Chapter 7 - The fight and control the sea

Ragetti and Pintel are rowing the boat with Jack and his jar of dirt in it, James at the prow. "You're pulling too fast." Pintel said.

"You're pulling too slow." said Ragetti.

" We don't want the Kraken to catch us. I'm saving me strength for when it comes. Just don't think it's Kraken, anyways. Always heard it says Kray-ken." Pintel said.

"What with the long 'a'? " Ragetti asked.

"Aha."

"No no no no no. "Kroken"'s how it's pronounced in the original Scandinavian, and "Kraken"'s closer to that." Ragetti argued with Pintel.

"Well, we ain't original Scandinavians, are we? Kray-ken."

"It's a mythological creature; I can calls it what I wants!"

Jack puts his coat in the boat and picks up a shovel. "Guard the boat; mind the tides... don't touch my dirt." Jack said.

James  and Jack follow Elizabeth across the island as she leads them with the compass.

Elizabeth starts walking in circles. The compass needle points to Jack once more and she shakes it. "This doesn't work. And it certainly doesn't show you what you want most." She said and  sits down cross-legged on the sand.

Jack walks over and looks at the compass. "Yes, it does, you're sitting on it." He said.

"Beg pardon?" Elizabeth asked.

Jack shoos her off. "Move." He said and whistles to James  to start digging.

James starts digging.

"Guard the boat, mind the tide... " Said Pintel.

Ragetti balancing the shovel on his hand. "I can join the circus."

"Mind if I shine your shoes, sir?" Said Pintel and they are seen by Davy Jones through his telescope.

"They're here. And I cannot set foot on land for near of a decade." Said Davy Jones.

" Trust us to act in your stead?" Maccus asked.

"I'll trust you to know what awaits you should you fail! Down then." Davy Jones replied. The Crew shouts. Ragetti and Pintel run when they hear the thud of the Flying Dutchman descending below the water.

Jack is meditating while Norrington digs, suddenly he hits something solid, they all look down into the hole.!The sand is swept off the wooden chest holding the actual chest and Jack breaks it open, on top lie letters and under them, the chest of Davy Jones. They put their ears to it and it thumps.

"That's .....the heart?" James asks looking at Jack.

"Yes. It's the heart Norrie."

James rolled his eyes at Jack.

"It's real." Said Elizabeth.

"You actually were telling the truth." James said.

"I do that quite a lot, yet people are still surprised." Jack said.

Will walks up to them. "With good reason." He said.

"Will." Elizabeth runs to him. "You're alright, thank God! I came to find you." They kiss while Jack watch jealously out of the corner of their eye.

James was watching as well.

"How did you get here?"

"Sea turtles, mate. A pair of them strapped to my feet."

"Not so easy is it?"

"But I do owe you thanks, Jack."

"You do?"

"After you tricked me onto that ship, to square your debt with Jones."

"What?" Elizabeth asked.

Jack said in a high-pitched tone of voice. "What?"

"I was reunited with my father."

"Oh, well, you're welcome, then."

"Everything you said to me, every word was a lie! " Elizabeth said.

"Pretty much. Time and tide, love." Jack said to Elizabeth. Will unsheathes his father's knife and kneels next to the chest. "Oi, what are you doing?" Jack asked Will.

"I'm gonna kill Jones." Will answered. Jack takes out his sword and levels it at him.

"Can't let you do that, William. 'Cause if Jones is dead, who's to call his terrible beastie off the hunt, eh?" Jack said. Will looks like he's relented and stand up, key still in hand. "Now, if you please." Jack reaches out for the key. "The key."

Will snatches Elizabeth's sword from her. "I keep the promises I make, Jack. I intend to free my father. And I hope you're here to see it."

"I can't let you do that, either. So sorry. " James said pulling his sword out.

"I knew you'd warm up to me eventually." Jack said.

James pointed his sword at Jack now. Will now turns his to James and they form a triangle. "Lord Beckett desires the contents of that chest. I deliver it: I get my life back." James said.

"Ah. The dark side of ambition." Jack said to James.

"Oh, I prefer to see it as the promise of redemption." James said and they start fighting each other.

