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Chapter 7: Help.

Jack and Mark were climbing up the latter to Tia's shack.. Jack stopped and lifted his head slightly when he heard a noise coming from above.

"Hm sounds like there's someone up there.." Jack thought. "Wonder 'ow she's going t'take this.."

Jack continued up the ladder…

"Mark be lettin' me just worn ye now. Tia Dalma 'as many decidedly odd moods what can change like that." Jack said with a snap of his fingers. "Be careful wot ya say. And try not to mention Barbossa."

"Ok Jack." Mark nodded.

"'ere we go." Jack muttered.

When they reached the top of the latter, Jack went over to peek inside her window.. Sure enough she was there it looked as though she was destroying her hut..

"Bugger." Jack sighed then walked up to the door.

Tia Dalma look around finally hearing someone outside.

"Augh I wonder how long whoever's here has been staring. I couldn't here anything over my searching." Tia Dalma sighed then turned around. "Jack Sparrow? And some other pirate."

"Jack? Jack Sparrow?" Tia Dalma said in surprise.

"Aye?" Jack asked

"What're ye doin' 'ere?" Tia Dalma asked.

"I wanted to ask yer 'elp" Jack replied.

Tia Dalma look Jack up and down.. Wondering what this pirate could possibly want.

She turned her attention to the other pirate standing before her. He looked about eighteen. And had blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Interesting.." Tia thought.

"And 'ho are you?" Tia asked the other pirate.

"I'm Mark.. I'm helping him." Mark said with a shake of his head.

"Ah.. So Jack wat do you need?" Tia asked as she returned to her searching.

"I need you to come to the fountain of youth wif me." Jack replied.

"And why would you need dat? You 'ave 'elp." she said and pointed to Mark. "And you 'ave a ship. Don' you?"

"Yes I 'ave a ship but I still want you t' come." Jack said.

"But why Jack Sparrow, I know dat it's not because of my company you want me." Tia Dalma stopped for a sec to look at him. "Den wat do you want me for?"

"I need 'elp retrieving something"

"Like wat.. Dis isn't another of your find some chest of value trips is it?"

Tia Dalma stared at him. She saw a look in his eyes she hadn't seen in a long time.

He missed someone..

"Ayeee.. I know wat it is Jack Sparrow tis looking for.. And it's not anyting you can get with your compass.." Tia Dalma laughed. "And you can't get it with your compass because you don't think you should want it."

"Mmm" Jack grunted. "But that not the only thing I want.. I want to get there before Barbossa."

"Jack Sparrow I shall 'elp you it you 'elp me find someting 'ere." She said.

"Us help you?" Mark asked.

"Mm-mm" Tia nodded

"Well we shall 'elp you if you promise to 'elp us in both ways.. Savvy?" Jack asked.

"Ok Jack Sparrow.. Do we 'ave an accord?" Tia asked and walked over to Jack and held out her hand.

"Aye." Jack said and took her hand.

Jasmine walked on the shore and sat down. People were walking all around, they glanced at her then turned and walked the other way. Jasmine sighed..

"Same old Port Royal.." She thought. "Man I'm tired.. I thought the island was a lot closer when I jumped.. I was thinking around two miles.. Ugh a seven and a half mile swim."

Jasmine got up and walked off.. She was absentmindedly wandering the streets. People kept staring at her, and not in a good way.

"I wonder what their problem is." Jasmine thought as she turned on to the main street.

People were all crowded in one section of the street. Some of them were shouting, they sounded… Scared. Sad. Or overly excided… Jasmine couldn't figure out which.

"I guess it won't hurt to check it out.." Jasmine thought.

She walked up to the crowd and started pushing her way through. Everyone was crowding around a certain person. She finally got close enough to see what the bustle was about.

The second she saw who they were crowding around she turned around and tried to get away. To late, the person had seen her. He called his guards who were standing near by and they ran up to her. Two of them tried to grab her.. She shook them off and ran. She could hear the person yelling to her. The men caught up and tried to grab her again. This time there were more guards and could grab her. They pinned her up against one of the nearest building.. The person from the crowd came up to Jasmine. He faced her and stared her down.

"Ah, Jasmine there you are…" The person said

"Yes.. Here I am pinned up once again by your guards Grandfather." Jasmine sneered

"Take her to my house, and lock her in my quarters." Jasmine's Grandfather said to his one of his guards.

"Yes sir." The guard replied and dragged Jasmine off.

After three gruesome hours of searching they finally located what they were searching for.. It look like nothing more then a simple piece of cloth. They knew that is was what they were searching for, because the second Tia Dalma had seen it she dropped the bottle she had been holding. It spilled a foul smelling blue liquid all over the floor. Jack stared at the liquid and went over to examine it. Without even turning around Tia Dalma knew what he was doing..

