Chapter 21:
A/N: Thank you guys so much for the reviews and all the sympathy.but don't worry thing will perk up in this chapter.. Disclaimer: It's a pity that I don't own POTC..but all the same I don't.I own the cd...Does that count???
Salina stood on the peer staring at the disappearing ship. It had been a long night; she lossed both of her real parents in one day. When she thought about it she realized that she killed her father in anger and her mother died saving her. The subject made Salina even sadder. But then Salina remembered something her mother said to her about Seth. 'Seth had been hunting for treasure so much that it had consumed him. The Seth you killed had already been dead for many years, his heart was cold and dark and he didn't care any more.'
This thought made Salina feel a little better. She looked down at her cloths and realized she still had Mina's outfit on. Salina was wearing black pants, old worn black boots, and a dirtied cotton shirt with a black overcoat. She noticed yet another coat on top of the black one. It was burgundy, but she could barely tell because it was so worn and faded. Salina turned and looked behind her; Jack was talking with Will and another man from the town. She took notice that Jack's coat was nowhere to be seen on him and she giggled as she looked back to the ocean.
'Had he given it to me and I didn't even pay attention? He must think I'm awfully rude.' Salina put her hands into the black coat's pockets and let them hang there for a minute until she pulled out a strange piece of parchment. Jack's coat slid off of her back as she pulled the paper up so that she could read it. The writing was sloppy; the writer must have been in a hurry when he/she wrote it.
Jack peered up from the conversation to check on Salina. He noticed his coat on the ground and her looking at a piece of paper. He walked away from the men and over to Salina. "I give you my coat and in return I get it tossed on the ground?" Jack said sarcastically, trying to get her to smile. Instead her eyes stayed fixed on the paper.
"My apologizes Jack." She flipped the paper over and over again trying to make sense out of it.
"Well at least ye didn't throw it at me this time." Salina stopped and looked at Jack, whose eyes shuttered with the light of the sun.
"I beg your pardon, Jack?"
"My coat! Last time you, oh never mind. What exactly are ye looking at?" Salina turned back to the paper.
"Well there's a map on one side and some scribbled writing on the other. I can't really make out the words. Can ye Jack?" Salina moved the paper towards him. "Oh, what am I saying the only words you know how te read is tavern and pub." Salina sighed as she grabbed the paper out of Jack's hands and walked down the peer to the man from the town.
"Oy! You don't got to be so rude!" Jack shouted as Salina continued down the peer to the man and Will.
"Good sir, could help me a minute." The man walked up to Salina. He was a tall slender man with jet-black hair and a little facial hair. He looked like he was a commoner not a thief or cut throat.
"Aye, milady. What is it you need?" The man approached the paper and the young women starring at it.
"First, what is yer name?" Salina hid the paper behind her back so that he couldn't see it.
"My name is Caliban (A/N: yes it is a name it was used in one of Shakespeare's plays.), ma'am."
"Aye Caliban can you read?"
"Yes ma'am I can." Will glared at Salina and then to Jack, as if Jack knew what she was doing.
"Good." Salina pulled the parchment out from behind her back. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Aye ma'am, that I can."
"Good. Then could you please read this paper to me? I can't seem to be able to read the handwriting." Salina showed the paper to the gentleman, who was kind enough to read it to her.
"It says Nym's (A/N: also a name from Shakespeare.) grave. Treasure buried within, secret spot in center of island in between 5 points. That's all it says."
"Well that makes no bloody sense what so ever!" Jack yelled as he walked closer to Salina.
"Caliban? Do you understand this at all?" The man looked back down at the parchment.
"Well the natives on this island tell a legend of a queen buried in the center of the isl and her tomb is supposedly protected by magic and anyone who enters will face certain death. But, that's about all that I know. I know a man that could tell you more about it, if you are interested in it. He's in the pub." Caliban pointed down a dirt road.
"Treasure, eh?" Jack rubbed his chin and brushed his fingers across his braided beard. "Show us where this man is." Jack stepped in front of Salina, who laughed at the fact that he was only interested in the treasure. On the other hand Salina was interested in finding out about the queen and why her mother would want anything to do with this.
A/N: At least the mood lightened..please read and review..thanks.