Once Jack got a chance he took it and ran off. James followed after him.

"Stop it!" Said Elizabeth and she is ignored. Will falls. "Will!" she said and kneels to help him up.

"Guard the chest." Will said and runs after the two fighting.

"No!" She said and runs after them ,she goes on a tirade while they ignore her and instead fight each other. "This is not funny! This is no way for grown men to – Oh, fine! Let's just pull out our swords and start banging away at each other, that's all there ever is. I've had it! I've had it with wobbly-legged, rum-soaked pirates!" She said and doesn't notice Pintel and Ragetti just behind her.

"How'd this go all screwy ?" Pintel said watching the scene.

"Well, each wants the chest for hisself, don't 'e? Mr. Norrington, I think, is trying to regain a bit of honor. Ol' Jack's looking to trade it, save his own skin. And Turner there – I think 'e's trying to settle some unresolved business twixt him and his twice-cursed pirate father. " said Ragetti.

Pintel nods in agreement.

Elizabeth is saying in the distance. "This is madness!"

"Sad." Pintel said.Ragetti nods. "That chest must be worth more than a shiny penny."

Ragetti tsk and said "Terrible temptation."

"If we was any kind of decent, we'd remove temptation from their path." said Pintel and they look at each other, laugh and go off to get the chest.

Elizabeth still throwing rocks. "Enough! Oh. Oh! The heat." She shouts and pretends to faint, they continue to ignore her. She sits up and finally spots Ragetti and Pintel making off with the chest. She runs after them.

James,Jack and William are still fighting over the chest.

Jack falls. "Bugger." He said , gets the key and runs off. The two following still fighting.

James pulls Will back and Will falls, then James kicks sand in Will's face. "By your leave, Mr. Turner." James said, mock-bows before him and goes after Jack.

On the beach, Jones's pirates are surfacing. They shamble up to the chest and find it gone.

Pintel and Ragatti notice the crew of Jones and Ragatti starts to panic a little.

James is in pursuit of Jack. They fight up the stairs of what used to be a mill. James gets the key and Jack looses his balance and grabs a bell-rope, so he goes down and Will, who's caught up, goes up and grabs the key from James.

Will lands on the top-most level. "By your leave, Mr. Norrington." Will said. James takes off after him.

The Undead pirates on the beach come up to the chest at the precise moment that the bell starts tolling, and figuring that's where the chest must've gone, follow the bell.

Will and James take their fight outside, Jack following with a cautious step after them at a leisurely pace. Will has the key in the hand not holding his sword and Jack tries to catch it, but as Will is still fighting, it is a little difficult; once he has it, the two turn on him.

Jack is disarmed. James said to Will. "Do excuse me while I kill the man who ruined my life."

"Be my guest." Will replied.

"Let us examine that claim for a moment, former Commodore, shall we? Who was it that at the very moment you had a notorious pirate safely behind bars saw fit to free said pirate and take your dearly beloved all to hisself... aye? So whose fault is it really that you've ended up a rum-pot deckhand what takes orders from pirates?" Jack said to James.

"Enough!" James said and takes a swipe at Jack who somersaults off the roof and safely lands on the ground. "Unfortunately, Mr. Turner... he's right!" James continues and turns on Will.

Jack finds his sword and sheathes it. "Still rooting for you, mate." Jack said and jauntily walks off with the key now around his neck. He doesn't watch where he's going and falls in a grave and looks around and sees James and Will sword fighting on a mill. They're weight ends up breaking the mill.

James and Will were still fighting on the wheel.

Pintel is running through the jungle with the chest. "We've got it!" He said. Elizabeth steps in their path and reaches for a sword that isn't there. Ragetti and Pintel take out theirs. " 'Ello, poppet." They pause to stare at the giant wheel rolling by with James and Will still sword-fighting, Jack in close pursuit behind them; they shrug and continue to advance on Elizabeth; that's when a hatchet thuds into the nearest tree trunk, Davy Jones's Crew coming upon them; Elizabeth gets the swords handed to her and Ragetti and Pintel shag up the chest; all three make a run for it; the chest meets a tree and is dropped, to protect it, Elizabeth steps into a fight.

