I'm back!!! Well, sort of. I found this chapter that was almost to where I
was when my computer died in one of my email accounts – I was seriously
shrieking when I found it. So here you are the next chapter finished and
posted. However that doesn't mean another chapter will be coming soon. In
case you hadn't read my authors page (which incidentally if I haven't
updated in a LONG time I usually type an explanation up there) my computer
died awhile ago taking 2 nearly finished chapters with it. This was one but
like I said I found it on an email account (I don't even remember why it
was there) the other is the next chapter that I wrote when I was fighting
writers block on this one – it is still stuck on the computer. I am hoping
to get is off somehow – I just have to find a way to get power to the
computer to turn it on and get files out of it but the battery has never
worked and now the power port is shot. Anyway – terribly frustrating and
I'm not going to make any estimate as to when the next update will be.
Never fear though – no matter how long it takes between updates I WILL NOT
abandon this story – it will be continued eventually.
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Legolas and Jack cautiously darted up the prison stairs and through the streets and alleys of Port Royal towards the waterfront. Suddenly Jack slowed, stopped, and turned around, his eyes searching for something - giving Legolas only seconds to avoid plowing into him. "What are you looking for" Legolas hissed, assuming that Jack had somehow heard or seen something he hadn't. Jack looked at him askance, looked around some more, then looked back at him. "Where were you mate?"
Legolas gave him a baffled look. "Right behind you?" it came out as almost more of a question.
"I didn't hear you - figured you couldn't keep up" he grinned
Refusing to rise to Jack's baiting Legolas stated coolly but firmly. "I move silently."
Jack looked uncertainly from Legolas' face, to his feet, then back to his face, squinted at him for a moment, then regained his cocky grin, swirled around, and swaggered down the ally as only Jack Sparrow could
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As they neared the waterfront Legolas began to wonder exactly what Jack was planning. All of a sudden it dawned on him: "We're going to steal a ship." Well this was a lovely situation he'd gotten himself into here, a real exhibition of the wisdom of the Eldar. Then, noticing the direction of Jack's grinning gaze, he blanched. "That ship?" The ship in question was the largest, strongest man o war of His Majesty's Royal Navy in the Caribbean
"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term." He corrected in typical dismissive fashion, then suddenly becoming (relatively) serious he continued, "One question about your business, boy, or there's no use going. This girl – how far are you willing to go to save her?"
Legolas answered with conviction what he had feared would one day be his fate ever since his decision to be the watchman over Numenor. "I'd die for her."
"Oh, good. No worries, then." Was Jack's glib reply.
Legolas glared at him for a moment then followed him down to the beach
"Perfect" Jack said happily looking at an overturned rowboat
Legolas raised an eyebrow incredulously. "Perfect? Pray explain what an old rowboat has to do with stealing...excuse me, commandeering a ship?"
Jack simply grinned
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"This is either madness, or brilliance," Legolas muttered, wrinkling his nose at the musty, fishy smell of the air trapped under the boat
"Its remarkable how often those two traits coincide."
Legolas thought about that for a moment, then was forced to concede the point. (To himself anyway, Jack's ego didn't need any help). He thought of Aragorn, of how often he had called Aragorn absolutely mad over the course of their long friendship – yet Aragorn was the most brilliant human he had met in his entire 5000 years.
Lost in his memories he almost did not notice Jack stop. "This is where we get off. Once you reach the surface climb up the stern...can you do that - climb I mean?"
"I can climb anything you ask," Legolas replied evenly. "The ability comes naturally to those of my family. I have spent much time in the trees ever since I was a small child," he continued wistfully recalling long ago days chasing friends through the tree tops of Greenwood or jumping out of the trees of Imladris and frightening young Estel – of course making no mention of how many millennia had passed since he was a small child.
"Alright then. Now once we're on board let me do the talking, savvy. You just stand there and look threatening...or something"
Legolas simply rolled his eyes – he was finding this was something one often had the urge to do around Jack – and ducked under the side of the boat in order to follow Jack to the surface.
