A/N: Okay, FINALLY saw the movie. I'm gonna skip around a few parts, such as no Sao Feng. That whole Calypso thing had a point, but it a) confused me, and oh heck, did that REALLY have a point? I mean, come on. She and Davy Jones just yell at each other then the next thing you know she's millions of crabs? Ugh. Anyways, I'm also gonna change a few ways on how characters find out what.

The next morning, Jack sat up from the pile of palm leaves that he had managed to gather to make a bed. He looked around. No burning trees. That was a good sign. He looked around more for his companions. He spotted Catherine sleeping a few feet away on a slab of rock. Her head was on some type of cloth she had found the previous night. He smirked at his last two companions. Anna was sleeping with Norrington's jacket under her, but that wasn't what he was smiling at. It was the fact that her back was against James' chest, and he had his cheek resting on the back of her head. "At least someone can relate to me" Jack grinned.

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A couple of hours later:

"What took you so bloody long?" James smirked at Will when he got back onboard the ship.

"We had to make port for supplies and we found out something unexpected…" Will trailed off.

James smirked. "What, you can't manage the ship without Jack to even out Barbossa?"

"No" Will glared at him. "You can find out what on your own" Will replied before walking off.

James turned to Anna. "What would you say that was about?"

Anna smirked at him before continuing to walk towards the front of the ship.

James followed her. "And so it begins, hm?"

No response.

"And I thought after this whole thing you'd speak to me," James said with fake hurt in his voice.

Again, nothing.

James sighed. "I tried. All I wanted to see is that if you'd finally let me apolo-" James stopped, hearing what sounded like a whimper. He looked at Anna. "Do you hear that?"

Anna turned to him. "I'll talk to you only about that since you're not forgiven yet. Yes, I heard it, and- Alec? Jacob?!" she stopped when she saw Murtogg and Mullroy turn the corner. She ran over to them and smiled. "You're here as well?"

"Yeah, well, not really by our own choice, you see… that short pirate… Marty, I think his name was…" Mullroy began.

"He dropped a net trying to get something and ended up getting us with it" Murtogg finished, blushing.

Anna tried not to laugh at her friends, then heard the whimpering again. "Do either of you know who that is?" she asked.

The guards nodded. "It's Miss. Swann. She's been cryin' since we made port and she visited a few friends…"

James and Anna looked at each other again.

James turned and knocked on the door that the whimpering was coming from. "Elizabeth? Are you there?"

"Yes" she called weakly from inside.

"May we come in?" he asked.

"Of course, James. Is Anna with you?"

"Yes," James nodded, glancing at the said woman.

"Come in,"

James opened the door. He nodded inside, motioning at Anna. "After you"

"You're still not forgiven, but thanks" Anna nodded, coming in, instantly frowning when she saw Elizabeth, who's cheeks were bright pink. It was clear she had been crying for hours. "Lizzie, what is it?" she bent down.

"My father… he… my friend Alexia… she… received a note and gave it to me. She had not the heart to tell me herself"

"Tell you what?" Anna asked.

Elizabeth handed her the note.

James and Anna looked at each other again before he went behind her to also read. two sentences stood out for the both of them: I know you have been on your own journey for a while now, so I can only get this to you when I visit at your next port. It grieves me to inform you that your father is dead.

"Oh dear lord" James breathed. "Elizabeth… I…"

"How long did you know of this?" Elizabeth snapped at him.

James raised his eyebrows. "What?!"

"You were bloody Admiral for a couple of hours than Anna came along and you're back to having no rank again, then- if you were with Beckett you should've known!"

"He had nothing to do with it, Lizzie" Anna stepped forward.

James stared at her, shocked that she was defending him.

"I take you didn't read the second page?" Anna looked at Elizabeth again.

"What?" Elizabeth took back the second piece of paper Anna had. She read it. "Your father claimed he had no idea to your whereabouts with your dearest Will- Beckett put him to death for it" she breathed.

"Elizabeth… I'm so sorry" James said sadly.

"As am I" Anna nodded.

"Thank you" Elizabeth smiled weakly. "And I don't mean to sound like a pain, but would you two be as so kind as to leave me for a while? I need time to think"

"Of course" James and Anna nodded. They left. Anna closed the door behind her. "You still love her, don't you?"

"What?" James tripped over something, caught off guard. He looked down, recognizing the gun he had tripped over as Murtogg's. "Damn you, Murtogg" he muttered before putting it to the side. "What're you getting at?"

" 'Elizabeth… I'm sorry'" she imitated him. "Oh please!" she quoted him again. "A blind man could see you still care for her!"

"And I take your brother also filled you in on what happened with her and I in the past?"

"That too, but-"

"And there's your answer. Besides, I no longer care for Elizabeth. If you would only give me a chance you'd learn you're the one I ca-" he bit down hard on his tongue to keep the rest of his statement to come out. "-can imagine thinking that I have no more feelings for her" he covered, then smiled. "Oh wait. I was right after all. You're talking to me"

"You're despicable" Anna glared at him.

James smirked again. "You want to go by those terms, talk to Jack. I'm sure he's around here somewhere"

"Right here, actually." Jack said, walking up to them. "Either of you see Kitty around? I haven't seen her since Willy brought us back"

"Okay, question. What's with the nicknames?!" Anna blurted.

"It's just me, luv. Love it or deal with it" Jack replied.

Anna rolled her eyes. "Bloody pirates," she muttered.

Jack bowed and grinned. "That's what they call me," he nodded.

A/N: Okay, now I may not update for a while unless Catherine would force me too (in which she probably will). I'm seeing Pirates again next week, but in the meantime I have to try and remember what scenes are where with what happens other than the ones Catherine and I planned out when we were watching it. Oh, and one last thing. I'm not gonna have Bootstrap do that "Part of the ship, part of the crew"… until next time.