Jack finally catches up with the wheel and decided to have another go at running on the inside; before the key reaches him, Will falls and seeing the key right under him, snatches it; he now fight with Jack, James joining them soon after.

Being one sword short, Elizabeth, Ragetti and Pintel have to share while they fight the Undead pirates.

James , Jack and Will were still on the wheel fighting while Pintel,Elizabeth and Ragatti were fighting the undead crew of pirates.

Jack manages to break the string the key was attached to and having got his prize, leaves the wheel quickly, latching onto a palm tree; just in time, too, as the wheel rolls off a slope; when the leaf he's holding breaks off, he lands on the ground along with a few solid looking fruit; he sees the pirate rushing through the trees with the chest in hand.

"Hmm." Jack said and hefts one of the fruit and throws it at the pirate; the throw knocks the pirate off his feet and consequently knocks his head off.

"Anido. Anido! Follow my voice, follow my voice!" Said the undead pirate, the body stumbles around; Jack takes advantage and walks up to the chest with the key. "To the left. No! Other left. Go..." said the pirate and the body walks into a palm tree. "No, that's a tree."

"Oh, shut it." Jack said and turns the key in the lock and the chest opens with a clang; he opens the lid and reveals a still beating heart, picks it up and stuffs it down his shirt when Elizabeth and company run in, slamming the lid of the chest shut before he goes; Ragetti and Pintel resume carrying the now empty chest and they go on running to the beach.

Jack runs towards their abandoned boat. "Jar of dirt!" He said and finds it and after spilling some dirt out, stuffs the heart inside and covers it with some of the dirt he's spilled out; just as he closes the lid one of Jones's Crew comes at him.Jack fights with an oar.

Elizabeth and company make it out onto the beach as well, and Will and James are still rolling around and around in their wheel, which is heading towards the beach; it rolls over a few of the pirates Elizabeth is fighting with and finally, with a groan, stops and falls over; James and Will climb out with some difficulty, very dizzy after their ride; they can't walk or stand straight and keep falling over.

James smiled to himself a little.

Will sees the fight. "Great." He tries to walk to it and falls over and can't seem to get up. James's a bit more successful, as he runs to the boat, grabs the Letters of Marque out of Jack's Jacket pocket and notices some spilled dirt, being clever, he realizes what must've been done and he put something into the front of his shirt.

James smiled even more to himself for getting the letters of Marque.

Ragetti and Pintel thinking themselves clever, place the chest into the boat and push off, Will stops them and levels his sword at them; they go for their own before realizing Elizabeth's got them; they shrug and brandish a net and an oar against him; that's when Will spots the chest and forgetting the two, picks it up instead; Jack notices his noticing and "accidentally" knocks Will out with his oar.

"Will." Elizabeth said and runs over to Will lying half in half out of the boat.

"Leave him lie! Unless you plan on using him to hit something with." Jack said. The undead Crew close in on them.

"We're not coming out of this." Elizabeth said.

"Not with the chest. Into the boat." James said and grabs the chest.

"You're mad." Elizabeth said.

"Don't wait for me." James said and runs off as a distraction with the chest clutched close. The  undead Crew follows.

James was running as fast as he could away from the undead crew.

James runs for a while through the trees before he trips and falls, he reaches for his sword but the pirate who had previously lost his head and is not holding it in his hand steps on it.

"Your bravery is wasted. I shall pry the chest away from your cold... dead... hands." He said.

"Here you go." James said and throws it to the pirate who drops his head and catches the chest; he runs off; the Crew have a laugh at his expense.

His body walks away with the chest, leaving the head. "What... Anido, Anido! Pirates." The Pirate said and rolls into the conch and a crab emerges from the shell and crawls after the pirates. "Come back here. Hey,—??"

Time skip

Ekaterina's ship the HMS Victory is sailing near the island.

James sees it and waves his arms hoping they'd see him.

Ekaterina is looking at the island through her telescope. She orders her man to sail near the island as she saw something waving at her direction.

James noticed they'd changed course towards the island.

Some Russian Navy sails towards the island with a boat.

James smiled.

They saw him. "Are you lost?" One of the Lieutenant asked.

