Chapter 28: A Tangle With Sharp Claws

Quick Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney, characters, attractions or otherwise. I only own my 10 OC's and the unfolding plot of this story, so no flames please!

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Julia's P.O.V.

I rolled my eyes. For some reason, thunderstorms always worsened my mood. And just being trapped inside when there were villains waiting at a moments notice to come after us made it all the worse. What made it even more nerve-racking for me the rest of the girls had gone off, hanging out with some of the characters. I would have hung with Mulan, but she had taken it upon herself to go on guard duty with Shang.

It was then that I remembered Jack. Now Elizabeth and Will had a room for whenever they came to the parks, but Jack on the other hand didn't. Either he didn't want one or he just wasn't around enough to need one. A good bet as a place he might be would be the winery in the castle. From my minimal knowledge of castles, I thought that the winery might be in the sub level, near the dungeons. I grabbed the closest candleholder I found and looked for a way down.

When I found the stairs, the door was ajar. " Jack," I murmured, and walked down the stone steps. While the castle was warm and cozy, the further I went down, the cooler it got. When I reached the ground level, I could feel the dampness, and hear water dripping down the walls. I could see light flickering at the end of the hallway.

I opened the doors, and smirked as I saw Jack, uncorking a bottle of rum.

"Thought I'd find you here," I said, startling him a little.

"Ah Julia, come to mingle with the lower class?" he asked, and he didn't seem to be to drunk yet. I sat next to him.

"You could say that," I murmured, Jack smirking as I leaned against one of the wooden barrels.

"Now love, I must ask you. Why are you down here and not up with all the goody goody's ?" he asked, as he took another sip of his drink.

"Let's just say, all the happy go lucky attitude gets to you after a while," I said, smiling as he laughed.

"So I was the lesser of two evils then?" he asked.

"Something like that," I smirked, as thunder rolled, shaking the walls a bit. I shook a bit too. Thunderstorms had never really been my cup of tea.

"What, you're not scared, are you love?" he asked, taking in my expression.

"A bit. You?" I asked, feeling a bit childish for fearing a little bit of thunder.

"Nah, why be afraid when there's rum, and someone to share it with," he said, and put his arm around me. Normally, I would shrug him off, but it was an arm of comfort. And I hadn't had any rum for a while, so when he tipped the bottle to me, I had a bit. It tasted sweet and sharp, but I had only had a sip when I heard, what sounded like, sobbing, coming from the next room.

"Jack, do you hear that?" I said, trying to listen harder. Yep, definitely sobbing.

"Hear what, love?" he asked, his voice a little less clear now.

"Someone's crying, Jack, and we need to find out who!" I said, yanking his arm off me and getting to my feet.

"Wait, where you going?" he slurred a little, groaning as I yanked him to his feet.

"Oh god, just what I need," I said, but smiled when I saw a pail of water. I grabbed it and poured it over his head, trying not to laugh so he sputtered. He yelled a string of curse words, and glared at me.

"What was that for!" he asked, a lot more affluent and twice as feisty.

"Even though you're not much help, I still need your help to face whatever's out there." He groaned, but followed me.

I poked my head around the corner, listening for the sound. All heard it again, this time followed by a quiet murmuring.

"Come on, this way," I whispered, and hurried as fast as I could, but as quietly as I could, towards the sounds. It lead us to the biggest and most tightly locked ceil of the entire dungeon, which I didn't know Cinderella Castle even had. And inside, sat three people who I never thought I'd see in a jail cell.

"Cinderella?" I asked, shocked to see her sitting there in that filthy room, with her head against Prince Charming's side, with an exhausted looking Prince Philip, sitting near them.

"Julia! You found us!" cried the princess, hurrying over to the side of the cell and grabbing my hands.

"Who did this to you!" I said, trying hard to yank open a huge padlock, but couldn't. It was then that my sword started freaking out once again, and in seconds the lock was a charred piece of metal next to my feet.

"Ok, that was awesome!" I cried out triumphantly, before getting a crushing hug from Cinderella.

