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~Elizabeth POV~

I stared at the girl. I have to admit, I had my doubts about the truth of Jack's tales of a young girl being the lord of the Gulf of Mexico. When I saw her with those men, I knew it to be true though. A fifteen year old pirate, a pirate lord no less. And now this. She knew the way to El Dorado. As in, the City of Gold. The greatest treasure in the world.

"What?" I asked. "How do you-"

"That be unimportant. What matters be this." She pulled a small bag off of a cord around her waist. Opening it, she pulled out a small glass bowl, no bigger than the palm of her hand. The bottom was covered with odd markings, lines and circles that made no sense. As I looked at it, trying to figure out what it was, Jack, being Jack, took the direct approach.

"What is that?" he asked, making a face. If Will were here he'd smack him, I thought. I quickly shook my head. I needed to face it; Will wouldn't be coming back for another ten years. I'd just have to wait. I returned my attention to the conversation.

"It's a map," Narissa said, as if it were obvious. She picked up her canteen, pulling out the stopper with her teeth. She filled the bowl with water. Next, she did something unexpected. With a flick of her wrist, a small knife appeared in her hand. She slid the blade along her right palm, making me tightly clench my own fist, recalling when Barbossa had slit my own on Isla de Muerta. She shook a drop of blood into the bowl, biting her lip. I could imagine it didn't feel too good.

I looked down at the map. The lines, now distorted by the water, did resemble a map. The oddest map I had ever seen, mind you, but a map nonetheless. I could see a large area of land, and much of the sea. Through the land cut a large river, branching off into many separate rivers. It seemed rather complicated to me. Suddenly a thought crossed my mind.

"Why are you showing us this?" I asked carefully.

"Because," said Narissa, eyes holding wisdom far beyond her years. "She told me to."

I frowned. "I'm afraid I don't follow."

She smiled sympathetically, and I knew I would not like what she said next. "I wouldn't expect ye to. Ye are English, yes?"

I nodded.

"Ye would not understand the ways of my people," she said simply.

"And what people would that be, love?" Jack asked.

"Calusa," Narissa said, "Mayami, Seminole," she said the last one with pride, eyes flashing. "I move from tribe to tribe."

I looked at her. "I'm afraid I've never heard of them."

"You don't look like a Native," Jack pointed out.

"We'll say I'm a special child for now," Narissa said. "She didn't say I had to tell ye about me life."

I frowned. I was right, I didn't like what she said. Stupid pirates and their hidden pasts. I sighed, knowing that Narissa wouldn't tell us anything until she wanted to. Jack looked every bit as frustrated as I felt, and I couldn't help but laugh at his expression. Narissa smirked as he glared at me.

"Dear child, I will find out your past if it kills me," Jack said.

She glared. "I am not a child!" she snapped.

He raised his eyebrows and grinned slyly, knowing he had found something that he could use to bug her.

"Well child, seeing as you have a map but no ship, my thinking is that you need some help getting to the lovely lost city, do you not?"

I could tell he had caught her, and she knew it, too. She glared at him. "You know, fate can always change," she threatened. "All she said was that," she stopped, trying to give as little information as possible. "The one whose help I needed was one who sailed under black sails, as well as a queen, an abandoned heir, and a cursed soul."

I nodded. Even I had to admit, it sounded a lot like some of the people I knew. From the look on Jack's face, he recognized them too, and he was none too happy about one of them.

"An abandoned heir, you say. A cursed soul, a queen, and a one who sails under black sails. Well, the Pearl is the only ship out there with black sails, child, so I believe you're stuck with me." He grinned. I could see her foot move backwards, leg bending to kick him. There was an odd fire in her eyes, like nothing I had seen before. It was like something came to life behind them, revealing her underlying anger. I fully expected them to start shooting fire any moment.

~Narissa POV~

I was going to kill this guy. Seriously, couldn't he just shut up? And then the thing with my eyes…. they were learning too much. All Wise Owl said was that I needed them to get to the city. And the city was the first step to getting everything fixed. But all they needed to know was that they needed to come with me on a quest to the largest treasure imaginable. I could feel my foot pull back to kick him. After a moments thought, I let it go, my foot connecting with his shin. He looked at me, like he had not expected the strength of the kick.