"Don't even tink about it!" Tia scolded.

"Wot? Don't even think about wot?" Jack asked in surprise.

"Don't even tink about touching dat liquid." Tia answered as she took the cloth off of Mark.

"T'ank you." She said to Mark, then studied the cloth.

"'ow did you know I was going to try and touch the liquid. You didn't even turn around." Jack asked still bewildered.

"Jack Sparrow I am no longer only a 'uman. I can tell wat you're doing without even turning around." Tia replied still studying the cloth.

Jack walked over to Tia Dalma and looked at the cloth.

"There's nothing on it.. Right?" Jack asked confused.

"Not to you dere isn't.. But when I 'old it I see the person I long to see, no matter if 'e dead or alive." Tia paused. "If you would 'old it you could see 'ho you want."

"Would it show me just 'er face or would I be able to see were she is?" Jack asked completely forgetting he had never told Tia Dalma exactly who he want help to find.

"Ah so it is a girl den.." Tia smiled. "Yes. It wouldn't give you exact bearings but it would give 'er current island."

"May I see it then?" Jack asked.

"Sure 'ere you go." Tia said and handed Jack the cloth.

He looked down at it and there it was the person he was hoping to see.. And where she was. Great now he knew where he wanted to go. Before the fountain.

"Jack could I please see it?" Mark asked.

"Sure lad 'ere you go." Jack handed Mark the cloth.

He looked at it..

"Not who I thought I would see.. Well I guess I've wanted this for awhile also." Mark thought as he stared down at the lady painted on the cloth.. "Mom. I'm glad this goes to the Land of the Dead also or I would have seen who I thought I was going to."

"Well we came up on our side of the deal.. Now it's your turn." Jack said to Tia.

"Very well.. I will come wit you Jack.. Let me gather my tings and we will leave." Tia said and started packing stuff into a small bag.

Jasmine was sitting in a chair in one of her grandfather's quarters.. He had more then one in the house. The guards had put her in the one without any windows.

"Smart." Jasmine though as she looked around the room. "No means of escape is possible here. No windows. No particularly heavy objects . Upper floor, and there's guards standing outside the door. I guess they learned their lesson from last time."

The last time Jasmine was locked in one of her grandfather's quarters, she had escaped last time by using a handbag full of her grandfather's glass paper weights to smash through a window that didn't open. Then climbed out and ran away before they could get to her. She heard someone talking to the guards outside..

"Grandfather.." Jasmine thought with disgust.

The door opened and someone entered.

"So glad to see you again Grandfather." Jasmine said sarcastically.

"Oh yes, it's always grand to see my troublemaker of and granddaughter." he said with just as much sarcasm.

"Why did you want Mark to come with me? I was doing just fine.." Jasmine said and crossed the room to face her grandfather.

"I wanted to know where you were.." He replied coolly.

"You could care less. You said so yourself!" she exclaimed.

Jasmine stared at her Grandfather.. Then realized why he wanted to know where she was at all times.

"So that's it isn't it… You just want to know so you can look good in front of the public!" Jasmine said.

"I neither claim it or deny it." Her Grandfather said.

"Then why else would you give a care?" Jasmine scoffed.

"Because I'm trying to do something good." He smirked.

"Good doesn't even hide in you shadows.. It runs in terror at the sight of you.." Jasmine said.

"Charming… What could you possibly have against me?" he asked.

"What could I possibly have against you!!" Jasmine yelled. "Well lets see.. There was you killed my mother, you ruined my life, and you marked and ruined my father. For being a good man."

"And if that is what people do to good men, then you are way over your head in trouble. You will be sent to Davy Jones locker fifty times before anyone can even think of a punishment equal to your crime.." she continued.

Her Grandfather stared at her. Getting mad. He stepped up to her so they were face to face.

"You will talk to me with respect." He whispered. He rarely got mad but this girl had brought him to it countless times.

"The day I call you what you want me to.. Is the day Davy Jones willingly stabs his own heart!" Jasmine jeered.

"As I said Charming." Her grandfather said and turn around to leave. "I promise you that you will call me by my title before you die.. Whatever it takes! You will call me…."

Oh who is this very evil grandfather? Yes I did purposely leave out Jasmine's grandfathers name.. I want to test it before I write it. R&R people I want to know how I'm doing!! Please report any spelling mistakes because I write it and don't always see the mistakes.. Pirates of the Caribbean:Return of the pirate king. Is a cool fan fiction about two of our fav characters JS & ET. by AmandaKSparrow.