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blossomlite-Thanks for reviewing! I'm glad I can change your mind about stories that follow the movie cause some of them really are good and no it is not weird that you feel like you're in the story, that's how you're supposed to feel! Now you need to update your story!

Incubus2704-You're quite new here aren't you? That's okay, I'm new too, I just registered last month although I've been writing for years! And yes, Will should just forget about Elizabeth and love me! I mean Ari...ah, well you know what I mean. Thanks for reviewing!

Jinxeh- Ari: Mauha! Will loves me in this story!

Elizabeth: No he doesn't.

Elli: Shut up you stupid bitch from hell, don't kill Ari's dreams!

Ari: Hey, it's not a dream, he really does love me! Maybe...damn you Elizabeth! (Kills violently.)

Elli: There!

Jack: You're kind of scary, love.

Elli: I thought I told you not to call me that! Do you want me to make you a eunuch too? (chases him with sword)

Basically, thanks for reviewing! Sorry Karolyn, but this is my story! BTW Update yours Jinxeh!

TriGemini- Thanks for your great review! I try to write this with as much humor as I can muster, but usually I'm better at writing angst/tragedy and so this chapter is a little more serious. Not overly serious, but just enough so that you can understand the characters a little more, maybe you'll figure out why Will didn't kiss Ari. Anyways, thanks for reviewing, you're great and you need to work on your stories!

Elli- Yeah I know I forgot. And please be nice to Jack, he's part of the humor too you know and remember that hate is just a stronger form of love! As always, thanks for reviewing!

Chapter Ten-Closer

Alright, maybe bringing woman on board was bad luck. Not but thirty minutes after we had left Tortuga, a raging storm had brewed out at sea, turning the sky midnight black and sending violent waves crashing against the ship and spilling onto the deck. I was holding onto the riggings with all my strength, trying not to be swept off the ship by the fierce waves. The whole crew were shooting dark looks at Elli, Anna Maria and I and I bet half of them were hoping I would let go of the riggings and be lost into the oblivious black ocean. They probably would've thrown me off the ship themselves, but Will was keeping a close watch on me, so they did no such thing.

I let go of the riggings and walked over to Will, helping him secure the mast. It was hard work and I was afraid that the waves would take me.(A/N: I have a horrible fear of drowning) But Will just looked up at me as we worked and smiled and somehow that made everything alright again. Will looked over his shoulder at Jack who stood at the helm, holding a compass in one hand and steering with the other. Will then looked at Mr. Gibbs who was working at his other side.

"How can we sail to an island that no one can find with a compass that doesn't point north?" He shouted over the howl of the wind.

"We're not trying to find north are we?" Mr. Gibbs hollered and then waded off through the water to talk to Jack. As soon as he left, Elli came and started working beside me.

"Jack is trying to kill us!" She shouted.

"What?" I shouted back, not able to hear her over the rushing winds.

"I said he's trying to kill us!" Elli cried.

"How do you know? This could just be one of his crazy ideas!" I protested. "Besides, the only person he wants to kill here is you!"

"Gee, thanks!" Elli shouted with sarcasm in her voice. I just smiled and went back to working.

"Should we drop canvas sir?" Mr. Gibbs shouted up to Jack who was intently looking at his compass and then out at sea.

"She can hold a bit longer." He replied.

"What is it that puts you in such a good mood?" Mr. Gibbs asked, noticing that Jack had a slight gleam in his amber coloured eyes.

"We're catching up!" Jack cried.

Indeed we were.

It was late at night and I was the only one out on deck. The storm had at last died and everyone was sleeping, exhausted from weathering the storm. I was deadly tired as well, but I was also too nervous to sleep, too many thoughts kept rushing about in my mind and it was no use trying to sleep when I was like this. So here I was, out on deck and admiring the striking view of the stars.

No matter how much the beauty of the night calmed me, I still felt so nervous. I felt that odd tugging feeling in my heart again and this time I knew it was energy, energy from some other force was calling to the energy in me and it had grown stronger the closer we sailed to the island. I had no idea where this energy was coming from, but it was close.

I sighed and sat on the edge of the ship, careful to keep my balance so I wouldn't fall in. My clothes had finally dried out and it would be a shame to have to dry them all over again. I turned my head up towards the night sky again.

"It is beautiful out here." I whispered, trying to remain positive. (I can be a real pessimist)

"It is." I heard someone agree. I looked down and saw Will standing on the deck, not but five feet away from me. "Could you not sleep?" He asked. I shook my head.

"No, how about you? Could you not sleep either? I know you didn't come out here just to be with me." I said softly.

"Actually, I was wondering where you went." He replied. I just smiled wanly, not knowing what to say. Will smiled gently and came to sit next by me.

"So, I'm guessing you lived in England before coming to the Caribbean?" I said, trying to strike up a simple conversation. Will nodded and looked out at sea.

