After Ravenna's defeat and Eric's crowning for the throne of Asgard, one night, a dark clan called the Dark Elves raids the kingdom of Asgard and supposedly kills Eric in the process. Loki, in a hooded cloak, silently cries as he watches the kingdom go into flames from his Hometree in the Moors.

Days after the raid, to increase their power, the Dark Elves' leader, Algrim, starts executing innocent Asgardian civilians, including women and children, by the neck in Asgard that were suspected of or remotely associated with witchcraft across the Nine Realms. As the next row of prisoners stepped to the hanging platform, a young condemned child, holding a token, starts to defiantly sing a song that would summon the nine pirate lords, which the other prisoners soon joined her before it stopped completely as they were hung. As the token falls from the child's hand, it lands on the dirt as it makes a hollow noise which meant that the message was transferred in essence.

In the misty forest of the Moors, Loki mourns about Eric's 'death' as he strolled through his home in boredom. He starts to approach a waterfall and, with only his pants, he takes a swim underwater to clear his head. As he was, a female creature named Syrena, swims to him and kisses him to allow him to breathe underwater. As they swim together through the cavern, more mermaids approach and they swim with him until he and Syrena enter a cavern filled with blue pulsing vines. As they attempt to play hide-and-seek, Syrena accidentally gets caught by the hostile plants as it began to constrict around her. Hearing her desperate cries, Loki manages to rescue her as they both get out of the cavern. As Loki gets out at the surface, Syrena follows him, desperately wanting him to stay. She tells him that if he ever needs help, he would sing the mermaids' song to summon them before she disappears. He leaves, going to his Hometree where he sees Maleficent. His feelings about Eric concern her as she manages to comfort him. The fairies fly to them, telling them that Akasha desires to see them.

Maleficent takes Loki to a dark sacred part of the Moors that was dark with only fireflies and certain fairies being the only specks of light. Loki has never seen this part of his home before since it was yards away from his Hometree and the boundary that Maleficent tells him to stay on. They approach a hut as they meet the seeress, Akasha. The seeress is happy to see Maleficent, but as she notices Loki, she tells him that she senses destiny within him. Maleficent asks her why they were needed. Akasha tells them that she sensed their mourning of Eric and that she saw a vision of him, alive. Loki is shocked, but listens on. She then tells him that he is on a search for hope for the kingdom of Asgard. Loki asks her where he is, but he will have to see him in order to find him. Loki doesn't get this, but he figured that Akasha gave him a riddle. Akasha asks him if he wishes to see Eric again. Loki accepts immediately, resulting her to tell them that they will need a man who is familiar with the mystical waters. With this said, sounds of footsteps approach them, revealing a man named Bard, a sailor from the realm of Nildavellir. He tells them that the only person they would need was Captain Killian Jones, a wanted deceiving stowaway who sails the Black Pearl, an infamous pirate ship with the body and sails as black as night. He also adds that the only way to find the Pearl is to retrieve a map called "The Navigation Charts".

Meanwhile, at the dark cutthroat realm of Helheim, land of the dead and the unfortunate, coffins were casted into the sea as they drift on the water. A raven lands on top of a coffin and pecks at it repeatedly before gunshot erupts on the raven from the inside of the coffin and Killian emerges from the coffin, alive and well. Spotting his ship, the Black Pearl nearby, he takes a bony leg that was in the coffin and rows himself to the ship. He comes aboard and is greeted by the Warriors Three, along with their crew. A raven appears and snatches whatever Killian had in his hand and tries to fly away. Killian manages to stop it by shooting it with his gun. He shows them what the bird was trying to steal: a drawing of a key he found while on Helheim's landmass. He tells them that he wants the key and they sail with the help of Killian's mystical compass, which had the ability to guide the user to what they desire most.

He sits in his chambers to map out where the compass tells him to go. But as the compass begins to not give him a heading, he becomes parched. With a lantern, he silently travels to the cellars of the ship while his crew was asleep. After he finally finds a bottle to drink, a voice calls to him saying that time has run out for him. Startled, he drops the bottle, causing it to shatter. He looks around in the dark and sees a female figure with messy long blonde hair and a black full-bodied outfit that had traces of a coral reef at the collar. She was sitting on a barrel, dripping wet, facing down. Taking the lantern closer, Killian discovers that it was Silena, Thor's twenty year old biological daughter as well as Loki's goddaughter. Hearing her name, Silena slowly turns to face him as her white pale, bleached face looked cold and neutral like nothing happened as she looked slightly disfigured with traces of small barnacles around her eyes, cheek, and neck while the rest of it was normal but pale. Silena gives him a bottle to drink as Killian tries to get it out of her hand, discovering that her hand was crusted on it, but he manages to get it out her. She tells him that she was resurrected by Hades and joined him and his crew. She then reminds him of his own deal he made with the Lord of the Dead and Sea, Hades, thirteen years ago to raise the ship from the depths. Killian opposes this as he begins to walk away, but she appears in front of him and threatens him that he must either join him or be dragged by the sea monster, the Kraken. He asks her when he will do so. She replies by placing her hand in his own. She tells him that the Kraken will go to the man that has the Black Spot while Killian looks at his left hand where a huge black spot forms in the middle of his hand. Away from his gaze, Silena walks through a wall. Before Killian could say anything to her, he notices that she disappeared. Panicking, Killian orders the ship to be taken to land so he wouldn't be spotted.

