disclaimer:dont own potc...grrrrr
A/N:hmmm...ok, im getting kind of confused about this...but ill work it out...if something doesnt make sense, feel free to tell me, but specify what,so ill know...
and reviews are always welcome...35 now!!!:)
(on the weekend, i have a lot of stuff to do, so i might be a little slower on the updates...)
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"I'm guessin' yeh ain't Sword either..."He said calmly, looking at the shadow girl.One more, and he'd be completely used to Sword look alikes...first Rose, now this...
"How did you get that?" She asked, making sure the subject won't stray from the ring she seemed to fear so much. She calmed down now that there was a distance between them, her attitude very much like the captain's.Calm and amused.
"Stole it from an ol' traveler...don't ask the whole story...quite long, an' I'm in kind o' a hurry, savvy?" He said.But now, knowing that he had an advantage, he knew he could use this shadow, and maybe find the real Sword."Though, I 'ave time for yeh to tell me who yeh are, an' what this place is..."
"And why should I?" said the shadow, smiling playfully, her arms crossed, leaning against the wall.Her quiet, eerie voice echoed, and caused Jack to look around and see if there were any more like her.But it was just him and the Shadow Sword.
"Because I 'ave this ring, love...and yer clearly afraid o' it..."he stated plainly, swaggering closer to her.
The shadow moved to the side. They started circling, Jack wanting to get closer, the shadow wanting to move away. But both of them kept smiling.
"You know nothing of the ring, or how it could hurt me." she whispered.
"I'm good at guessin', love...an' I'm guessin' that since yeh told me this is a gate to what's beyond death, yer a some kind o' demon, who tricks the livin' to go through."
"Smart one, aren't you?" she said, sarcastically, with a mock yawn, though it was so awkward, that he knew she was just acting."Yes...yes, I am a demon.My name is Kaptafae...and you're right...I call the living into the world of shadows...The one you're looking for...the girl...she was especially hard to convince.I had to take your shape, but that wasn't enough for her...she asked annoying questions, so in the end, I just threw her in." She chuckled wickedly.
Jack fought the urge to pull his sword, knowing it would go right through her, even if she did look solid as the black rock behind her."An' so, yer a demon...yeh never were alive, so the ring would not bring yeh back to life...It would end yer existence." He said, confident.
"My, but you are a good guesser." She said, in mock interest."Yes, everything you say is true..."her voice trailing off.She looked at the shadows in the gate, and started to poke a finger at them.They soundlessly screamed at her touch.She smiled.
Jack wasn't quite so sure that he was right, and that the demon would tell him the truth.He walked to the gate, and reached a hand through.The many vacant eyed shadows reached for his hand, either to pull him in, or for support to get out. But they could not touch him, and he could freely pull his hand back.He grinned.At least he was sure that he could move freely through the gate.
Kaptafae seemed to be able to read his expression."She can't come back...you can go in, but she can't come back out...Of course, you can stay here with her instead..."She said, looking highly amused.
"Anything else, love, yeh want to tell me?"
"Why not?It's quite entertaining, to watch you greedy humans trying to solve problems there are no solutions to." Kaptafae said."This ring won't help her get out.You don't have to worry about deciding between staying instead of her, giving her the ring.Of course, you wouldn't.Greedy, selfish human."She smiled at his frown.
Jack thought, then his face lit up with a grin again, when he remembered what Crooks said."but there are two rings." he whispered to himself, then looked at Kaptafae, to see her reaction.
Kaptafae eyes widened for a second, then became impassive."You know more than the usual human...yes, there is a ring of despair.The ring of hope, lets the dead walk freely between the gates.The ring of despair lets the living walk freely between the gates." She said.
Jack was still suspicious."Why do yeh tell me all this, love?"
"Not much happens here...living come, then get lost in the shadows...that's all, really, to my ...life...I get bored..."She said, and did a mock yawn again.
Jack was annoyed."If I get the ring o' despair, can yeh call 'er here, so I can give it to 'er? Will yeh let us leave?"
"Why not?The crew that came with her were enough living for now...and there will be more coming soon anyway..."she smiled."While you are away looking for the ring."
"Yeh can see the future?"Jack asked, showing some interest.
"Just about incoming living...that's my job...that's my purpose..."She said, her voice trailing away again.
"Do yeh know where I can find the man who 'as the ring?"Jack asked hopefully.
Kaptafae smiled mysteriously."He's at the treasure...greedy human.Keeps trying to get in, with only one ring...doesn't understand that he needs the both of them."
That confused Jack once again."Treasure?"
The shadow girl chuckled."Yes...yes, there is a treasure hidden away, in a cave much like this...but the barrier to it can only be broken by the two rings at once.That's why that man wanted them so much...He was on his way there...on that ship you attacked.When you stole the ring of hope from him."
So the shadow girl knew more than she let on...seemed like she could read his mind...
