The cave became larger as they walked on. Soon they came to another room. It wasn't as large as the cave that had the crystals in it, but is was close. Jack lead the way through a tunnel. It became colder as they walked on. The one room suddenly split into many caves.
"This way." Jack said leading the others on. Riley was about to follow them, but the cave to her left caught her eye.
"A light?" she said looking to see if the others had noticed she was still standing there. No one seemed to even know she was there, so she walked into the cave. It was dark, so she took a candle out of the bag at her side, and lit it. She walked ahead to find out what the light was that she saw.
She walked on. There was nothing there. She knew she had seen a light. She knew it! Just where did it go? Riley kept on walking. The cave had many twists and turns to it. The sides of it stuck out in some spots, and the floor of it was rough.
Just when she thought that there was truly nothing there, there it was, the light. Riley walked faster. Soon, the light became brighter.
"Just up the next turn." she said exited. What she found, she would never had imagined in a lifetime.
"A glowing rock?" she said confused. As she reached out to grab it a harsh wind came up.
"Who are you?" a voice rang out.
Riley said nothing. She was too afraid to move.
"Who are you?" the voice repeated.
"R-R-Riley. I'm a cabin boy, uh, girl, on the Black Pearl captained by Jack Sparrow." she answered.
"Ah, Sparrow. That's a name I've not heard in a long time." the voice said.
Riley stood up. "Tell me now, who are you?"
There was a silence. Riley stood waiting for the answer.
"My name is Draco. I am guardian of the seeing stone that sits infront of you." the voice answered.
"Draco, what does the rock do?" Riley asked, her eyes still on the rock. "Why are you here to guard it? And how do you know Jack's name?"
There was a moment of silence, and then what seemed to be a sigh.
"Up this way lads. I think we're almost there." Jack called back to his crew. "There's a light up ahead."
Jack was almost running when he got into the light. The others caught up to him. There, infront of them was the largest treasure anyone could ever imagine. Jewels, gold, silver, and diamonds lay before them.
"Get as much as you can carry lads!" Jack yelled to them.
Jack, along with his crew, started grabbing all the gold they could carry and stuffing it in their pockets, and bags.. Some looked as if they would fall over they were carrying so much gold. Will looked around to see the pirates filling their pockets with gold. Then, he noticed.
"Where's the girl?" he turned around and asked Jack.
Jack looked up from stuffing jewels in his pocket. "Girl? She was right behind Gibbs there." he answered, then yelled to Gibbs. "Where's the girl?"
Gibbs looked up. "Right...." he was cut off. The girl who he thought was right behind him was missing.
Jack's face turned white as a ships sails. "We must find her! Everyone listen up! That half go down that tunnel! You people, go down that tunnel! The rest of you, follow me! We must find that girl!" Jack said taking lead. They all split up to look for Riley.
"Long ago a great wizard made a stone for a very powerful king. It was no ordinary stone, mind you, it was a seeing stone. One that had many great powers in it. The stone you see infront of you." Draco said pointing to the stone.
"But, what's a seeing stone?" Riley asked never taking her eyes off the stone.
"You'll find out, if you'd quit interrupting." Draco said. "Now, where was I. Oh, yes. The king was very impressed by the stone, but had no idea of the power it held. Neither did the wizard that made it. Just as the stone held powers of good, it held evil powers as well. Ones that should never be messed with.
In the years to come, the king started finding out what the stone could really do. First, the good, then the bad. He liked the feeling of power so much, that he used the stone to control the kingdom which he ruled. The wizard that made the stone tried to stop him by finding the bravest knight he could. This night was known throughout the land. When the wizard found him, he told the knight of his mission, and gave him a special present. The Sword of Calcox. t could never be broken, and was sharp enough to cut a person through easy.