On the realm of Niflheim, some Dark Elves patrol the area as Loki, currently undercover to blend in with the poor society, paddles himself cautiously down a stream in a small boat as he sings softly the same song that the condemned people of Asgard had sung. As some Dark Elves, who are looking for him and Maleficent, pass by above him on the walkways, he keeps his head down until he approaches a ledge where he was supposed to be at. He gets out quietly, but gets caught by a group of the realm's guards as they threaten Loki. Bard makes an entrance as he asks about what makes them think that Loki was alone. The guards ask him if he protects him, but Loki stands behind the captain guard and puts a knife to the captain's neck, asking him what makes him think that he required protection. Bard tells them that their master is expecting them. Loki releases the guard as Dark Elves pass by on the path above them and the guards take Loki and Bard into a passageway below. On the walkway above, a cart's wheels appeared as a woman walked by with a hood over her head and a veil covering her face. Her green-yellow eyes appear behind her veil as she wheeled the cart onto the bridge as a monkey on the cart turns a crank to play music.

Loki and Bard follow the guards through the strange, bizarre society of the realm as people stared. Loki asks Bard what their master was like. Bard tells him that he was similar to himself, but doesn't have his merciful nature or sense of fair play. They arrive at the entrance to the hideout and someone on the other side opens a slit in the door until the guards say the password. They let them in, but Bard and Loki give up their weapons to the guards. As they walk to the master's very small courtyard. Denethor appears at the head of the yard and Bard bows, gesturing Loki to do the same. Outside the gate, the same woman looks through a hole of the gate to watch. Denethor welcomes Bard to their realm. Loki and Bard bargain with Denethor for the map and a ship, but Denethor is furious and tells them that someone already attempted to steal it. A man, submerged in a bucket with his face in the water, was forced out of the water, revealing Eric. Denethor tells them that he was the one who attempted to steal it from him. He asks them if he looked familiar to them, but Loki forces himself to act neutral as he sees Eric, alive and well. But as Denethor attempts to kill him, Loki accidentally yelps out Eric's name as he was about to witness his fate. Denethor stops and asks them why they need the map so badly. Bard tosses him one of the nine pieces of eight that looked like a token; making the same hollow noise. Bard tells him that the song has been sung and that all nine lords must reunite, including Captain Killian Jones, as he is one of the nine. When the first Brethren Court allowed them to rule the realms, the rule has been challenged by Algrim, the Dark Elves' leader.

Later, Bard, Loki, and Eric leave the bath house with the map before they were spotted by the Dark Elves. They make a run for it as they dodge their arrows. Loki gets separated from the group as he tries to find Maleficent until a group of elves approached him. Suddenly, an arrow hits one and then another as a Light Elf appears, firing arrows at several Dark Elves. He tells Loki to follow as he says his name: Legolas. The same woman rose her head from her hiding place behind a crate as the music on the cart that she left on the bridge, began to slow down. Another group of elves were about to fire until the music stopped and the cart exploded. Maleficent makes a grin before she came out and pulled back the hood and veil. But as she reveals herself, Legolas gets a feeling that she looks like someone that he knew. All of them manage to get to a ship as Loki joins Maleficent as she stands at the hem of the ship. He asks her if she thinks Denethor will honor the call if there is no where for him to go. She responds that she is not sure.

The next day, their ship travels across the sea of Jotunheim as everyone was covered in ice, incredibly cold from the harsh temperatures. Eric and Legolas look at the map as Eric was moving the pieces around. He reads the one piece: "OVER THE EDGE OVER AGAIN. SUNRISE SETS FLASH OF GREEN". Bard, at the wheel, explains that it happens on rare occasions; at the last glimpse of a sunset, a green flash of light would shoot up into the sky. He also adds that it signals a soul coming back to the living world from the dead. Loki listens on before he approaches Maleficent, who shivers while covered in ice on her cloak, horns, and wings. He tries to warm her by finding an old blanket that was in a trunk on the deck and places it on her shoulders.

