Hello! (I do not own anything but the original scenes and Scarlett)

Sorry for late update, been so busy cause I have coursework in for Easter and it's to get into University in September!

Although here we are, longest chapter in the fic, could have possible spanned it over two but I thought you deserved a long one cause of my absence

The document will be an anti climax now I have left it this long, but oh well

Also, I want to write a sequel, but cannot think of a name for Scarlett's ship, please, any ideas PM me :)

Enjoy!

She stood panting at the door, unable to understand the situation as Jack glared at her and said with a furious tone:

'What. Is. This?'

'Jack, I-'started Scarlett, but she was soon interrupted.

'Please tell me this is a fake' said Jack, his darker side coming out.

'I-'stuttered Scarlett

'Tell me' demanded Jack

'It's not a fake… it's true' sighed Scarlett, staring down at the floor with shame.

Jack seemed quiet, he rubbed his eyes and sighed. The room was silent for a few seconds then suddenly, Jack slammed his hand against the desk and shot up shouting, 'So you mean to tell me that you weren't mutinied in England, even though that's what you told every single person you've encountered on this journey?'

Scarlett stepped forward and tried to plead with Jack, 'No, I was not mutinied in England, but can't you understand from reading that document why I lied?'

'I don't care you lied to Will, or anyone else, it's the fact you lied to me. And, what you did in England is barbaric to any decent human being!'

'I was a different person back then' explained Scarlett, her heart pounding with panic.

'Yes, someone who, I quote, 'Was given the chance to either stay in imprisonment when the crew will be given a complete pardon and allowed back into society, or give up her crew and ship but keep her freedom'. Do I need to explain what choice you made?' he walked around the desk waving the papers in her face, 'YOU SAVED YOURSELF AND LEFT THOSE MEN TO DIE' he shouted in her face.

Scarlett tried to draw a silver lining, but to no avail, 'It doesn't make this better but they didn't die; they're all employees of the company'

'Referring to my earlier comment, a fate worse than death, and at the time did you know they would live?'

She stared into his eyes, there was no love, just anger, she deeply inhaled and said, 'No'

Jack turned away from her and stalked to the desk, leaning against it, 'How could you, they were your crew! Your family!'

Scarlett felt tears down her face, she found it hard to breathe, 'I don't know what to say, I'm sorry'

Jack spun round again, and walked towards her, pointing the paper at her as he said through gritted teeth 'You abandoned me and you abandoned them. I can't even look at you' and he pushed the papers into her hands as he walked out the cabin.

'Jack!' shouted Scarlett, but no reply, he slammed the door and she was alone.

Norrington then walked into the cabin, 'we've reached the Isla de muerta, come out' he said this with no emotion; he didn't know how to feel. He had heard their shouting from the helm.

Scarlett walked out of the cabin, her legs shaking, her hands too, even in the warm sun which was soon fading, and yet again she watched the sunset. Every glance sent her way felt like a dagger, even though the temperature was still warm in the air, every breath she took felt like ice. Groves sent a questioning look her way, and came over, 'You're shaking' and he gave her his coat. She just mouthed 'I'm fine' to him, again lying to cover up her true feelings. The island came out of the fog and the black pearl came into sight, there didn't look like a soul upon it, the blood ritual had begun.

She walked towards the helm; Jack had forgotten about her and continued with getting the Pearl back. 'Now, to be quite honest with you, there's still a slight risk for those staying aboard the Dauntless which includes the future Mrs Commodore' James turned around to Elizabeth and ordered Gillette to lock Elizabeth in his cabin, needless to say the girl didn't go without a fight. Norrington then picked a team of sailors to accompany him and Jack to the island. The long boats were ready and the crew became to file into them, Scarlett stepped forward and walked towards the boat. She was stopped by a hand on her shoulder, it was Jack. 'You stay here, I need people I can trust on the island' and he walked down to the boats with Norrington. Scarlett just stood there, in shock at the harsh words Jack had thrown her way. But then again, she thought, she did deserve them.

Turning back around, she saw there were still a few sailors left on the Dauntless; at least she wasn't alone with Elizabeth.

Jack sighed on the long boat, he wanted to badly to forgive Scarlett, but the memory of when he was abandoned ruined any possible hope.

Back on the Dauntless, Scarlett didn't know what to do with herself, kicking random barrels and sauntering about to waste time. She didn't know what was going to happen in the cave, but she doubted the crew would go down easily. She could here banging from inside the cabin, as she went to the door she could hear Elizabeth clattering about and mumbling under her breath. Scarlett wanted so much to be in on the action, and from the sound of it, Elizabeth wanted it too. In a spark of madness, Scarlett formulated a plan for both of the women to leave the Dauntless and either go to the cave or save the crew. She walked up to the helm and ventured to the back of the ship, she looked over the edge and could see Elizabeth's window which had been sealed shut. She decided she was going to climb over the edge and lower herself to the window; she could kick it open and then create a strategy with Elizabeth. So, she did. She was now hanging off the back of the Dauntless, her hands clasping the last anomaly in the wood before the window. She took her legs off the ship and kicked at the window twice, it opened on the second try. Her arms now shaking from the lack of strength to hold on, she climbed clumsily through the window. As she stood up and let out a sigh of relief, she continued to look for Elizabeth.

