A/N: HI!
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Anyway, to Goldenscar:
Thank you so much for your support! You indeed are the first one to review! Yay! I'm so excited! ;DD Thanks a bunch for your encouraging words! I've died to know what people think and because of you I got what I wanted. I'm glad you like my story . Cannot highlight that fact too much ;))) I'm giving you that promised BIG COOKIE with EXTRA HOT CHOCOLATE. You've deserved them!
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Okay so to everybody, here's the 5th chap. Enjoy as always and hope I can keep up with my work! :D
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"Sooo, where are we going?" Eve asked again from Gibbs, who was helping the others to lower the longboats.
Eve let her eyes examine again that new island that rose from the sea right in front of her eyes. They had sailed about half a day and then eventually arrived to this place, staying in the shallows the whole journey as Jack had ordered. But Eve didn't understand the purpose of coming here. And Gibbs didn't seem to want to specify that.
Eve tapped her boot on the deck and grilled Gibbs with her stare. Her brow-lifting made its magic as Gibbs kept on glancing away, clearly reluctant to talk. And as he stayed silent about it, eventually Eve then just gave up sighing and turned away, walking to Will.
"Whatever, you don't have to tell me!" she said and glanced at the island a bit gloomily. "But there hell better not be any kind of cannibals or such in there, or otherwise heads will roll!"
"Why do you think Jack brought us here?" Will then asked as Eve now stopped beside him, him also starting to gaze at that green island in thoughts.
"I don't know. But I am sure happy enough to become the momentary chief of only one barbaric tribe today so…" Eve answered, first sarcastic and did make Will smile amused. Until she then turned too serious.
Eve got a weird feeling from that island. She couldn't put her finger on it, but there was something about that place that made her feel herself anxious. Her powers suddenly felt like electric current that from time to time gave her jolts under her skin, as she tried to push back that feeling of being pulled toward that weird island. As if something called out to her.
"This place is weird", Eve then said, half to herself as glanced around. "This island feels very strange to me. I don't know is that thing Jack is looking for here, or what is it we came here for. But what I know, is that this place makes my Goddess side go wild inside me…"
Eve then silenced not saying anything else. Will gave her a thoughtful look, until once again also looked over at the island in silence.
"Why is Jack afraid of the open ocean?" Will asked from Gibbs, after pondering the same thing Eve had asked earlier.
That woke Eve's attention. She looked up at Will and Gibbs as sat between them, leaning her back against the boat's side, starting to listen. Up until now Eve had just examined the jungle they had passed in theirs boats, as Jack had ordered them to row to that small upriver going through the island in the middle of it. But now she let her eyes examine Gibbs, who then shrugged.
"Well if you believe such things, there's a beast does the bidding of Davy Jones", Gibbs answered, looking at the two and Pintel and Ragetti sitting behind Will, who were now also listening. "… A fearsome creature with giant tentacles that'll suction your face clean off... and drag an entire ship down to the crushing darkness…" Gibbs continued, making a move with his hand which demonstrated the suction of the beast, making Pintel and Ragetti tremble.
He was about to continue, but Eve interrupted him as the description made cold shivers go along her back.
"The Kraken", she stated, glancing down until met first Will's confused gaze. She then looked at Gibbs, who didn't seem the most pleased to be talked over.
Eve made an eye-roll and nodded him to continue.
Gibbs then made a slight face and shuddered as he spoke. "…they say the stench of its breath is… imagine… The last thing you know on God's green earth is the roar of the Kraken, and the reeking odor of a thousand rotting corpses…"
He then glanced at Will and Eve. "If you believe such things."
Eve then looked down. "It is true what you speak of", she then said, surprising the men again. And as she lifted her gaze they got shivers from the expression in them. "Not every story turns out to be just story."
"You've seen it lass?" Gibbs asked, clearly doubting as stared at Eve who lifted her jaw. Until gazed now up.
"More or less", she answered diplomatically, making Will wrinkle his brows. Then Pintel spoke up.
