- The Lost City of Atlantis -

- Town Square -

"Do you realize all the charges that can be brought upon you?" King Triton asked, pacing throughout the room. The rain, of course, had let up. He glanced down at the sparkling streets of Atlantis, the streets of a lie. He closed his brown eyes, and pressed his his had against the wall, leaning into it somewhat. His dark hair gently blew in front of him, due to the breeze that was coming in through the open window. His eyes were fixed through the window, at the memorial statue of Athena that stood in the city. Triton whirled around to look at the two Sparrows chained together in the middle of the room. Jack was upset that their plan failed. He wasn't used to failing.

And then there was Lila. Of course she wasn't used to anything but her way. If it didn't go her way, she was angry. And when she got to a certain point of being angry, the whole sea paid for it. She crossed her chained arms in front of her, upset that when she invoked the right of parlay, it did nothing. Jack blinked at her for a moment, before turning back to Triton who was now walking down the stairs from the podium he had been standing on. "Lying to me. Telling me that you murdered the queen-"

"-well technically-" Jack stopped talking when he saw the glare that Lila shot him. Jack immediatley shut his mouth, and sank back down as Triton continued, "And you, Mrs. Turner...faking your own death. Do you know what charges can be brought to you for that?"

"Actually..."Lila said, in that same cocky voice she had a tedancy of getting more so now. "...you cannot do a thing to me, Triton...sir...whatever. I am not under you command, as it were." Lila said that, with a smirk as she rested easily against Jack. The pirate captain clicked his tongue, as was a habit of his, causing Triton to wince slightly at that obnoxious noise, and turned his gaze back to Lila as he said, "Actually, Your Majesty. You are under my command. Because I'm sure you know, stated in the Code-" Lila groaned inwardly, having never read that bloody thing in her life. Jack sighed in defeat, knowing that they lost. "-any royal found guilty under the acts of piracy is subject to to being arrested. Now, now, Your Highness, do you not think springing two men from jail, lying about your death, and 'commandeering' one of the naval ships is considered an act of piracy?"

"Commandeering? I never..." Lila closed her emerald eyes. She took a deep breath, and attemtped to count to ten as Will had told her to do, since her temper was a bit worse than usual. It didn't work. She shot a glare at the now smirking Jack. Jack smiled innocently and said, "No idea wha' he's talkin' 'bout, darlin'."

"Oh, I think you do, Sparrow." Lila shot at him, still glaring. "I think you know bloody well what the bloody hell he's talking about. COMMANDEERING? ARE YOU INSANE?" Jack made a sort of 'eep' noise and backed away from Lila a bit, which was seemingly impossible considering that they were more or less chained together. Lila screamed and said, "Commandeering? Damn it, Jacob!"

"Love, commandeerin' 'ere is used in a nautical sense."

"Oh, bah." Lila said, in a huffy tone as she focused her eyes on something on the ground, hating her cousin for everything he was worth. "Nautical sense. What is WRONG with you?" Lila cursed in Spanish, and shot that same glare over at her cousin. "Piracy."

Jack smiled as if Lila had given him the best compliment he had ever heard. Lila knew that was the exact reaction he wanted, and that only made her madder, if the sound of thunder rolling over head wasn't evident enough. Triton sighed as he took another step towards them and said, "Alexander will be taking you back down to the brig where you will await your trial."

Lila looked up at him, in shock as he said, "Your crown could be at stake, Your Highness."

"Parlay?" Lila offereded. When Triton's expression didn't change, Lila sighed and said, "Yeah, I thought not." A man came up from behind them, and started pushing them towards the door. Lila cried, "But I'm pregnant."

"And I'm sorry."

"What about my husband only has one day at land for ten years and this is the only time I can ever see him again for ten years?" Everyone stopped at Lila's rather fast speech. Triton sighed and asked, "You're Calypso's goddaughter?"

"Yes."

"I thought so. Take them to the brig." Lila groaned and glanced over at the young man that was escorting them down to the brig. She smiled up at him, only to see the man scowl in return. Jack smirked and said, "He's not William, love."

"Shut it, Sparrow."

- Atlantia -

- Decks Outside the City -

Will was grumbling to himself as he walked along the decks of Atlantia. He looked up towards the city to see the glass-like palace sparkling in the early morning sunlight. Will groaned inwardly and said, "Bloody Sparrows...bloody could go into bloody labor..." Saphira smiled as she walked up behind him, and placed a hand on Will's shoulder as she said in a calming voice, "Darling, calm down. Jackie's not going to let Lila get hurt-"

"-that's not what I'm worried about." Saphie never got a chance to ask Will what he meant, because Will had already spotted a small horse stable in the distance. Rupert groaned as he helped Anamaria get on the deck and said, "This is going to end badly."

"Probably." Saphira said, walking to catch up with William. Will tied his long, dark ringlets back as he approaced the stable and eyed it. It was lined in gold, and a three horses were tied to it. No doubt, he knew, they were part of the army's horses. Will walked up to the man that was tossing food over the wooden fence, "Excuse me, sir. Can we borrow your horses?" At that, Rupert (who had finally managed to catch up) burst into laughted at Will's question. Saphira groaned, and turned to face him.

"What? It was funny. OW!" Rupert shot a wounded look over at Anamaria who rolled her dark eyes and turned away. "What? You don't just go up to someone everday and ask, 'Can we borrow your horses." He smirked over at Will who looked like he wanted nothing more than to shoot him. The old man didn't turn to look at Will as he said in a thick, French accent, "Are you a member of the army-"

"-well, not this one-"

"-than no." He turned to look at Will with a rather angry look on his face. But when he saw who it was, his countenance immedialtley changed as he said, "Oh, Your Highness." This took Will slightly off-guard, but he regained his composure and said, "Yes-"

"-of course you may." He said with a slight bow, smiling up at him. "How many do you need?" Will glanced back at Rupert, and said, "Four."

"-I only have three." Will was about to say something along the lines of that being ok. Either Saphira or Ana could ride with him or Rupert. But the next thing William knew was Saphira and Ana riding off on seperate horses, leaving Will and Rupert alone with a single horse. And that horse wasn't even a horse. It was more like a pony. Will glanced over at Rupert who had a look of horror written out all over his face. Will sighed, and started walking towards the pony.

"This is awkward."

"Shut up, Dawson. No one asked you."

And then, together. William and Rupert rode off into the sunset.