That night, as the ship finally began sailing through perfectly calm water with stars all around the sky and water, Eric walks up towards Loki, who was looking out over the rail at the stars. He asks him how long they will not talk to each other. Loki doesn't respond as he turns to face him. He finally asks him why he didn't tell him about the raid. Eric tells him that he couldn't since it wasn't a task for him to be involved in. They continue arguing before Loki finally walks off. Maleficent then approaches Eric, who stayed where he was. She tells him that the things they want most, they should pay the cost in the end. Eric realizes that what she said is coming before he notices the locket she wore around her neck. He runs to Bard, telling him that something is coming. He agrees as if he knew. Loki is confused as he begins to worry. Bard explains that they should be lost to find the places can't be found. Legolas tells him that they were gaining speed mysteriously. Bard once again agrees before Eric quickly takes action and tells the crew to try and turn the ship around. Before they know it, Loki sees a huge waterfall in the distance as he accuses Bard that he was gonna kill them all. Bard tells him to accept it and brace himself. Loki panics as he runs to find Maleficent. She, on the other hand, was chanting silently before Loki manages to pull her away and run to the chambers. As the ship was at the edge, everyone holds onto for dear life before the ship falls over the edge backwards, falling.

After the fall, Loki and the crew awakens to find themselves washed up in a dark, misty place with no one around. Loki sees Maleficent unconscious next to him as he desperately tries to wake her up. She manages to awaken after he desperately performed CPR. As he helps her, he keeps her close while everyone else manages to regroup. Loki comments that he doesn't see Killian or anyone. Bard says that Killian's here and that the map never lies. Eric disagrees, telling him that they are lost. Ignoring him, Bard leads the group from the deserted area to a cave that they see in the distance to set up camp. Maleficent was about to open the locket that was around her neck until Loki appears, asking her what it was. She reassures him that it was a lullaby locket, that played the song that she used to sing to him when he was a child. She opens it and plays it to let Loki listen, almost making him have tears of happiness.

After the group went to sleep hours later, Maleficent awakens from her sleep as she slept next to her 'son'. She sneaks away from the cave silently, only to be followed by Legolas, who apparently wasn't asleep. Maleficent starts to sing as the elf silently follows her harmonic voice. As she kneeled over a hot spring, she began to enchant a spell on the water while Legolas hid behind a huge boulder that was right behind her, aiming his arrow. Silently walking towards her, and before he could fire, he sees her reflection change to another face that was a woman with tanned skin and a tight braid. Dumbfounded, he retracts his arrow silently. Maleficent speaks to him, knowing that he was behind her. He compliments her singing, leaving out everything that he saw. The two have a chat about their past: King Thranduil sending Legolas to terminate her by hunting her down before she went into hiding. She tells him to leave her 'son' out of it; to not tell him anything of what happened in the past, for his own safety. He agrees, but warns her that he doesn't keep promises. They return to camp, only to find everyone else sleeping, including Loki.

As morning comes, Loki awakens to find Maleficent still sleeping at his side as he strokes her feathered wing and kisses her forehead. He gets up, but notices a strange rock. Before he could touch it, the rock forms into a crab. As it scurries on the ground, he follows it, only for Bard to notice. He follows him before the others follow suite. Following the crab down to the beach, they come upon a huge black mass, only to discover that it was the Black Pearl, parked. Walking up to it, they stop to see Killian in the crow's nest, literally trying to 'fix' his compass. Bard calls to him and Killian jumps down on the ship's deck. Before he could say anything, his crew exited the ship towards as they drew their weapons. Amused, Jones lands on shore and tells his crew to draw back. As he looks upon the newcomers, he looks to Fandral before he strangely yells upon him. Fandral tells him where they are, but Jones looks hesitant before he proclaims that he knew (even though he didn't). Jones then looks upon the newcomers before Bard steps up and, while amused, Jones tells him that it's been too long. Bard agrees, reminding him of their feud. Jones nods, but verbally disagrees. This leaves the others, including Jones' crew, confused. He walks upon Maleficent and comments on her, leaving her to smile small, only to quickly fade. Legolas says out loud that Killian is probably drinking nonstop again. Killian says nothing to the Light Elf before proclaiming that none of them are real. Loki steps up and tells him that they are real. Killian looks upon him for several seconds before scuttling back to Fandral, asking him if they were in the right place, to which Fandral agrees. Loki once again says to Killian that they have come to rescue him. Killian turns to look at them and asks why they should sail with him, since one of them has already tried to kill him in the past. Bard tells him that Killian stole his ship and that it was sitting right on the shore. Killian pretends that he doesn't see it as if to mock him. The group tries to convince him to that the Brethren Court is in need of him. Killian finally agrees and takes out his compass to look for a heading, but watches it spin uncontrollably. Bard asks him with a smug smile where they were going.

By nightfall, as the Black Pearl sails, Loki sees dead souls floating by underwater. As he runs to the front of the ship, he sees Maleficent watching them. She reveals to him that the God of the Dead and Sea, Hades, was appointed by Harmonia, Goddess of Peace, to ferry the dead to the next world. In return, Hades was allowed to step upon land for one day every ten years to be with her; but when she failed to meet him, the scorned captain abandoned his duty and transformed into a supernatural being.