A/N:hmmm...ok, im getting kind of confused about this...but ill work it out...if something doesnt make sense, feel free to tell me, but specify what,so ill know...
and reviews are always welcome...35 now!!!:)
(on the weekend, i have a lot of stuff to do, so i might be a little slower on the updates...)
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"I'm guessin' yeh ain't Sword either..."He said calmly, looking at the shadow girl.One more, and he'd be completely used to Sword look alikes...first Rose, now this...
"How did you get that?" She asked, making sure the subject won't stray from the ring she seemed to fear so much. She calmed down now that there was a distance between them, her attitude very much like the captain's.Calm and amused.
"Stole it from an ol' traveler...don't ask the whole story...quite long, an' I'm in kind o' a hurry, savvy?" He said.But now, knowing that he had an advantage, he knew he could use this shadow, and maybe find the real Sword."Though, I 'ave time for yeh to tell me who yeh are, an' what this place is..."
"And why should I?" said the shadow, smiling playfully, her arms crossed, leaning against the wall.Her quiet, eerie voice echoed, and caused Jack to look around and see if there were any more like her.But it was just him and the Shadow Sword.
"Because I 'ave this ring, love...and yer clearly afraid o' it..."he stated plainly, swaggering closer to her.
The shadow moved to the side. They started circling, Jack wanting to get closer, the shadow wanting to move away. But both of them kept smiling.
"You know nothing of the ring, or how it could hurt me." she whispered.
"I'm good at guessin', love...an' I'm guessin' that since yeh told me this is a gate to what's beyond death, yer a some kind o' demon, who tricks the livin' to go through."
"Smart one, aren't you?" she said, sarcastically, with a mock yawn, though it was so awkward, that he knew she was just acting."Yes...yes, I am a demon.My name is Kaptafae...and you're right...I call the living into the world of shadows...The one you're looking for...the girl...she was especially hard to convince.I had to take your shape, but that wasn't enough for her...she asked annoying questions, so in the end, I just threw her in." She chuckled wickedly.
Jack fought the urge to pull his sword, knowing it would go right through her, even if she did look solid as the black rock behind her."An' so, yer a demon...yeh never were alive, so the ring would not bring yeh back to life...It would end yer existence." He said, confident.
"My, but you are a good guesser." She said, in mock interest."Yes, everything you say is true..."her voice trailing off.She looked at the shadows in the gate, and started to poke a finger at them.They soundlessly screamed at her touch.She smiled.
Jack wasn't quite so sure that he was right, and that the demon would tell him the truth.He walked to the gate, and reached a hand through.The many vacant eyed shadows reached for his hand, either to pull him in, or for support to get out. But they could not touch him, and he could freely pull his hand back.He grinned.At least he was sure that he could move freely through the gate.
Kaptafae seemed to be able to read his expression."She can't come back...you can go in, but she can't come back out...Of course, you can stay here with her instead..."She said, looking highly amused.
"Anything else, love, yeh want to tell me?"
"Why not?It's quite entertaining, to watch you greedy humans trying to solve problems there are no solutions to." Kaptafae said."This ring won't help her get out.You don't have to worry about deciding between staying instead of her, giving her the ring.Of course, you wouldn't.Greedy, selfish human."She smiled at his frown.
Jack thought, then his face lit up with a grin again, when he remembered what Crooks said."but there are two rings." he whispered to himself, then looked at Kaptafae, to see her reaction.
Kaptafae eyes widened for a second, then became impassive."You know more than the usual human...yes, there is a ring of despair.The ring of hope, lets the dead walk freely between the gates.The ring of despair lets the living walk freely between the gates." She said.
Jack was still suspicious."Why do yeh tell me all this, love?"
"Not much happens here...living come, then get lost in the shadows...that's all, really, to my ...life...I get bored..."She said, and did a mock yawn again.
Jack was annoyed."If I get the ring o' despair, can yeh call 'er here, so I can give it to 'er? Will yeh let us leave?"
"Why not?The crew that came with her were enough living for now...and there will be more coming soon anyway..."she smiled."While you are away looking for the ring."
"Yeh can see the future?"Jack asked, showing some interest.
"Just about incoming living...that's my job...that's my purpose..."She said, her voice trailing away again.
"Do yeh know where I can find the man who 'as the ring?"Jack asked hopefully.
Kaptafae smiled mysteriously."He's at the treasure...greedy human.Keeps trying to get in, with only one ring...doesn't understand that he needs the both of them."
That confused Jack once again."Treasure?"
The shadow girl chuckled."Yes...yes, there is a treasure hidden away, in a cave much like this...but the barrier to it can only be broken by the two rings at once.That's why that man wanted them so much...He was on his way there...on that ship you attacked.When you stole the ring of hope from him."
So the shadow girl knew more than she let on...seemed like she could read his mind...