Tessi's Point Of View

A/N: There's going to be random switches of Point of Views. Separated by the line thing, hope that's not a problem.


"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU LEFT THEM BEHIND?" I shrieked and saw Elizabeth wince; she knew how I could get, hell that's how Swann women were, she got that way.

"I was keeping to the code!" Will exclaimed, defending himself, damn code. "Oh we are not amused." I thought bitterly, glaring at him, in all his idiocy.

I was not amused, and I was even less amused when theship started to move, exasperatedly I said, "You know that's just an excuse Will. You know that the only way to deal with her is to sling her over your shoulder. You've known her for a long time; you knew how to deal with her." And with that I walked back into the Captain's Quarters and flopped on the bed.

Sure I was mad that he didn't bring Misty back, but if I was completely honest with myself, I was a little madder that he left Jack there. Something told me in my gut that he would be all right, but that wasn't the point. Truth was that I didn't even know what the point was myself, and I actually wanted to talk to Elizabeth, which was defiantly weird. But I felt like she would listen and understand, but then again, she wasn't on the best terms with the object of my affections, Anamaria would be a better choice. And she knew Jack, liked him in a friendly sort of way, and she was a girl.

I got up out of bed and walked back outside and saw, much to Will's safety, that he was now below deck, which was perfectly fine with me. I walked over to Anamaria and sat on a crate near by, she took a few minutes to notice me, before looking down smirking slightly.

She looked over at me from her crate, it was a straight shot for a while, so she had simply tied the helm in one place and it kept the ship going forward, and she sat nearby incase she was needed. She didn't say anything for a few minutes, as if she was thinking of how to approach the subject that I so desperately wanted to talk about, there was no beating around the bush with Anamaria.

As if knowing what would irk me even more in my present situation, and also not caring, she sat up straight, and in an accent much, as unfortunate as it was, like my own, said; "Is there something I can do for you Miss Swann?" and then with a smug look on her face she slouched back down against the railing behind her.

I refused to rise to the bait and said, "You know why I'm here Ana." As I leaned backwards too, but I did it in exasperation, not nonchalance, although that was how I hoped it looked.

Ana laughed and said, "Aye, I do. I think the entire ocean knows exactly what's troubling you today."

I let my annoyance show as I ground out; "You're not helping me any Ana."

"I wasn't trying."

"Ana," I said warningly, daring her to try me. Of course she was a pirate, and if we got into a fight, I would be able to handle myself…probably, but I was hoping that Will's hero complex would cause him to come up and separate us. But that was only if we got into a fight.

Ana sighed and beat her head against the rail gently, as if she had been trying to avoid this, which she most probably was. "All right, All right, go ahead, tell Ana what's bothering you."

I raised an eyebrow at the fact she was referring to herself in third person, but I ignored it, "If Jack comes back," I stopped and corrected myself angrily, "WHEN Jack comes back, I don't know how to act around him."

"Be yourself," Ana said, squirming in her seat a bit, I could tell she didn't like what she obviously knew was coming.

"I've never been in love with anyone before, how do I even know if this is love?" I demanded, sure I had vague remembrances of relationships, but they were from another time entirely, and never lasted long.

"Well you already told him you loved him, in the heat of an argument, might I add," Ana was cut off as I groaned, and she spoke over me and said, "So sense it was already out there, and you were aware you felt something, and your subconscious just blurted it out like that, I'll take it that it's right, don't ever doubt your feelings."

"Ok, so I am in love with him, but that doesn't mean that I know how to act around him! Or what to do, or what he expects of me," I had begun panicking, which was cut off by a sharp slap across my cheek, and since I had turned my body to face Ana, I had a clear view of the sea, and the Black Pearl heading straight towards us, rapidly.

"I'm sorry that I had to slap you, but you were freaking out." I began tugging on her sleeve, and gesturing, "No, don't worry about it, it was fine, I just didn't want you to start screaming and alert the whole Caribbean about this too."

The tugging had become more enthusiastic, and I was gesturing more, I still couldn't quite find the words to alert Ana. Finally I grabbed her face and turned it roughly and her eyes widened and she immediately ran to the helm.

As Elizabeth ran up on deck and came closer, Ana said, "Let him make the first move."

Elizabeth goes up to the side and after seeing the Black Pearl and the crew running around, they all saw the Pearl before Ana did, she asked the stupidest question ever "What's going on?"

Ana rolled her eyes and said, "The Black Pearl is gaining on us."

Elizabeth was astonished, "This is the fastest ship in the Caribbean."

I snorted and said cynically, "Tell that to them once they've caught us."

Elizabeth ignored me and said, "We're shallow on the draft right?"

Not knowing where Elizabeth was going with this Anamaria said, "Aye."

Suddenly I understood, "Well can't we just lose them amongst the shoals?"

It dawned on Gibbs and Anamaria simultaneously, "We don't have to outrun them long, just long enough."

Anamaria seemed to agree with Gibbs and ordered; "LIGHTEN THE SHIP, STEM TO STERN."

