I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday -preen- New Years is upon us! And my new years resolution is to make more one shot stories xD and to finish this one of course. I might make a sequel to this as well xD if I feel up to it, no promises

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Lily brushed the hair out of her face only to have it blown back by the wind. Annoyed and tired she huffed and slumped down on the wheel, careful not to move it. Elizabeth was standing next to her, gazing at the horizon with glossy eyes. They were both mourning the loss of James but regardless they knew they had a larger problem.

"Captain...steady on?" She asked quietly. She wasn't quite used to taking orders from a captain who wasn't Jack, even then they were equal captains, but to Elizabeth's credit Lily would never take orders from anyone but her or Jack.

"Aye Lily." She heard Elizabeth mutter. Lily understood what Elizabeth was going through. She just lost her father and then her childhood friend and now she's become the pirate lord of Singapore. It was a lot to take on at one time but she knew Elizabeth could muddle through it. She was a strong woman and Lily often envied her. Elizabeth had been raised differently then she had but they weren't all that different.

She felt tired so she took the liberty of assigning someone the helm and hopped up the rigging to sleep in the crows nest, then remembered that the Dragoness wasn't the Pearl. She struggled a bit in the crows nest, seeing as how it was almost as small as a bucket, but soon fell asleep.

Lily opened her eyes and found herself in the desert that was Davy Jones locker. Panic constricted in her chest as she gazed at her surroundings. There was nothing, not even the Pearl. Only flat, grey land. She frantically looked every direction and almost cried in relief when she saw a person in the distance.

She ran as fast as she could to catch up to the person but when she caught up she was horrified to see it was James, with a sword skewered through his chest. His eyes were vacant and his body looked cold. Lily caught herself before she completely broke down then looked around to find anyone else. She saw someone else on the horizon and used more caution when approaching this one.

The person didn't seem to want to be found. It moved in every which direction, evading Lily's sight until she ran up to it and tackled it to the ground. Looking down she gasped, it was her mother.

"Lillian get off of me this instant." Her mother snapped, making shooing motions with her hands. Lily jumped off of her mother as if burned and gaped at her. She looked exactly how Lily remembered. Strait and curved with long, auburn hair that almost touched her bum. Her blue eyes were piercing, with no hint of emotion. They were like ice. "Stop gaping like a fish child, you look un-attractive."

That broke Lily out of her reverie. She glared at her mother with sudden contempt. "I have nothing to say to you." She growled and turned her back on her mother. Hearing the footsteps of her mother behind her she started to speed up but was stopped short when her mother suddenly appeared in front of her. "Lillian you stop this instant. I will not go chasing all around the desert." Suddenly her mother's eyes and voice softened, "You look so beautiful dear. Just how I hoped you'd turn out."

"I've turned out the way Jack raised me, because you abandoned us before you could." Lily snarled in reply. Her mother looked down in shame then sat on an invisible rock. "Baby you have to understand, I ran away because I was young and stupid. I felt like I owed your father something while he was alive and when he died I owed him nothing anymore. You children were turning out just like him and I didn't like it. It was in-excusable to leave but I do not regret it."

"Then we have nothing else to talk about." Lily started to walk away but her mother's voice stopped her once more, "Do you think you would have turned out any different had I stuck around? The better question: Would you want to have turned out any different?"

The last question hit a nerve. Lily swirled on her mother angrily, "Yes. I would have wanted the love of a mother! I would have wanted to know that I was important to someone other then Jack! I would have wanted to not be afraid of being with people long enough to believe them to be friends only to be disappointed by betrayal! Betrayal is nothing new to me anymore mother, and it all started with you!"

Her mother flinched only a little but still looked defiant. "No I don't think so. You've turned out so strong Lillian and that wouldn't have happened had you had me around to catch you when you fell. I would have taught you to be proper like your friend Elizabeth. I would have kept you from the ocean while your brother went sailing to earn our money. Can you honestly say you'd have wanted that more then what you got?" After much silence her mother sighed and turned to leave. "Just know this, I loved you even when I left. And still think of you often...Lily." Then her mother disappeared.

