A Halloween Wish

Disclaimer: I do not own the "Pirates of the Caribbean" or any other parts of Walt Disney's creations. I only own the characters I create and the storyline changes that I made, since this takes place during the movie. Enjoy mates!

~OH MY GOD! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in sooooooooo long. I hope you all could forgive me. *claps hands together like Jack Sparrow* I'll try to keep updating when I can, but as I said in my profile, I'm in a LOTR mood and I have major writer's block. It's hard to deal with...I know...but please don't kill me. Enjoy the chapter~

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Chapter 15~ Isla de Muerta: Part II

Jack Sparrow stood in the cave, admiring a gold statue of a woman. He lifted it into the air and studied it carefully. Will was being held by a pirate and standing on a rock while Barbossa sat on the side of the pile of gold. "I must admit, Jack, I thought I had ye figured, but it turns out you're a hard man to predict," Barbossa said.

"Me, I'm dishonest. And it's a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for...because you can never predict when they're gonna do something incredibly stupid." Will eyed Jack questioningly as he watched the pirate sway up toward a pirate who was tossing stones into the water. Jack swiftly pulled the pirate's sword away from him and tossed it to Will. The blacksmith caught it and elbowed the pirate who had been holding him. Jack unsheathed his sword and began to cross blades with Barbossa at lightning speed.

Will freed himself and then began to battle two pirates at once, which he found difficult. After he took a swing at one of them and faced the other, his eyes widened. The pirate was standing in the moonlight...and was only bones. Will quickly punched him before striking him with his sword.

Jack and Barbossa were running back and forth, turning in circles, and doing many other unusual tricks while parrying. Barbossa ducked one of Jack's blows, but the pirate had lost the feather to his hat. This angered him and he continued fighting with his former captain. Jack quickly crossed his sword with Barbossa's again, but found his sword up by his neck in defense. "You're off the edge of the map, mate," Barbossa said under his breath, "Here there be monsters!" Jack quickly darted away and ran up a tunnel, Barbossa at his heels.

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Natalie and Elizabeth had finally made it out to the Black Pearl. When Elizabeth stood up and grabbed onto the ship, Natalie grabbed her wrist. "We have to save Jack and Will...NOW!"

"Miss O'Connell, we have to get help from his crew first."

"Well, you can handle that by yourself," Natalie shouted as she dove off the rowboat and into the frigid water. When she resurfaced, she gripped her arms. The water had gotten so cold within only a few hours. "Nat, what are you doing?" Elizabeth asked in a hushed voice.

"I'm going to save Jack and Will!" Natalie yelled as began to swim into the fog and toward the island.

"Natalie...Natalie...Nat-oh forget it," the governor's daughter said as she began to climb up the side of the Black Pearl.

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In the cave, Jack and Barbossa were fighting up the hill. Jack was walking backwards and accidentally lost his footing and fell onto the ground. He tried to block another one of his opponent's strikes, but he ended up getting kicked in the face and fell back again. He glared at Barbossa intensely. "Ye can't beat me, Jack," he said as he dropped his sword.

"But I can," a voice said from behind him. Barbossa whipped around and saw Natalie standing there with a sword unsheathed. "Well, if it isn't Jack's whore..."

WHACK!

Natalie smacked Barbossa across his face. The pirate glared at her and then raised his sword as if to strike her. Natalie immediately jumped off the hill and landed in a pile of gold coins. She groaned and then stood up unsteadily. She quickly regained her composure and looked up at Barbossa with a triumphant look on her face. "You've taught the lass well, Jack," Barbossa said as he faced his former captain.

"She taught herself that. She's a strong girl."

"I know you must have taught her more than that," Barbossa said with an evil smile and laugh. Jack just glared at him. "I did no such thing!" Jack immediately thrust his sword into Barbossa's stomach. The evil pirate didn't flinch and Jack gave him an astonished look. Natalie watched them both and then screamed when she saw Barbossa drive his blade into Jack. "NO!" she screamed, tears filling her eyes as she slumped to the ground. She felt a pair of strong arms encircle her body and pull her against a warm chest. Natalie sobbed uncontrollably against whoever's chest it was. "It's okay," the voice said. When she looked up, she saw Will holding her. "Will, what about the pirates?"

"I lost them in the tunnels, but they'll be back within a few moments guaran-"

"LOOK OUT!" Natalie yelled as she pulled Will down on top of her to avoid his head being chopped off by a pirate. She rolled over and they both fell into the water with a large splash. When Natalie scrambled out of the water, she saw Jack standing in the moonlight. He was a skeleton? Natalie could have smacked herself in the head. How could she have forgotten that part of the story? It had been one of her favorites! "That's interesting..." Jack mumbled. Will knocked a pirate over the head and then stared up at his pirate ally. They both watched as he fiddled with a piece of Aztec Gold. "I couldn't resist mate," he said with a smile. Barbossa sneered and threw some gold at him before they continued to parry.

Natalie ran into a dark tunnel and hid behind a large mound of gold. She could clearly watch Jack and Barbossa battle and Will struggle with the other dimwits in the cave. What she didn't know was that one of the pirate's was sneaking up behind her...

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Elizabeth had made it safely aboard the Black Pearl and stood on the deck, staring around curiously. There was no one there. Suddenly, Jack the monkey swooped down and screeched at her. She jumped slightly, but then glared daggers at him. The monkey went quiet and then found himself flying overboard. Elizabeth watched him fall, but then darted down the stairs in search of Jack's crew.