"No.....but we must get out of here quick. Like right now" James said in a hurry.

"Alright." They help him into the boat and starts to sail back to the HMS Victory.

They are soon aboard the HMS Victory.

James climbed aboard and saw Ekaterina.

"Hello.James Norrington. Do you need some change of clothes?" She asked.

"Yes please but you must get this ship out of here now" James said.

"Why?" She asked but ordered her men to sail away from the island.

"Davy Jones and his crew are in these waters" James told her quietly.

"What?" She asked. She walks into the captain quarters and give him a new pair of breeches, a new shirt and a long coat.

"Thank you. Um do you happen to have anything I could use to get rid of this?" James asked gesturing to his beard.

"Umm...I don't have a knife for beard....I can help you to ask one of my lieutenant if you want."

"Um thanks..." James said then hugged her.

She walks out and close the door behind her. She goes to find Lieutenant Baker to borrow his knife for beard. She walks back to her quarters 10 minutes later with the knife.

"Thank you" James said when she returned.

She gives him the knife. "I will leave you to change then. Oh and there are a bathtub with some fresh waters in and clean towels. So you can clean yourself if you want." She said as she points at the bathtub in the corner of the room and leaves the room.

"Thank you" James said before she left. James cleaned himself up. Changed into the fresh clothes then shaved his beard.

Ekaterina is in the kitchen of the ship. She takes some bread and soup and walks back to her quarters. She knocked on the door.

"Its alright to come in" James told her whipping his face off with a towel.

She opens the door. "I have gotten some food for you." She puts down the tray on her table.

He turns around. "Thank you." James said with a smile.

She sits down on her bed and looks at him. "You are welcome."

"I missed you" James said to her.

"James. I missed you too."

"How have you been?" James said.

"I am doing good. How about you? I guess not that good...as you are thrown into the pigs when I last saw you..." She said.

"Well the plan I told you about worked.....so I'm doing great. Do you think you could make a stop at Port Royal?" James asked.

"Ummm....sure. Do you want me to come with you?" She asked.

"Only if you don't mind dealing with Cutler Beckett" James said to her.

"As the next queen, I think I won't mind. I wonder if I can see Theo and Andrew...." she said.

"I'm sure you will. They've missed you" James said.

"I missed them too." She said. They are sailing towards Port Royal.

When they arrived James hopped off the ship and onto the harbor.

She followed him.

James smiled slightly heading to where Cutler Beckett lived/stayed.

Some of her lieutenants followed her as well.

His guards saw us coming and let us in.

They walked in.

The guards led them to Cutler Becketts office. Cutler sat at his desk signing papers looking over each and everyone of them.

They looked at him. The Lieutenants of the Russian Royal Navy stand guard near Ekaterina and James.

James smiled at her.

But she isn't looking at James. She is looking at Beckett and Mercer along with her Lieutenants.

Beckett looks up. "Mr.Norrington?" He said asking if it was James.

"Yes. It is him Beckett." Said Ekaterina. She glared at Beckett who is looking at her.

Beckett only smiled at her when she glared at him. "Well then Norrington what is it you came here for?" Beckett asked as James pulled out a small brown bag along with papers.

"What is this ?" Beckett asked.

James gave him the heart and the letters.

"The heart along with these" James said as he passed the letters to Beckett.

Beckett looks at the letter. It seems James Norrington has taken the liberty to fill his name on the letter and wants to be a privateer. He looks into the brown bag and saw Davy Jones's heart in it. He smirked.

James was waiting for him to say something.

"You want to be a privateer?" Beckett asked.

"Yes please" James said.

"Or I think better. Reinstatement to your former rank and status, all rights and privileges attendant. And I believe a promotion is due, as well. Do you agree, Admiral Norrington?" Beckett asked. James's commodore sword is in a box on the desk.

James looks at it then at him and nods.

Beckett smirked. "But you need to promise me one thing...." he said.

James takes the sword out and aims it at the heart. "Give the order sir"

"Oh, no, no, no. No. That would be terribly imprudent. Where is the profit in killing Jones when we can instead add another ship to your fleet? And I will marry Isabelle Evans if you want to be an Admiral." Beckett smirked. "Or it will cause your twin sister's happiness as she will marry me."