"You can't have seen it Poppet!" Pintel said and Eve gave him a sharp look. "The beast of the Jones is nothing more than a …"
"Story?" Eve offered, her expression making Pintel shut up. "Like I said. Not every story is a story. If you believe such things…"
Eve then gave Gibbs amused half smile and tilted her head, getting a nervous look back. Will then examined her face for a moment, until he then looked suspicious.
"And the key will spare him that?" he asked, lifting his brows. "The beast?"
Eve crossed her arms as again started to examine Gibbs.
"Well, that's the very question Jack wants answered", he answered, looking then a bit tense. "…Bad enough to go to visit… her."
Gibbs had lowered his voice as said the last word. Eve wrinkled her brows. Her?
"Her?" she stated questionably lifting up a brow. Will looked as wondering.
"Her?" even he asked, emphasizing, and Gibbs looked away escaping both of their gazes.
"Aye."
Eve let her eyes drift away in thoughts, until she then tilted her head. Well whoever it was, she must've not been the same kind of woman Jack normally would know, as she clearly made Gibbs uncomfortable. But then suspicion rose in Eve. Did that woman have something to do with Eve's power going berserk? Did she have anything to do with it?
She then sent Will a glance, curious of what he was thinking. But was surprised by seeing him staring at her thoughtfully. Eve tilted her head again.
"Are you fine?" Will asked, then leaning closer. "You've looked a bit weird ever since we left the ship. And that talk just now about the beast…" Will silenced then.
Eve just stared back at him for a moment until uttered a sigh, looking away. But still faint smile on her lips.
"I'm not going to lie. I do not feel alright, Will. Something is wrong in this place…" she said.
They rowed the rest of the day. Until during the dark they arrived at swamp of some kind, seeing now a strange cottage built to stand on a thick tree, which lifted it from the water. Having a small pier attached to it. There were some creepy looking figures standing in the shadows, watching as they rowed by until they reached the cottage, docking to the pier.
Eve glanced around that somewhat spooky place. She then noticed Jack climb on the pier, facing his crew with a smile.
"No worries, mates. Tia Dalma and I go way back. Thick as thieves. Nigh inseparable we are. Were… have been….. before…"
Jack's smile faltered as he then looked thoughtful. Eve lifted an eyebrow. Could it be that he would earn yet another slap from this woman they were about to meet, concluding by Jack's hesitant words?
Gibbs then stepped before Jack, Eve following.
"I'll watch your back", Gibbs said, giving him a smile. But Jack looked unsure.
"It's me front I'm worried about", Jack answered, truly sounding worried as then turned and started to climb the stairs leading to the hut.
Eve smiled amused. Oh, so was she that terrifying? Yes, she had most probably been right about the upcoming slap... Was there any woman Jack wouldn't have enraged? Stupid question as well…
"Mind the boat", Gibbs then said to Eve, who lifted an eyebrow. But saying nothing she just walked past him, ignoring him.
Gibbs tilted his head, giving Will a remarkable look before turned to follow the girl. Will then turned to Pintel.
"Mind the boat", he said, walking after the three.
"Mind the boat", Pintel said to Ragetti. He turned to Marty, who then just repeated it, not knowing clearly what the thing was about but directed his words to Cotton altogether.
"Mind the boat."
"Mind the boat."
"Squawk, mind the boat!" Cotton's parrot then said and flew away, Cotton being left alone to finally mind the boat.
Up Eve followed Jack to the door, all the time glancing around as that feeling of anxiety got stronger the more she approach that hut. She felt like her powers would've jumped out any minute now without her been able to stop it. But stubbornly she hold it in, and now directed her gaze inside the hut through the dirty window. Jack did the same, looking rather like searching a possible danger inside, hiding behind the door.
Eve gave him a weird look until sighed. She pushed the door open and stepped finally in first, Jack giving her back annoyed look.
The room was filled with the sent of different herbs, which also made Eve's insides throb as she breathed in those fumes, and it had been lit with candles. Eve saw many different objects laying around in the room, and jars with different contents hanging from the ceiling. Equipment used in voodoo sorcery. But then Eve flinched as her wandering eyes now saw a yellow boa, crawling around a rotten wood standing right next to the entrance. She hated snakes.
