Zarya's POV

Okay this part of the Caribbean is creepy my dragon said. Jack, Gibbs, Will, Pintel, Ragetti, the dwarf, and Cotton were using the long boat to reach Tia Dalma. Her place of residence reminded me of the swamps in Louisiana and the Everglades.

I had always liked Tia Dalma or Calypso. Meeting her would be an interesting experience. At the moment Gibbs wouldn't shut up about the damn Kraken.

"No worries mates" Jack reassured us as the boat came to a stop underneath Tia Dalma's hut. "Tia Dalma and I go way back, thick as thieves, nigh inseparable we are, were, have been, before"

"We get it mate your buds" I told Jack. One by one the men told one another to mind the boat and Cotton was left in charge. His parrot decided to ditch him as well for said task. Jack was the one who opened the door and immediately Tia Dalma looked up.

I tried not to stare because she was beautiful in my opinion. A smile came to her lips.

"Jack Sparrow" she greeted happy to see an old friend.

"Tia Dalma" Jack replied before ducking making sure he didn't bang his head against a bottle. Tia Dalma stood up to receive us.

"I always knew the wind was going to blow you back to me one day"

Tia Dalma then eyed me and Will.

"You two"

I felt my face blush as Tia Dalma approached.

"It has been a decade since I last met a water dragon" she said to me.

"I'm Zarya" I introduced myself. "Also mate bound to said Captain"

"Damn right" Jack agreed.

Tia Dalma smiled at me before looking to Will.

"You have a touch of destiny about you William Turner"

"You know me?" Will inquired.

"You want to know me"

I smirked at her flirting with Will while Jack hurriedly ended things.

"There'll be no knowing here, we've come for your help and we're not leaving without it"

Jack guided Tia Dalma away from Will. We all sat down and Tia Dalma flirted with Will for a moment before looking to Jack

"You know I demand payment"

"I brought payment" Jack answered before whistling. Jack then removed the cover of the cage that had Barbossa's monkey inside. Jack took the case and held out a pistol.

"Look" he then shot at the monkey who protested. "An undead monkey"

"Don't be cruel Jack" I scolded as my mate placed the cage onto the table. Tia Dalma seemed satisfied and she freed the monkey much to everyone's annoyance.

"We're looking for this" Will said placing the drawing of the key to the Dead Man's chest onto the table. "And what it goes to"

Tia Dalma looked to the drawing before eying Jack.

"The compass you bartered for me, it cannot lead you to this?"

"Maybe" Jack answered. He was holding a hat that he seemed to like. "Why?"

Tia Dalma smirked as she sat down.

"I hear you, Jack Sparrow does not know what he wants"

"Besides me" I added and this got the others to snort. Jack gave me a quick peck on the cheek.

"Or do you know but are you loath to claim it as your own?" Tia Dalma continued. "Your key go to a chest and it is what inside the chest you seek don't it?"

"What is inside?" Gibbs asked.

"Gold? Jewels? Unclaimed properties of a valuable nature?" Pintel suggested.

"Nothing bad I hope" Ragetti muttered seeing the jar of eyes next to him.

"You know of Davy Jones?" Tia Dalma questioned us.

"Who doesn't" I growled.

"A man of the sea, a great sailor until he run afoul of that which vex all men"

I saw Jack pocketing things which made me roll my eyes.

"What vexes all men?" Will asked.

"What indeed" Tia Dalma stated to Will once more.

"The sea"

"Sums"

"The dichotomy of good and evil" were the answers from Gibbs, Pintel, and Ragetti.

"A woman" Jack corrected.

"A woman" Tia Dalma agreed "He fell in love"

"No, no, no, no, I heard it was the sea he fell in love with" Gibbs disagreed.

"Same story, different versions and all are true" Tia Dalma went on. "See it was a woman as changing and harsh, and untamable as the sea, him never stopped loving her, but the pain it cause him was too much to live with, but not enough to cause him to die"

"Jones was betrayed" I explained.

"Indeed" Tia Dalma agreed.

"What exactly did he put into the chest?" Will questioned

"Him heart" Tia Dalma answered placing a hand onto her own heart.

"Literally or figuratively?"

"He couldn't literally put his heart in a chest" Pintel told Ragetti. Then he looked to Tia Dalma. "Could he?"

"It was not worth feeling what small, fleeting joy life brings so him carve out him heart, lock it away and the chest from the world" she then looked to the drawing. "The key he keep with him at all times"

Will stood up and looked to Jack.

"You knew this"

"I did not, I didn't know where the key was, but now we do, all that's left is to climb aboard the Flying Dutchman, grab the key, you go back to Port Royal and save your bonnie lass eh?" was Jack's reply with a snap of his fingers. My mate was about to leave when Tia Dalma stood up.

"Let me see your hand"

I grabbed Jack's wrist to stop him from leaving. Jack sighed before turning to Tia Dalma and I released his wrist as he offered his hand out to her. She undid the cloth around Jack's palm and the black spot was revealed. Pintel, Ragetti, and Gibbs spun around while Jack said.

"My eyesight's just as good as ever just so you know"

I face palmed at that remark while Tia Dalma went to look for something behind a curtain. Bangs and clang followed and Jack tried to snag a ring but I smacked his head to knock it off.

"Davy Jones cannot make port, cannot step on land but once every ten years, land is safe, Jack Sparrow, and so you will carry land with you"

She held a jar of dirt out to Jack. My beloved took it and eyed the jar of dirt unsure what to do.

"Dirt this is a jar of dirt"

"Yes"

"Is the jar of dirt going to help?"

"If you don't want it give it back"

"No" Jack said holding the jar of dirt possessively.

Tia Dalma smirked.

"Then it helps"

"It seems we have a need to find the Flying Dutchman"

Tia Dalma sat back down and picked up crab parts before using her magic to form a map where we would find the Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones.