Epilogue –Bring Me That Horizon
The first wedding fell at the end of September, 1759. Lizzy and David Perkins became happily married, but no one alive knew their secret and they were fine. Scarlette, Robin, Claudia, and Anita were the bridesmaids. The Oregon kids were invited as well and surprisingly enough, Diana even found her way there somehow, possibly getting the piece off the cursed pirate, or something. No one knows for sure because she disappeared afterwards, much to Robin's relief.
Also in 1759, one month later, though not important to this story, important to the history of the time … Mir Jafar finally did request Dutch EITC aid to get the British EITC of his back … the Dutch were defeated by Colonel Forde of England and Mir Jafar was removed from power, his son in law, Mir Kasim Ali Khan given the title of Nawab.
More notably, the British gained control of Quebec under command of General Wolfe, who had become something of a hero in this particular war. Unfortunately, he died the same year.
Enough of history, back to the fun stuff.
The second wedding, which, to everyone but the bride and groom, was just a renewal of vows, though, two people knew what was going on, well, and the readers of course. Then came the third, yes, the third wedding.
…
Robin was sitting in her room, drawing one of the birds on the tree outside. It was a week after Scarlette's "renewal" and she had announced that she was, yet again, expecting. There were jokes and jeers but there was no pulling those two anymore. They seemed to be immune to teasing now that they were past all the danger. She was even obeying Doctor Mulligan this time.
Robin laughed quietly to herself. She was the only one who'd stayed that seemed to be odd. She couldn't hang out with the other girls because they were, well, they were different. She was just about to scream, cry, or something more drastic, or not, when there was a knock on her door. She was so started she told them to come in before thinking about it.
Topher entered the room with one hand behind his back and a discreet little smile on his face. He shut the door softly behind him and walked over to her, sitting on the bed beside her, his hand still hidden.
"Hello, Robin," he said cheerfully. "How are you today?"
"Not sure yet," she answered truthfully. "Did you need something?"
"Actually ... I ... well, recent events started me thinking that, well, I'm 23 and that's not terribly old, and you're 18 and ... well, Robin; would you ... put these in a vase please? They need water terribly." He handed her a bundle of beautiful exotic blue flowers and she smiled radiantly. She hurried to put them in water and returned to sit with him some more.
"Well ... as I was saying, Robin; would you ... keep your hair like that? It's beautiful, well; it's always beautiful but ... what a nice day it is outside."
"Are you feeling all right?" Robin asked him. "You seem a little ... nervous." She was reminded of a character from Ranma ½, a one Dr. Tofu, who when a certain woman was in his vicinity, he tended to stop paying attention to what he was doing.
"Me, nervous! No, no ... why would I be nervous?" he cleared his throat. "Robin; Will you please mar—"
"Robin!" Lizzy exclaimed, opening the door without knocking. "We're going down to the beach to the Livingston's barbecue. Do you want to come?"
"Sure," she answered. "I'll be there in a minute." Lizzy closed the door and Robin stood up and began to move about the room, putting pins in her hair where it needed them and finding her favorite necklace. She turned to go out the door when Topher stood and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Robin, don't leave yet!" he exclaimed. "I haven't told you what I came in to speak to you about."
"Well ..." she said expectantly. "What is it that you wanted?"
"Robin, dear," he said, taking a deep breath and blurting it. "I want you to marry me."
Her mouth popped open and shut immediately. "You're kidding!"
"Oh," Topher sighed. "I knew you wouldn't want to. I mean, look at m—"
"Of course I will!" She hugged him tightly and kissed him passionately before he could stutter anymore. A few seconds into it, he reciprocated fully. Lucky for them, no one was watching, and they could go as long as they bloody wanted.
And so the third wedding took place in March. Scarlette, Lizzy, and Elizabeth were bridesmaids, but the others had not been seen again for the first thing the three girls agreed on was that they wouldn't go back for anything but emergencies. The blood was still in Jack's cabin, locked within the old chest with a lidded chalice.
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It was a few years later, after King George II had died (on the crapper, no less) and his grandson, George III had taken the throne in 1760. It was after the British had captured Martinique as well, in 1762. In fact, the Seven Years War had ended the previous year in 1763.
