Two Months Later

It had been two months now since Belle was rescued from The White Flag. Jack had spent every morning cleaning Belle's cuts and now they had healed properly and she was now back helping her father run the ship.

Even though it had been two months, which felt like a lifetime to her, and that the White Flag had been burnt down, she was still terrified that Barbosa might come back and take her again, or worse take her father away from her, when they had only just found each other a year ago. And Jack dare not go back to Tortuga in case Barbosa was still there.

It was night time in the Caribbean and Belle sat in her room at her desk, Jack had given her the spare desk in his cabin, and she was looking through the children's books. She loved looking through the books, an eighteen-year-old looking through children's books, it was mad, but she didn't care. When Belle returned to the Black Pearl, Jack had given her a music box that he bought back in Tortuga, he told her he would give it to her if he ever found her again, and he did. She loved the music box as well, she listened to it every night before she went to bed. She wound it up at the back and then just sat there and listened to it, oblivious to the fact that Jack was standing right outside the door listening to it as well. When the music had finished there was a knock at the door.

"Come in" called Belle turning around in her chair and seeing her father walk through the door and stand behind the chair she was sitting on.

"Just came to say good night sweetheart" said Jack kissing the top of Belle's head.

Belle stood up and hugged her father as he kissed the side of her head again. "Goodnight" she said then letting go of him and he left the room. Belle climbed into bed and within minutes she was asleep, but unbeknownst to her the thing she was terrified of most was about to happen.

Belle woke up next early the next morning so she lied in bed for a few hours until the sun was up. She sat up in bed and looked out the window and saw a ship on the horizon heading straight for the Pearl. This worried Belle, so she put her boots on and went up on deck to look for Jack and found him at the wheel.

"Jack!" she shouted while running up the stairs to the helm.

"Yes sweetheart?" said Jack looking at Belle when she reached the helm.

"Have you seen the ship heading towards us on the horizon?" asked Belle.

"What ship?" asked Jack sounding confused. Belle pointed to a ship on the horizon that was heading straight for the Pearl. Jack pulled his spyglass out to get a closer look at the ship and his heart almost skipped a beat. "Oh no" he murmured quietly.

"What?" asked Belle worriedly. "What is it?" she asked again. Jack lowered the spyglass and looked at Belle with a look of worry. "Jack, what's wrong?"

"I think it might be…" said Jack.

"Might be what?" she asked again looking at her father. Just by looking at her he told her what was going through his head and her face turned to one of shock, confusion and worry. "No, it can't be, it can't be him! You burned his ship!"

"Yes I know I did sweetheart, but you have to remember he's a pirate and he could have easily commandeered a ship back in Tortuga," said Jack watching the tears fall down his daughter's face. "Don't cry," he said gently wiping away one of her tears. "Come here" he said softly wrapping his arms around her shoulders, hugging her and pulling her towards him as she hugged him back.

"Don't let him take me again" sobbed Belle.

"I won't, I promise" said Jack kissing the top of Belle's head. "But don't panic yet, it might not be him."

"OK" said Belle quietly.

A few hours later the mystery ship, which Jack suspected was Barbosa, got closer and closer. He wanted to sail away but he had to know what Barbosa wanted, and to try and get him to just leave him and his daughter alone. By this time the ship had come up right next to the Pearl. Jack, who was standing at the helm still holding his daughter, looked over at the ship and he could clearly see Barbosa standing at the helm of the ship.

Jack walked down the stairs on to the main deck with Belle right behind hm and told her to wait at the bottom, which she did without question. Jack watched Barbosa walk over the gangplank onto the Pearl and stand right in front of him.

"What do I have to do to get you to leave me and my daughter alone?" asked Jack angrily yet wearily at the same time.

"When I get what I want from you!" said Barbosa.

"And what would that be?" asked Jack.

"The Pearl!" said Barbosa as if it were obvious.

"No" said Jack simply.

"Alright then Jack, I make a deal with you" said Barbosa. "You give me your daughter" he said, both of them looking straight at Belle, "and I'll let you keep the Pearl and never return."

"No" said Jack without any hesitance.

"What?" asked Barbosa, a little shocked.

