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Here is Chapter 9! This one is a little...um...read and you'll see...

Chapter 9: Still Water Runs Deep...

Elizabeth had taken her decision. She will give her baby in exchange of Will. Calypso had made it clear: now that she had decided it would be this way, she couldn't turn back in time.

The goddess has been right to make it clear because everyday after, Elizabeth felt awfully guilty...

Elizabeth:

Nine months. Just nine months to wait. Just nine months to get by.

Nine months of torture, feeling a baby I'll never have growing up inside of me.

In nine months, my life will change. As soon as the baby will be with us, I'll put her in a boat as Calypso demanded it and let it sail away towards the horizon. Then, she'll free Will.

He will be a human being again and he'll come back home while Barbossa will replace him on the Flying Dutchman.

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Eight months later:

Elizabeth still believed with all her heart that it will happen exactly like this. She hoped that her sacrifice would be worthy. It came more difficult when Willy began to ask questions about her pregnancy.

Willy and his mother were sitting on the beach in font of their house.

"Mommy, you have a baby girl inside of your stomach, right?"

"Right." She answered.

"Do you want to play pirates with me?" She asked him to change the subject.

"Not now thanks. I was wondering how we will name her..."

"I don't know yet, sweetie."

"I'm very happy to have a little sister, you know." He said smiling and put his hand on her rounded stomach.

All these comments were killing her slowly because she had to lie to his son a fake smile on her face and it made her feel more guilty if it was possible. She just couldn't tell him the truth. He was too young to understand. Even if Willy was here when she promised Calypso to give her his little sister, she wasn't sure he had understood. Fear may have erased his memories. Now she was sure: he hadn't.

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Captain William Turner was at the helm of the Flying Dutchman, when he saw black sails appear on the horizon. Jack was on top of the mast showing off.

A smile broke Will's face as he whispered to himself: "Jack!"

A few minutes later, Will was on the Black Pearl to see his old friend.

"Jack, what are you doing up here?" Will asked.

Jack came down and said with a bright smile:

"Ahoy mate; it has been ages since last time our ships met... Don't you know yet?

I'm immortal. You are standing next to the Immortal Captain Jack Sparrow!"

Will laughed. "Are you serious?" He asked "You don't seem so different." He said joking.

"I can assure you, he is." Gibbs said getting involved in the conversation.

Moreover, we tried to kill him many times and never succeeded..."

"So, you eventually found it...The Fountain of Youth...

But how? You've told me it was impossible for human beings to see it."

"Your wife helped us a lot." Pintel answered smiling.

Gibbs glowered at him to make him shut up but it was too late.

"Elizabeth?" Will asked flabbergasted. "What did she do to help you?"

"Nothing!" Gibbs cried out.

"What are you trying to hide from me?" Will asked angrily.

Jack was stepping back silently when Will stopped him.

"Jack, stay here!" He ordered.

"Sorry mate, but your lady made me promise not to tell you."

"That's right. She did." Gibbs and Pintel approved him.

"Well, that's too bad because I'm not leaving until you tell me everything!"

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Elizabeth:

It must be fate. Only fate could be responsible for all this...

In one month, I'll give birth to my baby girl. In four months, Willy will be five years old.

All this began eight months ago on Willy's birthday when Jack came after Willy made a wish.

His wish! It's because of his wish! He wished that his father come back home.

Right after, Jack told me about the Fountain of Youth and we left on the Pearl in order to find it and ask Calypso to free Will. Then, this night I saw Will again and he gave me this baby I carry. Finally, Calypso accepted to make Will human again if I'd give her our daughter.

Everyday I try to convince myself that the only reason I carry this child, the only reason she exists is to realize my deepest wish and Willy's too.

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"What? Elizabeth is pregnant?" Will asked hard breathing.

"Yes, she is. In about one month, she'll give birth to a baby girl."

"How?" He didn't let Jack the time to explain and lowered his head.

"She fell in love with another man..."

"No ! Don't be silly!" He answered with exactly the same words Elizabeth had said to him five years ago. "The child is yours. Remember the night she came to you in the other side?"

Will opened his eyes wildly, memories of this night probably going through his mind.

"It's fantastic!" He smiled but his smile faded when he saw Jack's face "Isn't it?"

"No. You see the Fountain of Youth, I was telling you about, we discovered that if anyone succeeded to find it, see it and use it..."

