Two Sparrows And A Blood Debt – (1)

Disclaimer: I have nothing to do with Pirates Of The Caribbean whatsoever.

Authors Note: If you have not read my 'You Forget One Very Important Thing Mate' story you should. This is the DMC based sequel to it.

Ashley Sparrow sat in Tia Dalma's shack, chopping up leaves for another one of Tia's ridiculous concoctions.

As had it been ever since her father; Captain Jack Sparrow left her there. To save her from the legendary Davy Jones apparently, however Ashley often wondered if it was something more. She had, more or less, become a kind of apprentice to Tia Dalma, learning everything the mystic woman knew. This was actually not as interesting as it looked, especially for Ashley who hated to be stuck in one place all of the time.

She still wore her pirate clothes, brown mens trousers, black boots, a white shirt and black bandanna. She still had her cutlass safely on her belt. Not her pistol though, Cotton had neglected to give it back to her. Not that it really mattered. Nothing happened in the shack, or the swamp really. Tia Dalma often sent Ashley out in a small boat to gather herbs and other things that were needed.

Ashley clung to her old life on the Pearl, hoping that Jack would soon return to get her. But Jack could be dead as far as Ashley knew. Davy Jones was out to get him, and Davy Jones was one of the most feared men of the sea. Maybe even the most feared. It had been about a month since the day Jack had brought Ashley to Tia Dalma.

It had been a month of sadness really. Ashley came to realize that her life hadn't been going so well after she found out Jack was her father. All manner of bad things that could happen, happened. But she was sure, if Jack ever did return. She would go with him, whether he liked it or not.

Tia Dalma and Jack must have had some kind of past, but Tia never seemed to talk about it. Only the fact that Jack was a 'great man' and that if anything was to happen, she would be most upset.

Ashley had turned seventeen in Jack's absence, and on that day, Tia Dalma had granted Ashley a great power. She told Ashley to look into a large mirror, and that she would see Jack. For the first few seconds, nothing happened, but suddenly Jack's face came into view, he was at the helm of the Pearl. Ashley had gazed upon her father for very little time, because the mirror changed and Jack vanished, leaving Ashley staring at herself.

That was the only time Tia had let Ashley see Jack. No matter how much she begged, Tia Dalma insisted that it could not be done. And so Ashley stopped asking.

As she chopped up some rather odd looking black leaves Ashley thought to herself, of her life, friends, Jack everything and anything to pass the time away.

Tia Dalma was sat opposite her, glaring into a bowl of grey murky water, her eyes widened, a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth, But she restrained it.

"Child," Tia said, Ashley looked up.

"Yes?" Ashley replied. She had lost her sailors way of talking after being away from the Pearl for so long, and began to wonder whether or not she only

"Go out in the boat, and fetch me these," Tia said, quickly she grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill. Writing down a huge list of things and handing it to Ashley.

"This is an awful lot," Ashley said, standing.

"Go child, go now," Tia said, ushering Ashley out of the door.