Darkness creeped through the windows of the Captain's Quarters. Will lay on the floor,thinking about what life brought him to.It hadn't been a year yet but he missed Elizabeth dearly. A tear slid down his cheek as he thought of what she was doing.He shifted over to his side to get more comfortable.

"Will? Will, are you asleep?"

Sitting upright, Will wondered who was at the door. "No." He watched the door knob turn and his father walk into the room.

"It's been a hard day,you should be asleep," the elder Turner said, placing his hand on his son's shoulder, "Is something bothering you?"

Lying, Will shook his head. He looked at his father. Through the complete darkness,he could still see his father,completely clean of sea treasures, revealing his true human self.He smiled and could feel his father smiling too.

Bootstrap sighed. "I remember when you were just a kid. Whenever something bothered you at night,you'd always run to our room and crawl into the middle of the bed." He paused,"I really miss that."

Something about his father's tone made Will doleful. Somewhere in his heart,even though he couldn't remember it, he missed those moments too.

"Well,I guess we should both go to sleep now,"Bootstrap said,getting up.

Nodding, Will headed toward his dirty bed in the far off corner. "Good night,Mr.Turner,"he said,throwing the covers over him.

"You too." And with that,he left.

"Captain,Captain!"

The bright light shone on Will's face as both the screaming and sun woke him up. Suddenly,a man burst through the door, panting.

"Captain," he said,trying to catch his breath, "A ship has been sighted, come look!"

Groaning, Will got out of bed and followed the debtor toward the bow of the Dutchman.

Leaning over the edge, the debtor pointed out a a musky figure floating above the water. "It's a ship."

Will nodded, his eyes not leaving the figure. The black sails gave the ship's name away. "Black Pearl," he said to himself.

The debtor went back to his duties leaving Will to watch the ship.

"Wow, it's been a while since I've seen the Pearl."

Bootstrap stood next to his son,as the both watched the ship come closer.

"Do you always follow me?" Will asked his father.

He looked at Will and smiled, "Only to protect you."

Will shifted his eyes to an empty blanket of water. "Mr.Turner, what was Mrs.Turner like?"

Bootstrap raised his eyesbrows, "You don't remember what Elizabeth is like?"

Silence fell from the mention of Elizabeth.

Suddenly, something popped into Bootstrap's head.

"Oh,"he said quietly, "You meant your mother."

Will nodded sadly.

"Well,"he began, "Whenever you were sad, she'd let you lie down in her lap and sing a song to you. Then you'd always fall asleep."

"How did the song go?"

Bootstrap looked into his son's eyes.They were filled with longing and sadness. "Well uh..."

"I'm only kidding."

A smile slowly appeared on Will's face, causing his father to smile too.

"You're alot like your mother, William. It would break my heart to know you died."

Will, too nervous to answer, watched as the Pearl came closer and closer.