Author's note: this idea struck me at 12:45 am last night. Thankfully, I still remembered it in the morning. So, here I am typing it out! Also, there are spoilers for POTC: DMC in here so if have not seen it, don't read…unless you want to know.

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Crap.

Plot: One year after the events of DMC, Jack and Elizabeth enjoy wedded bliss. Unfortunately, trouble has found them again…

Chapter One: An Evening on The Sea

"I always knew you were a good man…"

Elizabeth Sparrow was leaning against the railing of The Black Pearl 2 staring out at the horizon, enjoying the mild sea breeze that was caressing her face. The sun was just beginning to set, casting elongated shadows all across the ship. It was a peaceful evening which was just the way she liked them.

This new ship that she and Jack had commandeered, was not as "fearsome" as the original Black Pearl as Jack put it, but she was a close second, hence the two on the end of the name. It was just as wonderful to her, however. This ship made her understand Jack's analogy of comparing a ship to freedom.

It had been, Elizabeth figured, almost one year since they had saved Jack; she'd broken up with Will, and then began a new life for herself on the sea. And what a grand one it had been so far.

And to think, it had all started with her kissing him aboard the original Black Pearl and chaining him to the mast to save them all from the Kraken…

She still wasn't sorry, but she had missed him fiercely. Enough so that she had come to shocking realization that she was indeed in love with Jack. Will, unfortunately, had figured it out too. The two of them had talked, fought and then broken up. Will went back to Port Royal, and she to sea and to Jack.

The pirate in question was busy checking his compass on the other end of the ship. He was frowning at it which meant that the needle was going haywire as it was prone to do upon occasion. It worked fine, indeed she thought and grinned.

As if he felt her eyes on him, he looked up and gave her that special smile he only reserved for her. Elizabeth felt her heart flutter like a schoolgirl who caught the eye of her crush.

She smiled back and he sauntered towards her. Before she could utter a greeting to him, he dipped his head down and kissed her long and deeply.

"Hello, love." He said softly.

"Hello, Jack. How do you expect me to think when you do that?" she teased.

"Thinking," he gave her his trademark grin this time, "is overrated in this situation."

"I might have to agree, pirate." And with that, she kissed him.

A moment later, they both heard Gibbs shouting to them.

"Would you two be stoppin' that? You're makin' us all sick to our stomachs!"

The two smiled, knowing he was only joking with them. Truth be told, Gibbs did indeed have a romantic bone in his body and was secretly pleased and touched that the two had found love with one another. After all, it hadn't taken much pestering from Elizabeth to get him to agree to marry the two of them.

"So," Jack leered at her, making her laugh, "You, me, my cabin and no pirate's clothing?" he asked, since she'd decided that she'd never wear a dress again.

"Lead the way, Captain."

Grinning at one another, they went below deck to enjoy the benefits of marriage.

While they did, Gibbs eyes narrowed on some dark, grey mist hovering just on the horizon…