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As Legolas nimbly scaled the ship he saw Jack occasionally look at him in disbelief. After spending most of his life aboard different ships, the pirate had spent his fair share of time up the rigging and was a very adept climber. While he personally was having no trouble in spite of the difficult reaches and oblique angles a ship's stern posed, he was shocked that this lubber could effortlessly keep up, and was in fact about to pass him when they reached the deck.
Legolas was quite enjoying the thought of all the continued surprises he had in store for the normally unflappable pirate. Commandeering a ship, however, was not his area of expertise and he decided that just this once it might be best to follow Jack's lead.
Assuming he would be marching full speed ahead and beginning an all out melee, Legolas took a flying leap over the stair railing, prepared to defend against immediate attacks. Yet he noticed that Jack simply sauntered down the stairs in his usual affected way and announced, "Everyone stay calm, we are taking over the ship."
The officer, who was apparently in charge, looked at them for a moment, then burst into hysterical laughter. Legolas could just tell what he was thinking: "Really now? The slenderly built, pretty boy blacksmith's apprentice Turner, and this pirate who was quite obviously touched in the head, did they really believe they could sail a 100 gun ship just the two of them?"
Quickly regaining some semblance of composure, though his smirk still twitched, he ridiculed the two before him. "This ship cannot be crewed by two men. You'll never make it out of the bay"
But Jack was unfazed; pointing his pistol at the officer's head he said, as if it were the most obvious reasoning in the world, "Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"
Will shrugged slightly and pointed his sword a bit more menacingly at the officer? That overconfident ego of Jack's was annoying, but it did certainly have its uses.
"Now I would suggest that you and your men take a boat and go ashore afore I think of a better use for you, savvy?" Jack moseyed around the deck a bit, counting on Will's sword to hold them at bay. He suddenly swirled around and re-aimed his pistol at the officer on his last word.
The stunned officer gulped slightly and weakly ordered, "To the lifeboats men"
Jack grinned at Legolas and motioned towards the escaping navy men as if to say, "see, I told you I could."
Legolas just snorted slightly.
"Don't just stand there, loose the sails," Jack ordered.
As much as it grated on Legolas to be ordered about, 5,000 years' accumulation of common sense told him he hadn't the first idea as to the how to's of sailing a modern ship, much less being a pirate. Gritting his teeth he obediently followed the orders Jack was bellowing
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As Jack finished whatever mechanics he was performing on the helm, Legolas peered towards the dock. Over the small distance he could easily see every detail of the interceptor's pursuit. Turning he announced to Jack, "Here they come."
Jack merely grinned.
"Jack what exactly is it you are planning here?" Legolas asked. Even to his untrained eye it was quite obvious that the Interceptor was the supremely faster ship. "They will be catching up with us in a matter of minutes."
"I'm planning that you do exactly what I tell you, Savvy?"
After another of an increasing number of acid stare downs between the two proud and independent beings, Legolas decided that as he was 5000 years old and an elf, he certainly should posses the wisdom to know when he was out of his element. Sighing deeply he gave Jack an exaggerated bow. "I forfeit. When it comes to stealing ships, you are the expert."
Jack straightened up. "I knew you weren't as dumb as you look – and it's commandeer, commandeer – now..."
Legolas only half listened as Jack began spewing orders. Eru help him, it was going to take his greatest measure of willpower yet to not strangle his "Captain".
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"Bring her around, bring her around!"
Legolas and Jack crouched near the stern, ropes in hand as the soldiers boarded. "Have I mentioned you are maddest individual I have ever met?" Legolas hissed to him, mentally adding "in 5000 years; and I'm counting Elladan, Elrohir, Estel, Gimli, Mithrandir, Pippin...." His inner listing of crazy "people" he had known (and he hadn't even gotten past the 3rd age) was cut short by Jack's whispered command of, "Now!"
