A Twist of the Curse
By Gwaina Baggins
Okay, first off, I really must apologize for how long it took me to get this chapter up. I'm a terrible procrastinator sometimes but also, I had my computer taken away for a bit (quite literally taken away; my dad stole it for work). Then, of course, I had to start cleaning the house (my mother is coming home from a trip and my dad wants it clean) so I ended up not being able to finish. *bows down and kisses reviewers' feet* I am REALLY sorry.
Thank you so much for all the kind reviews! *sniffles and looks teary eyed* You guys are so awesome. I've never had this many reviews before in such a short amount of time. Really, you guys are so great! *beams* ^^ Much thanks!
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"Mother! Mother!" a small child called, running into the kitchen. He had just been outside playing and was incredibly filthy. "Mother! Have you heard anything from Father yet?"
The woman who was his mother sighed, and continued kneading the bread dough in front of her. "I'm sorry, Will, not today, sweetie. I'm sure he'll contact us soon though and when he does, I bet this time it will be to tell us he's coming home."
The boy sighed and sat down on the ground, sniffling. "I was hoping we'd get that letter today." He wanted his father to be home and to be with him. He wanted to see him, to see what he looked like. He wanted to have someone to play with. He wanted someone who he could greet at the door like the other boys did when their dad's came home from work.
"Mother?" he said softly. "What does father look like?"
The woman smiled and looked at her dough as she began to shape it. "He's very handsome. Long, dark hair, much like yours even. You are going to be a perfect image of him when you grow up."
"Really?" the boy exclaimed, his eyes wide. He bounced to his feet and came closer to his mother. "Do you think I'll be a great merchant trader like him too?"
His mother frowned in a way he didn't really understand and slowly she nodded, and looked down at him. "Yes, Will, I think you are destined to do some really great things in your life." She put quickly covered the dough and glared at him. "Look at you! You are an absolute mess! Come on now!" She grabbed him by the ear. "You need to wash up."
A blinding pain shot through his head as she tugged on his ear and he whimpered. "Mother! Mother! That hurts! Stop please! Stop it! It hurts.....it..."
And then, his mother disappeared and he was all alone. The pain in his head kept on growing, slowly becoming unbearable. The ground started to move under him in a rocking fashion and he felt his stomach protesting. Without another thought he rolled over and-
Bootstrap Bill immediately stopped paddling and grabbed Will by the shoulders as the young man almost rolled off the small, makeshift raft. For the past few moments, he had been whimpering and asking someone to stop though Bill had not quite picked up who it was. Will coughed and choked, his face screwing up and then he wretched up a stomach full of seawater. Bill rubbed his back gently, whispering soothing words in his ear. It was to be expected that he would be sick but it still worried Bill.
Rolling the boy back towards the center of the raft, he glanced at the island which was almost close enough to touch. "We're almost there my boy. Just a little ways left to go."
Studying the shore, Bill noted that it had a few more trees than it had before, and it seemed to be well grown in. Then, he saw something he had been hoping against. Two people were onshore, one of them waving a hand in the other's face. The first person was wearing a dress; Bill pulled down the shirt apprehensively; and the second one was dressed in pirate garb.
"Jack?" he whispered softly. How on earth had the pirate survived so many years, or at least, Bill thought it had been years, on a deserted island? And how had the lady gotten there?
Trying to shrug it off, he decided he would ask questions later, when he and Will were on the island and safe. After all, it wasn't like Jack could hear him from here. Resolutely, he started paddling once more, trying to avoid the coral which was scraping against the bottom of the raft. If he hit a piece in just the wrong way, the raft would get a hole in it or, more likely, flip over. Bill did not wish for either of these to happen, even if the water was only waist deep. Will did not need to get wet again.
The two people on the island, one of the clearly Jack and the lady, had seemed to have noticed him now. The lady was yelling at Jack about something, moving her arms as though she wanted him to go help while Jack was doubled over either laughing or coughing.