And Jack told him the entire story. How Elizabeth had seen the Fountain, how she asked Calypso to free him, how Calypso wanted something in return...

When he finished, Will didn't say a word. His look could talk for him...

Captain William Turner came back to the Flying Dutchman more upset than ever.

Will:

As my ship was dipping into the ocean on his way to the other side, I felt a huge mix of pain and rage burning inside of my chest. I was sure of one thing: I couldn't let this happen.

I couldn't lose my daughter. I rather die than knowing her between Calypso's hands.

I've suffered too much because of her and I don't want her to subject my child to the same thing. As the Dutchman was reaching the other side, I made myself a promise: I wouldn't let this happen. This goddess will never have my child.

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One month later:

Will,

Today is a very important day of my life. A wonderful and awful day at the same time, just like our wedding day, because I know that soon you'll be here but she will not.

She is our daughter. I gave her birth this morning on the beach while the sun was rising.

You probably won't ever read this letter but writing you helps me a lot to go through this because I imagine you next to me, on this beach. I wish you were here to support and comfort me. Because today, I have to do the hardest thing I've ever made...

A beautiful baby girl is lying in my arms. She's yours, she's ours.

She's our blood and our flesh and I'm going to abandon her.

You should see her. She's so beautiful...

One day. I have only one day to spend with her.

Tonight, when the sun will be setting, I'll have to say her farewell, just like I did with you five and a half years ago. I just hope with all my heart that you will find the way, inside of you, to forgive me for what I'm about to do. I just can't live without you...

I want you to understand that it was the only way to free you, to save you. I know that doing this is selfish and I've never stopped blaming myself during the past nine months.

Even if guilty and pain are going to hurt me really bad, I'll survive because you'll be with me.

Now, I can only wait to see your ship's sails appear after the sunset.

Tonight, I'll keep a weather eye on the horizon, I promise.

My heart will always belong to you.

Elizabeth.

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Elizabeth slid the letter in a bottle and erased tears which were running down her cheeks.

She turned around and faced his son.

"Willy, sweetheart, it's time to go to bed."

"But mom, the sun is not even set yet!" Willy replied, amazed.

"There are important things I need to do. I won't be able to tell you a story.

Please, do this for me. Go to sleep earlier, just for tonight..."

"All right. May I say good night to my sister first?"

"Of course you may." She answered, praying that her son hadn't noticed her lips were shaking when she said it.

As Willy was going towards her sister's cradle, she went out and prepared the boat. She put blankets and the bottle with the letter into it, made it slide on the sand, across the beach and let it near the shore.

Then, she came back to her house to put Willy to bed but she stopped in the doorway when she heard her son's voice.

"Tomorrow when I wake up, you won't be here anymore. I know it. Mom thinks I'm too young to understand. Maybe it's true but I did anyway. I was here when she promised to abandon you. Even if I was only four, I can remember. But I don't want to cry in front of her because I'm a boy and I must be strong. You know, I would have been very glad to be your big brother. I would have protected you. I hope you will live a happy life even if you won't be with your family. Farewell, little sister."

It was too much for Elizabeth. Hearing her son saying all this broke his heart. But she couldn't let her tears flow. Not yet.

"Willy. Come on." Three barely audible words came out of her mouth without a sob. That's all she could do. As she gazed at him, she realized he wasn't a baby anymore but a very brave a mature boy. It was like she saw him for the first time. She accompanied him in his bedroom, put him in his bed and kissed his forehead.

"Good night, my boy" She managed to say. "Have sweet dreams."

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Back to the beach, she watched the sunset sat as her baby girl has fallen asleep in her arms.

She squeezed her tightly against her and whispered her a few words, asking her to forgive her and telling her she loved her. Then, she laid the baby down on the blankets next to the bottle, into the boat and made it slide on the little waves of the smooth ocean.

"Farewell, my little girl..."

As she watched it floating away, she began to cry and thought she'd never stopped.

Crying her heart out, she saw the sun disappear on the horizon and a sudden green flash take the boat away...

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Goldfeather: So, this is the answer to your question: Yes, Elizabeth can give her baby to Calypso and she did. I know it seems a little strange, but don't worry, everything will be explained and resolved in the next chapters!

Besides, Will is now aware of all this...

This chapter was mostly about Elizabeth abandoning her baby but it was necessary for the rest of the story. If you liked it, tell me... PLEASE REVIEW!

Chapter 10 will be up soon, I promise! Love you all!

Will&Elizabeth FOrever