[A/N] - I do not hate or dislike Elizabeth. The opposite, I admire her and love her character during the franchise. Top Fav. Any harsh words I use are to express better Artemis' anger and how she sees things. Might be true or not but its just a point of view. No intentional hate.

Also, any grammar mistakes during dialogues are not me. Its the script like that cause pirates are supposed to have no proper education and thus cannot use some adjectives etc. properly


Back on the Black Pearl and everyone was running up and down to prepare the majestic ship which seemed to have not a single (new) scratch on it.

While everyone was working together, there were… tensions between certain members.

Will and Artemis kept glancing at Elizabeth who was avoiding them and refusing to look back at them. At the same time, Jack and Barbossa were both trying to prove to one another who was the current Captain.

"Trim that sail!"

"Trim that sail!"

"Slack windward brace and sheets!"

"Slack windward brace and sheets!"

"Haul that pallet-line!"

"Haul that pallet-line!"

"What ARE you doing?" Barbossa asked as a glaring competition started between the two of them.

"What are YOU doing?" Jack asked back in return.

"No, what ARE you doing?"

"What are YOU doing?"

"No, what ARE you doing?"

"What are YOU doing? Captain gives orders on the ship!"

"The captain of this ship is giving orders!"

"My ship makes me captain"

"They are my charts"

"That makes you...chart man!"

Their 'little' argument didn't go unnoticed by 3 certain crew members. Pintel, Ragetti and Artemis stood little to the side and had stopped what they were doing to watch but this cockfight was

getting on their nerves.

"Stow it! The both of you! That's an order! Understand?!" Pintel shouted and made the two men glare at him. "Sorry. I just thought with the captain issue being in doubt, I'd throw my name in for consideration, sorry"

Jack and Barbossa ignored him but kept quiet and shuffled off up the stairs.

"I'd vote for ya," Ragetti said.

"Same" Artemis added.

"Yeah?"

The two of them nodded. "You could make a good captain one day" she continued.

"Thanks. You could also make a good Captain as well"

"Nah, too many responsibilities"

"Well, if I ever become Captain, I can promote you to First Mate"

"Deal," she said as they shook hands.


As the small fight of who was better Captain and Pirate continued upstairs, our heroine noticed Will pulling Elizabeth below deck and she decided to follow.

Quiet like a cat, she hid behind a wooden beam and stretched her ear to listen.

"You left Jack to the Kraken?" Will asked her?"

"He's rescued now, it's done with. Will, I had no choice"

"You chose not to tell me"

"I couldn't. It wasn't your burden to bear"

"But I did bear it, didn't I? I just didn't know what it was. I thought..."

"You thought I loved him"

Her heartfelt heavy and she left quickly upstairs, her mind processing the new information.


Later that day, Artemis decided to approach Elizabeth who was sitting and was looking at the endless sea.

"If you going to scold me, just do it already" the blond added without looking at her.

"I won't. It would be a waste of time. I don't recognise you anymore and all I want to ask is Why"

"Isn't it obvious? The Kraken would never leave us alone. It was Jack it wanted"

"So you decided to trick him? Sacrifice him for the greater good?"

"I had no choice!" she said as she finally turned and the two women looked at each other. "You were all ready to risk your lives for Jack. Someone had to do it because-"

"Because we care too much? Because we follow and respect Jack? I understand your hatred for him but you seem to forget something Elizabeth Swann" Artemis said and the blond winced to be called her full name. "We are a crew and unless we keep the code, we do not let others behind; especially the Captain. We would find a way to fix stuff without sacrificing someone"

"Would you? Norrington is already dead most likely or who knows where. How many people were lost when the Kraken attacked?"

"How many soldiers were lost when we tried to save you?" Elizabeth was left speechless. That was a low blow and she had no words to speak back. "Thought as much. You can pretend all you want Elizabeth but deep down, each action you do is selfish. You

will end up alone in the end if you continue that"

Tears stung in her brown eyes and she rushed below deck, not wanting to be in the presence of the woman she once called sister.

Artemis let out a sigh of frustration and rubbed her face with her hands. This was much more than she had ever asked for and she hated how things had turned out to be.


Night had fallen surprisingly and was giving a more mystic and scarier vibe to the whole place. Still, no piece of land or any animal was seen.

Just an endless, blue sea whose water now was almost as black as the starless sky above them.

The crew light the lanterns as the ship made its way to the smooth sea. Artemis was once again on her isolation place on the Crow's nest, deep in thoughts, Jack (the monkey) sleeping on her laps. Her attention was drawn back to reality when Ragetti screamed.

Looking down, she saw something she thought was a dream.

Rubbing her eyes a few times, she saw that nothing changed. On the waters, bodies of people were floating on the dark waters.

Goosebumps appeared on her skin and the Monkey quickly slid down the rope to observe closer. She followed its lead and she was quickly on the deck, only to watch a certain duo carrying cannonballs towards the railings.

