Chapter 1

This story begins where the previous ended. Jewel stood still, knowing the man before her should be dead. After all, she was the one who pulled the trigger. Although seemed in the instant of his reappearing, everybody had resigned themselves to knowing that Barbossa was the only one who could help them bring Jack back to the land of the living, but not her. Instead, she laughed.

"You expect me to sail with the man who killed my mother, who tried to kill me and my father, and who made my young life a LIVING HELL?" she said, "It's unbelievable. That's what makes it funny." After a moment of odd stares, Jewel's laughter subsided.

"Believe what you want, but I'm the only one who'll help bring your father back." Barbossa said, crossing his arms.

"Well, I believe that I should," Jewel said, "finish my job." She drew her sword and pointed it at Barbossa. "Come on then!" He rolled his eyes. Gibbs then wrapped his arms around Jewel, pinning her arms to her sides and lifitng her in the air.

"Gibbs! Let me go! That man needs to die!" she yelled

"Jewel, calm yourself!" he said

"He's right. You need to listen." Will said

"I'll listen to the sound of his dying breath, if you let me go." Jewel said, struggling to get free. "Release me!"

"Get her sword!" Gibbs ordered. Pintel and Ragetti nodded before prying the weapon out of her hand.

"No! Give it back!" Jewel commanded of them when Gibbs let her go. "Joshamee Gibbs, make them give me my sword back!"

"Sorry, but giving you the sword would not be the best of things." Pintel said

"Enough." Tia Dalma said. Everybody turned their attention to her. Jewel pouted and looked away, glaring at the floorboards.

"Although you do not like it young Sparrow, Barbossa is de only one who can help us bring your fader back from world's end." she said

"With all due respect, if he is here to help us, I think I can bring back my dad on my own, better, and faster than he ever could even dream it! I'd sooner trust a hog than him!" Jewel said, pulling an arm out to point at Barbossa.

"Well you're not the one I'd enjoy spending a moment at sea with!" Barbossa retorted

"What was that, first mate?" Jewel said mockingly.

"I didn't hear you, powder monkey!" Barbossa said with a smirk and raise of his eyebrows. Jewel growled at him, ready to attack the moment Gibbs' grip slackened.

"You two must learn how to trust each other." Tia said

"I doubt that will happen in this lifetime." Barbossa said

"No! I'm not trusting him. I'm not even sailing with him! I don't even want to be in the same room as him!" Jewel said, kicking her feet back and making Gibbs drop her in surprise. Instead of attacking Barbossa, she glared at him then headed for the door. She stopped in front of Pintel and Ragetti who shuddered when she looked at them.

"You can keep my sword." she said coldly.

"Where are you going?" Gibbs asked

"To save my father on my own." Jewel replied. Gibbs grabbed her shoulder to stop her.

"You'll do no such thing." he said

"I believe I can." she said, "With my dad's death, I am now captain of the Black Pearl, and as such I order you all to stay here while I go bring my father back."

"The Pearl sank though. You have no title of captain of a sunken vessel." Elizabeth said

"As one of the pirate lords, I have more title than you." Barbossa mentioned.

"I don't care! I am not sailing with You!" Jewel yelled. Gibbs stood in front of the door, arms crossed.

"I'm afraid you're not sailing off without him." he said. Jewel groaned and stomped past Barbossa, shoving him as she went past. She stopped in front of Tia Dalma and glared up at her expressionless face.

"Of all the people to bring back from the dead, why couldn't you have brought my mom back?" She yelled in her face. Before going up the stairs.

"With all do respect, I believe we can sail without her. A teenager like her would not be useful in anyway." Barbossa suggested

"If we're going to save her father, she deserves to come." Will said, "It only seems fair."

"She needs to come." Tia said. Barbossa groaned and rolled his eyes, thinking it was unfair he would have to deal with the young girl.

"De two need to trust one anoder." Tia said

"How? They'll kill each other if they're left alone." Elizabeth said

"I know how!" Ragetti said, raising his hand. When everybody turned to look at him, he slowly lowered it.

"I-I have an idea." he said

Jewel was asleep, the sound of the waves crashing against the shore was very calming to her. Wait a minute, she was in Tia's shack, down river. She sat up and opened her eyes, only seeing the red of her bandana. She took it off and blinked in the sunlight. She was on a beach, behind her was a bright green jungle.

"Where am I?" she asked, raising her left hand to shade her eyes. There was a manacle attached to it, clasped tightly around her wrist. She followed the chain and saw the man she hated lying face down in the sand next to her. His right arm was moved behind his back, the other manacle around that wrist. The realization of the situation set in.

"Bugger!" Jewel yelled to the sky. The man lying next to her stirred.

"Belay your yelling Sparrow." he said. He stood up. Jewel wasn't sure if he was unaware of the manacle or not, but when he stood, he pulled his right arm out and raised it in the air to stretch, dragging Jewel with him. Perhaps he did know, but didn't care. Typical.

"Where are we?" he asked, looking out at the water.

"I was hoping you would know. After all, you have experience with marooning people." Jewel pointed out, tying her bandana around her arm. Barbossa drew his pistol, aiming it at Jewel's heart.

"Why shouldn't I kill you?" he asked. Jewel stared down at the gun, then up at Barbossa. Her face was blank.

"Because then you'd be dragging my carcass around the island." Jewel said, before she sighed, "Which is why I can't kill you." She sat down in the sand. When she looked over at Barbossa, she noticed he had only his pistol, no sword, unlike her.

"We should head further inland, make a shelter and gather food." he said

"I'm staying here. Perhaps a passing ship can spot us and gives us safe passage home." Jewel said. Barbossa looked down at her.

"I'm doubtful of your idea, you staying here." Barbossa said before walking along the beach, dragging Jewel behind him, although she protested. She finally caught her footing and dug her feet into the sand.

"We are not going in there!" Jewel said, pulling on the chain. Barbossa grabbed onto it and began pulling back.

"Yes we are." he said. He yanked back on it, sending Jewel, and almost him, into the sand. Jewel sat up and felt something in her vest. She pulled out a folded up piece of parchment. She stood up opening it.

"Dear Jewel and Barbossa," she read aloud, "We hope that the two of you will learn to trust one another on this island. We are not on it, but a boat is. To find it, the both of you will need to come together and journey on without causing the death of the other. Signed Will and the former crew of the Black Pearl." When she turned the parchment over, she saw part of a map. It seemed to have been part of the island. There was also a dotted trail, but it was cut off.

"They left us here to die." Barbossa said

"Maybe." Jewel said, "But until we see them again, I suppose we will have to... Cooperate." She shuddered when she said the word. "Or at least make a charade of the sort."

"I suggest we move inland." Barbossa said

"I suggest we stay on the beach!" Jewel retorted, pulling back on the chain. The two glared at each other for a moment before turning to walk along the beach, striding forward and as far as they could from each other to the extent of their chains.