Wizards of the Caribbean

Child of the new Dawn

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A/M the chappies will get longer I promise! Thanks for the reviews!

Jack ran his hand under and around the bottle, "A wizard eh? That's interesting." An idea began to form in Jack's mind, "That's very interesting."

Of Hats and Ships

"Well Mr. Potter, it looks like we both are in need of each others services, eh? Let me make a proposition to you; you get me off this spit of land and back to me ship and I swear, on pain of death, I will get you back to your school. Do we have an accord?" Jack asked as he extended his hand to Harry.

Seeing as how he really didn't have much of a choice, Harry nodded and shook Jack's hand, "Agreed. Where is your ship now?"

Jack grabbed the floating rum bottle, took a swing, and flopped back down onto the sand, "Captain Barbossa and his crew of miscreants set sail toward the Isla de Muerta in order to remove the Aztec's curse."

"What curse?" Harry asked sitting down as well.

Jack smirked at him, "Right up your alley, eh mate? The Aztecs placed 882 identical gold coins in a stone chest for Cortez himself. But the greed of Cortez was so great, the heathen gods placed a curse on the chest, so if any mortal would remove one piece of the treasure, they would be punished for all eternity. Living skeletons, unable to feel, eat, or dink anything, and impossible to kill…. Barbossa has been gathering all the treasure he can, filling up an entire cave, locating every coin. And with the blood of Bootstrap Bill's son, they will be free of the curse and be the richest men in the world."

Harry raised an eyebrow, "So let me get this straight, you want to get back on a ship filled with living skeletons and sail to the Isla de Muerta to get rich on stolen and cursed treasure?"

"Aye!" Jack said looking over the rim of the bottle, "And what says you to that?"

Harry grinned, "Sounds like fun."

Jack returned the grin with a laugh, "You've got a pirate's spirit in yah lad! But may I recommend that you change your attire? You'll stand out like a sore thumb dressed like that, savvy?"

Harry glanced down at his robes, which were beginning to get rather hot, and nodded.

Jack finished the rum, falling back onto the sand until the last drop was gone, which he checked by turning the bottle upside down and shaking it, then threw the bottle over his shoulder and standing up, "Now Mr. Potter, get me off of here."

Harry stood as well, shaking off his outer robes and shoulder bag. He glanced over at the underground storage compartment and dropped down into it.

The minute Harry was down in the storage compartment; Jack began to riffle through his school bag. He pulled out a two books with strange symbols written on them, and potion vile with a neon green liquid inside. He jumped and released some brightly wrapped boxes that hopped out of his hand the minute he had pulled them out, and in doing so, knocked over the bag and spilled the remaining contents.

A long silvery cloak glimmered in the sun, and Jack couldn't help but think how much he could get for such an object when something else glinted. A strange dark green and gold pendant had fallen out as well. 'Wouldn't want the lad to lose such a thing' Jack thought with a grin and pocketed it.

The last article was a black pointed hat and Jack, who had a pronounced love for his own, tried it on for the heck of it and picked up Harry's abandoned wand as well. A soft chuckle made Jack spin around quickly to see Harry, dressed in a more common garb, standing a few feet away from him, eyes roaming over Jack and then the spilled bag at his feet.

"Sorry it is such a pretty stick err…wand." Jack sputtered, unlike his usual self, as he quickly dropped the wand and started to throw the objects back into Harry's bag, lastly placing the hat on top.

"You felt the urge to go through my bag because my wand was pretty?" Harry asked disbelievingly.

Jack shrugged and grinned at him, "Pirate."

Harry just shook his head slightly, "There's a ship coming, and maybe we can barter something for passage on it."

Jack grinned and shoved his, much better, hat on his head and grabbed his things, 'I'm coming for you Barbossa. Captain Jack Sparrow never loses.'

A/N please review chapters will get longer!