Amelia was bound and gagged and dragged to the boat with Pintel and Ragetti. They were wearing women's dresses and carrying parasols. It appeared as though the plan was something of a Trojan Horse idea. They made her sit in the middle, and rowed out in front of the Dauntless. Amelia knew James was on that ship, waiting for the pirates to leave the cave. While the soldiers were distracted by the two in the rowboat, the moonlight revealed the true forms of the pirates; the forms of decaying men. They walked straight into the sea, and Amelia gasped in horror as they reached the Dauntless. Pintel and Ragetti began to fight, and revealed themselves as well. Amelia knew that James saw her, because she heard him yell her name.

Pintel and Ragetti rowed to the ship and left Amelia in the boat while they boarded. She saw numerous men fall overboard. Jack Sparrow was fighting Barbossa in the cave, and Elizabeth had gone in to save Will. Everything was a disaster.

A man fell overboard and slammed into the rowboat, capsizing it and sending Amelia into the water. She couldn't swim because her arms were tied behind her back. She fought to get them free. She couldn't. Her head broke water every few seconds, and she breathed as deeply as she could through her nose before going back under. She tried screaming, but she couldn't do anything. She felt herself start slipping away.

Someone jumped into the water. She felt strong arms lifting her out of the water. She had a few seconds to look into the eyes of her father…her real father…before she passed out.

She woke up in her room on the Dauntless. Jack was there, in irons, along with Governor Swann.

"Amelia? Oh, Amelia, thank Heaven!" Jack kissed her on the forehead.

"Jack? What happened?"

"It appears as though the curse has been lifted."

"And the Pearl?"

"Sailed away."

"No. But that means…"

"That's right, love."

"No! They can't!" She started to get up. Jack was dragged out of the room.

"Father, you can't hang him! You can't!"

"Amelia, calm down please! You'll just upset yourself."

"You have upset me! I know that you have been my guardian, and that you consider me as a daughter, but you must understand that my bond with Jack Sparrow cannot be severed. Please don't. Please." She couldn't hold back her tears. Her throat seized.

"Go to sleep now, darling. We will be back in Port Royal before nightfall."

He left the room. She could not go back to sleep. She put on her blue dress and went out on the deck.

"Amelia?" Her back tensed. It was him. She didn't want to talk to him. She didn't want to look at him. She didn't want to be on the same ship as him. "You shouldn't be out of your room. What are you doing out here?" James asked. He put his coat around her shoulders. She shrugged it off.

"I'm thinking."

"About?"

"Just things. It's not a crime to think, is it?"

"Amelia, will you look at me?"

She stood very still, looking out on the horizon.

"I..."

"How are your plans for the wedding, Commodore?"

"The wedding? Oh, is that what this is about?"

"Just answer the question."

"They're fine. How are you?"

"Still alone."

"You...you know...you've always known what I wanted."

"James, before we rescued Elizabeth and Jack, you told me that you didn't want to marry her because she was silly. You kissed me. You kissed me. Not the other way around. So forgive me if I seem a little bit upset."

"Amelia, I told you that because I thought that Elizabeth would refuse me. But I cannot go back on my word now. It would be dishonorable. I will always care for you, too."

"You will care for me, too? Is that supposed to make me forget about everything?"

He gripped the railing. "This is the choice that I've made. I will not yield. But I do love you."