Giving it a disgusted look she stepped away, now Jack walking past her. And then also Eve noticed a woman sitting on a chair, bent over a table as she did something with her hands. But as she now lifted her gaze seeing Jack, Eve saw her lips spread into a broad smile, revealing her black teeth. The woman's hair was filled with dreadlocks and her dress was peculiar, her dark eyes now staring at Jack a twinkle in them.
But then as Eve let her eyes examine that woman, she felt a sting in her chest. Somehow recognizing her. Eve wrinkled her brows as the woman then spoke.
"Jack Sparrow", she said grinning slowly, standing up. Jack answered the grin.
"Tia Dalma!" Jack stated back. Until his smile vanished, as he was about to hit a jar of eyes hanging on his way.
"I always knew the wind was going to blow you back to me one day…" Tia Dalma continued smiling.
She walked slowly to Jack, staring at him and letting out a breath of amusement. Until then her eyes hit on Will standing at the open door, glancing around. Eve saw her extend her hand looking thoughtful.
"You… You have a touch of destiny about you… William Turner", she said, now walking to Will who answered the woman's gaze a bit warily.
"You know me?" Will asked, Jack turning around looking rather annoyed for being ignored because of him. Eve saw Tia Dalma then smile, leaning a bit closer.
"You want to know me?"
"There'll be no knowing here", Jack then hurried to say, running to them as snatched Tia Dalma from Will, giving him a remarkable look. To Eve he had looked somewhat jealous of Will stealing the attention as lead her away.
"We've come for help. And we're not leaving without it… I thought I knew you", Jack then added, directing a little shocked look at the woman. But Tia didn't seem to see his hint.
"Not so well as I had hoped. Come", Tia Dalma answered, as walked back toward her desk with Jack.
"Come", Jack repeated, looking at his crew a weird smile on his face as waved toward Tia.
Eve then took a step to follow. And instantly Tia Dalma stiffened, stopping on her tracks. She lifted her head.
"You… have someone else with you…" she then continued, making everybody confuse as then she turned with a sharp movement, making Eve flinch as she now met that woman's eyes. Which drilled in hers.
Eve felt then as there would've been a hand trying to grasp her chest, twisting it. Will wrinkled his brows as then stepped next to Eve, giving her odd look due her face. She seemed to stare at Tia Dalma in some kind of a trance. In a daze. Will slowly put a hand on Eve's back.
"Eve, you know her?" he asked.
But at the same time Tia Dalma moved, stepping in front of Eve so fast that it amazed everyone, making Will cringe back. And after she examined Eve's face a little longer, the men then saw sadness take over Tia Dalma's features.
"Many painful years of life can be seen on your ageless face my child", Tia said.
Her voice was as sad as she then lifted her hands, smoothing Eve's mark with the tip of her fingers. Eve wrinkled her brows in wordless concur as then the woman's other hand reached her cheek, sweeping over it like comforting.
"You have suffered more than is given to a single human being", Tia continued. "...Many lives have passed during your wander my child. But do not fear it, daughter born from wind and land. The tide and sun will accompany your wander in the endless sea, and the rain shall wash away the tears you shed. As you are your mother's daughter …"
Everybody stared in complete confusion, not having the slightest idea what this woman was saying. Eve noticed Jack give Tia Dalma a deep brow wrinkling. Eve let out a breath as she then saw something in those dark eyes staring into hers. Gentleness? Then Tia's hand stopped to stay on her cheek, Tia lifting the other as well and placing it on the other cheek with slow movements.
Eve was frozen, captive of those dark pair of eyes as then felt a ghostly beat in her chest. One clear beat under her chest.
Eve felt shock as it repeated, again and again, now reminding of a heartbeat she did not have. Eve let out another breath, closed her eyes as if a sudden tiredness had taken over her. The electric current under her skin starting to sparkle, reaching its peak in an instant. And they went loose. Eve felt the power being set free and she felt the wind rise around her, smelling the sea in it as if it was caressing her, making her hair play in the breeze. That anxious feeling seized and Eve felt warmness in her. She felt like floating, separating from the floor.
