Pirates of the Caribbean 2: The Return of the Aztec Gold

Notes: YAY! We made it to Chapter six. Good for us. Well Anna iand Paul are still mine and the POTC characters are still not mine. Poopie.

Chapter Six: Anna's Story

Night fell almost suddenly and Will built a fire by the cave they had all met at. Jack and Anna had returned after talking for hours on end about absolutely nothing and they were now sitting across from each other at the fire. Jack had his eyes on Will and Elizabeth. He wouldn't let them make accusations at Anna anymore. With loaves of bread in hand, everyone, except Anna, ate the stale bread that was left in the old sack. Anna held a loaf in her lap, though, just so no one would say anything.

"Aren't you going to eat it?" Elizabeth asked. Anna knew, if anyone, Elizabeth would be the first to ask.

"It's a little stale." Anna said.

"Its not if you put the rum on it." Elizabeth replied.

"Oh. Alright." Anna replied. She picked up a bottle of rum off of the ground and poured a bit onto the bread. She tore a piece off of it and put it in her mouth. She chewed slowly and then swallowed. Elizabeth refrained from staring at her after that and turned around to face the cliff.

"The moon will be out soon." She said.

"I know what you're doing, lassy. So stop it!" Jack said.

"Over my dead body." Elizabeth said.

"Would you like that over the rocks, sword across your throat, or maybe I should get you a corset..." Jack replied. Elizabeth hit his arm with her loaf of bread and stood up to walk into the cave. Anna followed her, leaving her rum and bread behind.

"Why are you all of a sudden against me, Elizabeth?" Anna asked.

"It's Miss Swann...and just come out an admit it. You have piece of Aztec gold, don't you?" Elizabeth said.

"Elizabeth I..." Anna tried to say. Elizabeth took her by the neck and reached inside the bosom of Anna's dress and retrieved the piece of gold.

"I knew it! How did you get it? You stole it didn't you?" Elizabeth yelled.

"I didn't! I've had for as long as I can remember!" Anna cried.

"Don't lie! You're cursed, aren't you? Because you stole to gold from the chest!" Elizabeth said.

"I didn't know what it was! So yes I took it! But I'd give it back any day! I just want to feel again!" Anna said, tears streaming down her face. Elizabeth threw the medallion onto the ground and let go of Anna's neck.

"That gold changed everything three years ago. Isn't it funny how something so horrible can make some things good? But it still causes horrible things." Elizabeth said. "If not for this gold I would have never met Jack or gotten closer to Will or anything like that. I probably would have married the Commodore and never would have loved him..." Elizabeth said.

"So the gold did something good for you. Its only done bad to me." Anna said.

"No it hasn't. You have Jack...and you knew Paul." Elizabeth replied.

"But not because of the medallion." Anna said.

"Then how? How did you get to Jack Sparrow?" Elizabeth asked.

"Sit down." Anna said. Elizabeth took a place on a rock and wrapped her robe around her tightly.

"When I was three years old, my father was killed by pirates. Jack to be exact. Then he took my mother and I on board the Black Pearl and held us hostage for three days. Then one night, Barbossa got into an argument with my mother and he hit me. My mother was frightened so she attacked Barbossa. Then Jack came down and told some of the other pirates to bring her up top. He marooned her on an island in the middle of nowhere with a canteen of fresh water, a bottle of rum, and some bread. As for me, Jack left me in Tortuga in an orphanage. I never saw my mother again. When I was six, a woman adopted me and took me sailing. Her husband was a merchant sailor and when I was thirteen we found the treasure cave. I was curious as to what was in the box and when I found out I decided to take some. But my new mother told me to put it back. So I did. I suppose somehow one piece got left in my bag. As my new parents were leaving, I got my dress caught in the lid of the chest. I couldn't get free. So they left me there. Pirates were coming. I finally got free but they were gone. I hid from the pirates. But they found me. The next thing I remember was floating on a piece of driftwood, miles away from where I had started. I could hear a ship and I heard singing...it was the song you taught Jack...the whole crew was singing it! They took me on board and the first voice I heard was Jack. He whispered the same thing to me as he did when I was three..." Anna explained, stopping to breathe.

"What did he tell you?" Elizabeth asked.

"Anymore rum left?" A voice from behind said. It was Jack.

"You know, you're developing a strange habit of sneaking up on people in the middle of conversations." Anna said.

"Oh, does that bother you?" Jack replied, stepping over Elizabeth's feet to get to the rum.

"Of course it does. It's rude." Anna said. Jack turned and gave her a look.

"Pirate." He said.

"Yes, that seems to be the whole problem." Anna replied. Jack walked out of the cave with the rum and Elizabeth moved closer to Anna.

"Let's just keep the medallion between the two of us, alright?" Elizabeth said.

"That's fine with me." Anna replied.

Anna and Elizabeth returned outside to join Will and Jack.

"Have you settled your differences?" Will asked, curiously.

"We have." Elizabeth replied, smiling at Anna.