"You heard me," said Jack, "no."

"All right then, how about you keep the Pearl, I'll give you ten barrels of rum and I'll never return."

"No" said Jack again without hesitance.

"OK then, all that and a chest of treasure from my ship."

"No." Jack was getting bored now with Barbosa bargains.

"Oh for god sake, I thought you wanted me to leave you alone?" asked Barbosa.

"I do," said Jack. "But you taking my daughter away from me again isn't the right way to go about it."

Barbosa just stared at him. "I'm afraid I don't understand," said Barbosa. "You're a pirate!"

"And a father! And being a father comes first" said Jack.

"Explain" said Barbosa looking at Jack curiously.

"Do you really think I'm stupid enough to give up my own daughter?" said Jack. "Because even if you were to give me all the rum and treasure in the world, give me everything that I could ever want and more and give me the world itself, I still wouldn't trade my daughter, because she is worth more then all that put together."

Belle couldn't believe what she just heard, what her father just said about her was the sweetest thing anyone has ever said about her. A tear slid down her cheek as she saw Jack look at her, she smiled at him and he smiled back, then he turned back to Barbosa.

"Oh I forgot to ask" said Jack, "How the blazes did you get off that island?"

"I commandeered the ship back in Tortuga" said Barbosa.

"Thought you might" said Jack.

"Look Sparrow, I'm not gonna leave you alone until I get something in return for you stealing my ship."

Jack thought for a moment, what could he give Barbosa to get him to leave him alone? There was no way in hell he was giving him Belle, she went through hell the first time and he wasn't about to put her through it again. He definitely wasn't going to give him the Pearl. The Pearl was his and it always had been and that was that. Jack then realised what he must do to protect Belle, the Pearl and the crew. "You can have me."

"What?!?" gasped Belle trying to run forward but Gibbs pulled her back.

"What?" asked Barbosa also shocked at what Jack just said.

"I said, you can have me." In the past Jack had always been selfish and put himself first, but the selfishness that was in him disappeared soon after he found his daughter, now in any situation he would automatically think of Belle first then the crew.

Barbosa considered this for a second. "Agreed" said Barbosa putting his hand out to shake Jacks hand.

"On one condition" said Jack.

"Go on."

"When I leave with you, promise me you will never come anywhere near the Pearl, and never touch or harm Belle and the crew in any way ever again."

Barbosa thought about this for a second, it was a fair deal, he was getting the man who had stolen his ship, killed him and who he hated more than anyone else in the world. "Agreed" said Barbosa and with that Jack shook his hand and their agreement was settled. "I'll let you say your goodbyes" he said looking at Belle, "you have five minutes," he said walking back over the gangplank.

Belle ran over to her father and hugged him tightly. "Please don't go" she sobbed.

"I'm sorry sweetheart," said Jack who was also crying. "But it's the only way to stop you from getting hurt. We all have to make sacrifices, and this is one that I'm making." Jack knew he was taking a big risk by giving himself up, and he probably would get himself killed, but he didn't care as long as Belle was safe.

Belle let go of him and he saw her tear stained face and wiped away her tears with his thumb. "The Pearl is yours now, be a good girl for me, like you always are," said Jack. Belle nodded, still crying and wiping away her tears.

"It's time to go Sparrow!" shouted Barbosa from the other ship.

"Here take this," said Jack giving her his compass "You might need it. Remember he can't touch or harm you in any way, but you can touch him." Belle looked confused at what he just said. "I have to go now, goodbye sweetheart, I love you" said Jack kissing the top of his daughter's head.

"I love you too" said Belle hugging her father again.

After a few seconds they let go of each other, Jack took one last look at his daughter and walked over to the other ship.

"Welcome aboard The Red Devil, Jack Sparrow!" said Barbosa evilly when Jack reached the ship,

"Take him to the brig boys!" said Barbosa to Pintel and Ragetti. They took Jack by the arms, took him down to the brig and threw him in his cell.

Belle stood at the side of the Pearl and watched the ship with the man who had taken her father away from her sail away into the horizon, and she stood there until it was out of view completely and nowhere to be seen.

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