I LOVE YOU ALL!
With that out of the way, I'll get you on your way. You don't have to read my other fanfics to understand this, but so you can get the references, you might want to read the Newcomers note. If you're not new, I'll let my girls, take you on!
Newcomers: Rebecca, Brooke and Sarah are part of a group of five people who were sucked into the Eragon saga. Rebecca and Brooke are cousins. Rebecca's sisters are Courtney and Fallon and Brooke's sister is Natalia. Sarah has one sister, Emily. The other two in the group of five are Ellie Smith and Megara 'Meg' Jackson, Ellie has one sister, Jackie, and Meg has one sister, Avery who were sent into The Mummy. Meg stayed behind and Jackie went home, but is a different. I think that's it, message me if there's something you're confused about.
Natalia: I WANT TO SAY IT!
Emily: NO! PICK ME! PICK ME!
Courtney: UH, UH, MY TURN!
Fallon: Keeper only owns what's hers!
The other three: YOU SUCK!
"Are you ready, maybe, are you willing to run? Are you ready to let yourself drown? Are you sure of yourself? Are you ready or not?" -Put Your Arms Around Me, Texas, Ever After
"Hey, Courtney, when's Rebecca coming back?" Courtney's sister, Fallon, asked. Rebecca was their older sibling and Fallon was the youngest.
"She said that the girls would be coming back for Christmas." Natalia—Brooke's sister and cousin to the previous two—replied.
"I didn't realize we had two Courtneys." Emily, Sarah's sister, snickered, flipping through the pages of a magazine. "Does anyone know how Jackie's doing? Has anyone heard anything from Avery?"
The room fell silent, quietly, Natalia replied. "No. No word has come from Avery since they left and Jackie's kind of antisocial. Meg and Ellie don't know about it yet."
"Great."
The room fell silent again until Emily broke it. "I wish something like that would happen to us. To be able to go on an adventure like that would be amazing."
"No, no, no," Fallon said. "Can you imagine? Did you not hear what Jackie and the Five had to go through? They killed people! They didn't know if they would be able to go home! They nearly died! Can you-" Simultaneously, their phones rang. One by one, they answered.
"Yellow-"
"Jackie's gone! The scarab's missing, she went back-"
Nothing.
The girls froze, their eyes rolling back and they fainted.
"Ow! Pain! Pain in the gut!"
"Shut up, Courtney," Three voices rang in unison.
They were in a heap on a deck, water sloshing underneath them while the sun beat down upon them. Slowly, they stood and looked down at their clothes which had changed to a rather annoying dress. "Oh, God-"
"You had to open your big mouth, didn't you, Em?"
"What? It's not my fault!"
"Are you kidding? You're the one-"
"Oi!"
Everyone looked to Fallon who had wiggled out of the pile and was looking down at the squirming bunch. "Would you three take a look at where we are? And before you turn into screeching fangirls, just remember that we shouldn't split up."
"Where are-"
"WE'RE IN PORT ROYAL!"
Collective gasps and squeals rose from the pile as it scrambled up.
"I WANNA SEE JACK!"
"WHERE'S NORRY! LET'S GO FIND HIM!"
"WHAT ABOUT-"
"SHUT UP!" Once again, Fallon drew their attention. "Whatever we do, we should stay together. We don't know-"
"Come on, Fallon, where's your sense of adventure? We might not be at the beginning of the movie yet." Courtney said. "Let's do some exploring, perhaps find a place to sleep. I'll go with Emily and we'll check out Norry and Jack—if he's here—and you and Natalia can go find Will, savvy?"
"I hate you."
"But you love me more!"
And thus, they split up.
"Fallon, please tell me you know you're way around Port Royal." Natalia seemed to beg as they zig-zagged through the masses.
"Well, I haven't exactly been here before, Natalia. Why don't we—oof!"
"I am so sorry!" A rich British accent exclaimed as he helped Fallon off the ground. "I should have been paying more attention, are you alright?"
"Perfectly fine, thank you." She muttered, shedding his help. "Just who do you think-" Her eyes widened upon meeting the chocolate browns of Will Turner.
"I m truly sorry, Miss?"
"Fallon," Natalia replied when she was clearly not going to from shock. "Her name is Fallon Grace and mine's Natalia Grace, we're cousins. And you are?"
"My name is Will Turner, but everyone calls me Will. I've never seen you around here before, and I would've surely remembered such lovely faces." Natalia resisted rolling her eyes while Fallon blushed. "I am very sorry about knocking you over, perhaps I could make it up to you with a cup of tea back at the shop?"
"Sounds delightful,"
It had taken all of five minutes for Courtney and Emily to get split up and currently, Courtney was staring at the most handsome man she had ever seen. Commodore James Norrington was strutting down between two lines of soldiers, prepared to accept his role and he was looking very striking.
Among the chaos of trying to find Emily, she had been swept into the ceremony and was now quite preoccupied by a man in a wig doing tricks with a sword.
