Joanna woke up one morning. She, Barbossa and the crew had spent all of the Aztec gold on everything they wanted. She raised her hand to rub her eyes and felt nothing. She brushed her hair out of her face and felt nothing.

Why can't I feel anything? she wondered.

Joanna rubbed her hands over the blankets and couldn't feel the soft fabric. Something was wrong. She dressed and went ondeck to see Barbossa about it.

"Hector, something's wrong", she told him. "I can't feel anything. Whenever I touch something, I can't feel it. Has this happen to you?"

She took Barbossa's hand and once again couldn't feel anything.

"Can you feel anything?" Joanna asked.

He looked down at her hand and ran his fingers over her skin.

"Nay", Barbossa answered. "I can't feel it.

He had already knew something was wrong when he woke up. When he had tried to eat his breakfast, his morning apple had turned to ash in his mouth. Thats when he first discovered...they were cursed men, and woman.

"The curse is real", Joanna said. "Oh Hector, is there a way to undo this curse?"

Barbossa could see the pain in her eyes. He knew it must be hard for her as it was for him.

"There be a way, or so I hear", he said. "It'll be hard, but it's the only way to undo the curse. We have ta find all 882 pieces of gold 'nd return them to the chest."

"All of them? That'll take forever!"

"It won't. We just have ta go back ta Tortuga where we sold the gold 'nd take 'em back."

"But what about Bootstrap Bill?" Joanna asked. "He sent a piece off to his child. How will we find that one?"

After a moment of thinking Barbossa shook his head. He didn't know where the last piece could be and knew it would be hard to find.

"Let's just worry about the pieces in Tortuga."

Barbossa yelled out orders to the crew. The Black Pearl turned around and headed back to Tortuga.

"How long do you think it'll be before the curse is lifted?" Joanna asked.

"A long time. Years perhaps."

She sighed as she walked away. Years? How long could she go without food, water, and her sense of touch before she would go mad?

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Joanna looked at her bowlful of apples sad. One bite and she already lost her appetite. She tried to eat anything she could think of only to discover it would just turn to ash. Joanna pushed the bowl away and put her hands on her stomach.

"I'm starving", she moaned.

"I know", Barbossa said. "I am too."

Joanna got up and plopped on the bed. She was tired after a long day of being cursed and sailing to Tortuga.

"Going ta bed already?"

"What else is there for me to do?" she answered. "Goodnight, Hector."

Barbossa sighed as he watched her go to sleep. He knew it was his fault they were all cursed. They had to get all the gold pieces back if they were to lift the curse. He sat at his desk looking over maps of England. He needed them if they were going to find Bootstrap Bill's child that had a piece of the treasure.

"Hector..."

Barbossa looked up to see a distressed look on Joanna's face. She tossed and turned in bed.

"Hector...Hector, no..."

He got up and ran his fingers through her hair. Joanna's eyes shot open.

"Another bad dream?" Barbossa asked.

"It was horrible! It's that same dream! Sparrow killed you!"

"Again?"

"I think it means something", she said. "I think something's going to happen to you."

"Like what?"

"I don't know. But I don't want to have that dream again! I can't watch you die, Hector! I...I love you..."