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The crickets chirped loudly in the dark damp swamp. The moon, which was almost full, hung above the heads of the crewmembers that rode small rowboats down a stream in this swamp like area. People stood on the land watching the crewmembers as the passed.

"Why are we here?" Will whispered to Gibbs the two were in the rowboat behind the one Nikki and Jack were in, but Nikki could still hear them.

"The captain is worried about something, so worried he's going to see her." Gibbs said with a far off look in his eyes.

"Who?" Will asked looking at the people on shore watching him and feeling really uncomfortable.

"Tia Dalma." Gibbs answered simply looking up at the boat Nikki and Jack were in.

"Do you think she'll be able to help?" Nikki asked Jack as their rowboat hit shore.

"Oh course love." Jack said helping her out of the boat and on to land. He then turned to Gibbs who was behind the two of them. "Watch the boat." Nikki and Jack walked up the stairs and entered the small house. Nikki looked around at all the weird and rare items on the walls. Behind her Gibbs, Will and Cotton entered the small house.

"Well look who decided to drop by." A Jamaican female voice said. The women walked out from the back room. She had messy black dreadlock hair with feathers and who knows what else in it and it looked like it was never washed or brushed. She had tan skin, her eyes surrounded by thick black eye liner and her teeth looked rotten and many were gone. "If it isn't Jack Sparrow."

"Hello Dalma." Jack said nodding his head to her, with Nikki by his side. "Oh yes, this is me wife Nikki Sparrow." Nikki nodded her head to Dalma.

"Never thought you were one to get hitched, but good for you lass for catching this one." Dalma said to Nikki. Nikki smiled at her and decided to look around while Jack and Dalma talked. She ignored the gunfire, because she knew Jack was proving the monkey was undead. She looked at the items on the wall, but she stopped at one of the items and gasped as she took it off the wall.

"Dalma…where did you get this?" Nikki said her voice slightly shaky as she turned to show Dalma the item.

"Oh that. Washed up on shore a while ago." Dalma explained calmly even though her eyes looked bigger then they did before. "Why do you ask?"

"This is my necklace." Nikki said holding up the crest moon necklace that Jack had given to her as a kid. She knew that she had thrown it over board soon after Barbossa's death because she didn't want anyone else to fall under the curse. But it should be gone, not here.

"The one I gave you love." Jack said looking at the necklace that dangled in front of her face. She nodded.

"You may have it back, if you wish." Dalma said, Nikki nodded her head in thanks and put the necklace back on her knowing she would need it soon, "Now Jack for your Kraken problem." Dalma walked into the back room and came back with a jar of dirt. She explained how it would help, but Nikki didn't hear any of it because she was still staring at the necklace that was once again around her neck. Something wasn't right and she finding her necklace after all this time proved it.

'Why now would it come back? I thought it was supposed to disappear when the curse was destroyed.' Nikki thought to herself, and then her eyes widened. 'The curse! That's why that stupid monkey was still undead the curse is gone. That means Jack's…' She turned to look at her husband who was standing with a jar of dirt. 'No it can't be that.'

"Love are you ready to go?" Jack asked shaking Nikki from her thoughts. She looked into his eyes and nodded. "Well then let's head out." Jack and the crew walked out to the rowboats.

"Thank you for giving me my necklace back Dalma." Nikki said bowing her head a little to Dalma.

"Well I didn't want to say this in front of the boys, but that necklace just appeared in here a few days ago. I was going to remove it from my shop because I saw no worth in keeping it, but I couldn't get close to it. It was like some power keeping me from getting near it. You are the first one to be able to touch it. Faith knew you would need this necklace again so they brought it here for you to find." Dalma explained. Nikki fingered her necklace. "Be careful child I can tell you have great power inside of you and you will be able to protect the ones you love with it."

"I will. Thank you again Dalma." Nikki said as she turned and walked out to meet up with Jack and the others who were sitting in the rowboats. She climbed into her rowboat with the help of Jack and the rowboats started back to the Black Pearl.

"What took you love?" Jack asked sitting next to her with his arm around her waist. She rested her head on his shoulder taking a deep breath.

"Nothing really just a quick talk between girls." Nikki said, she didn't feel like telling Jack everything right now. She didn't want him to worry about anything else.

"If you say so love." Jack said leaning down and kissing her lightly on the lips. She looked up at the stars wondering what was going to happen next.

Nikki: How did my necklace end up in Dalma's house? I don't have time to worry about that right now. We're on our way to see Davy Jones, I just hope we don't end up in his locker. Next time- Flying Dutchmen. See you there