The Phoenix and the Sparrow: III
Summary: Tia Dalma has taken Raven Sparrow to train her as her new apprentice. Will Jack and Phoenix just lie back while their daughter is so far from home? I think not. Not to mention they'll have to ask an old relative for help… Davy Jones.
Disclaimer:
Roses are red, violets are blue. Me no own, so you no sue. :)
A/N:
The Third and Last in the: "The Phoenix and the Sparrow", series. Please… REVIEWWWW! Lol :)
PROLOGUE: Marooned…
As if things could get no worse for Jack Sparrow and his family, his crew, his ship… Tia found a way. When Phoenix was told by Jack that their daughter had been taken, she could feel her heart clench within her chest, and she vowed she would have her revenge, even if on her grandmother.
Her grandmother. A spiteful sack of garbage was more like it. To kidnap an innocent girl, her innocent great granddaughter to be more specific, it was disgusting. Not only that, but Jack had a feeling Tia had cast a spell on the waters, for the doldrums were enough to drive any sane man completely mad.
The sudden storms were horrible. It lifted everyone's hope up to a point of no return, and then the storms would cease, never to be felt again. They were marooned. Marooned in the bayous of Tia's homeland. Days past, upon weeks, upon months, and most dreadfully… years. Near ten years had passed since Raven was captured, since Xavier was born, and since anyone's been home.
Everyday, Jack and Phoenix apologized to their crew and their friends, for having this happen to them. Everyday, Phoenix scoured Tia Dalma's home, looking for books of incantations, in hopes she could somehow reverse what has happened. They've been there so long they built houses, and most started families with the people living on the island already.
Elizabeth bore Will a son, and he was named after his father and his grandfather. Young William , or Billy as everyone called him, was now 8 years old, and every bit as handsome as his father. Romeo Jackson Sparrow was now a whopping 16 years old, and was like Jack in every single way. From the dreadlocked mass of hair, to the sly grin, he was his father. (A/N: Think Cry-Baby Walker. :) with dreadlocks) Xavier was somewhat opposite. He had his mother's smile and her beautiful eyes. His hair was golden brown, and for ten years old, was as fierce and willing as anyone else on the ship.
Angela Margaret Turner was a vision to be seen. She was like her mother, and yet had her father's sense of humour. Not to mention his wonderful smile. She was 15 now, and had her eyes set on Romeo. They had been best friends growing up, and she would see to it that they were together one day… even if her father didn't quite approve.
Phoenix and Jack never smiled anymore, and rarely laughed. Only around their sons were they happy, and nowhere else. Phoenix was going through hell in her mind, worrying about whether or not her parents were still alive, and whether or not she would ever see her daughter again. She had even began to scare Jack at times with how obsessed she would become with the spells from the numerous books she scoured in Tia's home.
The Black Pearl was no longer in the ocean either. It was beached, just like a dead whale. Her sails had not been unfurled in over a years time, and every so often, you could find Jack standing at the helm, over looking what was so unexplainably close, and yet so unattainable, it hurt.
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Romeo looked for his mother while everybody was fast asleep in their homes. He got into a longboat on his own, and travelled far up the river to where he was certain his mother would be. Call it pride, but while he moved along the flowing water, he thought about how beautiful his mother was. She looked as if she hadn't aged a day… or so that's what everyone kept telling her. He was quite proud of his parents, and would never be the last to show it. He and his father best mates they were. "Thick as thieves", as it were.
Romeo docked the boat near the hut, and could hear his mother laughing inside. It was a beautiful joyful laugh he'd never heard before. One of pure excitement and thrill! He quickly jumped out of the boat, and bounded up the steps, threw the door open, and nearly got knocked over by Phoenix. There were two other women in the hut, and each had a smile on their face.
"Romeo! We must go now! Ahah!", she shouted with glee. "They've been working on an incantation for near a year now! And believe this will gust up a wind like never before!", she shouted at her son with a smile on her face. "Mum, that's wonderful, but, the Pearl isn't in the water", he said as if he was talking to a lunatic. Phoenix scolded him with her eyes. "Of course it's not. That's why we need to hurry and tell yer father to put it in the water.", she said exasperatedly.
Romeo thought for a moment on his own, until Phoenix grabbed him by the arm and dragged him from the hut. "Thank you!", she shouted back to the elderly women in the hut as her son rowed the boat with as much fervour as her could muster up. He smiled to himself in the moonlight, watching how happy his mother was, and how soon they would be off the island and reunite with his sister, Raven.
Jack sat on the beach with Will and their sons, chatting about God knows what, when Phoenix and Romeo bounded up the sand joyfully. "JACK! JACK!", Phoenix yelled. "GET THE PEARL READY! WE'RE OFF THIS GODFORSAKEN ISLAND ONCE AND FOR ALL!", she shouted. Jack thought her to be mad, actually raving about something or another about wind and gusts and what not. The woman had lost her bearings, that was damn sure.
"What's all this yelling about then?", Jack asked. Phoenix ran up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a long kiss. Jack pulled away and searched her features for any telltale signs of madness… if there were such a thing. Phoenix shoved the paper with the long incantation scrawled on it into Jack's hands and wiped away a tear that was begging to fall.
