A/N - okay, here it is – my first ever Pirates of the Caribbean fanfic! It's kind of random, probably very cheesy, but please give it a chance anyway. I hope you have fun reading it …

Disclaimer – I don't own Pirates of the Caribbean … sadly …

Captain Jack Sparrow was lying on the floor of the prison. It wasn't exactly the most comfortable spot on the floor, but it would have to do. Every time he had tried to move, it only made the pain worse. He told himself, over and over again that he deserved this – especially after all that had happened.

His ship had sunk and many of the crew had gone down with it, and the crewmembers that hadn't gone down with the ship had been hung.

Many people had also died during the battle itself, including his friend Will Turner. Will had died, leaving his fiancée, Elizabeth still alive.

As for Elizabeth … she had been forced into a loveless marriage with Commodore James Norrington. Jack sighed inwardly … he could see why she would be angry with him, and he didn't expect (or receive, for that matter) any forgiveness from her, let alone help. Not that it would have made much difference, he thought. By all rights he should have gone down with the Pearl, but he had been captured before she had gone down.

And so, Jack was left with nothing (or very little) else to do but think, and wonder where he had gone wrong. It had been clear they had sailed into a trap set by the British navy, even though Anamaria had tried to warn him of something like this…

Jack tried to divert his thoughts away again. Anamaria had also been killed during the battle … he tried to think of something else, anything else, but his thoughts always wandered back to Anamaria … and then, rather unexpectedly, there was an interruption to Jack's thoughts.

"Jack Sparrow." Came a voice from the door … well, the entrance, of the prison cell. The voice was obviously feminine, and Jack wondered for a moment if it was Elizabeth coming to say she forgave him, and wanted him to know that before he died … but it wouldn't be … No one was really allowed to come see prisoners, except with special permission. In light of remembering that, he wondered who would have enough influence to be able to pull the necessary strings to come see him. Elizabeth might be able to ask her father, or her husband, but, knowing them, Jack doubted she would be granted permission, yet another reason why he didn't expect to see her. He briefly wondered if it was even someone he wanted to talk to, but decided to talk anyway. It at least broke the monotony.

"Aye" he heard his voice respond, but it was a voice so weak he hardly recognized it as his own. Then, out of intense curiosity, he added

"Who are you?" he could see that someone was there, but couldn't make out who it was.

"I am Fand, wife of Manannan Mac Lir, God of the Sea"

She walked over to Jack, and sat down next to where he was lying.

"Why are you here?" Jack asked, wondering if she was going to escort him to the next world.

"How do I answer that?" Fand thought, "I can't tell you the truth as to why I'm here … not yet. "

"I'm here to give you a second chance" she told him instead.

"A second chance?" Jack could barely believe what he was hearing.

"Yes. You want to set everything right, don't you?"

"Of course…"

"Because I can give you that chance. I can give you one chance to set everything right … are you up to it?"

"I think so … yes." Jack said, deciding. Anything was better than this. Fand said something in a language that Jack couldn't understand, and the cell began to spin … slowly and first, and then it got faster. Jack began to feel dizzy – very dizzy. He wondered how this second chance was going to work. If he had thought to mention it to himself, he might have said he was a little nervous, but Captain Jack Sparrow never gets nervous.

Slowly, the scenery began to change, and Jack's dizziness and pain began to go away. When the scene around them came into focus, Jack didn't feel the dizziness or the pain at all. In fact, even the injuries he had received during the battle were gone as well.

He stood up, turned around and took a proper look at Fand for the first time. She was about as tall as he was. Her deep brown, almost black hair was bound up in intricate braids around her head, so he couldn't tell how long it was. Her hair contrasted with her gray – green eyes, and her pale skin. She had high cheekbones, a finely chiseled nose, and a delicate chin, below her full lips. She was wearing a full-length dress, with long loose sleeves. It was made of a light silk that was a deep royal blue, trimmed with silver. She was wearing a silver torque around her neck, and silver bracelets. She was also barefoot and wearing a silver anklet.

The waves on the beach they were on were lapping at her bare feet, and Jack noticed that they were on a beach very near to the town on Tortuga.

"Thank you" he said, wishing he could find better words to express her gratitude for what she had given him, but not sure why she was helping him. He decided to come right out and ask.

" I can't pretend I'm not grateful, but I still don't understand why you are helping me this way." He said, wanting to understand, but not wanting to offend the wife of the Sea God.

"The reason is simple." Fand said, making an impulsive decision, and not at all angry. "I'm helping you because I love you."

A few years ago, this statement would have made Jack Sparrow a very happy man, but these days … it was a little more complicated than that. But he didn't think about it too much because Fand was explaining something to him, and he thought it best to listen, and not be off in his own little world.

"Now, listen" Fand was saying. "You must figure out what went wrong, and stop it. I'll help you if I can, but I'm not sire how that may be at the moment." She said, and took a few steps towards Jack.

"but first of all, some advice.. You probably already realize it, but the sooner you figure out what's wring, the better your chances if fixing it. Don't forget, you have one chance, and one chance only. That is all I can give you."

She pulled him close in a warm embrace, and gave him a long passionate kiss.

" Now, go – the crew of the Black Pearl will be missing their captain. I'll see you later" she said. She kissed him again, lightly, and disappeared.

"But I…" Jack stammered after her "I already have a wife!" Then, deciding he had other problems to worry about at the moment, sighed, and started walking towards Tortuga

A/N – Wow! This is kinda a long chappie … I guess that's cool; now that it's been edited a billion times …

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