Tears touched Lily's cheeks as she sunk to her knees and sobbed into her hands. She hadn't ever want to see her mother again. Her visit shook Lily to her core and made her question the hate she had held for her mother. On top of being in Davy Jones locker and seeing James dead it was too much to digest.

"Lily!"

Lily screamed and jolted awake, aware of the tears that were streaming down her face. She was still in the crows nest but it was night now. They seemed to be docked in Shipwreck Cove. She looked down at Elizabeth and said she'd be right down. It felt so real, She thought as she wiped the tears away. Taking a deep breath she told herself it was just a dream and slid down the mast, landing in front of Elizabeth.

She followed Elizabeth off the ship and positively gaped at the sight in front of her. Building as high as the sky with little flickering lights in their windows. Pirates shuffled from here to there, not looking at Elizabeth or Lily, but they seemed intrigued by the Dragoness. Lily scowled at everyone while following Elizabeth up the long winding stairs. They seemed endless until they came upon a door.

Carefully Lily pushed the door open, peeked in and grinned widely when she heard Jack and Barbossa arguing. Elizabeth also smiled while walking toward them. Lily heard people yelling and arguing, the Brethren Court obviously was summoned. She snuck up behind Jack, who was gaping at Elizabeth, and jumped him.

"Lily! Thought ye'd be sent to the locker again!" Jack chuckled good heartedly.

"They offered me the job but I turned 'em down." Lily giggled. She looked at Elizabeth and was amazed to see her in full pirate mode again, glaring at everyone with a hard look in her eyes. "Listen to me, our location has been betrayed." Elizabeth barked out, everyone turned and looked at her. "Jones is under the command of Beckett, they're on their way here."

"Who is this betrayer?!" Lily recognized the man yelling as Gentlemen Jocad, the man Ana Maria sailed under.

"Not likely one among us." Barbossa yelled back.

"Where's Will?"

"Not among us."

Lily sat down on a chair and watched the pirate court convene. Suddenly she felt eyes staring at her, from behind her, but she was leaning against a wall. Cautiously she turned slightly to see but nothing was there. She heard a faint tune though. It sounded like the tune Tia Dalma used to hum. Looking around she noticed Tia Dalma wasn't there, not surprising. Lily didn't know what Tia Dalma would do if she saw the Brethren Court again.

Without anyone noticing she slipped out the door and ran down to the Pearl. The Pearl was docked, safe and sound, in the harbor. Lily couldn't help but feel relief when she stepped on deck. She frowned again when she realized she didn't know where Tia Dalma was. Barbossa most likely locked 'er up somewhere. She ran down the stairs to the brig and stopped short, Davy Jones was just leaving the ship.

Tia Dalma looked at her with anger in her eyes but then calmed when she saw who it was. Smiling she gestured for Lily to come closer, which she did. "Lily, what brings you 'ere to da brig? Come to see little old me, locked away from the world?"

"Tia...i'm sorry. I know I could have stopped Barbossa from locking you up."

"Don't be sorry child. I knew I was gettin' locked up when I first stepped aboard." Tia Dalma reached out and took Lily's hand. "Ye know, don't ya? What I am, and who I am."

"Aye I do, and if you don't want to be released I won't allow it."

"Dat's where you're wrong. I do want ta be released, I just don't want dem to ask anything of me when I do. If dey tink I will help dem in any way dey are sadly mistaken. I am sick of dis body, sick of being cut away from the ting I love most in de world. I am ready to be released child, and i'd prefer you weren't dere when I am released."

"Why?"

"'Cause of my nature. I love ye child and I tink of you like my own daughter but when I am released I will feel so much anger I don't tink I can control myself from hurting everyone, including you."

Tears slowly slid down Lily's cheeks, Tia Dalma thought of her like a daughter? While pondering this new fact Lily heard someone in the corner make a snorting noise. She turned quickly, drawing her sword, and paled when she saw no one there. Turning back to Tia Dalma she found her smiling like a cat. "Who was that?"

