REALITY CHECK

ch. 1: Magical Boxes

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"Not so bad...'ello Beastie..." with those last words, Jack jumped into the
mouth of the Kraken--sword held high.
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"Rum is a vile drink that turns even the most respectable men into complete
scoundrels!" Marie looked around to make sure nobody had heard her
shamelessly quoting her favorite movie. She knew nobody had, not only
because she was home alone but because she was in her own "area" of the
house. Rarely did anyone venture upstairs--anyone being her mother and
mother's boyfriend. She turned off the movie. Although it was her favorite
movie, she had seen it far too many times. Even more so after she'd seen the
second movie. Marie couldn't wait for Dead Man's Chest to come out on
DVD--or for the third one to be in theaters. She was counting down the days.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light. She started counting, as she always
did when there was lightening--it was a measurement of how far away a storm was.
"One...two...three..." there came a large booming sound.
Marie seemed satisfied and turned the television back on to watch some
not-so-quality TV.
"There are little people in that box!" came a man's voice, causing her to
jump.
"Oh dear lord!" She looked up and saw everyone's favorite pirate--Captain
Jack Sparrow.
"How did you get little people in that box?" he walked over to the
television, eyes wide.
"Uh..Jack...Captain...How did you get here, exactly?" she asked, confused
and startled.
"You know me?"
"Yes, I'll explain later, but first--what is the last thing you remember?"
"The Kraken. I must be dead. So this is the afterlife then, eh?" Jack looked over Marie, seemingly pleased with the company.
"Not exactly, no. You're not dead.You're actually quite famous though."
A smirk showed on his face.
"Yes. See...that box allows for us to see shows and movies, which are much
like plays...and...you're from a movie."
"Uh huh." he nodded once as if he understood. "I don't understand."
"I didn't really think you would," she sighed.
Jack walked towards an open door--Marie's bedroom door.
"Don't do that!"
"What?"
"Don't go in there. That's my bedroom."
He looked at a doodled name on the door, "Marie."
"Yes."
Jack turned his attention back to the TV, which now had a commercial for
Dead Man's Chest. "How exactly does this work?"
At a loss for words Rachel spoke, "Electricity...wires and such.
Uh...Brilliant people made it. Uh...with...Magic!" I only lied a little...
He watched the TV for an hour as she got online. Marie only told one
person--her friend Jen. She knew that nobody else could sanely appreciate
Jack's presence..or of course believe her.

Jen! You won't believe this, but Jack is sitting on my couch watching TV!
Captain Jack! Come over when you get this!
3 Marie

"What is that?" Jack motioned towards the computer screen with one of his characteristic hand gestures.
"Mine."
"Aye, obviously...but what is it and what does it do?"
"My computer. It's another technology thing. I use it to communicate with
friends and read stuff."
He gave her a strange look of bewilderment.
"It's magic, just like the TV--er, other box." How the heck does one
explain these things?
"Ah...and what do ye read?"
"Uh, fan fiction...stories about...you..." Uh oh.
His eyes got wide with excitement, "Can I see some?"

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Author's Note- I didn't realize how short this chapter was! Wow. Sorry. Unless you like short chapters... I'll try to make the next one longer. Furthermore, please review.