And the winners are…: Athene Saile, PuNKyCoWGiRL (angels_ange89@yaho.com), dogspikelover11, Aeryn3, and Ladybug Jess. Thank you so much for submitting your questions!

These are the real answers to the questions by the way:

1. What kind of trinkets was in Jack's hair? (Coins, beads, dice, or silver cubes)

- If you have looked closely at Jack's hair in the scene on Tortuga, it would have been beads, look closely again at some different scenes like the one when they were suck on that island, and you would have seen dice. Weird eh?

2. Who was the third person to appear in the movie?

-It was…Lt. Norrington or plain Norrington if you want.

3. What were Jack's final words to Elizabeth in the end of the movie?

- "Oh and Elizabeth, it would have never have worked between us. I'm sorry" or somewhere in the lines of that.

4. How did Spike become corporeal again?

- Someone has sent him a mail package and with being incorporeal and all, Harmony opened it, and the package made a shiny flash then voila! Corporeal Spike all the way.

5. Where did Angel said Buffy was last?

- Somewhere in Europe

Love the reviews guys! Keep 'em comin'! Oh and yeah, note that there won't be a lot of Jack or Buffy or heck even the Black Pearl in this chapter since I wanted it to be kind of like a chapter based on Norrington's thoughts since I think many writers think of him as a pompous Brit but his character, if looked at closely, can be almost be one of those characters that I call 'two-faced'. Why I called it that, is still a mystery to me but I know that you and I must have encountered or read characters/ people that's kinda in the side of being snobbish or to even being 'punk-ish' but there's that reason or trait that kinda dulls that personality a bit, if you get my drift.

If you don't, just read on and send your thoughts and hopefully you'll understand later on what I am saying.

Chapter 10, Intervention of Thoughts

"Tis tha Dauntless, Captn'! Tis tha Dauntless!"

"The who-less?" Buffy asked them all, confused at what they were talking about. She suddenly felt left out of the conversation when Jack got that feral grin on his face.

"Get every abled body up tha deck, lad. Rouse up Gibbs an' tell him tah get' tha coordinates of tha Dauntless an' how fast it's goin'. This is a long awaited catch fer ol' Norrington. We wouldn't wanna disappoint them if we're goin' too fast now do we?" Jack ordered James with a mysterious grin.

"Aye, sir," James replied with a puzzled nod and ran out the room as fast as his legs can carry him. Ana Maria stood up from the bed, hands on her hips and face demanding to know his actions. Buffy was about to ask him what the 'Dauntless' was or who it is again when Ana Maria interrupted her.

"Wha' are ye plannin' tah do, Jack? Ye know as well as I do tha' tha' Norrington bloke hates every blood of a pirate with a bloody passion. Wha' tha hell do ye think he'll do whe' he gets his bloody hand on tha Black Pearl; tha 'last real threat to tha Caribbean'?" Ana Maria mockingly quoted him as she glared at him fiercely. She already can see the wheels in his head turning in a frightening speed and she wants to stop it if it gets a bit over board.

"He's not gonna do tha' Ana," he replied casually when he was getting out a new bottle of rum out from the cabinet Buffy stored before. Buffy looked from one pirate to the other, completely giving them irritated looks as they ignored her.

"An' wha' makes ye think tha'? The Dauntless has one o' tha best armory tha British Navy have! Yeh know tha' betta than any o' tha crew!"

"Lets say tha' I have a matter of leverage Norrington might want to know," with that, he swayed out of the room, leaving Ana Maria and Buffy angry at how cryptic the conversation was.

"Tha' Jack! He'll ge' us killed one day with tha' crazy head of his!" Ana Maria grumbled angrily under her breath. She shook her head and opened up the bottle that Jack drank from before and took a generous gulp and wiped her lips after she was done.

"Uh, Ann what was that all about?" Buffy asked her as Ana Maria stared at her as if she had suddenly grown two heads. "You know, about the part of me not knowing what you guys were talking about? Mind if you fill in the blanks for me?"

At the Dauntless…

Norrington snapped back his telescope and called Gillete to where he stood while he continued to look at the Black Pearl. "Gillete, what do you think about the speed the Black Pearl is going?" he handed his telescope to the newly promoted captain, who looked into the spyglass and couldn't believe what he saw.

"They've taken their sails down, sir! Tis a peculiar move, even for a pirate ship. They know as much as their hairs on their grimed back what the Royal Crown does to pirates," Gillete stated confusedly at the commodore. Norrington clucked his tongue at the sight of the Black Pearl and shook his head as he thought about what Jack is doing.

"So it would seem. I wonder what that Sparrow has in mind. Nevertheless, order the crew to raise up every sails we have to come onto full speed. Load the cannons with every available fire power this ship has," he looked at Gillete. "I wouldn't want the Pearl to miss its appointment with Davy Jones locker," Gillete nodded and turned to leave but was stopped by Norrington. "Oh and Gillete, make sure that the Black Pearl is in the bottom of the Caribbean during our capture of Captain Sparrow and his crew. We've played this 'catch-the-pirate' game for far too long. Is that understood?" With another final nod, Gillete went to carry out his orders. Norrington stared at the Pearl one last time before going back to his quarters to think over his plans of attack.

