Five years after the girls washed onto the shore of a strange island, they came under the house of an ever-changing woman. A woman by the name of Tia voodoo witch, at the moment, was getting things prepared for a guest. A guest that she knew held a great importance for the future.
"Lee! Ella! I have a job for you to do!' She called as her nimble hands moved around a few jars with various contents around. Some are recognizable to be sand and shells but a few are a bit too strange to identify without the help of a label. She had just pushed one jar that was labeled: Lizard guts, when she heard footsteps going down the stairs nearby. Soon a blonde girl with blue eyes appeared behind Tia.
"Ah! Lee! Where is Ella?" Tia asked as she started to get up from where she was kneeling.
"I'm right here," Ella said as she came out from behind Lee, a smile was on her lips as she looked at the woman.
"Oh, there you are," she said with a soft smile on her lips and dusted her hands off on the gown she had on.
"So what do you need us to do?" Lee asked with a raised brow.
The goddess smiled as she gave each of them a big basket that was on the table near by. In each basket she had a couple of small jars, a bowl made out of wood, and a chisel with pick like tools. The girls raise their brows at the little group of items. Tia then picked up one of the small jars and looked at the girls through it. Their figures were disfigured and blobby but she knew her girls well.
"In these jars I would like saltwater from the sea and sand from the beach. Do you remember what I told you about these items?" She asked as she lowered the jar so she could see the two girls normally. She wanted to quiz them on their lesson that was told the past night.
"The saltwater represents water. It symbolizes emotions," Commented Ella.
"And the sand represents earth. It symbolizes stability," Finished Lee.
Tia Dalma grinned a toothy smile. She was pleased with their answers and nodded, "That is correct girls." She then put the jars back into their baskets before pulling out the small bowls.
"The bowls are for the herb Rosemary that grow on the cliffs by the shore where I found you. They are special for the ceremony that I will be having tonight," The goddess continued, "We only need a few sprigs." She then put the bowls back into the basket before grabbing the small tools. "Last but not least the tools to collect the minerals by the herbs."
Ella nodded gently. "Ok," replied Lee as they both gently grabbed their baskets and the tools she grabbed before putting them into their baskets once more.
"Be back soon, we are expecting company," Tia said.
Lee rose a brow as Ella blinked and said, "Hmmm, it's been awhile since we have had a visitor, other than the villagers of course."
The older woman nodded," It has, but this one is different. Now go, you don't have much time." She said gently before pushing them out the door.
It had been about an hour or so, for they had finished collecting the items that Tia wanted. They were by the rock formation only a few meters away from the shore that they had washed up on. The same beach that Tia Dalma had found them and brought them under her home. Lee stood up and began to dust the sand off of her tan skirt. She was going to say something to Ella when she spotted a drifting boat heading to them. Without warning, the young teen sprinted to the water. Into the water she went, without lifting her skirt so that the water line was clearly marked on her clothing. When she reached its side, she peaked in and gasped.
"ELLA! This man needs our help!"
The younger girl who was sitting by the rock formation looked up as her friend headed to the beach. When the older girl called for her she leapt to her feet and ran towards the ship. Her black dreadlocked ponytail swayed side to side before coming to a slow stop when she appeared next to Lee. Her brown eyes spotted the passed out man in the boat.
The man was fairly tall, tall enough to fit the boat. Only a few inches were left for space by his feet. Empty rum bottles were scattered around his splayed body. His dark, dreadlocked hair was barely covering his pale face. His eyes were marked with Kohll and his mouth was barely open. The red bandana that was wrapped around his head was either wet from sweat or from the surrounding sea. The hat, that the girls thought he wore all the time, was askew and barely on the ship.
"U..uh what should we do? He looks asleep, he doesn't look like he's in trouble," Ella stated as she scanned his form once more for any injuries that they might've missed the first time they looked.
"We should tell Tia…" Lee started but she stopped as the man blinked open his eyes at her. His dark brown eyes studied her before turning to Ella.
He then got up and smiled a bit crookedly before pointing a drooping finger at the young girl. "Tia darling, I thought you were taller."
Lee blinked in confusion before watching the two interact. Ella gave a deadpan look at the stranger before saying. "Um…...I'm not Tia."
He then squinted his eyes and got really close to her face before pulling back and said. "I knew that."
Ella then turned her head to Lee and said,"Yup, he's fine."
"Of course I'm fine," Retorted the man.
"So who are you?" Lee finally asked as she looked at him with slightly narrowed eyes.
He slowly stepped out of the boat and shook himself off, which seemed to have woken him up from his drunken stupor. He gave a charming smile and took off his hat as he bowed. "Captain Jack Sparrow, at your service, ladies," He said.
The girls were bewildered at the mis man. He was just asleep a minute ago from drunkenness but now he was up and respectful.
'O...kay then," Lee said unsurely.
"So are you here to see Tia? She did say she was expecting someone," Ella stated as she watched him.
"Indeed I am," Jack replied.
Lee then turned to Ella and brought her close to whisper in her ear. "Should we let him see her? H..he's pretty strange…"
"I can hear you, you know," Jack said as he placed his head near Lee's. Lee just rolled her eyes before looking at Ella once more.
Like her sister, Ella rolled her eyes before saying,"So am I, besides Tia said she was expecting someone."
Lee muttered something under her breath before sighing,"...fine."
Ella beamed before looking to Jack. "Just let us grab our stuff and we can take you to her."
"Alright," Jack said as he watched the girls head over to where they were last. His eyes wandered around the area, first from his boat, to the rock formation, and then to the small trail that he thought led to Tia Dalma. It was rather different than the water way that he usually took.
It wasn't long before Lee and Ella was by the entrance of the small trail. Lee had cupped her hands as she shouted towards Jack. "She is this way!"