Until then in a blink of an eye she felt her power pull back in her body. And as her eyes then opened, all that she had just felt was gone. The wind had vanished, and instead of that strange ominous feeling she felt light. Happy. All that had lasted only a couple of seconds.
Eve blinked and then looked at Tia Dalma in shock, who was smiling at her, sudden realization taking over Eve. Aunt?
"Tía?" slipped out of her mouth in Spanish, as she stared at that strange looking woman in awe. Yes, Eve knew this woman. Knew from a long, long, long time ago…
Eve reached down her collar to touch the emerald and felt it to have become warm. Very warm actually. Close to hot, as Eve squeezed it in her hand.
Will now saw Eve been freed from the quick daze she had fallen under. And the word she spoke made his brows wrinkle. "Eve?" his voice called out to her now a bit louder and Eve's head snapped to look at him.
Eve made a bit off smile, which made Will doubt.
"I'm alright!" she answered to his unspoken question and looked at Tia, now also smiling that same weird suspicious smile which covered Tia Dalma's lips. "I am always alright."
The situation ended as Eve just brushed Will off. And now the men, who had suddenly got a weird feeling as had watched those two women stand there facing each other for a quick moment, saw Tia walk behind her desk, Eve walking after her. But then Eve realized something else. And now completely free from the earlier trance, turned to give Will a questionable look.
"Wait, did you see anything just now?" she asked, lifting an eyebrow. Will's expression looked even weirder.
"Anything?" he asked. Eve nodded.
"Yes."
"No. Nothing."
Eve had yet another realization and she nodded again, but now more stiffly. "Okay…"
Eve turned away facing Tia Dalma. Well that moment when her powers had poured out suddenly, creating a whirl of wind inside the shack wasn't apparently seen by any of the men…
Will examined Eve's silhouette. What had that been about? That weird talk about many lived painful lives and the mention of Eve's mother? Wait… Had Tia Dalma meant Eve to have lived those lives?
Then Will remembered one of the conversations he had had with Eve. She had said Davy Jones cursed her. To live all over again after every violent unavoidable death came to her path, as long as she would say yes to him and pay her father's debt. That made Will feel a bit angry inside. Davy Jones was a cruel man.
Eve glanced around a bit more, feeling Tia Dalma's eyes on her a few times. But then Eve returned her attention to Jack. Will walked now also over and sat on a chair next to Tia, who then gave him a playful half smirk as put her hand on his shoulder, looking down at him.
"What service may I do to you?" she asked, looking at Will rather hinting. He looked up at her, his mouth slightly open for amused surprise as she caressed his neck absentmindedly. Until Tia Dalma then shot a serious look at Jack. "You know I demand payment", she added. Jack smiled.
"I brought payment!" he answered. He lifted up his forefingers until whistled, waving with his hand to Pintel who now came forth. Carrying something hidden under a cloth.
Eve leaned on the table as turned, placing the other hand on her hip as stared at the object now in Jack's hands questionably. That was the payment? She couldn't believe Jack would actually pay so much gold for…
But Eve noticed her being wrong as Jack yanked off the cloth, revealing Jack the monkey in a cage! Eve stared at it for a moment in shock. Jack was the payment? How had they even caught him?
Then with a grin on his face Jack lifted up a pistol. "Look!" he said, shooting at the monkey.
Eve's eyes widened. But as she saw the monkey was still alive, screaming in the cage, she lifted an eyebrow. Oh great. The most annoying hairball to have ever lived was immortal. Eve only wondered how indeed could that be…
"An undead monkey! Top that!" Jack continued contended, giving Tia a look as placed the cage on the table.
Tia glanced down at the animal. Also Eve looked down at it, smirking contended seeing it trapped and not driving people nuts while roamed free. But then Tia opened the cage, Jack rushing out of it and first he jumped on Eve's shoulder, grabbing her medallion to steal it. But Eve immediately tried to pull it off herself and grabbed the medallion, as then Jack jumped on the floor running away. Gibbs let out a groan and Eve sent a death glare after it.
