Chapter 2 - Gildah

Elizabeth was back in her bed in Port Royal. When she left the cave that day she told Gibbs and the rest of the crew that Jack was dead. They left her on the Pearl and went to retrieve his body.

Her heart was broken and she cryed for hours, wondering why it was taking so long for the crew to get back. Maybe they were in shock, maybe they were dead. With that terrible thought in her head she cryed harder.

Stareing out at the sea she saw Jack's ghost move across the water, the next thing she knew she was waking up in his bed.

"What happened?"

"We came back and found you face down on the deck Miss. We didn't know what to think." Gibbs said dabbing her head with a cloth.

"What did you do with Jack's." But she couldn't finish. Saying the words would make it true to her, this way it was a terrible dream.

Gibbs shifted his weight. "We couldn't find the body Miss Swann."

Elizabeth looked shocked. "What do you mean?"

"There was nothing there."

"Of course there was! I saw him die, I watched him take his last breath, he was dead! Go find him! You can't leave his body there!" She was getting hysterical and Gibbs layed her down.

"I don't doubt what you saw Miss. Perhaps you just told us the wrong place. We will go looking when you get up."

Elizabeth shook her head. "I can't, I can't Gibbs. You have to find him. I can't."

"A body is just a shell Miss Swann."

"Yes, but I love him."

Gibbs was somewhat expecting that and put the cloth aside. "Look here Elizabeth. Jack was a pirate, you're the daughter of a Governor. It would have never worked between the two of you."

"Why does everyone say that? I love him and he told me he loved me. That's all you need to make it work Mr. Gibbs. Now if you'll excuse me I think I will take a nap and wake up from this horrible nightmare."

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"You must find a husband and marry Elizabeth. You can't live the rest of your life in depression. Have children and be happy."

Elizabeth looked at her father and sighed. "I drove Will away, and the only man I ever really cared for is dead."

Her father looked her over and narrowed his eyes. "And who, my darling, might that have been?"

"Jack Sparrow."

"Surely you don't mean the pirate."

"You know a different Jack Sparrow?"

Weatherby Swann pointed a finger at his daughter. "You see here Elizabeth, he made his choises to be a pirate. He is dead. You need to stop being a little girl and grow up."

"You don't want me to follow my dreams. That's what you always told me. You always told me not to be afraid, that I could be anything I wanted to be. You lied."

"I did not intend for you to want to ingage in piracy."

"I love him! I will not ever fall in love again! I will not marry!" She shouted, tears streaming down her face. But how wrong she was.

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The light was shining so brightly he saw the morning before he woke up. The bed he was laying on was hard and uncomfortable. Moving on to his side he rolled right off with a loud thud. A woman turned around sharply and went toward him.

"You're awake."

The man rubbed the back of his head. "Yes. Where is that light coming from?"

"It's my own creation. It's to see in the caverns all the way to the opening of the cave." She explained and went to stand by an old wooden stand that held a rather tattered book.

"It's very nice. Who are you?"

"A fair question captain, but aren't you wondering who you are?"

The man narrowed his eyes in thought. Searching his mind he couldn't remember who he was. "Yes, I suppose I would like to know. Do you?"

"Yes I do. You are Captain Randall Marcus from Spain."

The man looked at himself and back to the old woman. "What kind of a captain am I?"

"You sail for the king. Don't worry, your appearence is from being unconscious three weeks. It's a wonder you haven't died Captain." She said and produced different clothes for him. "I was only here to watch over you, now you must go and get yourself a wife."

"A wife? But I can't remember ever knowing a woman."

"You must go to Port Royal. There is someone there you know."

He took the clothes and started to change. "What is her name?"

"Oh I don't know. I'm sure there is someone there you will love."

Randall looked at her with suspicious eyes. "Why are you helping me?"

The woman closed her eyes and started chanting. "Because I was like you once Captain, young and in love. Time heals all wounds. My name is Gildah and I am your keeper."

The captain's eyes rolled in the back of his head and he fell to the ground. Gildah walked over to him and started to shave his hair. "I'm sorry Captain, but this is for your own good. Someday you will give me what I can never have". Puting her hand over his heart she closed her eyes. You will live long and give me the child of the sea, Captain Jack Sparrow."