Things were back to normal for the time period and everyone was sitting on the porch, watching the little ones play in a scene that was sickeningly homey. Will and Sharon, the oldest, seemed to be complete opposites. They were sword fighting with little wooden cutlasses Will had made for them. William looked like a little gentleman and his sword technique was proper. Sharon, with her streaming black hair, tan skin, and bright gem like green eyes, was a little wild child when it came to fighting. Will may have been the boy, the better swordsman, and older to top it off, but he lost every time.
Little Joaquin, Keira, Lenore and the even smaller child Damian, were watching and it looked like they were taking bets. Damian (Robin's child) and Joaquin (2nd Sparrow) both bet on Will, just because he was a boy, and because he was quite a bit taller than Sharon, but Lenore (Lizzy's child) and Keira (Elizabeth's 2nd) had faith in their own gender and rooted on Sharon.
Jack nudged Will and jerked his head in the kids' direction. Will looked over and saw the two of them facing off, Sharon's stance laid back and Will's stance perfect, as always. She had disarmed him within ten seconds.
"You cheated!" Little Will exclaimed. She giggled and took off, Will chasing her. She stopped abruptly and dodged him as he came running, watching him skid to a stop and attempt to double back on her. Damian and Joaquin were going at it now while Keira seemed torn between the two groups. She ended up running to her father and climbing up in Will's lap, smiling angelically. Lenore followed and climbed up to sit between her parents, Lizzy and David.
Little Joaquin came running back, crying a little. Scarlette tutted and scooped him up, soothing the little child. This one seemed to take nothing from her, his eyes, hair, and skin all dark, all Jack. Damian came up and sat between his mother and father, Robin stroking his hair and brushing dirt off his pants. Eventually, Will came sprinting up, running for his life as Sharon tore after him, holding her skirts up and revealing breeches underneath.
"Sharon!" Elizabeth exclaimed. "It's not ladylike to wear pants under your petticoats."
"Mama said it was okay," Sharon crooned. "She said when she was a little girl, she wore pants all the time."
"That I did," Scarlette agreed, eyeing Elizabeth jokingly. "Skirts are no fun when you want to play."
Sharon tried to take Little Joaquin's spot with her mother but her father grabbed her and swung her around before settling down again with her on his lap. She giggled and grabbed at his beads, like always. Even though she was five now, she still loved those decorations. Scarlette had caught her once trying to string a few beads into her own hair and when Scarlette giggled in mirth, Sharon whirled around with such a shocked little look that Scarlette couldn't help but laugh. Sharon had blushed enough to light up a room.
Sharon wasn't like other little girls. Scarlette had only put ribbons in her hair once, but only because she'd asked her to. Sharon decided she'd rather not have ribbons once she looked in the mirror. She was definitely Scarlette's child, not to mention Jack's. It was frightening at times how alike she was to both of them and more than once they had looked at each other and wondered whose trait she had just exhibited.
Keira and Lenore were both shy girls. Keira wanted to be just like her mother and Lenore had a thing for cats. She would not leave the cats alone! There was one cat on the Turner estate, Phoenix, and when David and Lizzy came to visit (they lived in town) Lenore would stalk that cat all day long, no matter how long it took to catch the animal. None of them could really lift the cat either. He was a great big grey creature, with lazy green eyes and a habit for drooling. It was entertaining to watch the little girl haul the enormous cat everywhere, a trail of drool showing where they'd been.
Damian liked music. He had found an old banjo somewhere and loved to pluck at the strings. It turned out that Topher had a nice house near the Turner estate that he and Robin had gone to once they were married. Damian had found all the little crawlspaces in the house and had hidden everything from food to money in these spaces. Robin, while cleaning, felt that she was on a treasure hunt and was never sure what exactly she might find.
And then, there was Jonathan. Little Jonathan, whose father was a commodore and whose mother ended up being ...
"Diana?" Lizzy exclaimed when the thin woman came up to the Turner house one day, trailing the little boy. "What? Where?"
Eventually, Diana explained. She had found a strong witch who had been kind enough to remove the curse from her for good and had also given her some herbs that would make an effective love potion, should she ever want to use it. Somehow, it had accidentally gotten into Norrington's tea while Diana was in his office asking for information on how to get back to her time.
"He was so nice to me after he'd had some of it that I just couldn't resist. I couldn't just let someone like him get away, could I?"
"Diana," Robin muttered. "I don't know whether to thank you or laugh uncontrollably until I cry from laughing so hard. You are a ninny but it all works out in the end."
