"Still, he could've just passed a law saying we couldn't have our own ships, instead of throwing that big of a fit." I spoke with Tia Hung. After three hours with no sleep everyone had pretty much given up on not talking to each other. Now we were all deep into discussion about the fate of pirates.

"Hai!" Tia Hung said and pointed at me, agreeing. Elizabeth shook her head though.

"Well, that wouldn't have helped would it? Then there would have been no merchants or fishermen." Elizabeth argued. I felt like I was on a debate team. I would have told her off about this very interesting conversation but I heard footsteps coming down the steps. I shushed everyone and made wild gestures for them to look like they weren't doing anything. I sat back onto the bench, resting my back against Tia Hung and pulling my arms tight against my chest, as if trying to sleep. I cracked an eye open when I heard the unmistakable sound of the doors being opened. I sat up sharply to see Admiral Norrington standing, holding the open doors to the brig.

The Chinese people were cautious and didn't mover from their spots but Elizabeth and I stepped forward. I took a deep breath then stepped out of the brig's doors. I looked Norrington in the eyes and could tell that he was scared of what he was doing.

"What are you doing, James?" I asked him, feeling a shimmer of worry for the man that I used to have a thing for.

"I'm choosing a side, yours." Norrington said, glancing around as if someone was going to jump out and kill us. I grinned at him and, wrapped my arms around him, in gratitude.

"Thank you." I muttered before releasing him to look back at the motionless Elizabeth. I gestured for her to come on with my hand. She hurriedly followed my instructions and stepped out of the cell but the Chinese men stayed put. Elizabeth turned back.

"Tia Hung?" I asked, curious and anxious to get out of here. He stared at Elizabeth and I realized what he was thinking. I nudged Elizabeth. She looked at me strangely. "You're their Captain now, so act like one." I instructed her. She seemed to understand and smiled at me.

"Follow me." She told them. So I turned to Norrington. He nodded and we all snuck out onto deck, almost getting caught once but making it to where there was a rope tied to the Chinese people's ship. I let all of the Chinese people go ahead of me, just to be nice, and because I didn't want any of them staring at my ass. Elizabeth climbed onto the rope and I went to follow her when Norrington grabbed my arm.

"Do not go to Shipwreck Cove. Beckett knows of the meeting of the Brethren. I fear there may be a traitor among them." He told me. I sighed. I could narrow down who the traitors were without any hassle. It had to be either jack or William. I don't quite know who it was. They both had motives for leading Beckett to Shipwreck Cove. Jack wanted to take Davy Jones' place and William wanted to stab the heart to save his father. I sighed.

"I feared as much." I muttered to Norrington then looked up to him, serious for once. "It's too late to earn my forgiveness, James." I told him.

"I didn't know that you'd taken the Black spot." James said, tense and sad.

"Would it have really mattered?" I asked him. He winced but I stood my ground.

"Yes, it would've." He told me strongly.

"Who goes there?" I heard Bootstrap's voice call. I looked up to him and he was searching around the deck for what I'm guessing was us.

"Go. I will follow." Norrington ordered, pushing me towards the rope.

"You're lying." I told him, my eyes narrowing at him. He turned back to me, and took my face into his palm.

"I am sorry for the way I've treated you, Cassandra. Now I will make up for it." He told me before suddenly his lips met mine. I was too shocked to move, or think. I'd known that He'd wanted to make it up to me but I had not known that he wanted me for more. I was pushed away from him, breaking me out of my shock. "Go now!" He said and I, for lack of anything else I could do, jumped up and started climbing onto the rope. I climbed and climbed. I was halfway across before I looked behind me only to see Bootstrap there. I started back, coming to my senses but Norrington shot the line, right before he was run through.

I fell into the freezing water. I gasped for breath, only to get water sucked down. I closed my open mouth and swam to the surface. When I broke through, I grabbed the floating rope and pulled myself along until I reached the ship. I was pulled on board by two helpful sailors. I fell to the deck and coughed up all of the water I'd inhaled. I was beat on the back, by Elizabeth and I looked up to her in thanks.

"Captains?" Tia Hung's voice reached my ear. Elizabeth helped me up and I leant on her as we both looked to Tia Hung. I glanced at Elizabeth and she looked stiff, and proud.

