The Atlantic Ocean, 1740s
''All hands!'' The captain yelled as she lifted up the wooden hatch that led below decks. When she heard some stumbling she dropped the hatch and swiftly made her way to the bow of her magnificent ship. She grabbed onto a rope that hung down from the foremast as she peered over the smooth surface of the water.
''What is it, Captain?'' Rapunzel, her loyal first mate asked curiously.
''Prepare the ship, a storm's coming.'' The captain said casually, not turning around to face the first mate.
Rapunzel furrowed her eyebrows in confusion and looked over the flat water and up at the barely moving sails. The sky was clear, the water was still and there was only a slight summer breeze. She took a hold of her captain's arm as she passed her. ''Are you sure, Elsa?''
''Have my predictions ever been wrong, Punz?'' Elsa smirked confidently.
''Eh, no. But we are in warmer waters now, we don't have much experience with tropical storms.'' Rapunzel reasoned. ''You might be wrong this time?''
''Say that again to me in an hour or two,'' Elsa objected and strolled away from her first mate. The crew was slowly gathering on the main deck. They were as confused as the first mate. All of the work aboard had been done in the morning, nothing special ever happened on warm summer afternoons.
''A storm is coming,'' Elsa adressed to her crew. ''Secure the cannons, get all the loose items off the decks and bring them below. But don't furl the mainsail or shorten the jib until I say so! Kristoff, I want you to take the helm.'' Elsa took a short breath inbetween and continued to give her orders while she paced around the deck and pointed in all directions. ''Also, run out the safety lines and tie them around your waist before the storm picks up!''
After Elsa had given her orders she walked up to the nearest cannon and started to secure it with rope. Having cannons roll over the deck during a storm could cause severe injuries to her crewmembers as well as damage to her ship, a big east indiaman galleon which she had named The Ice Queen.
''Ay don't think she is right about this one,'' Merida sighed while she was busy collecting the loose items on the main deck, along with Anna, the captain's younger sister.
''Well, then it'll be the first time.'' Anna remarked while she bend down to pick up a bucket. ''She seems really determined.'' Anna said after she glanced in her sister's direction who was running around the deck, shouting orders.
''When is she not?'' Merida chuckled.
''Here,'' Anna said dismissively while handing Merida her items. ''can you take these below?'' Merida nodded and took Anna's things and headed towards the hatch.
Anna sauntered up to Olaf, at the age of 12 he was the youngest crewmember of The Ice Queen. Although he was a great learner, he was still clueless about a lot of things aboard the ship. Nobody blamed him though, he had only been with them for rougly a year and he mostly worked as a cabin boy. Therefore he didn't have much experience up on deck. Anna saw how he struggled to tie the right knots to secure the heavy cannon.
''You should just stick to the easier tasks, Olaf.'' Anna chuckled as she kneeled down on one side of the cannon, she faced Olaf and gently took the rope out of his hands.
''I'm sorry.'' Olaf sighed.
''Don't be, I will show you how to tie some proper knots when we have more time at our hands. Why don't you go back to Elsa's cabin?'' Anna suggested while she started to secure the cannon herself.
''But...I don't want to stay a cabin boy forever!'' Olaf blurted out.
''You won't, but your still very young. You shouldn't expect too much yet.'' Anna said apologetically. ''Now stay in the cabin and make sure everything stays tidy in there. Elsa will be exhausted once this storm has passed. And you know she can't rest whenever the ship isn't in tip top shape.'' Anna knew her sister well, she was a great captain. During storms she would always stay on deck with her crew. She was the last one to take a rest.
''Alright, then.'' Olaf said. ''Promise you'll teach me some new stuff tomorrow?''
''Promise!'' Anna laughed, the young boy warmed her heart. He was so pure and innocent. She looked at Olaf as he ran off towards the captain's cabin and shut the door behind him.
Anna looked up while she was still sitting next to the cannon. She looked up at the quarterdeck where Kristoff was standing at the helm, they accidentally locked eyes and Anna felt how she froze for a second. She saw how Kristoff smiled, she quickly looked down and felt her cheeks heat up.
A strong, cool breeze blew her bangs out of her face, she looked up again and saw the sky getting darker. Her sister was right after all. The other crewmembers seemed to notice it too and started to work faster.
Anna stood up when she heard footsteps approaching her, she turned around and faced her sister, who was panting already. ''Anna, I want you below decks. I have a feeling this is going to be a bad one,'' Elsa said as she glanced past her sister, over the surface of the water.
