To all the King's men:

I am writing to you about an enemy of the East India Trading Company.

Thirteen years ago, the pirate Captain Jack Sparrow made an agreement with Davy Jones. Jones gave a ship, the Black Pearl, to Sparrow. Sparrow agreed, after thirteen years, to give up his soul and join Jones's men on the Flying Dutchman. But another pirate, Barbossa, stole the Pearl. With the help of William Turner and Elizabeth Swann, the daughter of Port Royal's governor, Sparrow tried to get the Black Pearl back. He succeeded when he killed Barbossa on Isla de Muerta.

Elizabeth Swann is also our enemy. James Norrington, a British officer, wanted to marry her, but she fell in love with William Turner. When Norrington failed to catch Sparrow, he lost his job. Will Turner's father, "Bootstrap Bill," was a pirate on the Pearl. He is now a prisoner on the Flying Dutchman, and must work for Davy Jones for ever.

Sparrow went to Isla Cruces to find Jones's heart. Jones has to take orders from the person who has his heart. But James Norrington found it, and is now a British admiral.

Without the heart, Sparrow could not fight Jones's monster, the Kraken. He tried to escape but Elizabeth Swann tied him to the Black Pearl. The Kraken destroyed the ship-and Sparrow.

Turner, Swann, and Sparrow's men then went to Tia Dalma. She brought Barbossa back from the dead to find Sparrow in Davy Jones's Locker .

Captain Jack Sparrow is still dangerous. The East India Trading Company must find him and stop him.

Admiral Bratton

From high above the ship's deck, a pirate looked across the ocean. He saw nothing except the two ships that they traveled with. The Caribbean was calm. Everything was quiet. So why did he feel so worried?

He looked again. This time he could see something. Was a ship sailing toward them? Worse, was it an East India Trading Company ship?

He knew about the Company agents. They killed pirates. The Company wanted to destroy every pirate who sailed in the Caribbean-and on every ocean across the world.

The pirate decided to call to the captain. But then he saw a dark shape below the water next to the ship.

"CAPTAIN!" he shouted, but it was too late.

The shape came up out of the water. It was something from the pirate's darkest dreams. It was the Flying Dutchman!

The Dutchman fired her cannon as she broke through the water. The pirates on all three ships tried to fire their cannon, but the Dutchman was too fast, too close, too big.

The attack ended very quickly. There was smoke above the burning boats, and the bodies of dead pirates in the water. The Dutchman sailed through, untouched. Nothing could stop her.

There was another ship on the ocean-an East India Trading Company ship, the Endeavour, carrying Lord Cutler Beckett, Admiral James Norrington, and Governor Weatherby Swann.

In the captain's room of the Dutchman, Davy Jones played his piano sadly. He lifted one finger to his eye and discovered a tear.

Above his room, Admiral Norrington and Lord Beckett were coming onto the ship with some soldiers. Some of the men threw a large wooden box onto the deck of the Dutchman. It was their job to guard that box. Inside it was Davy Jones's living heart.

Lord Beckett smiled. "I've waited for a long time to be here," he thought. "Jones is now under my command! His is the fastest ship on the oceans. Nobody can kill him-until they have his heart."

Many years before, after Davy Jones's true love broke his heart, Jones cut it out. He put the heart in a wooden box and hid it on Isla Cruces. Lord Beckett spent a lot of time searching for the box. He sent Will Turner to find Jack Sparrow's Compass. This Compass pointed to the thing that you wanted most. Beckett wanted it to take him to Davy Jones's heart.

The heart was found, but not in the way that Beckett planned. Will, his girlfriend Elizabeth, and Jack reached Isla Cruces before Beckett. Norrington, then without a job, was with them. He stole Davy Jones's heart from the others and gave it to Beckett. Immediately, Beckett made Norrington an admiral.

"I didn't get the Compass," Beckett thought. "But I have Davy Jones's heart... and the Flying Dutchman. Now I-and the East India Trading Company-can command the oceans. Jack Sparrow's ship, the Black Pearl, is the only ship that can fight the Dutchman. But the Pearl is at the bottom of the ocean."