"We sail for Shipwreck cove, gentlemen." Her voice rang out true. I grinned at them all.

"Aye!" Tia Hung agreed and the rest of the crew followed his example. I patted Elizabeth on the shoulder and began to walk away.

"Wait!" She called out to me. I turned back to her, with a raised eyebrow. She seemed uncomfortable now. "C-Can you teach me how to be a Captain?" She asked shyly. I walked back to her, grinning widely.

"Well, Captain Swann, I suppose I could help a fellow pirate lass out. And it just so happens that you've come to the best." I told her and looped my arm with hers. So for the next few hours I showed Elizabeth around a ship, and how to take care of discipline. I even showed her a little about the maps, she'd have to get used to it, before first light broke over the horizon. I sighed and glanced at it. This was always Jack's favorite time of the day. I stopped speaking to Elizabeth in shock. This whole time I hadn't thought much of Jack. Maybe I shouldn't start now. I was on my way to see him now so it didn't matter anymore.

"Land ho!" The man in the crow's nest shouted down. I sighed and glanced back to the front of the ship where Shipwreck cove was slowly coming into view at the same time I was taken over by a vision.

I was on the Pearl. That was the first thing I grasped as my conscious faded into life. I was at the bow of the ship where I could see only two figures standing. Every other soldier seemed to be scrambling around deck but I could not tell because they were all very blurry.

"…we agreed on ends only. The means are mine to decide." I heard the voice of one of the figures. I took a step towards them and realized that it was my dear daughter and Barbossa speaking to each other.

"Caution, Barbossa. Do not forget it was by my power you return from the dead," Calypso touched his hand and it turned, familiarly, into a skeleton with ripped clothe around it. "Or what it means should you fail me." She released his wrist and his hand turned back to normal. He flexed the hand then glared at Calypso.

"Don't forget why you had to bring me back, and why I could not leave Destiny to her well deserved fate." Oh well, someone was a little grumpy. It's not like I was the one who shot him, so why did he have to be so mean? "It took nine pirate lords to bind you, Calypso. And it'll take no less than nine to set ye free." He snarled at her then without turning from her glare called out to Pintel and Ragetti. "Take this fishwife to the brig!"

They scurried into view and as I looked from them back to Calypso, I caught her eye. She grinned at me and I winked at her. She looked back to Barbossa.

"Do not think that Destiny will be kind to you, Barbossa. For you may set me free but you are a cold hearted bastard." Calypso told him as she was drug away. I snorted as Barbossa seemed to look around for me. I glanced out over the ocean. I could just see the vessel my body was on in the distance. Just as I took a step to follow Calypso I was spun out of existence again. I wondered, amidst the whirl of color, when my powers were going to be back under my control.

When I finally settled back to life, again, I was in a room with William and Beckett. I sighed and sat down beside dear William who was drinking from a delicate teacup.

"I cannot be summoned like some mongrel pup." Davy Jones' voice rang out as he shoved himself into the cabin. I blinked at him but the others didn't even bat an eyelash at his sudden appearance.

"Apparently you can." Beckett muttered to Davy Jones, sitting his cup down onto the table. Davy snarled, or did what ever he does with his tentacle face, you know I'm not quite sure what it is. Davy then seemed to spot William through his anger and he chuckled.

"Come to join my crew again, Master Turner?" Davy asked him, thinking he was ahead of the curve. But sneaky, lying William knew better then him for once.

"Not yours, his." He pointed with his pinky at Beckett. I blinked, and sat up straight in my chair. I swear, with such delicate movements William began to remind me of someone…but who? "Oh, Jack Sparrow sends his regards." William told him before taking another sip of his tea.

"Sparrow?" Davy jerked back in surprise. Oh that's right, he doesn't know about me being sent to the depths instead of Jack does he? This ought to be good.

"You've not told him? Cassandra Myst or Sparrow now, took Jack's place in the locker." He took another sip from that stupid cup of tea. "We've rescued her now of course." Davy Jones twitched violently and I giggled. He swung around to look at Beckett, accusingly.

"What else have you not told me?" He asked him darkly, like if he didn't tell him bad things would happen. Of course no one in the room was fooled. As long as the heart was still in Beckett's possession Davy Jones was to do his bidding.