James Norrington sighed as he closed the wooden doors that led to his quarters and walked over to his desk with numerous maps all over it. He picked it up one by one, examining each and every parchment but found them not as interesting as before when they've seen that tiny black dot on the horizon, telling them that they're goal was nearer than ever. Norrington walked over to another table, filled with some strong drinks he seldom touched and took out a bottle of the strongest alcohol he could find and poured it into a short glass. He swirled the amber liquid while he thought over the past year.

They've been in hot pursuit of the Black Pearl. A year and they haven't as much seen a glimpse of this pirate ship, which of course infuriated the Royal Navy more and more. Sure they've heard about plunders and attacks on countless towns and ports made by the Pearl and its crew, but when they finally arrived at the scene, they were always left with the remains of the raid.

Frightened citizens, destroyed property, wounded soldiers, and angry politicians were the blended group that always greeted them. It angered the British crown at the attacks and the loss of precious material at each raid the Black Pearl has made. And when word reached to England what Norrington did to the infamous Captain Jack Sparrow's escape, it nearly doubled their anger. They would have kicked him out of the Navy if it wasn't for his past years of capturing the numerous pirates that they withheld their punishment. So they merely threatened to demote him but this threat was overruled by the Governor at Port Royal and several other governors. It was ironic at how it was Elizabeth Swann's father who saved him. No, make that Elizabeth Turner's father.

Norrington shook his head and took a sip from his glass when his thoughts turned to Elizabeth. His liking and admiration for her has dulled away but not completely. He still flinches inwardly when he meets the Turners at the market or at some party he's been invited in. Tension was still felt between him and Will, but Norrington refuses to make a big deal about it. William Turner is a fine lad, even Norrington knows it; admits it even. But the rejection from Elizabeth still makes some unwanted emotions to rise whenever he sees them. So James turned his attention to the one person who he thinks started all of this.

Jack Sparrow. His very name annoyed Norrington like no pirate has ever done before. The cockiness and touch of craziness in him was like a façade of a feint act to hide that of what even Norrington can't name. It was almost a mash of madness and brilliance that gets everyone every time when they fall for that mask of cockiness, and consequences are huge surprises if you fall for the act completely. One of many reasons why the British crown knows and thinks that this pirate has to be captured for everyone's safety and benefit.

Why Norrington has even let Sparrow and his crew get a day's head start away from Port Royal was still a mystery to even him. Back then, he thought he knew very well what he was getting everyone into, but now, the thoughts of his very own thoughts that day is a blur to him now. He knows that Sparrow was the reason for his loss with Elizabeth that day, but is he? Is Sparrow really the reason for all of this? No, as much as Norrington wants to deny it, it couldn't have been the crazy pirate who's the cause of all of this. He has seen that look of adoration on Elizabeth's face whenever she sees Will or even mention of the blacksmith's name, but Norrington's love for her pushed those thoughts aside, far back into his memories until something forces it to come out. And even then, Norrington knew this wasn't wise. Those thoughts would have left him in a heaving mess if it had stayed long enough there.

And even IF Elizabeth had chosen to marry him, she wouldn't have been happy. She might look like it, but he knows that her heart belonged to the blacksmith. Norrington didn't want to be the reason of Elizabeth's feint act of happiness, albeit she had chosen to agree to his proposal. Her agreement was an act of desperation to save Will's life, to save the one person she liked, possibly even love and Norrington didn't want that kind of union with her. He'd rather have her to be with Will than him having Elizabeth as a wife and being happy and not her. He did not want to be that selfish fool whose happiness comes first.

And as much as Norrington wanted to blame somebody for this unwanted feelings, he knows that it would be useless. To blame it on Will, will just show sign of jealousy and untruthfulness he doesn't want to admit even to himself. To blame it on Sparrow will just be of no use since he was just a lunatic brilliant fool who surprisingly enough, were one of the people who showed Elizabeth's true feelings. If it wasn't for Sparrow, Norrington would be the reason why Elizabeth would have been unhappy. But then again, if it wasn't for Sparrow coming into Port Royal nothing would have happened, or would it?

So, should he really catch the Black Pearl so once and for all, all of this would be finished? Would he himself even know when the ship was captured, he has done it for the right reasons? Was it for revenge on Jack's coming to Port Royal or was it because it was his duty to put pirates, privateers, and lingering buccaneers in jails and to the gallows because Norrington was under the British oath he has sworn long ago? To let the Black Pearl…*groan*

Norrington clutched his head as he felt it pound mercilessly after all of that thinking. He shook his head as if to free himself of the lingering thoughts of his musings. The thumping feet across the deck and the loud cries and shouts of orders of the sailors were signs that he needed to go back out there and get some order in the ship so they could catch their main goal; the capture of the Black Pearl.

The name of the pirate ship made Norrington's mind bring up the thoughts that he just had, making him again groan in frustration once more. He finally reached up to the conclusion that he would get the Black Pearl out of specific duty he was called for, and not for some petty revenge. It was simple, and it has placed some thoughts into perspective. Something he really needed right now.