James froze at his words.

Ekaterina was frozen at Beckett's words.

"So what is your decision? Admiral?" Beckett asked James.

"I-I'm not sure..." James said studdering on his words. Maybe if he talked to his sister about it she'd know what to do.

"You will decide it now or you will go to the brig at once."

"May I talk to my sister. For a few moments?" James asked.

"You may..." he said.

Ekaterina is very angry at Beckett's words . She went back to her ship.

James went to his sister. "Jasmine?"

"James?" Jasmine asked and hugged him.

James hugged her "sis I don't know what to do. Beckett either wants to marry you or Isabelle. I want you to be happy but I also want Isabelle to marry me. Can you help? Please" James asked explaining everything to her.

"What do you want me to do...? I love Theo...."

"I know you love him...." James said he was on the edge of crying.

"James....don't cry...."

He hugged Jasmine. "What should I do?" James asked he was thinking about running away from his problems but he couldn't they'd find him.

"Fine...I will do it.....but don't bother to talk to me anymore...." Jasmine said and pushed James away from her. She walked away.

"Jasmine. No you shouldn't have to marry him...I'm sorry" James said he wanted her to be happy.

She left already.

James walked into Beckett's office again.

Beckett is looking at him, along with Mercer.

James sighed.

"So what is your decision?" Beckett asked.

"You may marry my sister" James said looking at the ground.

"So you will give away your sister's happiness instead of your own?"

James held himself together. "Actually no....marry Isabelle. Let my sister have her happiness. I'll give up my own." James said.

He raised an eyebrow. "If this is your final decision..." Beckett said.

"Yes it is" James said.

"So I am going to find Isabelle Evans. And told her this decision that is make by us." Beckett said.

Ekaterina is sacred. She don't know what to do. Her lieutenants said they can left Port Royal and go back to Russia.

James nods.

"Your new uniform will be sent to your old house later this evening." Beckett said.

"Thank you" James said.

He left with Mercer to find Isabelle.

James left the office and went to his old house. He opened the door.

Amethyst is in the house with Andrew.

James walked in and saw them. "Andrew?Amethyst?" James asked.

"James? Is that really you....?" Andrew asked.

"Yes its me" James said. His voice had a sad tone in it.

"What happened?" Amethyst asked.

"Beckett is marrying Isabelle. It was either her or Jasmine. And I gave up my happiness for her." James said as the tears rolled down his cheeks.

"What?! Why would Beckett do that?" Amethyst asked.

"He likes them both I'm guessing he couldn't decide so he had me pick for him." James said shuddering on every word.

"That's cruel and sick..." Andrew said.

James hugged Andrew.

"What are you going to do?" Andrew asked. "And where is Jasmine?"

"Jasmine ran off and I have no idea what I'm going to do" James said.

"Why she ran off through.....?" Amethyst asked.

"She thought that I was going to choose her. So she ran off"

"There is a chance that she goes to find Theo."

"Lets hope so"

"Should we try and find her?"

"Yeah"

"Let's go then." Amethyst said.

James nods then walks out the door looking for Jasmine.

Andrew and Amethyst followed.

James knocked on the door of Theo's house hoping she'd be there.

Theo opened the door.

"Is Jasmine here? If not where is she?" James said a little panicked.

"Yes. She is!" He slapped at him.

"I deserved that" James said.

"Definitely! You make her to marry Beckett! You know I love her! But you still do that!"  Theo said.

"No I had Beckett marry....Isabelle instead. I'm sorry"

Theo looks surprised. "Why Beckett make this deal actually...? And why will you do that?"

"I don't know. Because he liked both and couldn't decide. I guess. And I did it because I wanted my sister to be happy" James said sadly.

"Or maybe he wants you to suffer. But why?"

"I don't know I gave him the heart of Jones along with some of his letters that were stolen from him" James said to Theo.

"Hmm...I wonder what happened then...."

James was deep in thought "May I speak with Jasmine. I want to apologize to her" James said.

"Sure...she is in the guest room."

"Thank you Theo" James said walking in and going to the guest room. He knocked on the door. "Jasmine. May I come in?" James asked.

