Disclaimer: I do not own Captain Jack Sparrow or Elizabeth Swann (Disney does). I only play with them from time to time.
A/N: Yay, sequels!! It's a working title at the moment, I don't really like it. I may come up with something better, you never know. The first bit of the prologue is the inscription on the locket and the last bit of the epilogue, but I'm sure you already knew that. If you didn't go read A Debt to be Repaid right now, or none of this will make sense. I promise an acutal chapter soon, really.
Prologue
Sail east of the moon
and west of the sun
And still of the
treasure you seek you'll find none
Sail to the very ends
of the earth
And all you'll find
is the lost soul's berth
Yet sail to the place
where day and night meet
And there you'll find
where the King made his seat
At the very bottom of the paper were the words "Finders keepers." It was signed with a six pointed star and an ornate E.
Jack stared at it for a long moment, and then, slowly, a grin stole across his face. He threw back his head and laughed and laughed.
He looked at the paper again, still chuckling, and shook his head admiringly.
"Pirate."
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"Cap'n?"
Jack stood at the port side railing, idly flicking the locket open and closed, open and closed with his clever fingers. It was like picking pockets, so easy once the fingers knew how. He stared vaguely at the rock that marked the entrance. Remarkable, really, that there were a series of fifteen foot tall caverns beneath is.
Open, closed, open closed. The locket flashed in the sun, and for a moment he remembered a different set of fingers on it, a softer light.
"Cap'n?" Gibbs asked again. Jack jumped.
"What?"
"We've sighted a ship off starboard, Cap'n. It looked to be the one we've been…waiting for." He looked at Jack, brows knitted. "You alright?"
Jack shook the last of his reverie from his mind.
"Fine, Gibbs." He turned away from the railing, shoving the pendant in his pocket and pulling out a telescope.
"Now tell me," he said, "where is this ship?"