Following Jack's lead he swung over to the Interceptor. Delicately stepping onto the deck he proceeded, as per Jack's earlier instructions, to efficiently sever all the lines leading back to the Dauntless, setting the interceptor free to sail.
Jack was quite obviously relishing a chance to be at the helm of a ship again and jauntily called back to the Dauntless, "Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'dve had a hard time of it by ourselves."
Legolas ducked at the barrage of gunfire Jack's taunt drew but was quickly on his feet as Jack happily began ordering him about. He sighed at Jack's manic grin. This was going to be a long trip.
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Hooray, I'm even happy with it – how rare is that ;) Now for Reviewer responses – huttah!
Dark Whispers: I'll be sticking mostly just with the movie – I'll add a few things here and there but the general plot line stays the same, the point of this is more seeing the same story from a vastly different point of view
Spunkygirl3: thanks for the offer – I know my punctuation especially stinks, right now though it takes me so long to get a chapter written I just want to post it right away when I finally do
SnowGirl7: maybe, not sure yet, I mean no one "finds out" per say because they don't even remember what elves are, but he may tell a few people eventually, Elizabeth probably for sure but I'm toying with the idea of a sequel for that. Only problem being, I'd like to leave it open to do the real sequel like this when it eventually comes out.
Thanks to: psycho elf (thanks for the hug :) ), babmidnight, Toby Keith Fanatic, Das Blume, Captin Red Black (lol I loved your review), leann, Tap Dancing Widow (hooray, I'll have to go check your author's page now), Draconic Ban-sidhea (heavens your name is hard to spell), yuhi- thedoerofevildeeds, K'lara7, Northstar1 (the little Haldir insertion was great fun), Eleclya111, AuronLives (I found bunches of places where he's called Legolas Greenleaf now, I actually feel rather stupid that I didn't notice them before; it still seems rather odd to me though), serenawronski (I'm glad it inspired you continue :) ), Shimmergloom (I'm glad you found it to :) ), Quicksilvermad (oh yeah, totally agree on ROTK – annoying in places but totally awesome anyway, I want to see it on the big screen again but I have to go to Omaha or Lincoln to do so :( ), just annother stupid idiot (love the name), AAAclub (thank you so much), Espel, Psyco101 (I know me neither), anxioustritip (again thanks so much), Jedi-Bant, just me (yummy), socks and muffin mittens (you have one of the greatest names ever, my friend Tricia just about died laughing when she saw it, Hail Tolkien indeed!! :) )
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Legolas and Jack cautiously darted up the prison stairs and through the streets and alleys of Port Royal towards the waterfront. Suddenly Jack slowed, stopped, and turned around, his eyes searching for something - giving Legolas only seconds to avoid plowing into him. "What are you looking for" Legolas hissed, assuming that Jack had somehow heard or seen something he hadn't. Jack looked at him askance, looked around some more, then looked back at him. "Where were you mate?"
Legolas gave him a baffled look. "Right behind you?" it came out as almost more of a question.
"I didn't hear you - figured you couldn't keep up" he grinned
Refusing to rise to Jack's baiting Legolas stated coolly but firmly. "I move silently."
Jack looked uncertainly from Legolas' face, to his feet, then back to his face, squinted at him for a moment, then regained his cocky grin, swirled around, and swaggered down the ally as only Jack Sparrow could
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As they neared the waterfront Legolas began to wonder exactly what Jack was planning. All of a sudden it dawned on him: "We're going to steal a ship." Well this was a lovely situation he'd gotten himself into here, a real exhibition of the wisdom of the Eldar. Then, noticing the direction of Jack's grinning gaze, he blanched. "That ship?" The ship in question was the largest, strongest man o war of His Majesty's Royal Navy in the Caribbean
"Commandeer. We're going to commandeer that ship. Nautical term." He corrected in typical dismissive fashion, then suddenly becoming (relatively) serious he continued, "One question about your business, boy, or there's no use going. This girl – how far are you willing to go to save her?"
