AUTHOR'S NOTE! -- Remember. Everything that I've written about Elle's past doesn't apply anymore.
This isn't really an alternate universe, it's just that the past is happening differently now.

Foreshadowing of the day: Someone's changing the past.

Hope you like it.

It's LONG.

Thanks to CaptainElizabethTurner and Ninavs2 for previewing this chappie for me!

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"Will, Elizabeth wouldn't want you to dwell on her death like this."
She leaned closer to him, and whispered in a gentle voice, "Don't be afraid to give your heart to someone else."

"What do you mean?" He asked her in a nervous and confused voice.
Smiling, she replied, "You figure it out."

Moments after she had walked away, be materialized in front of her, and pressed his lips against hers...

- Almost 2 Years Later-
(after Jack left)

"Darling? You in there?" I heard a knock on the door. Putting away the necklace Jack had given me with a sparrow in flight engraved on it, I looked up at the door as my father came inside. He smiled when he saw me. It was a sight that probably would have scared many people. Seeing Davy Jones walk into your bedroom, I mean. But it was normal for me.

"Hey, Daddy." I said, walking up to him and hugging him. As usual, he hugged me with the human arm...not the crab one. He kissed my cheek and said, "Love, you've been in your room all morning. Are you...sick again?" He asked in a cautious voice as we walked back over to my bed. He sat down beside me as I said, "No, no. Just...tired is all..."

He gave a smile to me before saying, "I'm leaving again." My heart fell when he said that. I had already lost Jack. No telling where he was. I didn't want my father to leave either. He must have seen the look on my face, since he said, "You're old enough. Almost 20. Why don't you come with me? Besides, I think Kraken's missed you." I smiled at that. That stupid squid of his loved me more than anything. Probably because after dinner I'd always give him all of the leftovers. Well, whatever the reason, the thing absolutley loved me. "Bring Ari along with you, love. You two girls'll have fun. Besides, I don't want to leave you again, darling."

I smiled up into my father's gray eyes and said, "And I don't want you to leave me again." I threw my arms around his neck and said, "Where are we going?"

"Port Royal?" Ari whined as we walked thru the towns of Port Royal the next day. I had been here before since my uncle lived here. I came here when I was little, but had never actually walked thru the streets. It was quite pretty, actually. It looked a lot like Port Pirata only of course...minus the pirates.

And considering the way I was dressed, I fit in perfectly with the princesses here. Breathing deeply, because my corset was digging into my skin, I glanced over at Ari who was still whining, "Honestly, Ars. Get over it. Port Royal is known for-" I didn't finish what I was going to say, nor a second later could I even recall what I was going to say. Because I was glancing over at Ari, I hadn't seen the man that was standing in front of me.

Maybe Port Royal was known for its insanely handsome men?

"Oh, miss. I'm sorry-" He said to me, putting his hands on my shoulders to steady me. He stared at me for a minute as if he was trying to place me. When he realized that he was staring at me, he shook his head. Then, smiling he said in a polite voice, "Are you alright?"

I couldn't even open my mouth to speak. I honestly couldn't. Ari nudged me, so I finally managed to find the words to say, "Yes." He smiled at me and took my hand as he said, "I'm Will Turner."

"Michelle Jo-..Swanson. Michelle Swanson. Actually, it's Elle but...I'm babbling." I said, causing Will to smile. That's when I placed him. He was the blacksmith. I had seen him two years ago back at our blacksmith shop because he was picking up an order.

No! William Turner! Don't you remember him? You've known him for a long time, now.

Pushing that completely random and insane thought that just popped into my head, I glanced back up at him. I knew from the look in his eyes that he was trying to figure out where he had seen me last. "I know this is weird, and please excuse me for being so very foreward... but..." He stopped for a moment as he pushed a ringlet that had blown into his face, away. "-I just feel like I know you..."

Ari was completely shocked as she gapped at us like we were insane. Love, I am insane. I know that. I was about to say something, when Ari said, "Elle, we were going to look for you cousin, remember?"

Sara? Why on earth would I want to go see her?

Will smiled at me and said, "No, it's no problem, Miss Swanson-" He wrinkled his nose as he said my last name. Getting over the look of shock that had spread across his perfect face, he said to me, "I've got to drop this order off at the governor's anway. Promotion ceremony."

"Oh, yes." I said as if I knew what he was talking about, which of course I didn't. But hey. My father had always told me that I had inherited a goddess smile. What does a goddess smile do? According to Mr. Gibbs, it can charm any man. And apparently it was. Ari was rolling her eyes. She hated it when I used my powers like this.