The knight succeeded in his mission, and returned the stone to the wizard. But, the wizard had another mission for him. To hid the stone and the sword someplace where it would be safe. Forever. He was also to draw a map of where he hid the stone and sword, and give it to the wizard when he returned. Again, the knight succeeded. This time, though, when he returned the wizard had been killed. The king had found out that the stone was missing, and that the wizard had something to do with it. The knight took the map and hid it someplace." Draco explained.
Riley looked up from the stone. "You mean this little thing caused all that trouble?"
"Yes," Draco said in a sad voice. Riley wished she could see who or whatever she was talking to, but knew that it would never be done. Draco continued his story.
"The knight eventually married and had a child, but he had to leave, and his daughter grew up not knowing him. He had been killed when the kings soldiers had sound him. By the time the daughter had meet a man and had her own child, the king was old. When the king finally found her, he sent his soldiers after her, to get the map. Her father had given it to her to pass on to her children. This way the king would never get it."
"What happened to her?" Riley asked after a few minutes of silence.
Draco took what sounded like a deep breath.
"She tried to escape, but the soldiers caught her first. She hid the child in the tall grass, and was killed when she wouldn't tell where the child was. She had given the map to the child. The next morning a man found her, and treated her as his own. Until he was killed. Then, from what is known, she fell into the hands of a pirate. That's all we know now."
Riley looked up. Her face was white. "You mean to say to this day you know what is happening to this child?"
Nothing was said for a few minutes. "Yes. We know every big thing that happens to this child. Anything that gives off great feelings."
Riley was confused. "What do you mean 'great feelings'?"
Draco's voice spoke up. "Anything that happens big in this girl's life tells up what is happening."
Riley looked at the stone wondering. "Can this stone tell you the past?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Draco asked.
"I mean, can it tell you who your parent's were if you don't know?" Riley asked.
"I suppose so." Draco said after a moment. "Now then, you have found the stone. Now, you must find the sword."
"Not until I know what happened to the king." Riley protested.
Draco started getting annoyed. He had been there for almost a century. "He died the night of the attack. Another kingdom attacked the next day and took over. Now, nothing is left."
"That's what happened?!" Riley said surprised. She rolled her eyed and picked up the stone and put it in her side bag. "Maybe the sword will be more exiting than this story." she said, and walked out of the room.
Jack and his group of pirates were searching the caves, calling out Riley's name. They had no idea where to find her, because the cave was filled with so many caverns. As they walked down the narrow passageways, they kept a sharp eye out for Riley. Jack kept calling out her name an listening for her to answer. He soon started to lose hope that they would find her. Although they got no answer in return, Jack and the others kept on calling out her name.
"Who are you?" a voice asked as Riley walked into a cavern to the right of the one that she had found the seeing stone in.
"I am Damon. Protector of the Sword of Calcux." a man answered, walking out of nowhere.
Riley was surprised at the sight of him. When she finally got her voice back she asked him another question. "Who sent you to guard the sword?" she asked.
"A great wizard sent me here after a mission. I was to protect the sword if he died. I left my family for this. By now their probably dead." he said, looking a little sad.
Riley must have looked confused. She looked up at him. "So, you're the knight?"
"Yes." he answered looking like he had when she first saw him.
She was going to say something, but was cut off by a different voice. One that she knew.
"Riley.....Riley? Where are you? Riley?"
"Jack! In here!" Riley yelled to him. She turned back twards Damon. :I have to go. Nice talking to you."
But, before she could get out the cavern, she was blocked off by Damon's own sword.
"No one leaves, unless they defeat me." he said. Riley looked up at him, trying to decide what to do next. Before she could even think of something, though, Damon's sword came at her. She rushed and picked up the Sword of Calcux, and used it to block his blow. Now, Riley knew she had to fight for her life, and the lives of Jack and his crew.
Jack kept calling out her name. Never wanting to give up. He had given his word to watch out for the girl, and he hadn't really done it, not now anyways. He kept calling out her name. "Riley....Riley? Riley, can you hear me?" he kept on calling out her name. Then, a faint sound could be heard. Jack and his party listened.
