Chapter 6

The humming was replaced by coughing. Jewel pushed herself up, weary and drained, even though she was asleep. She noticed a chair next to her bed. It had Barbossa's hat on it. Then she looked down at her arm with the tattoo and sighed, remembering the nightmare she had.

Her balance was a bit wobbly, but soon steadied standing up, then walking to her door. On deck, everybody seemed to breathe a sigh of relief seeing her. Gibbs actually hugged her gently.

"I was afraid you weren't going to live." he said

"Thanks Gibbs." Jewel said. He let her go and Jewel walked over to Will. She hugged him tightly.

"Is there something wrong?" he asked

"No, I just had a dream with you in it." she said, "I just wanted to see the real you." She let go of him and went to Barbossa at the rudder.

"Twice I've saved your life Sparrow." he said, smiling at her.

"What about that spider you shot?" Jewel asked, holding out his hat.

"Thrice then." Barbossa said, taking his hat and putting it on his head. Jewel laughed lightly. The two embraced briefly.

"Thank you." she said

"I'm glad you're safe." he replied

"How much farther until World's End?" she asked

"Not long now." Barbossa said, pointing ahead, "Do those stars seem familiar?" Jewel looked at them, trying to see an image, trying to find a north. But she couldn't. The stars had to pattern, they had nothing she had seen before.

"No." Jewel shook her head.

"Aye, we're getting close." Barbossa said with a smirk. Jewel smiled and shook her head, walking toward the bow. Elizabeth was standing there, and Jewel figured she could get a decent conversation from her.

"Hello Lizzie." she said, leaning on the rail.

"Please don't call me that." Elizabeth said, looking at Jewel. Jewel raised her hands in defense.

"Alright Elizabeth. How are you this fine and lovely, star-filled evening?" she asked

"I'm not sure if I can trust Will." she said softly

"What?" Jewel asked, "Why?"

"I feel he's hiding something from me... Just like I'm hiding something from him." Elizabeth said, looking down in the water.

"Well..." Jewel started, unsure of what to say. She really liked Will. Really REALLY liked Will. But seeing Will and Elizabeth together, and working together, it looked as if they were made for each other. In her thinking, she noticed Will coming up to them. Jewel walked toward him.

"The two of you should talk." she said to him. He nodded and went to Elizabeth, Jewel watching from her position with crossed arms.

"How long do we continue not talking?" Will asked

"Once we rescue Jack everything will be fine." Elizabeth said, turning to face Will.

"When we rescue Jack?" Will asked. Elizabeth walked away. Jewel sighed, her plan to bring them together failed. Then again it wasn't much of an idea at all. It was a hopeless folly.

"Huh?" Jewel asked. She heard something. It was a continuous sound, but she couldn't exactly tell what it was. She moved next to Will against the railing, to look ahead of them. There was a mist on the water's ahead of them that was not steam or fog, but something else. The two turned around, only to be met by Tia Dalma.

"For what we want most, dere is a cost must be paid in de end." She said. Will rushed past Tia, Jewel remaining where she was.

"Where are we?" she asked. Jewel looked back toward the stern, hearing Will speak.

"Barbossa! Ahead!" Will said

"Aye, we're good and lost now." Barbossa replied with a smirk.

"Lost?" Elizabeth said

"For certain you have to be lost to find the places can't be found." Barbossa said, with a shrug, "Elseways, everyone would know where it was." Jewel looked back at Tia. She was walking away. Jewel ran in front of her to stop her, holding her arms out to make sure she wouldn't leave

"We're gaining speed!" Gibbs said

"Aye." Barbossa said, showing no emotion to the news.

"To stations!" Will ordered, with every crewman dropping what they were doing to follow his lead, "All hands, to stations! Hard to port, gather way!"

"Nay! Belay that! Let her runs straight and true!" Barbossa yelled

"Where are we?" Jewel asked, more firmly.

"World's End." Tia said with a smile.

"Blimey!" Ragetti said. Jewel looked from Tia to Ragetti, then she ran to the railing Ragetti was standing near. They looked forward.

The sound she heard was rushing water. The mist she saw was water thrown in the air. World's End was a giant waterfall!

"Holy bugger." she said

"You've doomed us all!" Elizabeth told Barbossa

"Don't be so unkind." Barbossa said, holding Elizabeth's face in his hand, "You may not survive to pass this way again, and these be the last friendly words you'll hear."

"We might not survive." Jewel said, shaking her head.

"Tie her off!" Will yelled. Everybody tightened rigging, adjusted sails, and did whatever they could to keep the ship from going any closer to the waterfall.

But then again, since those in World's End are already dead, dying would not be the issue. Jewel thought, standing still once the thought came to her. She looked to the bow and walked toward it, looking as if she was in a daze.

"Hard to port!" Elizabeth yelled. The ship began to lean forward. Jewel picked up her pace and ran, a determined look on her face.

"Hold on!" Will yelled, as Barbossa laughed wildly. Jewel closed her eyes and jumped off the bow of the ship with her arms out. She seemed to float in the air, hovering over the edge of the world. Gravity then pulled her down. She water stung her face, but she dared not to open her eyes. Jewel held her breath, waiting for the splash.

It finally came.

Jewel looked up and tried to swim toward the surface, but it felt like something kept pulling her down. As hard as she tried, she kept getting pulled down. She turned around and looked down, seeing light instead of darkness. With the force pulling and her own kicking, she broke the surface of the water, almost jumping out of it. Her feet touched earth so she walked the rest of the way to land.

She fell to her hands and knees taking a moment to catch her breath and look at her surroundings. There was nothing but sand as far as she could see. Large dunes blocked whatever they hid from her.

"I made it," she said, pushing herself up, "I'm in the Locker."