Hope for the Ones you Love

It seems I've taken a liking to the long titled chapters. Lol. Before anyone says anything…I have the end of this story (and the end to this trilogy) planned out and I'm sticking to it…not like I did with the last two stories…I'm not changing anything about the ending.

"Do you understand what we're telling you, my dear?" Calypso asked. Lily stood frozen, looking quite devastated as she stared at the sand between her grandparents. She was also very close to crying, no matter how much she wanted to remain calm about the whole situation.

She knew something would happen but not this. Never this.

"Lily?" Jones said, reaching out and putting his hand on her shoulder. Lily looked up at him. "Do you understand?"

"Yes." Lily said.

"And you still accept all of this?" Calypso asked.

"How can I not?" Lily barely managed to say before she broke down into tears.

"Oh my dear." Calypso said, wrapping her arms around Lily. Jones kept his hand on Lily's shoulder, looking sympathetically at the young girl.

"It would break the tradition." Lily said, trying to think of something lighter.

"Traditions only last for so long." Calypso said, running her hand through Lily's hair. "This look suits you so well. Do not be afraid of the future, Lillith. For every death, there is rebirth, you know that." Lily smiled slightly and nodded. Calypso kissed her forehead. "It's time to go back now. The Kraken will take you back to them but you must not speak of this."

"As if she'll remember." Jones said.

"She'll remember well enough and when the time comes." Calypso said. Jones nodded. Lily headed to the shoreline. "Lily…" She turned around. "Tell Madison and Jack to stop arguing so much."

"I'll try." Lily said, laughing. She turned back to the water and dove into it.

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"Here she comes…that's a girl…come on, lovely." Lily grumbled as her father's voice brought her into consciousness. She opened her eyes and looked around before squeezing them shut. "Hey now…don't need you unconscious again." Lily opened her eyes and focused on Jack. "You gave us quite a scare. Luckily…" At this he made a face as if he wasn't willing to admit to what he was about to say. "…that young Norrington is handy to have around when it comes to reviving people."

"Hmmm…" Lily said. Her eyes moved up to see that Jarrett was behind her with her head on his lap. "Hello."

"Seems like she's fine now." Jarrett said, smiling slightly. His hair was dripping and Lily noticed that he was soaked…as was she.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Jarrett spotted you out in the water…still unconscious." Isabelle said. "He just yelled at us before he dove in and swam out to you. No one even knew what was going on until he was able to walk through the water and had you in his arms.

"Oh…" Lily said. "Where's mum?"

"She's still mad at me." Jaden said. He explained what had happened and Lily laughed at the end. "Well, here she comes now. Looks as if she finally realized we were all huddled together."

"What are you all…Lily!" Madison said, dropping down next to Jack to examine their daughter. "When did…how are…what happened?" Isabelle rolled her eyes and explained to Madison what she had just explained to Lily.

"We only just got her lying down on the ground for about ten seconds before she came to, luv." Jack said. Lily sat up and rubbed her head.

"You alright?" Jarrett asked. Lily turned to look at him. Part of what Calypso and Davy Jones said to her surfaced in her mind as she looked at Jarrett.

"You and me have to talk." Lily said.

"What I do?" Jarrett asked.

"You've been with my father too much." Lily said.

"What?" Jack said. Lily looked between Jarrett and Jack and smiled because they both had the same expression on their faces. She started to get up and Jarrett jumped to his feet to help her.

"So what now?" Jaden asked.

"Now…I don't know." Lily said, looking at the water. "The Kraken wants to follow, it feels that it should…but it can't. I don't know what's going to happen and I'm going to have a hard enough time keeping all of us alive."

"You don't have to do it alone, sweetie." Madison said.

"Listen to your mum…she does it all the time." Jack said. Madison hit him. "Oy!"

"Remember Lil. You're not the only one with powers." Jaden said. "Mum and I do too and we can help like we always do."

"Yeah…and if something big happens, I should be able to help." Isabelle said. Lily looked at her.

"Actually…" She said. "You're going to be able to help now." She walked over to Isabelle and grabbed her hand with the ring on it. As soon as the gold from one ring touched the other, the hands started to glow. The glowing spread through Isabelle's body and erupted so brightly that no one could look.

(Isabelle's POV)

The first thing I felt when Lily grabbed my hand was a really big jolt. Then it felt as if time sped up. I had to close my eyes because I started feeling dizzy. When I opened them, I was looking at this from a different prospective…really. I was taller! What the hell did Lily do to me? I let go of her hand and looked down at myself.

"Wow…looks like you're like the rest of us…fast bloomer." Lily said. That was for sure. The clothes I wore, which belonged to Lily when she was twelve and had been baggy a minute ago, now seemed to fit rather nicely.

"Lily!" Mum said. "You could have at least warned us that you were aging our daughter!" Is that what she did?

I swear I almost fell over as I felt a rush of power or something like it just instantly course through me. I put my hand on my head and then dragged my fingers through my hair to see that it was…

"Blonde? You made our daughter blonde?" Dad said.