The next day, the Black Pearl remains trapped in the dark, bottom realm of Helheim until Killian deciphers a clue on the map, realizing the ship must be capsized to return to the other realms above. He manages to get the crew to rock the ship back and forth to tip it over. The ship is overturned as everyone hangs onto the ship's rail as they waited for the sun to set until the green flash appears at the surface. The ship quickly upturns back to the surface as the sun rises. After it did, Bard, Killian, Eric, and Legolas have a stand-off until their weapons backfire from being wet. Soon after, Killian goes to Bard and convinces him that they should stop for supplies to continue their journey.

By nightfall, they stop at the realm of Nidavellir, home of the dwarves, to restock supplies as they stop at a drinking hut to gather supplies. Feeling her head throb strangely, Maleficent walks off, making Loki grow concerned. She goes outside as Loki follows, growing deeply concerned. She tells him that she was fine and that she needed some air. While on her walk, she is seemingly followed by a dwarf, who found her familiar. Taking notice, she confronts the follower by surprise, revealing it to be a male dwarf named Kili, who was up to her lower chest in height. Panicking by the sudden move, Kili quickly introduces himself and apologizes as he begs for her to spare him. Intrigued by him, Maleficent takes consideration as she lets him go. Intrigued by her beauty, Kili takes consideration and leads her to his home where he served tea and other foods. They have chats with laughs until Maleficent shows him her faery qualities. Kili then tells her that she reminds him of someone he knew. He explains that she looked like his past lover, Tauriel, a she-elf from the Woodland Realm of Alfheim. Flattered, Maleficent takes her leave before Kili follows.

With everyone else scattered, Killian and Eric secretly meet a mystical woman named Galadriel. Eric shows her the drawing of the key before she tells them that the key unlocks the chest where Hades' cut-out heart is hidden; the key is in possession of Hades himself. Once she tells them where the key was located, the men take their leave. Eric takes the drawing of the key in his possession soon afterwards. Finding the so-called damaged ship of the Flying Dutchman in the distance, not far from the realm, Eric is surprised since all he sees is a busted ship instead a fully functional vessel. He comments that it doesn't look much before Killian tells him to not underestimate it. He asks him what his plan was, with him responding that he will search the ship and find the key. Killian then asks if anybody attacks, Eric says that he would cut down anyone in his path. Just before Eric could row off in a boat, Killian stops him once more. He tells him that if he does gets captured once onboard, all he had to do was say "Killian Jones sent me to settle his debt".

As Eric arrives to the scuttled ship, alone, he begins his search with a lamp in hand. He sees one dead crewman propped up behind net-like rigging, and then sees a wounded sailor, who seems to be in shock. As Eric approaches him to get his attention, the wounded sailor is continuously pulling on a pulley desperately, muttering to himself. Eric tells that is was no use and that they have already run aground. The sailor tells him that beneath them, there was foul breath. Confused by hearing this, a body drops behind him from a height, splashing into the water. As he goes to investigate, again trying to get his attention by flipping him over into his back. After he does so, he sees that the man's face is gone, having a puckered piece of skin, which bulges outward. Fearfully drawing back, the real Flying Dutchman shows itself from under the water before fish-like men attack Eric. Trying to back them off, he dips a stranded sword in oil, causing it to catch fire, and waved it at the men who surrounded him. However, he eventually fails as he is knocked unconscious.

Held hostage, the prisoners of the scuttled ship cower in fear, lined up while sitting in a row next to each other. Eric was at the end of the row of the total remaining sailors before he heard heavy footsteps as a dark figure reveals itself as he enters the damaged vessel. He 'promises' some of them a better life if they join his crew, they agreed. However, as others refused, they were killed. Stopping in front of Eric, he asks him what his purpose was. Eric responds that Killian Jones sent him to settle his debt. Hearing what he thought he just heard, Hades asks him to repeat it. Eric repeats what he said before. Back on the realm, Killian watches through his scope until Hades suddenly reveals himself in front of him, not looking very pleased. Killian manages to persuade Hades to call off the deal from thirteen years ago, but Hades says it is possible unless he gathers ninety-nine souls in three days. Killian proclaims that he is willing to sell Eric for the bet and the god accepts before he disappears.

Back at the hub where Loki was, a great commotion is caused by a male that Loki found familiar, seeing that the male was Eomer, the captain of Asgard's royal guard. Everyone stares at the altercation, just as Bard was about to sneak out unseen. Unfortunately, he didn't get fair as Eomer's sword was pointing in his direction. Bard toys with him for a little bit before he simply says that he was hired now as part of his crew. Eomer was just about to attempt the kill before Loki jumps into action and deflects Eomer's sword away from his hand with his magic as it breaks a man's bottle in the process while he was drinking it. A fight ensues throughout the whole hub as Bard calls to Fandral that it was time to leave. As the fight goes into a pause, Eomer arrogantly taunts the men before him. Having enough, Loki simply takes a bottle of rum and smashes it on Eomer's head, knocking him out. As the other men in the bar were confused by the sudden action, Loki tells them that he just had the pleasure of doing it himself. The crowd cheers, and later, they toss Eomer was into a mud pit. Feeling pity for doing such a thing to his old friend, Loki approaches him and flips him over onto his back while saying his name in disbelief and disappointment, before asking him what the world did to him.