''Well, then you need all the help you can get.'' Anna said.
Elsa ignored her sister's comment. ''Is Olaf safely in my cabin?''
''Yes, he is. Don't ignore me, Elsa.'' Anna said with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
''I just want you to be safe.'' Elsa said.
''But-''
''That's final!'' Elsa said as she quickly walked up the steps to the quarterdeck. Anna groaned but did as her sister wished.
Elsa walked up to Kristoff who was standing at the helm. ''I'll take over when the storm gets worse,'' She said.
''If you are going to take over, you should rest a couple of hours first.'' Kristoff suggested.
''Why does everybody keep telling me that? I'm in charge, remember?'' Elsa said, she was starting to get annoyed. Kristoff chuckled and shook his head.
''Now shall I take this bird below decks?'' Elsa said, pointing at the grey parrot that was sitting on Kristoff's shoulder.
''The bird has a name,'' Kristoff said. Elsa held her hand infront of the bird and it stepped onto it.
''Why give it a name when it can't even talk?'' Elsa chuckled.
''He's getting there.'' Kristoff said.
''Still don't get your affection for this thing, though. It's not even a pretty bird.'' Elsa said while she placed the bird on her shoulder.
''Now, that's just mean.'' Kristoff said. Elsa laughed and walked down the steps again. She brought the bird to Anna and ordered her to watch it. It was something to keep her occupied with, Elsa knew Anna would sneak up if she got bored.
Within a couple of hours everything had gone bad. The wind had gotten incredibly strong and was howling through the sky. Elsa couldn't help but constantly glance up at her crisp white sails, hoping the wind wouldn't rip them. The still water was now testing out the ship, huge waves carried them and hit them. From time to time a wave would wash clean the deck. Everyone on deck was soaking wet.
The storm didn't seem to be slowing down anytime soon. Most of the crew was below decks, they were taking shifts. Elsa and Kristoff were the only ones who had been on deck the entire time. Elsa glanced up at the quarterdeck and saw Kristoff, now merely a figure because of the darkness, hanging onto the rudder for dear life. He was tired, and with good reason. Steering the ship was the most exhausting job during a storm.
Elsa managed to climb up the stairs to the quarterdeck, it was difficult because the ship was rocking to all sides and it was almost impossible to keep balance.
''Let me take over!'' Elsa yelled. The wind and the thunder made communicating almost impossible. Elsa wasn't looking forward to the sore throat she'd have after the storm passed.
Kristoff was too tired to protest and gladly handed the rudder to his captain.
"We should drop canvas, Cap'n!" Kristoff yelled.
"She can hold a bit longer!" Elsa shouted back, she knew the wind was in the right direction.
Elsa looked up at her sails and saw that Kristoff had failed to keep the ship in the wind's direction, that way the ship would ride the waves and they wouldn't flood the deck. She tried to steer the ship in the wind's direction again. It took all of her strength to do so. After she was on the right course again it took all her effort to keep the ship on it.
She took her compass which was hanging from one of her belts and double checked if the wind was indeed in the right direction.
Morning had arrived, Anna awoke because of the high temperature in her small room. Kristoff's parrot, Sven, was still there with her, he balanced himself on the armrest of the chair in Anna's room. Anna and Elsa were the only ones who had rooms of their own. Merida and Rapunzel also had a room but they shared it. It was mainly because they were women, Elsa didn't want them to share the same space as the men. The men slept in hammocks.
Anna sat up and got off her bed, she opened her sea chest and got out a loose light blue blouse, a black sleeveless vest, royal blue pants and her black boots that reached up to her knee. She braided her strawberry blonde hair in her usual pigtail hairstyle and washed her face with some fresh water that she had left in her room.
Then she made her way up to the deck. It was still early and almost everyone was still sleeping. Anna opened the hatch and climbed onto the main deck. She saw the sun rising and already felt how the temperature got hotter. There were almost no signs of the storm from the night before, the water was flat and peaceful.
Anna glanced around to see who were on the deck. None of her friends were, only a few crewmembers she didn't know by name. She didn't bother to learn their names either, sailors came and went whenever they made port.
Anna looked up at the quarterdeck and saw her sister hanging over the wheel. Anna shook her head and quickly made her way up to the quarterdeck. She shook her sister's shoulders, Elsa slowly opened her eyes and lifted her head to look up at her furious sister.
"I take it no one else was qualified enough to take the helm?'' Anna said sarcastically while she crossed her arms.