"Laughing, probably," Bill mused, carefully avoiding another chunk of coral. "Probably thinks it's funny to see me out here in just a shirt."
With his attention no longer fully on the dangers of the coral, he failed to notice a long, jagged piece which protruded a few inches above the water. The raft drifted over it and a hole was jaggedly cut into it. Bill felt water starting to gather around his knees and glanced over, his eyes wide. Curses from every language known to man started flying from his mouth, and he quickly dropped the timber he was using as a rudder and paddle, and scooped his son into his arms.
The raft sunk down, leaving the man standing in the water, trying to hold his son above the lapping waves. Grimacing and muttering about his luck had been terrible ever since he had taken the coin from the chest, he started trudging towards shore. The sand underneath his feet was filled with sharp rocks and shells and it would have seriously hurt a normal man. I suppose the curse is good for some things Bootstrap thought drearily. The water was now up to his knees, and he self consciously pulled Will's shirt down. It just barely covered him.
The two people who were standing a little ways away were now running towards him, and they reached him just as he gently lowered Will to the ground. The young man's face was flushed and he was murmuring under his breath still about his childhood. Bill winced as he picked up his wife's name within the incoherent mumblings.
"Well, look what the tides dragged in," came a haughty, mirth filled voice. "If it ain't Bootstrap Bill, my favorite pirate." Bootstrap couldn't help but smile a bit and stood up.
"Well, looky here, it's the Captain," Bootstrap said, looking Jack up and down. Very few things had changed since he had last seen Sparrow. His hair was a bit longer, and his clothes were a bit dirtier. But for the truth of the matter, he was unmistakably Jack Sparrow.
Jack grinned and pulled the man into a hug. Here was good old Bootstrap, alive after all those rumors of him being dead. He couldn't help but laugh. Now Barbosa was doubly damned. Not only was Bootstrap here, and alive but it looked as though Will was with him. Jack grimaced slightly as he looked down at the young man. Looks more fit for a grave than anything, he decided.
Elizabeth did not even take a moment to notice the two of them. Instead, she dropped to her knees next to Will, her eyes wide. He was alive! She was so stunned she almost forgot to feel happy about this. The boy was lying here in front of her, alive after all though he appeared to be very ill. Gently, she reached out and touched his face, wincing at the unnatural heat that was lurking there.
"So, how did you manage to get a woman here with you?" Bill demanded, looking very happy. "And how on earth have you been feeding yourself all these years?"
"Well, I could ask you similar questions. Like, how did you manage to escape that cannon tied to your bootstraps and how on earth did you get a hold of young Will here?" Sparrow said, pulling back and studying his friend. Just like Will in looks except older with more hair. "And what on earth happened to your clothes?"
"It's a long story," Bill replied. "But right now." He nodded his head down towards Will.
Elizabeth was still ignoring them, whispering soothing words to the young man and holding his hand tightly. Jack sighed, and tapped her on the shoulder, drawing her attention towards him.
"Let go of him for a second, Elizabeth, darling," he smirked as he spoke the last bit. "We need to get him under the shade of the trees."
Elizabeth scowled at him and restrained herself from giving him a good slap across the face. She stood up and backed away, allowing Jack and the man she didn't know to pick Will up. She took the man in as she followed them under the shade of the palm trees. He looked very much like Will, except his hair was well past his shoulders, and he had a thick, bushy beard. Her lips pursed when she realized he was wearing simply a shirt. Who is this person?
Jack grunted and gently laid Will's legs down as Bill eased his son's shoulders and head onto the ground. Sparrow noted how gentle and caring Bill was as he set the boy down. And yet here Will believed that his father wasn't a good man because he was a pirate, he thought, smiling internally at Bootstrap's compassion. I think he has to be one of the best men out in this world. Wish the kid could only see what I'm seeing now.
Elizabeth sat back down next to Will and looked between the two men, her eyes questioning the both. "Alright, are one of you two going to ask a question or do I have to ask first?"