"Dat was just your imagination child. I no nothing of a noise, der was no noise."

Lily hesitated then sat back down. She felt the need to talk, as if reading her mind Tia Dalma held her hand back out of her cell and took Lily's. "Speak child, der is something you wish to talk about."

"Alright. If Will stabs the heart he becomes the new captain of the flying Dutchman. I know he just wants it to free Bootstrap but he will stab it. Jack would too. He wants immortality and he knows the heart would give that to him. But if he becomes the captain then I lose my brother, forever. But if Will stabs it I lose my love." It all came rushing out. Every fear she had, every worry, every feeling she wanted to feel came rushing out of her mouth in a split second. Tia Dalma only smiled a sad smile when Lily was finished.

"I am sorry child. You will have to make a choice when dat moment comes. You can keep either one from stabbing de heart but you cannot save both of dem. Dey will listen to you though. Whoever you choose will not stab de heart, while de other one will. Both of der destinies rely on dat single heart, as does yours."

"But why can't I save both of them?" Lily whispered after a few seconds of silence. Tia Dalma just shook her head and let go of Lily's hand, saying no more. Lily wanted to cry but she felt she spent to much time crying these days. Sucking back her tears she left Tia Dalma to her thoughts and headed back up to the Brethren Court. No one noticed her slip in, or that she had even been gone, except for Jack, who looked at her with a raised eyebrow.

She shrugged in reply. A soft tune penetrated her ears as she sat down, it was a Spanish tune played on an old guitar. Smiling she walked along the wall, careful not to disrupt any of the pirate lords, until she came to the end of the room. Where she saw her Uncle Teague, who looked up at her briefly and grinned a small smile for her.

"I say we take a vote." Jack suggested once Lily had come back and sat down.

At once everyone protested until finally they all voted-for themselves. Lily rolled her eyes as one by one the pirate lords all voted for themselves until it came down to Elizabeth, Barbossa and Jack.

"Elizabeth Swann."

"Barbossa." Lily chortled when he didn't use his real name, causing him to glare at her.

"Elizabeth Swann." Jack grinned. Everyone looked at him stumped for a few seconds, especially Elizabeth, then turned on everyone else and started yelling. Elizabeth just stood there with her mouth open, making Jack draw a chuckle or two and come up to close it for her. "The Pirate King doesn't stand there like a fish luv. He or she usually has somethin' to say."

She smacked him in the chest lightly and waited for everything to calm down before making a decision, which Lily could tell was already made up and planned in Elizabeth's mind. Smart that one, already has a plan up her sleeve. Hope she's got a plan B. When everything was calm again Mistress Cheng asked Elizabeth what her plan of action was, Elizabeth immediately stated war.

When Elizabeth looked to Lily for approval, something Lily found endearing, Lily nodded and grinned at her. Elizabeth would make a fine pirate king, she cared about the future of piracy and she knew how to be a pirate, despite her up bringing. She was head-strong and fierce when it came to battles which made her a wonderful fighter to have among them.

"How did I do?" Elizabeth whispered when Lily came over to congratulate her.

"Ye did wonderfully Lizzie, better then I could have." Lily smiled. She waited for all of the lords to retire before rushing up to her uncle and throwing her arms around him. "Uncle Teague!"

"'Ello stranger, don't believe we've met." Teague chuckled and released her. "Hell you're almos' as tall as me now. Where's yer brother?"

Jack cautiously made his was to his Uncle after Lily. He liked his Uncle but he never really lived up to his Uncle. Teague made a name for himself a long time ago, a name everyone feared, and Jack was sort of envious of that. Whenever people asked about him they'd laugh when they said Jack Sparrow, but when people asked about Teague no one laughed.

"Jackie, come 'ere boy. Join yer sister and me in a drink." It was a hidden command and Jack knew it. Teague also loved ordering him around, did it all the time when Jack was a kid. Though to his credit Teague taught him more about piracy then he learned from his own father. I need rum.

