Pirates, and Demons, and Witches, Oh My
Kris and Rhia sighed in perfect unison. It was an excellent day. Shiny sun, balmy breezes, and calm waters. They just wished things were the same on the deck of the Black Pearl.
"Rhi, I knew pirates were stubborn but this," Kris pointed to Jack Sparrow and Johnny Blaze's heated argument, "this is insane!"
"We tried to tell you," Paige Matthews said in a singsong voice. Piper and Phoebe nodded in unison.
"Well, it was the best plan Kris and I could come up with!" Rhia snapped. "We certainly can't take on Davey Jones, Blackheart, Cole, and Voldemort by our onesies!"
"Well, this might not have happened if Cole and Jones had stayed dead!!" Harry Potter shot a murderous look at Phoebe then at the still fighting Jack.
"I don't believe you! You tried to… whatever you do to me! I don't want you on my ship!" Jack was yelling.
"Look you stubborn pirate! I didn't know we needed you to help us! I'm sorry!" was Johnny's rebuttal.
Rhia put her head in her hands. Harry turned to the horizon. Kris's streaks turned red with rage. The two hotheaded men had been fighting like this since Ghost Rider had made an attempt to use his penance stare on Jack.
Kris had heard enough. " Alright! Jack, to the bow! Johnny, to the stern!"
"Which is-"
"THE BACK!" Kris roared. Her streaks were dark red and her eyes were aglow with fury.
Rhia hurried up to Kris's side. "Uh, I think you should listen to her."
"No! My ship! I don't have to take orders from a miniature woman!" Jack snapped.
" You will after she gives you a third degree burn," Harry commented. Jack and Johnny contemplated this.
"Good idea," they said at the same time.
"Smart move," Kris said through clenched teeth. She made her way back to the starboard side of the ship. After putting on her headphones, Kris sighed. "It's been three days and we haven't seen hide nor hair of our troublesome foursome or the Flying Dutchman. And a demon hasn't attacked for five," she commented.
"Maybe they're scared. I mean the world's most powerful witches plus an ex- devil's bounty hunter makes our team pretty badass," Piper replied. "Who wants to mess with us?"
"Hmm, how's about a cocky little demonbrat, an undead sea captain, and the source of all evil?" Rhia smart alecy stated. Kris rolled off her box with sudden laughter. "You ok?"
Kris pointed to the front of the Pearl. Jack the monkey had jumped onto Jack's face and was in the process of stealing his hat. The furball then went over to Kris's shoulder where he knew he was safe. Johnny could barely contain his amusement.
"Stop laughing all of you! Give me that monkey, Kris," Jack yelled. He cocked his infamous pistol and pointed it at the little monkey.
"Don't be jealous because little Jack's smarter than you," Johnny quipped. Jack's pistol was then redirected towards the back of the ship.
"Okay, Jack dear. Can you please put that gun away? You're making me nervous," Phoebe quickly added as she lowered Jack's arm.
"I honestly don't see what you two are so worried about, Kris. Voldy's not much of a threat to us. Cole's easy to vanquish. Blackheart's just a punk and Jones's not so heartless anymore," Piper said.
"Don't be so cocky. Moldewart may not be too scary, but the others are," Kris replied.
"Yeah," Rhia agreed. "Blackheart can kill you just by touching you. Cole throws fireballs and Jonesy has a ship and overgrown squid."
"Aye," Jack agreed, "and Jones's terrible beastie has eaten me once. And I'm not so keen to relieve that experience."
"Don't worry, Jack. You ain't gonna get eaten," Rhia assured him.
"Are you sure about that?" Johnny joked. "I bet you were quite tasty."
"Be nice, boys. You don't want me to blow up again." Kris cocked her head. "I just might maroon the both of you on Jack's little island."
It was Rhia's turn to laugh off her box. "I can see her doing that." Kris replied with a coy smile. Rhia then proceeded to give Kris noogies. The two girls ended up rolling across the deck with laughter.
In fact, they were laughing so much, they failed to notice that they were about to take an involuntary dip. Jack quickly grabbed the girls' collars before they fell. "We would prefer you ladies dry. Just so's you know," he stated.
"I prefer me dry too. Don't you, Rhi," Kris replied. Rhia nodded in agreement.
Kris and Rhia sat back down on their boxes. "Are you two sisters or something?" Harry asked as Kris started to jam to whatever was playing on her mp3. "You two really act like you are."
"We kinda are, kinda aren't. Destiny got us mixed up," Rhia answered. "Kris and I have known each other for ages. We might as well be sisters."
"Oh, yeah!" Kris exclaimed out of the blue. This made Harry and Rhia jump about a foot in the air. Unfortunately, Harry didn't land back onto his box. "Oh, snap! You ok, Harry?"
"Ow……" was Harry's only reply.
"I'm sorry, HP. I just really into my music sometimes and zone out," Kris apologized.
Splash! Harry ended up pulling Kris back down with him as the Pearl was rocked like a trailer in a hurricane. "What was that?!" Piper asked as she tried to regain her balance.
Jack ran to the Pearl's ledge. "Aah!"
"What is it, Jack?" Kris asked as she rolled onto the Pearl's deck.
"Dutchman!" was Jack's panicked answer