Jack opened his mouth but was immediately interrupted by Bill.
"You first, my lady," said the older of the two Turners.
Elizabeth pursed her lips, not sure if she should trust this man. He was clearly friendly with Jack which was most likely a bad thing. "Alright then," she said, eyes blazing. "Who are you? And how did you come across Will?"
Bill smiled, looking Elizabeth over. She was a pretty lass though she was looking rather tired and bedraggled. He bowed slightly, as much as the shirt would allow him to.
"I am William Turner," he said formally. "Also known as Bootstrap Bill Turner; I'm young Will's father." He motioned to the young man whose hand she was clinging too. "As for finding Will, I came across him at the bottom of the ocean and decided that he'd probably be having trouble breathing."
Elizabeth stared at him. "You-you are Will's father?"
"At your service, my lady," he replied.
"You.....you are a pirate!" she exclaimed. "You gave Will the coin! It's your blood they need to reverse the curse! But.....but....." she trailed off, rather overwhelmed.
Bill nodded slowly. "Yeah, I gave him the medallion." He frowned and looked at Will's bare chest. "Speaking of which, where is it?"
Elizabeth was about to answer when Jack held up a hand. He motioned to Bill, getting close to his old friend, and pressing his lips right up to his ear.
"I think you and I best speak about this alone," he whispered, patting Bill on the back. "But first, you need to....get....something more covering." He motioned to the shirt, and then turned to Elizabeth. "Elizabeth, darling, would you mind letting old Bootstrap borrow that dress of yours? He's lacking proper clothing at the moment."
Elizabeth glared at him and stood up, starting to undo the dress. "I do this for Mr. Turner," she said. "Not because you asked me." Slipping out of the dress, she handed it to Bootstrap and smiled before sitting back beside Will.
Bill nodded his thanks and followed Jack some distance away. So this was his Will's Elizabeth. A fine girl for his son, clearly intelligent and a good person at heart. She's a good judge of character too, he thought smirking. Jack may be a good man but he definitely has his flaws.
Jack stopped a good twenty feet away from Will and Elizabeth and allowed Bill to change into the dress. He sighed and slowly took a seat, watching carefully as Bill took a seat across from him. Bill looked nearly exactly the same except for the overgrown beard and hair. And, he was missing his boots.
"The dress is....flattering," Jack said, smirking slightly. Bill smiled at his friend, looking at the dress with uncertainty.
"I don't know," he replied. "I don't think it's really my color."
Jack shrugged, "Perhaps not....." He chuckled. "So, do you wish to start, or do you want me to?"
Bill got an evil glimmer in his eyes. "Well, from the way I see it, Captain, I have all eternity to explain what I've been up to but you've only got a human lifetime."
Elizabeth Swan sat under the palm trees, on top of the thin, green grass with Will Turner's head resting in her lap. Though she would have never admitted it to anyone, she had dreamed of this every once in a while. Sitting on the grass out on a beautiful lawn with her husband's head in her lap; he had just arrived home from work and was exhausted, dozing happily and half listening to her tell him how much she loved him. She shook her head violently, trying to erase such thoughts from her mind. Will was a gentleman but he was also the son of a pirate. She couldn't have such a flaw in her life, could she?
Besides, this wasn't anything like she had pictured! She had pictured herself being dressed simply but lovely, feeling calm and relaxed but instead, she was stuck on an island in the middle of nowhere, feeling frazzled and dressed only in a bodice. The man with his head in her lap was not her husband but a friend from her childhood. And he wasn't resting his head in her lap because he had been working; she had placed his head there because he was so ill. A bloody gash marred his forehead and his breath rasped with every shallow gasp he took. A fever raged in his body and every once in a while he would let out a soft groan of pain.
And it hurt her every second she stared at his pale face because she loved him so much.
