Goldenscar: 1. Yes Adam and witchcraft 2. TENSION TENSION TENSION 3. :) 4. Jaybelle ftw! 5. I have no idea. Nothing? :) 6. Just a random old explorer guy who knows stuff :) 7. Who, Sophia? Yeah. Not Adam's. 8. IKR TENSION TENSION TENSION 9. "I am godfather, right?" "...Sure." 10. OH YEAH JAYBELLE XD 11. You were right not to. 12. Yep :) 13. Oh yep. Again, jaybelle ftw!

WARNING THIS CHAPTER

Dark clouds enclose the ship as it nears the ship. The ship collides and grinds against the shores. Hayley, Phoenix, and Will all gather. Phoenix says, "So what exactly is our plan?"

Will answers, "Our plan is the element of surprise. First, we need to find Annabelle and Jay. Then, we will take the sorcerers on."

Hayley says, "Well, let's go!"

Hayley jumps off the ship. Will smiles at Phoenix and says, "Well, she sure is an adventurous one."

Phoenix smiles back and says, "Yes, yes she is."

Will jumps down, immediately followed by Phoenix. Captain Jack follows them, sword in hand. He smiles as he sees the group. Elizabeth is the last to join the group. Hayley whispers, "I think I see something."

"What is it?" Phoenix asks.

"It looks like a fort of some sort..."

"Where is it?"

Hayley points in an eastward direction. The group looks over in the direction she's pointing in and they see a fort that seems to be enveloped in darkness. As the group looks at the fort, they feel their breath being taken from them and curiosity along with fear surged through their veins. It was almost as if during that time, they had forgotten how to breathe, think, or even function. All they knew is that they were so close to ridding their lives of the evil that has been tormenting them for such a long time. Phoenix takes a deep breath says, "...We've finally made it."

Hayley smiles. Will says, "Let's go."

Hayley and Phoenix start to run to the fort. They were followed by Captain Jack, Elizabeth, and Will. The group is stopped by a pair of large wooden doors with metal handles. Phoenix growls. Will tries pulling on the metal handle. After several attempts, Will finally growls, "I CAN'T GET THIS BLOODY DOOR OPEN!"

Hayley growls, but then takes out a dagger. She sticks the dagger into the wall and climbs up. She pulls herself up the fort's walls and grabs her dagger out of the wall. Phoenix says, "Hayley! What are you doing?!"

Hayley says, "Phoenix, relax! Climb up!"

"What?" Phoenix asks, confused.

"I have an idea."

Phoenix shrugs. "Okay. At least give us your daggers to make the climb easier."

Hayley takes her dagger and throws it into a nearby tree. Phoenix takes it and sticks it into a nearby tree. Phoenix takes it out of the tree and sticks it into the wall. Phoenix climbs up, then Captain Jack, then Elizabeth. Will starts to climb up to, but because the daggers were used so much, the blade breaks off of the handle. Will almost falls, but Elizabeth grabs his hand and strains to pull him up. When the group finally reunites, Hayley starts stomping her foot on the ceiling of the cave underneath.

"What are you doing?" Phoenix asked.

"Morse code," Hayley replies, "I'm asking where Annabelle is. With luck, she'll respond."

Taptaaap taaaptap taptaaap taaaptaptaptap tap taptaaaptaptap taptaaaptaptap tap taptaptaaaptaaaptaptap. Annabelle scowls. Jay says, "Rain?"

Annabelle says, "It doesn't sound like rain-"

"Probably some bird pecking on the roof."

"That's pretty continuous for a bird."

Tap taaaptaaaptaaap taptaaap taaaptaptaaaptaaap. Annabelle scowls again and says, "What is that?!"

Jay shrugs, "I don't know..."

"It almost sounds like-! Morse code! The group is here!"

Jay gets up and says, "They are! But I don't know Morse code... Do you know Morse code?!"

"Yes... Wait. Levitate me."

"Why?"

"We need to give them a message back."

Jay nods, "Okay."

