Harry Potter and the Pirates of the Caribbean

Wow.. Seventeen chapters.. I've never stuck with a fanfic this long.. Be proud, readers!

..By the name of the chapter, I guess you can guess what happens. They're long journey is coming to a close. My journey with them is coming to a close. Wow. I've been writing this fiction for five months. That's a long time.

Oooh! And 'Epic Movie', the inspiration for this fic, has come to DVD! It's a really great movie, so if you didn't see it in theatres, buy the movie! ...I liked it at least, haha.

Chapter Seventeen - Île de la Pierre Cachée

Harry left the man's room with a sense of sadness and worry. Flamel was right, Jack would make the deal with Flamel if he thought Adele was getting close. He knew there was almost no way Jack could kill Adele alone either.

He made it to his hammock soon after he arrived and noticed that Jack was not in his bed. Harry guessed that the man was still in his office, trying to figure out the directions to the stone. Directions that had been wiped from his mind.

Harry decided against telling Jack about Nicholas's underhandedness, it wouldn't help the situation. Flamel wouldn't give Jack back his memories even if he did. Nicholas wanted Adele dead and saw Jack as a venue to do it. By roping Jack, Flamel knew he could rope in Harry as well. Harry didn't want Jack to die. Harry might not love Jack, but he certain did care about his well-being and would play hero if he needed too.

The young Wizard's sleep was patchy that night. He found it hard to go to sleep and even harder to stay asleep. He did not see Jack come in at all, and by dawn, with less than an hour of sleep, he decided he'd begin the day's work.

He walked out onto the deck and saw a few of the men who had already began as well. Sirius was no where to be seen, Harry guessed he must still be asleep. He saw Jack standing next to the wheel with a map in hand. He saw the man take a long gulp from a bottle and turn the wheel slightly. He rolled the map back up and set it and the bottle down on a crate behind.

"Harry! Come here, love!" Jack called, catching the boys eye as he pulled out his periscope.

Harry walked up to Captain. Jack grabbed him with one arm as he looked out over the ocean, holding the periscope with his one free arm. After a moment of looking through the small periscope, he shoved the device in Harry's hands, "Take a peak, love."

Harry pulled the scope to his eyes and looked though it. In the distance, he saw nothing but ocean, "What am I looking at, Captain?"

Jack scoffed and pulled the periscope from his hands, "You can see the island!"

"Then why hasn't the chap in the crow's nest said anything?" Harry asked, not sure whether or not to believe the drunken man.

"Take a peek up at the crow's nest, love.."

Jack turned the both of them around and Harry's eyes went to the small location at the top of the mast. To his surprise, he saw no one there.

"Where did he go?"

"Oh, he's up there. He's just sleeping. I didn't think he was up there either when I spotted the little mass, but sure enough, he's up there."

Harry nodded his headed and bit his lip, "Have you thought about making the deal with Mr. Flamel?"

Jack sighed and released him, "I don't have much of a choice, do I, love? I don't remember anything. That crafty Adele saw to that."

Harry felt his stomach tighten with nervousness as he heard Jack continue, "I'll speak with him when he comes to breakfast.."

Harry pulled away from the man, "I'm going to go wake up Sirius."

Jack shrugged his shoulders and grabbed his bottle. With a roll of his eyes, he muttered, "Cheerio.."

Harry hurried down into the barracks and saw the dark haired man snoring lightly on his hammock. Harry sighed, and shook the man awake.

"Wha.. Harry? Somethin' wrong?" Sirius asked, setting up and yawning loudly.

Harry shook his head, "No.. Not really, I just haven't been able to sleep. Oh, Sirius! The island is in view! Jack showed it to me a few moments ago! We're really close!"

Before Sirius could respond, the two were told to leave the room and speak elsewhere by a grumpy pirate who was trying to squeeze in a few more minutes of shut-eye.

Harry led the man to the stock room, the first empty room they could fine and filled Sirius in as quickly as he could.

Sirius slapped his forehead, "I knew that Flamel bloke was up to something. I thought he came along with us too easily. So now what? Did you tell Jack?"

"No, it would only makes things worse. I kept my mouth shut. Besides, isn't it better if he thinks it's Adele?"

Sirius didn't answer. He fumed for a moment or two before finally taking a seat on a crate.

"I don't like this one bit, Harry. Things are getting too complicated, and you seem to be the center of everything. I would like it much better if we were but two scatter-brained wizards."

Harry nodded his head, "Agreed. However, this is what we have to contend with if we intend to try to go home."

Sirius rolled his grey eyes. The man hopped up from the crate and grunted, "I'm hungry.. Let's go eat.."

After breakfast, Harry watched Jack usher Flamel into his quarters. He felt the sinking feeling return as he was called over to work with a few men who were getting ready to port the ship.

There was much excitement amongst the crew about the landing. Many of them were ready to get on dry land again. The last two weeks had gone by very slow for them. Not much had happened, except Adele's visit, and they were ready to go look for this stone that their Captain was searching for. Harry wished he shared their optimism, instead he felt nearly the opposite.

He knew what was going on behind the scenes. He knew that Adele was just a stone's throw behind them, and that Jack was in the next room signing his life away in order to get to stone. He knew that Jack would have to kill Adele the next chance he got, and he knew that he and his godfather would get roped into helping the man that put aside everything in his life to get them their memories back.

It didn't take long to get close enough to the island where they could row to shore. However, the crew was hesitant about continuing without their Captain.

Jack and Flamel still had not emerged from the Captain's room. The young Wizard figured that they were more or less hammering out the details of their agreement and didn't want to bother them, but the crew had other plans. They managed to talk the 'lover' of their Captain to get new orders from him by interrupting Jack's meeting.