Jones walked onto the deck of the Dutchman. "Go away, all of you-and take that with you!" he shouted, pointing at the wooden box. "I refuse to have that box on my ship!"

"I'm sorry to hear that," Lord Beckett said coldly. "Because it's staying here. I have your heart, so you will work for me."

"I'm the captain of the Dutchman," Jones said, angrily.

"This is not your world now, Jones," Beckett replied. "I am your commander."

Governor Swann stepped angrily up to the two men. "When you destroyed those pirate ships," he said to Davy Jones, "was my daughter on one of them? She was searching for Will and Jack. I have to find her before she is killed as a pirate."

Jones turned to Swann. "Your daughter is dead. She was pulled under the ocean with the Black Pearl-by my Kraken. Didn't Lord Beckett tell you?" He smiled.

Swann looked at Beckett. His face was pale. "Did you lie to me?" he asked. "Is Elizabeth dead?"

Norrington was placing the key in the lock of the wooden box when Swann suddenly pulled him around. Swann took a sword from the nearest soldier. Then he opened the box and lifted the sword above Jones's heart.

"No!" Jones shouted. "If you kill the heart, then your heart must take its place. And you will be captain of the Dutchman." Governor Swann stopped. He didn't want to take Jones's place and live forever on this ship. But he wanted to stop Lord Beckett... He turned again to the box, but Norrington held his arm and took the sword from him.

"Do you think Elizabeth wanted this?" he asked. He took Governor Swann away. Beckett, Jones, and Mercer, Beckett's assistant, watched them leave.

"You can go, Captain," Beckett said to Davy Jones.

"I want to fight him," Jones thought. "But I can't win."

The Dutchman continued to sail across the bright blue Caribbean waters, ready to bring more death to the next pirate ship. Lord Beckett and the East India Trading Company had the heart of Davy Jones, so no pirate was safe.

"Soon I will destroy every pirate in the Caribbean," Lord Beckett thought happily.

Lord Cutler Beckett was wrong: Elizabeth Swann was still alive. She was half-way across the world, looking for the Pirate Lord of Singapore.

Months earlier, when the Kraken was searching for Jack,

Elizabeth tricked Jack onto the Black Pearl with a kiss. Then she tied him to the side of the ship so she and Will could escape from the monster. She watched the Black Pearl and Jack Sparrow go to the bottom of the ocean.

Later, she felt bad about his death. She went with Will and Jack's sailors to see Tia Palma. Tia Palma was a friend of Jack's, and she could see into the future. She was a mysterious woman.

"You can bring Jack Sparrow back to the world of the living," Tia Palma told them. "But you'll need the help of an old enemy... Captain Barbossa. Jack killed Barbossa but I brought him back from the dead. He can help us to bring back Jack, too." Now Elizabeth and Barbossa were in a small boat in Singapore. Elizabeth looked across the city. It was a dark and shadowy place, full of secrets, pirates, and sharp knives.

She tied the boat to a wooden bridge. Suddenly, a man and his two guards stepped out of the darkness. He was tall and strong, with cold, hard eyes and a sharp sword. He was Tai Huang, second in command to Sao Feng, the Pirate Lord of Singapore.

"Your commander knows that we are here,' Barbossa said to Tai Huang.

"You're Captain Barbossa," Tai Huang said.

"Yes," Barbossa agreed, "and this is Elizabeth Swann. And Sao Feng has promised to protect us."

Mercer and some East India Trading Company agents were passing. Huang waited until they went around a corner. Then he said, "Follow me."

Not far away, two Company agents were guarding an old, broken bridge. Captain Jack Sparrow's sailors were below them in the water. Ragetti lifted his head. His good eye moved, while his wooden eye looked straight in front. Pintel, Gibbs, Cotton, and Marty were behind him. They swam to a metal gate, then they waited. They were going to Sao Feng's hiding place, to help Elizabeth and Barbossa.

There was a strange noise. The Company agents jumped to their feet. A woman came out of the darkness, pushing a large wooden box on noisy wheels. She smiled and showed a mouthful of black teeth. It was Tia Dalma. The noise of the wheels was loud and hid sounds from below. The pirates started to cut through the metal gate.

Tai Huang took Barbossa and Elizabeth through an old bathhouse to Sao Feng's hiding place.