Legolas answered with conviction what he had feared would one day be his fate ever since his decision to be the watchman over Numenor. "I'd die for her."
"Oh, good. No worries, then." Was Jack's glib reply.
Legolas glared at him for a moment then followed him down to the beach
"Perfect" Jack said happily looking at an overturned rowboat
Legolas raised an eyebrow incredulously. "Perfect? Pray explain what an old rowboat has to do with stealing...excuse me, commandeering a ship?"
Jack simply grinned
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"This is either madness, or brilliance," Legolas muttered, wrinkling his nose at the musty, fishy smell of the air trapped under the boat
"Its remarkable how often those two traits coincide."
Legolas thought about that for a moment, then was forced to concede the point. (To himself anyway, Jack's ego didn't need any help). He thought of Aragorn, of how often he had called Aragorn absolutely mad over the course of their long friendship – yet Aragorn was the most brilliant human he had met in his entire 5000 years.
Lost in his memories he almost did not notice Jack stop. "This is where we get off. Once you reach the surface climb up the stern...can you do that - climb I mean?"
"I can climb anything you ask," Legolas replied evenly. "The ability comes naturally to those of my family. I have spent much time in the trees ever since I was a small child," he continued wistfully recalling long ago days chasing friends through the tree tops of Greenwood or jumping out of the trees of Imladris and frightening young Estel – of course making no mention of how many millennia had passed since he was a small child.
"Alright then. Now once we're on board let me do the talking, savvy. You just stand there and look threatening...or something"
Legolas simply rolled his eyes – he was finding this was something one often had the urge to do around Jack – and ducked under the side of the boat in order to follow Jack to the surface.
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As Legolas nimbly scaled the ship he saw Jack occasionally look at him in disbelief. After spending most of his life aboard different ships, the pirate had spent his fair share of time up the rigging and was a very adept climber. While he personally was having no trouble in spite of the difficult reaches and oblique angles a ship's stern posed, he was shocked that this lubber could effortlessly keep up, and was in fact about to pass him when they reached the deck.
Legolas was quite enjoying the thought of all the continued surprises he had in store for the normally unflappable pirate. Commandeering a ship, however, was not his area of expertise and he decided that just this once it might be best to follow Jack's lead.
Assuming he would be marching full speed ahead and beginning an all out melee, Legolas took a flying leap over the stair railing, prepared to defend against immediate attacks. Yet he noticed that Jack simply sauntered down the stairs in his usual affected way and announced, "Everyone stay calm, we are taking over the ship."
The officer, who was apparently in charge, looked at them for a moment, then burst into hysterical laughter. Legolas could just tell what he was thinking: "Really now? The slenderly built, pretty boy blacksmith's apprentice Turner, and this pirate who was quite obviously touched in the head, did they really believe they could sail a 100 gun ship just the two of them?"
Quickly regaining some semblance of composure, though his smirk still twitched, he ridiculed the two before him. "This ship cannot be crewed by two men. You'll never make it out of the bay"
But Jack was unfazed; pointing his pistol at the officer's head he said, as if it were the most obvious reasoning in the world, "Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, savvy?"
Will shrugged slightly and pointed his sword a bit more menacingly at the officer? That overconfident ego of Jack's was annoying, but it did certainly have its uses.
"Now I would suggest that you and your men take a boat and go ashore afore I think of a better use for you, savvy?" Jack moseyed around the deck a bit, counting on Will's sword to hold them at bay. He suddenly swirled around and re-aimed his pistol at the officer on his last word.
The stunned officer gulped slightly and weakly ordered, "To the lifeboats men"
Jack grinned at Legolas and motioned towards the escaping navy men as if to say, "see, I told you I could."
Legolas just snorted slightly.
"Don't just stand there, loose the sails," Jack ordered.
As much as it grated on Legolas to be ordered about, 5,000 years' accumulation of common sense told him he hadn't the first idea as to the how to's of sailing a modern ship, much less being a pirate. Gritting his teeth he obediently followed the orders Jack was bellowing
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As Jack finished whatever mechanics he was performing on the helm, Legolas peered towards the dock. Over the small distance he could easily see every detail of the interceptor's pursuit. Turning he announced to Jack, "Here they come."