"I lived there with my mother until I was twelve and then when she died I left England and found a ship heading towards the Caribbean. So I decided to start over here." Will trailed off at that.

"Will, why you hate pirates so much?" I asked softly, almost afraid of angering him. He just sighed deeply and looked me in the eyes.

"My mother just taught me to do the right thing and so that's why I never got along with people who broke the law, people who stole and killed innocent people." Will replied. I nodded a little. That made sense. "Well, what about you?" Will asked suddenly.

"What about me?" I asked in reply.

"I don't seem to know much about you, just that you're a pirate and you lived in America and Elli is your best friend." Will replied. It was my turn to sigh deeply.

"Alright, I'm going to tell you something and please don't think I'm crazy and promise me to never tell another living soul." I began.

"I promise." Will assured me, laying a hand on his heart. I nodded, trusting him with my secrets.

"First, let's go into a cabin." I said, not wanting anyone to walk up on deck and hear what I was going to tell them. I stood up and walked off to my cabin and he followed me, closing the door behind us. I sat down on the bed and crossed my legs underneath me. He sat down as well and looked at me, giving me his attention. I took a deep breath and began explaining;

"I come from a different world, using a portal-that's why I ended up slamming through your roof." I said and then waited to see if he would start laughing, but he just looked at me intently, wanting me to go on and so I did. "A portal is like a tunnel of light that lets us travel to other worlds and worlds are kind of like...well, like stars. There's millions of worlds and everyone is different, the people are different, the time setting is different. For example, my world is the future of your world." I trailed off and sighed. "You probably don't believe me do you?" I asked.

"I don't know what to think..." Will replied.

"But do you understand what I'm trying to explain?" I asked. He nodded at that.

"Well, never mind about that now. It is the truth, no matter what you chose to believe." I muttered.

"I believe you." Will said softly, laying a hand on mine. I looked up into his soft brown eyes and saw that he looked absolutely serious.

"You do?" I whispered. He nodded and swept some of the loose tendrils of my hair out of my face. I closed my eyes a little and then opened them.

"Why do you look so sad?" He asked softly, because I did look really sad, my green eyes had turned a deeper green and gleamed sadly.

"No reason." I assured him, although my voice was shaking. I looked down and he gently took one of my hands and laced our fingers together. I smiled a little, not knowing what else to do.

"Why did you really come on this adventure with me?" Will asked.

"I told you, I just wanted you to be happy again." I replied.

"That and no other reason?" He inquired.

"That and no other reason." I confirmed. Will sighed a little. That wasn't the answer he wanted to hear. But he smiled none- the- less and started a different, more light hearted conversation, trying to cheer me up.

Elli woke up early in the morning and walked out on deck, breathing in the fresh salty air. She looked around and saw that she was the only one on deck. All the rest of the crew must've been sleeping. Was it really that early in the morning? Elli walked over to the edge of the ship and gazed out at the ocean. It looked like it was going to be another calm day and Elli wondered how close we were to the island. Elli sat there for a long time, just staring out at sea and watching the sky turn a light blue color.

"Good morning!" Jack called down from the helm. Elli jumped and then glared up at him while he just laughed. "I didn't know you scared so easily." Jack snickered.

"Shut up." Elli muttered, wondering how long he had been watching her. Jack just laughed again and came to sit next to her. As soon as he sat down, Elli immediately stood up again.

"You're not mad at me for scaring you-are you?" Jack asked her softly, holding onto her wrist so she couldn't walk away.

"Let go of me." Elli hissed, trying to snatch her hand away, but it was no use.

"Not until you answer my question." Jack replied.

"No I'm not mad at you because you scared me." Elli admitted.

"Then why are you always so mad at me?" Jack asked. Elli jerked her wrist out of his grasp and walked off, not bothering to answer his question. Jack watched Elli as she walked off, feeling very confused. He sighed and walked back up to the helm, wondering why she hated him because he didn't even hate her, he just fought with her because she was stubborn and frustrating.

It seems that everyone misunderstood Jack, even his own parents misunderstood him. He really was a nice person, but people just didn't seem to realize that because he was a pirate. Jack hated how rich people said that word, how they said it as if it was poison. Jack just wished he could make people understand him, especially Elli. ( Has anyone heard the song 'Iris' by the Goo Goo Dolls? It reminds me of Jack)

Elli began pacing around, wondering where I was. It was early in the morning so Elli knew that I was still sleeping, but she didn't know which cabin was mine. She stopped pacing and looked at the cabin in front of her, deciding just to look inside it and see if I was in there. (She really needed to talk to me.)

Will woke up to find that I was laying beside him in bed and that his arms were around my waist. He was puzzled for a minute, trying to remember what had happened last night and then he remembered that we had stayed up late talking and that we had fallen asleep in my cabin. I had fallen asleep first and he was too tired to think of going to his cabin or to think of sleeping on the floor or somewhere else, so here we were.

