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 32

Whereto From Here

"So what is all this?" Isabelle asked Jack when they finally broke from their kiss.

"What is all what?" Jack asked in return.

"What is with your new look?" Isabelle clarified as she leaned her forehead against his.

"It's not really a new look," Jack replied, "It's simply the real me that you knew all along."

Isabelle smiled at this, "And so whereto from here, Jack?"

"Oh… I thought to give a try to your father's merchant business for a while," Jack said honestly, "and then maybe start me own up again."

"But what about the Pearl?" Isabelle inquired, surprised at Jack's idea of wanting to try again at being a merchant sailor, "The real you still has the blood of a pirate… I don't want you to forget that."

"Who said anything 'bout leavin' me Pearl behind?" Jack questioned with a crooked smile.

Isabelle gave a small laugh before giving Jack a quick kiss, "Well, I guess you'll be having the best of both worlds."

"Per'aps," Jack said thoughtfully, "but as far as I'm concerned you're me only world."

"Captain," a voice interrupted from several feet away, "it's finally opened!"

Jack turned to find Gibbs running towards him and Isabelle.

"What's opened?" Jack asked, his brows furrowed, "What are ye talkin' about?"

"The golden box!" Gibbs cheered, "It's finally open! Now we can finally go in search of the treasure of Corazon!"

Jack laughed to himself before turning to Isabelle, "What do you say, Isabelle? One last adventure? Interested in findin' a bit o' treasure?"

Isabelle smiled widely, "Of course!"

"Good!" Gibbs cried out with happiness, "I'll start gettin' everything ready to go, captain."

With that, Gibbs took off back towards the Pearl as Jack and Isabelle made way to her house to meet with her father and say good-bye.