It really was a hard fact to face. After all, her father was expecting her to marry the Commodore. Yes, the Commodore. He was a man any woman would dream of marrying. He was upstanding, rich, in high status and yet, she could not look at him more than a friend. No, she could not even think of him as a friend. When she had been so young, he had already been a gentleman. She could only think of him as a mentor. She would never, even if she did end up marrying him, look at him as a husband.
Yet, she looked at the boy she had saved from the water, the boy who was a pirate's son as someone she would love.
It was all so very confusing.
Will stirred, his eyes opening half way, his gaze unfocused and glazed. He stared up at Elizabeth for quite some time as though he was trying to recognize her. The whole time, she wanted to say something to him, but found her throat unbearably dry. Was he really seeing her or was he delirious? What was she going to say to him? It wasn't often that a man rested his head in the lap of a woman who was not his wife.....especially not a gentleman like Will.
"Elizabeth?" he breathed shakily, his voice hoarse. He lifted up his hand, trying to reach her face but his arms did not have enough strength. Elizabeth gently took his hand, trying to smile and make him feel better.
"Yes, Will, I'm right here," she said soothingly, squeezing his hand. "You need to stay still though, you're very ill."
"Mmmm," he replied, his eyes beginning to droop again. His lips started to move, but no sound came out. In a slight struggle, he managed to make a bit of sound. "I'm...dreaming....aren't I?"
Elizabeth stared at him, a bit startled by the comment. "No!" she said, trying to not blush too brightly. "No! This isn't a dream. I'm really here Will. I promise I am here. You are going to be alright."
Will continued to watch her, as though he was having a hard time comprehending the information. He turned his head a bit, pressing it against her leg, as though to test if she was really there, and he wasn't imagining everything. His eyes seemed to loose some of the incoherency.
"H-how-" he stuttered out, remembering how she had been taken onto the Pearl. Before he could get the rest of the sentence out though, Elizabeth pressed a hand against his lips.
"Hush," she said, stroking his face. "You are ill and need to rest. Do not think about it now, there will be time for questions later."
For a moment, this didn't seem to satisfy the young man and his brow wrinkled. However, he slowly began to relax, his eyes drifting shut once more. In a barely audible voice, he uttered several more words and his head lolled to one side.
Elizabeth did not hear the words, but later on, after her decision was made, she wished she had.
Carefully, she removed Will's head from her lap and rested it on the ground. It was clear that Will wasn't going to make it if he simply stayed here, and even if he did, they'd all starve to death anyway. Elizabeth had a plan and she was more than ready to start it. She was not going to sit around waiting for death! She was going to be rescued.
Stomping over to the hold for the rum and food, she looked into it, eyes bright. Jack could sit here and rot away if he wanted to, but she wasn't about to give up that easily.
"Revenge, eh?" Bootstrap said with interest. He was leaning back, resting against one of the trees. "I think I might join you there. Eight years under the sea gives me a very good reason to be....a bit.....revengeful."
"So, you'll help me?" Jack questioned his eyes bright. He leaned forward. "We go, get the Pearl, lift the curse, beat Barbosa and save my crew, savvy?"
Bootstrap laughed and stretched. "Sounds great my friend as long as we get to show Barbosa and his crew what happens when they betray someone."
Jack grinned broadly, and sat back, resting his arms upon his knees. "I always knew I could count on you Bootstrap, my friend."
"Of course, Jack, of course," Bootstrap said. "But I must admit, I'm tad sore that you were going to turn my son in."
Jack waved a dismissive hand. "I would have saved him, unless Barbosa slit his throat." The pirate ran a hand over his throat, taking in a hissing breath. "Then I would have had a problem."
"I suppose." Bootstrap looked over in the direction where they had left Will and Elizabeth. The sun was starting to set and the moon was coming out. Personally, he didn't want to show himself to his son as a skeleton, and he wasn't exactly sure how Elizabeth would take it either. She seemed to understand about the curse well enough, but had she seen exactly what the curse was? From where he was, he could see Will's figure, lying on the ground. Wait, alone? Where was the girl?
Bill stood up, his lips pursed, startling Jack slightly.
