Aye, I know last chapter was a bit short but I promise i'll make this chapter long enough to keep everyone happy.
Thanks to my reviewers: Jack's True Love, Ectofralamazoo, Tears-and-Tragedies and beautiful-mistakez
Bitter cold, that's how Lily felt inside and out. Snow was falling all around her making her shiver and sneeze from the cold that was creeping in all around here. The men around here seemed frozen but every now and then they'd move slightly to show they were alive.
Pintel and Ragetti were sitting on either side of her, each shivering like crazy, so they were no help in the way of body heat. Lily wondered for a moment if the monkey had any heat. After they had left Singapore Barbossa had unfortunately turned the ship north, toward the polar cap.
"No one said anything about cold." Pintel grumbled.
"I'm sure there's a good reason for our suffering." Ragetti replied.
Shivering Lily stood up and hobbled over to where Elizabeth was, huddled in a frozen blanket. Sensing Lily walking over Elizabeth buried her head in the blanket. Seeing this Lily frowned, she was going to talk to Elizabeth if it killed her.
She poked the blanket, where she knew Elizabeth's side were, making the blanket shudder and giggles escape from it. Grinning she kept poking the blanket until Elizabeth's head emerged.
"Liz what's wrong with ye? Ye don't speak to anyone anymore."
Once again Elizabeth shifted her gaze away but Lily heard a whisper, "You look to much like him."
"I always thought I was the better looking Sparrow." Lily joked. Elizabeth cracked a smile but remained silent once more. Lily didn't push her further, the fact that she even spoke a little and showed some emotion was good enough for Lily for now. She patted Elizabeth on the back then walked back over and sat back in between Pintel and Ragetti, unfortunately they weren't warm still.
Glancing up at Barbossa she hated that Tia Dalma brought him back. Yes he was a pirate lord but she still disliked him immensely. He seemed to be a bit less cruel in this life, except to his opponent which Lily often found herself being, but that still didn't change what he did to her in the past. It was a nightmare being on the same ship with him again, especially being on the same side as him, without remembering all the evil things he did to her.
Repressing a shudder she tried to block out thoughts of the past while watching the ship sail into a cave. Once inside it became pitch black and the crew had to light the lamps, which was no easy task since the lamps had become frozen. Maybe with the lamps on the ship would get warmer.
"Barbossa, is the cold going to go away soon?" Lily spoke, ashamed in the fact that her voice sounded small and childish.
"Aye Lily, ye needn't worry about the cold much longer." Barbossa smirked, something he did quite often.
Nodding Lily was about to go into the captain's quarters to sleep but Barbossa's voice stopped her. "What're ye doing Lily? Those be my quarters."
"Looks to me like the captain's quarters, and i'm captain, so they be my quarters." She replied before stepping into the cabin and locking the door behind her. She knew he could get in if he wanted to but he'd just blow her off for now. She knew they'd argue about it more later though, he just didn't get that she was captain of the ship, not him.
She walked over to the bed and flopped down on it. It wasn't her bed back in the Pearl but she'd take it, since there was no crow's nest on the ship to sleep in. Snuggling into the sheets she thought of Jack. It was painful to think about what he was all alone in that hell. She knew the feeling well and she hoped he wasn't going through any pain, like she had.
Drifting off to sleep she thought of her childhood, when pain was nothing more then a scrape on the knee or a bump on the head. Now pain had become something Lily was used to but didn't like at all, pain had become the horror of losing a family member or the pain of bullets and swords.
'Lily, ye've not failed luv.'
Jolting awake Lily started breathing heavily then shrieked at the sight of Will, sitting beside her on her bed. He looked at her surprised but when she returned to breathing normally he went back to looking at the charts that were currently in his lap. She must have been moaning in her sleep because he was holding her hand in a comforting manner.
"Evening William." At least this was a chance to talk to him. "Anything knew up top?"
"Not really. It's warmed up considerably though." Will replied distractedly.
Lily nodded and laid back down to rest more. She didn't understand why no one wanted to talk to her. She missed conversation, witty and fulfilling conversation like Jack would give. Of course she might just be missing Jack all in all but she still wanted to talk to someone. Sighing to herself she sat up and left the cabin, leaving a confused Will behind her.
