chapter 13

Darkness, all Lizzie felt and saw, just like the begining of her dream. Yet, she felt warm. She felt wrapped in something cozy. She slowly awoke and realized she was in a bed in the room. She looked around and saw Jackie in a chair next to the bed, asleep.

"He watched over me?" she said, a little surprised. The door opened and in came Will.

"Lizzie, are you alright?" he said

"Yeah, I'm fine. How'd I get here. I remember everything going dark, then nothing."

Flashback To End Of The Storm

"Jack look at the clouds." Jackie said, coming up on deck, "What does it mean?"

"Hopefully, it means Davvy Jones has given up on us." Jack responded

"But what about Lizzie?" Will said. Then a large black cloud came above the ship.

"Jack. How's that Davvy will leave us alone theory working?" Jackie said, "Brace yourself!" When he did, in the clouds, somehow light broke through. Everybody then saw something drifting from the opening. Something big was gracefully drifting down to the ship. Jackie took out the spyglass and saw it, Lizzie, battered and bruised, but not that much. He ran over to where she was going to land to catch her. When he caught her, the cloud vanished and it was night time. To hold her in his arms, to finally feel her soft face was wonderful for Jackie.

"She's cold." Jackie said, his hand on her face.

"We have to put her in bed!" he yelled to the crew.

"I'm watching over you, Lizzie." he said softly to her.

End Of Flashback

"You came out of the clouds." Will said, "What happened to you? You look horrible." Lizzie looked down at her right hand briefly, and just barely saw the mark Jackie and Jack had.

"You don't know what it was like with him. The torture, the pain, the suffering, all of that I endured." she said putting her hand by her side. Jackie awoke and seeing Lizzie awake, gave her a hug.

"Lizzie! You're okay!" he said, while hugging her, "I thought you were dead.What happened to you? What did you do there?"

"Jackie, your hand." she pointed out that his mark was gone.

"You did it. You DID IT! Lizzie I, I can't belive it! You actually saved us!" he said

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, we have to go to Isla de Muerta, NOW!" she said

"Why?" Will asked

"That's where Barbossa is. We need to send him to Davvy Jones locker, well you have to Jackie. You must throw him into the ocean and call the kraken and all deals are off." Lizzie said

"What are you talking abou...Lizzie, what did you do?"Jackie asked

"Umm...you're just going to have to trust me." She walked out of the room to see Jack.

"Jack set course for Isla de Muerta. We have to find Barbossa there within two days." she said

"Why?" he asked

"Um...uh...we need to get the ring of tommorrow." she said quickly. She went up to the front, her usual spot, and looked out as she heard Jack barking orders. Through the morning and into the afternoon she stood in the same place.

"Lizzie, what's wrong?" Elizabeth said

"Nothing." Lizzie said

"I can tell when there's something wrong with people and there is something wrong with you."

"Elizabeth, have you ever done something for someone, but you didn't know how it might've affected you?"

"Yes. Many years ago, Will was saved. I was on board and was put in charge of him. I just learned about what happens to pirates, a short drop and a sudden drop, in other words, they're hung. I noticed around his neck was a gold medallion with a skull, the symbol of pirates. I was afraid for him, so, I took it. Years later, pirates who crewed the Pearl were cursed by the same gold coins that I took from Will. Because I had the coin, they took me. Will rescued me and so did Jack and we had an amazing adventure."

"Wow." Lizzie said, "Elizabeth, do you promise not to tell Jackie about this?"

"About what?"

"This." She showed her hand to Elizabeth, "I made a deal with Davvy Jones. If we give him Barbossa within two days, all deals are off and the Sparrows are safe. If not, I'd give him my soul. I can't go back to him. I live thrpugh death and he killed me so many times. I can't go back there, I can't!" Elizabeth looked at both of her hands, tops and palms.

"Why aren't I connected to you by the curse?" she asked

"Well, Jack made the deal and both him and Jackie were affected. I made the deal, not you or Will. It's very strange and confusing." Lizzie said

"But why would you do this?"

"Because...because...I have feelings for Jackie. I didn't want him to die." Tears were slowly streaming from her eyes. She rubbed them to get them all out. Elizabeth walked away and Lizzie continued to stand at her spot. Night fell and Lizzie was looking for an island, even though she didn't have the spyglass. Jackie approached her.

"Hey Lizzie." he said, but she remained silent, "I heard about what you did and I think it was cool." Lizzie had a surprised look on her face

"Did you hear everything?" she asked, hoping he didn't here about her feelings.

"I heard about the deal. I didn't hear more because I told Jack about it. Why would you do that?"

"Because, Jackie...I...I...i." This time, another pirate called out 'Land ho!', "I would like to see the spyglass, please" she said, but in her head, she was kicking and screaming. The island was close, and Lizzie saw a flag, the Jolly Roger.

"Come on," she said, "It's time for the final battle."