Chapter 3

The Hai Peng was a junk in both ways possible. The type of ship was a Chinese junk, with fin-like sails, a slender body, and overall it wasn't in perfect condition. However, it floated, it had cannons, there was food and supplies inside. It wasn't perfect, but it was what they needed. All that the crew needed to do really was to crew it, and help it sail away from Singapore and beyond.

The charts were quickly unrolled onto a small table and studied. It seemed that in the center of it was a dial-like device with different parts. Moving the different sections showed different images, different places, and even different routes. There were so many, it was confusing to many. Jewel was unfortunately one of the confounded.

"How do we know which way is the way we should head?" Jewel asked, sitting at the table the charts were on.

"Patience Sparrow," Barbossa said, turning the dials. He stopped and moved one back slightly. There was a trail, a line, showing a route that seemed to travel everywhere on the charts.

"No," Jewel shook her head, moving the dials slightly, making the trail more defined. An end was written, but not drawn. At the end of the line was the words "Jones' Locker". Although there were no landmarks shown, one direction was clear.

"South." Jewel and Barbossa said in unison. They nodded at each other. Barbossa stood up and began to bark orders. Jewel smiled. They had a direction. She stood up and walked to the bow. Tia, coming to stand by her, startled her for a moment.

"Please walk with a little more noise." Jewel remarked. Tia smiled.

"My apologies for scaring jou." she said, the smile suddenly vanished, "But you are not going on this journey for your fader." Jewel looked back at her.

"Yes, I am. He's the only family I have, and I am not letting him leave me alone with nothing." Jewel said

"What of Gibbs? Marty? Cotton? You call dem family." Tia said

"But they're not my dad!" Jewel said loudly, "They're not a pirate lord! They're not the one who raised me! They're not the one I need to apologize to." She turned away from Tia, leaning on her arms on the railing. She let out a sigh as she calmed down.

"... Your moder can't come back." Tia said. Jewel spun to her once more.

"I don't care if she can't come with us, I just want to see her again and have her tell me why I can do what I can do!" Jewel said, showing her kraken tattoo to Tia Dalma. "I just want to know the truth!" Jewel looked forward when she noticed Elizabeth coming their way. She leaned on the railing to Tia's left without saying a thing.

"There's no place left for Sao Feng to cower. Do you think he will honor the call?" she asked

"I cannot say. Dere is an evil on dese seas dat even the most staunch and bloodthirsty pirates have come to fear." Tia said

"Shouldn't you be ship-jumping?" Elizabeth asked, directing her question to Jewel.

Ship-jumping is the term that was used to describe Jewel's strange power. It was a ridiculous thing at first, but the more it was said, the more it fit in with what Jewel was capable of.

"I haven't been hearing Jones in my head. He's focusing on the pirates Beckett is ordering him to kill." Jewel said with a shrug, "I wonder where he is." She looked down at her tattoo. She had once tried to use her connection with Jones to turn the tables, as it were. To see where he was. Afterwards, she woke up in a cot after two days of being passed out. Jewel shuddered at the memory.

Singapore was slowly fading on the horizon. They had reached open waters. Although peaceful, the thought of being in the open with nothing at all to hide behind was unsettling for most of the pirates on board. Jewel returned to the charts to clear her mind and see if she can find any interesting places. It had a calming effect, turning the dials. It gave her fingers something to work with and her mind was off of whatever might be wanting to kill them.

"See anywhere you'd like to visit?" Barbossa asked, sitting down across from her.

"Not exactly. I think I found that island you and I were trapped on. It's name is Isla Arachnis." Jewel said

"I'm sure we don't need a second visit." Barbossa said

"Well spoken." Jewel said. She turned a dial and Barbossa stopped her, grabbing her hand. He lifted it up off the charts and pulled it closer to himself.

"Why don't you go down below, find a bunk, and sleep? It's dark out now." Barbossa said

"... Normally I can't sleep when I feel like I'm going to die." Jewel said, gently tugging on her arm to get her hand back.

"There's nothing to fear Sparrow, what with Jones not focusing on you at all. We're sailing to World's End right under his tentacles." Barbossa said. Jewel winced.

"That was a rather disgusting image you painted with your words." she said before standing, "but if you insist, I'll leave you to your own doing and try to sleep." Jewel waked down into the crew bunks. Then she wandered through the lower deck to find a spare cabin. She found one with brooms in it, but it was small. Jewel didn't care though. She laid a few blankets on the floor and placed a pillow on one end. With her "bed" complete, Jewel pulled one more blanket out of her bottomless bag and also brought out a picture of her mother, placing it by her pillow.

"I'll be seeing you and dad soon." she said to the picture. She gave it one small kiss before closing her eyes to sleep.