"What is it?" Sparrow asked, standing up as well and looking around.
"Where's the girl?" Bill asked suspiciously, his eyes flickering back and forth. "You said she was the governor's daughter right? She wouldn't try anything, would she?"
"What do you mean try something?" Jack asked, realizing very well that Elizabeth probably would do something to get off the island.
Bootstrap didn't respond for a moment, but his eyes grew very wide. Silently, he pointed to one of the palm trees at the end of the island. It was enveloped in flames, creating a huge signal flame in the sky.
"AGH! The rum!" Jack cried, shooting off in the direction of the fire.
TBC......
To my lovely reviewers:
Halo: Easy mellon! LoL! Here's your chapter! It's here! It's here! It's here! : ) *grins happily like a little kid* Thank you for reviewing mellon nin. However, I must request that you go see the movie eventually ^_~. Soon as it comes out, k? Mwahahahahahaha. A pirates life for me.....
TC: LoL...sorry it took a while, mellon nin. : ) But its here now.... My writing isn't THAT great. : ) Look at Cathy's and Cassia's and Sio's. Much better than mine. I always wondered why Elizabeth didn't keep the dress. It didn't make sense. If she WANTED to be defiant, she should have just jumped. Many thanks for the review mellon nin! : )
ElvenRanger13: LOL! It's okay to have memory loss every once in a while. After all, we all get senior moments. : ) I'm glad you like the story so far. : ) And I'm glad you like Will. After all, someone has to be upset when I .......... Will and ........... him....... : ) ^_~ It's finally updated, I hope you didn't go too crazy! Thanks very much for the review!
Sehanine Emaroe: Yes, *sniff* Artistic License! That's what I like to call my memory span of two seconds. : ) In other words, I couldn't remember half of what they said properly so I let them rewrite their own words ^_~. Yes, it is Jack Sparrow, not Sparrows. Thank you for pointing that out. I corrected it : ). *laughs* Um, thank you.....I think....... for the, um, making Elizabeth more of a Mary Sue comment......... : ) No, I'm not going to kill her unfortunately but I might kill ...........! We'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for the review and the help!
Lady Lenna: So you like to watch Will suffer? LOL! J/k. : ) I'm glad you found the chapter good and I hope you enjoyed this one just as much. Many thanks for the review! Cheers!
PsychoPoet: *big tear filled eyes* I feel so *sobs* loved! You reviewed! AGAIN! *hugs tight* And you added my story to your favorites! : ) You are a lovely person, you know that? Excellent, wonderful : )! Hyper is good. I like hyper! : ) Thank you for the review!
Firnsarnien: Hey! I know you! You do write "A Walk Out of Reach" : ). I think I may have read it, in fact I'm nearly positive. : ) *goes to make sure she reviewed* I think I reviewed under another name as well. ^_~ Very well written, mellon nin! Very well written! LoL! It's okay to love angst. I know I do. *points to her LOTR searching* I always search under angst first and then action-adventure. :) I guess his clothes sorta had to rot off eh? But then again, they said that Will is a spittin' image of Bootstrap.... I dunno, I'm not getting that bad of a picture ^_~ I better keep this answer G-PG though, right? Well, who says WILL needs the motivation to find the Pearl. I say Jack and dear old Booty are gonna do just fine on their own. : ) And when they manipulate Elizabeth a little bit by threatening to ............... : ) I think they will be well onto their quest again! LoL. Sorry it took a day or two to get this chapter up. My daddy stole my 'puter *looks pathetic* and I was totally thrown off course. : ) But I'm back now, and I hope to update every day or every other day. : ) Summer's only a bit longer! Can't let it go to waste! Thank you for the review..... *sweatdrops* Sorry for the long response......
