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"And when we woke up, I was in Will's body and Will was in mine. I have to say, it was rather disconcerting."
Somewhere around the middle of Elizabeth's story James had woken up. He hadn't said anything yet but his face spoke for him.
"But how do we know this is true? Things like this don't happen," James said trying to put two and two together.
Jack meanwhile idly traced the rim of his bottle of rum with his finger while lost in thought.
"You want to know how this is really happening?" Will asked. "About one year ago I remember barging into your office Commodore and begging you to rescue Elizabeth. We fought back and forth with our words and then when you didn't seem to be doing enough, I got angry at you and slammed my axe down on your map telling you 'That's not good enough.'"
Will hadn't told this to Elizabeth and Elizabeth stared back at him in shock.
"You threw an axe?" she asked.
Will motioned to her as though that was proof enough.
"I've got a question," Jack finally said.
The three of them all sighed and waited for him to say something. Jack sat up in his seat, looked Elizabeth square in the eye and asked, "So what was it like going for the first time shooting the breeze so to speak?"
"Jack," Elizabeth said shrilly, blushing scarlet.
"That's all the proof I needed. And you dear William?" Jack asked.
Will muttered something that no one could hear. "Speak louder Love?" Jack asked again, somewhat cheerfully.
"I helped her..."
"Will!"
"Well it's not like you knew what you were doing."
"Be that as it may," James said, finally speaking, "we still don't know what we're going to do. Do you know why this might've happened?"
"Well, before splitting off for a night, we had a bit of a fight," Will said.
"I didn't think that Will knew what my life was like...," Elizabeth said.
"And vice versa," Will said, "So after a particularly loud crack of thunder and lightning, we just stared at each other for a second before Elizabeth left to go home. Then I went to bed and the next morning I woke up in Elizabeth's room in her body."
Jack and James shared a look.
There was a knock on the door and it opened to reveal Gibbs. He looked down at his hands as though sorry for intruding before then muttering under his breath.
"Speak up man," Philip said, stepping out from behind. "Jack, I think I know what we can do to help."
"And that would be...?"
"Tia of course."
"Tia? As in the voodoo lady whom we've had certain...dealings with in the past; that Tia?"
"Aye. Maybe she'll have a cure."
"Could be...let's try it." Jack got up and went with his brother somewhere.
James, Will and Elizabeth meanwhile sat around staring at each other.
"I suppose there's no more reason for me to..." James said standing.
"Are you sure?" Elizabeth asked.
"Yes. First I must speak with Sparrow though; make him promise on pain of death to return you two safe and sound."
"All right," Will said.
"Mr. Turner, Miss. Swann," he said giving each a curt nod.
"What're you going to tell Father?" Elizabeth asked, grabbing James' arm before he walked out. She let go after a few seconds, having not realized her own strength for a moment.
"I'm sure I'll come up with something. Good day."
And with that, he walked out as Jack was explaining to the crew his reason for traveling up river.
That night, Will stood by the rail staring out at sea. Will sighed and tried to see if any fish were swimming by.
Elizabeth had gone to bed hours ago, claiming to be tired but a part of Will could tell it was otherwise.
From what Jack had told them about this Tia woman, they were going to need all the help they could get even trying to convince her to help them. Will was getting extremely tired of being in Elizabeth's body.
All he wanted was to go back to his regular life of being a blacksmith, fighting the occasional pirate (very sparingly) and planning his upcoming wedding from the other side. In other words, just saying yes to anything Elizabeth said.
Jack had said a few hours ago that they'd arrive by morning so hopefully by tomorrow night he'd be back to normal once again.
They were forced to take a smaller boat as this woman lived in a swamp. The Pearl would likely be too big anyway. Will, Elizabeth and Jack were the only ones going to see her. The rest would be remaining with the ship.
"So once we get there, just let me do all the talking, savvy?"
"Is this woman really going to be able to help us?" Elizabeth asked.
"She might. If she doesn't, well, I'm sure Will can show you where it goes."
"Shut up Jack," the two said in annoyance.
In the darkness, a shack suddenly appeared. Jack tied off the boat and the three of them got out and walked to the door. Jack knocked and the door seemed to open of its own accord.
A woman sat at a table and looked up and smiled widely with hideous black teeth. "Jack Sparrow," she said with a thick accent.
"Tia, love," Jack said, sauntering inside.
Will and Elizabeth looked at each other nervously before following him.
I'm sad to say that the story is almost finished maybe 2 or 3 more chapters and then it's on to the next. If you haven't voted in my poll on my profile and there's a particular story you'd like to see, then please vote. Otherwise, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I also hope you all had a nice holiday and I also hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year too. Bye for now.
