Disclaimer : I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean, but any new characters are mine.

Author's Note: Oh my gosh ! I am sooooo sorry for the long and terrible wait in between these last updates ! The thing is, with all my chapters, I write them down in notebooks first, so that I may edit them, and then type them up for and my mother threw out this book like, last month, with the entire story written down in it ! So now, I am trying to remember what I wrote, and what happens in the story, and write it all, without somehow screwing up what happens in the story. Again, I'm not trying to come up with an excuse, simply trying to give reason why I haven't updated. Again, I apologize, hopefully once I get back into the swing of writting this, the updates will be a lot faster. BTW: if I get a lot of possitive reviews, I'll want to update more ;)

Chapter Nine

The Beginning

Jack paced in his Captain's cabin, aboard the Black Pearl...He knew that none of what had happened in these last months, was any of his fault, but that didn't stop him from feeling guilty , for the first time in his life. Somehow, someway , he was going to get Elizabeth and William back together, he had to. They loved each other dearly, but thought the other did not loved them, it was sad, yet it was sadly ironic, both would gladly give up their life to save the other, and they both knew it, somewhere, deep down in their hearts.

He kept pacing, and speaking quietly to himself,

" They're tearing themselves apart, the rift is growin' larger..."

Jack was sure, that within the months since the hurricane, since Will brought the nearly dead Governor back to Elizabeth's Manor, that they had only seen each other, perhaps a hand full of times, of course, it was never on purpose. It would be a perchanced meeting in the street, or perhaps, on the rare occasion, Will had come to check in on the Governor, who remained in his coma.

" There's got to be something I can do...Ah HA !"

Suddenly a thought had struck Jack, and he knew exactly what he had to do, and now, as he looked back at this time in his life, he laughed at how he didn't see this plan before...I'll just kidnap 'em and take 'em on my litt'l adventure 'ere...after all, they did pull me away from me task.

He would take them on board his ship, he would take them to the Gulf of Mexico, to find a lost treasure galleon, and he hoped, against hope, that they would see the error of their ways as it was now. Yet this could be more difficult than it was now expected, they could hate him, for ruining their lives, yet he had brought them together the first time. And I'll be damned if I can't do it the second time. He thought to himself.

The Caribbean sun was setting over the sea, and it would soon be time to set this into motion. Soon, very soon.

"Jack ! Get your hands off of me ! HELP !"

Cried Elizabeth shrilly into the night air, as Jack Sparrow had just pulled her from her bed, her home, and into the dark streets of Port Royale, without even letting her grab her over robe or slippers. He pulled her along, as she ran to keep up with him, in her bare feet, as not to be dragged along the cobble stone streets of the upper classe end of Port Royale.

" Where are you taking me at this hour ? It's 11:00 pm !"

" To freedom lass ! To freedom ! Now bloody stop pullin' on me dredlocks !"

" I'm not ! You've got my good arm !"

" Than whose doin' it ?"

Jack spun around, trying to see whoever or whatever was pulling on his dredlocked hair...obviously letting go of Elizabeth...Elizabeth on the other hand, broke out laughing...

" Wha ?"

" Its a cat ! "

She gently pulled the stray kitten out from Jack's dark hair.

" Wha' the bloody 'ell ?"

" Awww...Jack he's cute..."

Jack grumbled and grabbed Elizabeth's arm and pulled her along. He pulled her to the docks...to where the Black Pearl was waiting.

" Jack no ! I can't leave ! My father is still in his Coma ! Norrington is acting Governor, and I am the bloody Governess ! I can't leave ! I haven't even said good-bye to Will! NO !"

Elizabeth leaned back, pulling hard to escape Jack's grasp...it didn't work

" Will won't miss yeh ! Now come on !"

Elizabeth's eyes sparkled with tears...she knew Will wouldn't miss her, and that thought destroyed her...She let Jack lead her onto the Black Pearl...With no objections this time, the little kitten snuggled to her breast, in the crook of her good arm.. Jack pulled her aboard...soon he threw her, unceremoniously, into a dark room, a sleeping cabin, with one large bed. It was very dark, and she could hear breathing...