When Melinda next woke she noticed one thing James wasn't next to her
When Melinda next woke she noticed one thing James wasn't next to her. In a rush she ran to the top deck just to see land.
Not finding James, Jack or Elizabeth she ignored the others and dived into the water wanting to find them on that island no matter what the cost. Her fear of drowning was shoved to the back of her mind so she could reach that island and by any means will she reach it.
When she reached the island she heard James voice "Don't wait for me."
Then she heard Elizabeth say "What about Melinda it will break her heart to know you have left."
Then Jack's voice was heard "Uh, I say we respect his final wish."
Going under water as not to be seen she waits for the boat to leave for the Black Pearl.
Getting on land she gets up and runs towards the direction she knew in her heart that James would be. Eventually she hears him say to some one "Here you go." Then he is running in the opposite direction not even noticing her.
Before being able to go to him she sees Davy Jones men and they see her.
She began to run away from them but they got her even after she fought them then all people could hear on the island was a pain filled scream "JAMES."
- James POV -
Hearing the scream broke his heart running back the way he came he found he was too late as Davy Jones men had taken Melinda from him and her family, she never even got to see her brother after all this time.
"What was she doing here?" He fell to the ground and screamed his anger, anguish and most of all his guilt for not getting to her in time "MELINDA." In both those screams anyone would hear the love they had for that person and also the fear of never seeing them again.
- Melinda POV -
She woke up in a sweat from her nightmare, raising a hand to her face she touched it then looked at her hand when she felt tears on her face then all of a sudden the images of the nightmare came back to her "James please don't do it." She said in all but a whisper.
Then she heard a voice say "Don't cry."
Looking up she looked into a face that looked so familiar that she barely even realized she said "Father."
The man who in her eyes was still that but to others a freak being a man with barnacles and other things from the sea on his body as if it was his own looked at her and whispered in awe and fear "Melinda."
Not caring what he looked like she rushed to him and hugged him through the bars that concealed from the ship, only when he hugged her back did she let her tears fall.
During the next few days she told him everything of her life and the man she loved, but also met Davy Jones who smiled when she told him her name "Another Turner aboard my ship." He looked at her father then added "If she steps out of line it comes to you."
The next few weeks Davy Jones allowed her Father to show her where everything was on the ship so she could become part of the crew as soon as possible. Davy Jones allowed her in his organ room where he talked to her about life and she found herself talking to him with her own free will. Not realising this was what he wanted.
She came to enjoy the conversations she had with him and learnt how to play his wonderful organ in the next few months that she was aboard learning how to play the song from his locket.
Not too long after this had she been apart of the crew for a whole year this was when Cutler Beckett took control of Davy Jones but what shocked her was that he made sure Beckett did not see her and for this she was thankful. In the future she may not be so thankful as he did this when he spotted James not because he didn't want her to be seen by Beckett, he didn't want her to see him until the right moment.
Many months after this she had seen her father become apart of the ship and see pirates be killed and taken to Beckett but one of them saw her "Please come here."
Walking to the pirate she noticed the hat and instantly thought of a pirate captain "Take this." Melinda looked at her hand to see a piece of string with a ring attached to the end "Take it to Shipwreck Cove for you are now a Pirate Lord."
Hearing this Melinda stumbled backwards just to watch the pirate be taken away from the ship and on their way to their hanging shouting back "Keep it safe."
Melinda rushed to the organ room where she attached the string to her swords hilt. Looking up into the sky a few hours later she found herself singing
"The king and his men
stole the queen from her bed
and bound her in her bones
The seas be ours and by the powers
Where we will we'll roam
Yo,ho, all hands
hoist the colours high
heave ho thieves and beggars
never shall we die
Yo, ho, haul together
hoist the colours high
heave ho, thieves and beggars
never shall we die
Some have died and some are alive
And others sail on the sea
with the keys to the cage
and the Devil to pay
we lay to Fiddler's Green
The bell has been raised
from it's watery grave
hear it's sepulchral tone
a call to all, pay head the squall
turn your sail to home
Yo, ho, haul together
hoist the colours high
heave ho, thieves and beggars
never shall we die."
Looking out to sea she swore she could hear others singing the song and when she realized she could she smiled for the song had been sung it was time for the Pirate Lords to come together.
The next week every day when she woke up she did her duties which were less since Davy Jones did not want her to be found by Beckett's men.
She trained more and more vigorously to get her prepared for the war that was to come, a war that was now inevitable.
One night she heard Davy Jones say to one of Beckett's men "You shall not go in there."
The voice that came next shocked Melinda to her core "I do not follow your orders Davy Jones you follow Lord Beckett's and mine."
Before Davy Jones could stop James from entering the room it banged open and before he could stop it James had a fist hit him directly in the face "I hate you James Norrington. You've chosen your side and it is not on mine."
Hearing her voice he looked up at the woman he loved to see her eyes and in them looked to be a raging war much like the one that was to come and that he knew was his fault "Melinda."