Harry didn't want to bother the two men, but figured it was better than a restless crew getting angry with him. So he knocked on the Captain's door.

He could hear some low muttering before he was told to come in.

"Harry! What can I do for you, love?" Jack asked, leaning on his desk, facing the boy.

"Uh, Captain.. The crew need their orders. We are close enough to the island to begin going on land with the smaller boats."

Jack gave the boy an incredulous look and leaned back in his chair to look out the window with a sigh.

"Well, that was quick.." He looked to Flamel who seated in front of him, "Then, we are agreed.. I would say it's time you led me to that stone."

Nicholas nodded his head with a grin, "Of course."

The two men stood and led Harry from the room.

Once on deck, Jack put the men into groups and ordered who would do what. A group of four men were instructed to stay on the Pearl while the rest where on the land. Then, the remaining men were put in groups of four.

Harry, Jack, Sirius, and Flamel were the first to ride over. Sirius and Harry were put to work rowing the boat to land and Flamel cast a spell on the boat that sent it back to the ship where the next group, which including Will and Gibbs, could come.

While they were waiting for everyone to come over, Nicholas took the time to look around and find out exactly where they were on the Island.

Harry looked around the setting, getting his visual fill of the beach. The sand was a shimmering white color, littered with many trees and patches of wild grass. Beyond the beach was a forest of many palm trees. He could faintly hear the sound of running water over the roar of the ocean.

When everyone made it over to the island, the group set out. They followed Flamel into the dense forest.

"So, are we far from this stone?" Will asked, straggling behind Harry and Jack.

"We will be there before dusk if we make good time." Nicholas said with a jolly tone, obviously in good spirits.

"It'll take that long?" Jack asked, not enjoying the walk.

"Don't complain, Mr. Sparrow. We will be there when we get there."

"Answer me this, Mr. Flamel.. If this island is unplottable, how did Mr. Sparrow manage to plot a course here?" Sirius asked after the group had been quiet for a moment.

Nicholas chuckled, "Now, that's a good question. I am secretkeeper for the location of this island. Adele must have found a way around the secretkeeping spell in order to even find the island. I don't know how powerful he is, but he's managed to plot an unplottable island. I will investigate the further once we are finished here."

There was light chitchat as they continued on. Harry saw several colorful birds as they walked. Many kinds of animals he had never thought existed scurried their way around them as they trekked on.

"Like that colorful, love?" Jack asked with a grin as the caught Harry eyeing a few birds on a branch.

"They're very pretty. I don't believe I've ever seen anything like them."

Jack shrugged, "Tropical birds.. They're all very colorful. However, get your fill of them, because once you get back up Port Royal area, they're not very common."

The group stopped a few hours in and decided that they would eat. Nicholas pointed out many kinds of good berries and fruits, however the men did not listen to a thing he said and ended up killing some small animals and roasting them over a fire.

Harry was repulsed by the roasted creatures and found a few of the berries Flamel had pointed out to eat.

After their meal, they began again. Jack forced his crew to sing the Pirate song he loved so dearly as they marched.

Nicholas quickly cut them off the fourth time they started, "Here's the cave. Harry, Sirius, light your wants, we'll be the only ones needing to go in–"

"You can't go in there alone!" Jack roared suddenly.

"What do you mean 'alone'? Sirius, Harry, and I are all going in and I will keep us well-protected!" Nicholas said with a roll of his eyes.

"No, Mates You're not safe!" the Captain retorted angrily.

"What are you talking about?" The young wizard asked, giving the man an odd look. What was Jack going on about?

"Don't beg me, love! I'd be more than happy to protect you lot!" Jack said heroically, a twinkle in his eyes as he marched over to join the trio of Wizards.

Flamel smiled, "Whatever you say, Captain. Lumos."

The group ventured forth into the dark cave, wands lit and raised high. The small glowing tips gave them more light then they thought possible, nearly lighting the whole area around them.

"Now, it's tricky getting down here. There is a lot of twists and turns, so try to stay close," Flamel said quietly, looking around the cave with his wand.

They followed the older man for at least an hour, staying as close at they could. Nicholas had been correct. It was very dangerous following him. There were many narrow ledges and small pits that they could easily fall into.

"I put in an oubliette about two centuries ago.. In case someone managed to get in.. And I was bored. It's around here somewhere. Anyway, when you fall through, you fall in the middle of a small street in London."

The man sighed, "I'm going to have to find a new hiding place for the stone in the coming years. I do not plan to be in Haiti much longer."

"Where will you go?" Harry asked, trying to keep conversation going.

"Probably back to England. It's been about a hundred and fifty years since I've been there. Any Wizards that remember me, will be very old, so it does not matter if I return or not. That's the tricky thing about being immortal and wanting to keep a low profile. You have to keep moving."

"Is there any reason for going back to England? Why not Asia or Australia?" Jack asked in a bored drawl. He had almost regretted coming without bringing a bottle of rum with him.

"Australians annoy me. Pernelle and I have visited a few times, not a place where I would want to settle down. Asian Wizards have many different strange customs that they are to live by, and I am much too old to be learning the proper protocol for Asia. America may be in store, actually. The U.S. has been setting up their Wizarding society in the last fifty years. I might pop in and see how they are doing. I don't want to float my boat, but I do believe I could be a valued asse–"

The man was silenced when the sound of running water began to vibrate off the walls of the cave.

"We're close. Just around the corner.."

To Be Continued...

Ooooooh! Ze stone! She is coming!

Thank you to mah BETAs, joing me as a guest BETA for this chapter was my little sister, who was oozing with ideas for Jack. The next chapter will be one soon, so be lookin'!