Disclaimer: I own both POTC movies… just not the characters
"Where are we?" I asked.
"This is the gateway to the past." Tia Dalma replied. "It takes you back to the past so you can revisit it. Now, we're going to visit your childhood, Antoinette."
The darkness disappeared to reveal a room with a fireplace that had a roaring fire. A little girl, who looked no older than four or five years old, with light blonde hair, fair skin and tears welling up in her large blue eyes was being comforted by an elderly lady.
"It's me…" I said.
"Why'd mommy and daddy have to die, Nanny Agatha?" she sobbed.
"I don't know, poppet," she replied in an English accent. "But they're safe in heaven with God and they're smiling down upon you."
Time went forward a bit to see that the younger version of me was now standing in a court room with a tall man who had an evil look in his eyes. There was a serious looking judge sitting at his podium.
"Mister Albom," the judge said. "You are now granted custody of your niece, Antoinette Marcelle." His gavel banged on the podium.
Time progressed to reveal that I had been treated poorly by this uncle of mine.
"Why did you not dust the red room?" the uncle hissed at my younger self.
"I'm only five years old, Uncle Stefan. I can't clean that room all by myself!" He then slapped me across the face.
"Don't!" Jack cried out. He ran to the uncle and punched him, but his fist just went through him as if Jack were invisible.
"You cannot change the past, Jack." Tia Dalma said. "Time is unchangeable and constant."
"The bastard," (A/N: Hence, this is why it's rated K+) Jack said. "He can't treat her that way. It's cold-hearted and immoral."
"Oh my God…" I whispered. "This is horrible… It seems like a bad dream but it's the truth."
"Antoinette," Tia Dalma said. "It's time to move on to your adolescence."
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