Captainme: Tee hee, I loved the part when Jack had the jar of dirt and he goes "I got a jar of dirt! I got a jar of dirt! And guess what's inside it!" ROTFL! I can't stop laughing whenever I think of that part now. Lol
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The sun shown brightly on my head as I trudged through the sand on the beach that The Pride Wynn was docked on. The Pride Wynn was my ship, a gift from my grandfather after his death five years ago. She used to sail the ocean with the lot of them, but now she stayed in the harbor. I grabbed a rope and climbed up the side to put the plank down. Barbossa was in town rustling up a crew that had to pass my inspection before they set foot on my ship. He returned after an hour with about twenty men. They lined up on the dock. My white shirt flapped in the wind as I walked up to Barbossa.
"Not bad, Barbossa." I walked down the line as I spoke. "Barbossa has explained the situation to you, has he not? You will be facing extreme dangers on this voyage. You will be sailing in unknown waters, facing unknown creatures and people." I stopped at one of the men. I looked him in the eye and saw fear. "You will be of no use to me. Leave." He gladly ran back to town. "Anybody else want to leave?" About five more followed him. I continued down the line until I came up to three very short pirates. I leaned down. "You three look a little young to be signing up for a voyage."
The tallest one spoke. "We're just short for our age," the pirate said in a forced low voice.
"You can't fool me." I lifted his hat up and beheld my son, Peter. Sarah and Kimmi lifted their heads also. "Peter, Sarah, Kimmi! I thought I left you with Mrs. Lester!"
"We want to come too," Peter said.
Sarah took off her hat. "We have to come. You said that we were going to help Daddy."
"I've always wanted to meet Daddy," Kimmi said with a sniffle.
"You know this is mutiny, right?" They all smiled at me. "Alright, you can come." I straightened up and continued down the line with them on my heels.
Barbossa's monkey tried to climb up my leg when I finished my inspection. I shook my leg to get him off.
"Barbossa, you know I hate that monkey as much as Jack hated it. Would you please get it away from me?" Barbossa snapped his fingers and the monkey came back to him. I walked back to the front of the line. "Alright, crew, board the ship in an orderly fashion and take your positions." The crew boarded in a fashion, but it was anything but orderly. Barbossa took the helm, while I stood on the deck with my children. "Let's go get the rest of our passengers."
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A few days later, we arrived at a tiny forgotten island covered with fog. I leaned over the railing and smiled.
"Tia Dalma." I shook my head with a grin.
"You know of Tia Dalma?" Barbossa said as he lowered one of the lifeboats.
"She's part of the reason that Peter and Sarah are twins." Barbossa grinned and climbed a rope down to the lifeboat. I shimmied down after him and began to row towards the island.
When we reached Tia Dalma's house, I noticed another lifeboat docked in front of it.
"That lifeboat came from the Pearl," I said as I got out of my lifeboat.
"Aye, that it did. That's the only thing left of The Pearl." Barbossa tied up the lifeboat as I went up the stairs. The door creaked open and I walked in.
"Amanda," Tia Dalma said with a smile as she greeted me. "You've come to help your friends." She led me to another room where Mr. Gibbs sat next to a woman. A man was looking out the window, but I could not see his face. "Elizabeth, here is the woman who will lead you to Jack."
Elizabeth stood up. "I know you. You are my cousin." I nodded. "You never told me that you were married to Jack." The man in the window turned around.
I gasped at him. "Are you William Turner's son?"
The newer version of Bootstrap reached out his hand to shake. "Yes, I am." I shook his hand. "You know my father?"
"He was a good man. A good pirate."
Will looked down with a sad expression. "Jack said the same thing."
"You sound as if he's dead or something." The room turned silent as I looked around.
Will looked back up. "He is. He died saving us."
My mouth hung open and tears came from my eyes. "No," I whispered. "No." I clapped my hands over my ears and fell to the floor. "No, no, no, no, no!" I continued screaming and then the room went dark.
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I woke up and felt a cold rag on my head. Tia Dalma sat next to me and the others stood in the doorway.
"How long have I been out?"
Tia Dalma took the rag off and soaked it in water, then put it back.
"About an hour."
I sat up. "If Jack is dead, why do you need me? He's dead. It's over."
Tia Dalma stood up. "If a man has something in his life that he loves more than anything, and that thing loves him the same way, he will never truly die. He will enter a place made for heroes and romantics. And there, the thing that he loves the most can get him back and bring him to the land of the living."
I swung my booted feet off of the bed and picked up my saber.
"Jack loves the sea more than anything. Let the sea bring him back." I started out the door, but Tia Dalma grabbed my shirt.
"Jack betrayed you, Amanda, but that does not mean that you are not the most important thing to him."
My eyes misted over, so I looked away.
"I don't have to get him myself, do I?"
"Do you still have the compass I gave you that only points to Jack?" I nodded. She let me go. "No, you do not have to get him, as long as you are the one leading the ship."
I swallowed and looked back up. "Then my deal still stands. Jack is not to know that I am on the ship."
Tia Dalma straightened my vest. "It will be hard to keep it from him."
Will looked at me. "We will try."
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Dun dun dun! Just kidding. I will leave you with these words: "My children! This is the day you will always remember as the day you... gets splashed by a wave Captain Jack Sparrow." Adios!