Authors Note: The Saphira in this story has nothing to do with Michelle or any of the two stories she's in. I'm just writing her in for a friend of mine! So this Saphira IS NOT Michelle. Just wanted to clear that up, loves. Enjoy.

"...The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do..."

What Will Happen

Fire was consuming the island as he looked out at the three sides of the war, finally coming together for one last epic battle. The battle that would decided this: Would Neptune once again come out on top? Or would pirates rule the seas? Or maybe, would the EITC come back stronger than it ever was? Or maybe, just maybe...

"Sir?" He brought his eyes off of the flames that he was staring at thru the window, and turned to see the young man walking inside. "He's here...do you want me to...send him-" A small smile crept across the other man's lips as he said, "I'll see him myself." The young man was trembling from the sound of his leader's voice. It was enough to send chills down anyone's spine. The young man nodded slowly, then said quickly, "He's in the-"

But the older man had already pushed him aside and began walking down the stairs. Another smile crept across his face as he walked down the staircase. He was going to win. Well, he had already won actually. There was no way that anyone could get in the way of his perfect plan now. They were broken up. They doubted each other. They were seperated. They had no one to turn to now. No one. He made sure of that. A laugh now escaped his lips as he got to his destanation. The man they captured was tied up to a chair. Breathing heavily, his dark eyes were immediatley filled up with rage only making his captor smile even more, if that was even possible.

"You're betrayl, sadly enough, was your downfall." He poured his captive some tea to which the captive only scowled causing him to laugh and say, "And hers as well...Her death is your fault."

Three Days Earlier

"I think you're lying to me, Jack." Lila whispered to him as they made their way into the city that scarily reminded them all Port Royal. Will sighed uncomfortably as he kept his distance from Lila and Jack. He knew that they had things they needed to talk over. Things that, for the sake of his relationships with both Lila and Jack, he decided he needed to back away from those topics altogether.

"About what, darlin'? I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, need I remind you-" He added with a smile when he saw the smile spread across her face. "-I'm capable of anythin' and most eveythin' and honestly to dishonest, lying is a strong point of mine."

"I don't think you're really in love with Bella...I think that you're lying to me to just so I won't think anything. Jack, darling, I don't see why on earth you suspect Will of talking about you behind your back like that. He doesn't suspect anything at all, yet. And I would quite like to keep it that way for as long as I possibly can. Tell me the truth, Jackie."

"Unless of course I told you the truth because I knew you wouldn't believe the truth even if I told it to you-"

"-you would have not told me the truth to make me believe that you were telling the truth until I realized that it had to not be the truth because I wouldn't have believed it to be the truth even if you told it to me." Lila smiled as she finished that sentence. She prided herself in being the only person (besides Grant of course) that could actually out-witty the witty Captain Jack Sparrow. He rolled his eyes as she let out a chuckle, and said, "I was lyin'."

"The truth is revealed." Lila said, with a playful push. "Jack, I know you didn't lie about that for me...because I know that you know that I would never believe William Turner on anything...you know that I would always believe you no matter what, even if said Captain of the Flying Dutchman told me otherwise." The smile was wiped off of her face as she said, "This is about us, isn't it?"

"No."

"Liar."

Jack resisted the urge to say his trademark 'sticks and stones, love' and settled for a sigh as he watched Will and Rupert walk ahead of him. A moment later, he felt Lila's hand in his own. Shocked, he turned around to look down at her as she said, "Jack. Will does suspect something. Yeah, I know. I lied before. I must have also inherited the 'Sparrow Lying Gene' so sorry." Jack smiled at that, but let her continue, "You're a liar. I know you are. Will's a bloody liar too when he wants to be. But I know you. And I know deep inside that cold, backstabbing pirate of you, there's a good man. And he'll come out one day. Again." She added with a smile.

"Jack, what I'm trying to say is...don't think that Will's the only pirate I trust. I trust you. I believe you. And I know that you're not in love with me anymore. And even if you were, you wouldn't get in the way because of Will just like you did with Elizabeth. Kiss aside, because that was her doing, not yours." She added that last statement for Jack's sake. She leaned up and kissed Jack's cheek, before turning on her heels and going after Will.

Will smiled down at her when she came up to him, and his arm immediatley went around her waist. Jack soon emerged beside his former first mate as he said, "William, do you remember a girl by the name o' Isabelle? Wasn't her real name. People in Spain called 'er Carmen. People in Singapore called her Ming and in-"'

Rupert stared at Jack as if he wanted nothing more than to take his wooden crutch and hit him hard with it. A few things factored into why he did not do just that: Rupert would fall; it wouldn't do a thing because Jack would keep on going anyway, they couldn't have Jack knocked out being leader and because...well, it would be rather pointless.