Their laughter was cut short as Tia appears in front of them and gives them a look. They immediately drop the balls. The woman's expression changed to sadness and she turned to look at the people.

"They should be in the care of Davy Jones. That was the duty he was charged with by the goddess, Calypso. To ferry them who dies at sea to the other side. And every ten years he could come ashore to be with she who love him, truly. But the man has become a monster"

Artemis walked closer, interested to hear more.

"So, he wasn't always...tentacly?" Ragetti asked.

"No, he was a man...once" she answered with a sad smile and Artemis subconsciously grabbed her arm.

She wasn't sure how, but she suspected that this story was more personal than she showed.

"Now it's boats coming," The tall pirate said and pointed at the front.

Indeed, people of all ages and genders were each on top of a small boat. The waters carried them slowly while they stared into nothingness. A single lantern was hanged at the front to light their way.

Quickly, everyone on the ship came to look at the peculiar incident. Gibbs was the first one who started to load his gun, but Will stopped him.

"They're not a threat to us, am I right?" he asked.

"We are nothing but ghosts to them"

"Is best just let them be" Barbossa added.

Artemis spotted a familiar figure between the people and a gasp escaped her lips as she covered her mouth.

No… it can't be…

"It's my father, we've made it back. Father here, look here!"

Elizabeth shouted and waved as she also recognised him

"Elizabeth, we're not back," Jack told her, but she didn't listen.

"Father!"

"Elizabeth are you dead?" the gov. asked as he noticed her.

"No, no"

"I think I am"

"No, you can't be!"

"There was this chest, you see. And a heart. At the time it seemed so important"

"Come aboard!"

"I learned that if you stab the heart, yours must take its place. Sail the seas for eternity. The Dutchman must always have a captain. Silly thing to die for"

"Someone cast a line!" Elizabeth shouted and Marty was the only one who heard her.

"A touch of destiny" Tia Dalma said to Will as his attention went to a frozen Artemis.

Her hands were held closely on her chest and her single eye had already started to water. She had lost so many people that were close to her and now she had just lost one more. The Gov. might not have been her real father but she knew him since she was a child and he held a special place in her heart.

"Take the line!" Elizabeth shouted as she threw the rope at him, tears gathering at the corner of her eyes.

"Elizabeth, I'm so proud of you and Artemis as well," the Gov. said with a smile as the boat continued and he didn't touch the rope.

"Father, the line, take the line!" she screamed and ran towards the stern of the ship.

"She must not leave the ship!" Tia Dalma instructed, and Will quickly grabbed her from behind.

"Father come back with us! I won't leave you!"

Artemis felt her legs trembling and she stumbled back, ready to fall. However, a chest stopped her, and a pair of arms rubbed her arms.

"Easy Lass" Jack said, and she closed her single eye, letting the tears roll down her cheek.

"He is gone. He is gone as well" she whispered but he heard her and kept comforting her silently.

"I'll give your love to your mother, shall I? And If I see your father Artemis, I will let him know what a woman you ended up being"

"Is there a way?" Will asked as he comforted Elizabeth.

"Him at peace" Tia Dalma answered him while shaking her head sadly.


After the encounter, Artemis felt drained and had retired earlier than most. However, no sleep would come to her. She had shed more tears when no one was looking and now all she wanted was some peace.

So, she found herself walking on the empty deck of the Pearl while looking at the black sea. Soon, she sat behind the Starbow only for Elizabeth to join her.

"No sleep?" she asked the younger woman who replied by shaking her head in denial. "Come" she added as she made some space for her, recognising that need in her eyes.

"Thank you" Elizabeth whispered as she sat down next to her only for a minute later to lean on the woman's chest.

Artemis wrapped her arm around her and rubbed her arm slowly and comfortingly while both sisters stayed quiet. They had been at that situation before, once when the anniversary of her mother's death came.

For some reason, a teenage Elizabeth was extra moody that day and after a dream about her mother; she lost her sleep. Artemis, who was staying in their house for a small period, was awakened when the brunette entered the guest room.

Elizabeth was a tough girl and even tougher woman but like so many other people before her, she was also kind and caring n sweet. She would put a mask on but there were days she needed to just let it all out.

And Artemis was there for her almost all the times. She would hug and comfort the younger girl, humming her a lullaby or reading her a story. This need for a motherly hug, for some comfort, was always visible in her brown eyes.

However, only she could see it and only she comforted her when she asked. Yes, she was still angry by the choices and paths Elizabeth had chosen so far but right now it didn't matter. Both had lost an important person for them.

"Will you please hum this lullaby?" Elizabeth asked with closed eyes.

"Yes," the redhead replied and kissed her head before humming the lullaby. The same lullaby who Tia Dalma had taught her a long time ago.


The next day, the ship was barely moving, or it felt that way. The sun was up and blazing, burning the crew of the Pearl who had barely any protection against it.

Artemis had tied her hair on a bun and had gotten rid of her jacket in an attempt to ease herself from the heat. The food was running low, the water gone. She fanned herself as she sat with her back against the mast.

