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 31

It Is You

It wasn't for another couple of weeks that Jack was well enough to be up and walking around. He was still not completely healed, though he never acknowledged that fact.

Jack had finally become a new man both inside and out. It took some time for his crew to get used to his new ways and new appearance. He was still the same old Captain Jack Sparrow, but now there something more about him. It was hard to pinpoint what it was exactly, Jack wasn't even sure if he knew.

Near the end of those long couple of weeks, Jack was able to convince his friends to let him go find Isabelle. He departed from the Pearl and began walking along the shore to find the beach where he had first encountered the beauty's father.

It wasn't long after coming around a bend that he found the beach. And there Jack's heart skipped a beat as he saw Isabelle far off at the opposite end walking along the shore in his direction.

Taking in a deep breath to calm himself, Jack sped up his pace towards the maiden.

"Isabelle!" Jack exclaimed as he gained distance.

"Jack?" Isabelle perked up, then began making haste towards Jack's figure along the beach.

However, as the two were within a few feet of each other Isabelle came to stop, arching her eyebrow in suspicion.

"Isabelle," Jack began stepping closer to her and taking her hands in his, "it's me, Jack."

Isabelle stood silently for a moment. She scanned over Jack's new clean clothes, his clean-shaven face – the braids no longer dangling from his chin, and then his nicely groomed hair that was pulled back. There were still a few trinkets in his hair, but not as many as before. But although Jack may have changed his appearance quite a bit, she could still tell it was the same man. The same crooked, teasing smile and the same rich dark brown eyes – his handsome features now much more obvious.

"It's just me, Isabelle," Jack said again as he began stroking the maiden's hair with his hand.

Isabelle closed her eyes at the familiar gesture.

"Look at me, Isabelle," Jack whispered, "It's just me."

Isabelle opened her eyes and looked into Jack's, "Yes, it is you."

Without giving a second thought Jack wrapped his arms around Isabelle and passionately kissed her.