"Jade?" Will asked, wrinkling his nose causing Lila to laugh. He immediatley unwrinkled it and said, "No. That's what they called her-"

"-in London, yes. Real name's Saphira." Jack said, motioning for the three of them to follow him further into the town. Lila sped up so that she fell in step with both Jack and Will as Jack continued his, what would probably be, a very long explanation. "Met 'er in London, I did. Father's a very respected man in London-"

Lila realized something, "-wait is this the same Saphira I'm thinking of?" Will smiled at Jack's reaction to her question. Jack hated it when people interrupted him. And Lila tended to do that often. More often then Will knew anyone would do. He knew that she normally did it just to get a rise out of Jack, but this time her question was geunine. "-the one that helps pirates? Goes around with her dad secretly going behind his back with different aliases as an aid to pirates? That Saphira?"

"Yes." Jack said, mad because his expanation was already explained and not by him. "The same Saphira you went around with and threw all my bloody clothes in the bloody ocean. That Saphira." Will looked back to see Lila smirking, but she didn't say anything. "Her father is fightin' in this war. Somehow or another by some miracle, she tagged along and is stayin' 'ere. Said she has a lot of information-"

"-seems like you two have been talking quite a bit lately, Jackie." She said 'Jackie' in a teasing voice, causing Jack to wirl around and stick a finger in her face. She raised an eyebrow, and just stared at him for a long time. He closed his mouth and turned rather quickly on his heels as he began to walk down the streets once more.

"Jackie!" She cried when she saw him, running into his arms. Will was trying his hardest not to laugh, but he was failing despite the look that Lila had on her face. Will took Saphira in at that moment...her long dark, curly hair falling gracefully at her waist and those dark eyes that would have been black had they not almost sparkled with a shade of brown.

Will wasn't sure what to think of her. He glanced down at Lila and knew what to think. Beautiful. When anyone said Lila's name, that's what he instantly thought. But Saphira? Beautiful just wasn't the word. Not saying that she wasn't attractive, she was. But not beautiful. Her charm, soft features and her sometimes child-like ways instantly labled her as just flat out being adorable.

"Darlin', 'ow long 'as it been?" Jack said, not letting go of her. Will raised his eyebrow at this, and glanced down at Lila who was already in a quiet fit of laughter. Will, as usual, couldn't stand to look at the expression Lila had on her face for more than a few seconds before he started laughing himself. Which, of course made Lila laugh harder and Rupert to get even more annoyed, which for a moment was thought to be impossible.

Their laughter made Saphira and Jack break away and turn to look behind them. Jack's scowl went unnoticed only by Saphira, as she said, "Lila? Lila Parrish?"

"In the flesh, love." Lila said, going up and hugging her. Saphira smiled as she hugged her back, while Jack made a rather mean face behind Lila's back, causing Will to give him a warning glance. When the two girls broke apart, Saphira glanced behind Lila to see Will who came up and hugged her himself. After he hugged her, her took Lila's hand causing Saphira to gasp and say, "Are you two-"

"-we 'ave a lot of catchin' up to do, darlin'." Jack said, ushering Saphira into her house. Lila snorted as she whispered, "I bet you do." Will started laughing, only to earn another glare (to which Will returned.)

"This is going to be interesting. I can already tell..." Rupert groaned as he followed them in.

"His daughter?" Lila and Jack pratcially screamed at the same time. Will thought Lila looked as if she was going to faint, so he walked up behind her and pushed her and gently pushed her into the seat. She never took her eyes off of Saphira as her jaw dropped. Will and Rupert looked across the table to see Jack had a scarily similar look on his face. Jack recovered first, as he asked, "Daughter?"

Will rolled his hazel eyes at that question, as if it hadn't been established moments ago. Saphira only nodded as she played with one of her long curls. She let it fall down to her shoulders as she said, "Yes. That's why Beckett captured her. I don't know if she's working for him or not, but she's definetley his daughter-"

"-how did you find this out, Miss Dawson?" Rupert asked her, looking up from his cup of tea. Saphira's gaze lingered on him, unknowingly, for more than it should have before she said with a smile, "I have my ways."

Will smiled slightly at that. Coming from someone like Saphira, he came out sounding cute and innoccent. That was just how she was. But had Lila said that, Will knew for a fact that it would have one hundred percent most likely came out sounding seductive. That was just how Lila was. Will knew that wasn't on her own free will. Somehow she had just adopted that way. And gentleman though he was, Will couldn't say he actually minded.