"There is an issue far more troublesome." Beckett deflected the harsh words with skill to rival mine. "I believe you are familiar with a person called Calypso?" He said and Davy Jones got another shock. If I hadn't known that his heart was else where I'd say he was going into Cardiac Arrest. Alas it is not to be.

"Not a person, a heathen god. One who delights in cursing men with their wildest dreams and then revealing them to be hollow and naught but ash. Just like her mother. The world is well rid of the both of them." He spat out. I snickered at his stupidity.

"Not quite so well, actually. The Brethren Court intend to release Calypso." William told them, giving them insight to what was going on. I was pretty much ahead of all of them because I already knew this. How could I not with that last vision?

"No!" Davy shouted. "They cannot! The first court promised to imprison her forever. That was our agreement!" He thundered, as if William could do anything about it.

"Your agreement?" Beckett caught on to what she said. Davy backed up, ashamed now of what he'd done. I know of course that he'd done it in a moment of hate but it was all he had now, to keep her wrath from him.

"I showed them how to bind her." Davy Jones stated then he seemed to feel the need to continue. "She could not be trusted. She gave me no choice." Then strongly, "We must act before they release her." He ordered, urgently.

"You loved her." William caught on to him quickly. I leant back now, enjoying the free show. "She's the one. And then you betrayed her."

"She pretended to love me! She betrayed me!" Davy shouted pointing to himself. I knew what had happened. It had broken my heart when Calypso had not shown up for Davy but then Davy bound her and I could not take sides for the life of me. Now though Davy had become heartless.

"And after which betrayal did you cut out your heart, hers or your own, I wonder?" Will asked, going to take another sip. The Déjà vu feeling came on again but I ignored it much more intereseted in the scene in front of me. Davy hit William's cup out of his hand, smashing it to pieces on the floor.

"Do not test me!" Davy warned William. William looked from the empty saucer in his calloused hands to Davy's angry face, inches from his own.

"I wasn't finished with that." He stated. He'd obviously managed to realize just what to do when faced with Davy Jones. He turned away from Davy Jones as if he was but a fly in the air. "You will free my father." He told Beckett and then to Jones. "And you will guarantee Elizabeth's safety, along with my own." He said, leaving me out. I felt insulted but for a moment before shrugging. Yeah, I'd probably leave him out to so there were no worries there.

"Your terms are steep, Mr. Turner. We will expect fair value in return." Beckett told him. I snorted. Beckett would not honor whatever deal they made and neither would Davy Jones. Damn, I didn't even know if William would honor it anymore. It was all just a big tangle of lies now.

"There is only one price I will accept. Calypso, and her mother, murdered." He barked. I stood up, insulted. Okay, I probably deserved it but I didn't have to like it, did I?

"Calypso is aboard the Black Pearl." William said, not mentioning that I was not. "Jack has sailed the Black Pearl to Shipwreck Cove." He informed them. Of course I'd already seen this but this also reminded me that the ship carrying my body should've been docked already.

"And with you no longer aboard her, how do you propose to lead us there?" beckett asked, it was quite a good question to ask but I was growing bored of there voices. All I wanted was to see Jack again. Maybe I'd even explain to him some things that he's probably dying to know. I started to fade, the colors of the room blending. The last thing I saw of the room before a blackness came over me was William holding up a certain compass.

When I surfaced again it was dark. I sat up off of a soft material and I realized I was in a bed in Sao-Elizabeth's ship. I sighed and held my heavy head in my hands. I grew more and more tired of this as I go. One of these days my body is just going to give under the pressure. I pulled myself from the cotton sheets and nearly stumbled over. In my sleep or vision I'd obviously lost my sea legs.

I quickly gained them back though when I saw where we were out the windows. I could see all of the broken ships that made up the walls and innards of shipwreck cove. I walked out the door, grabbing my effects that had been laid on the table. I climbed up the stairs and into the open at the same time as I buckled my effects onto my waist. I spotted Elizabeth before I saw anyone else.

"How long have I been out?" I asked her. She turned from speaking with Tia Hung to look at me in surprise.

"Cassandra!" She engulfed me in a hug that nearly knocked me off of my feet. I sighed at her even as she pulled back. "We didn't know what had happened! You'd fainted after we got on the ship!" She squeezed my shoulders but I grinned at her.

