Disclaimer: I hate doing this every chapter, it's a waist of time. But I have to do it anyway so here it goes. I don't own Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Elizabeth Swan, or any other character from the movie. I do own Madelin O'Brien, her mother, Daniel's and the Savvy. : Grins: There, everything is equally owned by Disney and me when it comes to this story.

Miranda de la Costa: You seem to be one of the few who loved that last chapter, only three people actually reviewed it. Well at least your still sticking with me V-babe.

MariAmber: Glad you liked it, hope you like this chapter.

Redmond: Well the story is going to get a lot more romantic soon, I promise. We just have to get these two to reconcile first.

Author's Note: HELLO! Where did everyone go? I only got three reviews for the last chapter. I thought if I waited a while I would get more, but no. Nadda! I'm not bitter but i'd like to know if you guys liked it or if it was bad enough that you didn't even want to comment on it? I hope you guys like this chapter enough to respond. To the three of you that did review thanks for the loyalty.


" Well if it isn' old Daniel's." Jack said, jumping back down to the deck to greet the older man who still stared at him as if he'd disappear any moment. The man was just as superstitious as Gibbs. He took Daniel's hand in his own and gave him a companionable shake worthy of any sailor.

" Blimey Jack, tis really you in the flesh. I'd almost lost all hope in ever findin' ye." Daniel's explained with a joyful, deep laugh that rang through the whole ship. " So ye be goin' by Sparrow now. hmph! That a unusual name ta be usin' Jack." He said giving Jack a calculating look. Jack only smiled, he'd always appreciated the mans point of view. So he spread his arms around grandly to show off the Pearl, his hands weaving in and out of the air of their own free will.

" How ye like the ol' Pearl , i've been takin' care of my baby since I got her back from Barbossa. A new coat a paint and sails." He said letting his hand stroke the mast with pride. Daniel's smile was grand as Jack's gestures when he saw the Black Pearl restored to her former glory.

" Ye done right by her Jack, tis a grand thin' ye done. But how is Maddy? I don't wan' ta think what ye bein' alive did ta her." He said with a visible grimace. All Jack's flamboyancy went out the window when he was reminded of his girl laying in a coiled up ball in his cabin. Her eyes so vacant.

" I don' know, never thought me disappearing' would kill her inside." He said miserably. Daniel's only nodded in agreement.

" Aye, hasn' been herself since she heard. We all thought she'd given up. Then she got the Savvy and it gave her somethin' ta do with her time."

Jack smirked at the name Maddy had bestowed on her beloved ship. It was still being built when Bill Turner, Jack and Maddy's father had left. Looking at the beautiful ship next to the Pearl, it was definitely a fitting boat for his girl.

" Oy Turner! Be grand ta see ye too boy." Daniel's said with a laugh to someone behind Jack, and the pirate captain quickly turned around and pinned Will against the mast with his upper arm across the younger mans throat. The young blacksmith didn't know what to expect from the pirate. Jack just smiled, but it was cruel and twisted.

" We'll take care of this later whelp. For now I suggest ye take one of the boats and go spend time with yer bonnie lass on shore." Jack said in a low voice. Will nodded silently and was gone the moment Jack released him. Jack turned back to Daniel's who gave him a knowing look. " I didn't expect the boy would tell ye we was coming."

Jack smiled and turned to his own second in command. " Mr. Gibb's, if you would take care of these fine gentlemen, Mr. Daniel's is their command. I have some things to attend to." He knew Gibbs and Daniel would get along. Jack headed for his cabin, hoping the lead in his stomach would go away.

Inside the cabin, Maddy was still lying on the bunk but he made a fair guess that she wasn't asleep. She used to take these power naps after any fight she ever got in. They usually only lasted a few minutes and restored her lost energy. Jack went to a chest in the corner and pulled out a strangely shaped bottle and a clean glass. Pouring out some of the amber liquid he sat on the edge of his bunk and waited for Maddy to open her eyes and acknowledge him. With Maddy first was the anger the second was denial.