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The-Serious-Padfoot: *cries* Poor Padfoot. I loved him. He was my favorite character. *chases JK around with a knife* I WAITED THREE YEARS FOR YOU TO KILL HIM OFF! I read the fourth book in two days and read the fifth one in one day...... : ) I'm a sick sad individual! You have to read the book soon! Please : ) Maybe I'll even write a Harry Potter fic.... As I've told someone else....Will's daddy looks just like him so it be like Will walking around in only a shirt...... *doesn't really mind that idea* Woops, didn't say that. : ) Glad you like the fic! Keep enjoying it for me and tell me what you like and don't like : ) Many thanks for the review!
Sage: Keeping it up to the best of my ability my friend! Hope to have it finished with in a week or two : ) Thank you for your support and review!
cheryse: : ) Well, Elizabeth is definitely happy to have Will alive and I'm afraid that Norrington might have to save them unless you have a better suggestion *lifts eyebrow* I don't have any other ideas. : ) But Will's reaction to his father will be coming up soon ^^ Soon as I get him completely conscious again! Thanks for the review! : )
Melissa: Ah! I have a name for Ms. Anonymous! : ) EEE! *looks pleased* Ehehehe, thanks for another review. : ) I really liked your last one (it was the only one that really helped me) and I'm glad you reviewed again. Okies, lets look it over again. 1) *scratches head sheepishly* Really sorry about the lack of dialogue in places. I'm troubled a little bit memory wise and only remember the lines that REALLY catch my attention. So I did my best to incorporate what I remembered into what I put down but I suppose it's not really a great excuse. 2) Ah, thank you! : ) *beams* Is that what he said? After two times of watching the movie, I heard what he said but it went in one ear and out the other. I'm troubled. : ) So I replaced it with the next best thing! RUM! RUM! RUM! : ) lol..... I'm really glad you liked the chapter, even though it had a bunch of mistakes. I really do try to make it good : ). Yes, Elizabeth kept the dress. I never understood why she gave it back! Barbosa is tossing her overboard and she still gives in to his request...... stupid. : ) Glad you like the cliffies, most normal people kill me for them. ^^ And I'm glad I'm not the ONLY one who saw this whole "Where is Bootstrap because he can't be dead" thing. Thanks so much for the review......sorry for the long and rather crazy response.
Krissa: : ) I dunno. I don't think I'm that great of a writer. I just hit a good idea, that's all. Reviews always surprise me, especially when I get them in such great amounts. Forty six reviews is something I'm REALLY not used to, especially in about one day. : ) You guys had me writing the next chapter REALLY fast. Orlando is really lucky, I think. It's not often that such a new actor gets such great roles. First, he played in Lord of the Rings and then in a Disney movie. This kid is REALLY lucky. LoL. Don't kill Will? Can I ............ him and then make him ..............? ^_~ Argh....thunder and lightning outside and I have to go! Thank you for the review!
Goma-Ryu Immortal Vampire: Haha, yes, party on the island until Elizabeth burns all the rum! *sniggers* Just imagine Jack's face. "AGH! THE RUM!" Ehehehe. Anyway, thank you very much for your review and I hoped you enjoyed the chapter! Cheers!
ChelseaBloom: Here's your next chapter! Hope you liked it! : ) Love ya lots. Thanks much for the review!
Eternally*Mine: *blushes* Thanks for the compliment. I tried to show the love between Will and Elizabeth a bit more in the last chapter. Not much of a romantic. Was hard. : ) Anyway, *laughs* believe me, I really did laugh when you said you picture Bootstrap like that. Personally, that's how I pictured him the first time! : ) I'm trying to show Bootstrap as a good guy but not perfect. As you can see, he's out for revenge and next chapter we might see exactly how far he'll go to get it. Thank you very much for the review! I hope this chapter was just as good. : ) I'll try to post again soon. By the way, I loved your review, and it was far from pointless : )
Pirate-chicha: Ah, the most important words *salutes that song* : ) I'm very glad you liked the chapter. : ) This chapter was up relatively fast considering I was a bit thrown off. ^^ Thanks for the review!