Will smiled at me once more, before taking my hand and giving it polite kiss. "I hope I see you again, Miss Swanson-"

"Just call me Elle."

He smiled again as he said, "Elle." He gave a nod to me as he walked off and said, "Have a nice day."

"You too, Mr. Turner." I said, smiling at him as I flashed him my best smile.
"Aren'r we the Tortuga wench today? Ari said with a snort. Ignoring her, I looked back at Will. He glanced back at me one more time, before walking up to the what I guessed was the governor's mansion. Yes, it is the governor's house. Remember Elizabeth Swann?

No, actually. I don't remember her. Who's Elizabeth?

Goodness. Maybe I actually am going insane. Ari tugged at my arm and said, "Let's go find Sara!" She linked her arm with mine as we made it to where the promotion ceremony was being held. I spotted her instantly. She was talking to a rather short, yet handsome man. She turned when she saw me, and smiled. I forced a smile, since I was just thinking about Mr. Turner, and soon felt her in my arms. I hugged her back and said, "How are you, Sara?"

"Oh, I'm wonderful, darling." She hugged Ari too, and then looked back at the man that she had been talking to. I noticed him...almost gazing at me as Sara talked to us. Seeing this, Sara said in a different voice, "Oh, I'm so sorry. Elle, Ari...this is Cutler Beckett."

That name hit me for some reason. I couldn't tell why, but it did. His eyes instantly fell on the diamond I was wearing around my neck. Bringing his eyes back up, he looked at Sara as she said, "Cutler, this is our friend Arial Merson and my cousin Michelle Jo...Swanson."

I smiled, hearing that Sara had almost made the same mistake that I had. Cutler smiled and introduced himself to Ari, being of course very polite, and to me, he said with a big smile, "Miss Swanson." He took my hand and kissed it exactly how Mr. Turner had. "I've heard a lot about you. It's nice finally meeting you."

I don't know what it was, but I felt myself staring at him. That only made him smile more at me. Which made Sara smile more and Ari to roll her eyes again. Two very handsome (well, one perfect...) men in one day? Not too bad...if you weren't engaged to Jack who has been gone for two years...

"It's nice to meet you too, Mr. Beckett." I said in my polite voice that my father usually had to force me to use. He smiled at me, still holding my hand, and said, "Oh, no, dear. Please call me by my first name, Cutler."

I heard Ari snort at that. When I looked back at her, Sara was smiling at her and Ari was biting her lip to try and not laugh. Yes, it was an odd name...but oh well. I turned back to him, as he said with a bow, "Care to be my escort to the promotional ceremony?" I smiled at him, and took his arm. When Sara and Ari were standing there staring at me, I just shrugged and followed Cutler into the ceremony.

Ok, darling. You've twirled your sword around quite enough. James Norrington was spinning his sword around (as part of the ceremony I'm sure.) Not that I was paying attention, of course. I had just spotted Mr.Turner in the crowd. He had been looking at another girl, which was who I was thinking was Elizabeth.

"Who's that?" I asked Sara. When she followed my gaze, she replied matter-of-factly, "Elizabeth Swann. The governor's daughter. She-" She broke off for a moment, and stared at me. "That's really weird."

"What is?" I asked her, quietly as the ceremony was coming to a close. She looked back at Elizabeth and said to me, "Nothing, it's just...you look a lot like her is all." I looked back at Elizabeth to see that Sara was right. Aside from my emerald eyes and a few features that I had inherited from my mother, Elizabeth did look a lot like me. Maybe that's why Mr. Turner-

"Are you coming, dear?" I got out of my thoughts to see Cutler offering me his hand. I excepted it, and followed him out to the party in James Norrington's honor. Once we were back outside, I noticed Mr. Turner walking back into the direction of the blacksmith shop. Excusing myself from Cutler, I "accidently" bumped in to Will again. He laughed and said, "Miss Swanson, you honestly should be more careful." I turned around, putting a mock surprised look and said, "Oh, I'm sorry, Will. And remember. It's Elle."

He laughed as he tucked a curl back behind his ear and said, "Old habits die hard, I suppose, Ellie." He looked slightly shocked when he said that. No one called me that. Ignoring it, or at least trying to, he asked me, "How long are you staying here?"

"For a couple of days, I guess. Why?"

He shrugged and said, "No reason. I just wanted to see you again before you left." He looked as if he was surprised that he had actually said that...but apparently, Will had the same "I know I've met you before" feelings that I had. Smiling at him, hoping that it would get his attention away from wishing he hadn't said that, "I like to see you again as well, Mr. Turner."

