Author's Note: Sorry I haven't updated for so long. I've moved and I've been trying to grab everything I would need, and my book just kept slipping out of my mind.

Anyway, this chapter isn't what I wanted it to be, but the version I had before was too… I didn't like it that much. So I re-wrote it. I'm starting to get writer's block again, but don't worry, I will try to get at least 10 Chapters… I don't know if my creativity can last for more than that. But you never know.

And this chapter wasn't as long as I wanted it to be. But I just couldn't think of how to make it longer without going on about absolutely nothing that has to do with the story.

Chapter Six

The Shock and The Dream

Elizabeth was standing on what she thought was stable ground, but she soon came to realize that it was rocking back and forth. Then she saw soldiers running towards her, but their faces were covered in darkness. They began to pull her arms as if they wanted her to follow them. She began to speak but a hand was put over her mouth. She struggled and screamed with all her might hoping to wake Jack. She realized that Jack was moving farther and farther away from her. She tired to call out his name, but with no luck. 'Jack.' she called, 'Jack, Jack, Jack.'

"Jack!" She exclaimed as she sat straight up. She found that she was in a bed, in a cabin of a ship, and wearing breeches. She curiously looked around and saw a familiar man sitting in a chair by the table.

"What are you doing here James?"

He looked at her sullenly with a lifeless look in his eyes. "When I saw the scene in your home, I knew you were in danger." Norrington said quickly. "I got my fleet ready and we left. I first sailed to the Isla De Muerta, but I sadly did not find you there. We searched everywhere for about two weeks without resting. I was about to give up, until I saw this familiar island in the distance." His speech slowed now. "You were safer than I thought you'd be." He added with a sour tone hinting as to how he had found her that morning with Jack.

Elizabeth blushed slightly as she looked away from him. In the silence she cleared her throat uneasily.

"Why didn't you take Jack as well?" She asked knowing that her dream had been reminding her what had happened to her. "Seeing as he is still wanted by the crown." She added quietly.

"I thought it would be better for him to die on that island from the heat and starvation." James said sharply.

"Oh." It was clear in her voice that she was hurt by his harsh words.

"Murtogg! Mullroy! Keep watch over Miss Swann." Norrington stood up and left the room quickly.

"It was odd to find Jack where we left 'im wasn't it?" Mullroy asked as he handed a glass of water to Elizabeth.

"What?"

Murtogg looked at her. "We found Jack in Tortuga as we waited for our orders. He was sitting in the bar drinking and we were able to grab him and he didn't throw a fuss. The Commodore told us to find an island and bring him there. So we went to the only place we could find, or even remember. After we left him there, we went back to Tortuga, only to be informed that you were missing." He smiled slightly. "It was a bit of a shock to find you there Miss."

Elizabeth was about to speak but she suddenly felt a churning in her stomach. The glass dropped to the floor and shattered. She leaned over to the side of the bed and retched.

Mullroy left the room and got the doctor.

"I'm fine." Elizabeth said in protest as the doctor looked her over.

"Apparently so." He said, and with that he left the room, Murtogg and Mullroy closely behind him.

Elizabeth wiped her mouth and lay on her side so she was facing the wall. She knew why she was sick. It was because her body was tearing apart when she wasn't with Jack. She needed him, probably more than she needed air, and her body was reacting to not being with him. At least that's what she hoped.

She heard herself squeak quietly and felt the hot tears pouring down her cheeks.

"Oh Jack." She said sadly as she grabbed her pillow and held it to her chest. "I'm so sorry. I miss you so much." She said quietly and cried into the sheet of the bed. She knew she was over-reacting in a way, but Jack was the only person left in this world that she loved, and now she would never see him again.

The next day she was allowed to leave the room. She walked along the deck and looked for the island from all places of the ship, and she saw nothing.

Elizabeth sighed sadly. She knew Jack wouldn't die of starvation, but she didn't know how long he would be able to last under the scorching sun.

She put her arms on the rail and leaned forward slightly.

A hand grabbed her shoulder and she jumped slightly. It was James.

"May I speak to you?" He asked as he turned away for a moment and began to walk. When he saw she wasn't following him he turned to her again, "Please."

She nodded hesitantly and followed him back to the cabin. She sat down on her bed and looked at him uneasily.

"I have something important to tell you, but I don't know how to begin." He sat there in silence for a long while.

"James, you're beginning to worry me." She said sadly.

"This is going to be hard to believe. And I don't know if you'll be able to accept it." James said quietly. He sighed as he looked to his hands which were folded in his lap. "We found him at you house, and he refused to be left behind. We thought he was dead but…"

Elizabeth was now becoming very anxious as she looked at him. "But what James? Please tell me."

He looked at her and sighed again as he stood up and walked to the door. He opened it up and let a man in. And then left quietly, and sadly.

The man was in shadow, but when she stepped forward she gasped as her eyes widened.

"Oh my god! Will?"