Hey everyone, sorry for the long wait between chapters! Well, this is a filler chapter and I just hope you enjoy it. I wanted to put something up so you all can know I'm not dead.

Chapter 7 Big Words and Song

Norrington held the lantern high up in the air and bent down, staring at the ground. Will could no longer see him but the glow of the lantern flickered off the wall, casting Norrington's shadow upon it. Then, the Commodore stood and continued searching.

Will blew out the deep breath he'd been holding. If Jack wasn't there, where was he? Trying not to look to suspicious, Will let his gaze wander into the dark corners of the shop. There was no sign of Jack at all.

After searching the shop, Norrington signaled to his men and they left in a huff. "Come along, Elizabeth." Governor Swann said, still looking shocked. He took Elizabeth by the arm and led her from the shop. Over her shoulder, Elizabeth gave Will a small smile and then began looking around, obviously searching for Jack. The moment they were gone, Rebecca came out from behind Will, looking worried.

"Where did he go?" She whispered. Will placed a finger to his mouth and picked up his lantern, moving through the shop with Rebecca at his heels.

"Hey, whelp." Came a gruff voice above them. Will jumped and spun around, looking up at the dark rafters high above them. Will smiled with relief to see Jack up there, sitting on one of the beams, smiling down at them. "Help me down."

"How did you get up there?" Will asked, handing Rebecca the lantern. He grabbed a few crates, stacked them beneath Jack and then reached up, helping him balance on them. When he was down, Will repeated his question.

"Well, I…" Jack stopped. There was movement outside the shop. Quickly, he dived behind the crates again as Charlie entered. He glanced around, saw Rebecca, and made straight for her.

Charlie grabbed her in a bone crushing hug, glared at Will and then began leading her roughly from the shop. When she struggled, he growled low words to her and continued his trek. Soon, they had disappeared into the darkness of night.

"I hate him." Jack's voice said from behind the crate. Will sighed and walked to where his friend was sitting. Together, they leaned against the crates in silence for a while.

"What happened, Jack?" Will asked. "Do you remember anything?"

"Well, I know I'm popular." Jack said, jerking his thumb at the door through which everyone had disappeared. Will smiled and nodded.

"You're famous and infamous." Will whispered. Jack raised an eyebrow, watching him still.

"Tell me." Jack said simply. Will opened his mouth to speak, laughed and then shook his head, shrugging.

"I don't know what to tell you." Will said with another laugh. "I really don't know what's true and what's a story when it comes to you. You…you are a legend because everything you've done is so…um…" Will fished for the word.

"Prodigious." Jack piped in. Will, who was about to say 'big' stumbled to a halt and glanced over at him.

"You see what I mean? I don't even know what that means." Jack shrugged.

"I means big." Will rolled his eyes and nodded, waving a hand at Jack as though pushing his words aside. "So, tell me about myself." Suddenly, Jack smiled slyly. "I'm good with the ladies, right?"

"Actually…no." Will answered, and Jack's face fell. "They end up slapping you usually."

"Oh." Jack said. Then he grinned again, but it was a little fractured. "I remember something like that…she's pulchritudinous." Will looked at him blankly.

"Sure." Will said. Jack sighed. "That means pretty, right?" Jack nodded. "And who would this pulkridnus…person be?"

"I don't know her name." Jack said, leaning his dark head against the crate behind him. "But she's as black as a night pearl and ten times as prickly as a rose bush." Will raised an eyebrow and felt his stomach clench. Then he laughed.

"Anamaria!" He gasped. "Oh Jack…" Shaking his head in pity, Will got to his feet and pulled his friend up after him. "Oh, Jack. We have to get your memory back soon."

Far away, on an island in the middle of nowhere, Anamaria crashed through the underbrush with the newbie, Sampson, following behind her. They had searched the perimeter of the island and now they had moved inland. Jack had to be here somewhere and she wouldn't give up now.

They came to a tall waterfall, glistening in the moonlight. Anamaria stepped carefully down its glistening, slippery banks and knelt by the water. With a skinny hand, she scooped up some water and put it to her lips. It smelt fine.

"We'll have to get water from here when we run out." She said, turning to Sampson…who was gone. "Hello?" There was no answer. Suddenly, a dark shape moved in the bushes and Sampson…who was somewhere in the darkness, let out a blood curdling scream that was stifled with a gagging, gurgle.

Anamaria peddled backwards and fell into the pool of water behind her. The woods around her were silent. Wadding into the water, she swam as quickly as she could to the falls and climbed up the rocks behind it. There was a cave and she spent the night there. Beautiful female singing echoed around her.

As she sat, shaking in the corner, listening to the singing, she whispered the only name that came to her, the only one who could protect her through this storm. "Jack, where are you? Have you met the same fate?"

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