I smiled at him one last time before waving, and walking back over to Cutler, Sara and Ari. Sara made a face, but was smiling as she said, "Wouldn't do that. That's Elizabeth's man."

"Elizabeth? I thought you said she fancied James." I asked her, following them down the path as Cutler took my arm once more. Sara shook her head, and said, "No. I said that James fancied Elizabeth. Not the other way around."

I glanced back where I had left Will to see him opening the door, and walking in. When he saw me staring, he stopped for a moment, and smiled. I smiled back. Elizabeth's? I could change that.

If I wasn't engaged to Jack.

Why did being engaged to Jack sound so...wrong now? Ever since I met Mr. Turner it was as if...I don't know...this wasn't right...

That night, as my father was making his "rounds" as he called it around Port Royal, I laid awake in Sara's house thinking of everything. Why was I feeling as if this wasn't right? None of this was right...none of it...

Baldez...that ring any bells?

No. Should it?

Goodness. Now I'm talking to myself. I rolled over, thinking about how I heard that Elizabeth was threatened by a pirate after the ceremony. Wonder who it was...Barbossa or Sao Fang? I would have paid to see that. It was weird, as I was thinking this, Sara walked in and said to me, "You know, the pirate that threatened Elizabeth? People were saying it was Jack Sparrow."

I opened my eyes and looked up at her. She was putting a candle on the nightstand, and undoing her braid as she said, "Yes. Your Jack." I was about to open my mouth when she said that, but I was cut off my guns shooting. Wait a minute-

"I know those guns." I whispered to myself, walking over to the window. Looking out into the horizon, I saw none other than the Black Pearl sailing towards Port Royal. "It's the Pearl."

"The Black Pearl?" Sara asked me, wrinkling her nose. "Honestly, Elle. Why on eart-" She stopped when she saw those black sails. In awe she said, "Goodness. It is the Black Pearl."

That did it. I jumped out of the bed, ran past a sleeping Ari, and ran down the stairs. "Elle! ELLE!" I heard Sara yelling as she nearly knocked over her maid. "SAPHIRA!" That made me whirl around to stare at her. "Where the bloody hell do you think you're going?"

"To get Jack." I replied, simply.

I ran out the door to see Port Royal completely in smoke. Damned crew. Hated the lot of them. I ran past people screaming and running as I neared the brig where they kept prisoners. I could only guess that Jack was in there, had he not already escaped. I felt someone grab my arm and pull me back as they hissed in my ear, "What a pretty damsel in distress..."

I pulled out the sword from under my gown and disarmed him, sending him to the ground. I leaned down and spat in his face, "I'm not a damsel in distress. So sorry to disappoint you, love." I smiled sweetly at him before I ran back in the direction of the brig. As I did this, I noticed Elizabeth being dragged away by some of Barbossa's crew.

I would have saved her...

...but you know...

I finally managed to get in there, hiding behind a wall when I saw two of Barbossa's men walk out of the bring, letting me know that Jack was indeed in there...or dead...oh goodness. I ran down the stairs, scaring a little dog with the keys. Running down the cells, I stopped when a familar voice called out, "What's the hurry, love?"

I froze, smiling, and turned around. But in shock. He looked like the Jack that I used to have in my dreams...not the one I had last seen two years ago. Dreadlocks...darkly lined eyes...that crazy outfit...bandana with his piece of eight dangling from it. He smiled a gold tooth grin and said, "Nice to see you too, love."

I was going to ask him "How the bloody hell did you get all of those scars and...gun shot wounds...what-" But, I stopped myself, smiling at the handsome face that was, only a slightly older, Captain Jack Sparrow. I screamed and ran over to his cell. He laughed and took my hand thru the bar, "What are you doing in Port Royal, love?"

"Daddy had to come here." I said as he sat up, leaning closer thru the bars. "Oh, Jack. I've missed you." I said that as I leaned thru the bars and kissed him. I felt him smile against my lips as he whispered, "You don't know how long that I've been wanting you to do that."

I looked at him once more. He wasn't that Jack that I had seen two years ago. He was probably more crazier than ever thanks to that mutiny I heard of. I remember when I thought he was dead, but he sent me a letter saying that he had made it off...

"Sea turtles?" I asked him, with some amuesment. He smiled and took my hand in both of his and said, "What? Is it that surprising, love?" I smiled as he kissed me again. I heard a door open, and a startled, "Oh-"

I tore my lips from Jack to see a surprised Mr. Turner staring at us. Why did you do that? In front of Will! I suddenly felt the urge to kiss Will. Goodness. What the bloody hell is wrong with me? You would have thought that I was married to Will in a past life or something.

