DISCLAIMER: Don't own anything POTC related: characters, props, lines, names none of it. I only own Jacoby, Hope, the children, the dragon's eye plus Draco and crew.

Chapter 11

Good and Evil

"So sorry to upset ye. No worries. Ye are like yer mother in every way down to yer beauty. I can see what Sparrow sees in ye. The only real thing ye have from I is blood which appears to be the burden that put ye in the place ye are right now."

"Yes. A burden which I will end now when I kill you." Hope said with anger in her voice. The crew had thought she would be devastated and upset but she wasn't. Draco laughed.

"Ye are full of surprises, lass. I figured ye to be upset."

"The only thing to be upset about is that the life I have lived since the day I was born has been a lie. Right now closure and revenge are my two main goals." Jack couldn't believe he was hearing this. She was a whole different person right now.

"Ye are already acting like a pirate. Revenge is a favorite." Hope glared at him before turning to Jack, grabbing his sword from his hand and placing it at Draco's throat." Draco flinched a little. "Ye think this wise, lass. Crossing swords with a pirate?"

"You've made it quite clear that I am a pirate as well. So your statement holds no sense." Draco raised his sword as well, crossing it with hers.

"Then let us proceed."

"First, rules of engagement. Neither crew is to help in any way. If I lose the Black Pearl and all it's occupants are to be set free."

"Ye draw a fine line Miss Sparrow, but very well, agreed. They will be set free."

"When I say set free I mean they are to be allowed to sail away on their ship, to be bothered naught by you again. Jack made the mistake of not clarifying that when Captain Barbossa marooned of us on an island."

"And the benefits for me and my crew?"

"Whatever you wish. Being a pirate you are convinced you'll defeat me. In which case you'll do what you want. At least this way my family and friends go free."

"And what be stoppin' me from breaking this little agreement if ye be dead?"

"You may be a black hearted pirate but you thrive on the word honor. Hate it when others impugn it. You'll keep to it."

"Very well. I give me word. They will go free on their little ship and be bothered naught by us no longer." Hope starred at him and knew he was lying.

"You lie." Hope said as swung her sword which Draco blocked. They continued blocking the others thrusts almost rhythmically and fluidly.

"I must say ye have skill with the blade." Draco swung at her head. Hope ducked and rolled around and behind him. As he turned she swung her sword and they stood with their faces only inches from the other, with their swords crossed.

"I had good teachers." Hope pushed him away. He lost his balance as Hope found a hole and swung at him cutting his left hand off. Grabbing his arm h glared at her. Jack smiled, while the others were a little disgusted.

"Aw. Pity." Hope said.

"Ye be payin' for that, missy," Draco said beore he swung at her in anger slashing her other shoulder. The momentum twisted her around to the point that her back was to Draco. Seeing an opportunity he came behind her and snapped her neck. Her body fell to the deck motionless.

"No! Draco you bloody filthy rat!" Jack yelled at him.

"Easy there, Sparrow. No need for name callin. The lass be perfectly fine," Draco said grinning.

"Bloody hell! Draco! Was that really necessary?" Hope's voice came from the deck. His grin was soon erased and his face took on confusion as did everyone else's. Hope lifted her body up onto her knees and then stood. Her neck was contorted in an inhuman manner. When she turned to Draco and the others she grabbed her head and twisted it back into place then rolled her neck to loosen the muscles before she glared at Draco and sighed. "We'll be at this all day!" She said before Draco smiled.

"Shall we?" Draco said as he lunged at her as they continued sparring against the other. In the fight Draco had forced Hope to the railing. Defending his last thrust she managed to kick him away again. She quickly looked to the other side of the ship and ran past Draco, over to a series of ropes and jumping onto the railing. As he attempted to lunge at her Hope cut the rope and swung to the forward part of the ship. Draco growled and ran to that side of the ship. Once he got there she swung back to the side she had come from.

"I can play this cat and mouse game all day long. You're getting old, Draco. Old and useless!" Draco screamed out and went back, cutting the rope in passing. But Hope countered and cut another rope swinging to the forward part again and climbing up onto the footropes. Everyone chuckled a little.

"That is a wonderful trick. Ye just be delaying the inevitable, lass! No sense in breaking the rules."

"Well, if that be the case. Then that's not much incentive for me to follow the rules than is it?" Hope yelled as she swung down and knocked Draco overboard. They all went to the side and saw him treading water. Hope swung back and landed on the railing. "We can keep playing these games, father. I have all day." Hope said putting distain on the word 'father.'