Jasmine knows it is James. She didn't respond to him.

James sighed "Jasmine I'm sorry" James said "I would never have you get married to that man. So I told him he couldn't marry you. I'm sorry" James said from behind the door.

"Wait....then what happened?" She asked.

"I told him to marry Isabelle. Not you" James said to her now sitting beside the door on the floor.

"But you loved her!" She said.

"And you love Theo. I can't take someone else's happiness away. Its not right. Besides he'd never find her. She's too busy with important things of her own" James said hoping Beckett didn't know about Isabelles brother being Isabelle and having a different name.

"Thank you....."She said, she can feel James is heartbroken currently.

"You're welcome sis" James said as he then stood up. "Jasmine can I tell you something? In private that no one else can know" James asked.

"Huh? Sure." She said. She is drawing in the room currently.

James opened the door then shut it behind him. "You remember Isabelle's brother right?" James asked.

"Yes. Lieutenant Perseus Evans. He disappeared soon after Jack's escape in Port Royal ."

"Well....Isabelle is Perceus and Isabelle isn't her name. Its Ekaterina. She lived in Russia and I've kept her secret for so long. I didn't want to tell anyone. Because I didn't want her to get caught" James told her.

"What?! She is a Russian? Wow! I am a bit speechless."

"Yes she is also a princess" James said.

"So James Norrington. You are telling me that you are in love with a Russian princess?"

"Yes. I am." James told her as he sat next to her.

She looks at him like he has grown two heads.

"Jasmine. Please don't give me that look. Its true I love her" James said.

"Alright...." she said. "What are you going to do now...?"

"I don't know. Maybe get to her first if she is still at the docks" James said.

"Then why don't you go now?" She asked.

The HMS Victory is already sailing away.

James hugged his twin "I hope I get there first." James said running out the door and out of the house. "I'll be back Theo" James yelled to Theo as he ran to the harbour.

"Alright." Theo said.

James got to the harbour looking around and not seeing Beckett. Which was good. He then looked around for Isabelle.

Ekaterina is in the captain's office. She was thinking about her days with James while they were in the navy.

James sighed not seeing her ship. "Damn it. I'm too late." James said while noticing a small boat in the harbor. He came up with a plan. He looked around seeing if there was an owner then hopped in and got the sails ready. It started sailing out to the ocean. He smiled.

Lieutenant Baker told her that they need to buy some food in the next Port, because of they are running out of food. Ekaterina agreed.

James took out his spy glass once he thought he saw something. He smiled when it was the HMS Victory. Far but he could get to it. He took out some paddles and used those to get to the ship faster. It took him about 20 minutes to get there. He climbed the ladder.

Ekaterina is bored. She starts to draw a picture of her and James.

James sneaks into the captain's cabin.

She is focused on her drawing that she don't know James is in the room with her.

James saw her drawing a picture and smiled.

She is drawing James currently.

James walks up and sits next to her.

She saw him. She jumped up slightly.

James smiled and then hugged her.

"What are you doing here?" She asked as he hugged her.

"Here to tell you that you need to get back to Russia safely before Beckett gets to you and figures out that your the one I love" James says keeping his low voice.

"Okay. I love you. Will you stay with me?" She asked.

"It would seem suspicious but yes I will stay....by the way none of your men know that I'm here" James said.

"Okay" She said. Suddenly, the Flying Dutchman appeared near the HMS Victory.

James looked out the window and panicked.

She looks out the window and she is shocked.

"Shit" James huffed under his breath.

"What should we do now?" She asked.

But the Flying Dutchman is looking at Port Royal.

"Hurry up and get out of here now" James said panicked.

She went out of her cabin and ordered her men to sail out of the area quickly.

James kept an eye on the Dutchman.

The Dutchman is sailing towards Port Royal. Davy Jones is glaring at Beckett.

Ekaterina is looking at the Flying Dutchman as well.

Beckett was looking back at Jones.

James smiled "He has his focus on Cutler so we're safe" James said to himself.

Beckett smirked at Jones.

Ekaterina looks down at the map which is on her desk.

"So I can control the sea now." Beckett said to Ian Mercer.