"I'm fine!" I told her, and looked out at what I thought would be bustling streets. There was not a soul out on the streets besides the members of Tia Hung's crew. "Where have all of the pirates gone?" I asked her, curious.

"I suspect we are late. The Brethren Court has already convened. I clapped her on the shoulder.

"Then we'd best hurry before they grow impatient." I told her and started walking, almost falling flat on my face. "Whoops." I said, airily. Elizabeth slung one of my arms around her shoulders. I snickered as we walked along the walk way, me pointing the way for her.

"What?" She asked me.

"What a pair we must make. A pirate Lady, born and raised, and the daughter of noblemen." I told her. She grinned at me as well, making us both snicker at each other. True, who would have thought they'd see the day? We walked and walked until finally we came upon the large wooden doors that were overflowing with pirates. I sighed and pushed off of Elizabeth. She looked to me in surprise but I winked at her. "It would not do if Lady Cassandra Myst-Sparrow were seen leaning on someone else, would it?" I explained.

Together we pushed through the mass of people. I sighed as I heard Jack's voice through the pirates just as Elizabeth cut through to the table. "-and I'm content as a cucumber to wait until Sao Feng and my wife join us." I practically shuddered at the sound of Jack's voice. It was a lovely sound to my ears, which had been burdened by the likes of Elizabeth.

"Sao Feng is dead. He fell to the Flying Dutchman." Elizabeth shouted, bringing the attention on to her, making it even more difficult to get out from the pirates.

"And my wife?" I head Jack ask, somewhat more quiet then he had been. I finally pushed from between a pirate who needed a bathe and one who was so full of himself, he smelt just as bad as the one who was beside him. I nearly screamed in frustration. I was already weak from the forced fading but to have to push through all of those pirates was just draining.

"I'm here, Jack." I shouted out, stumbling to Elizabeth's side. I don't think that just the fading could cause this. I think that the healing from when the wood had scraped my skin had something to do with it.

Of course this was erased from memory as I saw Jack. He looked tired, much like I probably looked. I grinned at him and slowly his mouth stretched into a sharp grin, showing all of his teeth, especially the golden ones. They glinted in the light but so did his beautiful, deep eyes. They were promising me a proper welcome back but later.

"Sao Feng fell and he made me Captain as he drew his last breath." Elizabeth shouted and speared her sword into the giant model world. I drew my own out and stabbed it dead center over my domain, much less dramatically. The magnificent sword glinted in the light as it stuck into the world. For a moment it changed into the very sword I'd used during the medieval times but it must have been a trick of the light.

"Aye, she speaks the truth." I affirmed, while walking to my empty seat at the very end. The seats were chosen by the turn of the tide, and when the Brethren court was called. I smiled as I leant back in the soft fabric. I stroked the leather and watched the pirates square off.

"Captain? They're just giving the bloody title away now." Jack muttered his head back in the game. I glanced around and a few of their heads were still looking my way. I grinned widely, managing to show all of my teeth; it probably looked more like I was baring my teeth at them. They all turned away, regardless.

"Jones has tangled with Lord Beckett. They now follow Cutler's word, and he's ordered them here, by the words of this betrayal." I told them all in general. I saw Jack flinch only because my brain was still half focused on my husband.

"Who is this betrayer?" The French pirate lord asked. I believe his name is Jocard. He owes me twenty gold pieces for saving his mother from death by Calypso. I scratched my cheek before pulling out a dagger from the bag of the man beside me. He didn't notice and the man behind him didn't have the guts to say anything when I looked at him. He gulped and stumbled back. I wondered if I still had that effect on people. Apparently I just got my answer.

"Not likely anyone among us." Barbossa said. I looked him up and down for a moment and I realized he looked just as stressed as I felt.

"Where's Will?" Elizabeth asked, having been scanning the crowd for her fiancé. I wonder if they still consider each other together or not. Of course I'm glad I've already tied Jack down. Now if he cheats I have the law on my side if I kill him. I smirked at that thought. A pirate having the law on her side, what is the world coming to?

"Not among us." Jack answered her but Barbossa was addressing the rest of the court.

