Reminder for this chapter, that I have used the actual POTC 2 script (which was listed in the disclaimer at the beginning of this series). So the words I have in here, despite the fact not being English and in some cases not even real words. Along with vocabulary that may not make any sense. But please bare with me and enjoy the series.

Cold As Glass

Sequel to Heart of Glass

A Pirate Lord's Adventure

Chapter 16

The fireflies swirled around us, as if we were in a dream of a child's. But I couldn't help but truly smile, imagining how romantic this would have been, if Sirius was here with me.

We turned around a bend, only to see another figure standing amongst the trees, with a large straw hat upon his head.

But I still looked at the fireflies, loving being surrounded by them. And oddly they were attracted to me.

But this was not helping Will, who kept batting them away with paranoia, thinking they were the flies we had been met multiple times throughout our adventure, down the river into the Bayou.

Marty directed our boat to a stop, as we stopped paralleled to Jack's boat, right underneath one of the many identical shakes I had seen on our way up here.

Jack stood up and grabbed a hold of a ladder up to the shack, and looked back at us," Now worries, mates. Tia Dalma and I go way back. Thick as thieves. Nigh inseparable, we are."

But he paused and corrected himself," Were. Have been. Before."

Gibbs stood up, and got right behind Jack, who hung off of the ladder, making his speech to us.

Will then followed behind Gibbs, while Pintel and Ragetti helped me up, and we got behind Will.

"I'll watch your back," Gibbs announced, like a loyal first mate would normally do.

Jack then murmured, in honesty," It's me front I'm worried about."

I couldn't help but giggle at this comment, causing Jack, Will, and Gibbs to look back at me. Obviously since I was a girl, and not a man, I didn't understand the insufferable pain that occurred when something happened to their front.

"Sorry, boys," I stifled my giggles, causing them to look away from me and follow Jack.

Gibbs grabbed onto the ladder, and looked back at Will," Mind the boat."

Will stepped forward, grabbing onto the ladder, under Gibbs, and looked back at me," Mind the boat."

I rolled my eyes, and looked Pintel," Mind the boat."

With that I began climbing up the rickety ladder, which seemed to be made only of moss and twigs.

As I climbed, I overheard Jack reach the top and open the rotting door.

"Jack Sparrow." I heard a woman's voice muse, with a thick Cajun accent.

"Tia Dalma," Jack repeated, sounding surprisingly pleasant, as he swaggered in.

Yet, as I waited for Will to climb up onto the wooden floor board, I overheard Tia say," I always knew the wind was going to blow you back to me, one day."

With that I quickly jumped up, now that there was free room, and I followed in behind Will, into a…voo doo shack.

Warily I stepped in, walking around Will, to step up next to Gibbs. And I thanked my lucky stars I was short enough, that my head didn't collide in with the jars filled with discolored water and what looked to be parts of animals and things. But more jars and cages covered the large room we entered, making my insides quiver slightly.

"You!"

Suddenly I stopped my starring at the things around me, and saw Tia, who by appearance looked like a true witch of the voo doo practices.

She then approached me, still pointing at me, with an oddly expressed face. I couldn't tell if she was mad at me or was trying to be polite and tell me something.

I saw Gibbs and Jack look back at me curiously, while Tia lowered her hand, and continued," You have gone through tragedy, such tragedy I have not seen the likes of in many many many years."

"But…" she stopped and looked me up and down, making me lean away from her slightly, in fear.

She then looked up at me, and smiled," Do not fear, Beaux Sparrow, what you have lost never truly disappeared."

I lifted up my eyebrow at her in curiosity and confused manor, before she looked on at Will.

"And you!" she raised her finger once again back up at him, pushing past me, making me now turn and face her

She then walked right up in front of Will," You have a touch of…destiny about you, William Turner."

Will cocked his head to the side, and questioned," You know me?"

Suddenly Tia pressed herself up against Will, as she still looked him up in his eyes," You want to know me?"

