Disclaimer: I am only doing this once in this story, at the beginning. I find it silly to repeat it over and over in every chapter, it should be a given. I do not own anything that is not legally mine – including PotC, LotR, etc., etc. So get over it, and do not sue me. Honestly, don't, the most you'll get is a pickle I bought in my last story. Otherwise, enjoy the story!

Chapter 1: An Experience Only Experienced Once Before

Sammy walked up to the door with a terribly long sigh. Coming to this door was almost as difficult as going to the apartment she shared with... well, me. Who am I? WHO am I?!?!?! Well, I suppose the fact that you don't know me is not so surprising - given the fact that I was accidentally sent through a portal created by Gandalf the Cat (yes, this is the same Gandalf from The Lord of the Rings, but that is a completely different story). My name is Phryne and what I look like is irrelevant. To our world (Good Ol' Modern Earth), Gandalf created a replica of me and everyone thought I was kidnapped, rapped, entered a coma, and died – dramatic is it not? Yup, so now you know me - which is good, considering the fact that I am your narrator. I use the phrase "the fact" a lot, hmm…

Anywho, back to this story! Sammy was terribly attached to me and was heart broken when I died – it didn't help that my uncle had disappeared and, hence, was suspected for my kidnapping. (This isn't true because there was never a crime, besides he went with me to Middle Earth.) Samantha always had a soft spot for my uncle, Miguel, so going to his apartment in New York and meeting his roommate was like a stab to the eye.

She took a deep breath before knocking once… twice… three times. At this point she grew worried and angry – being on a plane with a first time pilot all the way from L.A. to New York, plus having her bags sent to Texas instead of her destination made her very short tempered.

"Hey!! Open the door!!" she shouted while banging on the door with her fist.

"Calm down! I'm coming!" an Australian accent shouted back. The door opened to reveal an absolutely gorgeous, tall, strong, blue eyed, dark haired, god with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waist – well that's how I describe him. Actually, he almost looked like Jared Leto with his adorably perfect nose and perfect lips.

Sammy was very much unaffected by the sight of his perfect chest however. She was always kinda reserved, oblivious, and well… did I say oblivious? "I'm sorry for knocking like a mad-woman, I was beginning to worry that I came to the wrong house," Sam's light voice brought a smile to man's face as she introduced herself, "I'm Samantha Nishimura."

The hunk- ahem, I mean, the Aussie looked at her outstretched hand with a bashful smile and shook it while saying, "ah, no need to apologize. It completely slipped my mind that you were coming today... I was in the shower, as you can probably tell… I'm Ashton" He chuckled heartily as he scratched the back of his head, "but I'm being rude, please come in. I'll go put clothes on – unless you don't want me to" he gave her a wink before turning around and walking back into the bathroom.

Sammy cautiously entered, noticing the place was a mess. "Looks like you've been keeping up with the place…"

He simply laughed from within the bathroom and answered, "Well, being an amazingly intelligent doctor, one forgets about certain things."

Let us all roll our eyes in unison, he certainly has an ego. Well, I suppose it is ok… I mean he did graduate high school super young and pretty much aced all the classes he took in medical school… and he is stunningly handsome… but that's no excuse! Ego much? Well, done with my rant now… anyhow!

Noticing the computer was on and running, Sammy walked over to take a peek. It was downloading The Pirates of the Caribbean from iTunes.

"You like Pirates?" she asked.

"Nah, not really. It is for my little sister's iPod, she's obsessed." He responded from directly next to her, fully dressed and holding the most adorable stuffed lion, "this is a gift too. Her birthday is in a couple days, if you are staying long enough."

"Thank you for the offer, but I don't think I'll be in town lo- what's that?..." she noticed the screen began to blur slightly, "do you sense it?"

Ashton looked around terribly confused, "I don't really feel any-" suddenly the ground shook with a tremendous force, "ah, the subway."

The shaking caused the glass of water on the desk to topple over, Ashton reached to stop it, successfully knocking Sammy into the desk and failing to stop the water from spilling all over the place. It all happened in a split second and nobody really knew what was going, when suddenly they felt a terrible shock. They felt as though they were torn into little pieces, tossed through a sheet of ice, and then slammed back together. This was an event that only two other people from Earth had experienced: my uncle and I.

Once the terrible ordeal ended, they were left shaking on their knees on warm sand. Sand? Well that's the question that ran through their minds.

Sammy quickly opened her eyes and looked down. They were at a beach of some sort. "Oh God! Oh God! Oh God!" she repeated this for a couple more times before she heard Ashton's voice calling her name. Turning to look at him did little to comfort her, in fact she screamed in terror and backed away from him, "You're a stuffed animal!!!!"

"I've noticed…" he mumbled, pulling at his mane with a paw. He had turned into the adorable stuffed lion he was going to give to his sister, but with dark hair instead of its original golden color.

"What's going on?!" Sammy was completely distressed, which she had every right to be in this moment. I mean, I imagine you would be if you were suddenly torn away from home and thrust into an unknown environment.

"It seems we've been transported to the wrong dimension" another voice responded, "well… at least I was…" Sammy and Ashton turned to see a ghost – basically.

"Miguel!" Ashton tried to run on two legs, but comically fell and decided to run on four to my uncle's feet.

Sammy backed away, she couldn't understand the mess her feelings were in. The confusion chocked her as tears welled up in her eyes. "Miguelito…" whispering his name was the most she could muster out of herself.

My uncle smiled at her as he dusted off his robes, "Hello, Sam." He then turned to curiously observed Ashton, "I think the portal has been opened one too many times and is going haywire…"

"You know what is going on?" Ashton asked him with hope.

"Yes, unfortunately, I do."

Before he could further explain, he heard voices in the distance and instinctively pushed Sammy and Ashton behind the rocks near by. Miguelito tried to wipe as much of their foot prints before standing straight and facing toward the voices.

"Migue-" Sammy began, but my uncle interrupted her with a harsh look and fiery eyes – literally, his eyes looked like there was fire in them.

The owners of the voices came into view, making Sammy gasp in shock, "we're in Pirates of the Caribbean!"

"Yes, we are pirates," Sam looked up at the dark pirate, "and we are in the Caribbean" and Sam's vision went black.

To Be Continued…