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'bout the story...now, with the shadow gate, it starts to be a little more fantasy, or supernatural, or whatever-ish...but, not any less believable then the zombie aztec curse, so its all good...:)

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The next day, the Black Pearl arrived to the Shadow Gate. Jack and Gibbs carried a longboat through the rocks, and into the closed off part of the water.They dropped it in, and Jack alone, rowed toward the large gap between the rocks, which led to the open ocean.

When he got close, he suddenly felt like he was caught in a spider's web.He was suspended in mid-air, weightless, and the and boat bellow him, and the sky above him were replaced by something that looked like black smoke.

But things started to come into focus again, and he was dropped onto a floor of black rock.He got up, wiping a little blood from his lips, and looked around.

He was in a cave.A very small cave of black rock that shined softly. As he looked behind him, he saw, as if through silver tainted glass, the ocean, and his Pearl.He reached a hand through...It went freely.So he could go back.Good.

However, as he looked ahead, he saw an other opening in the cave, opposite to the enterance.A gigantic circular opening, swirling with what looked like shadows...of people.

But he tore away his eyes from the gate,and looked around the cave itself to see a girl, leaning against the cold rock, hugging her knees.

Her head was hung, and she looked like she was sleeping. But as he took a step toward her, Sword raised her head. She smiled widely."Jack!"

He relaxed.She was alright."What are you doing, love?What is this place?"He swaggered to her.

She got up."It's...a gate to what's beyond death, Jack. All the others...they went in.I was waiting for you." She said.

"What do yeh mean, love? Why didn't yeh just come back to the Pearl? I was lookin' for yeh."he said, kind of confused, but glad to see her.

"We have to go in, Jack!It's better there..."she said, walking closer to him.

"What?No, love, we'll go back to the Pearl. I didn't steal this ring to just go an' die..."

Sword looked at his hand, suddenly her expression filled with terror.She let out an unearthly scream, and quickly recoiled from him.

Jack watched with mild interest on his face, yet in deep confusion, as the girl's skin changed, her whole being changed, and she became a solid shadow, just like the ones through the gate, except her eyes were not expressionless and blank, but a deep red.She became a shadow of Sword.

"Keep that ring away from me!" the shadow said, her voice sounding as if ten Swords were talking at once, whispering, muttering, fearfully...