"Jack....over here. I'm over here!" he could hear Riley yelling.
"This way." he said, motioning to the pirates that followed him. They all ran the was of the voice. Then, a new sound could be heard also. The sounds of metal hitting rock. Jack listened for a moment.
"Swords? This way. Hurry." he yelled back at his crew. They all hurried as fast as they could to keep pace with him.
The battle between the two raged on. Sparks were flying everywhere from where the swords would strike a rock. The heavy breathing of the two could be heard, but they seemed to ignore it. Both too concentrated on the fight to hear any other sounds.
Finally Riley's chance came. Damon went in for a strike, but Riley blocked him, and spun her sword, knocking his out of his grasp. He fell to the ground.
"I am defeated. You may leave." he said. He held up his hands to show that he had given up. Riley took the sword, and the rest of her possessions that she had lied down before fighting. She turned back to get one last glance at Damon, but he was gone. Just as she turned to walk out, she heard a voice.
"Ask the stone you questions, my gal, and it will tell you the answers." Riley knew it was Damon's voice that had said that. She stood in the room for a few more minutes, then opened her side bag to get out the seeing stone. She took it out of the bag and took a deep breath.
"Who is Damon?" she asked the stone. The stone glimmered to life, and showed a picture, as well as told her the answer.
"Damon Ghale. Married to Jane Mullins. One child. A daughter named Daniella. Died in soldier attack. Married to Jack Sparrow. Mother's tragic accident of death happened when..." the stone continued on about what Draco had said, and more strangely, the dream that always repeated itself. Then it hit her. "Married to Jack Sparrow."
She turned back to the stone. "One child. A daughter named Riley Sparrow." the stone's face went dark, and returned back to normal. She stared blankly into it for some time. One thing kept repeating itself. "A daughter named Riley Sparrow." She fell to her knees in disbelief. She was the daughter of Jack Sparrow. The man who was intrusted to look after her now. Her own father, and she hadn't even known it.
"Now you know. Jack Sparrow is your father. You were the one the soldiers were looking for the night your mother died. She gave her life to save yours. You have stayed to the light."Damon said walking up.
"Stay to the light. My mother always said that. It was her last words to me." Riley said looking at him.
"Your mother was brave. You have made her proud. Now, you must find a way to destroy that map so that no one will ever find it. Ever." he said.
Riley shook her head. She knew what she had to do. She pulled out her candle, and lit the map on fire. It was soon gone, and Riley was on her way out.
"Thanks. For everything." she said turning back to him for the last time.
"Remember, always stay to the light!" Damon yelled after her.
Riley ran to catch up to Jack. She practically ran him over when she went around a corner and hit him head on.
"Jack!" she said hugging him when they stood up.
Jack looked at her. "Your safe." he said. Then he realized he was acting like a father and not a captain, so he stood up. "Move out. Everyone back to the ship. Show's over." he said pushing everyone back to the ship.
Once they were underway, and Jack was in his quarters, Riley finally decided it was time to show Jack the stone, and tell him who she really was. She knocked on the door to the cabin, and walked in slowly and quietly when Jack told her to enter. She stood infront of him for a moment.
"What is it?" Jack asked confused at the look on her face.
Riley reached into her side bag. "Here. Look at this. Ask it about your child."
Jack shot her a look. "How did you find out about that?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter. Just ask it about her." Riley told him again.
Reluctantly he took the stone. He stared at it then asked his question.
"Where is the child of Jack Sparrow?" he asked as if he were another person.
The stone glimmered to life. Again it had a picture and an explanation.
"Jack Sparrow. One child. A daughter. Now lives with father. Name, Riley Sparrow." the stone said and went black again.
Jack, as Riley did earlier, starred at the stone in disbelief. "You?" he finally asked when he had the voice.
"Yes."
"How?"
"Don't know. That's what the seeing stone told me." Riley said with a shrug.
Jack looked at her. Now he saw it. The eyes, face, attitude. He could now see that she was his daughter.
