A/N: Thanks for all the reviews!
Ok so Chapter 3 is up! But please let me know if ANY of the characters seem OOC… I'm really paranoid about that and I'd hate to take them out of character! Kind of short, but that's ok… enjoy! Thanks and please review!
Disclaimer: POTC belongs to Disney
That night, Elizabeth did as she had agreed and spent some time with Will. He told her of his adventures and she listened, soaking up every last detail, trying to make the most out of the time she had left.
Then he told her how sad his job had been. How much he missed her and… utterly depressing it was to have to ferry souls… some of them never came to terms with their death… others begged to live again… and some… some just didn't care. She put her hand on his, smiling.
"This is your destiny, Will. And you make a fine captain. Like your father said, the ship has a purpose again. You're doing the right thing."
"We'll arrive tomorrow morning." He said solemnly.
"Yes… I see." She replied sadly.
"Elizabeth…"
"The heart is safe. I left in someone's charge and they'll guard it with their lives. I know they will."
"That's the farthest thing from my mind! How can you think… of me… when here you are. When all of this is happening to you."
"Will. It's alright. Believe me, it's ok."
A small smile tugged at his lips. Oh, how he loved his wife. And how he would miss her.
She stood by him at the helm all night until, finally, morning arrived. Will showed the others off the Dutchman and Elizabeth was the only one left.
"This is it, Elizabeth. I…"
"I know. I love you, too, Will."
She gave him a long hug and whispered into his ear:
"Don't forget your promise."
And with that, she started to step off of the ship when a giant wave came and swept her overboard.
The last thing she heard was Will calling her name, beckoning her to swim back up until everything went black.
Not more than a few moments later, she awoke in a desert-like place. A place that reminded her of where they had rescued Jack. And then it hit her. She was in the Locker! But… Will was captain now… the Locker should not exist…
And why was she sent there?
"I told ye all I'd be getting my revenge on the lot of ye! Ye who bound me all those years ago." Calypso said in her strange, exotic accent.
Elizabeth turned around and dropped her jaw when she saw Tia Dal… Calypso… standing before her, with a fury in her eyes that could not be tamed.
"What? Calypso. What are you doing here?"
"The last thing you will learn in this life is how cruel I can be. That is what I said I'd do! And now, I finally can."
"But… Jones is…"
"Dead? Yes, that be true. But ye forget that it was not Jones what created this place of punishment. T'was me, Lass. And I control it. And all those of the Court, when it be their time to pass, will not go to the next world… but be fated to stay here for all eternity."
"But… Why? What did I ever do to you? I mean, I never…"
"Silence! You may not have done anything, Girl. But they did. And ye be a part of them, now. So ye are just like them. Ye choose to side with them, then you shall be punished like them."
"But…"
"Goodbye, Elizabeth Swann."
"It's bloody Turner!" she shouted, much after Calypso's form had disappeared.
So this was what Jack went through… at least he had his ship… she had nothing… Nothing for miles and miles and miles… no sea, no coast… just… just nothing. And she knew right then and there that eternity was going to last a very long time.
Jack awoke feeling as though he had been run over by horses. He could barely remember where he was or why he got there, only that he had had a very bad dream. But then he remembered that it was not a dream and was, in fact, very real. He ran to his father's study and looked at his, quizzically.
"Do ye have a ship?"
"Aye, Boy, I do. Now what you think you're going to accomplish here, I've no idea. But ye've got a ship and a crew. They're waiting outside…"
Before Teague could even finish his sentence, Jack was already leaving the Court and heading towards the docks.
His running caused a few of the black flowers to scatter, but he didn't dare stop. Once he reached the docks, the crew was indeed waiting for him on a ship called The White Roamer. It was nothing like the Pearl but she could, no… would make it to World's End. He eagerly boarded the ship.
"Alright, ye scurvy dogs! We'll be settin' sail immediately. We're going to the ends of the Earth…"
"And how do you plan to get there, Captain Sparrow?" shouted a crew member.
"Ye've forgotten one thing, mate. I am… Captain Jack Sparrow." He said, before retreating to the Captain's quarters.
He pulled out his trusty compass and informed the first mate, Sam, of the bearings. It would take them three days to get to the frozen sea, he figured. Hopefully, she would still be there.
