Jackie's POV

So before we could even leave our cabin. We were blind folded. We were lead inland. The blindfolds are finally removed. "It's to you now, Sparrow" Blackbeard states.

"Was that necessary?" Jack and I ask him.

"Best you both not know the exact whereabouts of my ship. I am a cautious man" Blackbeard states. Jack shrugs, pulls out his Compass, glances at it. The arrow points at me.

"Jackie?" he asks. I smile and grab his hand. The arrow then points straight ahead. "Thank you love" he says kissing my cheek. "What I want first is Ponce de Leon's ship" he states and we set off. Coralia walks beside Jack and I, staying close. Following the compass.

Four crew men struggle carrying the glass coffin with the mermaid as we wade through waist deep water. "Why is it we got to bring her along?" Scrum asks.

"Tears don't keep. We need them fresh" Angelica states.

"Now, what is the ritual again? Water from the Fountain, and a mermaid's tear" Jack says.

"And two silver Chalices. One cup with the tear, one without" Angelica states.

"So, one with a tear and water in both? These things can get complicated" Jack mutters.

"It's very simple dad" Coralia tells him.

"She's right Jack, it's you who complicates things" I state.

"Do not" he denies. "The ritual?" he asks Angelica.

"I'm going to say it again. Both get water. One gets a tear. The person who drinks the water with the tear gets all the years of life from the other" Angelica explains.

"How many years?" Jack asks. A rather larger snake swims near. Jack jumps behind Angelica. Angelica grabs it, wields it at Jack. I give her a pointed look.

"All the years that they have lived, and they could have lived, if fate had been kinder" Angelica answers. Tossing the snake away.

"Run it by me again? Slowly? You need two Chalices" Jack says. Angelica sighs and curses in Spanish before walking away.

"The silver chalices of Ponce de Leon. One mermaid tear in one and water in both. Cup with tear allows the drinker to steal all the years of life from the drinker of the chalice without the mermaid tear" Coralia explains slowly.

"Thank you darling" he says and kisses her forehead. Before going back to looking at the compass and sighs. "Jackie, it's pointing at you again" he whines. I smile and lace my fingers with his.

"We'll reunite properly soon" I assure him in a whisper. As the arrow changes direction. He smiles as we continue on. We soon pause to take a break and let our clothes dry a little. Refilling our canteen and to give the guys a break from carrying the coffin.

Jack, Coralia and I sit by Phillip. "Clergyman. On the off chance that this does not go well for me, I would like it noted here and now that I am fully prepared to believe in whatever I must, so that I may be welcomed into that place where all the goody-goodies get to go. Savvy?" Jack asks Phillip. I roll my eyes as I rain my fingers through Coralia's hair. Humming the pirate song.

"We have a word for that, Jack. You can convert" Phillip tells him. I stifle a giggle.

"No, no. I was thinking more of on an as-needed basis" Jack tells him matter of factly. Phillip doesn't answer him as he looks at the mermaid. Who is gasping.

"Something's wrong" Coralia states looking at the mermaid concerned.

"Quartermaster" Phillip says getting to his feet. "She cannot breath" he states.

"She has water" the quarter master states.

"She needs air. Open this" Phillip says as he tries to open the coffin.

"She will escape" the quarter master states.

"You are killing her" Coralia and Phillip state.

"I support the missionary's position" Jack states.

"And I support my daughter" I state. The Quartermaster laughs. Philip takes the opportunity to grab the Quartermaster's sword, wedges up the cover, breaking the seal. The mermaid goes to the crack, breathes the air hungrily. "She must of used all the oxygen in the coffin" I mutter.

"See?" Phillip asks. The Quartermaster stares. Takes back his sword; Philip quickly shoves his bible in place, keeping the glass open. The mermaid stares, hope showing in her eyes.

"You'll be ok now" Coralia tells her with a small smile. We then continue on. Jack leading the way as I hold his hand. We soon reach the edge of a deep chasm. With a river at the bottom.

"As I thought. Not this way" Jack states.

"This is the way, isn't it?" Angelica asks him.

"We can go around. To the east" Jack states.

"But that would take us out of the path of the Chalices" Angelica states.

"We can always circle back" I tell her.

"We don't have time" she states.

"Well, you insisted on bringing the bloody mermaid" Jack snaps.

"Someone must go" Blackbeard states.

"You mean split up?" Angelica asks.

"You mean jump? This I cannot wait to see" Jack says with a smile.

"Sparrow will go, find the ship, and retrieve the Chalices" Blackbeard states.

"Jack? What makes you think he will come back?" Angelica asks him.

"Yes, what makes you think he will come back?" Jack asks.

"We'll have his wife and daughter" Blackbeard states.

"We cannot trust him, Father. I'll go" Angelica states.

"She'll go" Jack agrees.

"How much farther to the Fountain?" Blackbeard asks Jack.

"A day's march north, following that river, until you reach a series of pools. Then you're close" Jack explains. Blackbeard plucks the Compass out of Jack's hand. Jack reaches for it, thinks the better of it.

"You will go" he tells Jack.

"You know that feeling you get, sometimes, standing in a high place, a sudden urge to jump? I'm not feeling that" Jack states. Blackbeard points his pistol at Jack.

"I need those chalices" he states.

"Shoot. Save me the bother of the fall" Jack tells him.

"Don't joke about dying Jack" I snap. As I push Coralia behind me protectively.

"You will go, and you will return, or I will kill her" Blackbeard says pointing his pistol at me. "Then your daughter" he adds.

"Jack, I don't care what happens to me. But don't let him harm our daughter" I tell him.

"You're bluffing, if you kill them. You lose your leverage against me" Jack states.

"Quartermaster. Take seven pistols. Remove the shot in all but two. Do not tell me which two" Blackbeard instructs. The pistols are soon prepared and I had Coralia go stand with Phillip. As I face Blackbeard without fear. Jack chooses a pistol and hands it to Blackbeard. It was empty. "Again" he says.

"Please. None of them are loaded" Jack says waving one of them around. He points it at the canopy and pulls the trigger. A gunshot rings through the air. It had been loaded. "If you're so willing to kill her, let her jump" he suggests.

"Seriously Jack?" I demand placing my hands on my hips. I have nothing against jumping.

"If you jump and die, then I will see she gets her chance" Blackbeard tells him. Jack heads over to the quartermaster.

"You. If I jump. Will I survive?" he asks. The quartermaster holds his hand out to Angelica.

"The doll" he says. Angelica hands him the voodoo doll that looks like Jack. He mutters something and tosses it over the edge. It lands safely in the water below. "Yes. Now, you will survive" he tells Jack.

"This is insane, I'll go" I state and head for the cliff. Jack runs past me and jumps off of it.

"That looks like fun" Coralia giggles. Then before any of us can stop her. She runs off of the cliff screaming in joy. She lands in the water.

"Coralia, you are grounded!" I snap.

"Whatever mum!" she calls.

"I'll take care of her Jackie!" Jack calls and I watch them swim to shore. Blackbeard hands Angelica Jack's compass. And we continue on our track through the forest.

A/N

Gif above of Phillip with Syrena and gif on the external link of Jack jumping off of the cliff.