Will gave her amused glance. He knew how much she hated that animal.
"Some day I make a hat out of that thing", Eve muttered.
"You've no idea how long it took us to catch that!" Gibbs said in turn, only to be ignored by Tia who then placed the cage on the floor.
"The payment is fair", she declared. She then turned her gaze at Will, who now took out the cloth scroll under his jacket, opening it and revealing the key drawing as placed it on the table. He looked at Tia questionably.
"We're looking for this", Will said, Tia glancing over the cloth. "And what it goes to."
Eve saw Tia give Will a knowing look, before turned her attention at Jack. "The compass you bartered from me, it cannot lead you to this?" she asked, getting a thoughtful look back from Jack who was examining a hat in his hands.
"Maybe…Why?" Jack answered, his voice questionable in the end.
Tia smiled as Eve followed her sit down, watching Jack clearly amused, placing her head on her palm as continued smiling still.
"I hear you… Jack Sparrow does not know what he wants. Or do you know, but are loath to claim it as your own?" she said, staring at Jack who fingered an object absentmindedly on the background, as if trying to stay out of the talk.
Eve sent him a measuring look before met Will's eyes momentarily. Everybody's attention then returned to Tia Dalma, who got serious again, leaning back on her chair as then pointed toward the cloth on the table.
"Your key go to a chest", she said. "And it is what lay inside the chest you seek, don't it?"
Will met Tia's eyes as he thought, pondering her words. Eve tilted her head in interest.
"And what is inside?" Gibbs asked, looking rather expecting.
Eve then rolled her eyes as Pintel started suggesting. But she let out a low amused chuckle as saw Ragetti look in a small horror a jar full of eyes, right next to his face.
"Gold? Jewels? Unclaimed properties of valuable nature? "
"Nothing… bad, I hope?" Ragetti then said questionably, looking from the eyes at Tia.
She then seemed slightly amused again and straightened, twisting a ringlet around her finger as looked at him. Letting her eyes then drift momentarily in Eve's eyes.
"You know of Davy Jones, yes?" she asked. Next speaking somewhat excitedly as waved her hand, looking around the room at the men. "A man of the sea... A great sailor... Until, he ran afoul of that which vexes all men."
Eve met Tia's eyes again and she understood, wrinkling her brows for compassion which Will didn't understand as saw it, also thinking himself.
"What vexes all men?" he then asked curiously, getting surprised by earning now a brow-lifting from Eve as happened to glance at her again, seeing her turn. He lifted his as an answer, before felt Tia Dalma's fingers now smooth his knuckles.
"What indeed?" she said hinting, grinning at Will. Eve noted amused that her aunt seemed to fancy Will pretty much, which she also noticed irritate Jack by the looks on his face.
"The sea?" Gibbs suggested.
"Sums?" Pintel tried after a moment of thinking. Eve gave them brow-liftings each. Really? They were men and they didn't know this?
"The dichotomy of good and evil?" Ragetti asked.
Eve couldn't hold back a snort. They gave her a look as she crossed her arms, leaning against the table again, shaking her head. But also Gibbs and Pintel gave Ragetti a wary look.
"Seriously you don't know this?" Eve asked, glancing at the trio again, who exchanged glances until returned to look at Eve. She lifted her brows expectantly. Will was also clueless as stared at Eve with Tia who was smiling. But Jack just glanced at the others until spoke.
"A woman!" Jack then cut in, telling the right answer. Eve smirked as looked over at him, tilting her head.
"Why it doesn't surprise me that the right guess came from your mouth Jack?" she asked teasingly. Jack just looked away annoyed as Tia Dalma smirked.
"A woman, him fell in love", Tia answered, then locking gazes with Eve like many times before. Eve saw pain in them and felt sad, lowering her head.
"No, no, no, no, I heard it was the sea he fell in love with", Gibbs argued looking at Tia.