"Not bad for a woman, aye Draco?" Jack asked grinning. Draco snarled and grabbed onto a rope on the side of the ship and pulled himself up. When he climbed over the railing Hope stood before him, sword at the ready. The look on her face was serious.

"We end this." Draco yelled as they began their battle once again. They hopped on and off barrels, swung on ropes, at least Hope did. They climbed the stairs, climbed on the footropes, and even jumped from ship to ship. Each was bruised and cut, but neither showed any signs of fatigue. They bantered at each other as they fought, Hope was winning that part. She had the advantage at the moment after she knocked him off his feet again and into a few barrels. He looked at her and sighed.

"So what now, daughter? We to be two immortals locked in this epic battle for all eternity? Hmm." Draco said cocking his head towards her.

"Or you could surrender" Jack smiled and laughed remembering the time he spoke those same words. As the battle continued Hope had the upper hand, being younger and more agile. Draco was lucky in one attempt when he knocked her sword out of her hand. Placing his sword at her throat he grinned.

"It appears ye have no weapon,"

"Good observation." Draco swung at her several times in no particular pattern as Hope avoided the swings. On his last attempt she ran across the deck and grabbed her sword.

"You were close, father." Hope swung at him and he blocked, swinging back at her. This time when she avoided the swing he tripped her. She fell to the deck hard, hitting her head in the process.

"You're going to have to do better than this if you are to defeat me." Hope propped herself up on her elbows.

"I thought I already was," Hope said as she quickly rolled around him several times as he swung at her. She rolled left, then right, right, left, and so forth. When she saw he was disoriented she took her sword and decapitated him. The head rolled to the other side of the deck and his necklace flew a few feet from the body. Hope smiled and a few others grimaced but the smile was soon erased when the body still stood and moved. It took a few swings at her before searching for the head. A member of his crew helped and handed him the head. Taking the head, he twisted and turned it. After it was done Draco cracked his neck in several places then glared at Hope. Hope looked appalled but then her face turned into disapproval.

"You have got to be kidding!"

"Welcome to an immortal's life," Draco said as their swords hit against each other. Pulling back they edged closer to the captain's cabin

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The Turner's watched from the cabin as Hope battled with the pirate while the others watched. They had seen everything, including the decapitation.

"Hope, doesn't really believe she can beat a pirate can she?" Elizabeth asked.

"I don't know, Elizabeth. I wish I knew what was going on, and why no one is helping." Will said as he looked at Katie and James. James was comforting the girl and trying to keep her away from the windows like his parents told him to do.

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As they drew apart once more Draco spoke.

"I've had enough of this game!" Draco swung at her with more power and thrust which caught Hope off guard and she toppled to the deck again. She stared at him in surprise. "Ye didn't think defeating me would be this easy did ye?" He slashed at her legs and stood back.

"Actually I knew you wouldn't make it easy." Hope said as she swung her legs out from under her and he fell to the deck. In a second she was standing over him with her sword at his throat. "I wasn't playing to my full skill either." Draco rolled from under her sword and the battle began once again. Jacoby watched the battle and put the pieces together. He softly spoke to no one in particular.

"Clashing swords isn't going to solve the battle. If she is to defeat him she must mix her blood with the shards of the dragon's eye." Jack had been listening and turned towards him.

"What?"

"It's the prophecy. As both lie near an immortal's death only the mixing of blood from the keeper of the heart and the crushed shards of the eye of the dragon can break the spell." Jacoby informed Jack. Jack looked over towards the captain's cabin and remembered the necklace had flown over there when Hope had cut Draco's head off.

The battle was ongoing. There was not one part of their bodies that wasn't slashed. They were both starting to grow weak from energy loss. They both drew back with their swords hanging. Hope felt like she could collapse as she starred at Draco.

"Tired are we?" Draco said as he raised his sword again.

"You look tired yourself." Hope said raising hers. Beginning once more, they eventually stood face to face again with their swords crossed above their heads and their face inches apart. Draco grinned with a full mouth of rotting teeth before he pulled a dagger from his belt and thrust it into her stomach and stepped back. Hope was surprised. At first she would have thought nothing of it but she was on the brink of exhaustion. She collapsed to the deck with the sword still in her stomach.

"Hope!" Jack called out to her. Hope looked at him.

"I'm sorry." She fell back against some barrels outside the captain's cabin. Draco laughed.

"Now to finish this!"

"And how do you suggest that will happen. I'm immortal remember?"

"Yes but ye see I can kill ye by crushing yer precious stone and draining ye." Hope's eyes widened. Draco raised his sword. Hope starred at him not showing any fear, as if accepting what was to become of her. As he brought his sword down the cabin door opened and Will stepped out throwing his sword and knocking Draco's out of his hand.