A/N: Thank you guys so much for the reviews and all the sympathy.but don't worry thing will perk up in this chapter.. Disclaimer: It's a pity that I don't own POTC..but all the same I don't.I own the cd...Does that count???
Salina stood on the peer staring at the disappearing ship. It had been a long night; she lossed both of her real parents in one day. When she thought about it she realized that she killed her father in anger and her mother died saving her. The subject made Salina even sadder. But then Salina remembered something her mother said to her about Seth. 'Seth had been hunting for treasure so much that it had consumed him. The Seth you killed had already been dead for many years, his heart was cold and dark and he didn't care any more.'
This thought made Salina feel a little better. She looked down at her cloths and realized she still had Mina's outfit on. Salina was wearing black pants, old worn black boots, and a dirtied cotton shirt with a black overcoat. She noticed yet another coat on top of the black one. It was burgundy, but she could barely tell because it was so worn and faded. Salina turned and looked behind her; Jack was talking with Will and another man from the town. She took notice that Jack's coat was nowhere to be seen on him and she giggled as she looked back to the ocean.
'Had he given it to me and I didn't even pay attention? He must think I'm awfully rude.' Salina put her hands into the black coat's pockets and let them hang there for a minute until she pulled out a strange piece of parchment. Jack's coat slid off of her back as she pulled the paper up so that she could read it. The writing was sloppy; the writer must have been in a hurry when he/she wrote it.
Jack peered up from the conversation to check on Salina. He noticed his coat on the ground and her looking at a piece of paper. He walked away from the men and over to Salina. "I give you my coat and in return I get it tossed on the ground?" Jack said sarcastically, trying to get her to smile. Instead her eyes stayed fixed on the paper.
"My apologizes Jack." She flipped the paper over and over again trying to make sense out of it.
"Well at least ye didn't throw it at me this time." Salina stopped and looked at Jack, whose eyes shuttered with the light of the sun.
"I beg your pardon, Jack?"
"My coat! Last time you, oh never mind. What exactly are ye looking at?" Salina turned back to the paper.
"Well there's a map on one side and some scribbled writing on the other. I can't really make out the words. Can ye Jack?" Salina moved the paper towards him. "Oh, what am I saying the only words you know how te read is tavern and pub." Salina sighed as she grabbed the paper out of Jack's hands and walked down the peer to the man from the town.
"Oy! You don't got to be so rude!" Jack shouted as Salina continued down the peer to the man and Will.
"Good sir, could help me a minute." The man walked up to Salina. He was a tall slender man with jet-black hair and a little facial hair. He looked like he was a commoner not a thief or cut throat.
"Aye, milady. What is it you need?" The man approached the paper and the young women starring at it.
"First, what is yer name?" Salina hid the paper behind her back so that he couldn't see it.
"My name is Caliban (A/N: yes it is a name it was used in one of Shakespeare's plays.), ma'am."
"Aye Caliban can you read?"
"Yes ma'am I can." Will glared at Salina and then to Jack, as if Jack knew what she was doing.
"Good." Salina pulled the parchment out from behind her back. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Aye ma'am, that I can."
"Good. Then could you please read this paper to me? I can't seem to be able to read the handwriting." Salina showed the paper to the gentleman, who was kind enough to read it to her.
"It says Nym's (A/N: also a name from Shakespeare.) grave. Treasure buried within, secret spot in center of island in between 5 points. That's all it says."
"Well that makes no bloody sense what so ever!" Jack yelled as he walked closer to Salina.
"Caliban? Do you understand this at all?" The man looked back down at the parchment.
"Well the natives on this island tell a legend of a queen buried in the center of the isl and her tomb is supposedly protected by magic and anyone who enters will face certain death. But, that's about all that I know. I know a man that could tell you more about it, if you are interested in it. He's in the pub." Caliban pointed down a dirt road.
"Treasure, eh?" Jack rubbed his chin and brushed his fingers across his braided beard. "Show us where this man is." Jack stepped in front of Salina, who laughed at the fact that he was only interested in the treasure. On the other hand Salina was interested in finding out about the queen and why her mother would want anything to do with this.
A/N: At least the mood lightened..please read and review..thanks.
