Chapter 3: The Isla de Muerta and the story of the lifting of the curse
About 20 minutes later, the Pearl and the Phantom coasted into the lagoon of the Isla de Muerta and dropped anchor.
"Well, we're here." Jack said to Will who stood next to him by the helm.
"Yea." Will replied in a trance-like state. He snapped out of it rather quickly and turned to Jack
"Do ya think the chest is still here?"
"I bet it is. I haven't moved it and no one else can get t' this island, seein' as the whereabouts are only known t' my crew and Isabella's." Jack replied. As Will and Jack continued to stare at the island in awe, Isabella pushed the plank over to connect the two ships and walked over.
"Ready to take the loot in?"
"Oh, yea." Jack replied, a bit surprised to have Isabella next to him.
"Great. Let's get to work then!" Isabella said, walking towards some long boats. Jack, Will, Elizabeth, Isabella, and a few members of both crews unload the Pearl. Once inside, everyone looks about in awe.
"Wow, this place has filled up since I last saw it. You and Barbossa did a great job." Isabella marveled.
"It was only Barbossa, remember? I was on an island somewhere." Jack corrected Isabella as he lit up another cigarette and moved to unload a chest with Will.
"Oh, right. I forgot." Isabella looked around and saw a stone chest on a large pile of gold. "Is that what I think it is?"
"Yea." Will said, as he and Jack dumped the chest they had been carrying. "That's the treasure of Cortez. All 882 pieces of it."
"Wow." was Isabella's only response. She climbed up the gold pile to the chest and opened it, revealing the Aztec Gold inside. "Hey Jack?"
"Aye?"
"Why are three of these coins red? And why does one have a chain?" Isabella asked as she picked up a reddish coin.
"They're red with blood, Will's, mine, and Elizabeth's." Jack informed her. Upon hearing that, Isabella dropped the coin she held in shock and looked over at Jack with wide eyes.
"The one with the chain was given to me by my father. I had to "repay" the blood." Will said.
"An' the others?" Isabella asked, looking down at the coins that had a hint of red on them, not sure if she really wanted to hear the answer.
"I played a bit of a trick on Barbossa an' put the curse on meself when I took one. I 'ad t' lift the curse somehow." Jack replied. He walked over to Isabella and showed her his left palm that had a long scar running down the middle.
"Ye took a blade t' yer hand?!" she replied in shock. She took his hand in her own and examined the scar with a worried look in her eyes.
"Like I said, I had t' lift the curse somehow." Jack replied, very nonchalantly. The worry in Isabella's eyes disappeared and was replaced with a look of confusion.
"Wait a second. I thought they tried t' use your blood, Elizabeth." Isabella said, turning to Elizabeth.
"They did. I have a scar on my left hand too, like Jack and Will." Elizabeth said as she showed Isabella her hand.
"So that's the mystery of the third coin. . .interesting." Isabella said to herself. Jack and Will put the lid back on the stone chest and finished dumping all the treasure with Isabella, Elizabeth, and the crew members. Finally, everyone headed back to the Pearl and the Phantom.
Once Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and his crew were back on the Pearl, Elizabeth began talking to Will.
"You know where I want to go, Will?" she asked, looking Will in the eyes.
"Where?" he replied.
"Back to Port Royal. I haven't seen my father or my almost-fiancé, James Norrington, for a while." she turned to the helm and walked to the deck directly below it and called up.
"Jack? Would you mind if we went back to Port Royal for a visit?"
"Not at all, Elizabeth." Jack replied.
"And do you know where I want to go, Jack?" Isabella asked once she swung over to the Pearl upon overhearing Elizabeth's request.
"Where?" Jack replied, pulling his girlfriend to him with a smile.
"Tortuga." she responded, looking up into his eyes.
"Tortuga?" Jack asked, a bit surprised.
"Yea. Back to where we first met. I haven't been there in years since I started looking for you." Isabella informed Jack.
"Alright. Seein' as Tortuga is on the way t' Port Royal, we'll stay there a day or so, then head on. Sound good fer everyone?" Jack announced.
"It's alright with me." Elizabeth said.
"Same here." Isabella replied.
"Will?" Jack looked over the railing at Will and Elizabeth and met Will's eyes.
"I'm fine with it." he replied.
"Excellent. We start out at dawn. For now, my crew, we are eating." Jack called out. Isabella turned and called over the water to her ship.
"And my crew, we're eating now as well!" Isabella turned, kissed Jack, and swung back over to the Phantom. Jack and his crew head for the galley and Isabella disappears below deck as well.
At the dinner table in Jack's dining room, everyone was talking.
"Anamaria, this dinner is great." Jack complimented his second mate.
"Thanks. It's an old Italian recipe that me mother gave me. I'm glad yer enjoyin' it." Anamaria replied with a smile.
"I can't wait until we reach Port Royal. My father hasn't seen me in so long, it'll be a nice surprise." Elizabeth said to Jack through a bite of lasagna.
"Nice fer you. I doubt 'e's forgotten everything that happened when I was there. Or Norrin'ton either, for that matter." Jack replied.
"Oh I think my father's forgiven you, for the most part. As for Norrington, he may not exactly be pleased to see you." Elizabeth informed the pirate.
"No surprise there." Jack replied through a forkful of spaghetti.