"Miss Swanson?" He asked me, confused.

"It's Elle remember?" I said to him, smiling. Jack was completely confused as he asked, "You and the eunuch know each other?" Jack stared at me for a long time before I blurted out, "You're a eunuch?"

"No!" He said, defensivly. "Of course not. And you're- with him?" Jack smirked at Will as I asked them, "You two know each other?" Will rolled his eye as Jack said to me, "So it would seem."

"Wait, Will. What are you doing down here?"

Will took a step towards me as he said, "I was about to ask you the same question, Ellie."

"Ellie?" Jack asked me, confused. Wait, someone did call me that. Jack called me that. "Elle! How do you know him?" I gapped over at Jack and said, "You don't think that-"

"Think what?" Will asked me.

Oh no. Not this again.

Wait, when did it happen before? It had happened before. I remember it. But, Jack and Will had only known each other for a few hours.
I looked from Will to Jack and back before saying, "I'm slightly confused and I fill faint...it's probably because of this damned corset."

Ignoring me, Will said to Jack, "You're familar with the Black Pearl?"

"Aye."

"Where does it make berth?"

"Where does it make berth?" Jack asked him, slightly amused. I zoned out of thier conversation as I sat against the wall, pulling at a candlestick that was hanging on the wall. Tugging at it, it eventually fell off of the wall and landed with a bang. Will and Jack glanced over at me, as I did that. I smiled and tossed it aside, sitting back down on the bench.

What the hell is going on? Why do I feel like this? Goodness, maybe I have lived a past life...

"They've taken Miss Swann." Will said, turning from Jack. Jack smirked and said, "Oh, so it is that you've found a girl. I'm sorry, but I see no profit in it for me." Jack laid back on the ground, staring up at Will, smirking.

"I can get you out of here." Will said to Jack. "I helped build these cells. With the proper application of strength, the door'll lift free" Jack stared at Will for a minute, then looked at me sending me a smile before saying to Will, "What's your name?"

"Will Turner."

"Short for William I'd imagine. Good strong name. No doubt named for your father, aye?" Will's face changed when he said that. Will reluctantly nodded, and said, "Yes." I knew what Jack had realized. Jack leaned up on his elbows and said, "Well, Mr. Turner. I've changed me mind..."

Thank the good Lord. Rolling my eyes, I hopped off of the bench and narrowly escaped the falling door as I said, "Someone will have heard that." Will, who had his mouth open, just stared at me in shock as he closed it. Jack was staring at us for a long time, before he said, putting a hand on my shoulder and grabbing his things off of the wall, "Not without my effects."

"You're a pirate?" Will asked me as we followed Jack down the path. No idea why the bloody hell I had gotten somehow dragged into this. But I did. Watching Jack as he motioned for us to hurry up, I wordlessly pulled up my sleeve, revealing a "P" branded into my skin. I'd kept it a secret from anyone on this island so far. Not even Ari or Sara knew that I was a branded pirate. They just thought I was the daughter of one. Come to think of it, I'm not sure if Jack even knows.

"Yes." I whispered to him. Will didn't say anything, so I said, "I'm sorry I didn't say anything-"

"No. I understand why not." Will said, sending me a smile. "You just seemed...different. Not pirate-like." I smiled at him as we continued walking and I said, "You haven't seen me with a sword, love...so it is true?"

He looked up at me as I asked that, so I said, "About you and Elizabeth." His eyes became unfocused as if he was trying to remember something, but couldn't. Goodness, I can't tell you how many times that I have been like this in the past two years. He was about to say something, when I collided with Jack.

He groaned, probably because of the fact that my sword had jabbed him when I did that, and mumbled, "Easy on the goods, love." Rolling my eyes, he wrapped an arm around my waist and said, "That's it."

"What's what?" I asked him as his grip tightened.

"We're going to steal the ship?" Will asked him. Jack smiled as he stared at the other ship. Pointing to the one beside it, he said, "Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that one." Then he looked back at the ship beside the Interceptor.

"How far would you go to save her?" Jack asked, turning around to Will before we began "Commandeering". Will walked closely to him with a look that I remembered so well, though I'm not sure how... as he said, "I'd die for her."

Little does he know, one day he will.

"Elle, you alright?" Jack asked me, turning to look at me concerned. I smiled up at him and said, "I'm fine, Jack." He smiled and took my hand. Soon, we were off to the ship, well...under a stupid boat under the water, but still.

I couldn't help but notice though as we got under that boat...Cutler Beckett was on the bridge smiling down at us as we did this, before disappearing into the shadows.

Damn, what a strange man.

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