"Anything that we can afford to lose, see that it's lost." Gibbs added

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Jack and Misty followed a tall pirate to one of the cells in the brig. Misty looks around as she walked in and said, "Looks like you have a leak." She shrunk back slightly from the man's glare, he locked the cell and Jack sloshed the water as if to prove Misty's point. She glared as her spoiled princess complex kicked in, not wanting to get the icky water all over herself.

Up on deck Barbossa was yelling orders at his crew, "Haul on the main brace! Make ready the guns! And run out the sweeps." The ports to the cannons were opened and the crew put up the Jolly Roger.

"He's obnoxious." Misty muttered, Jack only continued to look out, as he saw barrel's floating along, he realized it was the rum, his heart sank.

"Not the rum." He muttered, sadly.

Misty rolled her eyes, "I meant Barbossa is obnoxious not the-" She looked where Jack was and gasped, "THE RUM!" She said frantically.

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I was helping Will toss a barrel over the side of the ship; well he was actually helping me, but it was better for my pride to say that I was helping him. Will saw the oars coming out before I did, and stopped someone who was about to throw out a cannon and said, "We're going to need that."

Anamaria sighed as if she was ready to give up and said, "It was a good plan until now."

Will was suddenly very courageous; "Gibbs! We have to make a stand. We must fight! Load the guns!"

"With what?" Ana asked exasperatedly, but I caught something else in the look she shot will, something more...intimate.

If Will noticed he brushed it off well, but I could tell that Elizabeth caught it too, we exchanged the look that sisters often exchange when they're going to set somebody up.

"Anything! Everything! Anything we have left." Will said almost immediately, and kind of desperately, but I could see why he was being desperate, because if we didn't win, we would all die, that's not very appealing to me at the moment either, maybe if Jack ever confronts me, but at the moment, I prefer life.

Gibbs shouted out more orders and then to all of our dismay he voiced the one thing that we all were thinking and his saying it seemed to cement it, and our deaths, coincidently; "The Pearl is going to come up on our port quarter. She'll rake us without ever presenting a target."

"Lower the anchor on the right side!" Elizabeth yelled at the same time as I yelled "Lower the anchor on the starboard side!" it was the first time we said almost the exact same thing at the same time, it kind of freaked me out. It was bad enough when Jack and I did it in the fight, and Misty and I did it, because we are just so close, but to do it with Elizabeth? That was weird.

Will smiled at us and said, "It certainly has the element of surprise."

"You're daft lady!" Ana said looking at Elizabeth and then at me, "You both are!"

"Daft like Jack," Gibbs said looking at me fondly and my eyebrows shot up, but that seemed to warm everyone up to the idea, and Gibbs started screaming out threats. The anchor was lowered and I screamed when theship started to capsize, if it did, we would literally be "dead in the water", I heard Elizabeth scream something to Anamaria, but I wasn't sure what it was, the boat righted itself and turned around quickly.

While Barbossa was up on deck, shouting orders to get the Pearl up next to the Interceptor, Misty and Jack were still in the brig, and were currently arguing over, of all things, Tessi, when Tessi's scream was heardfrom the almost capsized boat.

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Misty had jumped up and screamed, "That's' Tessi, we have to help her!" She waved her arms around in a very Jack Sparrow manner.

Jack rolled his eyes and said, "There is nothing I can do Misty, she's on one boat, and free, and we're in the Brig on another." But Misty could see the worry that was in his eyes.

Misty sat down pouting and said, "You're so mean."

Jack rolled his eyes again and said, "I was honest."

"But you could have been nice about it."

"Haven't you ever heard the saying "the truth hurts"?

Misty glared, "You've spent too much time with Tessi."

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At the exact same time as Barbossa yelled "Fire", Elizabeth yelled "Fire All". The Cannons immediately went off, and Elizabeth and Tessi started shooting at the Pirates.

A Cannon had gone through the cell where Jack and Misty were residing against their will, they ducked and after it had gone Jack went to the hole and screamed "STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP"

Tessi had heard this and snorted quite un-lady like along with Elizabeth as they each loaded a musket.

Gibbs ignored it and said, "We could use a few more ideas Lassies."

"You're turn." Elizabeth shouted over the noise.

Gibbs thought and then said, "What we need is a Devils Dowry."

Anamaria pointed her pistol at Elizabeth and said, "We'll give them, her." I couldn't help but think, how Misty would be cheering Anamaria on.

"She's not what they're after." Will said, slightly annoyed and then Elizabeth grasped her neck and Will ran to a lower deck to get something. I looked between them obviously missing something.

Then a Mast fell and the Pirates started to cross over, and Tessi went back to shooting, lifting a pistol from an otherwise occupied pirate.

Misty dragged Jack from the cell because he didn't realize that the lock had been blown off, they took a rope from a pirate, and Misty held onto Jack as they swung over.

Jack turned Elizabeth's attention to the fact that Will was missing and Misty and Elizabeth ran over to help a friend in need. Tessi noticed what they were doing, and tried to help move the mast. Jack saw the monkey with the medallion and chased after it. Three pirates came up and grabbed the girls around the waist, and they were pulled over to the Black Pearl.