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Hello all. Thanks for your reviews on the previous chapter. Here's the latest so I hope you enjoy it.
"I knew you'd be on yer way over 'ere. I saw it in a vision," Tia said, overly dramatic.
"Lovely; and these are..." Jack said, motioning for the two to step forward.
"Will Turnah and Elizabet Swann. Der not in de right place at de moment. I can see dat well enuff." Tia shook both of their hands before she turned back to Sparrow again. "And my payment?"
"You can keep one o' them."
"Jack," the two mismatched ones said angrily.
"Only kidding," Jack said. With a laugh, he tossed Tia a bag of coins. She rifled through it and stared at him. "We haven't been having a good season. So, about fixing them then..."
"Have a seat," Tia said.
She went back to where she had been and Will and Elizabeth took the other two seats which were across from her. The woman began to cut up some herbs and smash some things. She then turned away so they wouldn't see what she was doing next.
Will looked to Elizabeth and gulped, worried about what she was going to force them to take. Elizabeth took Will's hand and held onto it tightly.
Tia then turned back and using her finger, she dabbed some of the liquid whatever onto both of their foreheads.
"What now..." Elizabeth asked before leaning back in the chair. A second or so later, the same happened to Will.
Jack looked back and forth between them. "Was that supposed to happen?" he asked, a little confused and, dare he say it, worried.
"Give it a bit o' time Spar-row. Curses like dis one are not easily fixed," she said waving a finger at him.
Tia then went back to whatever she had been doing before they arrived, leaving Jack with no other choice but to wander around seeing what else this woman had in her humble abode.
Will groaned loudly though he kept his eyes closed. What had just happened? The last thing he remembered was that woman putting something on his head.
"For ten years we've been tested and tried, and each man jack of you here has proved his mettle a hundred times over and a hundred times again!"
Will looked to his side and there stood Captain Barbossa, alive and well and saying something that he said over a year ago. Will looked down at himself now and he was still in Elizabeth's body, wearing the dress that she had worn. What was going on?
Elizabeth took a deep breath in and looked around. Isla de Muerta; what was she doing back here again?
Everything was not where it should have been however. In front of her was Barbossa's entire crew, yet she wasn't where she should have been. She was safely hidden behind a large pile of coins and beside her was Jack Sparrow, crouching and listening to what was being said. Elizabeth looked and there was herself. But if she was standing over there, then that meant…
Bugger, she was still in Will's body! Why was this scene replaying itself though, let alone them being in the other's body yet again?
"...save for this," Barbossa said, spitting and pointing to the chain around the girl's neck.
"Jack," Elizabeth whispered harshly, trying to get to Will.
"Not yet," the pirate said, pulling Elizabeth back, "We wait for the opportune moment."
Elizabeth glared at him.
"881 we found but despaired of ever finding the last," Barbossa continued.
Elizabeth remembered obviously that Will had not come to save her then. But, there was one difference. She was not Will. Will needed saving and now. Elizabeth stood up and ran down the pile and everyone watched as the boy slid down and landed at the bottom.
"Will!" Elizabeth shouted, running over to him. Suddenly, the scene faded away around them and the two were at some beach at twilight.
"Will, where are we?" Elizabeth asked.
"I don't know. One minute we're in a shack, then we're in a cave and now we're on a beach? This is just too bizarre."
"What does any of this have to do with us getting back to normal?" Elizabeth shouted into the void.
The only answer she received was the gentle rippling waves at their ankles.
Will suddenly felt cold and began to shiver.
"Are you all right?" Elizabeth asked, taking the girl by the shoulders.
Will tried to nod, but began to shiver some more. Meanwhile the sun completely set leaving them in darkness. Elizabeth suddenly began to feel the cold too.
"What's going on?" Will finally asked. He felt very light headed and woozy.
"I don't know," Elizabeth answered. Her voice seemed to sound a bit hoarse and up a few octaves from where it had been.
The two of them collapsed and knew no more...
Jack was the first to hear the moaning. He had fallen asleep hours ago and the sun was beginning to rise.
Will (or was it Elizabeth - the one in the boy's body) yawned and looked around in surprise.
"Elizabeth?" Jack asked.
The boy looked at him and an eyebrow rose.
"Jack, it's me. Will."
Jack got up and walked over to him before poking him a few times in the shoulder.
"Jack stop it; it's me. It's me!"
The talking woke Elizabeth up as Jack began to question Will.
"And your father is..."
"Bootstrap Bill Turner. A bloody pirate and scallywag, I believe you called him."
"And as for you..." Jack said turning on Elizabeth.
She slapped him hard and Jack nodded.
"Definitely Elizabeth."
Will frowned "A part of me resents that!"
"And you're definitely Turner. Now if you'll excuse me I have to thank the lovely host who helped you two get back to...yourselves."
Jack walked out of the room, talking as he went. Will turned to Elizabeth and the two locked eyes. No words were passed between them, but they were just relieved to be back to normal.
I really hope that wasn't too confusing. Basically, they just had to remember what it was like being themselves again and, well, things are back to normal. Just two more chapters to get them back home really and that's it. The poll will remain open until the 20th and then it'll close and I'll make my final decision. The result will be on my profile. Again, if you haven't voted yet then please do so. Thanks for reading.
