A/N: Any character or theme or name and anything else from the movie I DO NOT OWN. The plot for this story I do own, as well as Veriea and the species Forenien. These two are my creatations and mine alone so NO TOUCHIE! If anyone rips off my character or species I will send the real Veriea after them; she may not be a blood hound but she will still find you.

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Pronouncation:

Veriea: Verr-ree-a(i)

Forenien: For-en-ee-en

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Chapter 6 – Magic Tricks

"So much for a day's reprieve." Veriea muttered.

"What was that?" Jack asked.

"You know, I have no idea." She frowned, genuinely confused. She turned to see the ship that was following them. "How the heck does a great hulking thing luck that sneak up on the fastest ship in the Caribbean?" She asked and quickly turned to Gibbs, who had stopped what he was doing and had just opened his mouth to say something when she cut him off. "You even think of muttering 'bad luck' Gibbs, I will do something nasty to you."

He seemed to think better of it, his mouth snapping shut and then opening again.

"The Pearl took some damage recently in the holds; that could be slowing her down."

'That's right, the stand off.' She thought. 'Wait a minute, what stand off?' She shook her head, confused again. What was that about? She have to figure it out later, right now it was time to prove her worth. She just hoped she could pull it off.

"Jack, I have an idea." She said, tapping his shoulder.

"What?" He asked irritably.

"I can vanish the ship until The Dauntess has passed."

"Are you crazy! What about the crew? Are they just going to sit in the middle of the ocean? Have a nice swim?" He hissed.

"The crew would be on the ship." She answered flatly, ignoring the urge to slap him. Jack's eye went wide with realization.

"You can do that?" He asked. She nodded.

"We'd need to get close to an island first so that the ship is out of sight for at least a minute. As close as possible; I'm not the best of swimmers."

"What?" Now Jack was really confused.

"I can't vanish myself, it doesn't work that way. I'll have to go over the side to vanish the ship and then wait for the other one to go away before bringing it back. I'm not an exceptionally good swimmer and it could be hours before The Dauntess goes away so unless you want to end up stuck where ever it in the vanished things go, being nearby to shallow water is for your sakes as well as mine." 'What am I blabbering on about? This doesn't seem like me.' She thought. 'God, this whole thing is crazy.'

To her surprise though, Jack actually grinned back at her.

"Like the fire, luv, and the plan's crazy enough to work. I think I know just the place for your little magic trick."

'Excuse me?'

Jack quickly made his way up to the helm, giving orders left and right and everyone obeyed.

And while everyone was busy, Veriea started questioning her sanity.

What on Earth had she been thinking! Offering to vanish a whole ship and the crew? She was crazy. That had to be it. She was probably sitting in a nut-house somewhere gibbering like a delinquent. Or she was so attention starved that she was desperate for approval of some kind. God, she wasn't even sure she could do it.

The large ship was slowly catching up but The Black Pearl was nearing her destination a fairly big island getting closer every minute. "Throw over the rope ladder!" Jack commanded when they were 20 yards out from the island. "Anamaria, take the helm!" He came back down to where she was, giving a few more orders on the way, and she could see that his entire demeanor had changed; he was in full 'captain mode'. "I'm trusting you here, luv. You double-cross us, you'll regret it. Savvy?"

"Aye Captain." She nodded.

"Good. Then over you go luv."

Veriea climbed over the side rail and paused a moment, seeing all the people that were looking at her expectantly. She felt queasy but forced herself to focus on what she about to do and started climbing down.

It felt like an age had passed before she reached the bottom and hung off the end of the rope ladder. She pressed one hand firmly against the side of the side of the ship in preparation and then called up to them.

"It's going to get very dark and probably a bit cold but do not try to leave the ship and most importantly do not panic. I know what I'm doing." 'LIAR!' Her conscience screamed at her. Veriea ignored it. "Just keep a tight hold on anything you can and for god's sake, remember to breathe. I don't want to have to resuscitate anyone when this is over."

Well, at least she sounded like she knew what she was doing.

"We've got the idea Veriea, you just be ready to do your thing." Jack called back down to her. That was as good as a vote of confidence for her and she calmed down a bit.

The Pearl was rounding the peninsula of the island which ended in tall. Rocky cliffs. It was good cover for the ship but not good for her if she were to fall off just now; she'd never survive if a wave crushed her against those cliffs. Beyond cliffs though a sandy shore line stretched to the other side of the island. Perfect.

A few more minutes passed, filled with only the sound of the waves and the shore coming ever closer. "Now Veriea, we're out of sight!"

She took a deep breath and concentrated.

One moment the ship was there, the next it wasn't and then suddenly she was falling though the air and was plunged down into the water.

End Ch6

Hehe, I'm having fun with this. So much trouble to make and so little time to do it in. Things are only going to get weirder from here on in and if any one would like to make suggestions or contribute ideas, I'm all ears. Hope you like this chapter and I'll see you all again next week.