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-StardustChaser2012

A spark of realisation seemed to strike Jack and he stepped closer again, 'Scarlett?'

'Jack?' she exclaimed, clearly shocked at seeing the man again, last time she had saw him was soon before the disaster that ruined her life. Recognising her old friend she exhaled deeply and threw her head back to the sand.

She groaned, 'Great'

Xx

Jack appeared from behind; 'we need to change the heading, two moves west' Scarlett jumped and removed her hands, like a child caught by its parent. 'You do it'

Their lips collided in a romantic display of built up passion.

Xx

She stood panting at the door, unable to understand the situation as Jack glared at her and said with a furious tone:

'What. Is. This?'

'Jack, I-'started Scarlett, but she was soon interrupted.

'Please tell me this is a fake' said Jack, his darker side coming out.

'I-'stuttered Scarlett

'Tell me' demanded Jack

'It's not a fake… it's true' sighed Scarlett

Xx

'I love you' sighed Jack

Xx

'Scarlett!'

Will's voice echoed through her dreams and brought her unwillingly back to the present, 'Scarlett! Wake up'. Scarlett groaned as she opened her eyes to see Will Turner standing over her. She had been hiding in the Blacksmith's shop for around a year and in doing so avoided any consequence of her escape from the gallows. Mr Brown had been strangely helpful of Scarlett, although she gathers Will had made some sort of story up so he'd let her stay. She hardly if ever ventured outside for fear of being arrested, her wound from the battle had kept her in bed for the first few months, and so she had lost a lot of strength. Will and Elizabeth's relationship fast advanced, and they became engaged. Elizabeth still disliked Scarlett and the feeling was mutual, but they became civil as they both grew closer to Will.

After being woken up she slowly sat up in the bed, her back ached and her eyes could barely focus. She asked, 'Will, what do you want?'

'It's an emergency' exclaimed Will, he was frantic and so put Scarlett on alert.

She looked around the shop, there was no intruder, she listened and there was no cannon-fire. She couldn't see one threat anywhere; she looked back to Will and said 'There doesn't look like an emergency?'

Will grabbed her hands and pulled her up, he brought her into the light and said, 'I need help getting dressed; my hands are shaking so badly I can't concentrate'

It took Scarlett a moment to comprehend his emergency, and then she remembered, today was his wedding. She smirked at the shaking man and said 'William Turner? Nervous? Never thought I'd see the day'

Will smiled, 'I just can't believe I'm marrying Elizabeth today. It's like all dreams are coming true'

Scarlett stepped forward and put his tie around his neck, it was a fancy, frilly thing that Scarlett had little experience of, but she thought she might as well try. She started to tie is and said, 'You sound like a character out of a fairy-tale; except I'm sure the Prince would be able to tie his own tie'

'Think she'll turn up?'

'Will of course she will. She's probably already there! Trust me, stop worrying, everything will be fine'

'Can't you be there?'

'Will I'm still wanted for escaping the gallows, I'm not in the mood to be arrested'

'But Norrington's gone now? Surely you'll be fine'

Scarlett sighed as she finished the tie, 'I wouldn't use a man's disappearance as a positive point. God knows where he is'. Whilst she stayed in Port Royal, both Groves and Norrington made an effort to check in on her, and again they became close. He left in pursuit of Sparrow and the Pearl, only to be met with a hurricane. He lost everything and disappeared, to Scarlett's relief Groves was promoted and so remained in Port Royal.

Will started again, 'But even if you don't go to the wedding, you need to see Matilda'

'Who is Matilda?' asked Scarlett

'She's a medicine woman, I asked if she could look at your scar and see if it could be healed better'

Scarlett scoffed, 'Which scar?' her back was still laden with wounds from the flogging but the Caribbean sun had tanned them so they did not stand out as much as before. She continued, 'In any case, it's been a year, it won't heal anymore'

Will put on his most desperate face and egged Scarlett to go see the woman, 'Please go, for me? On my wedding day? It won't take long and I'll still be here when you get back' he held her hands and tilted his head, trying every possible move to convince her to give in.

Scarlett broke away and said, 'Fine! You twisted my arm. Where is this Matilda?' Will gave her the directions and she remembered every word, she readied herself to go outside and even brought her trusted sword. 'Now, is there anything else you need before I go?'

'I'm now worried about the fact I haven't done anything to commemorate my last time as a single man!'

'Well, slightly late now Will' she laughed. He ran over to her, grabbed her face and gave her a quick kiss. Scarlett stood there stunned and then said 'Will that do?'

'Yes that just about solved it. I feel much better, now go!' He ushered Scarlett out the door otherwise she would have just hidden back in the shop. Scarlett protested as she first stepped outside, 'Go now, and please be nice' he pushed her into the street so she was out the doorway.

