Do I own anything? Nope… Do I want to? Yep…

I walked toward until my face was an inch away from it.

"You may not want to drink it that way if I were you," Jack said as he sat next to me. Everyone stood in a semi-circle around the fountain. Philip stepped forward and uncorked a vial with silvery liquid within.

"Just one drop," Philip whispered as Barbossa brought out two silver cups.

"How does it work?" Clearly they had everything figured out, but I did not know what was going on.

"A mermaid tear goes in one cup. Water goes in both. The one with the tear gets all of the years remaining from the one without the tear."

"That's cruel! Wait, how did you get a mermaid tear?"

They nodded towards Philip, "His girlfriend."

"Okay, there's only one thing that confuses me. Who gets the one without the tear?" The crew began to shift from foot to foot and look away. No one here wanted to die tonight, but everyone wanted to drink from the fountain.

"How about a better question," I tried, "Who get the tears?"

"Let's see. We have about six tears so…" Jack began counting off people on his fingers, "Me, Hector, Elizabeth, you, Philip, and our special guest who is late."

"Me?" I stared up at my father. My eyes were watering. I was so close to the thing I craved, but when I really thought about it, was it worth it? Footsteps came from behind our group and when I looked around it was only one man. He was very handsome and Elizabeth ran into his open arms. William followed and was greeted with the same enthusiasm. I knew immediately that not only was this our special guest, but it was William's father.

"Wait, so none of us gets the tears?" A pirate from the crew asked. A few grumbles of agreement followed. They began to draw swords and advance upon us. The moonlight shone down through the trees and cracks in the rocks. I could tell that it was a full moon. Uh oh, a full moon.

Wait, maybe it could help us. I ran right into a beam of the silvery glow and felt it begin to make me transform. I could only do this because of that bloody coin. So be it.

My body enlarged, all my limbs elongated. My clothes ripped and my hair fell out. More fur was growing out of my skin. I was a monster. I wasn't a cat anymore, but a huge hideous monster almost like a panther crossed between a werewolf. I could not feel who I was anymore. The only thoughts on my mind were to protect the ones I love.

Intermission… Switching POV to Third Person

The men and Elizabeth gasped when they saw the monster towering over them. All weapons were then pointed at the monster. It knocked them aside like they were empty rum bottles. It howled to the moonlight and stepped towards Jack Sparrow.

"That's your charming daughter?" William Turner asked Jack.

"She's been through a lot," and what he had said was true. As she stepped out of the moonlight and slowly turned back into herself she thought about all that she had been through. She used to be a werecat which was much better than being this monster. She used to turn into a cat when she was stressed. She had taken a cursed coin and now she could turn into a cat whenever and in the light of the full moon, she transformed into a beast who had no idea who it really was.

When she had transformed back into her blonde self, she collapsed on the ground breathing heavily. She kept her eyes closed for she did not want to see the look of disgust on her friends' faces. When she did chance to look, Quentin was at her side with a look of understanding and love, not a look of fear. Will stood by his fathers side, and wasn't quite sure what to think. That was when she knew. She knew Will was just a childhood crush, she knew that he did not truly know or understand her. When she got butterflies in her tummy at the sight of him, it was really because of Quentin who was always hurrying along next to him.

Quentin had seen so much, just like her. He understood that it was okay to believe in the impossible. This realization struck her like lightning. She was fifteen now, and she knew what she wanted. She pulled Quentin down towards her by his shirt and kissed him passionately on the lips. Quentin, surprised at first, learned to enjoy it. For a few moments it seemed they were the only two people in the world. But when they released they realized that they had business to do. They had to drink the water of life.

"We still don't think the girl needs the life. She has proven to be very youthful," said another pirate. Then more fighting broke out. Eloise fell forward infront of the fountain. She was bleeding out fast. Whoever shot her in the shoulder cried victoriously, but was then killed by Jack. Quentin and Jack ran forward. Together they prepared the two cups and Jack brought another bleeding person towards her. It was Will. The boy whose heart she had just broken. They were both dying and one of them could be saved.

"Eloise, drink this," Jack thrust a goblet into her hands.

"It has the tear, Eloise," Quentin whispered. He was crying.

"This one has the tear," she repeated and stared down at the chalice. She turned towards Will who willingly took the other one. He was willing to die for her, after what she just did to him. Jack nodded and guided the goblet to her lips, but she did not drink.

She snatched the cup from Will and drank all of the contents. Everyone had stopped to watch as Eloise lay at the base of the rocks.

Quentin fell forward onto her. His was wrinkled in sadness and tears openly fell onto her lifeless body. William sat up, his wound healed, and solemnly stared down at her. Quentin's sobbing did not cease. Jack let a few tears of sadness roll down his face. And Elizabeth was crying into Will's shoulder. All was not well in the world for the remaining pirates were fond of the girl, who had taught them that it is a child who faces more hardships than adults could ever dream of.

I have the lesson stated and I know what you are thinking… but check out the chapter title! There are two more chapters to come. Part two of this chapter and the epilogue. So, I don't care if you know what is going to happen, just bare with me and read. For Quentin's sake!

On that note, are you glad that she chose Quentin? I am, Will was kinda being a jerkface. Also, Quentin is better looking… :P

Anyway, if you have stuck with Eloise this far, I am sure she would want you to stay around for the concluding chapters.