Jay takes Annabelle in his arms and levitates a foot away from the ceiling. Annabelle smiles at Jay. Jay smiles back. Annabelle looks up at the ceiling and gives the message, Hayley! We're here!

Muffled screams come outside the walls, I can hear her! They're okay! Shh, I need to hear! Annabelle and Jay smile at each other. Jay levitates slowly down and stands Annabelle up. Jay summons a ladder and creates a hole in the wall. Hayley and Phoenix slide down the poles of the ladder while Will, Elizabeth, and Jack climb down the bars. Hayley runs to Annabelle and embraces her. Annabelle embraces Hayley. Hayley says, "I thought we had lost you."

Annabelle smiles, her eyes filling with tears, "Well, I'm glad you found us. You have no idea what we've been through."

"What h- Who's that?" Hayley points at Sophia.

Annabelle replies, "That's Sophia... She saved me from dying."

"How?"

"She tried a spell-"

"She was a sorcerer?"

"No, she took Jay's powers."

Hayley gives Annabelle a confused look. Annabelle explains, "She was the person who had caused my memory loss. She was working with them. They had started to give Sophia Jay's powers. Sophia got most of his powers. When she died, they came back to him."

There's a silence and then Will says, "We can have a proper mourning later, but now is the time to fight!"

Phoenix says, "Wi- I mean, Dad's right! We need to fight! Now isn't the time for pity."

The group seems to silently agree and Jay says, "Are you all ready?"

The group nods and Jay melts the walls down. Two people are revealed. One is Lily and the other is the woman that Annabelle had been seeing her in her nightmares. Lily summons a dagger and throws it right at Hayley. During those few seconds that the blade flew through the air, it was as if time slowed down. The group had no time to react. Lily then tackles Jay and pins him to the ground. The blade hits Hayley in the stomach. Hayley gasps and falls to the ground. Phoenix screams, "HAYLEY!"

Phoenix collapses to his knees in front of Hayley. Hayley's eyes frantically look at Phoenix. Hayley says, "Phoenix."

Phoenix says, "NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! This can't be happening!"

"Phoenix! Just stop! Listen to me!"

"HAYLEY! YOU'RE DYING!"

"Phoenix... Just listen."

Phoenix's eyes start filling with tears. Hayley says, "Phoenix, I want you to know that I will always love you. Even from beyond the grave, I will always remember you. I know that you'll find someone-"

"Hayley, don't say that!"

"But if I don't, I'd be lying to you and I don't want my dying words to be a bunch of lies... I want you to be happy, even if it's not with me. Just... remember me. That's all I'm asking of you. Remember me."

"...I will."

Hayley shivers. "Phoenix... I love you."

A tear falls down Phoenix's cheek. "I love you too…"

Hayley gives a weak smile to Phoenix. Her body then goes limp and her eyes gloss over. Another tear falls down Phoenix's cheek as he says, "Hayley..."

Phoenix then feels his throat go warm and all he can think about is Lily throwing the dagger at Hayley. He growls, tears burning his eyes. He stands up and turns around to see Lily smiling as she pins Jay to the floor. Phoenix screams and tackles Lily. Lily groans in pain. Phoenix says, "BY THE DEATH OF HAYLEY, I WILL MAKE SURE YOU BURN WITHIN THE MOST FIERY PIT OF-"

Annabelle screams, "Phoenix!"

Phoenix looks to Annabelle angrily, still not releasing Lily from the pin. Annabelle points nervously to the woman. Phoenix releases Lily from the pin to look at the woman. The woman calmly says, "Phoenix, I have a deal for you."

Phoenix replies angrily, "What is your deal?"

"Well, this is more of a threat. If you don't stop attacking us, I will return Hayley to you..."

"How is that to your advantage?"

"Oh, you don't understand! I will return her, but she won't have her soul. Which means her life will be painful nothingness that she can't escape. Or you can stop attacking us... and instead of living, she will continue to be dead. NO spell can bring her back... but she will be happy. Isn't that what you want for her? Happiness?"

