The Buccaneer's Heart!

The Buccaneer's Heart! is a comic short story published in the Summer 2004 Disney Adventures, set in the Pirates of the Caribbean world and published under the Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl title.

Synopsis
Jack's old crew has attacked Port Royal. They manage to imprison Will Turner and Commodore Norrington while kidnapping Elizabth Swann and Governor Swann. They take everything of value from the city and steal the HMS Dauntless.

After the cursed pirates have left, Captain Jack Sparrow shows up and frees Will. Jack tells Will he intends to use the Buccaneer's Heart to defeat his old crew. The only problem is that it's with the loot that his crew stole.

Will and Jack disguise themselves as skeletons in order to get near the treasure. Ragetti says that he doesn't recognize them and asks for their names. Jack says that he is Roderick, [[Twigg]'s cousin, and that Will is his nephew Sally. Having convinced them, Jack bends over to grab the treasure when his costume rips.

Just before Ragetti and Pintel tackle him, Jack tosses the Buccaneer's Heart to Will. Will has doubts that it'll work for him because it's only supposed to work on pirates, but he puts it on anyway.

When he puts it on the ghosts of Blackbeard, Captain Bartholomew Roberts, Captain Henry Morgan, and Mary Reade appear. The ghosts question Will about being a pirate. He mention that he's the son of Bootstrap Bill and Jack adds that people call him Wicked Will.

While they were talking, the cursed pirates sailed away aboard the Dauntless. Jack heads to the Black Pearl. On the way, they discuss the Pirate's Code. Once aboard the Pearl, each of the ghosts starts giving commands. Jack tells them that there can only be one captain: Captain Will Turner because he has the Buccaneer's Heart.

The Pearl quickly catches up to the Dauntless. Captain Roberts shoots the Dauntless and disables its steering. The crew of the Pearl boards the Dauntless and battle commences. The ghosts are able to defeat the cursed pirates easily because neither are living. Soon, Jack has control of the ship. Jack decides to drop off his mates on the same desert island he was marooned on twice.

The ghosts recognize Will as a great pirate captain and asks if he will lead them. Jack smashes the Buccaneer's Heart, setting their spirits free. Will apologizes to Jack, saying he's a blacksmith. Jack says that Will still has a Buccaneer's Heart.