Few mugs of rum later and Jack was back to his non-paranoid self, laughing with Lily at Teague's stories from their childhood. Lily's eyes clouded or darkened whenever Teague mentioned their father and mother but other then that she was enjoying herself. Once her bladder filled up however she excused herself, allowing Jack and Teague to talk among themselves.

"Goin' after immortality still Jackie?"

"Maybe I am, maybe i'm not."

Teague sighed, "The trick isn't livin' forever Jackie, it's livin' with yerself forever."

Jack stayed silent, thinking over Teague's words until Lily came back. Lily saw the look on Jack's face and frowned, Teague obviously said something to make Jack really think. Usually when Teague talked to Jack, Jack would get an annoyed look on his face but now his face looked thoughtful.

Jack excused himself then Lily said good bye to her Uncle then left to the Pearl. Lily felt something in her gut as they walked, a feeling of nervousness. Something she didn't get often and when she did get it she hated it. She hated feeling nervous, it made her feel weak. And crying doesn't? I need to get me emotions in order. To calm herself she thought of Will, which did nothing to help as she only thought of the times he had her pressed against a wall, doing something unspeakable but very pleasurable to her neck.

That made her more antsy, which Jack noticed. He looked at her, snorted at the look on her face and walked into his cabin. Lily followed but backed out again when she saw Elizabeth in there with him.

"Jack, why did you vote to make me King?" Elizabeth asked when he entered.

"Luv ye don't need an answer to all of life's mysteries."

"But Jack-" Jack quickly stopped her talking by kissing her, pulling her close. She hesitated but relaxed as she snaked her arms around his neck and gave into the intense feelings he was bringing. She parted her lips slightly, allowing Jack to taste all that she was. She tasted like strawberries, he supposed that was the last thing she ate, while she noticed he tasted like rum.

On deck Lily was wishing she had Will to do with her what Jack and Liz were doing. But the stupid whelp had to go and betray them all, again. She wondered briefly why she still loved him, even after all those betrayals. His eyes, I love his eyes. And his lips, and hair, and arms, and voice. After deeming that she loved every part about him she felt worse, knowing he wasn't there to share all those with her. Well I always have Barbossa. At that thought she giggled and looked over at the man in question.

"Oi Barbossa, what're ye doin'?" She barked when she saw him hunched over, looking into a bowl of assorted objects. He looked up, sneered at her then looked back down at the bowl. Annoyed Lily walked over and looked in the bowl, where the pieces of eight lay inside. A horrible feeling etched itself in her gut when she looked at the pieces. "Yer actually going to do it?"

"Aye. She could be a help."

"Barbossa are ye actually that stupid?" At his growl she continued. "She hates lot of you. Releasing her would be a damn death sentence."

"Ye got a better plan?" When she stayed silent he nodded. "'Sides that's why she brought me back. To release her."

That bit of information Lily was surprised to know, even more surprised when Barbossa had a far away look in his eyes when he talking about his own death and revival. She knew the feeling well and found a new connection with him. Make no mistake she still hated the man but she did understand what he was talking, and thinking, about now.

Climbing up the mast she gazed at the large structure in front of her, thinking of what would happen if they lost the fight. Pirates would die out quickly, especially if all the pirate lords were fighting in the battle. The sea would belong to the Navy and their kind, and would no longer be freedom.

"Tell me about the ocean father."

"The sea calls to people in a silent song, beautiful and dangerous at the same time. She needs people on her, she need to feel the ships that pass on top of her like people need each other. She wants us to feel freedom when we ride on the open sea, she wants us to feel that feeling of complete happiness when we sail, she wants us to feel that we're one with the ocean. The sea is a dangerous place but if you know the sea well, she'll take care of you."

"Take care of us." Lily whispered before falling asleep.

Down in her cell Tia Dalma wiped a tear away and closed her eyes, "I will child."


Yahootie another chapter done and done. Gosh i'm almost finished with this story already -sniff-

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