Sorry it took so long to update! And thank you to my reviewers, you're greatly appreciated xD By the way, if you're afrain of extreme angst, you might not wanna read this :D I was listening to Evanescence as I wrote it.

Disclaimer: If I did, Sparrabethers would be shot on sight.

Chapter 2

"Sparrow, it's your turn to clean the floors... better get to it, Captain's orders!" One of the crew ordered, booming with laughter.

Jack grabbed a broom obediently and began to scrub.

"Jack... What happened to Will?" Will's father, Bootstrap Bill Turner, asked. Jack looked up to see him hovering above him in the nighttime rain.

"He and his bloody fiancee and fine," Jack answered drunkenly. Bootstrap Bill seemed to pick up on Jack's unwant to talk and left, the crab-like stump his leg was slowly turning into thumping on the wood.

Jack scrubbed harder, a small smirk playing on his lips.

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The sun was just rising as the crew and Barbossa sighted the ship Tia Dalma had given them, called Destiny, resting on the shores. It was considerably smaller than the Black Pearl, and had a shiny dark finish to the wood.

"First time in a year I've gone to a ship that's not had Jack on it as Captain," Gibbs sighed, his sideburns fluttering in the slight ocean breeze.

Will felt bad for the crew of the Pearl. Even though he himself did not particularly like Jack at the moment, (Understatement of the century, he thought), he could tell the crew missed him and wanted nothing more than to bring him back.

Will looked back at his fiancee, who had hear head down and had the same frightened and extremely weary look on her face.

"Are you alright?" He asked finally. It hurt him to see her like this. After all, even if she did betray him and even if she wanted to be with Jack now, he still loved her just as much as he had for the past 9 years.

Relief seemed to flood Elizabeth's cheeks, which had been quite gaunt and pale ever since the Pearl had gone down. She smiled.

"I'm okay. Glad to not be sitting in that dreadful hut anymore. I thought I was going to die of depression in there," she answered.

Will put his head down. Was she not even trying to cover up the fact that she had feelings for Jack now? Confused, he turned around to question her, but was interrupted by a loud "I 'eard that!" From Tia Dalma, who was in the boat behind them. Elizabeth smiled apologetically.

"Sorry," she said. Tia Dalma smiled her broken-toothed smile and said, "Don't worry about-it. We must think of de future, and not... of de past."

"What was it you were going to say, Will? I could tell you were about to speak," Elizabeth said, looking healthier and healthier by the minute.

"Nothing," He said coldly. He turned back around and stared at the sky, now tinged with violet rays of pink and red, unable to keep the anguish and despair out of his eyes.

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Elizabeth felt the color drain out of her cheeks once more. Why was Will acting this way? His tone was so warm a second ago, then emotionless and unattached. She wanted, more than anything, for Will to just come out and accuse her of killing Jack. She wouldn't deny it, but telling the whole truth was out of the question. She knew that if Will found out how she had forced Jack on the Black Pearl, she would lose him forever.

And I wouldn't blame him... she thought to herself sadly, making the mistake of letting Tia Dalma see her eyes mist over.

"What be troubling you, my child?" She asked, the shells in her hair clicking together as she bent down to peer into Elizabeth's face.

"It's nothing," Elizabet answered, fighting to keep her voice steady. Tia Dalma raised an eyebrow but said nothing, knowing that this was not the best time to question her. Elizabeth gave her a fleeting, grateful look.

"All right, everyone, this'll be just like old times!" Barbossa roared as various members of the crew clambered out of their boats and onto Destiny. Jack the monkey switched from one of Barbossa's shoulders to the other, smiling.

"And remember, it's Captain Barbossa on this ship!" He laughed, seafoam spraying his back. He didn't seem to mind.

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Thanks so much for reading! And yeah, I know the whole "Destiny" thing is corny (actaully, the whole story's corny...), but I'm a corny person. Sorry xD

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