"Cindy…. can't… breath!" I gasped and she let me go, blushing in embarrassment.

"Geez, you look terrible, no offence. How long have you guys been down here?" I asked, as a huge clap of thunder shook the walls.

"Well, I've only been here about a day, but Charming and Philip have been down here for over a week," she said, tiredness lining her face as she brushed some soot away.

"Who put you down here though, darling?" asked Jack, getting a nasty glare from Charming in the process.

"I… I don't know. One minute I was flying next to Peter and Anastasia, and then I ended up here with a really bad headache," she said, and I winced as I saw a dark colored bump on her forehead.

"Geez, that doesn't look good. Why didn't you two do anything!" I yelled at the princes.

They rolled their eyes, and I think they were about to make a witty come back, when a blinding pain ripped over me head. I tried to yank the thing, which was very furry, away from my head.

"GET IT OFF, WHATEVER IT IS!" I screamed, and felt Jack trying to hit with his sword. "I SAID GET IT, NOT ME!" I cried, when part of his sword cut off a bit of my hair.

"It's not my fault that the bloody thing won't stay still!" he replied angrily, and I screamed as the thing sunk his teeth into my ear.

"Bad Lucifer! Stop that!" cried Cinderella. So, it was the evil cat from her movie that was attacking my head. I then heard a hiss as Jack's sword made contact, and the hairy demon finally let go. With tears of pain and blind fury in my eyes, I saw that Jack had only cut the cat's paw a little. Too bad. Cinderella was looking at my many head wounds while Philip and Charming tied up the little beast. I think Cinderella guessed what I wanted to do, because she stopped me from lunging at Lucifer.

"Let me go Cindy! I'm gonna send that cat to a biology dissection lab! Alive!" I said, and Jack was doubled over laughing.

"So I'm guessing you don't like cats, love?" he gasped between laughs.

"Never have, and now never will thanks to that monster! NOW LET ME GO!" I swear, I never knew Cinderella had such a strong grip.

"No, Julia, it's what they want! You're better then that." She said, and I finally went limp.

"Fine, but at least make sure that he's not out of your sight. I think he might be a spy." She nodded, and produced a cat carrier. I rolled my eyes. Disney magic, go figure.

"Could you get me peroxide, or at least some bandages for my bleeding face?" I asked, grumbling things as she handed me them. I looked down at Lucifer, as he hissed and spat at us from inside the carrier. I put my face down near him, and his growling got deeper and more menacing. I growled back at him angrily, which shut him up. Jack laughed.

"That's one fine temper you got there Julia," he laughed, as I started going up the stairs. Growling, I spun around and smacked him, harder than I meant to, in the face. "And a hell of a slap," he said rubbing his red cheek.

"And proud of it babe!" I said, but wincing when I rubbed a few of my cuts with the peroxide. That cat was going to get it, and it would take a lot more then just Disney magic to put him back together.

Ok, let me say this right now. I am not a cat hater, but when it comes to Lucifer, there's just something about that cat that pisses me off. Oh yeah, maybe it's because he's a freaking devil cat, as Julia unfortunately had to experience.

Julia: You're dead, Rainlily216!

Me: Hey calm down, Julia. At least I had Jack Sparrow save you!

Julia: Of course, because you're too cheap to have Will Turner save me instead.

Me: If you want to deal with Elizabeth, then be my guest!

Julia: Fine I will ( Slams door)

While she's dealing with that, I hope you liked this chapter. I had to keep fixing it because I wasn't sure how exactly to write Jack's personality, and this was the best I could do, so if you don't like it, I'm sorry! Three down, one to go, the one being Aurora. Hopefully in the next chapter I'll save her, but then, you're going to have to leave some more reviews to find out!

(Julia walks in)

Me: So how'd it go?

Julia: Don't you start with me! I'm going to lie down, and hopefully my cheapo writer will have my face heal! (Exits)

Me: Note to self, stop giving my O.C's that much personality. It never ends well.