A/N: Here's another chapter, hopefully written a little better! Enjoy!

Mystisch: The pompous butt will come around, don't worry. I'm not allowed to answer all of your questions because it'd give the plot away and I wouldn't want that. One of your favorite Pirates of the Caribbean fics? Wow, thanks, lol. I've read better but hey, I'll take any good review!

obliviongates: yeah, you're right, it did go fast. I didn't really take a lot of time on that whole "lost sibling" part. I'll be more careful from now on. I was kind of on a writing streak and couldn't stop and that time, the something that came out wasn't the greatest. Thanks for being honest! Glad you liked the rest of the chapter though!

Forensic Photographer711: Yeah, Will's a dolt but what can we do about it? I won't make him such a butthead in the coming chapters, unless I really feel like torturing people lol. Thanks for the review!

Robinisawesome: shocker? Really? Cool! lol. Thanks for the review! Much appreciated!

The White Masque: lose a friend, gain a sister, I like that! lol. Will will come around…eventually, lol. Naw, it won't take that long. Even he can't stay stubborn forever! Thanks for the review!

Lady Fae: Yeah, I tried to make Will sound more human by taking the blame away from something he thinks is perfect. I went a little overboard there though, lol. Thanks for the review!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything from Pirates of the Caribbean. I only own Anna Wilson, Katy Searles, and any other people you don't recognize.

Chapter Six: Return to the Pearl

"Wait just a second…back up…ye lost her?" Jack's voice rang on the deck of the Black Pearl the next morning.

"Well…I didn't lose her…she kind of…ran away," Will said quietly, regretting everything that happened the night before. Now he was really going to pay for it.

"Ran away?" Jack asked. "Now why would somebody in me crew just run away fer no reason?"

Will opened his mouth to speak but nothing came out. The whole crew of the Pearl was watching him. "Sh-she didn't run away for no reason. She had every reason to actually."

"Are ye blamin' me fer part of this?" Jack asked.

"No! No, not at all!" Will said realizing what he was saying.

"Then tell me what was her reason fer running away?" Jack said growing impatient. He still had to finish up some business in Tortuga that day.

"I-I said something to her…" Will said quietly. "I accused her of something that she didn't do."

Jack rolled his eyes. "Will ye ever take me advice and stop doing stupid things? Ye made her run away; ye bring her back, savvy?"

"She won't want to come with me," Will said quietly and looking down at his feet.

"Ye'll have to figure that one out, boy. Ye have 'til dusk and ye better bring her back! No givin' up ye hear?" Jack said sounding annoyed that he had to talk to Will like that.

Will nodded.

"Right, stop losing people of me crew!" Jack said before walking off the ship and into the streets of Tortuga littered with the sleeping bodies of drunken men.

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Anna woke up in a small bed unfamiliar to her that morning. The sheets were rough and the blanket was itchy, but it was all still more comfortable than her usual hammock on the Pearl. She opened her eyes slowly to see streams of sunlight coming through the window. She closed her eyes again at the pain the light brought her newly awoken eyes.

"Morning," a voice greeted from near the window, but the bright sun blocked her from Anna's view.

"Um…good morning," Anna said back sitting up in the bed.

"I see you slept well, it's already 11," the voice said again.

"11?" Anna said surprised at how late it was. She never slept that late.

Her eyes slowly adjusted to the light and found Katy sitting on the window sill looking out to the harbor. Anna walked up to her and squinted as she looked outside.

"Nice view," she said.

"Yeah…" Katy said distantly.

Anna stood quietly for a couple of minutes, not knowing what to say.

"So…um…what are you doing today?" she asked slowly.

"I have to finish up some business with Jack. I'm already late but he'll survive. You can stay here until I get back. Try not to wander around the streets. I can't follow you around and protect you, unless you want to find someone on the Pearl to go with you," Katy said standing up and walking to the door.

"I don't think I'll go back to the Pearl right now," Anna said thinking about the night before.