"You will not harm her anymore." Will said as he walked closer. Draco smiled.

"Young William Turner. I knew ye was on board."

"Will, what the hell are you doing?"

"Saving you." Will turned to Draco. "Let her go. I'm the one you want." Draco stood still and silent.

"Afraid I can't do that." Will just looked at him. "Ye want to tell him or shall I?" Draco asked. Hope glared at him.

"Will." Will kneeled beside her. "You know that story Jacoby was telling us?"

"I do."

"I'm the keeper of the heart, the descendent of Edward. Draco is the keeper of the eye, the descendent of the rogue brother."

"I don't understand."

"The prophecy has come true. Draco and I are immortal." Will looked over at Jack.

"I'm afraid it's true, mate. This battle is between Hope and Draco." Will stood.

"That might have been true up till now," Will said as he poised his sword at Draco's throat.

"Ye be a fool Turner. I can't die but ye can."

"If that is the case then if you kill me your revenge will be complete."

"Ye have a point," Draco said as he picked up his sword and looked at Hope.

"I be dealin' with ye after the whelp!" Draco warned before he raised his sword to meet Will's as they battled against each other. Jacoby and Jack attempted to run to Hope but were stopped by some of Draco's crew.

"No interference or we be killin' ye two filthy rats." Hope reached down to pull the dagger out, but due to how tired and weak she was, she couldn't. She placed her head back against the barrels and glanced to the corner next to her and saw something gleaming. She reached over and picked it up.

"The Dragon's Eye." Hope looked at Jacoby and he nodded. A voice echoed in her head.

The heart of the dragon and the eye of the dragon is a myth passed down through the ages. When the eye of the dragon sheds the blood of the heart of the dragon a spell will be cast, thus beginning an epic battle between the two immortals. One evil, one good. As both lie near an immortal's death only the mixing of blood from the keeper of the heart and the crushed shards of the eye of the dragon can break the spell. The evil is sent into the depths of hell and the good remains at the gates of judgment.

Hope stared at the necklace but was pulled from her thoughts when she heard someone cry out. When she looked up she saw Will on the ground in pain and where Draco had slashed his chest. Hope glanced to her right and saw the sword Draco had kicked away from her before she became immortal. Reaching over she grabbed it and held it in front of her. Jack was watching this.

"What does she plan to do with that?"

"Break the spell." Jacoby said.

"What?"

"Only the mixing of blood from the keeper of the heart and the crushed shards of the eye of the dragon can break the spell."

"What what?"

"Just watch." Hope held the stone in her hand, took the sword, and slit her hand. She quickly formed a fist and covered the stone with her blood. She looked at the sword again before slowly standing and looking over at Draco and Will. Draco's back was towards her.

"Now ye die Turner!" Just as Draco was about to bring his sword down Hope hurled her own sword at him. Draco's eyes went wide as he looked down and saw the end of the sword sticking from his chest. When he turned around Hope stood before him her fist clenched.

"What's in yer head, lass! I can't die!"

"That's where you're wrong." Hope opened her fist and the dragon's eye fall to the deck. Before Draco could react she brought her foot down upon it and crushed the stone into shards.

"No!" Draco whispered as he looked down and saw blood pouring from his wounds as well as where the sword was still lodged. He looked at Hope in despair before he fell to the deck dead. Hope gave a relieved sigh before looking at her own wounds and where the dagger was, as they also began to bleed. She felt pain and overpowering weakness come over her. She looked at the others before she too collapsed to the deck. Jack, Will, and the others ran over to Hope. When Jack reached her he thought she was already dead. He turned her over and pulled the dagger from her stomach. When she didn't react he cradled her body to his.

"Hope? Hope. Wake up, love." Jack said shaking her. Hope slowly opened her eyes and stared at Jack.

"I love you."

"Hope. Don't leave me, please." Jack pleaded with her. He could tell she was in pain.

"The blood… of the pure… and the tears… of evil… unto the heart of the dragon… True love returns life." Hope whispered before her body went limp.

"Hope! No! Wake up! Come on, love. You have to wake up." She still didn't move.

"Mary, mother of god. She's dead." Gibbs said as Jacoby leaned down to her and checked her pulse and sighed when he felt it.

"She's still alive. But she's on the boundaries of life and death."

"Boundaries?" Gibbs asked.

"Like the prophecy said the evil is sent into hell and the good waits at the gates. Her subconscious is at the gates. It's her choice whether she lives or dies now." Jack looked at them before pulling her closer to him and rocking back and forth.

"I just hope she chooses life." Jacoby spoke to himself softly.

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