Scarlett turned around and said 'But-' Will had closed the door. She sighed and walked the route to this medicine woman's house. In England they would probably have proclaimed her a witch, probably why she moved to the Caribbean. She passed by various people, none of whom shouted for help or gave her a dirty look. They merely smiled at her and even shouted 'Good Morning', her nerves calmed until she reached her destination. She knocked three times on the door and waited for someone to answer.

A middle aged woman opened the door, a smile beaming on her face; she beckoned Scarlett in and asked 'What can I help you with my dear?'

Scarlett looked around her home; there was a long table in the centre of the room, jars and bags of all sorts of herbs and medicines strewn along the walls. 'Erm, my friend Will Turner told me to come see you about healing my scars a bit more?'

'Oh, you must be Miss Scarlett. Come in my dear and let me see that scar' she walked Scarlett over to the table and she sat upon it, her legs dangling over the sides. Scarlett lifted up her shirt and showed Matilda the wound, the woman tutted at her and said 'Nasty scratch that is, how did you do that?'

'Fighting off un-dead pirates'

'Ah… well… I've never heard a story like that. You must be like my daughter, head in the clouds!' she laughed, Scarlett just smirked, if only she knew. 'Now I think I have something I can do for those scars. You see there is some tissue that could be removed to make the scars smaller or I have a lotion which could get rid of the dead skin?' Scarlett looked at the surgical tools in the next room, she swallowed and said:

'I'll go with the lotion thank you'

'Alright love' she got the lotion and some herbs, told Scarlett to lie down on her left side so the scar was facing upwards. 'Now I just have to split the scar slightly to get inside it' Scarlett nearly jumped up but she lay still for Will. The woman took a small surgical knife and slit the wound, it bled only a tiny amount and Scarlett was not in much pain but a dull sting. She sighed, the woman may look slightly crazy, but she knows what she's doing. The woman finished the procedure and said 'There, that went very well, I'll just go get some dressings for the wound, don't move' she smiled and left.

Scarlett looked back in front of her, and just as she did, movement caught her eye. She saw the swish of a dress from behind the beam and she gathered it was Matilda's daughter. She smirked and said 'You can come out you know, I don't bite'

Just as Scarlett had suspected, the girl stepped out of the shadows, she looked about 17 or 18, she had black hair like her mother, but her eyes were a dazzling hazel. Scarlett was wondering why she had not been married yet, the amount of bachelors in Port Royal; she could be married in a mansion if she tried. She spoke, 'Sorry, I am just curious about your scar. You say that you were fighting off un-dead pirates… and the only story of that I have heard is from the Isla De Muerta. Unless…unless you were there. With Jack Sparrow'

'He prefers Captain Sparrow, you know'

She gasped 'You know Jack Sparrow!'

'I know him in ways no-one else does' murmured Scarlett, 'My name is Captain Scarlett of th-'

The girl interrupted in a frantically excited way 'of the Soleil De La Mer! I've read about you' Scarlett smirked; she didn't know she was written about. Perhaps her ego could use a little feeding. 'Here' the girl said as she brought over a book to the table. She opened a page and let Scarlett read about her own adventures. Scarlett looked and smiled at the memories, although, there was a running theme throughout it. A great mystery about why she disappeared off the map, the book said some thought she was in the Locker, others thought she found true love and gave up piracy.

'All complete rubbish' thought Scarlett. Just as she was about to speak to the girl, Matilda came back in and shooed the girl away, 'I wish you wouldn't read those pirate stories Katherine, they fill your heads with unrealistic ideas' she started to dress Scarlett's wound, 'She even believes that she will go to a ball and fall in love with a prince. Here. In Port Royal when we scrape by for money. No good comes from dreaming, we need to be grateful for what we have'

'I know mama I'm sorry, I am grateful' said Katherine.

'I know you are Katherine, I'm just stressed with those Navy men charging around' replied the mother

'Navy men?' exclaimed Scarlett, who jumped up. Thank goodness the wound was dressed. 'I have to go' Scarlett quickly put some money on the table and ran out of the door. Her shirt still un-tucked and small specks of blood staining it, she pushed through the pain and ran back to the shop. She opened the door and shouted for Will. He was nowhere to be seen.

Spontaneously she ran to the location of the wedding, she knew that the Company or Navy could find him a criminal too for helping Jack. Rain began to pour down, it drenched her head to toe, she saw in the distance the wedding arch, but no-one was under it. She rounded the corner to see both Will and Elizabeth in shackles, held by men in uniforms. Governor Swann was protesting the arrests at the man responsible, he was facing the other way and so she couldn't see his face. The man turned to Governor Swann and said 'Governor Wetherby Swann it has been too long' that voice, she recognised it.

'Cutler Beckett?' asked Governor Swann and the man turned round so Scarlett could see his face.

'It's Lord now, actually' said Beckett, and Scarlett's breathing stopped.

It was him. The man who ruined her life.

Beckett.