jack would never take his precious Pearl where it could be dangerous for her.

"Off course. Aragorn is king there."

"I thought he was king of a place called Gondor?"

"Minas Tirith is the capital of Gondor, luv."

After that was said a silence fell. Until Anamaria hesitantly asked:

"And what's our final destination?"

"Eryn Lasgalen."

"What?..."

"Eryn Lasgalen," Jack grinned at her," although in English it is called The Wood of Greenleaves."

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Author's note: Eryn Lasgalen The Wood of Greenleaves, but was before the war of the ring called Mirkwood and even before that The Greenwood.