"It matters not how they found us. Simply that they have. The important question is, what will we do now that they have?" He asked us. I sat laid back in my seat, barely paying attention to this. It was a mere mortal's argument to me. If it was completely up to me, and I wasn't one for giving mortals their free will, I'd just fight them.

"We fight!" Elizabeth shouted at us. Obviously she didn't realize that that is against the pirates very being. Everyone started laughing and Elizabeth sunk back into herself. I sighed, coming to the rescue.

"I say we fight." I called and everyone fell into silence. It made me smile widely at them, and my eyes caught Jack's. He smirked at me and I grinned wider. Mistress Cheng stood up now, ready to argue with us. Though I can say she seemed somewhat deflated.

"Shipwreck Cove is a fortress, a well supplied fortress. There is no need to fight if they cannot get to us." Mistress Cheng explained. I stood up as well and she sat back down.

"Yes, but how long would people with wobbly morals, last together before we started killing each other." I told them. Barbossa looked at me and I nodded at him. I knew now, because of what I'd seen that he was planning to release Calypso. If that was his plan then all speed ahead.

"There is a third course." Barbossa began. I sat back down in my chair, ready to listen to a long speech. Out of the corner of my eyes I could see Jack moving past everyone, slowly as to not draw attention to himself. "In another age, at this very spot, the first court captured the sea goddess, and bound her in her bones. That was a mistake." Everyone seemed to stiffen. It was seemingly a sore subject.

"Oh, we tamed the seas for ourselves, aye, but were it really for the best?" He continued, leaning on the desk. "We opened the doors to Beckett and his ilk. Better were the days when mastery of seas came not from bargains struck with eldritch creatures, but from the sweat of a man's brow and the strength of his back. When Destiny chose for us, if we lived an adventure or not. Y'all know this to be true. Gentlemen, ladies. We must free Destiny and Calypso." Barbossa said. There was a brief, stunned pause before a great ruckus started but I was staring at Barbossa.

I'd known he was planning to free Calypso, but to free me? He must be desperate. I knew that I would take the offer but…I looked to Jack who'd managed to make his way to my side. I smiled at him, yes I'd take the offer but I would not leave this realm just yet. I had things I needed to do first. Like take care of Jack.

"Shoot him!" Ammand, a person speaking for one of the pirate lords. I wonder why? Maybe he was just to high and mighty to speak to the rest of his fellow pirates. I sighed but smiled at Jack as he seemed to zone in on the people downing Barbossa.

"Cut out his tongue!" Jocard added.

"Shoot him and cut out his tongue, then shoot the tongue!" Jack jumped in. Barbossa glared. "And trim that scraggly beard." Barbossa's glare intensified. I giggled and tugged on Jack's sleeve. He blinked and then looked down to me but I tugged on his sleeve again. He seemed to get it and leant down. When he was close enough I moved up and kissed him, not caring if anyone was watching. After only a few moments of kissing I pushed Jack back into a standing position. He looked dazed and I grinned at him. None of the pirates had really noticed for which I was thankful.

Not that I would care if they had noticed but it would really diminish the wonderful feelings the kiss inspired. "Tai Hung would've agreed with Barbossa." Tia Hung told Elizabeth. I don't know how I heard it but I silently agreed with him. Sao Feng may have been going to take advantage of Elizabeth and I but he would have still released us, hopefully.

"Calypso was our enemy then, she will be our enemy now." Jocard shouted over the mess. I snickered.

"But Destiny! She bares no ill will against us! Besides it was the first court with which imprisoned Calypso, not us." One of them shouted back. I was as confused as to who was arguing with whom. At least they were all still seated.

"I would still agree with Barbossa, we release both of them!" Villanueva put in his two cents. I smirked.

"You threaten me?" Chevalle asked, threateningly.

"I silence you!" He shouted and shot the man. I giggled as suddenly everyone was fighting. It reminded me of when I fought the orcs with Aragorn and Legalos….good times. I glanced at the sword I'd stuck in the globe but quickly turned back when someone's fist came a little to close to my face. I dodged the fist then kicked out, hitting the man in the gonads. He groaned and fell to the floor. I had a strange urge to yell 'owned' but resisted. I cracked my neck and saw Elizabeth standing next to Barbossa. I grabbed Jack's hand and dragged him through the pirates until I was beside them.