At the pier where the Black Pearl was parked, Maleficent waits for Loki as they reunite, before she introduces him to Kili. After they do, she walks with Kili upon the Black Pearl as Loki approaches Killian and asks him if he has seen Eric. Killian lies about what he did and tells him that Eric was forced into joining Hades' crew. Loki, hearing the same name that his mother mentioned, asks who Hades was. As he does, Eomer vomits off to the side over a railing before he tells him that he was the captain of the Flying Dutchman. Killian, noticing him, comments on his well-being before Loki manages to get the pirate to stay focused, telling him that all he wants is to find Eric. Killian asks him if finding Eric was what he wanted most. Annoyed and frustrated, Loki attempts to walk away until Killian proclaims that there is a way to get him back. Upon hearing this, Loki stops in his tracks. Killian starts telling him about the chest, making Eomer roll his eyes in annoyance. Killian ignores him before he continues. This gets Loki's attention, asking him how to find it. Killian shows him the compass that he has, which would guide Loki to what he wanted most. Eomer comments that its broken before vomiting to the side once again. Loki didn't want to believe Killian but he asked him skeptically if it will really help find Eric. Killian agrees, knowing that Loki was influenced by the thought of the chest. He puts it in Loki's hand and opens it, drawing away quickly in order to not influence the compass. Loki looks at the compass until the dial clearly pointed in a specific direction. Killian appears slowly to peer at the face of the compass. Calling to Fandral, he tells him that they have a heading. Thrilled, Fandral runs off to the ship, telling orders before Loki finally boards himself onto the ship.

Meanwhile, on the Flying Dutchman, Eric is drafted into work on the deck, slaving away, pulling rhythmically on a rope, along with the fish-like crew. Just as one of the crewman called the name 'Odinson', coincidently telling both Eric and a female to follow the order at the same time. They both rush to the upper deck to pull the rope as they tell each other to move. As the female saw his face, she is stunned. As she is, she accidentally let go of the rope, causing Eric to grab the sliding rope. The cannon they were hoisting, falls, causing Eric to be dragged across the deck. Ordered by one of the crewmen, they force him to his feet. As they were about to put Eric for his punishment by whipping him, Silena stops the offender. Amused, he asks Silena if she would rather share the punishment, but she prefers to take the whole punishment since it was her that started it. As Hades appears, he asks her why she should do so. She says hesitantly that he is her father, really thinking that he was. Eric announces his name suddenly and Silena is dumbfounded. Hades mockingly laughs before announcing that she should whip Eric instead. She refuses, but as Hades was about to send one of his crew to do it, she took it from his grip reluctantly. Seeing Eric's bare back exposed from his shirt being ripped, she hesitates, but finally gives in before she begins to painfully whip Eric repeatedly and slowly as she cries silently to herself while the crew watches, including Hades.

Tossing Eric's wounded body onto the lower deck where the floor was covered in water by two inches, the crew laughs at him as his back bled from the assault. Silena jumps down to help him, but he retorts that he didn't need her help as he moves away from her with his torn shirt intact, still showing his bleeding back. Silena tells him about her guilt of hurting him. He asks her who she was, with her replying that she was Silena. Dumbfounded, Eric finally realizes that this was Loki's goddaughter. He rudely asks if her actions towards him were an act of compassion. She agrees before noticing his pain and helps him to the interior of the ship. She helps him sit down on a crusted chair and prepares to sew the wounds on his back while telling him about the pain of the whip, how it strips and tears flesh down to bone with every swing. After she was done with his wounds, she tells Eric about the consequence of her deal with Hades; she was tricked to serve him for one-hundred years. Also saying that once you swear an oath the Dutchman, there was no leaving it. Eric says that he swears no oath and that he was in search for the key as he shows the drawing to her. She's stunned before she thinks the Dead Man's chest aloud. He asks her what she knows of it. She responds that he must open the chest with the key and stab Hades' heart, but she quickly rejects that he shouldn't. She tells him that the Dutchman needs a living heart, or there'll be no captain, and if there's no captain, there's no one to have the ship itself. He asks her where the key is, but she responds that it's hidden. He then asks her where the chest was, but again, she says that it's hidden.

