You feel sand beneath you. And you see a bright light shinning through your eyelids. You groan and open your eyes.
"DAMN IT! HE GOT AWAY AGAIN!" you screamed.
You slam your fists down into the sand. Your shirt was torn so that you could see the pirates brand on your right wrist. you tie a piece of cloth over it so no one would see it. You get up and run into town. You had made up your mind, you were going to free Jack and ask him to help you to find the Black Pearl. You ran to the jail. Will was going in there as well.
"Will, what are you doing here?" you called after him.
He turns around and looks at you.
"They took Elizabeth, Im going to free Jack and ask him to help me find the Black Pearl so I can get her back. What are you doing here?" he said.
"I was going to do the same thing, but for different reasons." you said.
"Really? What for?" he asked you.
"That does not matter, we dont have much time, lets go and free him."
He nods and follows you into the jail. You and Will go down by the cells and catch Jack trying to pick the lock with a bone. He looks up at you and smiles.
"Im afraid Im not as good at it as you are love." he said still smiling.
"We need your help. You know the ship, the Black Pearl?" asked Will.
"Ive heard of it." he said.
"Where does it make birth."
"Where does it make birth? Have you not heard the stories? Captain Babossa and his crew of miscreants sale from the dreaded Isla de Muerta. Its an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is." he said lying on the floor.
"The ships real enough, therefore its anchorage must be a real place. Where is it?" said Will getting mad.
"Why ask me?"
"Because youre a pirate."
"And you want to turn pirate yourself, is that it."
"Never." he snapped back
You frown and walk away.
"Theyve taken Miss Swann."
Jack smiles and nods, then notices you and frowns.
"Nia, whats wrong." he asks you.
You look at him and smile.
"Im fine."
He still looks worried.
"Im fine, really. Will you help us?"
"Us? Does that mean that you what to save her too?"
"I have a score to settle with Babossa."
He nods, not even asking what about.
"Okay, Ill help you." he says getting up.
Will breaks him out and Jack, Will, and you commandeer the Intercepter. When you are out to sea Jack comes up to you.
"Can I talk to you for a second?" he asks you.
You nod. He tells Will to steer and takes you down to the cabin.
"Why are you chasing after the Black Pearl?" he asked closing the door.
"I already told you, I have score to settle with Babossa."
"I know that, but what do you have to settle with him?"
"He killed my people."
"What do you mean your people?" he asked confussed.
"I am not a full human." you whispered looking away.
He looks at you confused.
"I am half mermyd(mermaid)." you say quietly.
"What?"
You look away.
"I ran away from home, I was one of the protectors of Atlantis, even though I was young when it happened, they still needed me. No, they didnt need me, they needed my power." you said ashamed.
"Why did you run away?" he asks.
You take off the cloth covering your brand mark and held it out for Jack to see. He looks at you in shock.
"I wanted to be a pirate like in the stories I had heard. I wanted the adventure. The human blood in me longed for the surface world, but my mermyd half longed for the sea. I could not have both. Becoming a pirate was the closest I could come to having both. And because of me, everything I had is now gone."
You start to cry. He hugs you and you cry into his shoulder.
"You must think I am so stupid." you said though your tears.
"No love, I do not think that." he said quietly.
He holds you at arms length away and looks at you.
"I think ye are brave for doing what ye wanted, and I think ye are even braver for going after Babossa." he said.
You smile and lean into kiss him. He leans in too. Right before your lips touch Will comes running in.
"We are almost there, I need your help anchoring Jack." he said breathlessly.
He looks at you two, who had pulled away from each other before he had seen anything.
"Am I interrupting something?" he asked with a smile.
You stand up and answer before Jack can say anything.
"No, nothing at all." you said with a smile.
You smile at Will, then at Jack, and walk out to the deck. You sail in to Tortuga and get a place to stay while Jack and Will go to speak to someone about a crew. You lie down on the bed and fall asleep instantly.
THE NEXT MORNING
You wake up and see light shinning through the window.
"Jack? Will?"
There was no answer. You go outside and look at the dock. The ship was gone. They left without me? You thought. You run down to the water and see the ship in the distance. You sigh and jump into the water. Once your under gills leap out on the sides of your neck and you can breathe under the water.
You swim as fast as you can trying to catch up with the boat. In a matter of minutes you had caught up with it even though it was at least fifteen miles off shore. You climb up onto the deck right behind Jack.
"YOU JERK!" you screamed at him.
He turns around and you slap him in the face.
"That one you definitely deserved." said Will.
"DID YOU THINK THAT YOU COULD JUST LEAVE ME THERE!" you screamed at Jack.
"Nia, Im sorry, I just dont want you to get hurt...how did you get here?" he asked.
"I swam you idiot! And how would I get hurt, Im just as capable as you are!" you said yelling at him again.
Jack looks back at the shore.
"You swam?" he asked shocked.
"Yes, you know what I told you! Thats why I can swim so fast! Im not talking to you for the rest of the voyage!" you screamed.
You walk off into the cabin and slam the door.