Chapter 10: Fairy Slipper

"Mr. Gibbs!" Jack continued, "I need the following to perform the summon! Sea water, drinking water, Kraken secretions, sliced caterpillars, daisy roots, diricawl feathers, fluxweed, frog brains and rum!"

"Seawater, drinking water," Gibbs recited back so he doesn't forget, "fluxweed we keep for healing, but...forgive me Captain, where do we get the other ones?"

"Hold it!" Jack raised an index finger, then leaned down to rummage in the inside of his coat producing a sticky feather, "Tia Dalma always told me to keep one of these, I guess she knew why she'd hinted on the Calypso summon," then he took his hat off and handed it to Gibbs, "inside, at the creases you might find a bit of dry Kraken spit, just scrape it off and we'll be done!" As Gibbs looked a bit perplexed, he continued, "what other items have you got trouble with?"

"Sliced caterpillars, frog brains..." He shrugged uncomprehending.

"I suggest you confer with the crewmen," Jack waved a hand towards Pintel, making everybody look into his direction.

"Who? Me?" Pintel tried, then he grinned and pulled some indescribable items out his pockets from earth worms to bitten bits of human nails, "I'm joyous to be of service, Captain!"

"All right," Gibbs looked away as Pintel wanted to shove some mushy mess into his hands and indicated he should put them down at Jack's legs, "I can get the rum, but we're still missing the daisy roots."

Jack gestured towards Pintel again, who shook his head, "daisies? Me with daisies? Oh, no, no daisies."

"I've got it Captain," Ragetti dug into Pintel's pockets again.

"Never heard of a potion with rum!" Elizabeth brought a hand on her hips.

"Pirate potion liable to be so," Barbossa whispered into her ears getting behind her.

"Sorry, luv, habit," Jack explained, "came out without thinking about it. Don't need the rum for the potion Mr. Gibbs."

"Should I get it anyway?" The first mate was a creature of habit too.

"Empty bottle Gibbs will do, so we can put all the ingredients into it." He drew his cutlass and held it up into the air while those preparations he ordered were made, then took the bottle, shook it and inserted the tip of the cutlass into it. When the blade came out it was shimmering the same bluish green as the ocean. He held it out towards the sea, using it as a pointer to specify who or alternatively what the spell was about, same spell, different versions and all were right. "Witch of maelstorms and all that's wet,

reaching out to the end of our end,

ye who art everywhere

come to me as so I dare," he shouted boldly.

"Jaack Spaarroow," said a very loud and impassioned voice that seemed to have come from everyplace. The bright sunshine got covered by fog in the same amount of time the words were said and they could hardly see a few feet ahead. Although they were expecting it, everybody, including Jack jumped back when Tia Dalma stepped out the fog, smiled and slowly waved her hands downwards making all the water particles of the fog forthwith end back to where they belonged to, into the sea. "Missed your visits, Jaack Sparrow," she purred, pulling close and wandering her fingertips down Jack's coat.

"Ah, perhaps, may I offer up my Captain's quarters up for you to enjoy the priviledges of dear Jack," Barbossa rolled his eyes, "he can tell you of the Brethren Court and then you can take him with you wherever ye art down there and we can all go about business!"

Tia Dalma turned serious towards him and waved dismissively, "I know of your humble court. I have no interest in disfavoring pirates on seas, I have no interest in favoring pirates on seas. All is, as it should be, the seas. If they lose ships, I have nothing to do with it."

"That must be the problem, the not favoring part I'd suggest?" Jack offered.

"I could favor pirate ships fe good price. It all has a price."

"Might that price be?" Barbossa asked, who really wanted the summon and negotiations over with.

"Jack Sparrow," Tia Dalma said slowly, moving into those quarters direction and motioning the younger captain to follow.

Barbossa couldn't keep himself form laughing, "good price, I can live with that. Hope she doesn't crush you Jack!"

However he was silenced by Tia Dalma's expression as she turned to warn him, "Elizabeth Turner!" She nodded her to go along as well.

"Addled threesome, arrr," Barbossa muttered under his breath nevertheless as they disappeared below.

Tbc