"How will I explain this one?" he asked.
Riley stood up and went over to him. "We'll think of something.
"This way." Jack said leading the others on. Riley was about to follow them, but the cave to her left caught her eye.
"A light?" she said looking to see if the others had noticed she was still standing there. No one seemed to even know she was there, so she walked into the cave. It was dark, so she took a candle out of the bag at her side, and lit it. She walked ahead to find out what the light was that she saw.
She walked on. There was nothing there. She knew she had seen a light. She knew it! Just where did it go? Riley kept on walking. The cave had many twists and turns to it. The sides of it stuck out in some spots, and the floor of it was rough.
Just when she thought that there was truly nothing there, there it was, the light. Riley walked faster. Soon, the light became brighter.
"Just up the next turn." she said exited. What she found, she would never had imagined in a lifetime.
"A glowing rock?" she said confused. As she reached out to grab it a harsh wind came up.
"Who are you?" a voice rang out.
Riley said nothing. She was too afraid to move.
"Who are you?" the voice repeated.
"R-R-Riley. I'm a cabin boy, uh, girl, on the Black Pearl captained by Jack Sparrow." she answered.
"Ah, Sparrow. That's a name I've not heard in a long time." the voice said.
Riley stood up. "Tell me now, who are you?"
There was a silence. Riley stood waiting for the answer.
"My name is Draco. I am guardian of the seeing stone that sits infront of you." the voice answered.
"Draco, what does the rock do?" Riley asked, her eyes still on the rock. "Why are you here to guard it? And how do you know Jack's name?"
There was a moment of silence, and then what seemed to be a sigh.
"Up this way lads. I think we're almost there." Jack called back to his crew. "There's a light up ahead."
Jack was almost running when he got into the light. The others caught up to him. There, infront of them was the largest treasure anyone could ever imagine. Jewels, gold, silver, and diamonds lay before them.
"Get as much as you can carry lads!" Jack yelled to them.
Jack, along with his crew, started grabbing all the gold they could carry and stuffing it in their pockets, and bags.. Some looked as if they would fall over they were carrying so much gold. Will looked around to see the pirates filling their pockets with gold. Then, he noticed.
"Where's the girl?" he turned around and asked Jack.
Jack looked up from stuffing jewels in his pocket. "Girl? She was right behind Gibbs there." he answered, then yelled to Gibbs. "Where's the girl?"
Gibbs looked up. "Right...." he was cut off. The girl who he thought was right behind him was missing.
Jack's face turned white as a ships sails. "We must find her! Everyone listen up! That half go down that tunnel! You people, go down that tunnel! The rest of you, follow me! We must find that girl!" Jack said taking lead. They all split up to look for Riley.
"Long ago a great wizard made a stone for a very powerful king. It was no ordinary stone, mind you, it was a seeing stone. One that had many great powers in it. The stone you see infront of you." Draco said pointing to the stone.
"But, what's a seeing stone?" Riley asked never taking her eyes off the stone.
"You'll find out, if you'd quit interrupting." Draco said. "Now, where was I. Oh, yes. The king was very impressed by the stone, but had no idea of the power it held. Neither did the wizard that made it. Just as the stone held powers of good, it held evil powers as well. Ones that should never be messed with.
In the years to come, the king started finding out what the stone could really do. First, the good, then the bad. He liked the feeling of power so much, that he used the stone to control the kingdom which he ruled. The wizard that made the stone tried to stop him by finding the bravest knight he could. This night was known throughout the land. When the wizard found him, he told the knight of his mission, and gave him a special present. The Sword of Calcox. t could never be broken, and was sharp enough to cut a person through easy.
The knight succeeded in his mission, and returned the stone to the wizard. But, the wizard had another mission for him. To hid the stone and the sword someplace where it would be safe. Forever. He was also to draw a map of where he hid the stone and sword, and give it to the wizard when he returned. Again, the knight succeeded. This time, though, when he returned the wizard had been killed. The king had found out that the stone was missing, and that the wizard had something to do with it. The knight took the map and hid it someplace." Draco explained.