Davy Jones smiled at the tone of James voice "So this is the man who captured your heart." Melinda nor James knew that he already knew this piece of information. In fact he had been telling her to hate James in every conversation they had and now he saw his plan begin to work.
Melinda looked at Davy Jones and nodded, looking back at James she saw him pleading to her with his eyes "James Norrington I here by declare that you are a sworn enemy to the pirate lords, your future penalty when you are caught is death." He was shocked to hear this from her but what he did not know while aboard that ship she changed a lot she once again became the pirate within her, this time however the pirate in her would not bow down to the likes of him.
When she began walking back into the room he grabbed her wrist and pleaded one last time "Melinda please listen to me."
Glancing at him he saw in her eyes unadulterated pain and sadness "James you no longer mean anything to me." Ripping her arm free she walked into the corner of the room awaiting Davy Jones as she knew he would want to talk to her now.
When James went to follow Davy Jones stopped him "If I can't order you not to go in there she can, unless you want to meet the wrath of a woman scorned." James left and Davy Jones entered "Turner you did not tell me the whole truth and for that I condemn you to this room." Upon leaving he slammed the door shut.
It was funny how he did that for in Melinda's heart her door to James had shut leaving a broken heart. She never did notice when the tears began to fall but she did notice that the door had been locked. Melinda's life was falling apart as well as her trust for anyone even for the man she loved, in a instant her pain turned into anger an anger that made the phrase 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' very true.
Anything she could get her hands on she broke lucky for her it wasn't Davy Jones organ room otherwise he would be very upset when he came back to the room. This fury over that year was manipulated by Davy Jones so she would think of him as a friend.
With everything she broke she let out a scream of pain, misery and the most strongest of all fury. Anyone who entered that room from that point on met her fury, when they met they never entered the room again.
Eventually no one entered the room except Davy Jones when he came to feed her but he didn't leave without causing her more pain. In all the time she had been there he only got to know her so he knew what buttons to press and to have leverage above the people who cared for her.
When she hears the fighting outside she manages to get out of the room through a cannon hole, walking to the brig she finds a crew of pirates and none other than Elizabeth Swann "Well if it isn't Miss Swan."
Elizabeth spun around so fast she nearly fell over; when she looked at Melinda it looked as if she had seen a ghost "Melinda you're supposed to be dead."
"Did Jack tell you that or did you make that one up yourself."
Elizabeth flinched at the hard tone in Melinda's voice "What has happened to you?"
"I would say what has happened to me is that reality hit me in the face." Walking closer I say to her "You are on your way to your death."
"Help me Melinda so we can get out of here."
Inside Melinda was indeed fighting a raging war, the fury that had bottled up within her had taken control but seeing her friend like this caused her to see that although she had that fury within her she could still help the others.
"Well then I say let hoist the colours once we get free what say you?"
She heard agreements from everyone when all of a sudden they heard footsteps coming towards them unsheathing her sword she waited till the precise moment then put the sword to the persons neck "You are going to open this cell right now."
"Melinda."
Pushing him away as if he burnt her she points the sword at him and pleaded with him "Open it." He did not notice the hidden message in those two words, she wanted him to open the door that he had closed in her heart so the pain could go and so she could love him again.
She never did really stop loving him but all the time she was aboard the ship she thought he would rescue her in at least a few months but now after a year her heart had nearly turned to ice.
When he had done it she never once let the sword lower when he led them to Elizabeth's ship, she made sure everyone got to the other side as well as Elizabeth and when she went only then did Melinda lower the sword.
"Get on the rope." He looked at her then she looked into his eyes "I don't want you to die." Hearing someone approaching she cut the rope and grabbed his hand forcing him to follow her when she jumped overboard. If by pure luck she caught the rope once in the water but as she was weak she started drifting into darkness.
Davy Jones plan had failed for true love conquers all.
Waking up she found she was being held close to someone as she heard the sound of a steady heart beat looking up her eyes met his, without another thought she kissed him forgiving him for what he had done.
What next happened they would have done if the door wasn't locked as it seemed fate wanted them together but with another strike of luck the door was indeed locked.
Clothes where shed, hot kisses upon each others skin, words exchanged of forgiveness and love, then their bodies entwined much like their souls where in the thread of destiny.
Arriving at Shipwrecked cove no one but Melinda knew that she held a piece of eight but she knew of Elizabeth's as she had told Melinda everything that had happened after she left the Black Pearl.
James now wore the clothes of a Pirate and walked into the room of the pirate Lords hand in hand with Melinda but what he noticed was her clothing which practically screamed Captain.
This was because they reminded him of Jack's clothes just that they where made for a woman, she even had the hat as well as her own bandanna, waiting for Elizabeth to reveal herself she waited for the right time and plunged her own sword into the globe releasing James hand and throwing her piece of eight at Barbossa.
Both him and Jack said "Melinda Turner." When James came to stand behind her where he then encircled her waist with his arms caused them both to say "Commodore Norrington."
