ta1nt3d1uv- Really? It seemed pretty believeable to me. I'll just keep on the safe side and not bee too specific. Anyway, yeah. The soundtrack is really cool.

TheOddOne- Awesome! Thanks for noticing. My main goal for WUAS was to try to veer off from the script as much as possible, without seriously mutating it.

Estel Ashlee Snape- You got it! One update, coming right up. -rings order bell-

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"Jack Sparrow, be it known that you have,"

Jack, who was stationed to the gallows stand, mouthed the words. "Captain, Captain Jack Sparrow." As is if it really mattered now.

"for your willful commission of crimes against the crown. Said crimes being numerous in quantity and sinister in nature, the most egregious of these to be cited herewith: piracy, smuggling…"

Elizabeth bowed her head and tears formed in her eyes. "This is wrong."

"Commodore Norrington is bound by the law. As are we all."

"I don't see the hurt in giving him a pardon…" Grace mumbled, now wearing what the Governor called 'proper attire'. She assumed that what 'proper' meant in those days was 'extremely uncomfortable'.

"…impersonating an officer of the Spanish Royal Navy, impersonating a cleric of the Church of England…" Jack smiled at this.

"…sailing under false colors, arson, kidnapping, looting, poaching, brigandage, pilfering, depravity, depredation, and general lawlessness. And for these crimes you have been sentenced to be, on this day, hung by the neck until dead. May God have mercy on your soul."

Will made his way through the crowd until he reached the spot where Elizabeth was standing. "Governor Swann. Grace." Here she gestured to his hat and gave him a thumbs up. "Commodore…. Elizabeth. I should have told you every day from the moment I met you. I love you." He walked away and Grace excused herself and followed him. Elizabeth noticed Mr. Cotton's parrot and fluttered her eyelids." I can't breathe!" She fell backward as the drums sounded.

"Elizabeth!"

Will plowed through the crowd and just as the noose was dropped, he threw his sword into the wood, giving Jack a foothold. He then tossed Grace and Jack a sword and they battled up to the balcony. Once there, they were surrounded by Norrington's men.

"I thought we might have to endure some manner of ill-conceived escape attempt…" He motioned to Will and Grace. "But not from you two."

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

"And a good man." Grace decided to steal Will's line for a change.

"Yes. If all we have achieved here is that the hangman will earn three pairs of boots instead of one, so be it. At least our consciences will be clear."

"You forget your place, Turner."

"It's right here: between you and Jack."

"I'm with them." she said, stepping up beside Will.

Elizabeth joined them."As is mine."

"Elizabeth! Lower your weapons. For goodness sake put them down!"

She could hear a tinge of sorrow in Norrington's voice. "So this is where your heart truly lies, then?"

"It is."

Jack then noticed the parrot."Well! I'm actually feeling rather good about this." He nodded to the Governor. "I think we've all arrived at a very special place, eh? Spiritually? Ecumenically? Grammatically?" Then bowing slightly, he said to Norrington, "I want you to know that I was rooting for you, mate. Know that. Elizabeth, it would never have worked between us, darling. I'm sorry. Grace? Will you be joining me?"

Grace thought for a brief moment. "No. You go avoid curses, fight terrible beasties, find keys… You know. Pirate stuff."

"So be it. Will?" He paused. "Nice hat. Friends! This is the day that you will always remember as the day that- OOF!" He fell backwards over the battlements.

Gillette rolled his eyes. "Idiot. He has nowhere to go but back to the noose!" Then he spotted black sails on the horizon. "What's your plan of action? Sir?"

The Governor glanced over to Norrington. "Perhaps on the rare occasion pursuing the right course demands an act of piracy and piracy itself can be the right course?"

The Commodore spoke. "Mr. Turner."

"I will accept the consequences of my actions."

He drew his sword and held it out for Will to see. "This is a beautiful sword. I would expect the man who made it to show the same care and devotion in every aspect of his life."

Will seemed unsure of how to respond, but then saw Grace nod her head.

"Thank you."

"Commodore! What about Sparrow?"

"Well, I think we can afford to give him one day's head start."

Grace seriously considered speaking up, but she knew that it was important to the plot that Norrington help Jack. "Good luck, mate."

After they had left Governor Swann asked his daughter, "So, this is the path you've chosen, is it? After all, he is a blacksmith."

"No." She smiled and gently removed Will's hat. "He's a pirate."

Grace walked away a bit, letting them have their moment and waited patiently until Elizabeth spoke to her. "Oh. You still don't have anywhere to go…" She whispered something into Will's ear and then, after she got a response, addressed her formally. "Miss Grace, we would love to have you as the first guest in our new Turner household."

"Really?" She saw that it was for real and bowed. "I would be honored. Thank you, very much."

She slept that night in the second floor guest room, which had a wonderful view of the night sky. She could have easily spent all night watching for shooting stars, but with one glance at her bag, carrying the box, she knew in her heart,

"This isn't over yet. Not by a long shot."

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Cue Pirates theme song! Dun-dun-dun-dum-dada-dum-dum-dada-dun-dun-dada-dum-dum! Anyway, yeah. I need to see a whole bunch of reviews before I post the sequel, so if there's anyone who has just been lurking the whole time, review! It's going to be a little different, though. I stuck less to the script and did some other things.