He smiled a little to himself, thinking it was a nice thing to wake up and find someone next to you, but he had to get up because he had to work and I would probably be frightened if I found out about this. But before he could move, I started stirring and opened my eyes, looking up at him.

"Will?" I asked, puzzled. "How did we both get in here?"

Elli suddenly heard my faint voice coming from one of the cabins and walked closer it, but before she opened the door, she heard Will's voice and stopped.

"You don't remember last night?" Elli's eyes widened when she heard him say that, but she still remained outside the cabin, deciding right now wouldn't be a good time to walk in on us.

"No." Elli heard me reply and she leaned against the door, trying to hear us better.

"Well," She heard Will begin, "we were both out on deck talking late last night and then we came in here to talk some more and..."

At this Elli decided to just walk in, she really didn't want to hear about what we did last night.

"Oh my God! You took advantage of her! " She cried and then covered her eyes. I gave her my infamous 'WTF' look, but she didn't see it because she was covering her eyes. Will just looked at her nervously, wondering what she was going to do.

"Elli, why do you have your eyes covered?" I asked as nicely as I could. (I am NOT a morning person) She peeked out between her fingers and saw that we were both fully dressed and sitting on the bed.

"Oh, I just thought that...well, I heard you two talking and I just thought that you...you know..." She muttered. I smacked by forehead with the heel of my hand and then grabbed a pillow and threw it at her, hard.

"You freak, weren't you listening? He said we came in here to talk, not do that, good Lord And he would not take advantage of me-Will's nice, unlike Jack who would take advantage of you." I murmured. Elli made a disgusted face.

"I did not want to think about that this early in the morning. Actually, I don't ever want to think about that." Elli said.

"Think about what?" Jack asked, suddenly appearing in the doorway.

"Nothing." Elli said hastily.

"You taking advantage of her." I replied loudly. Elli whirled around and glared at me, her eyes narrowed.

"Say it louder Ari, I don't think they heard you in Canada." She hissed. I just smiled at her and walked up on deck.

"Not a word." Elli said, pointing to Jack who was just smiling devilishly at her. She glared at him darkly and went to join me up on deck. Jack then looked at Will, who just shrugged and also went up on deck.

It was later in the afternoon when we began to draw nearer to the Isle de Muerta. I could tell we were close to the island with out looking at a map though because the air had grown eerily colder and the odd tugging feeling was starting up again, but this time it was almost unbearably strong and I felt like it was going to pull me right off the ship. I looked in the water at all the parts of old ships that stuck out of the water haphazardly and it made me wonder what caused all these ship wrecks.

"It chills the bones to think of all the honest sailors that have been claimed by this passage." Mr. Gibbs muttered solemnly. I looked over at him and then back at the water, hearing nothing but the sound of my beating heart in my ears.

"Dead men tell no tales." Mr. Cotton's parrot cawed in an eerie voice. It was spooky the first time the parrot did this, but this was the bajillionth time it had spoken and it was started to annoy the hell out of me.

"Would you shut up you hell sent parrot!" I shouted, whirling around and looking at the annoying little bird. Mr. Cotton looked at me, shocked. "Sorry." I muttered. Will came and stood beside me, chuckling slightly, but then he looked me in the eyes, suddenly serious.

"Ari, once we get to the island-please don't follow us." He said softly and laid a hand on mine.

"But why?" I asked just as softly.

"I just don't want you to get hurt." He replied.

"I won't get hurt Will. And if I recall-I beat you the last time we dueled." I protested.

"Just...please stay here, I just want you to be safe. Please, for me." Will said gently. Damn. Why did he have to say 'for me.' I'd do anything for him and I don't think he knows that and if he does, then he's just a conniving little freak!

"Alright." I murmured. He smiled and squeezed my hand gently.

"Thank you." He whispered. I just nodded and then looked over at Jack who was eyeing his compass carefully. Will also watched him and then looked at Mr.

"How is it that Jack came by that compass?" He asked.

"Not a lot's known about Jack Sparrow before he showed up in Tortuga with a mind to go after the treasure of the Isla de Muerta . That was before I met him, back when he was Captain of the Black Pearl." Mr. Gibbs replied. Will and I stared at him wide eyed and Elli walked over as well.

"What?" We both said at the same time.

"He failed to mention that." Will muttered. Mr. Gibbs sighed and decided to continue on.

"Well, he plays things closer to the vest now. And a hard-learned lesson it was. See three days out on the venture the first mate comes to him and says everything's an equal share. That should mean the location of the treasure, too, so Jack gives up the bearings. That night there was a mutiny. They marooned Jack on an island and left him to die but not before he'd gone mad with the heat."