TBC…Reviews are welcome!! - Depp's Girl
About 20 minutes later, the Pearl and the Phantom coasted into the lagoon of the Isla de Muerta and dropped anchor.
"Well, we're here." Jack said to Will who stood next to him by the helm.
"Yea." Will replied in a trance-like state. He snapped out of it rather quickly and turned to Jack
"Do ya think the chest is still here?"
"I bet it is. I haven't moved it and no one else can get t' this island, seein' as the whereabouts are only known t' my crew and Isabella's." Jack replied. As Will and Jack continued to stare at the island in awe, Isabella pushed the plank over to connect the two ships and walked over.
"Ready to take the loot in?"
"Oh, yea." Jack replied, a bit surprised to have Isabella next to him.
"Great. Let's get to work then!" Isabella said, walking towards some long boats. Jack, Will, Elizabeth, Isabella, and a few members of both crews unload the Pearl. Once inside, everyone looks about in awe.
"Wow, this place has filled up since I last saw it. You and Barbossa did a great job." Isabella marveled.
"It was only Barbossa, remember? I was on an island somewhere." Jack corrected Isabella as he lit up another cigarette and moved to unload a chest with Will.
"Oh, right. I forgot." Isabella looked around and saw a stone chest on a large pile of gold. "Is that what I think it is?"
"Yea." Will said, as he and Jack dumped the chest they had been carrying. "That's the treasure of Cortez. All 882 pieces of it."
"Wow." was Isabella's only response. She climbed up the gold pile to the chest and opened it, revealing the Aztec Gold inside. "Hey Jack?"
"Aye?"
"Why are three of these coins red? And why does one have a chain?" Isabella asked as she picked up a reddish coin.
"They're red with blood, Will's, mine, and Elizabeth's." Jack informed her. Upon hearing that, Isabella dropped the coin she held in shock and looked over at Jack with wide eyes.
"The one with the chain was given to me by my father. I had to "repay" the blood." Will said.
"An' the others?" Isabella asked, looking down at the coins that had a hint of red on them, not sure if she really wanted to hear the answer.
"I played a bit of a trick on Barbossa an' put the curse on meself when I took one. I 'ad t' lift the curse somehow." Jack replied. He walked over to Isabella and showed her his left palm that had a long scar running down the middle.
"Ye took a blade t' yer hand?!" she replied in shock. She took his hand in her own and examined the scar with a worried look in her eyes.
"Like I said, I had t' lift the curse somehow." Jack replied, very nonchalantly. The worry in Isabella's eyes disappeared and was replaced with a look of confusion.
"Wait a second. I thought they tried t' use your blood, Elizabeth." Isabella said, turning to Elizabeth.
"They did. I have a scar on my left hand too, like Jack and Will." Elizabeth said as she showed Isabella her hand.
"So that's the mystery of the third coin. . .interesting." Isabella said to herself. Jack and Will put the lid back on the stone chest and finished dumping all the treasure with Isabella, Elizabeth, and the crew members. Finally, everyone headed back to the Pearl and the Phantom.
Once Jack, Will, Elizabeth, and his crew were back on the Pearl, Elizabeth began talking to Will.
"You know where I want to go, Will?" she asked, looking Will in the eyes.
"Where?" he replied.
"Back to Port Royal. I haven't seen my father or my almost-fiancé, James Norrington, for a while." she turned to the helm and walked to the deck directly below it and called up.
"Jack? Would you mind if we went back to Port Royal for a visit?"
"Not at all, Elizabeth." Jack replied.
"And do you know where I want to go, Jack?" Isabella asked once she swung over to the Pearl upon overhearing Elizabeth's request.
"Where?" Jack replied, pulling his girlfriend to him with a smile.
"Tortuga." she responded, looking up into his eyes.
"Tortuga?" Jack asked, a bit surprised.
"Yea. Back to where we first met. I haven't been there in years since I started looking for you." Isabella informed Jack.
"Alright. Seein' as Tortuga is on the way t' Port Royal, we'll stay there a day or so, then head on. Sound good fer everyone?" Jack announced.
"It's alright with me." Elizabeth said.
"Same here." Isabella replied.
"Will?" Jack looked over the railing at Will and Elizabeth and met Will's eyes.
"I'm fine with it." he replied.
"Excellent. We start out at dawn. For now, my crew, we are eating." Jack called out. Isabella turned and called over the water to her ship.
"And my crew, we're eating now as well!" Isabella turned, kissed Jack, and swung back over to the Phantom. Jack and his crew head for the galley and Isabella disappears below deck as well.
At the dinner table in Jack's dining room, everyone was talking.
"Anamaria, this dinner is great." Jack complimented his second mate.
"Thanks. It's an old Italian recipe that me mother gave me. I'm glad yer enjoyin' it." Anamaria replied with a smile.
"I can't wait until we reach Port Royal. My father hasn't seen me in so long, it'll be a nice surprise." Elizabeth said to Jack through a bite of lasagna.
"Nice fer you. I doubt 'e's forgotten everything that happened when I was there. Or Norrin'ton either, for that matter." Jack replied.
"Oh I think my father's forgiven you, for the most part. As for Norrington, he may not exactly be pleased to see you." Elizabeth informed the pirate.
"No surprise there." Jack replied through a forkful of spaghetti.
TBC…Reviews are welcome!! - Depp's Girl