Lila sighed, obviously recovered, as she looked down at Will's hand that was resting on her knee. He had did that unknowingly, and still apparently didn't know it was there. "I guess my question is...how?"

Jack snorted at that, only to have Lila kick him under the table. Saphira didn't catch on to this, and only said, "Well, it had something to do with Beckett having a deal with Calypso before the war against the EITC back all those years ago." Lila shuddered at the thought when she remembered Jack to be dead, only to find out that her uncle was dead, Will had died and was married to Elizabeth. Will glanced down at Lila and recognized that look. The look she had on her face when Elizabeth or their pasts came up. He just rubbed her knee soothingly and smiled down at her, hoping that that was enough.

"It was something like Beckett promised to set her free if she made him and his family immortal. When she found out that he was lying, she couldn't completely take her charm off so made it that if they were killed that they'd spend a century in death only to come back again one hundred years later. Arabella never was killed, Beckett was. So, that's how she was hear. And no, Andrew's not her child."

Will smirked when Lila's confused face suddenly became normal again. She leaned slightly into him, causing his free arm to wrap around her shoulders. Saphira looked back at Jack who was looking slightly confused. He was wearing a similar expression that Lila had just had on her face. Will looked down at Lila and knew something else was bothering her. It wasn't talk of the war and memories of their past, it wasn't Jack or Bella...it was something else. And the only thing that he could think of it being was ...that night in Tortuga.

Will sighed as she took his key and moved it back and forth on the chain that held it around her neck. "Well, Saph. If that's all you have to tell us right now, can you excuse Lila and me for a moment?" All eyes fell on Lila who's own eyes went as wide as the tea cups they had been drinking out of. She had no time to accept nor deny, because Will had already pulled her to her feet and led her into the kitchen.

"Talk." Was all he said as he reached behind her and locked the door. She was staring up at him with an expression mixed with horror and amusement. "Come on, Lila. I usually can't get you to shut up, and now you're not talking? Don't say it's Elizabeth or Jack or Bella being capture, because it's not. I know what those faces look like, and that's not one of them. So talk. What's been bothering you?"

She was still playing with the key. It had become a nervous habit now. Knowing that Will was not going to let her out of this one, Lila sighed and sat on the counter as she said, "I've been thinking."

"I've come to that assumtion, darling." Will said, with a chuckle as he came to stand in front of her. Resting his hand on her knee again, he asked her, "About what exactly?"

"Us." Was all she said. The two of them were silent for a long time. Will was staring at her hand that was now playing with the opening of his shirt. Her sleeve was pulled up, to reveal a small sparrow tattoo (though nothing like Jacks') on her wrist. Why he had never noticed that, he didn't know. But it was very clearly there.

"Us? What about us?" She dropped her hand when he asked that, and just looked up at him. That face let him know that what he assumed to be wrong with her was indeed what was wrong witht her. He moved closer to her, and laced his fingers with hers as he said, "Lila, I know what you wanted to do. Wait. That's what I wanted for you. For us. But, it didn't work out that way..." He paused for a moment as he thought about what Jack saying that he always points out the obvious.

"Li, darling. You don't know how much that's really bothered me. And I am so terribly sorry, love." She brought her eyes to meet his and smiled as she said, "At least it was with someone you love, right?" She realized with a pang who had just said that to her. Will didn't notice this, and only smiled in agreement as he leaned up and kissed her. Just as her hand found his scar, which it always tended to do, they were interrupted by the door opening.

"Can't you two go for five bloody minutes? 'Ell." Jack rolled his dark eyes as Lila hopped off of the counter. She kissed Will's cheek, before exiting he kitchen, leaving a rather awkward silence between the two boys. Well, for Will. Not exactly for Jack. Jack was the king of awkward silences, and if nothing else, they amused him.

Jack was just getting some rum. Will watched him, as he tried to fix the buttons on his shirt that Lila had undone. When Jack got a huge bottle of rum out, he nodded at Will and said, "Keep an eye on 'er, mate." And then exited singing a drunken version of 'A Pirate's Life'. Will sighed to himself as he turned around and looked out at the horizon. It was hard for him to believe that on such a gorgeous day, there was a war going on literally under their noses. Will glanced down to see that Jack had left a rum bottle for him on the counter. He took it, and raised the bottle to his lips.

He would keep her safe. He would keep an eye on her. And he would do anything and everything to guarantee her safety.

"...The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what a man can't do..."