Katy raised her eyebrows. "Oh really? What's been goin' on?" she asked now sitting down on the bed waiting for some great story about the good old pirate life.

"Uh…I just got in a fight…that's all," Anna said.

"With who?" Katy asked eagerly.

"Why would you care? You don't know any of them," Anna said crossing her arms and leaning on the wall.

"I may not now but I will soon enough!"

"What?" Anna asked but shook her head, knowing not to ask, "never mind. His name's Will. He is engaged to some governor's daughter but his fiancé is cheating on him. So when I told him he said that I was a liar and I was jealous."

"Ouch," Katy said smiling. "What a jerk. Why didn't you just let him find out for himself and be all heartbroken? He sounds like he deserves it."

"No…he doesn't deserve it, that's why I told him. He's a nice man, really. He's just…stupid I guess you could say. But he shouldn't be stupid so I guess that's why I'm mad at him."

"I think calling him stupid is being too nice," Katy said smiling still.

Anna shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Don't you have somewhere to go?"

"Eh, Jack can wait. I told you that already," Katy said. "So…do you like this Will? It sounds like it because you're defending him."

"What? Of course I don't like him!" Anna said. "He's engaged! I mean he's a friend but not more!"

Katy laughed loudly making her green eyes shine even brighter. "Okay, suit yourself. I'll be gone for a couple of hours. See you then."

"Bye," Anna said now sitting on the windowsill looking out towards the harbor and at the Black Pearl floating calmly in the clear blue water. She wanted so badly to be back on the ship. She didn't feel comfortable on land anymore. Just like Katy, she had fallen in love with the sea. But she knew that the longer she stayed on land, the longer she could be away from Will.

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"Hello Jack! Good to see you again," Katy said loudly as she sauntered into the tavern to the table in the back where Captain Jack Sparrow was sitting.

"Where were ye?" Jack asked. "I've been waitin' all mornin'!" he yelled.

"I had other business to attend to," Katy said. "So about our…"

"Other business? Like what?" Jack asked.

"Nothing of your concern. Now about our…"

"Nothing of my concern? I think not. I told ye to be here right at ten."

"Boo hoo, I was a little late. So…"

"A little late? How about two hours late!" Jack said impatiently. "I have a ship to prepare to leave!"

"Do you want the treasure or not?" Katy said firmly making Jack shut up. "I'll make it up to you. I'll buy you a rum."

She got up from the table and walked to the bar leaving a very angry Jack back at the table. She came back with two rums later, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Jack.

"Wha's this?" Jack asked.

"The man who has all the information to where the treasure lies," Katy said.

"Why does he have it? You were the one who took it from the Adriana," Jack said.

"I sold it."

"What?" Jack yelled so loudly that everyone in the bar stopped talking and looked at him.

"I needed the money. It was before you ever met me. I'm sorry. But I do know where the man lives. I could take you there," Katy said quietly as the people stopped looking at them.

"I can find it meself. Just tell me where it is."

"It's on the island of St. Vincent," Katy said quietly.

"Oh, um, well to make up for all this mess, yer comin' with me on the Pearl 'til we find this treasure, savvy?" Jack said.

"Alright," Katy said smiling, knowing that was exactly what she wanted, to get off the land and back on a ship where she belonged. "Well, nice talking to you again Mr. Sparrow."

"Captain Sparrow, luv," Jack said smiling, knowing how much Katy hated to be called luv.

Katy glared at Jack. "Bye then."

It was then that a man came into the tavern running towards Jack in a panic.

"I can't find her!" he stammered.

"Can't find who?" Katy asked sitting back down looking up at the man.

"Why would ye care Katy?" Jack asked.

"Well it is my new crew. I should get to know them."

"Anna…I can't find her!" the man said again.

"Ye got 'til dusk, Will. I told ye that already. It's only been two hours and yer givin' up," Jack said shaking his head. "Try harder, ye'll find her."

The man shook his head. "I've looked everywhere!"