"This is rough, eh?" I said grinning at her.

"This is madness!" Elizabeth had to shout to be heard. Jack stood behind me putting his arms around me for a moment.

"This is politics." Jack told her, snuggling his head into my hair. I grinned at her.

"Meanwhile our enemies are bearing down upon us." Elizabeth was solemn, looking at the rowdy men. I began to feel strangely woozy and I leant back on Jack a little, hoping it would pass.

Suddenly I was whirling around in the air, the colors whooshed out of sight and then my feet were floating over the floor of the Pearl once again. I sighed as I saw Calypso there with her locket.

"Sweetheart." I muttered. She looked up, surprised. I held my arms out to her and tried to hug her but groaned in frustration when they only went through her.

"Momma, I'm scared." She muttered, for once she looked like the child I knew she was. Of course in mortal years she is maybe two centuries old but to me she is only a child.

"It's going to be alright darling. With the bond you used, it shouldn't really hurt for you." I said, sitting down in the air in front of her. The locket played softly in the background. I tried to touch her cheek but it didn't touch her. She smiled though, just to let me think that I was being a good mother.

"I know Momma, I'm scared for you." She told me. I winced. I hadn't really thought about during all of this but what would it feel like for me to be released? I'd never been bond before so I'd also never been released. Maybe it would be beautiful, maybe it would be terrifying, who really knew?

"I'll be fine Calypso, what I want to worry about is you." I told her. She smiled again and then glanced behind me. I felt it the same time she did. I could feel the presence of Davy Jones out on deck, and heading here. I sighed and nodded to her.

She held the locket closer to her, excited waiting to see her beloved. I smiled at her enthusiasm. It would be nice to see her happy again. She closed the locket and not but a few seconds later the music started again, although she hadn't opened her locket again. I watched as slowly Davy Jones walked out of some shadows from the other side of the room.

"My sweet, you come for me." Tia said, happy. I nearly screamed as I was jerked back into the land of the living, randomly. I opened my blurry eyes to see myself sitting back in my seat and Jack's brown eyes staring-a little to close- in worry. I giggled at him.

"Sorry." I muttered to Jack. He seemed to be relieved. I pushed him, by his chest, back out of my face. I looked around the room and realized that there were really nothing different about the room since when I'd fainted.

"Love, are you alright?" Jack asked. I patted his cheek.

"Don't worry so much Jack. I'm fine." I told him. "I just faded." I muttered. He pursed his lips but suddenly Barbossa shot the ceiling, causing everyone to calm down and start to pay attention to the argument at hand.

"It was the first court that went against Destiny's favor and imprisoned Calypso. We will be the ones to set her free, and in her gratitude she and her mother will be willing to see fit to grant us boons." Barbossa yelled. I covered my mouth behind my hand, giggling. Then Jack made a noise in the back of his throat.

"If you're her mother, does that mean I'm her step-father?" Jack whispered into my ear. I snorted loudly, trying not to laugh at Jack.

"I suppose." I muttered, through the held back tears of joy. You've got to admit, Captain Jack Sparrow, married and a father within a year. People are going to be shocked. At least he hasn't really changed. Then he wouldn't be my Jack.

"Whose boons?" Jack started, still holding me close to him in the room full of large sweaty, smelly, pirates. That sentence made me realize that Jack was trying to protect me from the room full of strangers by keeping his arms around me. I blinked a few times before smirking at the few female members who were staring Jack down like predators. "Your boons? Utterly deceptive twaddlespeak, says I." Jack started off. He pulled me tighter against him until I was almost bending backwards to align myself with Jack.

"If you have a better alternative, please, share." Barbossa said, getting down from the table at last. After all this was expensive cherry wood, I know, I made it. With some trepidation I listened to Jack speak.

"Cuttlefish." He started off. Of course everyone in the room was confused at once. "Let us not, dear friends, forget our dear friends the cuttlefish. Flippant glorious little sausages." Jack wound his fingers into mine and rested his cheek against the crown of my head. I smiled dazedly at him. It felt nice. "Pin'em up together and they'll devour each other without a second thought. Human nature, isn't it?" Jack said, laying a hint for the few who didn't get it. "Or…or…" He furrowed his eyebrows a little. "Fish nature." He pointed both our wound up hands at Mistress Cheng. I giggled as his other one tickled my side.

