AN: The regular font takes place 3 years before the first chapter in 1709 and the italics is an unmarked date in the June of 1697 2 days after the second chapter.

"Tell me," Ana paused, leaning back onto his bare shoulder, "about the saddest day of your life Jack."

It didn't take him long to ponder on the thought- he already knew.

June 1697 (2 days later)

Just after sunrise

Port Trinity, Anse La Raye, St Lucia

Among the sea of bodies in the streets of Port Trinity she wasn't there- No one was. Well, no one that was alive anyway

"Keep going farther inland," ordered the captain. "Meet back here by tomorrow's sunset! Find any survivors!" he said. Though what he really meant was to find Tessica and the whole crew knew it.

And so through the hours of the day and the few by night they searched. The entire crew of the Black Pearl covered as much land as they all could. All for her-

Nothing or rather no one was found. Not in the villages, the fields, the forests, the cities.

"Tessica!" he yelled cutting down the flora in the way. Foolishly enough he traveled miles and miles inland past midnight. Hell, past dawn. He didn't stop, he had to find her-

Dammit he was going to find her!

But he didn't.

The captain of this crew was the last to board his ship. He walked aboard sullenly, tired as the crew looked upon him with pity. He went to his quarters to grab a flask of rum bringing back out with him as he made his way to the helm.

"Barbossa!" he called to his first mate.

"Aye sir," his first mate said making his way to the captain.

"Is every man accounted for?"

"There was no count made cap'n. Seeing as though there's a pirate's code to consider," the soon to be mutinous first mate said.

"Hang the code! I want all of my men here and accounted for. Do I make myself clear Barbossa?"

And angrily Hector Barbossa replied, "That ye do cap'n."

"Good. Now make sure all of my crew is here." He took a gulp of rum while he waited for Barbossa to come back. Damn him for being so selfish. The treasure of Isla Del Fantasma (Ghost Island) luring the crew of the Black Pearl more than any of them would now admit.

"All ye're men are here and accounted for cap'n," Hector declared in his sickening and evil drawl.

The captain nodded as a response. "Make ready then, we set sail back to Isla Del Fantasma."

"I loved Tessica," he said staring at the wall blankly after his tale was told.

"The way you talk of her, you sound like you still do," Anamaria said. He gave no response. "You do don't you?"

Jack still gave no response as she walked out of the door. Both of them knew- he did--