Back on the Black Pearl, still nightfall with a foggy mist, Kili is at the deck of the ship on his own, sitting on a barrel as he fiddles and tosses a stone into the air over and over again. Unknown to him, Maleficent silently walks behind him while hovering above his shoulder to see the stone. As she speaks, it startles him, but she reassures him. He tells her that it's a talisman, which has a powerful spell upon it, and if anyone other than a dwarf looks upon it, they will be forever cursed. This terrifies Maleficent for a moment, as she proceeds to walk away. Just before she does, he suddenly says that it might not, making her stop and look upon him. Kili tells her that whether she believes it or not, and jokes that it's just a token. Maleficent gives an amused smile at this. He says that it's a runestone as he gazes at the Dwarfish word printed on it. He adds that he keeps it as a reminder to the promise he kept to his mother. She asks him about that promise. He answers that the promise was to go back to her alive at home once the quest was complete, and he also adds that she worries about his recklessness. The fairy asks him if he was reckless, and Kili says that he's not. He tosses the stone in the air once more before he drops it. Maleficent manages to catch it and she examines it. As she does, Kili asks her what her home was like. She tells him about the wonders and the magic of the forest. Kili notes that he always thought the forest was an old legend. She tells him that the forest was full of memory and happiness, and that it was precious and pure...like his promise. She offers the stone back to him, and he takes it back. She begins to tell of her desire to fly. Kili suddenly says that he thought that he saw her fly once in the moonlight over his village, and he began to describe her flying; how graceful she was in the sky. Maleficent sits down with him as she listens. Unknown to them, Loki stood out of sight, listening to them, as he felt happiness for his mother.

Suddenly saddened, Loki looks at the compass as it begins to point in a specific direction again. He closes the object before he begins to walk in sorrow. Coming upon the side of the ship at the railing, he sees the Elven Prince, Legolas, standing at the railing in the distance. This time, he was cloaked with a hood draped over his head. Loki approaches him, and greets him respectively. The elf returns the gesture as they gaze out together. Legolas says that there is stir in the east, where a sleepless malice moves. Aware, Loki thinks this is Hades' ship, but he wasn't sure. He asked the elf if he could see him, meaning Eric. Legolas responds that he didn't have it in his heart to tell him, and that the evil was still too near. Legolas tries his hardest to try and see through the mist, but as he looks harder, he makes a gasp of pain as a strong force hits his keen mind as if he was being blown away. His icy blue eyes stop gazing at that certain direction as he tries to regain his consciousness. Loki worriedly places a hand on his shoulder as the elf finally gets his mind straight. He says that there is something halting the sight of his eyes, and that there is even a stronger force that is beyond his handling. Loki listens to the dread of his words as he looks into the same direction like before, and fears that there could be something more to Hades than he thought.

Back on the Flying Dutchman, the crewman start to play a game called Liar's Dice. Eric curiously watches as he figures out how it is played. Silena stood with him and asks him if he knows how it's played. Eric says that it's a game of deception and that your own bet involves all of the dice, not just your own. He asks her what they are waging for. She responds that since they can't use payment, they wager years of servitude. He asks if any of the crew can be challenged. She agrees until he declares that he challenges Hades loudly. Right after he says this, everything goes silent before they all hear thumping footsteps above them in approach. Hades soon appears, saying that he accepts the challenge.

The crewman seat Eric down before setting an old crusted game table in front of him, along with a cup and dice. Hades appears before him before Eric stands before him to discuss the stakes. Hades asks him what the stakes are, with Eric answering that he would sell his soul to him if he loses. Upon hearing this, Silena, watching silently, quietly rejects to herself. Hades then asks him what happens if Eric wins. He shows him the drawing of the key to him, telling him that he wants it. Hades is stunned, and asks him how he knows of the key. Eric asks him if that question wasn't even part of the game before sitting down in his spot. He then tells Hades that he could still walk away. Hades sits across of him and reveals the key in his cloak to display with Eric dumbfounded. Hades puts the key back before they both take the dice, put it in the cup, shuffle the dice within it, and tip it upside down on the table. Suddenly, a third cup appears on the table as Silena declares that she is in the game. Eric retorts, telling her to not do this. She ignores him before declaring her first bet: three-twos. Hades bets four-fours. Eric hesitates, but places his bet: four-fives. After him, Silena bets: six-threes. Hades looks underneath his cup, and then says: seven-fives, with the crew laughing. Eric looks under his own cup, seeing his dice, before declaring eight-fives as his bet. Hades then makes a mocking laugh, welcoming Eric to the crew since he knows that he was going to lose. Knowing that he would lose, Silena suddenly declares twelve-fives. Hades looks at her in surprise as if she was joking. Silena looks at him and repeats her bet, then tells him to call her a liar or higher the bet. Hades picks up her cup, revealing her dice to everyone, knowing that she has lied. Angry, He slaps her in the face before calling her a liar and that she will spend an eternity on the ship. Turning to Eric, he says that he is free to go ashore, until mockingly adding that he could the very next time they make port, resulting the crew to laugh and walk away, leaving the two alone. Eric asks Silena why she participated. Silena responds that she couldn't let him lose. Eric retorts that the game wasn't about winning or losing. Silena then realizes that he just wanted to know where the key was. After Hades fell asleep at his organ, Eric sneaks into the room in order to get the key, which was in the god's cloak. Swiftly switching out the real key with the key's drawing, Eric makes his exit quietly.