"He's smitten with her." I heard the Jamaican lord mutter to his first mate.

"So yes, we could hole up here well provisioned and well armed and half of us would be dead within the month, which seems grim to me any way you slice it." Jack said and tightened his grip on my hand as he let it fall back to our side. I smirked at all of them. "We are left with but one option." Jack said, brightly, skipping over the part where we release Calypso. "I agree with, and no it's not just because she's me wife, Captain Sparrow. We must fight." Jack finally got to the point. It only caused another large ruckus, though not as rough as the one before it. It all fell silent though so they could hear the entertaining sound of Jack and Barbossa fighting each other.

"You've only ever run from a fight." Barbossa said, taking a threatening step towards us, thinking that we were going to ruin his plan. Of course, I wasn't. Maybe Jack was but I doubted it.

"I have not!" Jack argued. I think he was just arguing with Barbossa because he could.

"You have too!"

"Have not!"

"You have too!"

"Have not!"

"Children." I muttered, rolling my eyes. I didn't interrupt though, it was just the splash of laughter that I needed.

"You have too, and you know it!" Barbossa finally spat out at Jack. I thought about just reaching over and ripping him a new one but I just wasn't that angry at him, yet.

"Have not, slander and calumny!" Jack released me now and I pouted. He turned to Barbossa, so he could be more active with his hand gestures by the looks of it. "I have only ever embraced that oldest and noblest of pirate traditions. I submit here and now, that is what we all must do, we must fight…to run away!" Jack concluded, looking out amongst the many people in the room. I just stared at him blankly. I wonder if I need to put him on some 21st century medicine.

"Aye!" Gibbs agreed though I think he was still confused. I sort of got it, it was just weird. I sighed and rubbed my forehead, oh the things I put up with.

"As per the code, an act of war, and this be exactly that, can only be declared by the pirate king." Barbossa told us. I winced; this was giving me one of those shit vibes…

"You made that up!" Jack pointed at him dramatically. I rolled my eyes at his immature behavior. Only Jack, only Jack.

"Did I now? I call on Captain Teague, keeper of the code." Barbossa said, using an official sounding voice. I groaned and nearly slapped myself in the face. I really didn't want to talk to the husband of the woman who bond me in this form.

"Sembajee proclaims this all to be folly!" The Lords assistant stood up. I blinked at him looking between the man and his lord. Why? Was the only thought running around in my brain. "Hang the code! Who cares-" He was literally shut up when someone shot him. I turned slowly to see, standing in the open doorway was Captain Teague himself, the gun in his hand still smoking.

"Code is the law." He said, in his raspy voice, as if it had been changed by the sea. He walked slowly and purposefully until he was standing beside me. I followed his movements and so I met his eyes that were so much like my husbands. He nodded to me and I nodded back. Then he turned to Jack who had not actually turned to his father. "You're in my way, boy."

Jack slowly moved to the side. I giggled at his discomfort. Who knew that Jack would be so uncomfortable around his father? I guess you really do learn something new every day. Behind the Captain followed two old men, carrying a large familiar book. All of the pirates were looking at with obvious awe on their face. Every pirate had been read the laws but none have seen the real book.

"The code as set forth by Morgan and Bartholomew." Someone said near me but I didn't turn to see who. Captain Teague suddenly whistled. I blinked as a blur went racing past my legs then I heard a woof. It was that dog I'd saved from the cannibals island…that seemed like such a long time ago.

"How did…" I asked, pointing at the dog, so confused. Captain Teague looked back, as he took the keys from the dog and grinned at me. I smiled back at him, smiling. Jack frowned at me and waved a hand in my face. I looked at him like he was the weirdest thing in the world. Sometimes I wonder about my husband…

"Twas Sea turtles," Jack's Dad told me, though he was glancing between me and his son now. He opened the large book which was now on the table. He used the key from around the dog's neck to open it and turn the pages. The silence was tense as he found the exact page we needed. "Barbossa is right." He finally announced. Damn, when is he not right? This just sucks ass.