Nanashinigami:*g* I don't know, my friend, its truly amazing how you can wind someone into the plot line and make the plot line stay relatively the same. For instance Barbosa is still going to be an idiot, Jack is still going to be insane, Will is still going to love Elizabeth, and Elizabeth is still going to promise her life to the Commodore : ) But you didn't hear that from me. ^^ Thank you for the wonderful review. Sorry this took a while. Was kicked off the computer for a bit. O_O It was awful!
Jedi Master Calriel: Thanks for the review! Very glad you liked it! Continue to enjoy it.....I hope.
Roseblade22: Urgh, I wouldn't mind getting rid of Elizabeth but she has to live cause she has to marry the Commodore. : ) Right? Anyway, I was tempted to make will scream when he woke up this chapter, with his head resting in Elizabeth's lap and blame it on delirium but...... *sighs* I decided to be nice. : ) Sorry it took a while to update. Will is going to meet his daddy soon. The next chapter or the chapter after that I think......all depends on what my fingers type up....got minds of their own you know. Thanks for the review!
Raya: *blushes* Thanks for the compliments. : ) I really think that Jack's character is easy to capture. Just act like your drunk the entire time. In other words, say stupid things at stupid times but in a smart and sarcastic way : ). Or something like that. My hands to the writing, I just sit here and look on. : ) Here's your chapter! Thanks for the review!
Alias: LOL! I always like reviews from everyone even if I do have a lot : ) Every one of them counts you know! ^^ I'm really glad you like the fic so far, and I'm REALLY sorry it took so long to get this chapter up! *hits head* I've been procrastinating a bit AND I've been busy. : ) Not a good mixture. Anywho, many thanks for the review : )
Lirenel: Ehehe, I could see him doing it too. Actually, I sort of pictured it as looking up, spitting out the mouthful and choking on the stuff that was half way down. LOL! : ) Yes, well, as long as they are together, it won't seem so bad when they starve to death....right? *grins* Thanks very much for the review!
dancer 51: AH! You make me feel bad! It took me FOREVER to actually write and load this chapter. I'm so sorry. I hope you haven't been checking too often. : ) LoL. : ) There is no possible way for Bootstrap to be dead, even though several of my friends are trying to convince me that he didn't survive. But what kind of idiot sits on the bottom of the ocean for ten years? Not an intelligent one. : ) Anyway, many thanks for the review! Here's your chapter though it is a bit belated.
Elwen – Star Maiden: : ) Many thanks, mellon nin. ^^ For both reviewing when you were exhausted and for looking this chappie over for me before I posted. It was particularly difficult to write cause I didn't have a clue as to where I was going with the plot. ^^ But hey, I'm on a roll now! : ) Thanks again mellon nin!
Carrie: Gwap! MELLON NIN!! : ) EEE!!! *squeals and hugs* You read my fic! *grins* Hyper is okay! We likes hyper, precious! BUT YOU SHALL NOT STEAL THE NAME OF MIKI! *twitch* NO ONE STEALS THE NAME OF MIKI! *evil look lights up in eyes* My name, my name, my name, my name...... *twitch twitch* LoL. So I'm allowed to maim and injure Will nearly to the point of death but I'm not allowed to kill him? Poop. Guess that ruins my one way of ending the story. : ) Ehehehehehe. Disney is doing a sequel actually, but I don't think it's going to be on Bootstrap. : ( *sighs* That's too bad really. LoL. True, updates do seem to keep rabid reviewers away. ^^ LoL. I love it when your hyper, you are absolutely great. *g* HAPPY! Thank you for the review! ^_~ POTC is a fun category to write for, what can I say?
cody: : ) Thanks for the compliments. I update as often as I can. So, whenever the chapter is written and the reviews are responded to, it will be posted. I'm trying to get it up every day or every other day but at the moment, I'm kinda busy so this will be a bit slower than usual. : ) Thanks for the review.
Leolyn Greenleaf: Here's your chapter : ). Thanks a lot for the compliments! They go a long way and keep me writing! Thanks a lot for the review.
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