A/N So Sorry, I am so so sorry for the long delay. First I had a major
writer's block, I knew somewhat what I wanted, but every time I started
writing it just sounded.wrong. Then I went to Oklahoma to see my grandma
for a week, and since then my writers block has stayed until today. I wrote
this all in about three hours, so I hope t make up for lost time. Thanks to
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The prospect of sleep was looking more and more appealing as Katie's resolution to finish tidying up the whole ship started slipping away. She really couldn't be that daft to try it, the Pearl was huge and she would collapse from exhaustion before even getting halfway finished. Not to mention passing out in front of the crew, or somewhere where they might find her if they even had the urge to look, would only confirm their suspicions of her not being adequate enough.
So by the time she had cleaned up the beds she hastily climbed into her own. The top really wasn't as bad as the others had made it out to be. Perhaps it was for hem, but she was a great deal smaller and fit much easier into it, and now that she had cleaned it you could hardly notice the smells. The mattress was somewhat hard and thin, but when you're tired it doesn't seem to make much of a difference, and Katie figured with as much work as she had done already there would be few times when she wasn't ready for a good nights sleep. And with that she let herself drift off into a deep slumber.
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Katie woke with a sharp poke ion her side. She turned her head over to the source of discomfort and nearly let out a yelp at the closeness of the big man who had been repeatedly poking her with his large finger. It was one of the new recruits; the big man named Garret.
She frowned at him as she asked, "What was that for?" He gave her a flat look. "Oh, that's right, you're the one who doesn't talk." He nodded his head and turned away, leaving Katie to either fall back asleep, which was tempting, or to get out of bed and see why she had been so rudely awoken at this early hour.
She choose the latter, curiosity overcoming her and a small urge to not be bested by the men. She didn't have any spare clothes so she didn't even have to worry about that. Outside it was still dark, though what was presumably the eastern sky was slightly lighter signifying that sunrise was not too far off.
On deck the whole crew was moving about, obviously back to work after the reprieve yesterday. Katie groaned quietly to herself on the thought of waking up this early everyday, as it was she was having a hard time from keeping her eyes from getting too blurry and trying not to make a show out of it.
It was to no avail, leaning against something conveniently behind her and letting her eyes close she started off back into sleep. Then the thing behind her moved and she jolted upright immediately. Turning she looked into the face of a somewhat amused pirate, though it was hard to tell since his face was shadowed over by a large hat.
Katie's eyes grew wide and she felt the heat rush to her face. "I'm so sorry. I thought you were a.. a box or a pole. I'm just so," she unsuccessfully tried to cut off a yawn, "tired."
She couldn't tell but she thought he smiled slightly. " 'ere. Drink some of this, it'll wake ye up good." He said in a voice that sounded gruffer than was natural and somehow strained. 'Probably trying not to laugh his head off at my stupidity' Katie thought glumly to herself. But she accepted the dark bottle that he handed to her and after looking at it disdainfully took a giant swig out of it before she managed to convince herself they were trying to poison her.
It tasted horrible, she started coughing up a fit and handed him back the bottle before she dropped it. He let out a small bark that could be considered a laugh. "It only takes a bit, don't need to drown yerself in the whole bottle. But ye do feel awake now."
This was true although whatever it was had tasted terrible it was warming up her limbs and making her head clear up slightly. "Yes, thank you." She said before he nodded and walked off to do something or another on the ship.
Katie walked over to where she saw the captain just as he started talking.
"Alright. What do we 'ave 'ere?" He said with his usual gusto. All the men from Port Royal had congregated together with Jack Sparrow now looking them all over.
She paid rapt attention to what he was about to say. After all, if she was going to be a pirate she could use all the information that was given to her.
"Now as most of ye can see, me crews a bit sparse so I'm not too worried over where yer goin to be workin. Normally I like order an' everyone to be where they're supposed ter be, which is where I say. So until we can come into further arrangements, jus' work on whatever needs workin on. Understand?"
