Chapter 3: The Mysterious Island
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean blah blah blah. But I do own Jiss. She © me.
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"Land ho!" called the lookout, and Jack brought out Barbossa's telescope to check out the island their ship was currently headed straight at. Heavily forested was the first description to come to mind.
"Trees, trees and more trees.." He mumbled. "Peachy."
"Should we dock, Captain?" Anamarie asked.
"Can't. No docks. Drop anchor!" He ordered. It was relayed through the crew and the ship was soon brought to a halt.
Jack, Jiss, Anamarie and three other crew members rowed to shore in rowboats to check out the land. Jiss spent the whole time whispering to herself, which was starting to annoy Jack. When they made it to the island, Jack realized that it was a lot larger than it had first looked.
"Ok, we saw the island, can we go back now?" Jiss was looking around uneasily.
"Got to explore a bit first, love." Jack smiled at the small selection of his crew and began to split them up into groups of two. Jack went with one of the men, Jiss went with Anamarie and the last two men went together.
"Ay, Jack, shouldn't we put some men with the ladies? Can't let 'em go off on their own." One of the men commented.
Jack looked to Anamarie and Jiss, then to the commenter. "I have the utmost faith in my crew, be them women or men. I trust they can take of themselves. But if they wish for company.." He smirked charmingly, but both the women just rolled their eyes.
"Honestly Jack! C'mon Jiss." Anamarie said, pulling Jiss by the arm straight into the middle of the forest. "I've never seen so many trees at once! There's hardly any walking space at all."
"There's plenty, you just need to know where. Anna, can you keep a secret?"
"Of course Jiss. I'm the most honest person I know." Anamarie joked.
"Come with me. I'll show you something." Jiss suddenly took a sharp right, shifting through the underbrush with amazing silence. Anamarie followed as quietly as possible, and within the half hour, they had reached the edge of a tiny clearing that had a small pond in the middle and the most beautiful flowers blooming around it. Anamarie gasped at the unnatural scene, and Jiss made a motion for her to be silent, then made an odd clicking noise. The sound reverberated off the trees before fading back into the quiet, and Jiss whispered a simple word: "Watch."
Silently, two deer strolled cautiously into the clearing, looked around, and bent to drink. One had a magnificent rack of antlers, the gleaming whiteness shining in the sun. The other was a doe, perfect in every way, from it's slender legs to the teardrop tail. The silence remained unbroken, even when the deer finished and walked back into the trees.
"Oh my, Jiss. How-?" Anamarie asked.
"You're my first friend since I left my home to become a pirate. I figured you deserved something in return." Jiss answered. Anamarie was quiet for a minute.
"But how?"
"Sometimes, it isn't safe to ask too many questions." Jiss stated, and Anamarie looked at her quizzically. "Now, let's go see if we can sneak up and scare Jack. I bet he screams like a girl." She laughed and reversed their direction, with Anamarie following close so as not to get lost.
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Jack and the crewmate spoke loud and friendly, sharing jokes and stories. Jiss and Anamarie found them easily, and followed in the bushes alongside Jack.
"Ok," Jiss whispered once they got close. "Be absolutely silent." She picked up a rock and flung it to the other side of Jack and the crewmate, causing them to stop and draw swords.
"Whose there?" Jack called in the opposite direction of the girls.
"Captain, what if it's a native?" Asked the crewmate. Jack laughed.
"This island is most definitely uninhabited."
Anamarie listened to Jiss make a barely audible growling noise in the back of her throat., but kept her eyes on Jack. Jiss whispered: "On three. One, two -"
WHHHHHTHUMP!
Jiss took note of the dagger that had implanted itself into the tree next to her head, then looked to Jack, who was in turn looking at them. The crewmate was still turned towards the other direction, and Anamarie was staring at the dagger between Jiss and her.
Jiss stood up and bowed, smiling deviously. "Ah, captain, you caught us."
Jack laughed, sheathing his sword and walking over, then yanked his dagger from the tree. "I'm for games as much as the next pirate, but your supposed to be scouting. Now off with you two."
"Aye Captain." Jiss stood up and pulled Anamarie back into woods, out of sight from Jack and the crewmate who had already started moving again, discussing the insanity of women.
"Drive me insane. And two of them! Like one isn't enough." Jack waved his hands around in expression, a common habit for him. The crewmate listened, offering his opinions at regular intervals. "Playing games during business hours. What next?"
Jack stopped. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what, sir?"
"Those voices."
"Voices? I think you've had to much rum again, captain. I didn't hear anything."
Jack eyed the thick brush, then turned back. "Rum, indeed. Wait here, and don't follow lest I call you. It's not Jiss this time, savvy?"
"Then, what is it sir?"
