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Jocie- hehe! I'm glad I gave you something to dream about. Welcome to group of reviewers. I hope you continue this story.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Sorry it took so long for me to update. I had a little trouble writing this chapter and getting it the way I wanted it. But I have to admit this is the longest chapter I've written yet. Anyway enjoy and please read and review I thrive on your comments.

CHAPTER 17

Jocelyn quietly unlocked the front door of her home and entered 'This is my home.' The thought made her smile widely. She had never thought to find the love that she had found in Will and had never thought to have found friends like Jack and Anamaria. During their sailing to and from Santo Domingo both women had become great friends and Anamaria was quickly becoming her best friend.

Jo walked upstairs and first went into Annabelle's room and on finding it empty she went to Gwen's room. What she saw made her smile widen. Gwen was asleep on the bed and Annabelle was asleep herself on the young woman's stomach. Jo felt bad for having to break up such a cute picture but they needed to get and meet Will, Jack, Anamaria, and Bootstrap at the tavern. Jo gently shook Gwen's shoulder while whispering, "Gwen, time to get up."

Gwen woke up when she felt someone shaking her shoulder gently. "Mmmm. Timeisit?" she questioned sleepily as she opened her eyes.

Jo smiled as she lifted the sleeping infant into her arms. "It's almost time for dinner. Now go wash your face."

Gwen sat up and walked over to the wash basin, "Yes, Mrs…"

Jo stopped her before she could go on. "Stop that. Call me Jo, Jocelyn or sis since Will considers you his sister okay. Mrs. Turner is too formal for those I consider family and friends." She said as she grabbed the converted diaper bag.

Jo waited as Gwen cleaned herself up but just as Gwen finished they heard a loud bang at the front door, followed by the sound of footsteps and loud voices. Jo grabbed Gwen and held her hand over the girl's mouth and whispered, "Shhhh." so she could listen.

"Find the lil' bitch. The map'll be wit' 'er as sure as I'm a pirate. But don't 'arm 'er in anyway, until we have the treasure then we can have some fun, got that?" he laughed. "Those orders came straight from Barbossa."

"Aye, I got it. But wha' 'bout the Turner brat and the Mrs.? Wha' can we do wit' them?"

Jocelyn shivered as she listened to the next comment out of the first intruder. "Do wit' 'em wha' ye will. They're of no consequence." She could practically hear the evil grin on the bastard's face as he spoke.

Jo looked at Gwen and mouthed "Be quiet" as she took her hand off the girl's mouth. "Come on we need to climb out the window."

Jo, carrying a still sleeping Annabelle, and Gwen quietly opened the window and climbed out and down the trellis. As they reached the ground Jo thanked Elizabeth silently for having the foresight to have the trellis installed. The woman and girl ran form the house and

finally made it to the tavern. Thankfully having no one at the house notice their leaving.

As they entered the tavern Will was the first to spot them and realized that there was some trouble at the house. Will quickly went to his wife and pulled her and his daughter into his arms for a moment before leading Jo, with Annabelle in her arms, and Gwen over to the table. Gwen sat next to Anamaria and Will sat Jocelyn on his lap as she held Annabelle. Once seated Jocelyn felt all her anger rush to the surface. "I want to kill the bastard who'd dare to lay a hand on anyone in my family!"

Will began to run his hand through her hair to calm her. "What happened sweet?" he asked, wondering what had set Jocelyn off.

Everyone at the table quieted to listen. Jocelyn took a deep breath and set the diaper bag down on the table and told what happened. "I walked in the house and woke Gwen up. As we were getting ready to leave two men broke into the house and started talking. They said they need Gwen to get the map and she wasn't to be harmed until after they got the treasure but to do with me and Annabelle as they wished. It made me sick and angry. I wanted to kick the ass of the leader. They said they worked for a man named Barbossa."

At the mention of that name Will, Jack, Anamaria, and Bill went white as a sheet. "What, what'd I say? What's so special about this 'Barbossa' anyway?"

