Beauty and the Pirate

Disclaimer:I do not own any of the characters mentioned in this story from the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl". Nor do I own any dialogue that matches up to the dialogue from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" nor any storyline plots from said movie. I solely own the characters of Isabelle and Marcel Cheney and Gaspard and all additional creative story lines. Hope you enjoy the story and feel free to send a review!

Chapter 3

Need to Think

"I've got it!" Jack shouted a day later as he ran down to the galley to find Will, "Will, I think I've figured out a way to get the treasure of Corazon!"

"How's that?" Will eyed the captain suspiciously.

"You open the compass!"

"What? Jack, I already tried at the bar in Tortuga, remember? It wouldn't open."

"Well, that was because you weren't the one in the desperate want of finding the treasure… but what if you were? Ye already love someone who loves you back. What do ye say, mate? Just take hold of the compass and concentrate hard on wanting to gain the treasure of Corazon and nothing else," Jack said anxiously.

"Alright, Jack," Will sighed, "I'll give a try to what you say, but I'm still not sure this will work."

Taking hold of the compass Jack had handed to him, Will took a deep breath and began focusing on the one goal of obtaining the riches of Corazon. And to Jack's surprise, the compass still was fused shut. Will could still not open the gold box.

"That's it!" Jack whined grabbing the gold box away from Will, "Now I've got to start thinking of another way to open this box again!"

…..

After a couple of more days of trial and error thinking, Jack decided to bring the Black Pearl into a hidden cove near the town of Concordia of the island of St. Martin. Maybe being anchored for a day might help him focus solely on his problem of gaining the treasure rather than the many things his mind was occupied with when sailing as captain of the Black Pearl.

"Alright, me crew, you've got until noon," Jack said as he paced back and forth, "Do what you please, just don't get caught! And if you're not back by noon, we're leaving without you! Off you go then!"

With a small cheer, the crew of the Black Pearl, save for Gibbs, took off on row boats out to the small hidden beach. Sparrow, Will, and Elizabeth rowed to the beach as well right behind them, leaving Gibbs to watch the ship.

…..

"So what are you going to do, Jack?" Will asked as the trio stepped onto the soft sand.

"I'm going to stay here and think of way to get the treasure of Corazon," Jack said determinedly, "One way or another I'm going to get that blasted treasure!"

Will and Elizabeth simply exchanged knowing looks and turned to walk down the shoreline together hand-in-hand, leaving the pirate captain to his own business.