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A/N: Hey y'all it be me again! Thanks for everyone who's been reviewing! As promised, and I'm sooo glad that I've been able to do this, here's your weekly chapter!

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While Jack, Will, and Mr. Gibbs were enjoying themselves in Tortuga, Elizabeth was going through what was a nightmare that came alive. She was stuck on the Black Pearl, waiting. Eventually, two pirates, a fat one called Pintel and a skinny one, who could remove one of his eyes, called Ragetti, who were more or less, the two stupidest and goofbally-est nimrods out of the whole crew, walked in carrying a dress.

"You'll be dining with the captain. And you'll be wearing this dress," said Pintel.

"Well you can tell your captain that 'I am disinclined to acquiesce to his request,' " she answered snootily and matter-of-factorly.

Pintel and Ragetti smiled and looked at each other. "He said you'd say that," answered Pintel. "He also said that if that be the case, you'll be dining, with, the crew. And you'll be naked." Ragetti smiled even wider and giggled. Elizabeth looked even angrier than she was earlier and quickly grabbed the dress. "Fine." Both of the pirates looked equally disappointed and walked out. Then just as quickly as she had grabbed the dress, she changed into it and was led to the table. There she found some of the finest cuisine that she had almost never seen. (Being the daughter of a rich governor can tend to be that way) There was roasted pig, sweet bread, chicken legs, basically you name, it was there! Without speaking, Elizabeth sat down and began to eat very slowly and politely.

Captain Barbossa scoffed, "There's no need to be polite, you're not trying to impress anyone. You must be hungry." Elizabeth paused and pondered for a second. Then she grabbed the chicken she was eating and took a huge bite out of it while Barbossa only watched in wonder. He grabbed a bottle of wine, poured it, and offered her some whispering, "Try the wine." Elizabeth greedily took it and gulped it down without a word. "And some apples? One of those next?"

Elizabeth suddenly stopped, surprising Barbossa and the monkey a little more and whispered, "It's poisoned!"

Barbossa laughed. "There'll be no sense in killin' yeah Miss Turner"

"Then release me! You have your trinket I'm of no further value to you."

Barbossa took out the medallion and said, "You don't know this is…do you, Miss Turner?"

"It's pirate money."

"This is Aztec Gold. One of 882 identical pieces left in a stone chest once owned by Cortes himself. The greed of Cortes was sensational. The heathen gods placed on the treasure, a terrible curse. Any mortal that removes but a single piece should be punished, for eternity."

"I hardly believe in ghost stories anymore, Captain Barbossa."

"Aye," Barbossa got up and walked around, "that's exactly what I thought about the curse. Buried on an island that cannot be found except by those who already know where it is. Find it we did, there be the chest, inside was gold. We took 'em all. Spent the on things, fritted them away. Used for food, drink, and pleasurable company.

"The more we gave away, the more we came to realize. The drink would not satisfy. Food turned to ash in our mouths. And all the pleasurable company in the world couldn't slake our lust. We are cursed men, Miss Turner. Compelled by greed, we were. But now, we are consumed by it."

The monkey began to jump and screech while Captain Barbossa was telling the story and finally it caught Barbossa's attention. He turned and walked to the monkey to comfort it and Elizabeth saw her chance. She grabbed a knife from the table and hid it in a napkin.

"And there's one way that we can end our curse…" Barbossa trailed off, not taking his eyes off the monkey and giving it the medallion. "All the scattered pieces of the gold must be restored and the blood repaid. Thanks to ye, we have the final piece."

"And the blood to be repaid?" she asked with fear in her voice.

"That's why there's no sense in killing you…yet." Elizabeth looked up even more fearful than earlier. "Apple?"

Elizabeth got up and slammed the apple out of his hand. She took out the knife and Barbossa acted scared. She made a run for it while Barbossa chased after her. Elizabeth went behind a pole with Barbossa right on her trail. She went one way and Barbossa went that way saying, "Arr!" She went the other way but Barbossa cut her off. He grabbed her arm and she turned around and stabbed him right where his heart would be. She gasped as Barbossa looked down at the knife.

He pulled it out slowly, showing blood on it and turned back to Elizabeth saying, "I'm curious, after killing me, what were you thinking of doing next?"

Still gasping and panting, she walked backward not taking her eyes off of him and ran out onto the deck. She looked around and even more fear filled her. She saw rotting skeletons everywhere. She was pushed into a wheel (sorry I don't know what it's called) and was pushed around that was also being powered by skeletons. She let out a scream as she fell down but was pushed up by pirates who were holding a sheet. She was pushed up twice and caught by another skeleton that was swinging on a rope. She screamed even louder as it grunted in her face. They landed on deck and she ran to the wheel. The pirate was on the other side and held out its hands while she spun the wheel. The knobs kept on hitting the skeleton's head until it was flung backwards but still connected. The pirate grabbed its head and pulled it back in place. She ran down some stairs and hid under ther. Suddenly, a skeleton monkey dropped down holding the medallion and screeched in her ear. She ran back to where Barbossa was still standing and ran into him.

He whirled her around saying, "Look! The moonlight shows us for what we really are. We are not among the living so we cannot die. But neither are we dead. For too long I've been parched and unable to quench it. Too long I've been starving to death and have not died. I feel nothing. Not the wind on my face nor the spray of the sea nor the warmth of a women's flesh." He reached out and his hand turned into a skeleton's. "You best start believing in ghost stories, Ms. Turner." He took a step forward and turned completely into a skeleton. "You're in one!" He took out a bottle of rum and drank it. Elizabeth could see it go down to where his stomach would be. She ran back inside and Barbossa threw the bottle at the door. He closed it and laughed, soon all the skeletons joined in. He stopped suddenly and yelled, "What are you looking at? Back to work!"

"You heard the captain! Back to work!" someone yelled as everyone went back to work.

Elizabeth had found a corner and sat there in a fetal position. At every noise she twitched and tried to see where it came from.

So, how was that? I'm sorry that I didn't update last weekend but I was very, very busy. I had half of it done but had to go to a lot of places…well, as always, R&R!