"Apparently you haven't looked well enough because I happen to know where Anna is, if you're the Will she's been talking about," Katy said twirling her hair in her fingers, smiling up at Will innocently.

"Where is she?" Will asked quietly but firmly, glaring at Katy.

"Ask her yourself," Katy said still smiling as Will tightened his fists at his side. She noticed this as her smiled turned from innocent to sly. "You seem pretty concerned about her."

"Of course I'm concerned about her! I lost a woman here of all places at night! She could've been killed or kidnapped because of my own stupidity!" Will yelled.

"Well then that's your fault," Katy said.

"I'd never be able to live with myself if that's what happened to her," Will said quietly and slumping down in a chair.

Katy was quiet. She felt bad for Will for just a second, and then remembered what Anna told her earlier. She stood up, preparing to leave. "I'm going to go home and fetch Anna. I'll bring her to the Pearl."

"I'll come with you," Will said looking up at Katy with pleading eyes.

"Uh…that's probably not the greatest idea. Anna's…um…she's not very happy with you. I'd like to get her on the Pearl without any trouble," Katy said watching Will's face fall. "I'm sorry, it's just that…"

"No you're right. I'll see you later then," Will said.

"Bye. Bye Jack!" Katy said smiling as Jack yelled back to her, "Captain Jack!"

Katy disappeared through the door of the tavern. Will turned back towards the table and buried his face in his hands. Jack gulped down the rest of his rum. He reached across the table to Katy's untouched rum and went to drink that but stopped and looked at Will.

"'Ey," he said. Will lifted his head up to look at Jack.

"Yeah?"

Jack moved the mug forward for Will to drink it. Will picked up the mug and took a huge gulp. "Thank you."

"Any time. So what exactly did you do to make Anna run away?" Jack asked.

Will shook his head. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Oh, come on, lad," Jack urged.

"I told you. I accused her of something that she didn't do," Will said.

"Will, there's a difference in accusing someone of stealing your sock and accusing someone of lying to you about a cheating wife," Jack said seriously. "What was it?"

Will took a deep breath to begin speaking but shook his head just as he was about to start. "I can't."

"Ye'll have to sometime. If yer afraid of confronting the situation, ye'll have a tough time doing that when yer back on board the Pearl with Anna. Might as well practice!" Jack said, his curiosity boiling over.

"She told me that Norrington and Elizabeth were…together, that Elizabeth was…cheating…on me," Will said with difficulty as his heart twisted painfully in his chest.

"And…" Jack urged.

"I told her that she was crazy or lying," Will said quietly.

"Oh, I see why she ran away. Well, yer an idiot! No doubt in that. Ye have to start thinkin' a lot more. It's gettin' ya places ye don't want to be, like the position yer in right now!" Jack said lightly.

"I know…" Will said quietly finishing his rum. "I guess we better go back to the ship. We can't sit around all day."

"No, ye best stay 'ere. Wait fer Anna to go on board or else she'll never come," Jack said.

"Thanks. You're helping me a lot," Will said sarcastically.

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Anna still sat at the windowsill and watched as the lighting from the sun changed from morning to afternoon. The Pearl still floated calmly in her usual spot, waiting for her captain's return. Anna had to talk to herself in her head the whole day to stop herself from going on the ship. She was getting restless and needed to be high up in the rigging in the middle of the Caribbean Sea as the salty air blew her hair in her face and the sun beat down on her neck, burning it bright red.

She heard someone coming up the stairs outside and looked to the door. She heard the sound of a lock opening and the door soon opened to reveal Katy, looking as happy as ever.

"Hello Anna! Ready to go?" she asked.

"What? Go where?" Anna asked in reply, standing up.

"To the Pearl of course! Where else?"

"Uh…um…" Anna was silent at the sudden burst from Katy. "I can't."

Katy stopped bustling around the room excitedly and packing the few things she needed aboard the Pearl. "What?"

"I can't go. I just can't," Anna said.

"Y-you don't mean that," Katy said as fear struck her as the thought of never being able to go back on the ship invaded her mind.