Will sighed and ran his hand through his dark hair. "About twelve years ago my father sailed with Jack. When they were going for the lost treasure of Cortez on the Isla de Muerta Jack's first mate, Barbossa, told him that everything should be an equal share and that included the location. Well after they got the location Barbossa led a mutiny against Jack and they left him on an island that was used as a rum runner's cashe. Barbossa assumed control of the Black Pearl and they found the treasure. But there was a curse on the 882 pieces of Aztec gold that cursed anyone who had it to not be among the living or dead. When the moon shone down on them they were turned to skeletons…"

"What they did to Jack was no' righ' with the code. So I sent Will one of the medallions to keep us all cursed. Barbossa was no' 'happy wit' it and had me thrown overboard with a cannon strapped to me feet." Bill said with a sly grin as he broke into the conversation. "Though they fergot tha' they needed the last medallion AND me blood to rid themselves of the curse. And they didn't figure it out until they sunk me."

Will sipped his rum before going on. "I set sail after my mother died to try and find him but before I reached the Caribbean, Barbossa attacked the ship I was on. I was the only survivor and floated in the ocean on a piece of wood. I was found a few hours later by the daughter of the Governor of Port Royal."

"Elizabeth." Jocelyn whispered, knowing full well who had saved him.

Will smiled grimly, "Yes, Elizabeth Swann. When I was unconscious and on the deck of her ship she noticed the medallion you'd given me father and knew it to bear a pirate symbol and so she saved my life a second time that day by preventing me from being hung for being a pirate. To cut it short after we arrived in Port Royal I became the apprentice to the blacksmith in town and soon became the blacksmith and worked on all the orders as Mr. Brown was constantly drunk." Will took another drink of his rum before continuing.

"After I was taken on board, Elizabeth seeing the medallion around my neck before anyone else took it fearing they'd hang me for a pirate. Over the next ten years I was apprenticed as a blacksmith and became quite good with a sword." Will said with a wicked grin remembering the first fight he had had with Jack.

"Ten years after Elizabeth and I arrived in Port Royal Barbossa attacked and kidnapped Elizabeth and since she had the medallion and given them me last name as hers they thought she was father's only child. The next morning I broke Jack out of jail and we commandeered the Interceptor and sailed off to save Elizabeth." Will sighed a moment before sipping his drink again.

"I knew you 'ere still alive because the curse was lifted. Only you or I could've broken the curse." Bill said as Will took his drink. "I though' you were dead. I was no' able to find ye after I got free of tha' damned cannon. And all the letters I ha' sent were never returned nor replied to."

Will looked at his father, understanding and sympathy in his eyes. "It's understandable father. I thought the same thing about you." Will said, regret filling his voice. "After Barbossa blew up the Interceptor, Jack and Elizabeth thinking I was still on it. Barbossa was about to kill the crew, Jack and Elizabeth until I traded myself for their lives. Barbossa marooned Liz and Jack on the island that Jack had been marooned on ten years earlier. Liz got Jack to pass out drunk and then set a part of the island on fire to send a signal to the Navy. "

Will looked lovingly at Annabelle. "Elizabeth died six months ago giving birth to little Annabelle here."

Bootstrap looked at his little granddaughter and smiled sadly, he had hoped his son would never know what it is like to lose a wife. "She takes after her mother I'd wager. Now tell me how and when you met and married Jocelyn here?" he asked.

Just then Annabelle decided to make her presence known and started crying. Jocelyn opened the diaper bag and pulled out a bottle and ordered a glass of milk. She then looked at Will with a 'go-ahead-you-answer-the-question-look' as she took the glass and poured the milk in the bottle and began to feed Annabelle. Jack and Anamaria just started chuckling realizing how the story was going to sound.

"About a week and a half ago I was walking along the beach with Annabelle when I made a wish as the sun was rising…" Will went on and told about how he and Jocelyn met and fell in love over the course of a couple of months in 2004. "Jocelyn and I were married about a week ago in Santo Domingo."

Jack, Anamaria and Bill all looked at Jocelyn after she and Will told about their time in 2004. Jack and Anamaria knew she was from the future but did not fully believe it until they told the full story. Though it shouldn't have surprised them that something like this was possible, after all there was the curse on Cortez' treasure that caused the person cursed to be the living dead.

It was then that Jocelyn realized Gwen had been quiet the whole time and had not been introduced to Bill as of yet. After Will and Jo introduced Gwen to Bill, Jo leaned and whispered into Will's ear that they needed to find out about Martin James. And the treasure that he and Bill had hidden for over a decade. Will whispered back that they'd tell Bill what was going on tomorrow. For now they were just going to enjoy being together, finding a lost member of the 'family' and not worry about treasure.