A/N: Chapter 2! I hope you liked the first chapter and I also want to give a big thank you to everyone who has bothered to follow, favourite or even just read this story! to you 11 people so far, thank you! And now, enjoy!

Disclaimer: What? You expect me to do this for every chapter? Really? Okay, alright! I don't own PoTC, all rights belong to Disney. There. Now I am going to go and cry in a corner.

"Jade!" Elizabeth called out to the empty air. No reply came. She was gone. Sighing, Elizabeth turned to her son who was also peering out of the window worriedly. "You're her brother; do you know where she might go?" She asked. Jack looked at his mother and shrugged awkwardly.

"I'm not sure Mum; whenever we went out together she'd always go off and do her own thing." Jack rubbed his jaw absently. "The one and only time I tried to follow her I got a bruised jaw for 3 weeks." He recalled. Seeing his mother's crestfallen look the 24 year old crossed over to her and put an arm around her shoulders. "Look, I'll head out into town; see if anyone's spotted her. Why don't you stay here and see if she comes back, alright?" Jack told her, watching as Elizabeth nodded, taking up position by the window. Looking worried about his mother, Jack left. In doing so, he just missed seeing the pirate dressed in his familiar attire, dark dreadlocks spilling out from underneath a captain's hat, filthy shirt, dark boots and tanned skin that were synonymous with Captain Jack Sparrow. The pirate strode up to Elizabeth's door and rapped on it confidently, bottle of rum clutched in one hand and gold teeth flashing in the dim morning light. Hearing the knock Elizabeth ran down to the door and pulled it open.

"Jade?" She gasped hopefully, only for her face to fall seeing Jack there. "Oh, Jack! It's you?"

"Somethin' wrong, Lizzie?" Jack asked, dark eyes glittering as he stepped inside. Elizabeth didn't answer at first, peering out of the door and looking around before closing it in resignation and turning to her old friend who was already sprawled out in a chair, feet up on a table and swigging some more rum.

"No it's just…no, never mind." She mumbled disjointedly before putting on a smile for Jack. "So, Jack, what brings you back here?" She enquired.

"Jus' checking up on you. Now," He paused and looked more serious. "What about this problem?" He asked. Elizabeth sighed. Jack never was easily fooled by her, nor easily swayed when it came to pursuing a matter.

"My daughter, Jade, she's run off. I don't know where, and all I know is that it's all my fault." Elizabeth lamented. At Jack's raised eyebrows, she groaned and continued. "After living life as a pirate, I wanted to make sure my kids were raised as far away from that life as was possible. My son, Jack, doesn't seem too bothered but Jade…she just doesn't want to be the person that she needs to be." Elizabeth shook her head, running her hands through her blonde curls. "I'm worried Jack." She confessed.

"Well, Lizzie," Jack began, pausing to drink some more rum. "In my time if a person doesn't want to be someone you can't change 'em. I mean, look at you. Look at me. Look at dear William." He pointed out. "But!" He proclaimed. "I will help you find your daughter!" He decided.

"How? The compass?" Elizabeth speculated but Jack waved his hand about.

"No. Don't need that trinket." He dismissed her suggestions, getting up and swaggering out of her home. "All I need, is a bit of pirate intuition love." He promised. "I'll be back with dear Jade in tow soon enough. But make sure I've a reward ready." He warned, twisting back to face her.

"A few bottles of rum?" Elizabeth suggested wryly. Jack tipped his hat.

"You read my mind, Lizzie." He told her before turning around once again and leaving the house, along with a worried Elizabeth stood in the sitting room.

Meanwhile, far off in the denser woodland Jade was by the caves. When she'd been younger she'd often gone exploring these parts of the island they lived on, being the only one brave enough to venture beyond the town, and on her travels had come across a wonderful hot spring that she used when she wanted to live away from home for a bit, when the stress got too much. Having found the spring again, Jade soon slipped out of her clothes and into the water. Taking a deep breath she closed her eyes and submerged herself in the warm water, letting it cover her head completely. After a few seconds she let her head reappear in the air as she gulped in oxygen. Smiling, she let her body tingle with the pleasant temperature of the water as it warmed her through. Being in the water, surrounded by it and nature, gave Jade a feeling of serenity. The idea of being totally alone except for the natural world gave her a sense of wonderful isolation, solitude so nothing could harm her. When she was here no one would tell her how to behave or what to wear or who to be, she could be herself. Be the person she wanted to be. She closed her eyes and sighed, her body relaxing as the gentle waves of the water lapped at her skin. Then, footsteps approached. They were quiet, but she still heard them. With a gasp, her eyes snapped back open as she grabbed her clothes and secreted them under a rock, making sure they were out of sight before she once more took a deep breath and let her head sink beneath the surface of the water. Her eyes were wide open as she saw boots appear at the edge of the little spring. Peering up she saw a man stood there. Her brown eyes widened as she took in the way he was dressed. She stared at him, her eyes travelling over his brown worn boots, to his dirty brown trousers, then taking in his stained shirt that may have once been white with the overcoat covering it in the same dark tan colour plus his huge jacket with the massive cuffs that he'd hung over a nearby tree branch, the long white sash that was tied around his middle and after that she saw his red bandanna and his jaunty three-point hat. She knew what he was. Pirate. She could see that straight away. Everything about him screamed it. She stared at his face. Dark dreadlocks fell down around his shoulders, spilling from beneath his bandanna. Jade's gaze wandered across the kohl rimmed eyes and his tanned skin before sweeping down to note the moustache and the beard that was neatly tied off into two little twists. She stared at him from under the water as he walked across the edge of the spring before walking away slightly, peering around. Then the reality of the situation sank in for Jade. There was a pirate, a real life pirate, wandering around nearby, and she was in a hot spring, naked. A flush of embarrassment crept over her cheeks whilst she became aware that she was becoming more and more desperate for oxygen. Finally, the pirate walked off around the back of the cave and her head slowly broke the surface, nose and eyes appearing and nothing more. Taking some deep breaths, when twigs snapped behind her Jade felt her back stiffen. Turning around, the pirate stood there smirking.

"Alright there love?"

There you are, chapter 2! Let me know what you think and, as always, thanks for reading and enjoying the story!

JJ x