New Beginnings: Chapter 7

Will and Elizabeth's trip to see Tia Dalma was not as smooth. They were hit with a bad storm and went a day off course. They did eventually make it to see her, though.

Will knocked on her door, but it swung open on its own. They stepped in and glanced around. Tia had her back to them when they walked in.

"I knew ye'd be back."

"We found Jack," Will said.

"I know."

"And then we lost him again. We need your help," said Elizabeth.

She turned to face them. "Jack and Danielle are…around."

"We did assume they were around somewhere. What we need to know are the specifics of their location."

Tia smiled with her black teeth and sat down behind her table. She scooped her crab claws and threw them onto her map tabletop. She read them and gave them a heading.

"You're going to the Americas," she smiled.

The others around the bayou restocked the couple's ship. It was going to be an interesting trip.

Tia gave them as much information as she could and they went on their way. Will had hoped for a third compass, but they had no such luck. Chances are, it was just going to point to Elizabeth just like it did so long ago on the Rum, so it wouldn't help them anyway.

Elizabeth finally got the hints from Will and pitched in. She got the hang of the rigging and helped take care of the ship.

Two weeks later, they had land in the distance. But when they got to New Orleans, they didn't find the Rum. They didn't find anyone that they needed to find. But a man and a woman meeting their descriptions were there. But they had sailed off more than a week ago.

Will was not excited to sail more without a bigger crew. There was so much work to be done, but like the previous trip, Elizabeth leant a hand.

They were going to Nassau in pursuit of Jack, Dani, and the rest of the crew of the Rum.

But what no one knew was that Norrington and his fleet of ships was only a day behind them in their own pursuit.

They terrorized the people in the bayou and threatened to arrest Tia Dalma herself if she didn't give them the information they wanted. She didn't want to give out the direction they were all heading. She tried to protect everyone, but to no avail. She gave in and the naval fleet was on its way. And it wasn't that far away from finally capturing Jack Sparrow and Danielle Reese.

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A/N: I realize it was very short, but the next one is going to be long and will probably be posted tomorrow. I needed a short chapter to link everything together.

thomthom

And PS: If I don't get more than one post for this chapter or the previous one, this is really where the story ends.