Phoenix slowly nods. The woman smiles, "Your choice. Keep fighting us and your Hayley suffers. Stop fighting us and she won't."

Phoenix looks to the group and frown. Will says, "Phoenix, don't worry about us... We'll fight for you."

Phoenix frowns and says, "I choose to stop fighting."

The woman says, "Good boy. Now go run off."

Phoenix bites his lip and runs off, but not before glancing at Hayley. She looked almost peaceful. The rest of the crew saw what Phoenix was doing and quickly followed, except for Jay. Jay looks at the two and says, "You know I thought that you were supposed to be my family. Instead... you're my tormentors. You torture my friends, you harm me... and yet, you don't even care."

The woman says, "And you were the one who left your family to die."

"Why would you blame me?!"

"You stayed behind and guess what? When the rest of your family was here, they died!"

"Dad told me to stay behind! Dad cared! He knew that you would either kill me or force me to join you. It's because of him that I'm alive today. And it's because of YOU that he's not."

The woman's eyes start to go misty. "Jay… I've done horrible things. Come here."

Jay hesitates.

"Honey, I'm sorry. I'm very, very sorry. Will you ever forgive me? Please."

Jay reluctantly walks over to his mother. She pulls him into a hug. Then a cruel smile appears on her face and she quickly pulls out a dagger and stabs him in the stomach.

"Maybe Dad cared. Not me."

Annabelle screams in terror as she runs over to Jay.

"Jay! Don't die. Please. Jay…"

"Annabelle… If I don't survive… just let me know one thing. Did you… did you truly love me?"

"Jay! What do you think?" She pressed her lips against his.

Jay smiled. "At least I'll die happy. Would you be my girlfriend?"

"I thought we had already established this," Annabelle said smiling, though tears ran down her cheeks.

"Then I guess it's official."

"Jay, you're not going to die."

"Annabelle look at me. At this state, I'll bet I've got somewhere around a minute to live."

"No… don't go…"

All of a sudden, something flies around the trees, causing the leaves to ruffle.

"What was that?" Annabelle asked.

Then a figure comes out of the trees.

Jay stares at it. "Dad?"

The figure's kind eyes acknowledge him.

"Wait-" Annabelle asks, "This is your father?"

Jay nods. "But… I thought you were dead!"

"I am."

Jay cringes in pain and Annabelle tries to comfort him.

"Can anyone here help?!" Annabelle cried out.

Jay's father floated towards them. "I can."

"How?"

"How long does he have to live?"

Annabelle looked at Jay. His eyes were starting to close.

"Not very long!"

"I'll only be a minute."

"He may not have a minute, Mr…"

"Spencer."

"Jay Spencer… Cute," Annabelle says to herself as Jay's father approaches his wife and daughter. Without anyone knowing how he did it, Mr. Spencer killed both his cruel wife and daughter. Then he came back to where Annabelle and Jay were.

"I can help heal my son."
"How?"

"I can remain to stay a ghost and he dies, or I can give up this life and allow him to live."
"And you would do that," Annabelle questions.

"I would do anything. Anything to save my son. Now, he might feel nauseous after a bit after this; this is a strong kind of magic."

He starts to dissolve and Jay's eyes flutter open. His wound starts to heal itself. Annabelle wraps her arms around him and they stay in an embrace for a while. Once they break apart, Jay asks, "Where's my dad?"

"He um… he's not with us anymore. He destroyed your mother and sister, but he made a sacrifice."

"What sacrifice?"

"He gave up existence so you could live."

"Oh."

The group stays in silence for a while. Then Jack breaks the silence.

"Shall we go back to the ship?"

Annabelle nods. She helps Jay up and helps him walk over to the boat. Will picks up Hayley's body and takes it to the boat.

NOOOOOO HAYLEY!

*SOB SOB SOB SOB* WHY

*sniffle* At least-

At least Jay is alive.. but D: HAYLEY NOOOOO