On the deck, Silena sets down a row boat for Eric to make his escape. Eric approaches her as he sets the key around his neck. She gives him a sword, a jacket, finally offers him a special knife she made while she was on the ship. She says that it was in her blood to die on the ship, to forever serve Hades. Eric tells her that it wasn't a fate that she had to choose. Silena complies with this, and hugs him before saying to him that he should tell Loki that she says "hi". Eric suddenly grows worried, and asks her what will happen if the others find out about her involvement in his escape. She chuckles at his question, reassuring him that they can't do much to her. She adds that she is already hurt as a slave to Hades. He then promises that he will free her, and that he wont stop until the knife he gave her, strikes into Hades' heart. She says that she knew that her family wouldn't leave before giving him a hug. He returns it before lowering himself down into the longboat, rowing away.

The next morning, on the Black Pearl, Killian strolls his ship before he finds a sack of old papers, hidden in a crevice of wood within the ship's rail. Looking them over, he calls Fandral over suddenly, with Loki appearing at Killian's side to curiously see the papers. Fandral suddenly realizes who the letters were signed by: Lord Algrim. Loki confirms that they appeared to be signed by the hand of the lord himself. Fandral wants to know why they were on the ship before a thought came to his mind, that a rumor was placed while they were in the dwarven realm, that the Dark Elves want Killian's compass and some sort of chest. Loki confirms that he did hear the dwarves say something about a chest. Fandral says that if the Dark Elves control the chest, they will control the sea as well as everything. Killian comments that it's truly discomforting. Fandral then adds that it was indeed very bad before walking off. Loki stayed where he was as he hears Killian say that when someone strikes a deal, they uphold it with honor. He also reads from the letters that the prize will be a full pardon for commission as a privateer on behalf of Asgard and the Dark Elves. Unknown to him, Eomer hears this before he goes into thought of his chance. Killian tucks the letters into his coat before proceeding to walk away. Loki tells him that he wants the letters in order to see them. Killian denies this, telling him to persuade him. Loki walks in front of him, and threatens him that Eric has taught him how to use a blade. Killian was unfazed and repeats it to him once again to persuade him. Frustrated and irritated, Loki walks away and slumps on the deck stairs, pondering sadly about Eric.

Unknown to him, Bard strides over to him, while holding a bottle of rum, and sits next to him. He remarks that he looks troubled. Loki responds that he should be with Eric by now, that he should have gone with him. Sympathetically, the pirate silently offers him a drink from his bottle, and the Jotun takes a small swing of it. Kindly, Bard tells Loki to not mind Killian, and starts telling the tale of how he became "Killian"; that he, himself, marooned him onto a deserted island for three days and became "mad" with the heat. Loki becomes intrigued before asking him how he got off the island. Bard eventually tells that it was sea turtles. Oblivious and dumbfounded, Loki looks at Killian in the distance as he was looking through his spyglass. Suddenly, the shout for 'land ho' is called.

At another ship, leagues away from the Pearl, Eric is rescued by the crewman aboard it, while being taken to the captain's cabin, wrapped in a towel. They find it funny of how they would find a longboat in the middle of nowhere. Eric tells them that they should go far away as possible. Confused, the captain asks him what they are running from. Just after he does, a messenger arrives and tells him that a ship has been spotted. He asks him what colors. The messenger responds that it doesn't have any. The second in command exclaims that it was pirates, but Eric says that it could be worse before running to the deck.

On the Flying Dutchman, Hades is on the deck, holding the cloth that Eric swapped for the key. He fists it in his hand before turning to Silena, who was being held at knife point by one of the crewman. Hades suddenly approaches her and grips her neck, making her grimace. He tells her that she will watch what is about to happen before he lets go of her. Below them, the crewman are being whipped while they turn a large screw that would raise the Kraken summoning device. Hades proclaims the Kraken to be released before Silena loudly denies this until it was too late. The Kraken-calling device thumps heavily against the deck, making a vibration through the sea.

Back on the other ship, the crewmen rush to the railing, chattering, to see the Flying Dutchman in the distance. Eric climbs up the mast, so he can see it. He comments to himself that he has doomed everyone on board. He tells over to the whole crew that it's the Flying Dutchman, until a thump hits the side of the ship. The crew look overboard to see bubbles rising up alongside the ship. As the captain shouts orders, a tentacle silently seizes him while the other crewmembers had their backs turned to repeat what he said. Suddenly, the same tentacle surfaces in the distance as it held the screaming seized captain, before it quickly went back into the water, dragging the captain down with it. The crewmembers shout out to others that it was the Kraken. The ship's bell is rung as the crewmembers scurry about in panic. Several tentacle limbs move in different directions as they proceed to grab everyone on board. Eric watches from the mast until a huge tentacle rises above the ship, before it strikes down, snapping the ship in half. As the ship begins to sink, the mast breaks, forcing Eric to jump off and into the water. Coincidentally, he sees the body of the gigantic beast itself while underwater. As he surfaces, he swims to a piece of ship debris, and collapses upon it in exhaustion. He turns back to the sinking ship, and sees the Kraken drag the remains down into the depths. As the Flying Dutchman sails by, he slips off the board and proceeds to hide somewhere upon the outside body of the ship.

