Jack & Katrina

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean (characters, plot, dialogue, etc.). Any other tid-bits of creativity, however, are mine… in which I hope you will enjoy.

Author's Note: I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did in writing it… and I'm sorry I'm cruel in how I end this… I promise I'll get cracking on writing and posting Part II asap! Plese be sure to review! *Oh! And if you have any ideas or requests please be sure to send them to me! I'll be more than happy to write something for you! Well, enjoy!

"Chief Pelgosto" Doll: Part I

With the French trade ship having gotten caught amongst a reef, Jack's crew was able to do their job smoothly; no shots were fired and the cargo easily taken aboard the Pearl. All that was left to do was sail home.

Jack smiled to himself from behind the wheel. Home. In many ways he was already home – he had the Pearl, his crew, his dear friends, his wife, his—

"Whatcha doing?"

Breaking his gaze with the open sea before him, Jack looked down to his right to find a two-year-old little doll replica of his wife.

"I could be askin' ye the same question, li'l love."

"What?" Karina asked innocently with animate hands.

"It's all right, Dad," Jacky appeared from the stairs. "She's with me."

Jack, who had opened his mouth to speak back to his daughter, turned to his eight-year-old son instead. "Good." He then, however, returned to look back at Karina. "'Cause ye know ye aren't s'pose t' be out walkin' about on your own. Aye?"

Karina's little hands clasped over her mouth before she mumbled, "Uh-huh."

"So how much further do we have?"

"Not too bad a ways, Jacky," Jack looked back to his son. "We got two days behind us… that leaves a day or two at most 'til we reach home. Long as the sky remains the same."

Jacky nodded satisfied and then looked out across the main deck at Gibbs running along the railing on the starboard side.

"What's wrong with Uncle Gibbs?"

Jack shifted his gaze from the sea once more to the old man running along the railing, his focus clearly on the water splashing alongside the ship. He then spotted Will Turner doing the same on the port side.

"Somethin' the matter, Master Gibbs?" Jack called out. "Mister Turner?"

"The water be doin' somethin' a tad bit strange, captain!" Gibbs returned.

"I think 'strange' is an understatement in itself," Will commented.

Before Jack could utter another word, the Pearl came to a complete halt; causing him to fall into the wheel and causing Karina to bump into him, followed by Jacky.

"What the blazes…?" Jack grumbled as he looked around him and his ship. "There aren't any reefs this far away. I'm sure of it."

"Jack?" Katrina called out as she, with little John, and Elizabeth, with little Will and Emily, ran out from the captain's cabin. "What's going on?"

Jack turned the wheel one way and then back the other way. Frustrated he fought with it back and forth but never felt the ship move. "Don't know, love."

"Well, whatever is going on," Will began as Elizabeth and their two children came to his side, "it's not a reef, that's for sure. The water is still running along the sides as if we're sailing."

Jack fought with the wheel again. "But we're not moving!"

"Captain!" Gibbs shouted. "Something's comin' toward us." Gibbs pointed out in front at the horizon where a distant object appeared to be growing quickly.

Everyone on deck stopped to stare. Jack pulled out his spyglass.

"Waz going on, Daddy?" Karina whined as she tugged at the dangling ends of his sash.

Jack didn't reply right away as he continued to watch what appeared to be a lonesome tropical island growing closer and closer. Soon enough he was able to make out a beautiful Greek temple amongst the emerald foliage.

"Daddy?" Karina whined again.

Jack momentarily lowered the spyglass to look at his surroundings again. "But we're not moving," he whispered to himself before looking through the spyglass again. This time, he could make out a figure waving a hand at him from the front of the temple. "No!"

"No, what, Daddy?" Karina pulled at his sash once more.

At once Jack put away the spyglass and picked up Karina. He then hurried down the steps from the helm to the main deck.

"Hold her," Jack told his wife as he gave the little girl to her. Again in a hurry, Jack scrambled to the nearest railing and looked over the side of his ship.

At first he didn't notice the little white creatures due to the strong current of water washing over them with white foam and bubbles, but after staring down one particular area long enough the vision he saw through the spyglass was confirmed.

"Calypso," Jack sighed as he straightened himself and walked away from the railing.

"What was that, captain?" Gibbs asked as everyone came closer to him.

Jack exchanged a glance with Katrina before repeating softly, "Calypso."