"Hang on a minute!" Jack shouted, very upset that once again Barbossa was right. His dad moved back and Jack moved forward to read it. "It shall be the duty of the king to declare war, parlay with said adversaries…" He stood up, miffed that Barbossa was right. "Fancy that."

"Yeah," I told Jack, making him look at me. "Fancy that." I grinned at his upset face.

"There's not been a king since the first court, and that's not likely to change." Chevalle spoke up. Scrawny women that. Why are all of the Chinese so small? They remind me to much of hobbits, the lot of them.

"Not likely." I agreed with her.

"I call for a vote!" Jack shouted and I raised my eyebrows as every person in there groaned. It was always the same since the rules were laid down.

"I vote for Ammand, the corsair." Ammand stood up to say, as was the custom.

"Captain Chevalle, the penniless french man." Jocard said. Weirdo. It came to my seat and I grinned.

"Captain Cassandra Sparrow votes for…" I paused glancing around. "Captain Jack Sparrow." There was a tense silence and I smirked at the lot of them. Then Elizabeth met my eyes. I grinned again at her. The line went on but I saw something in Elizabeth's eyes that made me uneasy.

"Mistress Cheng." Mistress Cheng said, tensely, her eyes looking around at everyone.

"Captain Cassandra Sparrow." Elizabeth voted. My eyebrows practically reached the ceiling. Damn, was this going to become some kind of triangle? I hope not. Someone better vote for Jack, because I sure as hell don't want to be king. I've had enough of being queen for along time, the people are always to needy.

"Barbossa." His vote called.

"Villanueva."

Then it fell to Jack. Everyone watched him closely. He frowned and looked around, meeting the eyes of almost everyone there. Then slowly a grin appeared on his face and I groaned, knowing what was coming next. "Cassandra Sparrow."

Fuck.

The whole place went up in an uproar. "JJJJJaaaccckkkk!" I moaned, tuggin on his arm. He grinned at me, kissing me for a moment. Yum…The others were shouting at each other, keeping us from being more romantic, or in to each other.

"Am I to understand that you lot will not be keeping to the code, then?" I asked them. Captain Teague broke a string on a lute he was playing, unhearable in the mess. Thankfully everyone shut up.

"Very well," Mistress Cheng stood up. I stepped forward, to the end of the table, directly beside Jack. "What say you Captain Sparrow, Queen of the Brethren Court?" I bite my lip glancing along. I met eyes with a panicked Barbossa and I nodded to him.

"Prepare every vessel that floats. At dawn, we're at war." I told them. They shouted out in agreement, and other battle type cries I even heard a squeaky voice 'And so we shall go to war.' but Barbossa and I stared each other down. "Release my daughter." I ordered him, in a whisper. He nodded and then looked to Raggeti, who held the plate of the pieces of eight. I took my necklace off by breaking the chain, and threw it to him. He caught it, and then grinned at me like a pirate was meant to.

"Aye, your majesty." He bowed then turned, and left. As soon as Barbossa was out of sight I turned back around to Jack to see him with his father, who was holding up a doll. I moved towards them, smiling.

"It's very nice to see you again, John." I told him. He chuckled.

"I'm sure it is. After what Lizable thanked you, I wouldn't want to see any of the Sparrow's faces." His voice was still gruff from the winds of the sea.

"Yes well, it seems that I just can't stay away from any member of your family." I curled my hand around Jack's in an example. John smiled at us.

"Ah, welcome to the family, milady." He told me before simply getting up and walking away.

"Why does he do that…" Jack muttered to himself, watching his father leave. I smiled at Jack and nuzzled my face into his neck. Jack's arms automatically wound around my waist and I sighed at the heavenly contact.

"I love you, Jack." I let my hands clench the back of his shirt, inside of his jacket.

"I love you, as well, love." Jack answered, pulling my head from his neck so that he could kiss me sweetly. "You know…." I kissed him again, moaning at the feel of his sea chapped lips on mine. "I've a nice, lonely cabin…on my ship." Jack muttered against my lips. I grinned into the kiss.

"Lead the way, Captain Sparrow." I growled, tugging on his trousers front.

"As you command, Captain Sparrow." Jack grinned at me, his eyes twinkling.

And for that one night we forgot about the mess that was going on around us, and we just felt, loved, and maybe scared a few of the crewmembers with screams and laughter.