"Ello Lily, ye seem a bit lonesome." A voice chuckled from above. Lily looked up to the top deck and scowled at Barbossa, who was lazily steering the ship.
"I'm not lonesome." She bit out. It was a lie. Even with everyone around she still felt lonelier then ever. Especially when Jack wasn't around to make her feel better. Instead she got a silent Elizabeth, a silent Will and others who she didn't feel like conversing with. Suddenly a thought occurred to her, Tia Dalma was still available to talk to.
Looking around she found Tia Dalma sitting on a chest, watching the ocean. It was dark and the candle light made her look eery, but inviting so Lily headed over and sat across from her. Tia Dalma looked away from the ocean briefly to glance at Lily but then returned to staring at the ocean's depths.
"Come on Tia Dalma. No one else'll talk to me, certainly you have some stimulating conversation for me to engage in?"
Tia Dalma seemed to smile. "I have noting to talk about. You have someting you want to talk to me about though."
"Aye I guess I do. Will seems to be in his own world these days and Liz is to depressed to talk."
"Dey've been affected by Jack's death, as we all have." With words a little more then a whisper Tia Dalma shifted her gaze away from the ocean to focus on Lily. "With Davy Jones patrolling de seas dey don't realize how much they depend on Jack, and yourself, to get them through."
Lily scrunched up her nose slightly. She didn't think Will was upset because Jack died, she believed he rather liked Jack gone. Tia Dalma smiled, as if she gave Lily something to think about, then looked back at the ocean forlornly. Everything had gone pitch black outside of the ship, except for the stars reflecting off the water.
"Lily come steer for a moment." Barbossa snapped. Lily rolled her eyes but took the helm. Barbossa stalked off to the captain's cabin, probably to throw Will out and get the charts. Her prediction came true as she watched Will being shooed out of the cabin, with no charts in his hands. She giggled at his annoyed expression but turned her attention towards the sea in front of her. Her smile quickly turned into a frown as she saw a dip ahead in the ocean ahead.
Widening her eyes she told Cotton to take the helm while she yelled to the crew to tie everything down. Will was already ahead of her though, as he was yelling orders at the crew. Barbossa obviously heard them as he strolled out of the cabin and barked at everyone to stop and let everything go. Lily began to feel indiginant, this crew was hers. Not Will's and not Barbossa's.
"You've doomed us all." She heard Elizabeth snarl at Barbossa.
"Don't be so unkind. We may not survive and these might be the last friendly words ye'll ever hear."
Lily felt an arm go around her waist as the ship started tipping over. Burying her face into whoever was holding her she felt the ship leave her feet and screamed loudly. She was practically floating in mid-air, until the ship went over the edge of the waterfall and into the abyss below.
As they fell Lily felt a kiss on the top of her head then the arm became tighter. She didn't hear anything else but the water pounding around her and her own screams. Instantly her vision went black as she slipped into unconsciousness.
'Dead men tell no tales...'
"Lily..."
Groaning ever so slightly Lily felt someone carrying her through water and onto land. Opening her eyes a crack she found Will's head next to hers, his body below hers and a beach surrounding them. Sadly, unlike in her dreams, the rest of the crew was there too. She figured they must be in the locker then instead of dreaming.
"Lily, are you alright?" Will asked while letting her off his back. She thought it was sweet that he carried her all the way there. Smiling to him she nodded and looked at the rest of the crew. They were all wet but no worse for the wear as all their body parts were in tact and they weren't bleeding.
"I don't see Jack. I don't see anyone." She heard Elizabeth say.
"Jack's here. Davy Jones never once gave up something that he took." Lily replied. She looked around but only saw beach sand and desert sand, and crabs. Twitching at said crabs she wandered over to Tia Dalma, staggering a bit from land legs, and looked at the crab Tia Dalma was holding. It clicked at Lily, as if annoyed by her presence. Lily stuck her tongue at it in response.
"Witty Jack, is closer then you dink." Tia Dalma grinned.
