AN: Gentle readers, I'm sorry I've abandoned this story for so long. School was super hard this past semester and then after the events of the third movie, a lot of my story didn't make much sense anymore. However, I've chosen to ignore that fact and will continue with the story on the pretense that the third movie ended a whole lot differently.

Recap: (My version of events) Will and Elizabeth help Jack at World's End, Jack has a bit of a tendre for Elizabeth, Will and Elizabeth get married, move to America, have a son. Elizabeth dies, Will is distraught and relocates to Port Royal with Elizabeth's father, Weatherby Swann, who consequently did not die. Will is presumably lost at sea, his son Johnny is raised by Swann. James Norrington is also alive and acting as Governor of Port Royal. Bill Turner is in charge of The Flying Dutchman and Jack Sparrow never lost possession of the Black Pearl. Whew.

So there you have it. I will, hopefully, someday write a different version of a similar plot line that takes the real happenings of the third film into account. Until then, please enjoy my imagination.

Chapter 10

Margot pulled out her necklace as they docked the boat and clambered out. A solid wall stood before them. The necklace illuminated a small lever at the bottom of the wall.

Margot pulled it and the rock slid open, revealing a dark tunnel. She turned to find Jack and Johnny about to start fighting, Will attempting to intervene.

"Enough," she ordered loudly, her voice echoing throughout the cave.

They stopped in mid punch and turned to see the tunnel she had revealed. Their mouths dropped open and they wandered over to her.

"Let's find us some treasure," smirked Margot as she grabbed a torch and set off into the tunnel.

The men sighed and followed behind her.

After winding their way through the tunnel for quite some time, they reached a set of stairs. Margot stopped abruptly, causing Johnny to run into her, grabbing her shoulders to steady them both.

Behind them, Jack Sparrow growled a warning, "Lay another hand on me daughter and I'll slice them off."

Johnny quickly released Margot's shoulders and allowed Jack to shove past him, choosing to ignore the sharp elbow to his ribcage.

Margot rolled her eyes and cautiously made her way down the stairs. When she reached the bottom, she held up her torch and screamed. Jack was there in an instant, "Margot, love…"

He trailed off as he stared at the large piles of human bones littering the cavern they had entered. A skull leered at Margot whose hand shook violently, causing the light to flicker. Johnny took the torch from her before she dropped it and as Jack poked and prodded the skeletons.

Will joined Jack as they meandered around the cavern looking for another entrance. Johnny casually picked up Margot's hand and squeezed it once before releasing it.

Margot smiled at him tremulously and took a deep breath, "I'd say the treasure remains untouched."

Jack grimaced and waved his hands in the air as he tiptoed around the mounds of bones, "Where to next lass?"

Will Turner looked at Margot worriedly, "I don't know that your daughter should be here. This could get dangerous."

Margot glared at Will, "Seeing as I have the necklace, I'll be giving the orders Turner."

Johnny tried to hide his grin at the look on his father's face. As Margot began to search the room, Johnny sidled over to his father whispering, "She's stubborn as an ox."

Will smiled fondly at his son, "She reminds me of your mother. Elizabeth never wanted to be left out of an adventure either."

"Oi!" yelled Margot, "If you two gossiping Nellies are done over there, we've found something."

Johnny laughed and started to head over to her when he felt a cold steel blade press against his neck.

A deep voice yelled at them in a language unfamiliar to Johnny.

Johnny glanced around to see his father held captive by a dark skinned man and Jack staring disgustedly at the sword pointed at his chest. Johnny's captor knocked him to his knees and he watched as Margot struggled with a large man attempting to restrain her.

"You…bloody…bastard," she panted as she kicked and punched the man to no avail. The man with his dagger against Johnny's neck pressed it harder and yelled at the oaf who had finally managed to grab one of Margot's arms.

As he twisted it behind her back, her necklace swung forward glowing brightly. The men started babbling to each other as soon as they saw it, and the man holding Will appeared to make a decision.

"Girl come with us," he ordered in halting English, "Kill others."

The oaf threw Margot over his shoulder and carried her back up the stairs kicking and screaming. The leader motioned for several other men waiting in the shadows to come forward, before following Margot and the brute.

Johnny stared as the men began to close in on them, "Fifteen against three? What do we think of the odds gentlemen?"

Jack sighed and kicked the sword from his captor's hand, "Fifteen men on the dead man's chest…"

"Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum," finished Will as he pulled a dagger from his pocket and attacked.

Margot was attempting to make it as difficult as possible for the men to tie her up. Finally they managed to get her into their boat and gag her to cease her cursing. Margot glared at them and tried to figure out the best possible escape route.

As they exited the cave, Margot spied the Black Pearl in the distance, engaged in battle with another, larger ship. Her eyes widened as a canon ball tore through the mast of her ship, sending it crashing into the water.

The two men in the rowboat pulled out a horn and blew it. Immediately the large ship backed away from the listing Pearl and headed straight for them. Margot was handed up into the ship and unceremoniously dumped on deck.

She narrowed her eyes at the large crowd of men that had gathered around her, pointing at her chest. The crowd parted ways as a tall swarthy man with a dark beard and elaborate robes strode towards her.

He grabbed her elbow and lifted her up, grinning maliciously, "The Pearl. At last."

Several hours later, Margot was pretty certain she had just been the latest addition to the captain's harem. After being forced below decks into an elaborately decorated cabin complete with women in various states of undress, she had been stuck in a tub and washed with fragrant oils.

Afterwards her hair had been dried and brushed out, kohl added to her lashes, and she was barely dressed in a set of dark purple veils that formed a small top and a pair of loose pantaloons. Her stomach was prominently displayed as was her cleavage and a small veil covered the lower half of her face.

Various sequins and coins trimmed the veils and Margot jingled as she paced the floor searching for a way out of this mess. She wondered if her father, Johnny, and Will had managed to fight off those men. Of course they had. She couldn't bear to think of the alternative.

As her veils swished around her, Margot groaned, "What, am I expected to do the dance of the seven veils?"

"That won't be necessary," commented a voice from the doorway.