Riley looked up from the stone. "You mean this little thing caused all that trouble?"
"Yes," Draco said in a sad voice. Riley wished she could see who or whatever she was talking to, but knew that it would never be done. Draco continued his story.
"The knight eventually married and had a child, but he had to leave, and his daughter grew up not knowing him. He had been killed when the kings soldiers had sound him. By the time the daughter had meet a man and had her own child, the king was old. When the king finally found her, he sent his soldiers after her, to get the map. Her father had given it to her to pass on to her children. This way the king would never get it."
"What happened to her?" Riley asked after a few minutes of silence.
Draco took what sounded like a deep breath.
"She tried to escape, but the soldiers caught her first. She hid the child in the tall grass, and was killed when she wouldn't tell where the child was. She had given the map to the child. The next morning a man found her, and treated her as his own. Until he was killed. Then, from what is known, she fell into the hands of a pirate. That's all we know now."
Riley looked up. Her face was white. "You mean to say to this day you know what is happening to this child?"
Nothing was said for a few minutes. "Yes. We know every big thing that happens to this child. Anything that gives off great feelings."
Riley was confused. "What do you mean 'great feelings'?"
Draco's voice spoke up. "Anything that happens big in this girl's life tells up what is happening."
Riley looked at the stone wondering. "Can this stone tell you the past?" she asked.
"What do you mean?" Draco asked.
"I mean, can it tell you who your parent's were if you don't know?" Riley asked.
"I suppose so." Draco said after a moment. "Now then, you have found the stone. Now, you must find the sword."
"Not until I know what happened to the king." Riley protested.
Draco started getting annoyed. He had been there for almost a century. "He died the night of the attack. Another kingdom attacked the next day and took over. Now, nothing is left."
"That's what happened?!" Riley said surprised. She rolled her eyed and picked up the stone and put it in her side bag. "Maybe the sword will be more exiting than this story." she said, and walked out of the room.
Jack and his group of pirates were searching the caves, calling out Riley's name. They had no idea where to find her, because the cave was filled with so many caverns. As they walked down the narrow passageways, they kept a sharp eye out for Riley. Jack kept calling out her name an listening for her to answer. He soon started to lose hope that they would find her. Although they got no answer in return, Jack and the others kept on calling out her name.
"Who are you?" a voice asked as Riley walked into a cavern to the right of the one that she had found the seeing stone in.
"I am Damon. Protector of the Sword of Calcux." a man answered, walking out of nowhere.
Riley was surprised at the sight of him. When she finally got her voice back she asked him another question. "Who sent you to guard the sword?" she asked.
"A great wizard sent me here after a mission. I was to protect the sword if he died. I left my family for this. By now their probably dead." he said, looking a little sad.
Riley must have looked confused. She looked up at him. "So, you're the knight?"
"Yes." he answered looking like he had when she first saw him.
She was going to say something, but was cut off by a different voice. One that she knew.
"Riley.....Riley? Where are you? Riley?"
"Jack! In here!" Riley yelled to him. She turned back twards Damon. :I have to go. Nice talking to you."
But, before she could get out the cavern, she was blocked off by Damon's own sword.
"No one leaves, unless they defeat me." he said. Riley looked up at him, trying to decide what to do next. Before she could even think of something, though, Damon's sword came at her. She rushed and picked up the Sword of Calcux, and used it to block his blow. Now, Riley knew she had to fight for her life, and the lives of Jack and his crew.
Jack kept calling out her name. Never wanting to give up. He had given his word to watch out for the girl, and he hadn't really done it, not now anyways. He kept calling out her name. "Riley....Riley? Riley, can you hear me?" he kept on calling out her name. Then, a faint sound could be heard. Jack and his party listened.
"Jack....over here. I'm over here!" he could hear Riley yelling.