"I-I do," Anna said.

There was a long pause as Katy flopped down on the bed.

"Come on, Anna, if this is about Will, I'm going to kill you," Katy said.

"It isn't about Will," Anna lied.

"Anna! You're a Searles! Sailing is in your blood! You can't possibly just say no to sailing and stay here in this dump!" Katy pleaded. "Come on, I promise you that Will will not be on the ship right when we get there. He's coming later. Jack has to have a talk with him."

Anna paused. "He won't be on the ship?"

Katy shook her head. "Not now."

Anna looked back out to the sea remembering the thrill of hanging over the ocean as she repaired a sail and the water splashed up on her, soaking her completely. "Okay."

Katy smiled widely and hugged Anna tightly. "Thank you so much! You worried me there!"

"You could have gone without me," Anna said.

"Ha! And let you rot in Tortuga hiding from drunks or becoming a whore? I think not! Let's go," Katy said and led Anna out of the room, outside, and to the harbor, where the Black Pearl awaited.

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The crew of the Pearl was unusually quiet when Katy and Anna came aboard. Everyone expected Anna to stay in Tortuga or explode at anyone who came near her. No one knew who Katy was.

"Hello everyone! I'm Katy Searles, a new member of the crew. Jack will hopefully explain why I'm here when he comes but right now I have to make sure Anna here's all good and happy. Nice to meet you all!" Katy said smiling at a dumbfounded crew.

"Three women I have to deal with now? Someone up there really doesn't like me," Gibbs said looking up to the sky as if he were looking into heaven. Anamaria snapped him out of his "prayer" with a slap on the back of his head.

"Your luck's getting worse and worse the more you complain about us!" Anamaria said before walking away to the forecastle after Anna and Katy.

Katy had followed Anna to her hammock and looked around smiling happily.

"Why are you smiling? This is a dump and Jack knows it. Will he do anything about it? No," Anna said sitting down on her hammock.

"You're telling me," Anamaria agreed sitting on the hammock next to Anna's.

"I think it's perfect," Katy said dreamily.

"You, my friend, are crazy," Anna said, lying down on the hammock and closing her eyes.

"Do I get a hammock?" Katy asked, sounding like a giddy child.

"There's a pile of extras over there," Anamaria pointed out at a corner across the room.

Katy rushed over and grabbed one. She ran back and strung it up next to Anna's, flopping down into it.

"I think you're a little too excited," Anna said lazily.

"Has she ever been on a ship?" Anamaria asked worriedly.

"Yeah, she grew up on one," Anna said quietly to Anamaria.

"That explains a lot," Anamaria said leaning back in her hammock and getting a quick wink of sleep before Jack made them prepare the ship for leaving.

Anna turned on her side to face Katy. "So, where are we headed? You were the one with the meeting with Jack."

"St. Vincent," Katy said lazily.

"Is that where the treasure is?"

"No."

"Why are we going there then?"

"The man who has the directions to the treasure is there. We need the directions before we can find any treasure."

"Wait, you don't have the directions?" Anna asked, surprised.

"Here we go again, first with Jack now with you. I sold them okay? Let's just make it to St. Vincent to get those directions back," Katy said, turning on her side, facing away from Anna.

Anna lay back down and tried to sleep but it wouldn't come. She knew she would be dead tired that night, but if she couldn't sleep now, there was nothing she could do about it. She got up to go on deck but stopped as she heard people come aboard. The voice of Will floated on the air like music. Anna's head felt light and she barely kept her footing as she fell back into her hammock and plugged her ears hoping for his voice to go away. Her heart pounded at the sound of it and all of her surroundings seemed to disappear as she squeezed her eyes shut, waiting for it to pass. It was a couple minutes before it did, but her heart still beat madly in her chest. This would be a tough trip.

A/N: There you are! Hope you like! It was slow, I know. I promise, once all this emotional stuff gets worked out, the action will come. Don't worry. Please review!