"Same story, different versions and all are true!" Tia said back seriously, lifting up a finger as to make a point. "See, it was a woman as changing and harsh and untamable as the sea! Him never stopped loving her. But the pain it cause him was too much to live with, but not enough to cause him to die…"
"Calypso…" Eve whispered. So softly that no one else heard her except Tia, who looked at her now gently.
Eve wrinkled her forehead for compassion, until then noticed many pairs of eyes staring at her measuring. Even Will had turned to give her a suspicious, calculating look as Eve then glanced around, eventually making a face.
"What, you think it's me?" she stated doubtingly, then let out a tired sigh as shot a hard look at the men one at a time. "I am not her. I was cursed not loved by him…" she stated. Seriously where these men got their ideas? Eve being in love with Davy Jones? What a joke…
Eve had said that last sentence more to herself. But Will then noticed Tia Dalma direct a quick surprised glance at Eve. Had there been pain mixed with anger in her eyes just now? Why would that be?
"What exactly did he put into the chest?" he then asked, pointing toward the cloth as gave Tia a questionable look. Tia's eyes were wide as she then smiled, placing a hand on her chest.
"Him heart!" she answered, making everybody go stiff by shock. Eve sat on the table wrinkling her brows.
"What?" she said, staring at Tia who gave her a smirk as nodded.
Eve's hand moved on her own chest, touching the skin, not feeling the regular beating of her heart. So Davy Jones had no heart as she didn't? Eve then directed her confused eyes at Ragetti.
"Literally or figuratively?" he asked. Pintel rolled his eyes.
"He couldn't literally put his heart in a chest!" he said to Ragetti staring at him, until froze and turned to look at Tia. "Could he?" he then asked, his voice full of disbelief as did his face.
Eve looked at the floor, squeezing her shirt as listened. Tia shot a mischievous look at Pintel, glancing then remarkably at Eve and smiled, all the eyes once again moving to Eve. And they realized.
"Just like Eve…" Will was the first to note, speaking all of their thoughts out loud, meeting Eve's gaze. "He has no heart…"
Will's face didn't look so shocked anymore as he had realized this. Eve then sighed, until turned to look at Tia again.
"It was not worth of feeling what small, fleeting joy life brings", Tia continued again completely serious, speaking dramatically as met her listeners gazes, who now listened very intently in curiosity. Tia then widened her eyes as leaned forward. "…And so… Him carved out him heart, lock it away in a chest and hide the chest from the world. The key…" Tia nodded at the cloth. "…he keep on him all times."
Everybody had different various of expressions on their faces as Tia spoke. But Eve only stared at her seriously, her words giving her flashbacks from the day Jones had taken her heart. Carved it out like his own. Eve made a slight wrinkle of brows as that thought made her shudder, remembering the pain getting her chest ripped open, as she then let her eyes drop momentarily on the floor. She squeezed the table in anger, which once again surfaced in her after two years of time. But then she noticed Will turn. And he directed a thoughtful look behind him at Jack as stood.
"You knew this", Will stated, meeting Jack's gaze.
Eve now also gave the pirate captain a questionable look. But as Jack met then her eyes his mouth made a twitch, Eve now standing up too and crossing her arms as measured him suspiciously.
"I did not. I didn't know where the key was", Jack answered, looking at Will as spoke but didn't show any sign of lying. "But now we do. So all that's left is to climb aboard the Flying Dutchman, grab the key, you and Evie dear go back to Port Royal and save your other bonnie lass, eh?"
Jack then made a fake smile as turned to leave. Eve and Will exchanged a serious look, Eve about to walk after Jack to ask some of her own questions about this now even more suspicious business Jack had gotten them once again into. But Tia Dalma then stood up.
"Let me see your hand!" she said, now extending her arm toward Jack who froze, turning slowly. He gave Tia another fake grin as lifted his right hand, which Eve had noticed to be injured. Eve examined his hand, until Tia's voice woke her from her stare.
"Do you not daughter of Irédes feel anything in the air?" she asked, looking into Eve's eyes.