There was a slight murmur and Katie didn't even say anything, just nodded her head. Jack gave them a disbelieving look. "Are ye all asleep on yer feet? I can't 'ear a word yer sayin an I'm standin right 'ere in front of ye. Now, understand?"
"AYE!" Was the loud response and Katie couldn't control the small jump she gave at it's suddenness. In truth up until a few minuets ago she HAD been asleep on her feet. Unfortunately the small jump made Jack look her way.
"Oh, I almost forgot ye over there, Mat. I'll have to get someone to show ye the ropes, assumin' ye don't know what ter do, correct?" She nodded her head and couldn't help but notice the stifled sniggers and smirks shot in her direction, Jack seemed not to notice.
"Which one of ye will be helpin' the boy out for a while?" Suddenly everyone looked very busy, the movement on the deck grew ten fold and no one even glanced in their direction. Jack frowned and looked at all of them. "Well I know at least one of ye can spare a bt of yer time, speak up now." Still no response.
Katie couldn't help but smile to herself. Sure, she was being shunned and outcasted, but in a sense, a very strange sense that would take much thinking to get there, these pirates were afraid of her. To work with her at least, and it made her feel slightly giddy inside.
Giddiness did not suit Katie, she felt awake now but it was far too awake. The smile on her face grew and she started biting her lip to keep in her laughter. These big men were frightened of a little girl, scared to associate with her would be more appropriate a saying, but frightened nonetheless.
The long silence stretched on and Jack did nothing about it, seemingly lost in his own thoughts. So with the giddy feeling turning into a small adrenaline rush she spoke up. Not the smartest thing to do.
"Oh come on. Are you frightened of me?" she smiled to herself at this, not noticing the glares this comment caused her. "If you honestly think I have some contagious disease let me tell you, I'm probably cleaner than any of you've been in years. There's no need to worry about that unless the mere thought of not being covered in filth for three years strait is enough to send you shaking in your boots. You're behaving like frightened little boys."
She began to laugh under her breath and grew silent, playing with the hem of her shirt and not looking up to see the reaction of the men, in fact she seemed to have forgotten all about it and started humming an unrecognizable tune.
Everyone looked at her with startled faces, and then again some angry faces as well. Jack cleared his throat and addressed the crew, hoping the boy hadn't caused too many problems, but deciding to use what he had said. "Aye, he's got a point. Are ye seasoned scoundrels afraid of this innocent boy 'ere? He's no more than eighteen an' not one of ye's younger than twenty. So who's willin to 'elp 'im out?"
Eve after that there were looks of apprehension on the faces and slowly they stated to get back to their work. Jack looked over at Kate who was still humming to herself as she traced patters on her leather vest.
"Then I'll jus' 'ave ter choose on of ye." There was a hardly noticeable scramble for the farthest place away from Jack's searching eyes. "Ye, over there by that large crate. Come 'ere." The appointed man slowly walked towards him glaring at the others' relieved expressions.
"Ye can teach Matt. Now, go introduce yerself. Remember he's a part of this crew, too." Jack said as a half smile appeared on his lips.
All this had gone unnoticed to Katie who was just noticing how many different colors there were to the plain brown vest she was wearing. Such pretty colors..
" Boy, I'm talkin ter ye." She looked up and recognized the man that had given her a drink earlier.
"My box!" she cried out with a wide smile before fading to black and falling into him.
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Katie woke up in a strange room. It wasn't hers, the wooden ceiling above her showed that much. Maybe she had fallen asleep at Will's smithy? She didn't remember spending an excessive amount of time there last night.
"Yer awake." Oh, of coarse she hadn't fallen asleep in the smithy, she was on a boat at sea. She was a pirate. She would never see that smithy again, never see Will or Elizabeth. Her home was but a far distant memory now. And she was a.pirate.
Katie tried lifting her head to have a look around but a sharp pain came with the effort and she cried out. "My head." she said.
"Well, about that. That liquor I gave ye to keep ye from fallin' asleep was a bit strong, but I didn't know ye were plannin' on downin' nearly 'alf the bottle. Yer not the drinkin sort are ye?"