Emily, on the other hand, had just witnessed Jack Sparrow steal a bag of shillings from the dock master's podium and was now sauntering over to another set of docks. Now was her chance!
"I saw that," She said, falling into step beside him. He continued to walk but eyed her up and down carefully. "Don't worry, I won't tell. I can't imagine what Port Royal would do if it found out the Captain Jack Sparrow was upon its shores."
He stopped abruptly, "Have we met before, love?"
"Nope," She replied nonchalantly. "But I have a feeling we'll meet again."
"Hullo!" Two soldiers hurried in front of them. "This dock is off-limits to civilians."
"I'm terribly sorry I did not know, if I see one, I shall inform them immediately." Jack said. Emily just flashed a dazzling smile as they tried to turn around. The morons stopped them.
"Apparently there's some high-toned and fancy to-do at the fort, eh?" Jack asked.
"Yes," She joined in. "Why is it that two upstanding gentlemen such as yourselves did not receive an invitation?"
"Someone has to make sure this dock stays off-limits to civilians."
"It's a fine goal, to be sure," Jack continued. "But it seems to me that a ship like that makes this one here a bit superfluous, really-"
Emily smiled as she watched Jack trick the soldiers, then slowly slipped away towards the Blacksmith's.
Courtney wandered about the "after party," seeing the man of the hour when she saw something slip from said man's pocket. It was a pocket watch. She scooped it up and searched for him, but could not find him until a massive cry swept through the air. "ELIZABETH!" The pocket watch would have to wait.
Courtney ended up waiting for a long time.
"Hello, again."
She had to resist laughter when Jack whipped around and found Emily standing there. "Who are you?"
She winked. "The name's Emily Zimmerman, but you are welcome to call me Em. You want some advice? The donkey and the gears should do the trick for getting those irons off."
He eyed her and the donkey suspiciously and then had a light-bulb moment in which he managed to break the irons. Emily then stopped the poor animal and stroked its snout soothingly. "Why're you helping me? You know who I am, yet you're helping me-"
The door opened and in came Will who was laughing as he held open the door for none other than a blushing Fallon and grinning Natalia. "This is where I work-" Will said as Jack pulled Emily into a corner. "Well, it's where I live actually, but...you didn't need...to know that." He glanced around and smiled at his unconscious boss. "My employer, Mr. Brown, right where I left him." His eyes drifted to a hat which sat on a counter that did not belong to him.
Natalia's hushed tone was loud enough for Em and Fallon to hear. "Oh, Shivic-"
A sword fell upon Will's hand and Will stepped back as Jack stepped forward.
What the heck? Em thought, then took up her own sword, two blades now pointed at Will.
"You're the one they're hunting, the pirate." Will spat at Jack. He then looked to Emily. "But you-"
"Emily Kaitlynn Zimmerman what the heck do you think you're doing?!" Natalia shouted.
"You know her?" Will demanded.
"Yes,"
"No!"
Natalia and Fallon looked carefully at each other before Fallon explained. "She's a famous pirate where we're from; she attacked the ship we were traveling on but let us go."
"I shouldn't make the same mistake twice," Em winked to assure them of their safety.
Jack seemingly ignored them. "You seem somewhat familiar, have I threatened you before?" He said to Will.
"I make a point of avoiding familiarities with pirates." He muttered, his arms slightly stretched in a protective gesture in front of Natalia and Fallon.
"Ah," Jack nodded.
"It would be a shame to put a black mark on your record, then if you'll excuse us-" Em finished.
Will took up a sword and held it to Jack.
"Oh, screw it, fencing lessons better pay off." Fallon muttered then took up her own sword and held it to Emily's.
"What're you doing?" Will hissed.
"Saving your skin, Mr. Ungrateful."
"Do you think this wise, you two?" Jack asked. "Crossing blades with pirates?"
"You're an idiot," Fallon whispered to Emily. She just shrugged.
"You threatened Miss Swann."
Jack grinned sadistically. "Only a little."
Emily made to strike Fallon, but she blocked it. Natalia yelped and hid behind a barrel. "Eragon and Ellie have been teaching me a thing or two." Emily stated proudly. Fallon took the opportunity to nick her shoulder.
"OW! HEY!"
"You're not very bright for a famous pirate." Jack mocked.
"Shut up!"
After a few more attempted blows, Will and Fallon had somehow managed to switch places—Jack was against Fallon and Will was against Emily. "Whoa!" Em shouted as she ducked a swing.
In the switch, Jack had made it to the door. "Farewell, love, thanks for your assistance!"
"Jack Sparrow, get your arse back over here and fight like a man!"
"Will!" Fallon cried, triggering a reflex in Mr. Turner. He threw the sword at the door, effectively locking Jack in.
"That is an excellent trick," Jack complimented, moving towards them—they had all stopped fighting. "Except, once again you two are between me and my way out and now, one of you doesn't have a weapon" Will reached into a pile of coal and pulled out a flaming sword. The donkey's eyes widened and it started moving.
Fallon and Emily continued to fight, talking when they got close enough.