"This way." he said, motioning to the pirates that followed him. They all ran the was of the voice. Then, a new sound could be heard also. The sounds of metal hitting rock. Jack listened for a moment.
"Swords? This way. Hurry." he yelled back at his crew. They all hurried as fast as they could to keep pace with him.
The battle between the two raged on. Sparks were flying everywhere from where the swords would strike a rock. The heavy breathing of the two could be heard, but they seemed to ignore it. Both too concentrated on the fight to hear any other sounds.
Finally Riley's chance came. Damon went in for a strike, but Riley blocked him, and spun her sword, knocking his out of his grasp. He fell to the ground.
"I am defeated. You may leave." he said. He held up his hands to show that he had given up. Riley took the sword, and the rest of her possessions that she had lied down before fighting. She turned back to get one last glance at Damon, but he was gone. Just as she turned to walk out, she heard a voice.
"Ask the stone you questions, my gal, and it will tell you the answers." Riley knew it was Damon's voice that had said that. She stood in the room for a few more minutes, then opened her side bag to get out the seeing stone. She took it out of the bag and took a deep breath.
"Who is Damon?" she asked the stone. The stone glimmered to life, and showed a picture, as well as told her the answer.
"Damon Ghale. Married to Jane Mullins. One child. A daughter named Daniella. Died in soldier attack. Married to Jack Sparrow. Mother's tragic accident of death happened when..." the stone continued on about what Draco had said, and more strangely, the dream that always repeated itself. Then it hit her. "Married to Jack Sparrow."
She turned back to the stone. "One child. A daughter named Riley Sparrow." the stone's face went dark, and returned back to normal. She stared blankly into it for some time. One thing kept repeating itself. "A daughter named Riley Sparrow." She fell to her knees in disbelief. She was the daughter of Jack Sparrow. The man who was intrusted to look after her now. Her own father, and she hadn't even known it.
"Now you know. Jack Sparrow is your father. You were the one the soldiers were looking for the night your mother died. She gave her life to save yours. You have stayed to the light."Damon said walking up.
"Stay to the light. My mother always said that. It was her last words to me." Riley said looking at him.
"Your mother was brave. You have made her proud. Now, you must find a way to destroy that map so that no one will ever find it. Ever." he said.
Riley shook her head. She knew what she had to do. She pulled out her candle, and lit the map on fire. It was soon gone, and Riley was on her way out.
"Thanks. For everything." she said turning back to him for the last time.
"Remember, always stay to the light!" Damon yelled after her.
Riley ran to catch up to Jack. She practically ran him over when she went around a corner and hit him head on.
"Jack!" she said hugging him when they stood up.
Jack looked at her. "Your safe." he said. Then he realized he was acting like a father and not a captain, so he stood up. "Move out. Everyone back to the ship. Show's over." he said pushing everyone back to the ship.
Once they were underway, and Jack was in his quarters, Riley finally decided it was time to show Jack the stone, and tell him who she really was. She knocked on the door to the cabin, and walked in slowly and quietly when Jack told her to enter. She stood infront of him for a moment.
"What is it?" Jack asked confused at the look on her face.
Riley reached into her side bag. "Here. Look at this. Ask it about your child."
Jack shot her a look. "How did you find out about that?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter. Just ask it about her." Riley told him again.
Reluctantly he took the stone. He stared at it then asked his question.
"Where is the child of Jack Sparrow?" he asked as if he were another person.
The stone glimmered to life. Again it had a picture and an explanation.
"Jack Sparrow. One child. A daughter. Now lives with father. Name, Riley Sparrow." the stone said and went black again.
Jack, as Riley did earlier, starred at the stone in disbelief. "You?" he finally asked when he had the voice.
"Yes."
"How?"
"Don't know. That's what the seeing stone told me." Riley said with a shrug.
Jack looked at her. Now he saw it. The eyes, face, attitude. He could now see that she was his daughter.
"How will I explain this one?" he asked.
Riley stood up and went over to him. "We'll think of something.