Fortunately Jack had found a way around that denial stage years ago when they had still been together. There was really nothing in the world a good stiff drink couldn't cure, including Madelin O'Brien's stubbornness. It wasn't rum, Madelin wouldn't touch the stuff. But her family were all Irish so she could handle her liquor, so she was able to drink any man under the table. Trying to beat her at drinking games gave Jack his ability to guzzle down as much rum as he usually did without passing out. Madelin on the other hand favored brandy. Jack kept it around for special occasions, like this occasion for example.

Jack heard Madelin shift on the bed, a signal that she wasn't asleep, the woman never moved in her sleep for some reason. Jack could never explain it. He grinned and sloshed the liquid around the inside of the glass in front of her face. The sound got her to open her eyes a little. When she realized what it was he was offering her, Madelin sat up and took the glass. It was amazing to watch Madelin O'Brien drink. Unlike most she didn't guzzle it down like water, she simply parted her lips and let it slide down her throat. The only pirate or woman for that matter who could make drinking alcohol look sophisticated.

She closed her eyes and savored the feel of the brandy burn her throat and chest. Jack watched her with a lopsided grin. That was his girl. Madelin sighed and looked at Jack for the first time with clear eyes. They weren't clouded by anger, they weren't vacant or brimming with tears. She just stared at him as if she were contemplating the color of his eyes and nothing more. She nodded and stood. Jack watched Madelin walked to the door and stop.

" I'm going back to the Savvy." She said matter of factly as if she hadn't experienced anything that had happened in the last ten minutes. " I don't want to see you or the Black Pearl for the next twenty-four hours. Keep your distance until then."

" Maddy..." Jack began to protest until the sound of a trigger being cocked and Madelin's musket leveled at his chest silenced him. The threat was very real at this point.

" Twenty-four hours Jack." Madelin repeated calmly. Her hand steady on the trigger. " You may be an impatient man but you better learn patience if you want to live through this. Neither of us has changed very much Jack, so you know I can pull this trigger."

Jack did know she was capable of doing what she said. So he raised his hands in surrender and let her go. He had some unfinished business to take care of in the mean time.

Maddy came out of the Black Pearl's cabin with all the authority of a British naval officer. She saw Daniels and Gibbs talking together like old friends.

" Daniels, we're going back to the ship immediately. Gather any of the Savvy's crew that came with you and come with me." She said with a edge of anger to her words. Her first mate straightened at once.

" Aye captain!"

No more then three minutes later all of Maddy's crew was back on the Savvy and the two pirate ships cut loose from each other and headed towards Port Royal's dock. Maddy stared straight as they reached the harbor then turned and headed for her cabin.

" I want at least a hundred yard distance from the Black Pearl at all times, even when we're docked." Maddy said as she passed Daniels at the helm. He nodded. " As ye order captain." He said before relaying the message to the rest of the crew in a booming voice.

Once the door of her cabin was securely locked and she was sure Daniels hadn't followed her, Madelin started to laugh and cry all at once. The tears were silent but her laughter was deep and loud. Like bells on a child's feet on May Day while they danced around the May Pole. An odd emotional mixture of mirth and relief. Only a few words broke through her laughter and she repeated them over and over.

" He's alive, oh god he's alive!"


Author's Note: Now Jack has to take care of Will. Mwa ha ha! Revenge on the scheming Will Turner. And why exactly does Madelin need twenty-four hours Jack free when's she's been dreaming of him for the last ten years? What's up with her attitude change? Does brandy do a body that good? Well, you'll have to wait for the next chapter to find out won't you?

But to get a new chapter up faster i'll need people to review this time. I don't even care what you say, just review. It could be a question about one of my older stories you've read I don't care, i'll answer it anyway. Just review pleas...

By the way does anyone know what is going on with new rating system? I thought the original rating system was fine the way it was.