"Don't ever switch again. Will could've killed me!" Emily scolded.
"Oh, because Jack wasn't planning on killing me, too!" Fallon leaned close to her, their heads above their crossed blades. "You wanted to play pirate, Em? Let's play."
"Sparks flew from Will's blade as the two men danced around the shop, having their own conversation while Fallon and Emily were what happened when a hurricane met a volcano.
Only Natalia caught the look Will sent Fallon when Jack mentioned Will finding a girl.
Fallon climbed onto the seesaw thing and kicked a couple of barrels on to the other side, efficiently shooting her into the rafters. Will followed suit when Emily and Jack jumped on to the othe rend and the pair laughed when Fallon and Will clashed swords. Fallon growled and cut down three sand bags, sending Jack and Emily up as well.
The four of them danced through the rafters, their swords singing a fierce melody, at least until Emily tripped and landed in a pile of soft-filled bags, unconscious.
When Fallon and Natalia went to her, they heard the banging and shouting from soldiers and realized that Will was covered in crap and Jack was pointing a gun at him. "This shot was not meant for you." There was the sound of shattering glass and Jack collapsed just as Commodore Norrington, Courtney (to their surprise) and the soldiers came to arrest Jack and Emily.
"We're in deep dragon turd now." Natalia whispered to Fallon as the Commodore's men dragged Jack and Emily away.
"Don't let Saphira hear that," Courtney muttered. "She'll make it happen."
"How'd you get here, anyway? And why is Norry giving you creepy flirtatious looks?" Natalia questioned Courtney.
"Uh...long story."
"We've got time."
"Tell me later, I'm going to go talk to Will." Fallon stood, wet towel in hand as she approached him. "Looking for this?"
He turned, smiled, and nodded his thanks before his brows furrowed. "You're hurt."
Her own brows furrowed, "I am?"
He reached up and gently touched her cheek where a nice cut had been made. "It must've happened when I was tossed up to the rafters. It's not deep, I'll live."
Will scoffed and smiled, "You are unlike any woman I've ever met."
Fallon smiled, and then, realization hit her...hard.
"Uh, I should, erm, I mean...I meant-"
"We should go," Courtney of all people saved her.
"Will I be seeing you again?" He asked, hope in his eyes.
"Probably."
And then, they fled.
They were on the docks the two wonderful soldiers were supposed to keep watch over, sitting with their legs hanging over the edge, watching the sunset. "Someone should go talk to Em." Courtney suggested.
"Yep."
No one moved.
"So, why was Norry being Creeper towards you?" Natalia asked.
"Um..."
Earlier
Courtney had somehow managed to find the Commodore in the chaos of pirate hunting. "Excuse me, Commodore Norrington-"
"Forgive me, Miss, but I don't have tie for this. We're in the middle of-"
"Hunting for Jack Sparrow, yes I know," He paused and eyed her carefully. "And if you listen to me, I'll tell you exactly where he is."
Hesitantly, "Go on."
She held out the pocket watch. "This belongs to you, does it not?" It was rhetorical. "Take it. You'll find the pirate recently rendered unconscious by Mr. Brown in the Blacksmith's shop as well as Will Turner covered in powder. Don't ask, just go."
He looked in the direction of the Blacksmith's, then back to her. "I'll need you to come with me in case you're wrong; you were incredibly specific."
"Call it woman's intution."
They hurried to the Blacksmith's where quite a bit of noise was heard behind a barred door. A woman's voice came up over the noise. "You want to play pirate, Em? Let's play!"
"My friends are in there!" She exclaimed, horrified. After a few minutes of failed attempts, Courtney pulled the pegs out of the hinges and with one good shove, the door opened.
"That was brilliant." The Commodore commented as his men stormed the forge, finding exactly what Courtney had said they would.
"Yes, I'll go down in history as the woman who opened a door."
"You did not steal that quote from Ever After." Natalia said.
"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't, you may never know."
"Hey, Dumb and Dumber, when you're done, you can come with me to see Emily, I think I owe her an apology." Fallon said, clambering to stand up.
"You do know what's going to happen in a few hours, don't you?" Courtney asked. "Where Em is? She'll end up going with Jack and Will to save Elizabeth and I don't plan on being left out. We need a plan so that we can help and all end up back together."
"You want to go on this suicide adventure, too?" Fallon questioned. "What is with you guys?"
"Think, Fallon," Natalia said. "If we ignore the story, we might get hurt or in worse trouble. Brooke, Rebecca and the girls followed their story and Jackie and Avery followed theirs and they turned out alright. That's what we need to do."
"She's right," Courtney agreed. "The closer we are to danger, the farther we are from harm."
"Jeez, thanks, Pippin. Does that mean you have a plan?"
"Of course!" Courtney grinned. "I'll hang out with Norry for the attack, Fallon will go visit Em, tell her to stay with Jack, then high-tail it to Will's and Natalia will go to Elizabeth's so we have a reason to come along."
"Gosh, Pippin, you're a genius!"
"Thank—hey! That was sarcasm, wasn't it?"
