Prologue:

There it was. What he had spent the past few months looking for. The fountain of youth, or so he hoped. It had to be it, this was the last place to look. Though it did not look like much, really just a hole in the ground with some water spurting up in a few places, he could feel in his gut that this was finally it, finally what he had been looking for. Finally he would be the immortal Capitan Jack Sparrow. FINALLY!

"I am feeling rather thirsty." Jack mumbled to himself as he knelt down in the soggy ground surrounding the fountain and cupped his hands together to take a drink of clear liquid. A shadow was then cast over him and he slowly turned around to look and completely froze in his movement.

Before him was the most beautiful woman, (if she could be called that) that he ever saw. It was almost as if she was translucent, yet whole. Some how he knew that if he touched her, she would not be human, maybe, possibly she would feel like water. It was then that he looked into her eyes and felt that he no longer existed. It looked like the seas and lands of the world were reflected there. It was then that she spoke to him and a shiver ran down his spine.

"To drink from my fountain you must agree to my terms, Jack Sparrow" The sing song voice said. When Jack moved to correct her, she silenced him with a look. "I can deny you Jack, so listen. Would you accept my terms?"

Jack finally found his courage again and stood to face her properly. With his confidence in himself returning so did his cockiness. "That depends on the terms luv."

He guessed she arched an eyebrow at him but it was fallowed by a smile. "Ah Jack Sparrow what do I have for you? Let me think, you love the sea and the freedom she offers, you love the pearl, and you love outsmarting your enemies and friends. You love rum. It seems to me Jack Sparrow that you love much, yet no one at all." It was then that Jack started to frown. "You have one year to find your true mate Jack Sparrow, the woman you will spend the rest of eternity with." Jack heard the laughter in her voice.

Jack smiled, "Well then I accept those terms, then.." The woman then cut him off.

"You will not find her in your favorite haunts Jack. Indeed in your life you have never even seen her." Jack just looked at her again stopping to take any drink. She started to laugh. "No Sparrow it will not be that easy. You have one year to find her, which is a very short time considering how large this world is. So I will tell you she lies somewhere in the American Colonies."

Jack nodded then stooped to drink from the fountain. "I accept your terms." When there was only silence from behind he took a drink. The water was cool and rather refreshing. "Not rum but it 'ill do." Jack said standing up not feeling any different. The figure was still standing behind him with a rather satisfied smirk on her face.

"I know what you are thinking Jack. There is no way to escape my terms. You have one year to find her, and love her. You must love her unconditionally Jack and above all else, she must return that love to you." It was then that she vanished from his sight, but her voice continued, "These are my terms Jack Sparrow and should you fail, it will not be the locker for you, but something far worse." Jack paled and closed his eyes. What have I agreed to?

Jack was very nervous and started to run in the general the direction that the spirit left too. "How will I know it is her?" he yelled to the air and forest around him.

In the distance there was a laugh and her heard her voice once again. "You will know Sparrow, you will know."