Elizabeth walked and walked… and… walked. There really was nothing to do.
It was an endless sea of desert. There was no escaping. She felt completely hopeless. And then…
She started seeing herself… and more… more of herself. All around her. There were multiple Lizzie's surrounding her. She grew even more confused when they began to talk to her.
"Hello, Elizabeth."
"Um… hello… who are you?"
"I'm Elizabeth, of course!"
"Right… this is a dream. A very bad dream. A hallucination! Yes, Jack thought we were one when we rescued him…. Before… right?"
"Stop rambling, it makes us sound stupid."
"Beg pardon?"
"You spoke of Jack… speak of him some more… we sure do love Jack."
"Yes, yes I do love him. Wait! What are you talking about? No! I… we… I love Will. I don't know about you but I love Will Turner, my husband. Not Jack."
"Lizzie, we can call you Lizzie, can't we? Anyway… we're one in the same. If we love Jack, it must mean you love him too."
"Can you please go away? I'd rather be alone…"
"You are alone… just… with us! We really are just like you, we'll get along great."
"I never thought I'd say this but I am an annoying little…"
"Ah, ah, ah, there Lizzie. Watch your mouth. You may be a pirate but you are also a lady. We are ladies. We won't have you bringing us down."
Then, all of a sudden, they disappeared. All of the Elizabeth's were gone. She was happy yet sad at the same time.
So this is what punishment is, she thought.
"It sure is bloody tortuous!" she shouted, to no one but herself and the sinking horizon.
"Oh Jack… please hurry up… hurry up and save me from this misery…"
Those three days were the longest of his life. Time went by even more slowly than when he was in the Locker.
But, finally, they had reached the waterfall, gone over it, and were on the shore of the Locker. He looked around but did not see her… anywhere. He didn't see anyone… Pulling out his compass, he followed the red arrow only to find someone lying down on the floor, unconscious, no doubt having passed out due to the heat.
And that someone… was who he was looking for. It was her.
"Lizzie…?" he said, quietly.
She stirred a bit but did not awake.
"You… you promised…" she replied, barely audible, even in the silence that overtook the Locker.
She carefully opened her eyes and they lit up when she saw him looming over her.
"Jack!" she yelled, throwing her arms around him. He returned the favor, happily.
"Lizzie… I'm so… I can't believe… I… I love you." He blurted out, both regretting it and relishing it at the same time.
She pulled back from the embrace and looked at him skeptically. Then, her expression turned grim.
"It's all a dream. I must be delirious… you're… you're a hallucination. You're not real."
"Yes I am, Luv. This is real… I'm here."
"How do I know this is real?"
"What, you want me to prove it to ye, Darling?"
"No… not necessarily… I want… I want you to persuade me."
"With pleasure, me love."
Without a single thought, he pulled her into the most ardent kiss of her life.
She struggled at first, trying to maintain her composure, but then she lost herself in the kiss and gave in to everything she had ever felt and everything she was now feeling. It was amazing… everything… how he felt, how he smelled…how he just was. Here. With her.
It astounded her.
Reluctantly pulling back, she looked into his brown-black eyes.
"Persuaded, Luv?"
"Very much so. I just have one question, Jack."
"Anything, Darling."
"Why?"
"Why what?"
"Why are you here?"
"To save ye." He said jubilantly.
"No. I mean… for me… why did you come? For what reason?"
"You came back for me… I came back for you. We're square."
"Not yet, we aren't. You said you love me. And… for the record, I love you too."
"Really? And when did ye come to that brilliant conclusion, Luv?"
"Being alone in seclusion has its advantages, Jack. One of them being having time to think things through. Really think over them. And… I thought over them and I love you, Jack."
"Ye've no idea how happy I am to hear that, Luv." He muttered into her hair.
"We should get out of here before Calypso comes."
"Calypso?" he asked confusedly.
"I'll tell you once we board the ship. Otherwise it'll be over for the both of us."
"I like the way ye think, Luv." He said, proudly.
Together, hand-in-hand, they boarded the ship and headed out to sea, to leave World's End behind.
A/N: TBC, I promise! Updates come sooner with more reviews! Let me know what you thought of this chapter, I was kind of unsure while writing it. It doesn't seem to flow well to me but let me know if you think otherwise, if only to put my mind to rest!