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Natalie peeked over the gold and watched Jack continue to fight. It was much more different in real life than watching it on a television screen. She abruptly felt a strange presence behind her. Natalie turned her head gradually, but hesitantly, to her right and screamed as a sharp pain shot through her entire body. She came face to face with a grimy pirate and looked down to see his sword plunged deep inside her right shoulder. She lifted her sword up his level and shoved it into his face, forcing him to back up. Natalie gripped her shoulder tightly and crawled in the opposite direction as fast as she could.

Jack began running down another hill inside the cave and forced Barbossa to run straight into a wall. As he kept running, he knocked over a table and yelled, "Sorry!" He made his way to an open area and Barbossa followed him as he continued to parry with Sparrow. "So what now, Jack Sparrow? Will it be it two immortals locked in an epic battle until Judgment Day and trumpets sound? Hmm?"

"Or you could surrender," Jack suggested before Barbossa hit him in the face and began to chase after him again. Jack ran quickly, his arms flying in all directions as Barbossa shouted and laughed, "Arr!"

Natalie crawled her way over to a pile of gold in the corner and propped herself up against a wooden chest. She released the hold on her arm and her eyes widened in shock at the blood she was losing rather quickly. She placed her hand back over the wound and cringed in pain, closing her eyes. "Why did I come here?" she asked herself. When her eyes opened again, she saw Will on the ground with a pirate towering over him. "I'm gonna teach you the meaning of pain," the pirate yelled.

"Do you like pain?" a feminine voice asked, "Try wearing a corset." It was Elizabeth. She smacked the pirate in the head with a heavy golden staff and turned it around to help Will to his feet. "Whose side is Jack on?" she asked as she saw Jack in his skeleton form.

"At the moment?" Will asked with a shrug. Elizabeth and Will then began fighting three pirates at once with the staff. Will smacked two of them in the face and Elizabeth began kicking them violently. One of them suddenly screamed in pain and looked down. He tried to move, but no avail. He and the two other pirates were strung together on the staff. Will then stuck a grenade inside the middle one and pushed them out of the moonlight. "No fair," one of them muttered before they exploded. Natalie laughed silently and then began to cough quietly. She reached a hand to her lips and realized that blood was forming in her mouth. She looked at her fingers and rubbed them together before her eyelids closed and she passed out.

The explosion had caught Jack's attention and he and Barbossa stared in the direction it had come from. They saw Will run up the pile of gold and stand next to the chest of Aztec Gold, but Elizabeth only made it to the stepping stones. Jack placed the gold he had taken into his palm and swiftly cut his palm before tossing the coin to Will, who caught it. Barbossa pointed his pistol at Elizabeth and aimed it. Her eyes widened in shock...

BANG!

Barbossa hadn't fired his gun. He turned his attention back to Jack and noticed that he had been the one to shoot. "Ten years you carry that pistol, and now you waste your shot."

"He didn't waste it!" Will shouted from atop the mound of gold. They all looked up there and saw Will holding a bloody knife and his other fist was closed. He abruptly opened it and two medallions fell into the chest. Barbossa dropped his sword and opened up his vest. A huge spot of blood poured from his heart and bled though his shirt. "I feel...cold..." he said as he collapsed onto the pile of gold and a vibrant green apple fell from his hand.

Jack tucked his pistol back under his sash and took a deep breath. "That was a fine battle, mates," he said as he smiled at Will and Elizabeth. They both nodded their heads and then looked around. "Where's Natalie?" Elizabeth asked. Jack suddenly flew into a panic. He glanced around frantically. "Help me find her, mates!" he yelled as he started at one side of the cave. Elizabeth searched one of the tunnels and Will looked along the walls, but there was no sign of Natalie anywhere.

Will suddenly pushed aside a chest and saw Natalie lying unconscious with her hand on her shoulder. "JACK...ELIZABETH!" he yelled. Both of his companions came running over to him as fast as they could. Elizabeth made it there first and gasped at what she saw as she covered her hand with her mouth. When Jack made his way over, he dropped to Natalie's side and took her hand off her shoulder to see blood flowing freely. He torn off his bandana and wrapped it around her shoulder, pressing hard on the wound. Natalie showed no reaction and her entire face had gone pale. "Natalie," he whispered, "Wake up."

"Jack, she's not-"

"I know she's not!" Jack snapped at Elizabeth as he touched Natalie's cheek. She was cooler than normal. He quickly hugged her closer to his body and rocked her back and forth. He laid her back on the ground and placed his rough hand over her heart. It was beating steadily, but it was very weak. "We have to get you back," he whispered as he lifted her lifeless body into his arms and handed her to Will, "Take her to the boat, lad." The blacksmith nodded and did as he was told. Elizabeth just turned around to face the Aztec Gold.

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Will strolled back into the caves and walked calmly up to Elizabeth. "Hey," he whispered with a smile. Elizabeth just stared back at him. They held each other's gaze for a moment until they heard a crash. They both looked down into another cavern and saw Jack looking through the treasure. "We should return to the Dauntless," Elizabeth whispered.

"Your fiancé will be wanting to know you're safe," Will replied with a gentle smile. Elizabeth gave him a somewhat teary-eyed look and turned on her heel, walking away quickly. Will watched her leave and his smile faded. The black smith suddenly heard metal jingling behind him. When he looked to his left, there was Jack Sparrow...with a crown on his head. Quite amusing though. "If you were waiting for the opportune moment...that was it," Jack said as he pointed to where Elizabeth had been standing, "Now, if you'll be so kind, I'd be much obliged if you'd drop me off my ship...and I'm taking Natalie with me."