"Ow!" He said. I hissed, then quickly shut my mouth. They both looked at me like I was mad.

"What?" I snapped. They looked away.

"Nothing."

"Not a thing, child," Jack said. I stared at him, eyes flashing. I could feel my hair start to twitch back and forth, like a cat's tail. I quickly grabbed it and pulled it over my shoulder, holding onto it as if it were an angry habit. It didn't look like they noticed.

"Can we just go?" I asked.

"Of course. Whatever you say, child." Jack stood up and walked in the direction of the harbor.

I walked next to Elizabeth. "He's going to end every sentence with 'child' now, isn't he?" I asked despairingly.

"No, sometimes he may use 'kid' or something else," she said.

"Keiki," I offered.

"Cake-y?" she asked.

"Keiki. K-E-I-K-I. It means 'kid' or 'child' in Hawaiian," I explained.

"Hawaiian? I've never heard that language."

"It comes from Hawai'i. It's a group of volcanic islands in the middle of the Pacific. Though it technically falls in Mistress Ching's territory, my parents somehow acquired it into their own territory shortly before I was born. It is a really beautiful place, with thick jungles and beaches as black as night."

"Black beaches?" she asked. "I've never heard of such a thing!"

"It's because of the nearby volcanoes. When the lava, hot molten rock that comes out of them, cools, it turned into black rocks. When the black rocks get weathered down into sand, and the beach turns black."

She nodded. "I think I understand…"

I laughed. "You're a terrible liar, ma'am. But it's kind of something you have to see to believe I guess."

"So, you said something about you parents earlier. What are they lords of?"

"My father is the pirate lord of North America, and my mother is pirate lord of the Far North."

"Oh. That's rare, two pirate lords getting together."

I nodded. By this time we had entered the harbor, and I was glad for an excuse to change the topic. "Now, if I remember correctly, Jack's ship is…." I looked around. "that one." I pointed to a ship with black sails.

"Yep, that's the Pearl," she confirmed. We walked up the gangplank.

"So, what do you think of the others I am supposed to find, the abandoned heir and the cursed soul?"

"Well, actually, I'm thinking the cursed soul might be Will. And I think I know who the other one is, but I'll let Jack tell you about her….." she grinned slyly.

I turned to see Jack standing several paces away. "Jack, what do you know about the abandoned heir?" I asked.

"Well, I have an idea," he said evasively, not meeting my eyes.

"What are you hiding, Jack?" I asked bluntly. "I haven't the time nor the state of mind for your idiocy." I was tired, not that I would let them know, and I just wanted to get what needed to be done, done.

Elizabeth put a hand over her mouth, trying not to laugh outright.

Jack made a face. "How about we say this, child. I'll get us where we need to be, and you do all the talking."

I raised an eyebrow, and was about to contradict him, but then decided against it. "Okay then," I said, walking away from them to clear my thoughts.

~Jack POV~

I frowned and made a face behind Narissa's back as she walked off. I had been expecting more of a "Tell me who or I'll run you through" fight about this.

"Well that was odd," I said, looking at Elizabeth. She sighed and shook her head.

"Honestly Jack, you are so clueless sometimes."

I looked at her, confused. "What in Davy Jones Locker are you talking about?"

She smacked her forehead with the palm of her hand. "She's tired, you nimrod."

"She doesn't look it," I said defensively.

She shook her head. "She's fifteen. She doesn't want to act like a child." She gave me a pointed look. "And you're certainly not helping on that front." She turned on her heel and walked in the direction Narissa had gone.

I shook my head. "Women." I leaned on the railing of the ship, staring out over the water. I turned to Gibbs. "Set course for Sola Fide," I said. I was none to happy about where we were going, but the girl's quest or whatever she called it left me no option. It was time to go see Angelica.

Blahhhh sorry it took so long, but with school and all…. Any suggestions are much appreciated. See ya soon!