Eve turned to look at her in a moment of confusion. Until Jack then glanced to his side awkwardly, reluctantly stepping out and walked to Tia Dalma as made an eye-roll.
Eve then rushed to his side, earning a wary look from Jack as Eve then closed her eyes, closing his right palm between hers. And instantly Eve felt a dark, sinister power attack her from it, starting to take a hold of her from the inside. And with a startled gasp she pulled away, letting out a breath of horror as Jack's hand then dropped on Tia's hand, her removing the wrap. And what Eve and the others then saw made their heart stop. But Eve only felt that terrifying grasp momentarily in her chest again as stared now a black, round mark on Jack's palm.
"What is that?" Eve asked with a strained voice, looking at Tia who examined the mark. Will saw her tense expression and wrinkled his brows, as then Gibbs let out also a horrified breath.
"The black spot!" he exclaimed gasping, making a spin and spit on the floor. Pintel and Ragetti got affected by his fear and repeated, also making a spin and spitting on the floor.
Eve made a disgusted face. But Jack didn't look affected at all.
"My eyesight's as good as ever, just so you know!" he declared, getting odd looks from his men as Tia Dalma then went to the backroom. They could hear her mutter to herself.
All of them glanced at her, throwing things away as she searched something. But Eve then just sighed sinking in her thoughts.
She then made a face as saw Jack snatch a ring from the table and put it in his pocket, thinking that no one didn't see him. But Eve lifted an eyebrow. And creating a small gush of wind on his face drew his attention, him now noticing her stare. Eve glanced remarkably at his pocket, lifting her brows again.
Jack didn't seem at all pleased as reluctantly took the ring out of this pocket, placing it back, and giving Eve a fake smile shrugging. Eve nodded contended and then Tia returned, carrying a big jar in her hands.
"Davy Jones cannot make port. Cannot step on land but once every ten years", she explained, gazing seriously first at everyone until directed her eyes at Jack.
Eve heard Jack the monkey utter a scream. And she leant to the side to see it behind Tia, sitting in front of a pair of feet. Eve wrinkled her brows. Was there a man asleep in the backroom, even Tia had just been there clattering and making a racket? But then Eve just ignored him and continued to listen.
"…Land is where you are safe Jack Sparrow, so you will carry land with you", Tia Dalma continued, now handing the jar to Jack as everybody followed him taking it, questions on their faces. Eve scrutinized the jar, as Jack gave it a doubting stare.
"Dirt?" he stated questionably, giving Tia a glance. "This is a jar of dirt."
"Yes", Tia just said back matter-of-factly, nodding. Jack stared in awe.
"Is… the jar of dirt going to help?" Jack asked, both his voice and face still doubting. But Eve had to admit she was lost also.
What would a jar having dirt in it really do to help? She directed a very doubting look at her aunt, who only then lifted her eyebrows. And tilting her head she took a step toward Jack.
"If you don't want it give it back", she advised with a serious face. But as Eve then glanced at Jack, she saw his eyes widen slightly as then pulled the jar tighter in his arms. As if it was a baby. Eve rolled her eyes.
"No", Jack just said, Tia Dalma starting to smile nodding again.
Even Eve had eye-rolled at Jack, she now watched in amusement as he then yanked the jar farther away from Pintel, giving him a warning look. Protecting the jar, even believed it to be just ordinary jar just a minute ago. Figures…
"Then it helps."
"It seems we have a need to find the Flying Dutchman", Will then stated smiling, Tia answering the smile as she now sat back down, taking small crab bones in her hand.
She then looked at Eve, waving her hand as a call for her to come.
"Come, daughter of the wind", she said pulling Eve next to her, pointing at the bones. "Bless these bones with your grandeur and show us a vision through your Goddess' eyes…"
The men looked at Eve who was exchanging a remarkable, long look with Tia, until they saw Eve pull out the medallion. She closed her hand around it sighing and then directed her concentrated gaze on the bones, lifting her left hand on them, soon small twirl of wind circling around Tia's hands holding the bones.