"That explains a lot." Elli muttered and glared at Jack, who was steering.

"Ah. So that's the reason for all the..." He trailed off and did a pretty good impersonation of the way Jack walks. Elli and I snickered.

"Reason's got nothing to do with it. Now Will , when a man is marooned he is a given a pistol with a single shot – one shot. Well it won't do much good hunting or to be rescued. But after three weeks of a starving belly and thirst, that pistol will start to look real friendly. But Jack – he escaped the island, and he still has that one shot. Oh, but he won't use it, though, save for ne man. His mutinous first mate." Mr. Gibbs continue.

" Barbossa." Will put in.

"Who?" I asked.

" How did Jack get off the island?" Elli asked, seriously not believing this story.

"Well, I'll tell ye. He waded out into the shallows and there he waited three days and three nights till all manner of sea creature 'came and acclimated to his presence. And on the fourth morning, he roped himself a couple of sea turtles, lashed 'em together and made a raft.

"He roped a couple of sea turtles?" Will asked, also doubtful. I thought the story was quite interesting, but I think that's cause I get along with Jack better than Elli and Will do.

"Aye, sea turtles." Mr. Gibbs confirmed.

"What did he use for rope?" Will asked, hoping to find a flaw in the story. Mr. Gibbs opened his mouth to say something, but seemed at a loss for words and motioned to Jack who stood behind us, listening.

"Human hair…from my back." He replied and smiled, showing some of his gold teeth.

"That was so wrong!" I cried and clamped my hands over my ears.

"You're sick freak." Elli said and glared at Jack, who was still smiling.

"And you're stubborn bitch- let go of the anchor!" Jack commanded the crew who did as they were told. Elli smacked Jack hard and walked off to her cabin. Jack winced and rubbed his jaw. "Alright, young Mr. Turner and I are to go ashore, the rest of you wait here." He commanded. Will looked at me and smiled softly, noticing how sad I looked.

"I'll be back soon, I promise." He said and grabbed one of my hands, squeezing it gently.

"What if you get killed." I protested, holding onto his hand tighter, not wanting to let go.

"I won't." He assured me. I let go of his hand and he followed Jack as the row boat was lowered. He climbed into the rowboat and helped Jack row to the island. I stood on deck, watching him go. He looked over his shoulder at me one last time before disappearing into the dark cave.

"Don' worry about him lass." I heard someone say. I looked up and saw that Anna Maria was standing beside me. "Jack won't let anything bad happen to him, no matter how crazy he seems."

"I trust Jack, I just can't help feeling worried." I admitted and Anna Maria laid a hand on my shoulder.

"I know, you love the lad. He is quite a looker aint he?" She replied and grinned wickedly at me when I flushed.

"I don't..."I began, but she cut me off.

"Don't even say it lass, I know how you feel about him, everyone knows and I think he's the only one who doesn't know, unless he just chooses not to know." She mused.

"Yea so he can still love Elizabeth." I murmured. Anna Maria sighed and just patted me on the shoulder, not knowing what else to say. She walked off after awhile, leaving me staring into the blue Caribbean water, alone with my thoughts. I couldn't just leave Will to die in there. What if something happened to him? What if they were ambushed or Jack betrayed him? Suddenly a wild thought crossed my mind. I looked around, making sure the crew wasn't watching and then dove into the water, compelled by love and worry. Anna Maria wheeled around and then sighed as she saw me swimming off to the island.

Elli ran on deck suddenly. She had a feeling that I was going to follow them and sure enough, she was right.

"Elli, no!" Mr. Gibbs shouted, but Elli paid him no heed and also jumped into the water.

I caught up with the boat in no time because they were trying to be slow and stealthy. I hopped up and gripped onto the side of the boat, startling both Will and Jack. Will sighed, obviously irritated and pulled me into the boat.

"I told you not to follow us." He said, gripping my shoulders tightly.

"You sound like her father Will." Jack snickered, but Will paid him no attention.

"Why did you follow us?" He demanded, while carefully pushing my hair out of my eyes. I took a deep breath and took his hands in mine. I decided that this would be a good time as ever to tell him how I really felt, after all, we might die in that cave and then he'd never know.

"Will, I..." I was cut off by Ell I hopping out of the water and also clinging to the side of th boat. Jack rolled his eyes and pulled her into the boat as well.

"There, are you happy?" He muttered.

"Not happy to be sitting next to you." Elli muttered in reply. They glared at each other and then fell silent. I once again thanked Elli for her random timing.

On the rest of the way we were silent, not wanting to get caught, or just not knowing what to say. That was the case for me. I looked over at Will and sighed. He had better survive this or I'm going to regret telling him how I felt for the rest of my life. Once again I found myself blaming Elizabeth.

A/N: Yeah, I know I update quickly, but isn't that a good thing? Besides, I'm on spring break anyways.