Jack merely grinned.
"Jack what exactly is it you are planning here?" Legolas asked. Even to his untrained eye it was quite obvious that the Interceptor was the supremely faster ship. "They will be catching up with us in a matter of minutes."
"I'm planning that you do exactly what I tell you, Savvy?"
After another of an increasing number of acid stare downs between the two proud and independent beings, Legolas decided that as he was 5000 years old and an elf, he certainly should posses the wisdom to know when he was out of his element. Sighing deeply he gave Jack an exaggerated bow. "I forfeit. When it comes to stealing ships, you are the expert."
Jack straightened up. "I knew you weren't as dumb as you look – and it's commandeer, commandeer – now..."
Legolas only half listened as Jack began spewing orders. Eru help him, it was going to take his greatest measure of willpower yet to not strangle his "Captain".
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"Bring her around, bring her around!"
Legolas and Jack crouched near the stern, ropes in hand as the soldiers boarded. "Have I mentioned you are maddest individual I have ever met?" Legolas hissed to him, mentally adding "in 5000 years; and I'm counting Elladan, Elrohir, Estel, Gimli, Mithrandir, Pippin...." His inner listing of crazy "people" he had known (and he hadn't even gotten past the 3rd age) was cut short by Jack's whispered command of, "Now!"
Following Jack's lead he swung over to the Interceptor. Delicately stepping onto the deck he proceeded, as per Jack's earlier instructions, to efficiently sever all the lines leading back to the Dauntless, setting the interceptor free to sail.
Jack was quite obviously relishing a chance to be at the helm of a ship again and jauntily called back to the Dauntless, "Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way. We'dve had a hard time of it by ourselves."
Legolas ducked at the barrage of gunfire Jack's taunt drew but was quickly on his feet as Jack happily began ordering him about. He sighed at Jack's manic grin. This was going to be a long trip.
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Hooray, I'm even happy with it – how rare is that ;) Now for Reviewer responses – huttah!
Dark Whispers: I'll be sticking mostly just with the movie – I'll add a few things here and there but the general plot line stays the same, the point of this is more seeing the same story from a vastly different point of view
Spunkygirl3: thanks for the offer – I know my punctuation especially stinks, right now though it takes me so long to get a chapter written I just want to post it right away when I finally do
SnowGirl7: maybe, not sure yet, I mean no one "finds out" per say because they don't even remember what elves are, but he may tell a few people eventually, Elizabeth probably for sure but I'm toying with the idea of a sequel for that. Only problem being, I'd like to leave it open to do the real sequel like this when it eventually comes out.
Thanks to: psycho elf (thanks for the hug :) ), babmidnight, Toby Keith Fanatic, Das Blume, Captin Red Black (lol I loved your review), leann, Tap Dancing Widow (hooray, I'll have to go check your author's page now), Draconic Ban-sidhea (heavens your name is hard to spell), yuhi- thedoerofevildeeds, K'lara7, Northstar1 (the little Haldir insertion was great fun), Eleclya111, AuronLives (I found bunches of places where he's called Legolas Greenleaf now, I actually feel rather stupid that I didn't notice them before; it still seems rather odd to me though), serenawronski (I'm glad it inspired you continue :) ), Shimmergloom (I'm glad you found it to :) ), Quicksilvermad (oh yeah, totally agree on ROTK – annoying in places but totally awesome anyway, I want to see it on the big screen again but I have to go to Omaha or Lincoln to do so :( ), just annother stupid idiot (love the name), AAAclub (thank you so much), Espel, Psyco101 (I know me neither), anxioustritip (again thanks so much), Jedi-Bant, just me (yummy), socks and muffin mittens (you have one of the greatest names ever, my friend Tricia just about died laughing when she saw it, Hail Tolkien indeed!! :) )