Jack made his way across the desert. The sun started beating down, the dust filled the air and into his lungs. He came across a rock and plopped down.

"Ah. Time for a drink." he rasped. The rum was almost gone, but he drank heavily. He quickly stopped, looking at the bottle with anger.

"Why is the rum always gone?!?!" he shouted. That soon reminded him of Elizabeth. His face dropped, and he slowly put away the rum, taking out a piece of bread. He quietly munched on it, and sat in silence.

'Why should I move? Maybe I should just sit here. Nobody cares about me! Elizabeth is better off with Will. They can fight John by themselves. They don't need my help.' Jack thought to himself.

"They do need your help, Jack."

Jack quickly sprang up and looked around.

"Who's there?! Answer me!" Jack heard a shuffling behind the rock. He grabbed his cutlass, and ran over to the other side of the rock.

There sat a young woman. She looked up at Jack. Jack pondered hard. 'Where have I seen this face before?'

"It's good to see you again, Jack." Her blue eyes twinkled.

"Ivy? Is that you?" Jack asked, very surprised.

"Yes. And I'd be obliged if you'd help me up." Jack quickly slipped his cutlass away. He grabbed her arms and forced her up into his arms. She staggered, but she soon balanced.

"It's good to be in your arms again, Jack." She put her cheek to his chest, and started rubbing his arms. He suddenly pulled back, making her stumble.

"What's wrong Jack? Didn't you miss me?" she questioned.

"Of course I did, Ivy. It's just….I have a wife now." Jack explained.

"You mean you 'did'." Jack looked at her, puzzled. She continued, "Oh, yes. I know how you feel. Your wife saying that she loves another man behind your back. She used to love him, and now she does again. You ran off, feeling enraged and heart broken. You say you look for Jones. But your heart is set at no destination. You just wanted to get away from the hurt, and the pain. You wanted to be free. You always were Jack. Nothing was ever holding you down. That is, until you fell in love….again."

Jack stood there, wondering how she figured all that out.

"How did you know all that, Ivy? You were not with me when these events took place. How?"

"We are connected, Jack. Remember? In Port Callaway, we fell in love. We were ready to be betrothed, and sail the seas together. You gave me this."

She pulled her hand up to her neck and reveled a sapphire necklace. Jack remembered it, all too well. That was his wedding present to her.

"You made a friend of yours make this magical necklace. We could feel each other's emotions. We could even look through the necklace and see what the other was seeing. That way, we would always be together. But you had to leave to go to Tortuga. I guess you were under a lot of pressure, being that our wedding day was that weekend. Then, I lost contact with you. I assumed you lost it."

"Someone stole it, and threw it in the sea! I didn't loose it." Jack mumbled.

"That may be, but somehow, I connected with that ring of yours. I guess it was a sign of love, why that ring was given. Was it from your wife?"

"You mean Elizabeth?"

"Yes, that girl." Ivy muttered bitterly.

"No. It was my mother's. It was her wedding present to my father. When she died, my father let me keep it. It's very special to me." he explained.

"Ah. And that's how I could connect to you. But sadly, you couldn't connect with me. Was it that blasted girl, Lizzie?" Jack gave her a sharp look.

"Don't talk that way about Elizabeth! At least, not around me!" Jack spat at the ground.

"Sorry." She looked down, and then smiled grimly. "You know, since Elizabeth loves that Will character, how about you and me get back together? We are a good team. Hell, I'll say we're the best damn pirates that sailed the seas!"

"She does not love Will!!" He snapped back. He quickly ran off.

"Where are you going?" she called after him.

"I'm going back to The Black Pearl! I need to talk with Elizabeth." Jack trudged off, not even thinking of looking back.

Ivy quickly, but silently followed him. But little did they know who they were about to face.