Elizabeth had been worried about Julia ever since that day. She'd locked herself in her room and didn't leave for two days. Elizabeth sat by the fire, looking at the hallway that led to Julia's room until Will came home from the blacksmith's shop.

"How is she?" he asked one night while taking off his coat and looking at the hallway door, wishing he knew how to make her feel better.

Elizabeth sighed and shook her head, gazing into the fire. "We should have told her about all this mess that happened before. Maybe it wouldn't have been so hard knowing that…" she stopped and sniffed, combing hair away from her face. She sighed and continued, "Will, she could die! Jack must have been telling the truth since he came all this way!"

"Shhh, shhh…" Will murmured, pulling up a chair to sit by Elizabeth. He put his fingers under her chin and lifted her head so he could see her face. It was red and tear stained as it glowed with the flickering firelight. Will smiled and stroked her trembling lips with his thumb, coming closer to her.

"It isn't your fault," Will said. "It'd be hard on anyone, especially Julia but she'll thank us. It was right. We need to be strong, for her. We need to protect her and we can't do it alone, that's why Jack came. He cares about us and for Julia too. Everything is going to be all right, Elizabeth."

Elizabeth sniffed once more and smiled weakly. Will leaned in close and kissed her deeply and passionately for her reassurance as well as his own.

Julia watched silently, peering through the small crack in the door. She smiled at them, so deeply in love still. Still having that burning, passionate love for each other that she knew existed long ago.

The next morning was just as normal as any other day. Elizabeth went to the Governor's house and Will went to the blacksmith's shop that now belonged to him. Julia waited until they were gone to some out. She ate the food that was set out on the table for her and went outside. She spent all morning looking over the ocean from the cliff and watching ships come and go in the harbor, glancing every now and then at Jack's ship far by the rocks, discreet and out of site. She laughed at Jack whenever he slipped or got slapped by Anamaria.

Around noon, Elizabeth came back. She smiled when she saw Julia outside for once, her hair blowing in the wind and her cheeks becoming rosy from the harsh morning sun. She walked over and sat by Julia, singing a silly song.

"Frere Jacques, Frere Jacques…" she started. Julia looked at her with a smile. Together they sang:

"Frere Jacques,

Frere Jacques,

Dormez vous?

Dormez vous?

Sonnez les matines,

Sonnez les matines,

Din din don!

Din din don!"

They laughed together when they were finished. Elizabeth smiled and kissed Julia's forehead. "Do you remember me singing that to you when you were little girl?" she asked, cocking her head.

Julia nodded. Elizabeth would sing it to her every morning and afterwards would say, "Get up, Brother John! Morning bells are ringing!" Julia missed that.

They sat there, singing the song over and over as they watched the ocean and listened to the brush of grass, the crashing waves and smelling the sweet dirt mixed with the smell of the ocean. The smell of summer.

Julia was wearing a sleeveless white dress with a tight brown vest over it. Her long dark brown hair was fanned out over her shoulders in a mess of tangles. Her heart shaped face was tainted with freckles and sunburn. Elizabeth had her hair back in a bun, her porcelain skin was also starting to get brown as they stayed there in the sunlight, singing nonsense songs without a care.

It all ended so fast and so merciless. In the middle of them singing the English version, a cannon went off. They looked down towards the Black Pearl and saw Jack shouting like a lunatic and the crew running around franticly. More cannon shots. Elizabeth screamed and pointed at the horizon. Julia looked closer and then she saw it. Not one ship, but at least twelve ships were coming into the harbor.

Elizabeth grabbed Julia and pulled her to her feet. They started running into town, screaming at people that Port Royal was coming under attack. They banged open the door to the blacksmith's shop and saw Will forging another sword. He looked up and smiled at them.

"Will! It's happening! Tons of them! Lots of ships coming! Go with Jack, I need to hide Julia!" Elizabeth shouted, tightening her grip of Julia's arm as she pulled her into the closet at the back of the shop. She locked Julia in and said through the door, "Stay here! I'm going with them!"

"Mum! No!" Julia shouted, trying to open the door but Elizabeth was already gone with the key.

The most perfect day.

The worst ending imaginable.