"Why are all but the rum gone?" Pintel asked as he tried to squeeze his water sack for the last drops.

"Rum's gone too" Gibbs informed him as he tried to do the same with his leather flask.

"If we cannot escape these doldrums by nightfall, I fear we will sail trackless seas, doomed to roam the reach between worlds... forever," Tia Dalma said.

"With no water, forever seems to be arriving a mite too soon"

"Say that again Gibbs" the redhead commented.

"Why doesn't he do something?" Will asked as he glanced at Barbossa who was behind the helm.

"There's no sense to it"

"And the green flash happens at sunset, not sunrise"

"OVER THE EDGE... it's drivin' me over the bloomin' edge. Sunrises don't set"

Artemis closed her eyes, trying to think as well. Those were the only words on the charts which seemed to be a hint or a way of escaping the prison known as 'Davy Jone's Locker'. However, no one could understand how.

Suddenly, the peace and silence were interrupted when Jack ran to one side of the ship while shouting.

"What's that? I don't know, what IS that? What do you think?" he asked.

"Where?" Elizabeth asked as she approached him.

"There!"

"What is it?"

Then Jack made a noise and run to the other side of the ship. More of the crew members following him confused and slowly the ship started to rock.

What are they doing? They are rocking the ship…The ship is rocking…We need to rock the ship! Artemis shouted on her mind as she realised what was happening.

Quickly, she joined and everyone mus Ragetti and Barbossa started to run from one side to the other. Ragetti was busy trying to chase his wooden eyes which was rolling on the deck, being previously stolen by the monkey.

Barbossa pops it in his mouth, then sticks it back in the socket.

"He's rockin' the ship!" Pintel informed whoever hadn't realised it yet.

"We're rockin' the ship!" Gibbs repeated as the ship now swung from one side to the other dangerously.

"We'll tie each other to the mast, upside down, so when the boat flips, we'll be the right way up" Ragetti suggested as he grabbed some rope and Pintel smirked.

"Time it with the swell" Barbossa said as he went below the deck.

"Loose the cannons, you stinking bilge rats! Unstow the cargo, let it shift!"

With one last move, the ship started to flip to the left and everyone ran to grab the opposite side railing. Artemis almost missed it but Jack's hand wrapped around her wrist and helped her get a good grip.

He smiled at her and everyone held tightly while the ship turned upside down. "Now up is down"


They all go under the water and wait. They are almost out of breath when the sun sets and a green flash is seen. Suddenly, everything seemed to turn upside down as the ship was tossed to the surface of their world.

Everyone collapsed on the deck and coughed saltwater while trying to get their breaths. Their clothes and hair were wet, sticking on their skin and faces.

While everyone was trying to recover, Pintel glared at Ragetti as the duo were tied upside down on the mast.

"This was your idea," he told him through greeted teeth,

"Blessed sweet westerlies, we're back!" Gibbs exclaimed as everyone stood up and noticed the sun rising.

"It's the sunrise" Elizabeth pointed out.

In a matter of seconds, Jack, Will, Elizabeth, Artemis, Gibbs and Barbossa all pulled guns on each other.

Jack was aiming a pistol at Will and another at Barbossa, while the former is pointing one at him and the other at Barbossa.

Elizabeth pointed her pistol at Jack as well while Artemis points one at Barbossa and the other at her. Barbossa points at Artemis and Jack.

Gibbs points his single pistol at Will. Even Jack the monkey pointed his small gun at Cotton's parrot.

"Parlay?" the bird said unsure.

The 5 of them start to laugh and lower their guns, then point them up again.

"All right, then. The Brethren Court's a-gatherin' at Shipwreck Cove. And Jack, you and I are a-goin', and there'll be no arguin' that point" Barbossa stated first.

"I is arguin' the point. If there's pirates a-gatherin', I'm pointing my ship the other way"

"The pirates are gathering to fight Beckett, and you're a pirate" Elizabeth added.

Will roll his eyes and focuses both of his guns at Jack. "Fight or not, you're not running, Jack"

"If we don't stand together, they'll hunt us down one by one, till there be none left, but you" Barbossa spoke.

"I quite like the sound of that. Captain Jack Sparrow, the last pirate. Don't you agree with Lass?"

"It has a nice ring to it but if you want my opinion, we should go to the gathering," Artemis said but kept her pistols pointing at Lizzie and Barbossa.

"Aye, and you'll be fightin' Jones alone. And how does that figure into your plan?"

"I'm still working on that. But I'll not be going back to the locker, mate, count on that" Jack said last and fired his gun at Barbossa, but it didn't go off. They all tried but their guns didn't work either.

"Wet powder" Gibbs explained as everyone placed their weapons back.

"Wait! We can still use them as clubs" Pintel says once they were

free from the rope. Ragetti hits him on the head with his pistol.

"Ow!"

"Sorry. Effective, though"