"Dunno, mate. But I plan to find out." Jack drew his sword again, and hacked a makeshift path to the source of the voices he heard.
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"Jiss, shouldn't we go back to the ship now? The others are probably waiting." Anamarie said.
Jiss glanced up through the thick branches overhead. "S'not that late. Jack'll still be out wandering, at least."
"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere. Nowhere. Ergh.." Jiss ran a hand over her bandana and through her hair. "Back to the ship, right. Good. Yes." She turned 180 degrees and started back, faster than before. "Well, c'mon." Anamarie gave an exasperated sigh and followed.
"Jiss, what's gotten into you?"
"Nothing! Nothing." Jiss shouted, but it didn't sound so much like anger, but like surprise. "We have to get back. I-" She slowed and glanced from side to side as she moved. "I don't like it here."
"Something's wrong, it's obvious. Tell me." Anamarie persisted, going as far as to grasp Jiss by the arm and pull her to a halt. "If you really thought of me as a friend, you'd tell me."
Jiss looked straight into Anamarie's eyes, and Anamarie could see the pain in her face from her words.
"Jiss, I'm sorry. C'mon, let's get to the ship." They headed back quickly, not stopping to talk until they could see the Black Pearl. Boarding it, they questioned a crew member as to the other scouting partners.
"I'm sorry ladies. They've all come back, except Jack. His scouting partner came back saying Jack wandered off and didn't come back. No one knows what happened, and we were starting to worry the same fate had befallen you two."
Jiss cursed loudly. "Bloody hell, I knew it, oh damn, oh damn. Anna, I have to go get Jack. Stay here. No wait, wait. See that smaller island?" She pointed farther west. "Dock there. Stay there. If we're not back by this time tomorrow, leave."
"We can't leave without our captain and first mate!" Anamarie opposed.
"If were not back by then, I can guarantee we're dead." Jiss quickly jumped back in the rowboat floating beside the Black Pearl. "That's an order! So go now, and if we're not back by tomorrow night, leave and don't look back." Jiss rowed to the mysterious island, waving to the crew. Anamarie watched her run into the forest, then turned to the crew.
"Well, you heard her." She said solemnly. "Lift anchor and dock at the other island."
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If anyone who is reading this, and reads my other fanfic, you'll notice this one is moving a lot faster towards the climax than the other. Ah well, variety is the spice of life. Always fun to do something different. And please, please review. I love those.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pirates of the Caribbean blah blah blah. But I do own Jiss. She © me.
~
"Land ho!" called the lookout, and Jack brought out Barbossa's telescope to check out the island their ship was currently headed straight at. Heavily forested was the first description to come to mind.
"Trees, trees and more trees.." He mumbled. "Peachy."
"Should we dock, Captain?" Anamarie asked.
"Can't. No docks. Drop anchor!" He ordered. It was relayed through the crew and the ship was soon brought to a halt.
Jack, Jiss, Anamarie and three other crew members rowed to shore in rowboats to check out the land. Jiss spent the whole time whispering to herself, which was starting to annoy Jack. When they made it to the island, Jack realized that it was a lot larger than it had first looked.
"Ok, we saw the island, can we go back now?" Jiss was looking around uneasily.
"Got to explore a bit first, love." Jack smiled at the small selection of his crew and began to split them up into groups of two. Jack went with one of the men, Jiss went with Anamarie and the last two men went together.
"Ay, Jack, shouldn't we put some men with the ladies? Can't let 'em go off on their own." One of the men commented.
Jack looked to Anamarie and Jiss, then to the commenter. "I have the utmost faith in my crew, be them women or men. I trust they can take of themselves. But if they wish for company.." He smirked charmingly, but both the women just rolled their eyes.
"Honestly Jack! C'mon Jiss." Anamarie said, pulling Jiss by the arm straight into the middle of the forest. "I've never seen so many trees at once! There's hardly any walking space at all."
"There's plenty, you just need to know where. Anna, can you keep a secret?"
"Of course Jiss. I'm the most honest person I know." Anamarie joked.
"Come with me. I'll show you something." Jiss suddenly took a sharp right, shifting through the underbrush with amazing silence. Anamarie followed as quietly as possible, and within the half hour, they had reached the edge of a tiny clearing that had a small pond in the middle and the most beautiful flowers blooming around it. Anamarie gasped at the unnatural scene, and Jiss made a motion for her to be silent, then made an odd clicking noise. The sound reverberated off the trees before fading back into the quiet, and Jiss whispered a simple word: "Watch."
Silently, two deer strolled cautiously into the clearing, looked around, and bent to drink. One had a magnificent rack of antlers, the gleaming whiteness shining in the sun. The other was a doe, perfect in every way, from it's slender legs to the teardrop tail. The silence remained unbroken, even when the deer finished and walked back into the trees.
