Chapter 15

The moon was shining bright as all were silent. Jackie was holding onto Lizzie and crying over her death.

"Lizziiiie!" he yelled to the heavens.

"She's not lost forever." said the man in gold armor.

"What're you talking about? You didn't help us, so why are you here? Who are you?" Jackie angrilly said

"I am Cortez, the one who started the curse. Now listen, when you destroyed the gold and the chest, you ended the curse, but not the ones on the crew." Cortez said "Fresh blood had to be paid to end their curse."

"You mean, my arm? Is that why it was fully healed?" Jackie asked

"Exactly." Cortez responded, "Barbossa, on the other hand, was a creature who was brought back to life by the gold. He needed more than blood to end his curse, he needed love."

"What the heck does that mean?" Jackie asked, getting irratated by this perplexing riddle.

"She sacrificed her life to save yours," Cortez said, "you sacrificed the creatures life to save hers. One life had to be given and taken, Yours and hers."

"But, what about Barbossa?" Jackie asked, putting Lizzie down on the ground.

"His life is what was sacrificed for Lizzie and she will be repaid with life." Cortez said. He held out his hands and in them, a large, glowing ball appeared.

"This would be her life and it must be given to her by the one who helped retrieve it for her, you." Cortez said handing Jackie the orb. He placed it on her chest and it was obsorbed into her. She was then floating higher and higher into the air while glowing a white beautiful glow. Then there was a flash of light and she fell into Jackies arms.

"Lizzie? A...are you okay?" Jackie asked with much hope. She groaned a bit and her eyelids slowly opened.

"Jackie?" she said in a weak voice, "Don't let me do that ever again."

"Cortez, Thank you very much." Jackie said. Cortez nodded and dissappeared in a flash of gold light.

"Lizzie, I can't hold it in any longer. There's something I've been meaning to tell you for a long time, Lizzie I.." Jackie said, but Lizzie put her hand over his lips.

"Jackie, actions speak louder than words, and you saved my life. That's something someone would do if they... loved the person they saved. Jackie, I love you, too." Lizzie said. Jackie put Lizzie down on her feet and she noticed something heavy in her pocket. She reached in and pulled it out and gasped.

"What? What is it?" Jackie asked. She showed him a small wooden doll that looked like her with a paper tied to it. Soon after, the doll dissappeared into her skin, but the note remained. It was tightly folded, but she opened it and read aloud.

"You ignorant lass, a deal's a deal." Lizzie said reading the note, "Signed Davvy Jones." Right next to his name was the Jolly Roger waving on the paper. Jackie and Lizzie hugged and Elizabeth came wandering through to the cave.

"Will! Jack! What happened? I heard the cannon go off." she said

"Elizabeth, I have this to say to you," Will said going down on one knee, "We've known eachother for an extremely long time. Will you marry me, Elizabeth Swann?" he said pulling out the ring of the past out of his pocket.

"Hey, that's my ring." Jack said. Then, it clicked for Lizzie.

"That's it! THAT's IT! Now I remember where that was!" Lizzie said. She totally forgot about her ring on her necklace. She grabbed the chain and necklace and pulled it out from under her shirt so everyone can see that her ring and the ring Will was holding were the same, but Lizzie noticed a difference.

"Wait, in the biggest ruby, there's a crack. Why?" she said

"Mabye people aren't meant to travel into the past and alter the future." Will said. He looked around and saw a big rock. He placed the ring on the ground, grabbed the rock, and dropped it on the ring. When he lifted it up, the ring had a crack like the one on Lizzie's necklace.

"Oh, I almost forgot that I got this from Barbossa." Jackie said, pulling the ring of tommorrow out of his pocket.

"Well, we have to leave now. Thank you for the swords." Lizzie said picking them up off of the ground.

"Yeah, and the spyglass, too." Jackie said.

"It was nice to meet our descendants from the year 2006." Elizabeth said

"It was nice to sail with you two." Will said. Jackie opened a vortex next to them. They could see Lizzie's house and the large bell in front of it. Lizzie waved good-bye to them and went through.

"Jackie," Jack said just before Jackie went through the vortex, "Take care of her." Jack took off his hat and placed it on Jackies head and he went through the vortex and met Lizzie on the other side. The two waved as the vortex slowly closed.

"Sooo, do you want to know what heaven was like?" Lizzie asked Jackie.

"You went there? But what about the deal with Davvy?" He asked, abit surprised.

"I died before time was up, and I sarificed myself to save you. That automatically sends me to heaven. So do you want to know what it was like up there, or not?" she said

"No. My heaven is on Earth, with you." he said. Then, the two leaned in close, and kissed for many minutes. Those minutes were magical. When they stopped, they went their seperate ways to go home. The weekend continued as well as Monday. It was time to hand in her report on her family(Most of which were stories about her family in the sixteen hundreds, including the cursed crew of the black pearl, and the man who made a deal with Davvy Jones). Mrs.Miller was an excellent speed reader and finished reading and grading it in five minutes flat. She gave the paper back to a surprised Lizzie.

"A C MINUS? But why?" Lizzie said

"The stories you tell seem more like legends than actual truth." Mrs.Miller said

"But these stories are true, especially the one about Jack Sparrow making the deal with Davvy Jones. I know, I saw it all happen... in... my family records." Lizzie said with a smooth recovery.

"Really. Hhhhmmmm. Interesting. When you put it that way, how about a B minus?" she responded to Lizzie.

"Really? Okay, thanks." Lizzie said looking up at the clock, "Holy Smokes! I gotta go! Jackie and I joined the fencing club and today's their first meeting. Then I have to go home so my dad and i can go on our trip to the carribean. Bye." She rushed out of the room, without noticing the chain around her teachers neck. She pulled on it, and from beneath her shirt rose a gold medallion with a skull on it and a dent due to a sword.

"Should I have told her about my relation to Barbossa? Nah, I'll wait for the opportune moment." she said. She turned off the lights and moved as silent as the cursed crew.

The End