Pirates of the Caribbean: The Price of Freedom

Jack watched her, wondering if he’d ever become accustomed to
that amazing transformation. She was so very lovely…
He sat back down on the table, reminding himself to stick to the
matter at hand. “Now,” he instructed, “I want you to think about your
brother. Concentrate on his face, and how much you want to find him.
Don’t think about anything else, love…savvy?”
She closed her eyes and held out her hands. “Yes,” she said, “I
understand. I have him in my mind.”
Jack leaned forward and gently placed Tia Dalma’s compass into
her cupped hands. Ayisha jerked violently, nearly dropping it, and her
eyes flew open. She cried out, in her own language, a sharp
exclamation that might have been a curse.
“What happened?” Jack said, putting his cupped hands below
hers, in case she dropped his compass.
Ayisha was staring down at the compass in awe. Reverently, she
stroked one finger along its casing. “This is…an extraordinary thing of
power,” she said.
“I know.”
After a few moments of staring down at the compass, gently
stroking it, as though it were alive, she sighed. “I’m going to try again.”
Jack watched tensely as she closed her eyes. Her lips moved,
soundlessly repeating one word—her brother’s name.
The needle of Tia Dalma’s compass swung, and then settled into
place. Jack craned his neck to see its face. The needle was pointing
almost due West.
“If this compass is any indication,” Jack said, quietly, “your brother
is alive, Ayisha.”
Slowly she opened her eyes and looked down, then back up.
Sudden tears flooded her eyes, but she didn’t give way, only leaned
forward and handed the compass back to Jack.
Jack snapped the lid shut and looked up, into those amazing
bronze-colored eyes. “I’m going to escort you back to your quarters
now,” he told her. “You need to lie down and rest. You’ve been through
a lot today. And after you’re settled, I am heading for the helm, to make
a course change. We’ll follow the compass until we find him.”
Wordlessly, she nodded, and then quite suddenly, the expression