"Oh my, Jiss. How-?" Anamarie asked.
"You're my first friend since I left my home to become a pirate. I figured you deserved something in return." Jiss answered. Anamarie was quiet for a minute.
"But how?"
"Sometimes, it isn't safe to ask too many questions." Jiss stated, and Anamarie looked at her quizzically. "Now, let's go see if we can sneak up and scare Jack. I bet he screams like a girl." She laughed and reversed their direction, with Anamarie following close so as not to get lost.
~
Jack and the crewmate spoke loud and friendly, sharing jokes and stories. Jiss and Anamarie found them easily, and followed in the bushes alongside Jack.
"Ok," Jiss whispered once they got close. "Be absolutely silent." She picked up a rock and flung it to the other side of Jack and the crewmate, causing them to stop and draw swords.
"Whose there?" Jack called in the opposite direction of the girls.
"Captain, what if it's a native?" Asked the crewmate. Jack laughed.
"This island is most definitely uninhabited."
Anamarie listened to Jiss make a barely audible growling noise in the back of her throat., but kept her eyes on Jack. Jiss whispered: "On three. One, two -"
WHHHHHTHUMP!
Jiss took note of the dagger that had implanted itself into the tree next to her head, then looked to Jack, who was in turn looking at them. The crewmate was still turned towards the other direction, and Anamarie was staring at the dagger between Jiss and her.
Jiss stood up and bowed, smiling deviously. "Ah, captain, you caught us."
Jack laughed, sheathing his sword and walking over, then yanked his dagger from the tree. "I'm for games as much as the next pirate, but your supposed to be scouting. Now off with you two."
"Aye Captain." Jiss stood up and pulled Anamarie back into woods, out of sight from Jack and the crewmate who had already started moving again, discussing the insanity of women.
"Drive me insane. And two of them! Like one isn't enough." Jack waved his hands around in expression, a common habit for him. The crewmate listened, offering his opinions at regular intervals. "Playing games during business hours. What next?"
Jack stopped. "Did you hear that?"
"Hear what, sir?"
"Those voices."
"Voices? I think you've had to much rum again, captain. I didn't hear anything."
Jack eyed the thick brush, then turned back. "Rum, indeed. Wait here, and don't follow lest I call you. It's not Jiss this time, savvy?"
"Then, what is it sir?"
"Dunno, mate. But I plan to find out." Jack drew his sword again, and hacked a makeshift path to the source of the voices he heard.
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"Jiss, shouldn't we go back to the ship now? The others are probably waiting." Anamarie said.
Jiss glanced up through the thick branches overhead. "S'not that late. Jack'll still be out wandering, at least."
"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere. Nowhere. Ergh.." Jiss ran a hand over her bandana and through her hair. "Back to the ship, right. Good. Yes." She turned 180 degrees and started back, faster than before. "Well, c'mon." Anamarie gave an exasperated sigh and followed.
"Jiss, what's gotten into you?"
"Nothing! Nothing." Jiss shouted, but it didn't sound so much like anger, but like surprise. "We have to get back. I-" She slowed and glanced from side to side as she moved. "I don't like it here."
"Something's wrong, it's obvious. Tell me." Anamarie persisted, going as far as to grasp Jiss by the arm and pull her to a halt. "If you really thought of me as a friend, you'd tell me."
Jiss looked straight into Anamarie's eyes, and Anamarie could see the pain in her face from her words.
"Jiss, I'm sorry. C'mon, let's get to the ship." They headed back quickly, not stopping to talk until they could see the Black Pearl. Boarding it, they questioned a crew member as to the other scouting partners.
"I'm sorry ladies. They've all come back, except Jack. His scouting partner came back saying Jack wandered off and didn't come back. No one knows what happened, and we were starting to worry the same fate had befallen you two."
Jiss cursed loudly. "Bloody hell, I knew it, oh damn, oh damn. Anna, I have to go get Jack. Stay here. No wait, wait. See that smaller island?" She pointed farther west. "Dock there. Stay there. If we're not back by this time tomorrow, leave."
"We can't leave without our captain and first mate!" Anamarie opposed.
"If were not back by then, I can guarantee we're dead." Jiss quickly jumped back in the rowboat floating beside the Black Pearl. "That's an order! So go now, and if we're not back by tomorrow night, leave and don't look back." Jiss rowed to the mysterious island, waving to the crew. Anamarie watched her run into the forest, then turned to the crew.
"Well, you heard her." She said solemnly. "Lift anchor and dock at the other island."
~*~
If anyone who is reading this, and reads my other fanfic, you'll notice this one is moving a lot faster towards the climax than the other. Ah well, variety is the spice of life. Always fun to do something different. And please, please review. I love those.