Chapter 2: The Curse and Port Royal
Jack marched through the jungle heading back toward the temple. As he walked, Jack started thinking about the storm. How could there be a storm that only affects his ship but not the surrounding islands? "Well," Jack said to himself, "Looks like I'm about to find out." By now Jack had reached the entrance to the temple. He went inside and walked through darkness, darkness that was darker than death, until he came to the room where the treasure had been.
He looked carefully around the room until his eye caught a faint scratch on the wall behind the pedestal. Jack cautiously walked over to the wall aware that there very well could be traps. He brushed his hand over the wall. Jack was amazed to see a layer of what seemed to be dust just drop off the wall. When the dust settled, he noticed writing on the wall that said something similar to…. Ye who hath moved the treasure of the Inca, ye hath been cursed. Ye ship wilt be caught in a great tempest that shall not end until the curse has been vanquished. Ye wilt also become a youth until the curse has been vanquished. To break this curse ye must learn to forge a bond of friendship and trust with one other human youth, not trust this youth with your things. Ye must trust this youth with your very life. A little further down the wall there was writing almost too small for Jack to read that said, "Help to end thy curse wilt come from another time."
"Hmm" Jack thought "They must mean Will, I'll have to go talk to him." Of course Jack read the line above but he took little notice of it. But before he could leave, Jack suddenly collapsed to the floor, something dark and shadowy seemed to pass over his eyes and he past out. He woke up on the beach of Port Royal. For a moment Jack couldn't figure out where he was or what had just taken place. Then it came to him, after he got his bearings He went to find Will and Elizabeth. But before he went too far he looked down at himself thinking that he felt shorter then normal, he was, then he felt his face as well, his beard was gone! He ran back to the waters edge and looked at his reflection, as he gazed at the surface he did not see his face but the face of a boy fifteen years of age. He staggered back thinking to himself that it's really happened there really was a curse. After he came to this realization he stumbled off to find Will and Elizabeth.
The sound of waves woke me with a start. I looked wildly around me half expecting there to be water still trying to keep me down. But no, I was on a beach, the tide was just coming in. I stood up, my legs felt like jelly and my head was pounding, but I managed to stumble to a tree. I sat down leaning my back against the tree for support. I sat by the tree awhile (at least until the world stopped spinning.) Pretty soon I got my bearings for the most part anyway. It was still night, I was on a beach so I must have washed up on an island or something.
I sat on the beach until the sun rose. It was then that I noticed there was a town and harbor near by. "Hmm" I thought, "maybe I can find the cruise ship in the harbor." I headed towards the harbor. But once I got close enough I realized all these ships were made of wood. (The cruise ship was made of metal ;) it was like I was in another time or something. "But time travel isn't possible is it? Or maybe I am in an alternate universe or something. I should go and ask what the date is." I thought to myself, so with that I headed into town.
When I got close enough to the town I found a sign that read, "Welcome to Port Royal" I thought that the name sounded familiar, "But where have I heard that before, oh well, I'll worry about that later. Just find someone to talk to," I said to myself. I walked into the town. I started to approach somebody but when I got close enough for him to see me he gave me an ugly glance and turned his back to me. This happened quite a few times, I was about to give up my search when I saw a group of three people. A boy, he had dark black hair with lots of beads in it, a cream-colored pirate shirt, tannish-gray pants and some rags as well. Next to him was a man. He had a hat with a huge feather in it, and a cape. The rest of his outfit was similar to the boys. The third person was a woman she was dressed in an expensive looking yellow dress. The man and women, I recognized instantly as Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. The boy however I did not recognize. Since I did not want any more glares from the adults. I decided to wait until the boy stopped speaking with Will and Elizabeth, then I would ask him what the date was. I waited for quite a while actually, it seemed as though the boy wanted them to go with him somewhere. I didn't really care what the boy was talking about though, so I didn't really listen. I just wanted to get home. "Port Royal, Port Royal where have I heard that before?" I thought quietly to myself. "Wait…Will… Elizabeth. No way!" I said out loud as the realization came to me, luckily no one heard me. "What's going on? Pirates of the Caribbean characters this is getting weirder by the second."