Just as she called her name for the first time, she was hit hard on the head with a candle stick and fell to the ground. As she faded into unconsciousness, she heard the girl say 'Thanks for opening the window' and saw her climb out the window.

The world around her started to reappear and she silently cursed that Elizabeth girl, she'd been annoying from the beginning. Standing up she was greeted by the governor, who had opened the door checking on his daughter.

'Oh, hello' he said with shock, and continued to look around the room, 'where is Elizabeth?'

Scarlett pointed to the window and the Governor rushed over, seeing the sheets the girl had tied together as rope, and muttered 'what have you done'.

Scarlett left the room and was back on deck in the fresh air, and then all of a sudden she saw a boat emerge from the cave. All the crew rushed forward to the edge of the ship and stared at it, trying to get a clear view. Scarlett grabbed a scope from the nearest sailor and looked through it; the boat seemed to contain two women with umbrellas. The sailor in command next to her suddenly let out a gasp, and after turning her attention back to the boat, she saw it was Pintel and Ragetti. Quickly turning around she was greeted by the crew of the Pearl, although they were not men, they were skeleton monsters.

She let out a scream at the sight, and on instinct pulled out her sword, the final battle had begun.

'I must admit Jack, I thought I had you figured. But it turns out you're a hard man to predict' said Barbossa, leaning on a chest of gold. He watched Jack go through the treasure he missed out on the first time and waited for the men to return.

Jack swallowed his guilt at the thought of leaving Scarlett on the ship with the un-dead crew of the Pearl, but he shook away the thoughts and stuck to his plan of fighting Barbossa. 'Me, I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly, it's the honest ones you want to watch out for. You can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly stupid' said Jack, as he walked behind a skeleton pirate. He looked at Will to warn him to prepare himself, and then grabbed a sword from the pirate. He advanced on Barbossa, swords clashing as they duelled to the death

Back on the Dauntless, there was carnage, bodies of the Navy men lying all over the deck. Scarlett was panting; the fighting was so intense no living person could stand it. All she could hear were screams and the bang of metal meeting metal, some pirates tried to intimidate the sailors by growling at them but to no avail. The Navy was brave, Scarlett admitted, but she needed a way to get Norrington and the others back to the ship, or else they would all be doomed.

'We need to attract their attention' she shouted to the Lieutenant and he looked desperately around the deck, spotting the large bell he ran towards it. Just before he got to it, he tripped and fell to the ground, reaching up with hope he grabbed the large bell rope and began to ring it. Sadly, he only rang it three times before a pirate ran him through with his sword. However, to Scarlett's relief, Norrington heard it, and the boats began to return.

She was approached by Bo'Sun, the man who had caused most misery in her life, he stalked towards her whilst she walked backwards. She regained her confidence and decided on a tactic to get rid of the threat, she said to the approaching Bo'Sun 'You know, my father used to say 'When the storm breaks, some are dumb with terror, and some spread their wings like eagles and soar. Guess which one I choose?' He lunged at her and she caught a reel which had been thrown to her by a sailor, she grabbed it and swung over the sea. As the rope came back she kicked Bo'Sun's head off and protected the sailor who threw the reel to her. She landed however, next to Norrington who was fighting off another un-dead pirate.

BANG

The bullet ran straight into Barbossa's chest, all the people in the cave froze and waiting to see the result.

'Ten years you carry that pistol and you waste your shot' said Barbossa smugly

Scarlett fought next to Norrington until she suddenly felt the cold steel of a sword slice through her side. She fell to the ground.

Still alive Scarlett looked up at the approaching pirate who had his sword ready, as he raised it to deliver a fatal wound, he was ran through by a Navy Sword, a Commodore's sword.

Strangely, the man turned back into human form, and he stumbled as blood ran out of the wound. The curse had been broken. Scarlett got up to her feet, the wound didn't seem deep and so she ignored the burning. Seeing this, the ship went silent and watched the scene, the pirates were now mortal and surrounded.

Each in turn dropped their swords and surrendered, to spare the fate of death. Pointing his sword at a pirate, Norrington announced 'the ship is ours, gentlemen' and the crew exploded in a round of hurrahs. Scarlett smiled and let out a sigh of relief, but she was struck with a seething pain emitting from her side, she decided to open the coat to see what was wrong. She opened the coat to see her shirt was covered in blood, the whole side stained red, the wound was deep, and she looked up at Norrington with terror in her eyes.

He lunged towards her as her legs gave way, his hands being stained with blood; he caught her and lowered her to the ground. She passed out, if the wound wasn't sealed, she wouldn't have long left…

I am so cruel...

So very very cruel...

OH WELL, the quote from her father is from Elizabeth: The Golden Age..great film and I love that quote

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