And so it did. That night, Damian, a little excited because he'd been allowed to have two candies that night, asked Jack to tell a story.
"Well," Jack began. "There is the tale of the Oracle's Prophecy. I suppose I could tell that one and you'll get all the other stories along with it. Well, it all started in Tortuga ..."
…
Scarlette stood at the helm of the ship, looking ahead into the setting sun and Jack stepped up behind her. She turned around to look at him and smiled broadly as she saw how beautiful the red light from the sunset made his eyes.
"Where are we going?" she asked him. He smiled, pulled out his compass, snapped it shut, and smiled.
"Wherever we want," he told her, handing her the compass. "We are free as birds, luv. Sparrows indeed."
She smiled and turned back to the sunset, flipping open the compass. "I want to chase the sun."
"That will keep us busy for a while, until we give up," Jack pointed out.
"Well, I believe you said long ago, 'Bring me that horizon', which is equally impossible, Jack."
He smiled at her and hooked an arm around her waist. "Nothing's impossible."
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-Author- MAXWELL JACK
-Based on Walt Disney's PIRATES of the CARIBBEAN and PIRATES of the CARIBBEAN, CURSE of the BLACK PEARL-
-Produced by and MICROSOFT WORD-
-Executive Producer- JMAX
-Pictures, murals, and other visual effects- MIAKA SOATOME
-Production Designer- MAXWELL JACK
-Editors- JAMIE and HEATHER COOK
-Costumes for original characters- Shannon Cook
-Music- Alan Cook and Tasuki Noda
-Music supervisor and casting- Jade Ryouko
Johnny Depp
Geoffrey Rush
Pirates of the Caribbean
T h e O r a c l e ' s P r o p h e c y
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
Jack Davenport
Kevin R. McNally
Zoë Saldana
Jonathan Pryce
J.R. Maxwell
E.A Talbott
R. Skiles
Treva Etienne
David Bailie
N.E. Maxwell
C. Gonzales
D.D. Cobian
A. Arenas
Lee Arenberg
Mackenzie Crook
Jose Smith
Zhang Ziyi
Jason Isaacs
Margaret Mitchell
Heather Cook
Kristin Thornburg
Chelsea Russell
Trevor Goddard
Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
Brye Cooper
Tony Mecum
Sean Wilson-Luckinbill
Jennetta Hall
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Jack Sparrow – Johnny Depp
Hector Barbossa – Geoffrey Rush
William Turner – Orlando Bloom
Elizabeth Turner - Keira Knightley
James Norrington – Jack davenport
Barton James – Ryan Ussery
Weatherby Swann – Jonathan Pryce
Scarlette Sparrow – Jamie Rose
Lizzy Talbott – Elizabeth Ashley
Robin Skiles – Robby Casper
Joshamee Gibbs – Kevin R. McNally
Anamaria Johnson – Zoë Saldana
Bootstrap Bill Turner – Stelan Skarsgard
Claudia Gonzales – Cloud Morrison
Diana Cobian – D.D. Etoile
Nicholas Maxwell – Eli Shinobi
Pintel – Lee Arenberg
Ragetti – Mackenzie Crook
Lt. Gillette – Damian O'Hare
Groves – Greg Ellis
Murtogg – Giles New
Mullroy – Angus Barnette
Cotton – David Bailie
Twigg – Michael berry Jr.
Mr. Dimitri – Bert Eikelberry
Mrs. Dmitri – Rose Wingenbach
Geri Tonkins – Michael Thelander
Billie Sands – Brent Kehoe
Christophe O'Malley – Christopher Highbarger
Mr. Williams – Danny Williams
Hotel Clerk – Jim McNutt
Abuta – Isaac C. Singleton Jr.