Now the mark on Eve's neck could be seen glowing red, as she used her powers once again. Until immediately Eve pulled her hand away the glow vanished, leaving only smooth skin intact as Tia then took the bones close to her lips, shaking them in her palms. Mumbling something to herself.
"The touch… of destiny!" she then breathed, letting the bones loose, and Eve bent lower to see them.
Yes she saw it. The place they had to head from here.
"Arcipelago", Eve stated and lifted her gaze to look at Jack and Will. "That is where we find the Flying Dutchman."
"Oh goody! Then shall we?" Jack said smiling, turned away and left the shack, others following him one by one.
Eve was about to leave too after giving Tia a smile and long look. But she then grabbed her arm, stopping Eve. Eve gave her a questionable look.
"Show me the jewel", Tia said, extending her hand again expectantly.
Eve gave her a confused gaze, but removed the medallion again giving it to Tia. She searched it, examined it throughout until placed it between her own palms, closing her eyes as she focused. Then finally as she opened them again and as they locked into Eve's eyes, they were full of worry and sadness.
"The power is fading", she said miserably, handing the medallion back to Eve. "The blood of your mother grows weaker day by day in your veins. This happens due the curse you've put under my darling. That heavy burden of many deaths through the many years on your shoulders weakens you and the Goddess in you. My poor darling child…"
Tia then stroke Eve's hair lightly, smiling sadly. "Your mother's power grows thin. You mortality still intact inside your body, but locked behind the immortality due the loss of your heart rips it apart. You must grasp yourself back, before it is too late for you…"
Eve looked down at the medallion and nodded. "I understand that. Recently using my powers more than normally have proven it. My power becomes restless. Fitful and nearly coming out by small fractions of anger. I know I will perish. If Jones has the hold of my heart long enough, I know I will…"
Eve then gave Tia as sad smile, who only looked at her in grief.
"Oh daughter of my sibling, what cruel path has the touch of destiny given you."
"No obstante está mía, tía."
Eve then left out of the shack, putting her medallion back on as rushed down the stairs in thoughts. When she stepped on the pier Jack turned to give her annoyed look.
"Look. It's always you we have to wait for, eh?" he said mockingly and stepped into the boat. Eve ignored his sarcasm, but then her eyes searched the boats. Where was Will? But then she got her answer.
"What were you talking about?" Will's voice suddenly asked behind Eve and she gasped, turning around to face him. A surprised look on her face.
Eve hadn't known he had stayed behind to wait her and had passed him in the stairs accidentally, not seeing him as was so consumed with her thoughts. But then she got serious shrugging, meeting Will's questionable and thoughtful eyes with a blank expression in hers.
"Nothing much", Eve just said, flashing him a smile and walked over to the boat, being helped in by Gibbs.
Eve gave him a smile too as then climbed to the front of the boat, now staring to the distance, that same thoughtful look overtaken her features. Will stayed there for a moment until eventually walked too to the boat, getting in and untied the rope, pushing the boat off the pier. He didn't understand. He had accidentally heard some things Eve had been talking with Tia Dalma, and couldn't understand them.
Will gave Eve one more thoughtful glance as then turned around, staring at the shack. What had Eve meant about perishing? Her powers weakening by the years she lived in this world, as her mortality was locked behind her immortality caused by the loss of her mortal heart? That made no sense to Will no matter how much he tried to think it over.
That made him think did he actually knew Eve at all. Even he thought to have gotten to know her as well as he knew himself during these past two years. She was his dearest friend after all. But there were still things Will didn't know. For example how old was Eve really? Because even she looked being around 19 to 20, she most probably wasn't.
As she and Tia Dalma had said; that heavy burden of many deaths through the many years on Eve's shoulders and the curse forced her soul to wander from life to another, as long as she wouldn't give in to Jones' claims… And thinking about that Will then felt himself very helpless. Was there actually anything he could do to help, or understand Eve in the end?
A/N:
I hope this chap didn't turn out to be a mess as I corrected it at the last moment... But thanks for reading! (re-edited 23.6.2014)
transalations: No obstante está mia, tía/ It is still mine.