A/N: Jack lost the Pearl at the end of AWE, but let's say got it back from Barbossa. Somehow. ;D I give you my drabble.


They say it's been five years. She has her misgivings.

When he turns four, it storms outside. Lighting and thunder and wind that stings. All she can think is Maelstrom.

Sparrows flutter overhead, little wings of salt and water and rum. She shows indifference. It had been five years. She didn't want to notice.

She catches a glimpse of a ship with black sails at dusk, but she turns away and tells herself that her mind is playing tricks. She doesn't look out to sea for two days, afraid of what might be found. When she looks, nothing is there. Mind tricks. Nothing.

She has a constant ache in her heart that cannot be identified, or perhaps she does not want to recognize it. Forget it, it will go away. It doesn't.


Jack comes for her, in the sixth year, with the Pearl and rum and adventure. It is four years until she must be back home. He takes her hand and leads her to her life.

Her home.

She accepts it.

And she's finally free.