Jack quickly rushed over, seeing what was about to happen, and began prying both of them apart. "There'll be no knowing here. We've come for help and we're not leaving without it."

Jack wrapped a possessive arm around Tia's waist, as he began escorting her away from Will, who looked sorta shocked that he was beginning to fall for her desire.

"I thought I knew you." Jack sourly murmured to Tia, as they began walking over to a table, covered in bowls and papers.

"Not so well as I had hoped," she countered back, finding her way back to the table.

"Come!" she motioned to all of us, making Jack motion, in a frenzy," Come!"

Jack then pushed Will down into a chair next to Tia, making me and the others stand.

I scowled at Jack, but Pintel and Ragetti quickly found their spots behind me, like the guards they had been to me as a child.

Tia placed a hand upon Will's shoulder, and cooed, in a sultry tone," What…service…may I do you?"

Will seemed lost for words, thus allowing her to quickly turn and look at Jack, hissing," You know I demand payment!"

"I brought payment." With that Jack whistled, thus having Gibbs march up, holding a cage up, with Jack the Monkey inside of it.

Jack took the cage from Gibbs, and smiled," Look!"

He held the cage out away from all of us, then took out his pistol and shot Jack.

But Jack(the monkey) was unaffected by the pistol, obviously still retaining his undead traits.

"An undead monkey!" Jack continued to smile, trying to sell the gift to Tia, since I knew Jack hated the monkey my father had.

He placed the cage upon the table, in front of Tia, and teased," Top that!"

Tia examined the cage and the monkey for a second, before lifting up the cage door, letting the monkey run loose.

The monkey ran off into a back room, while Gibbs groaned," No! Don't! You've no idea how long it took us to catch that."

Tia just dismissed Gibb's comment, and justified," The payment is fair."

But as I continued to stare at the monkey, I noticed it had gone over by a pair of boots, which someone was obviously wearing.

Those boots look awfully familiar.

But my attention was brought back to attention to Tia, as she lowered the cage door.

Will pulled out the leather drawing once again," We're looking for this."

As he laid it out across the table, I saw Tia freeze for a second, as she looked down at it.

"And what it goes to."

Tia then immediately pressed Jack," The compass you bartered from me, it cannot lead you to this?"

I looked over at Jack, who shrugged his shoulders," Maybe. Why?"

Tia lowered herself down into a chair, I had not seen before, and teased," I hear you. Jack Sparrow does not know what he wants!"

Instantly Will looked over at me, than at Jack, before looking back at Tia, who noticed Jack fiddling with her powders and jars.

"Or do you know," Tia began loosing her teasing tone and sounding serious," but are loath to claim it as your own?"

Once again Jack ignored her, making me cross my arms over my chest. While Ragetti kept looking nervously all around us, every once in a long while nudging me away from something he probably thought was dangerous.

Tia sighed and began," Your key go to a chest. And it is what lay inside the chest you seek, don't it?"

Gibbs quickly asked, in a hurried tone," What is inside?"

"Gold?" Pintel quickly added, I could tell he was praying for mountains of gold, while Ragetti nudge me again. "Jewels? Unclaimed properties of a valuable nature?"

"Nothing bad, I hope?" Ragetti gulped nudging me away, once again.

Tia twirled her hair around her finger, sitting up straight," You know of Davy Jones, yes? A man of the sea. A great sailor, until he run afoul of that which vex all men.

"What vexes all men?" Will asked, looking dumbstruck.

I couldn't help but roll my eyes, as Tia mused, obviously teasing the men," What indeed?"

"The sea?" Gibbs questioned. "Sums!" Pintel pressed. "Dichotomy of good and evil?" Ragetti asked, only making Gibbs and Pintel look at him and roll their eyes.

Jack frowned and shouted at his boys," A woman."

"No," Tia smirked," that's not all."

She looked directly at me, and motioned to my neck. Instantly I knew what she was thinking, of as we starred directly into each other's eyes.

"I pray, you, please do tell these men." She smiled at me, making all of the men look down at me.