With a glance on his small glass he has forgotten about, he drummed his fingers against it slightly until almost hesitantly, he drank down the hard liquor into one gulp, making him flinch slightly when the strong alcohol burned his throat. He placed down the glass onto his table and stood up with a resolved face, which he has practiced so much, placed on his face and he started to get out of his quarters.

As soon as he got out of his room, he could feel and see the tension amongst his crew as they grew nearer to the Pearl. Gillete saw him and walked towards the commodore immediately to shortly debrief his reports.

"Commodore, the Black Pearl is less than half a league away; we'll reach them in no time with this speed we're going. The men below have gathered all of our fire power for our attack and every sails are raised for full speed," Gillete informed him while pointing at the sight of the Pearl all the same.

"Good work, Captain."

"Oh and sir?"

"What is it?"

"What is our plan of attack? It is after all, the Black Pearl and undoubtedly, Sparrow and his crew have seen our ship already if they had lowered their sails," Gillete asked at the commodore. Norrington almost groaned when he forgot to do the one thing he went for his quarters to do; figure out a plan of attack. But he hid away the annoyance he felt and answered him after thinking over some things.

"If that Jack Sparrow has purposefully let down the Pearls sail in order for us to catch up, then we shall see what his reasons are and deal with them, but capture will still be our goal. And if he did not do it on purpose, then we'll hit them full force and capture them nonetheless. Is that understood?"

"Crystal clear sir."

There you have it folks, chapter 10. Picture me celebrating upon reaching the double digit chapters! WHOOHOO!! So, did you understand what I was saying, with the whole 'two-face' theory thing that I had up there? Yes, no, maybe so? Hopefully it did cause it too kinda gave me a headache when I think about it too darn much.

If you didn't' like this chapter, oh well then, but more Buffy and Jack and the rest of the crew on the next chapter! And that's a promise.

And before I forget, these are questions for the chapter:

1. What did Kendra called her favorite stake?

2. What did Buffy call her stuffed pig?

3. Who was Giles' character in the game at the scene of 'Chosen' when he, Andrew, Xander, and Amanda were playing a board game the night before the Apocalypse happened at the end of Season 7?

4. What did Jack basically mean when he said he knew how to counter the 'bad-luck' Gibbs said when he was woken up in Tortuga?

5. Why did Will throw that bucket of water at Gibbs when he was already awake?

Want to appreciate some reviewers here:

Aeryn3= I'm afraid you have to wait for the next chapter, cause not a lot of Buffy and Jack 'smart-assing' in this chapter. There will be in the next one...cause heheh, Buffy, Jack, and then Norrington….I'm gonna have some fun with the dialogue a bit. Hahahahahahahah*coughcouch* WATER….NEED WATER..! Happy Holidays anyways!

Catlimere= happy holidays to you too! Hopefully you'll get the DVD for Xmas unless you already know that you're getting it, then it'll be really neat. To have PotC in your very room and it's but a few minutes away from being seen and watched again and again in your own living room is almost surreal. But it is, in one point…I think. It WAS fun writing about Buffy cleaning all of that *ahem* "stuff" especially with her reaction. Ah, good times. I will make more conversations of Jack and Buffy, just not on this one though…heheh. Hopefully you'll like this too, and once again happy holidays!!!

dogspikelover11= don't worry! I did use your penname but it is ironic at how at times your name is the same name of a character on the movie. Thanks for participating in the trivia questions, and hope you answer these! Happy Holidays!

Ladybug Jess= *gasp!* You should have watched the movie first so you could have understood the movie better. Shame on you! But all's well that ends well right? Real happy that you find this as a great story. Like I said on the first chapter, Elizabeth and Will would just be mentioned a couple of times, but that's it. With any luck, I hope that I portrayed Norrington's character okay in this chapter cause I kinda wanted to stick with the personality of what the writers have shown in the movie. Hoping that I caught it, and happy holidays will be my final words to you!!!

manticore-gurl071134= I will try to keep up with work...and with the goodness...and with stuff. I'll mix them together and you'll get the next chapter! Happy holidays and review!

PuNKyCoWGiRL= its okay, see accusing-ness, not happening. Really happy you wanted to try out the trivia though, makes me feel more appreciated in a way…I think. Anyways, hopefully you'll answer these trivia questions and Happy Holidays!

Rood-Roosje= me too. I wanted to focus my attention into this fic, cause if I don't a whole lot of mess would be in my head than there is already. And with the green flicker…it could be poison but then again, it could be not. There are a lot of possibilities for you to guess, but I'm not saying anything yet until I get to that part of the story. Happy holidays anyways!

tygrus-2000= it would be interesting for those two to fight over Buffy, but I just can't seem to picture it in my head. It's a great idea, but I kinda want Norrington to be in the still wallowing part with the loss of Elizabeth. Sure I could think of a couple of reasons why Jack would want her to stay, but with Norrington, no thinking. Don't take it in the wrong way though! Happy Holidays!

And to others, Happy Holidays! And have a great weekend. (I'm such in a cheery mood today. Hope it's infectious!)