Disclaimer:ill give you Sword AND Rose for Jack!How bout that?and ill even throw in Rat, though hes dead...Please?

A/N:OOOOO...surprise surprise...hehe:)Wonder what's up, don't you?

It turns out that it really cant make it as long as i thought it would be, because then it would just drag on forever...but it is turning out nicely, and im pretty satisfied with the plot...I DREAD THE DAY WHEN I FINISH WRITING THIS

ive fallen in love with writing this story...AND GETTING GOOD REVIEWS MAKES IT BETTER!!!!Thanks people!

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Jack woke up at before dawn,already deep in thought.

He was sure Sword would track the ring down, and find out he had it, but he knew he wouldn't ever let her have it.It was what kept him alive.

He got it a long time ago...stole it from a passanger ship, from a strange looking traveler, and he knew it was something very interesting indeed, as he watched the man fade away when he took it from him.He didn't know what it was, or what it did, but he kept it with him, just in case.He had grown very fond of it, almost never taking it off.It gave him a sense of safety.

Then a little after his final fight with Barbossa, he tried to take it off, wanting to leave all his valuables in his ship while he went looking for women, so he wouldn't look rich...so they wouldn't ask for more...

But the moment he took the ring from his finger, he started to feel himself floating away,disappearing. That hadn't happened before. He found the answer to the question that had been bothering him since he shot Barbossa.

All the people that have recieved life threathening wounds while cursed, still died after the curse has been lifted.He has been stabbed.So why was he still alive?

He wasn't.He just didn't even realize.That useful little ring kept him alive, and without it, he was nothing.If it was taken from him, he'd disappear into nothingness...or move on to whatever came after death.

But with it, he could continue living, aging, and he knew that when it came time, when he was old and ready, he'd remove it, and die willingly.Until then, any life threathening wound would heal instantly.Sure he'd rather die fighting...but that already happened...

He grinned at the tought.

Now he just waited for Sword to come, knowing that he won't be able to tell her what his reason would be for refusing to give up the ring.He didn't want her to know, for some reason.He'd rather have her hate him for the rest of his life than to tell her.

He knew that Sword wouldn't take long to track the ring down, and figure out that either Jack had it, or he traded or sold it.

But he didn't excpect to hear a knock at his door so early, to find two identical girls looking up at him from outside his door, one wearing a long nightgown and an embarassed expression, the other old pirates clothes and looking like she hasn't slept in days.

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