I then closed my eyes and gripped at my rings through my shirt," love".

Tia then smiled and proclaimed," A woman. He fell in love."

"No, no, no, no." Gibbs interrupted," I heard it was the sea he fell in love with."

Tia scowled, and hissed, making me open my eyes, and sadly let go of my rings," Same story, different versions, and all are true."

I lifted up an eyebrow, and scooted a little closer to her and the table.

"See, it was a woman, "Tia began, twirling her hair around her finger again," 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."

Then was a sense of impatience, Will inquired, again," What exactly did he put into the chest?"

"Him heart."

Ragetti then questioned again," Literally or figuratively?"

"He couldn't li'erally put his heart in a chest." Pintel sneered back at Ragetti. But then he paused, and looked back at Tia," Could he?"

"It was wort' feeling what…small fleeting joy life brings." Tia then took a deep breath, and beginning to tell her theory of events," And so…him carve out him heart-"Ragetti grabbed at his chest, as if to make sure his heart was still there"- lock it away in a chest and hide the chest from the world."

She then looked down at the key," De key, he keep with him at all times."

We all starred at her for a second, before everything seemed to click in my head- and Will's as well.

Jack knew all about this! That is why he needed our help, so we could cut down Davy Jones, and his hench men, in order to get the key.

Will jumped up and looked over at Jack," You knew this!"

Jack then snapped back, sounding stupid," I did not! I didn't know where the key was."

Jack then twisted his expression to happiness," But now we do. All that's left is to climb aboard the Flying Dutchman, grab the key, you go back to Port Royal and save your bonnie lass, eh?"

Jack then began to walk away, when Tia stood up and demanded," Let me see your hand!"

Jack stopped and turned around, holding a hand out for her, but she only scowled at him, making him sigh in defeat and put out his other hand, for her to see.

I closed my eyes, and looked away from Jack, as Tia began to pull back the bandage that Jack had-which mimicked the one upon my own hand. But I knew everyone would be looking at his, and if I wanted to keep playing my own game, I had to make sure no one saw my hand.

But when I heard Gibbs gasp," The black spot!" I knew Jack's secret was out.

I opened my eyes, only to see Gibbs spinning around and spitting, obviously doing one of his superstitious dances, while Ragetti moaned," The black spot!" Pintel then shouted," Black spot!"

And before I knew it they mirrored Gibb's odd dance.

I saw Jack starring at all off them, before he sneered," My eyesight's as good as ever, just so you know."

Tia then walked into the back of her shack, murmuring," I have just the thing. Now where did I put it?"

It sounded like she was going through a kitchen, with all the clattering I heard going on, while Pintel, Gibbs, and Ragetti all curiously looked with me towards the back of her lair.

"My little beauty, where are you?" She mused to herself again. "Such a long time in such a mess."

Suddenly she came out holding a jar full of dirt," Davy Jones cannot make port."

She then stood in front of all of us, while she continued," Cannot step on land but once every ten years. Land is where you are safe, Jack Sparrow, and so you will carry land with you."

She held out the jar for Jack to take. Thus Jack took it and awkwardly looked down at it, before snorting," Dirt? This is a jar of dirt."

"Yes."

Jack then questioned again, sounding sarcastic," Is the jar of dirt going to help?"

"If you don't want it, give it back," she sneered back at him.

"No," Jack possessively wrapped his arms around the jar, like a child would with a toy.

Tia smiled and consoled," Then it helps."

Jack then tucked the jar of dirt under his arm, while I sighed and went back to business. I placed my hands upon the end of her table, and questioned," It seems we have a need to find the Flying Dutchman."

Tia then smiled at me, and purred," I like a woman, who knows what she wants."

I smiled proudly up at the boys, who were still starring at the jar of dirt, as if it was Jesus Christ himself.

Tia then sat down in her chair and picked up a handful of old crab claws, and shook them in her hands, as she closed her eyes. Almost looking like she was going to pray.

"A touch of destiny."