Elizabeth touched Barbossa's arm. "Have we heard anything from Will?" she asked quietly.

Barbossa shook his head. "No. He can protect himself," he said. "But you-be polite when you're with Sao Feng."

The Pirate Lord of Singapore was stepping out of his bath.

Elizabeth looked at his face. His eyes were dark and cold. This man was dangerous!

"Captain Sao Feng," Barbossa said smoothly.

Sao Feng looked up. "Captain Barbossa!" he said. "Welcome to Singapore. I understand that you want something from me?"

"I need a ship and some men," Barbossa replied.

Sao Feng looked at Barbossa and smiled. "That's strange," he said. "You want a ship... And today, not far from here, a thief tried to steal one from me."

Sao Feng walked quickly across the room to an old man who was holding some maps. "These maps show the way to the world of the dead," he said softly. He watched their faces. "Will your adventure take you there?"

Suddenly, he gave a sign to two guards near one of the baths. The guards pulled someone out from under the water. Their prisoner was Will Turner!

Will Turner was very unhappy. There was something that Elizabeth did not know. He loved Elizabeth but, months before, he saw her kissing Jack on the Pearl.

Will hated Jack-but he also needed him. Will wanted to save his father from the Flying Dutchman, so he needed the Black Pearl, the fastest ship on the ocean. But now, Will was Sao Feng's prisoner. The Pirate Lord pulled him by his hair across the floor to Barbossa and Elizabeth.

"This is the thief," he said angrily. "Do you know him?"

"No," Elizabeth and Barbossa both said at the same time.

Sao Feng studied their faces. "No?" He picked up a large knife and touched Will's face with its sharp edge. "Then I'll kill him." Elizabeth moved toward Will.

"You're afraid," Sao Feng said. "Now I know that you and this man are working together!"

"Sao Feng," Barbossa said quickly. "I had no idea-"

Sao Feng looked at Barbossa carefully. "You want to go to Davy Jones's Locker," he said. "Why?"

It was time to be completely honest. Pirates were not often honest. Barbossa pulled a silver coin out of his pocket and threw it to Sao Feng.

"A Piece of Eight," the Pirate Lord said quietly. There was a worried look on his face.

"Yes," Barbossa answered. "It's time to call the Brethren Court."

"The Court hasn't met in my lifetime," Sao Feng said. "And when it last met, it ended... badly. My father told me."

"But the time before that, it helped us to take command of the oceans, didn't it?" Barbossa said.

Barbossa was talking about the story of Calypso, the goddess of the ocean. The first Brethren Court-nine Pirate Lords- caught Calypso and turned her from a goddess into an ordinary woman. She couldn't send storms to destroy them. From that day, the oceans belonged to the pirates.

Barbossa's voice became more serious. "And now the East India Trading Company wants to command the oceans. Lord Cutler Beckett is bad for us all."

Sao Feng shook his head. "What can any of us do against the Company?"

Elizabeth couldn't stay quiet. "You can fight!" she shouted. Everyone turned and looked at her. "You are Sao Feng, the Pirate Lord of Singapore. Do you want the Company to destroy every pirate in the world? Aren't you going to do something?" The Pirate Lord looked carefully at her. "Elizabeth Swann," he said, "you are an interesting woman." He smiled at her. Then he turned to Barbossa. "But you haven't answered my question. What do you want from Davy Jones's Locker?"

"Jack Sparrow," said a voice from across the room. Will Turner shook the wet hair away from his face and stood up straighter. He wasn't afraid of the Pirate Lord.

"He's one of the Pirate Lords," Will said.

Sao Feng was clearly angry at the sound of Jack Sparrow's name. "I hate Jack Sparrow. I don't want to see him alive again."

"Jack Sparrow holds one of the Nine Pieces of Eight," Barbossa said. "He didn't give it to anyone before he died. So we must go and get him-"

He stopped as swords were suddenly pushed up through holes in the floor by Jack Sparrow's pirates. Elizabeth took two swords and threw one across the room to Will. He caught it in one hand, and cut himself free.

Then there was a loud noise and the windows broke. The room was full of East India Trading Company agents!