"What's this?", he asked. "They've done it! The spell! They said with me being blood relative to Tia, I have enough power to conjure up this storm and whatnot! We're off the island Jack! Don't you see! Now we can find Raven!", she said excitedly. Jack looked at her to see if she was jesting, but when he looked deep into her eyes, he saw it, he saw the truth and determination. He smiled.
"Romeo, Will", Jack nodded to the both of them, "Come with me. We'll need to round up the crew, and get the Pearl back in the water", and after that they were off. But not before Jack did a quick turn around, kissed Phoenix on the cheek swiftly, and then caught up with the others. Phoenix stayed with Xavier and Billy to explain what was happening, and then they went off in search of Elizabeth and the others.
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Almost and hour had passed, but Jack, his son, and Will were able to muster up most of the crew, leaving behind those who'd rather stay with their newly found families. All together they only acquired 15 men strong, but enough to make the Pearl steady on its way.
While Jack was getting things ready aboard the Pearl to be undocked, Phoenix was practicing simple incantations she had learned over the years from the elders of the town. She held up her hands to the fire that sat in-front of her, and said three words, "Flammen esperi ora" while she outstretched her hands over the flames. The next thing, there was no more flame, only a cloud of smoke. She smiled. She could do this, for her daughter's sake.
Jack and the crew finally had the Pearl in the water, and Jack looked for Phoenix. When he looked at the spot on the beach where he remembered her sitting, it was bare. He heard someone come over the railing behind him however, and was relieved to see it was she. He smiled. "All set then?", Jack asked. "Aye", Phoenix replied.
"Men! Stand yer posts! Elizabeth, take the children into me cabin! Now!", he ordered, and everyone followed. Phoenix then kneeled in the centre of the deck, laid out a small cloth, and took out a few bottles and pouches from a small satchel she carried. She splayed out the parchment on the ground, and took a few deep breaths, somewhat nervous about what exactly would happen. She followed the instructions she was told, and poured the contents of the small bottles on the cloth, and crushed the dried leaves with her palms, creating what would seem to be a mess on the deck.
She then closed her eyes, and began to recite what she memorized form the parchment…
"Winds of the east winds of the north, winds of the south winds of the west
Winds of the East! Winds of the North! Winds of the South! Winds of the West!
Blow Winds Blow! Blow Winds Blow! Blow Winds Blow!"
Jack scrutinized Phoenix with a somewhat embarrassed look, until many clouds began to come together in formation of storm clouds. Suddenly, a large wind gusted up, and Jack instantly ordered the men to set sail. Straight for the Cayman Islands.
"Senta la figlia del mare cantare la sua canzone!
Le raffiche dal nord ed orientali, dal sud e da ad
ovest, vengono vivo e li trasportano sede!"
One of the crew members recognized this as Italian tongue, and translated it for a few others, "She's saying, something about 'er bein the daughter of the sea, and the winds from every which direction, bring us 'ome.", the man said, and then didn't know what else when she switched languages.
"El soplo del soplo nos lleva que el hogar nos lleva
hogar. Mayo la potencia del Calypso incorpora las fuerzas
de la naturaleza y nos lleva hogar, nos lleva hogar
Calypso vult mijn ziel met de bevoegdheid om deze
winden te controleren, me helpen het overzees controleren,
controleert de wind, neemt greep van mijn lot. Calypso,
blaast de machtige wind en vervoert ons huis!"
Without warning, a giant storm erupted, as Phoenix's eyes went a bright white. So bright, everyone could see them from no matter where they were on the ship. Her arms lifted high above her head, and she seemed as though she were carrying the weight of the ship, and taking them on their way. The winds blew and blew until no sound could be heard but the high pitched sounds of wind screeching past everything solid. Everybody clung on to the life lines they were handed out with their lives, as the ship's speed was faster than any of them could ever dream of.
Phoenix's body was suspended in the air as the ship kept it's speed. It seemed almost painful however when her face began to contort with pain, and her body began to shake. They travelled in mere minutes, what they would have travelled in months. Just as they could view land coming up on the horizon, Phoenix's body shook one last time and her eyes went back to their original colour, leaving her to fall on the deck. The skies cleared, and the ship was sailing at a normal pace with normal winds while Phoenix was laying on the deck trembling.
Jack left Gibbs to order commands, and ran to his wife's side. He checked her pulse, and noticed she was still alive, and sighed with relief. He picked her up into his arms and carried her to their cabin, laid her on their bed gently, and kissed her forehead. She did it. He thought she had lost her mind, but had once again proven him wrong. Elizabeth and Romeo came in a few moments later with damp cloths in hand, and pressed one gently against her forehead.
"I did it?", she asked weakly. Jack chuckled with a proud smile. "Yeh luv, ye did", he said softly. "Good, because now I want to sleep", she said with a weak smile. Jack laughed, and told the others to leave the room as he joined Phoenix on the bed, and cuddled her until he was sure she was fast asleep. He then slowly snuck away from her relaxed body, and exited to take command of the ship he'd been craving for so very long.