Sorry it took a couple days to get this chappie up, I had to babysit over night for my cousins last night, and they don't have internet access (or cable, so I was way bored!) HaHa so this chappie has the twist, and it is a little repetitive of the original PotO, but it well get different, I promise, so just hang in there!

Disclaimer: I do not own PotO or Pirates of the Caribbean. I only own Anna, Jake, and all the other characters that I have said are mine (which, unfortunately, does not include Erik)


A week and a half later, Erik was still sitting in his cave. He had not had the heart to cause Anna the obvious distress that he had instilled upon her a week before. No matter how much he loved her, he was too scared to see that burning fire in her eyes, the fire that seemed to have opened up from hell itself.

One night, while Erik was sitting in his cave, he heard laughter echoing up from Anna's backyard. Listening carefully, he could pick out Anna's giggle, so soft and sweet, and it was just then that he realized just how much he had missed hearing it. Erik strained his ears, and could barely make pout another voice. A deep, resounding laugh. A male laugh!

"No..." Erik breathed as he stole silently down the hill, "No, God, please... don't let it be..." He reached Anna's fence and carefully peeked his eyes over it.

A fire was lit in a small barbecue in the middle of a sand box area. As Erik watched, Anna and another figure danced around the makeshift bonfire, and Anna was smiling brightly.

"Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirates life for me!

De Duh De De Duh and really bad eggs

Drink up, me hearties, yo ho!

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirates life for me!" they sang, and then the boy fell backward into the sand. He reached up an arm and grabbed Anna's, pulling her down beside him as Erik watched with wide eyes.

"Oh my god, Jake! I can't believe I let you talk me into re-enacting The Pirates of the Caribbean! When did that movie come out? Like, 2003? God, that's a lot older than I actually thought!" Anna was smiling brightly and her laughter made speech almost impossible.

"But didn't you just love this scene when you watched it?" Jake asked as he put his arm lightly around Anna's shoulder.

Get your hand off her you stupid little... Erik was infuriated, but his legs would let him move from that spot, nor would his eyes tear themselves away from Anna and the boy with his arm around her.

Anna let her head rest lightly on Jake's muscular chest. There is only one person in the world I would rather be doing this with... But no. He's not real. Not real...

Anna sighed, and Jake titled her face up slightly. He leaned his head forward, and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his back.

"Ow! What the hell was that?" Jake asked as he turned around. Erik ducked low to the ground, grateful for the cover of darkness and his dark clothes. He smiled as he saw that the romance of the moment come to an end,and he especially liked the fact that it was he who had just ruined it.

"Oh, it's probably nothing," Anna smiled as she gave Jake a small kiss on the cheek. Erik gasped and bared his teeth when he saw her do that.

No... no, please god, no. Don't... Anna... please god, don't let it be this way. No... Anna... Tears fell silently from Erik's eyes as he watched Anna and Jake sit there for what seemed like an eternity, then they slowly got up and went into the house. Erik crept closer to see what would happen.

To his relief, Anna sent the boy away, but not (and this wasn't to Erik's relief) after kissing him in a more-than-friendly way. Erik stared as the boy drove away, then saw Anna collapse on the couch, and hand to her head and a small frown on her face.

Erik knew that he couldn't leave Anna. His body, his mind, his... heart would never, ever allow that. And he knew it, but how was he going to stay?

I am not, under any circumstances, going to repeat what happened with Christine! I will not become a killer again! I love Anna, and I would kill for her, but I will not force her to choose like I did Christine! I'll just... have to show her that I am real, and I still love her. Yeah, that's it, and whatever she chooses, when she knows I'm real, will be what she shall have.

Erik was about to go inside when he saw that Anna was asleep. Silently, he slid the door open and walked over to her side. Her face was peaceful, and her dreams pleasant. Erik was relieved, when he kissed her cheek softly, that she didn't wake up. Despite the painful churning of his stomach, Erik felt almost as peaceful as Anna as he gazed at her sleeping figure.

"Sleep well, my angel," he whispered before drawing his cloak around his body and exiting carefully out the door.

He made his way slowly to his cave, sighing as his feelings of depression and self-pity returned. He lain down in the dirt, wondering to himself if that was to be the last night he would be sleeping there.

Tomorrow I will show you I'm real, Anna, you'll see. Tomorrow I will show you. Erik thought as drowsiness slipped secretly into his mind and began to take over.

"Tomorrow..."


HaHa I like the Pirates of the Caribbean part! I love Jack! He's phunny! But I love Erik waywaywayway more! If u have suggestions or anything bout anything I should change, say it in a review! Thank you so much once again to my beloved and much-appreciated reviewers! I totally love you guys!