It wasn't long before the three of them came upon the hut of Tia, the girl's' guardian. Lee opens the door and lets them come in. There Tia was standing over a pot near the corner of her room where her table was. Her hands were fiddling with a few chicken legs as she threw them onto the table beside her to read them but when she was finished she looked up and grinned big.
"Jack Sparrow. I've been expecting you."
"Tia Dalma!" Jack grinned before looking at her quizzically, "How were you expecting me?" He raised a brow.
Tia ignored his question before turning to her girls. "Darlings, place the baskets over here," She said as she pointed to a rather small table on the other side of the pot. Usually it would be cluttered with odds and ends, but now it was cleared.
They nodded before placing them onto the table and quietly stepped back. Tia then grins before she steps behind the pot. She gently picked up a bottle of sand from both baskets and poured it in. A sizzle could be heard before she plucked a few shells and placed them into a small bowl that she had beside her and started to ground them into smaller pieces. Soon she sprinkled them in with a bit of ocean water and a small puff of sandy colored smoke rose up from within the pot.
Tia then turned around to pluck a feather from a bird that was resting in a hanging cage and swiped it so the individual pieces went into her mysterious mixture. From beside the small bowl which she grounded the shells in, were two flint rocks that she picked up and sparked into the mixture. The smoke then became thicker and turned into a slightly darker grey color. All the while as she performed her ritual a grin was on her face. She then leaned over and plucked a hair from both girls and placed them in. The smoke then changed into a bluish tint at once.
Tia then picked up a knife and placed the blade on the tip of her finger and proceeded to cut herself. .Three drops of blood fell into the pot. The smoke then transitioned to white.
"Now one last piece," Tia remarked before turning her gaze to Jack.
"Now wait a minute darling, " Jack began as he brought his hands up, "I was only here to get information of the Pearl."
"The Pearl?" Ella asked with a tilted head. Though she was shushed by Lee as Tia spoke up.
"Make a deal with ye Jack," Tia began, "Add piece of yourself to the pot and become girls protector and godfather and I'll give you information." She explained
At first Jack was shocked before starting to weigh the options. First he raised his left hand then his right, then back to his left. "You have yourself an accord."
"Excellent, now a piece of ye?" Tia Dalma said as she held an open hand to him.
Jack then looked at himself as he tried to figure out what to give her. He pulled his hair but decided against it. HE then spotted an overgrown fingernail and pondered on it before grasping it and pulling it off with a little difficulty. He then leaned over and let the piece of him drop into her open palm.
The girl's who watched had a tiny look of disgust as he did so. Tia just took it and dropped it with the mixture and the smoke turned pure white and bubbling could be heard. Then the smoke started to disappear into nothing. The voodoo lady then dipped her fingers in and scraped out some blue-green slime-like gel before rubbing it on the girl's right wrists.
She then closed her eyes and began to chant, "Gruw rasha qarrashb ug rasha qaqar a rupuaw rashaqa wr baxiq!" As the power of the chant was finally said, her eyes opened to reveal her eyes white and glowed as she bellowed with power in her voice, " You will now be called Fae.." She said as she curled Lee's hand up into a ball. "And Carmella!" She then closed Ella's hand in the same way she did with Lee's.
At the end of the last word the two girls blacked out and fell backwards. Lee's hair turned from brunette to pure white blonde, the color of the pale moon at night, her skin turned a few shades paler as well. Ella, beside her, turned tanner and her dark brown hair turned to pitch black. The transformation was almost complete.
A smile appeared on Tia's face as she bent down, her eyes now back to normal as she whispered to the girls.
"My daughters," the voodoo queen whispered. Jack, who had watched the whole ritual being performed and was now standing there in shock as Ella opened her eyes. Her brown eyes were slowly started to change color until they were now sea green.
Gruw rasha qarrashb ug rasha qaqar a rupuaw rashaqa wr baxiq! - By the power of the deep I make thee my kind