Return of the sparrows : POTC

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Chapter 1

Waves crashed against the rock solid wall as a young woman watched. She sat on the Port Royal battlement, wishing to see the familier ship she hadn't seen in over two years. Her auburn hair was tied up in a loose knot and was blowing in her face but she didn't notice.

Ever since Jack and Lily Sparrow dropped into her life Elizabeth Swann was restless. She didn't sleep well, she never did anything in society anymore and she wished all the time to see pirates of all things. As long as they weren't dead.

After Jack and Lily had left Elizabeth went along with her life, trying to forget about the disgusting pirates, as her father called them, but she couldn't. Nor could Will, who had gone back to the blacksmithy. They remained best friends but both had a hole in their hearts that someone needed to fill, and they both knew who.

Eventually though Elizabeth's father had gotten sick of her moping and decided to send suitors her way. She hated all of them except for one, who's name was Nathen. He reminded her a lot of Jack but with the pride of James Norrington. She was due to be married to him in 2 months.

She sighed and on reflex her hand drifted to her finger, where the ring Jack gave her rested. Her thoughs drifted to the night on that island, when she willingly kissed a pirate. She danced with a legend and taught him a song he didn't know. Then she lost him. He never loved her anyway, he was a pirate while she was a governors daughter.

'He gave me a ring though...that means something right?'

'It doesn't matter. I'm getting married to Nathen remember?'

'But what if he comes back?'

A clanging noise behind her startled Elizabeth out of her thoughts. She looked and gasped when she saw a very annoyed looking Will surrounded by naval men, chains around his wrists.

"Will! Why is this happening?" She asked running up to him.

"I don't know." Will grumbled. "I was working on my new sword when they broke in and dragged me down here."

A crowd started gathering and Elizabeth heard her father yelling. "Make way. Let me through!" He was stopped by two Navy men blocking his way. Outraged he turned to the man standing in the wings.

"How dare you! Stand your men down at once! Do you hear me?"

The man turned and Elizabeth briefly recognized him from somewhere, an old aqquaintence who used to to visit her father perhaps?

"Governor Weatherby Swann, it's been too long." He smiled forcefully.

"Cutler Beckett?"

"It's Lord now actually."

Governor Swann glared at Beckett and waited until the soldiers unblocked his way, then made himself over to Beckett. "Lord or not you you have no reason and no authority to arrest this man."

"Oh in fact, I do." He snapped his fingers and a creepy looking man stepped forward with a box. Beckett opened the box, pulled out a paper and handed it to Swann who read it.

"This warrant is for Elizabeth Swann..." Governor Swann said in disbelief. Elizabeth's eyes widened and suddenly she was clapped in chains beside Will, who growled at the Navy men.

"On what charges?" She snapped angrily. The last crimes she had commited had happened over two years ago.

"Oh is it? That's annoying, my mistake." Beckett took the paper back and pulled out another. "Ah here is Mr Turners. And I also have one for a Mr James Norrington, is he present?"

"Commadore Norrington resigned his commission some months ago." Swann said distractedly while reading the warrent.

"I don't believe that is the answer to the question I asked."