Lily looked to where Tia Dalma was looking and gasped. The Pearl was sailing over the desert dunes, with Jack on the mast. Grinning she watched as the Pearl sailed into the ocean and anchored in the deep waters. She ran into the ocean to wait for the long boat that was headed to shore, surely carrying Jack in it. However as soon as she did that Barbossa came over and grabbed her arm to lead her out of the ocean. "Stay here for a moment. I need to see if Jack has his wits about him."
Growling slightly Lily allowed it, if only to compose herself to see Jack. Elizabeth seemed to be hanging back as well, something Lily found odd. She looked guilty about something as well. Shrugging to herself Lily waited until Jack was almost done talking to Will before walking over to them.
"Q.E.D, you're not really here!" Jack was saying.
"Jack this is real, we're here." Elizabeth said, finally joining the group. Jack looked at her with a strange expression before noticing Lily. Smiling Lily ran up and threw her arms around him. She felt him hesitate but he hugged her back. When she pulled away she saw his expression go from wonder to excitement in less then a second. He hugged her again, this time tighter and longer.
"I knew ye'd come for me." He muttered.
"I knew even the kraken couldn't stop Jack Sparrow." Lily replied softly. She felt happier then she had in months and more calm. She truly felt like Jack was the one who made her sane and complete. It impacted her fully how much she had missed her brother and how much she relied on him.
Jack pulled away and looked at Gibbs. "The locker you say, well that's certainly interesting."
"Aye captain."
"We came to rescue you." Lily added un-necessarily. Jack just grinned at her but his grin faded slightly while noticing Barbossa again.
"Well seeing as how I have a ship and you all don't it looks like you're the one's who need rescuing." Lily noticed Jack looking directly at Elizabeth as he spoke. "And I don't think i'm in the mood."
"I see my ship. Right there." Pointing to the Pearl Barbossa smirked. Jack looked out to sea and only saw his ship, while Lily looked as well and only saw hers. "Can't spot it, must be a tiny thing hiding behind the Pearl."
Automatically Will joined in the conversation. "Jack, Beckett controls the heart of Davy Jones."
"He's taken over the seas." Elizabeth added.
"De song had already been sung. The Brethren Court is being summoned." Tia Dalma put her two cents in.
"Look what happens when I leave you people alone for a minute, everything goes to hell." Jack brushed everyone off and looked at them. He gestured for Lily to join him, so she did, then walked along the line of people.
"Why should I sail with any of you? Four of you have tried to kill me in the past, one of you succeeded."
A bolt of electric shock went through Lily's entire body as Jack looked at Elizabeth meaningfully. Elizabeth looked away, ashamed, and Lily couldn't believe what she just heard. Elizabeth had killed her brother...left him to the kraken to get eaten. That was the reason she wouldn't speak to Lily, guilt.
"Ah so she hasn't told you. Well you'll have loads to talk about while you're here." Jack went on. He walked over to the second part of the crew and added Tia Dalma, Gibbs, Marty and Cotton to his crew. Then noticed the Chinese crew.
"Who're you?"
"Tai Huang. These are my men."
"And where does your allegiances lie?"
"With the highest bidder."
"I have a ship."
"That makes you the highest bidder."
Jack grinned in acceptance. He shouted orders to his new crew while Lily rolled her eyes. She knew Barbossa, and now Elizabeth, probably deserved to be stuck there but never the less Barbossa was the one who had the charts and he led them all here in the first place, while Elizabeth still did love Jack.
"Jack, where ye goin' Jack?" Barbossa chuckled, holding the charts up.
"We have to let them on Jack." Lily whispered when Jack towed her away for a council. "Barbossa i'm iffy about but he's the one with the charts. The other four are still crew members, two of them important crew members."
"Ah yes I had forgotten your...feelings for dear William." Jack frowned.
Lily narrowed her eyes at her brother, who shrugged and held up his hands in surrender, then smiled softly, as though she were a child again. "It's good to have you back Jack. I really missed you."
"Aye Lily, I missed you too." Jack grinned and hugged her again. "I won't leave ye again."
Whoo! Another chapter done and done. I've started to memorize the movie now, so most of the scenes are completely from memory. Aren't you proud of me? 8D
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