Smiling at Jack she said "The one and the same." When the other pirates point their swords at James she motioned for them to lower and when they did not she spoke in a deadly whisper "If you do not lower your weapons I will cut your arms off so they are lowered. He is an ex commodore and my second in command aboard the Destiny."
James looked at her in confusion until he saw another pirate smile when she said the name "You own the Destiny."
"It was my parents before they died, my parents being the ones who are not blood related to me." Looking around she then says "They left me the ship and it resides here so when we sail out I sail with my colours hoisted high."
Everyone she knew was shocked at her commanding voice even if it was her own not shouting or masked with fake anger this time she used her voice to command.
While they all began to talk she took James to a corner "Will you be my second in command?"
"Till the ends of the earth and back again." Smiling at him she brought him down for a kiss then he asked "Will you marry me?"
Looking up in shock she kisses him harder "Yes."
Turning around Melinda walked back to the table to notice them voting who was to be the Pirate King when it reached her she naturally voted "Melinda Turner."
"Elizabeth Swann." Everyone turned to look at Jack who had just voted for Elizabeth giving her two votes.
No one noticed Barbossa hadn't voted yet though until he stepped closer to the table looking at everyone around it before landing his eyes on Melinda "Melinda Turner. Personally I would want a Pirate to be the Pirate King or at least someone who has been a pirate longer."
Jack then exclaimed "You can't do that."
"I just did Jack."
Elizabeth banged the table with her fist when everyone began arguing silencing rather quickly "There will be to Pirate Kings Melinda and I." Looking to Melinda she then asked "Unless you would like them to vote who they would rather have."
Melinda glanced around the room then to Elizabeth "A joint role it is then."
They both smiled at each other then Barbossa asked "Do we fight or Run?"
Everyone turned to both the Pirate kings when they said at the same time "Fight."
Looking at James Melinda asked him "Get a crew ready for the Destiny then captain it." Looking at Jack she asks "Can I join you aboard the Black Pearl?"
Jack looked at her "Yes love you can just don't bring the Commodore along."
Smiling she hugged Jack then told him "He is going to be commanding my ship Jack."
Standing on the deck of the Black Pearl Melinda heard Barbossa "There's not been a gathering like this in our life time."
Melinda, Barbossa Jack and Elizabeth went to a little strip of an island to meet Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett.
Melinda was wearing her usual clothes only this time she was also wearing a black cloth over her hat that masked her face from view.
Once the others had arrived Lord Beckett began saying "It has come to my attention that the pirate lords have voted a Pirate King."
Jack interrupts him then "Plural mate we have two Pirate Kings."
"What Pirate Lord would vote for another rather than themselves?"
Elizabeth spoke then "You are standing in front of them as well as the Pirate Kings. I am one and she is the other." When she said this she gestured to Melinda.
Melinda did not like the way Jones was looking at her and before she knew it he laughed "A Swann and a Turner Pirate Kings that will give us a challenge."
Will was looking confused and so was Beckett when Jones mentioned the name Turner.
Melinda stepped forward then going rather close to Jones once she ripped off the material that was masking her face she growled out "I will take great pleasure seeing you lose Davy Jones." Turning to Beckett she ignored the look her brother was giving her and stepped close to Beckett "I hope to see you die Lord Cutler Beckett for you have killed many of my brethren and so you shall pay."
Walking back to Elizabeth they both shoved Jack forward "We trade him for Will."
Beckett nodded and said "So be it."
Once back on the Black Pearl the Destiny was right by it so Melinda shouted over to James "James good luck." Thinking for a second she then shouted to him "I love you."
"And I you Melinda."
Turning around she bumped into Will who was staring at the Destiny then her "I will explain one day Will but not this day." After this her voice grew to a great level so the other ships could hear her "This Day We Fight."
So it began the fight that would write their destinies.
When Calypso was released Melinda cursed a lot especially when the whirlpool appeared but this did not stop her from fighting not even when she spotted Jack onboard Davy Jones ship.
There was thing she was going to do though and that was get to Davy Jones ship to make sure he lost. Grabbing a rope she cut it giving her the momentum she needed to get on his ship.
She saw Jack fighting him so she fought the crew below so they would not stop Jack from doing what he always did Win.
Never did she notice Will get on the ship nor Elizabeth but she did notice when he got stabbed, swinging around she ran to him at the same time as Elizabeth "Will don't die please don't die." Tears where falling down her cheeks more than they ever had before, she watched Jack make Will stab Davy Jones heart and didn't even stop him from taking her to the Black Pearl with Elizabeth.
Looking to the ship she saw it disappear but when it came back up on the other side of Beckett's ship with Will as its Captain she smiled.
Her smile grew when Beckett's ship was no longer.
The War had ended.
They had Won.
Not too many months after Melinda Married James, Ten years later her and Elizabeth had a child each.
Melinda's a girl named Marie
Elizabeth's a boy named Will after his father.