On the Flying Dutchman, a crewmember tells Hades that Eric wasn't in the leftover wreck, thinking that he has been taken by the Kraken. Hades proclaims that he wasn't claimed yet by the sea. Stomping over to Silena, who was still held, the dark god tells her that she has a lot to think about. Eric witnesses this, before retreating from his spot. Hades turns around, sensing Eric, but sees nothing. Turning to a crewman, he tells him that the chest was no longer safe, and that they should go to Isla Cruces first before anyone else. Realizing why they should, Hades knows that it was Killian Jones that sent Eric aboard his vessel.

As they arrive at an island, at a beach, in a longboat, Loki, Eomer, and Killian disembark the boat and begin their search. As they walk, Loki is using the compass, as it begins to guide him in different directions back and forth. Suddenly, saying that it doesn't work, Loki sits down on the sand, frustrated, while setting the compass down. Killian looks at the compass, and the needle points at the Jotun, telling him that it does, sitting on it. Confused, Loki looks at him, and Killian tells him to move. With Loki out of the way, Eomer starts digging.

With minutes ticking by, Eomer continues digging in the sand, while Killian is sitting in a lotus position nearby. Suddenly, as Eomer's shovel hits something hard, this catches the attention of all three of them. Brushing off sand, they remove the sand to reveal a large chest. Breaking the lock with a shovel, Killian opens it and they see that there was a pearl necklace, documents, and other things inside. Loki picks up a wax sealed letter, and curiously looks upon it. Taking out what appears to be a smaller chest, all three put their ears to the small chest, hearing a heartbeat. Loki says that it was real, and Eomer amusingly tells Killian that he was actually telling the truth. Killian casually tells him that he does that quite a lot, and yet people were always surprised.

A voice suddenly sounds behind them, with Eric unexpectedly appearing on the beach. Loki is thrilled to see him alive, until he learns that his lover was tricked into retrieving the key. Angrily, the Jotun accuses Killian for lying to him, unaware that Eric was about to open the chest. Killian manages to stop him, but Eomer suddenly defends, proclaiming that the chest will give him his old life back. This breaks out into a three-way fight for the key, while Loki is on the sidelines, trying to break them up. Killian manages to get the key from them, and tries to open the chest, but is suddenly knocked out by Loki as he uses the sleep-charm on him by blowing into his face. After he lets Eric take the key, the Jotun is suddenly held hostage by Eomer, threatening Eric to give him the key. Eric hesitantly, and reluctantly, gives up the key to save Loki's life.

As Eomer opens the chest with the key, it reveals the literally-beating heart of Hades inside. Pronouncing that he will put it somewhere safe in Vanaheim, Eomer runs off with the chest down the beach, making Eric and Loki think that he will take it to a well-secured place. Losing the chest, the key, and the heart, Killian awakens to see the chest gone from the burial site, showing inner dissapointment in himself for losing the only thing that would protect him from the wrath of Hades. Hearing Kili get their attention while he was guarding the boat, the dwarf points to a ship in the distance, next to the Black Pearl, was a ship from Niflheim.

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Sorry. I edited the post. Wanna edit your latest post before I post again.

Didnt notice. x3 But had posted based on the post you edited.

Including the part when Syrena told him about the mermaid's song? I didn't see his reaction to any of that. Want to add it? I was thinking that the song could be useful for the story in the future. X3

Edited.

Here he comes! Surprise! Wanna play as him, sister? XD

If you are talking about Aragorn, then I can try. Most likely there isnt much of a personality change right? *shrug*

There is a little. He still has that dark, grim side to him, but he can be a mix of Barbossa.

Thats what I was thinking. I need to go back into watching the movies. I got the urge thanks to you! xP

Or you could go to the character section ;)

I just wanna watch the movies again. As I said. the urge came from you x3

Sorry. I was forced to watch POTC over Labor Day weekend and this idea came to me

Well. Its not a bad idea. x3 At least muse came to you?

Pretty much. A story with more action, surprises, and resssurections ;)

You're turn to post btw

I know. Working on it.

Gotcha

This post took a while but it was worth a shot. This would be the scene when Jack meets Bootstrap.

I remember. And no internet so using data on phone. You brought in Gimli!!! xD

I had to. For you, of course ;)

Awwww :3