Author's Note:

I'm so sorry I'm such a bad person. Please don't hate me. Or if you already hate me don't tell me. Anyway after this I think there's only going to be two more chapters. Now as always thanks to the reviewers, Jousting Elf with a Sabre, stealingseamonkeys, Queenofinsanity, Sphinx Jink, Avalon-blackandgreen, LOTRlover1066, Starpossum, enigmagirl2727, Mikol, Elcie (thanks for reading the first story!), and Elizabeth (sorry your e-mail didn't show up. Might be my fault though, I'm terrible with computers!).

Chapter #14:

Being immortal was a lot of fun! I think everyone should try it some day. It also helped since I still wasn't a very good sword fighter, but if I made a mistake it didn't matter.

Also the whole situation was a little annoying, no matter how many times you killed the pirates they wouldn't stay dead. No matter what happened they wouldn't die.

One pirate had rushed up to challenge me right away. He stabbed me in the shoulder and I kicked him in the balls. While he was doubled up in pain I cut his head off. Imagine my surprise when the body-less pirate kept on talking.

"Come on I'll be good," he said as I held his beard in my left hand, "just put me back with my body."

"No."

"Aw come on then love, I swear I'll help you."

"Do I look like an idiot?"

Dead silence.

"The least you can do is lie," I sniffed feeling unloved.

At first I thought that I would be able to help Elizabeth and Will, even save their lives. It turned out that they were pretty amazing without my help. They actually blew up three of the pirates in one go.

So I went to see if Jack needed my help.

"Go away Maggie," was his answer. Then he threw another statue at me. It couldn't hurt me of course, (because this time I ducked), but it did hurt my feelings.

"See if I offer to help you again," I huffed as I stomped away.

"Ha, ha," the pirate head I was still holding laughed.

"Shut up," I said giving him a little shake.

"Everybody hates you," he taunted.

"That's it," I said stalking over to a treasure box. I opened the lid and dumped the gold everywhere. "In you go."

"No wait-!"

"No can do," I said.

"I demand you put me back with my body!"

"You're not the boss of me," I said in my best no nonsense voice which made the pirate head laugh.

I stuffed his laughing head into the small chest and closed the lid. Then, just to be safe, I threw the box into the water. It sunk, slowly but surely. Just then Will came running over to me.

"I need your blood," he told me. At first I was sure that I'd heard him wrong. But then he repeated his query shaking my shoulders for added effectiveness.

"Why?" I asked. "Are you some kind of pirate-vampire thing?"

"No, I need your blood to break the curse," he answered pulling out a knife.

"What curse?" I asked. He gave me a look that clearly suggested that he, like so many people, doubted my intelligence. Then he pointed at the coin chest. "You want to take away my immortality?"

"Yes."

"But I like being immortal," I told him, "it's fun!" He sighed loudly running a hand through his hair.

"Do you want to defeat Barbossa and all of his minions?"

"Of course," I answered quickly.

"Do you want to see them die?"

"Well sure," I said with a chuckle.

"In that case," he began. Then, before I could stop him there was a flash of silver and his knife had sliced my forearm. Then he took my pretty coin and stuck it on the cut.

"You're getting it dirty," I said stupidly.

Will ignored me as he cut his own palm and then pressed a coin identical to mine on his cut. Then, clutching the two bloody coins he ran over to the chest. Jack mimicked Will and threw his own bloody coin up to Will.

All of the sudden Barbossa pulled out his gun and aimed it at Elizabeth and I. I panicked and jumped into the water. From above me I heard a bang.

Fearing the worst I swam back to the surface.

It was Jack who was holding the smoking gun and Barbossa who was bleeding heavily from a gunshot wound to the chest.

"I feel," he said slowly, "cold." And then he feel over backwards. He was dead.

break

"How do I look?" Jack asked me. He was wearing a crown and had necklaces draped all over himself. I took a bite out of the green apple I had found in the cave before I replied.

"Stupid," I said finally, "but rich."

"Oh good," he said wandering over to Will. I followed still munching on the apple.

"If you were waiting for the opportune moment," Jack was telling Will, "that was it."

"Haven't you and Elizabeth made up yet?" I asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about," he snapped at me.

"I'll take that as a no," I muttered taking another bite out of the apple. I really had been hungry.

"Now if you'd be so kind I'd be much obliged if you'd drop me off at my ship."

"Jack," Elizabeth said, "I have some bad news…"