Koehler – Treva Etienne
Estrella – Paula Jane Newman
Butler – Paul Keith
Angelique – Charlotte Leonard
Libussa – Monkey Island's Voodoo pristess
Unorna – Queen Latifah
Tavington – Jason Isaacs
Mei Lin – Zhang Ziyi
Dante – Jose Smith
David – D.J. Perkins
Belle Watling– Sonie Leamons
Elise Sparrow – Nancy Gordon
Rosette – Monica Uribe
Eric – Matt Steel
Nicolette – Brigitte Moore
Sarah – Jennifer Dumas
Phyllidia – Victoria Blanc
Eliie – Electra Newel
Cassandra – Femi Taylor
Scarlet – Lauren Maher
Gisele – Vanessa Branch
Colin – Peter Hewitt
Makeo – Antonio Banderas
Ayeka – Salma Hayek
Grene – Gerk Solomon
Grapple – Trevor Goddard
Jacoby – Vince Lozano
Mallot – Brye Cooper
Captain McLean – Jared McLean
First mate Parker – Bruce Allen
Heather – Ariana Cook
Kristin – Anamaria Thornburg
John Jadent – Trih Silvel
Dr. Mulligan – Hugh Laurie
Older Billington – David Aparicio
Younger Billington – Chris Henderson
Paddy – Dana Erickson
Puggy – Josiah Coulter
Reverend Steenwick – Robert Thew
Tony – Anthony Mecum
Stupid – Sean Wilson-Luckinbill
Chelsea – Baby Russell
Dan – Daniel Schwartz
Darren – D.D.G
CAP – Chris Ames
Crazy Burbridge – Lames of ST
Shane – S. Stafford
Olives – Kyle Olivo
Jenny – Jeanetta Hall
Katie – Katherine Mishler
Chris – Bart Henderson
Daniel – Dan Ortiz
Tim – Bret Cadle
Auctioneer – Paul Frees
Cutler Beckett – Tom Hollander
Town Clerk – Owen Finnegan
Jack's Crew
Schaeffer – Mike Gonzales
Marty – Martin Klebba
Armstrong – Kenny the Fragrant
Nathaniel – Squeaky Harris
Stevenson – Sir Talbott
Dobereiner – Paul Drevets
Leech - San Shella
Moises – felix Castro
Kursab – Mike Harebecht
Matelot – Rudolph McColum
Tearlach – Gerard Reyers
Duncan – M. Scott Shields
Laderoc – Chris Sullivan (Sully)
Crimp – Craig Thompson
Quartetto – Greg Toft
Finius – James Blinzler
Algren – Daniel White
Varley – Justin "Flamer" Reeves
The Parrot – Captain Flint
Barbossa's Crew
Jack the monkey – Terra
Weatherby – D.P. Fitzgerald
Ketchum – Jerry Gauny
Maximo – Maxie J. Santillian Jr.
Mone – Michael Lane
Dog Rab – Tobias McKinney
Clubba – David Patykewich
Scarub – Tommy Schooler
Simbakka – Michael A. Thompson
Hawksmoor – Michael J. Williams
Katracho – Jose G. Zelaya
Scratch – Finneus Egan
Nipperkin – Don Ladaga
Content Inspirators
Shirley Stewart
LucasArts Monkey Island series
K.S. Tinier
The creators of Styrofoam
Italian Parmesian
Newcastle Brown Ale
Madame Southwood and Mr. Noonan
Anyone else I've forgotten
Anything else I've forgotten
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And the final count is ... 507, with glossary ... 524. Ladies and Gentlemen, this is Maxwell Jack, thank you for reading Pirates of the Caribbean; The Oracle's Prophecy and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing. Adieu.
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A young European woman in the 21st century puts down her book and scoffs, kicking a chair in pure boredom. A string hanging from the ceiling catches her eye. She stands and reaches for it, pulling it down towards her. A door opens, dust and cobwebs falling down upon her head. She coughs and waves away the dust, noticing a ladder. She drags a chair over and pulls herself up into the attic.
Finding it lit well enough due to the gaps between the slats in the roof, she notices several boxes, all unopened, all of a cedar lining. She opens one and is very pleased to find two things; an antique compass that seems to be broken and old dagger. Digging through the box, she pulls out a smaller box that opens on hinges. Inside she finds to her amazement and immediate interest, a large emerald set in gold and a golden ring with the face of a skull, the eyes blazing red, even in the darkness.
Digging still further, she finds something even better than the previous discoveries. An old, 18th century pistol, still loaded, inlaid with silver designs, the grip worn into a groove, a face inder t was sickeningly homeye periodious year.) and his grandson, George III had taken the a hero in this paon the end of the butt, fitting neatly into her hand.
She turns back to the emerald and begins to place it around her neck, thinking about where all the boxes could have come from. She finishes her thought on a sunny beach amidst gales of gunfire and pouring rain, the water falling from the sky despite the gleaming sun. She clumsily drops the emerald in her surprise and it falls into the tide pool at her feet.
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Revisited 1-21-07 4:16 pm final page count - 724 - with glossary - 740