''Nope.'' Elsa chuckled and tried to stand up straight, taking support from the wheel.
''Look at you! You can't even stand on your legs anymore.'' Anna said worriedly.
Elsa signaled a crewmember that was walking around on deck to take over the wheel. Then she stumbled towards the railing and held it tight for support. Anna looked worriedly at her sister and walked with her to the railing.
''At last, we have reached the Caribbean sea.'' Elsa smiled faintly as she leaned on the railing.
''We have?'' Anna asked suprisingly.
''Yes, the wind was in the right direction and the storm actually helped us to get here faster.'' Elsa smiled.
''The sword of Boreas is almost ours.'' Rapunzel grinned behind them.
''You bet it is,'' Elsa said. ''Punz, order them to drop anchor. I'm going to my cabin to catch a few hours of sleep. After that I will look at the map and we'll set sail for the nearest port, we're in desperate need of resupplying.''
''Or Ay'll take a look at that wee map of yours and we'll set sail immediately.'' Merida said while walking up the steps.
''Even better!'' Elsa said while she walked over towards the steps and patted Merida on the back. ''Mer, I have every faith in your reconciliatory navigational skills.''
''Now go and rest!'' Anna said while she watched her sister stumbled down the steps.
''I will, don't worry.'' Elsa chuckled and waved her hand dismissively.
Captain Jack Frost startled awake as the door of his cabin opened. Jack noticed how he was still sitting in his chair behind his desk instead of on his bed. He looked down at the charts on his table, he figured he'd fallen asleep while navigating.
"Next time knock, will you?" Jack said angrily as his first mate walked inside. He adjusted the dark blue bandana around his head as he sat up properly.
"The crew and I were just wondering if you have come to reach a decision yet." Bunnymund said impatiently.
"A decision?" Jack asked while he cocked his eyebrow.
"A heading." Bunnymund groaned in annoyance.
"Right. The crew was unsatisfied, weren't they? I'll tell you something, I will drop off all of 'em at our next port. Give it a few days and they will start crawling back like maggots, I tell you." Jack said while he stood up from his chair.
"Seriously, though, Cap'n. When was the last time we stole something? We're pirates, remember?" Bunnymund reasoned.
"Well, I suggested something but none of you were willing to go." Jack said.
"That gold again? You want to go after cursed gold?" Bunnymund chuckled. "You don't even know if it's real."
Jack ignored his first mate and opened the door of his cabin. When he stepped out onto the main deck he faced all of his crew members.
"So, I take it that dear ol' Jack is no longer serving your best interests as captain?" Jack said calmly. His crew was about to protest but the entire ship fell silent when the sky suddenly got dark. The crew remained on the main deck, frozen from fear.
Jack walked over towards the railing of his ship and looked down. It was as if the water started to boil underneath the ship. Jack knew what was coming and he held his breath as did his crewmembers. Some new comers that he had picked up the last time he made port were nervously asking questions. But the members of Jack's crew who had witnessed this before kept their mouths shut.
Jack dug his nails into the railing. Suddenly a ship shot out of the water. Even though most sailors said they didn't believe in the existence of the ghost ship, everybody secretly feared The Bloody Mary and her captain Pitch Black. Unfortunately, Jack had had more than one encounter with them in his lifetime.
He took a few steps back from the railing as The Bloody Mary rose out of the water further, until she was floating next to his ship, The Moon.
The Bloody Mary sailed under a bright red jolly roger, meaning they were rogues. Rogues were pirates who didn't live by the code. Encountering a ship with a red jolly roger was every sailor's worst nightmare.
Jack and his crew jumped back when grappling hooks landed on the deck and held on to the railing of the Moon. The two ships were pulled closer together and Captain Black and his crew boarded the Moon.
Captain Black was the first to set foot on the deck of Jack's ship. Jack had to do his very best to remain calm as he stood firmly infront of his shivering crew.
''Ah, a fine ship, isn't she?'' Captain Black said as he rested his hand on the black railing of the ship. His creepy british accent caused shivers to run down your spine. ''It would be shame to send her back to the depths. Or I might keep her for myself, I quite like the look of the black hull and the black sails. It gives a fearful effect, doesn't it?''
''And give up your beautiful ship of the line for my old galleon?'' Jack grinned nervously. ''That doesn't sound like you at all, mate.''
''You're right, it doesn't.'' Pitch chuckled. ''Back to the depths it is, then. We'll set it on fire, just like last time. Or have you forgotten already, Jacky?''