"Not on purpose!" Lily said. "I guess that's what she's supposed to look like. Besides…it's not completely blonde…it's probably about as blonde as it would be if she had spent the next four months in the sun every day."

"I like it." I said, stopping my parents from protesting.

"Well…now that there are now four magical persons here…" Uncle Jack said. "What the bloody hell do we do?" I watched Lily chew her bottom lip as she turned to look somewhere. I followed her gaze to see her staring at the horizon…more specifically at the setting sun.

"We can't sail somewhere we don't know anything about in the dark." I said. "I'm brand new at this power and Lily still has some things to get over."

"So you suggest we stay here the night?" Aunt Madison asked.

"Seems to fit." Andrew said, speaking for the first time.

"I'm agreeing with them." Tomas said. I looked at him. He didn't look to happy about me being the same age as him now.

"Lily…" I said, suddenly. Lily looked back at me. "Would I just stay…well…twelve when my birthday comes…or will I be turning thirteen then?"

"Umm…good question." Lily said. "I think your birthday just might have to change if nothing happens in four months."

"Oh bloody hell." Dad said.

"Well…are we going to stay on the island…or on the ships?" Uncle Jack asked.

"I'm…gonna stay here." Lily said. "I could use a break from being on the ship for a while."

"Me too." I said. Roselyn, Tara, Jaden, Andrew, Tomas and Jarrett all agreed to stay on the island as well. The parents decided to stay on the ships. The boys got a fire built and we sat around it. I kept my eyes on my brother and cousins as they sat next to each of the new people. Tara and Jaden were quietly talking, Andrew and Roselyn were alternating talking and just sitting there watching the fire. Lily and Jarrett were….wait a minute…where were Lily and Jarrett? I looked around but couldn't spot them. I didn't feel anything so I guess there's no reason to worry. I just sat with Tomas and talked with him about how it was being the youngest on a ship with the parents.

(Lily's POV)

Once the fire was built I wandered off. I started thinking about different things and one thing was how we were going to communicate between the two ships without having to have mum or myself (or Jaden or Isabelle if they could) teleport between the two. I wonder if there's something here that would help. I'm not sure what but I think I also needed the time to think about everything I could remember my grandparents telling me.

"Kinda sad…" I muttered.

"What is?" I jumped and spun around to see Jarrett standing behind me with his hands behind his back.

"I was just thinking about my great-great-great-great grandparents." I said. "You know…"

"Calypso and Jones?" Jarrett asked. I nodded. "What about them?"

"It's just sad that…out of all the females born after Calypso…she's the only one that actually has like…a partner…and they hated each other for the longest time." I said.

"So?" Jarrett asked.

"Look at my parents." I said. "They love each other to pieces but they cannot stop arguing. I just keep thinking that that's how I'm going to end up. Loving someone but forever hating them and arguing with them."

"You're different though." Jarrett said.

"Oh yeah? How?" I asked.

"Well…you are a goddess." Jarrett said. I smiled a bit and nodded. "And…I dunno. I don't know you well enough to know much else but I know that there has to be quite a bit more."

"You know why I like you?" I asked, walking closer to him.

"No." Jarrett said.

"I like you because…because you treat me so much more differently then everyone else does." I said. "You know I'm a goddess and…you really couldn't care less."

"That's true…at times." Jarrett said.

"And you do that!" I said. "You…don't make yourself out to be more then you really are. You're just…you." I think at that point I knew what Aunt Elizabeth used to keep talking about when she said that no matter how old you are, when you meet the person you're meant to be with, you'll know.

"Am I supposed to tell you that I like you too?" Jarrett asked, smirking.

"Well…yeah." I said.

"Well I think it's only fair to warn you that I don't." Jarrett said. I raised an eyebrow. "I bloody well adore you."

"So does that mean you're going to kiss me?" I asked, smiling. "Or do I have to kiss you? No spells…no weird pheromone stuff…just us…on this island…relatively hidden from my family and…" I finished the rest of my sentence in a mumble because Jarrett had chosen that moment to lean down and kiss me. I actually moaned. In all honesty, there's not a lot I remember from Santo Domingo so I really can't say that the kissing was different or similar to that. Nonetheless though, I wrapped my arms around his neck and moved as close to him as possible (he helped as well by putting his arms around my waist and pulling me). My lips very willingly parted when his tongue brushed them. I think I enjoyed feeling his tongue on mine as much as I enjoyed feeling his hands on my body.

"Lily…" Jarrett muttered, after pulling away. I blinked and looked at him. Considering we were about two rows of trees into the little forest part of the island and it was nighttime, I could see him pretty well. There was a split second in which I thought about what we were doing and the possible outcomes of it before I, once again, remembered what Calypso and Davy said and made my decision.

Well gee…let's see if we can figure out what that decision is shall we??? Hmm…if you have to think this hard, you obviously don't get it. I'd like to let you people know that this story has pretty much been just very random and I'm basically just coming up with ideas as I go. With the other two stories, I had ideas lined up for the most part but…except for the end of this story…this is all just random.