''No, I most certainly haven't.'' Jack said while he looked down.
''It seems like you have though,'' Pitch said in an unamused way. ''Or you would've payed the debt to me already. I gave you 5 years, my patience is running out.''
''The 5 years isn't over yet!'' Jack said in his defense. ''I still have several months,''
Pitch laughed. ''See, Jacky, this is why I like you. You're not afraid to speak that bold little mind of yours.''
''Fine then, next time when I visit I expect that you'll have the sword of Boreas for me.'' Pitch said as he signaled his crew to go back to The Bloody Mary. ''If not, well, you know the consequences.''
And with that being said, Pitch left The Moon. Jack and his crew watched as the ship sailed away into the fog, it seemed to go up in thin air. It was out of sight within minutes. When the ship was out of sight, the silence disappeared and the murmur started to pick up on the main deck.
''Debt? Captain, what debt?''
''How could ye not tell us?''
''Are we in danger?''
''How are we going to get the sword?''
''Gents, gents! Calm down,'' Jack said dismissively. ''Finding that sword will be a piece of cake.''
''How can you say that?'' Bunnymund groaned.
''Because I have something that no one else has,'' Jack grinned and took a hold of his compass that was having from one of his belts. ''This.''
''A compass?'' Hiccup, the helmsman, cocked his eyebrow when Jack raised his compass.
''Not just a compass, Mr. Hiccs.'' Jack said.
''No, a compass that doesn't even point north.'' Bunnymund said sarcastically.
''Gents, what are we willing to find most?'' Jack asked, ignoring his first mate.
''The sword!'' The crew said in unison.
''No!'' Jack exclaimed, causing everyone to drop their jaws.
''Do you have a few roos loose in the upper paddock, mate? Of course we want to find that blasted sword!'' Bunnymund exclaimed.
''No,'' Jack repeated while raising his hand to silence his first mate. ''What we want to find is a way of finding the sword.''
''Come again?'' Hiccup said in confusion.
''A map!'' Jack exclaimed. ''Isn't the compass the whole point of not having to have a map you might ask,'' Jack continued. ''Mates, I'm not going after that mystical sword without a map. Items like that often come with great boobytraps. And a good map will give you a heads up, savvy?''
''Alright, now give us a heading! So we can set sail,'' Bunnymund said.
''For the last time, Bunny, I am in charge. Do I need to spell it out for you?'' Jack asked in annoyance as he turned around to face his first mate. ''Very well,'' He said when his crew remained silent.
He closed his eyes and started to concentrate on the map in his mind. The needle of the compass started to spin in all directions. When Jack opened his eyes again the needle stopped spinning.
''Mr. Hiccs!'' He exclaimed happily.
''Aye, Cap'n?'' Hiccup said.
''We have our heading!''
A/N:
Hello everyone! I hope you are all enjoying this story so far, it's still under a major editing process as I'm trying to improve my writing.
This book can also be found on Wattpad, I'm just experimenting a little with both websites to see which one I like better. Don't worry, once I start something I will finish it so I'll make sure the entire story will be visible on here too.
Story details:
I combined two of my favorite fandoms together (non/disney and Pirates of the Caribbean) like this:
-The story will be about the non/disney characters but the events will take place in the POTC universe. At this point I'm not certain yet if I will add POTC characters to this book, I guess we'll see as the writing progresses.
-Jack Frost is NOT Jack Sparrow. Although I did base him a little on Sparrow in this story, so you will see a few characteristics of Sparrow but I'll make sure that Jack Frost stays Jack Frost.
-Pitch Black is based on Davy Jones and The Bloody Mary is based on The Flying Dutchman.
-Hiccup is based on Mr. Gibbs (Mr. Gibbs - Mr. Hiccs, get it :3) Although he isn't Jack's first mate in this story like Gibbs was Sparrow's. I also based him a little on Billy Turner.
-Bunnymund is based on Hector Barbossa. (and No, he's not an actual rabbit in this story. He has a human form)
-Elsa and her crew aren't specifically based on POTC characters.
-The Moon is based on The Black Pearl (imagine them as one and the same)
-In this book I will sometimes use lines/parts of scenes from both the POTC and disney movies. I like to give little nods to the movies. :)
-Finally, the cover was made by me. I didn't draw Jack and Elsa on the cover so credit goes to whoever did that.
Please share your thoughts on the chapter! I love to recieve feedback, that way I can keep improving my writing!
Also, the author's notes will be much shorter in the following chapters, hehe!
-Amy