Katie turned her head slowly and looked over at the man sitting on the floor against the wall. She knew from before that he was tall, with broad shoulders that most of these men had from long hard days at sea. He wore the normal pirate attire, a loose white shirt and plain black pants. His face was mildly handsome with a chiseled jaw and dark gray eyes that showed he knew much for his age.
"No, I've never drank before. And by the way I feel I don't think I'll ever want to again, I feel horrible." She tried to remember what had happened but it was a bit fuzzy. Seeing as how this man had been fairly pleasant to her so far, especially when compared to her past experiences with others on the Pearl, she decided to ask him. "What happened?"
He smiled slightly, "Ye don't remember?" She started to shake her head, then grimaced and instead voiced her answer. "Ye called us all frightened little boys and-"
"Oh, I remember now!" She said excitedly before her cheeks started growing pink as she groaned and pulled the sheets up over her head. "I can't believe I did that." She whispered to herself but the man sitting on the floor heard it.
"Oh, it's alright I suppose. No harm done, at least that hasn't already been done. Ye gave us more of a laugh than anythin' else." Katie was only somewhat relieved by this. Now they must think she's even more of a baby, can't even drink a little without fainting and all, well she would show them.
She sat up suddenly and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Just as suddenly her head started pounding like a war drum. She put her head between her knew and took a few deep breaths.
A cool cloth was placed on her head and she looked up to see the man holding it up for her. "Cap'n said to tell him when ye wake, don't go anywhere. I'll be righ' back." After she had taken the cloth in her hands he turned and left.
The cold fabric did help slightly, the pounding was less insistent and she was able to sight up enough to get a good look around. The room was large, with only one bed, which was rather large and comfortable in contrast with her own. A small desk was fastened to a wall and a chair in front of it, neatly nailed to the floor. Her eyes widened with realization. The captains quarters, they must have put her in here so it would be easier to watch her. Or something like that.
After a few more minuets of studying the room and the grey-eyed pirate still didn't come back she started getting bored. Her head still hurt, but she had gotten o a point where she could deal with it. But when she stood up the whole room started swaying and it had nothing to do with the waves. She sat down hard on the floor and tried to keep her stomach from heaving. If this was what happened after you drank she was never going near a drop of alcohol again.
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I know, crummy ending, but it was either that or gone on forever, and I wanted to get this out ASAP to make up for lost time. This IS one of my longest chapters, so hopefully that'll do some good.
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The prospect of sleep was looking more and more appealing as Katie's resolution to finish tidying up the whole ship started slipping away. She really couldn't be that daft to try it, the Pearl was huge and she would collapse from exhaustion before even getting halfway finished. Not to mention passing out in front of the crew, or somewhere where they might find her if they even had the urge to look, would only confirm their suspicions of her not being adequate enough.
So by the time she had cleaned up the beds she hastily climbed into her own. The top really wasn't as bad as the others had made it out to be. Perhaps it was for hem, but she was a great deal smaller and fit much easier into it, and now that she had cleaned it you could hardly notice the smells. The mattress was somewhat hard and thin, but when you're tired it doesn't seem to make much of a difference, and Katie figured with as much work as she had done already there would be few times when she wasn't ready for a good nights sleep. And with that she let herself drift off into a deep slumber.
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Katie woke with a sharp poke ion her side. She turned her head over to the source of discomfort and nearly let out a yelp at the closeness of the big man who had been repeatedly poking her with his large finger. It was one of the new recruits; the big man named Garret.
She frowned at him as she asked, "What was that for?" He gave her a flat look. "Oh, that's right, you're the one who doesn't talk." He nodded his head and turned away, leaving Katie to either fall back asleep, which was tempting, or to get out of bed and see why she had been so rudely awoken at this early hour.
She choose the latter, curiosity overcoming her and a small urge to not be bested by the men. She didn't have any spare clothes so she didn't even have to worry about that. Outside it was still dark, though what was presumably the eastern sky was slightly lighter signifying that sunrise was not too far off.
On deck the whole crew was moving about, obviously back to work after the reprieve yesterday. Katie groaned quietly to herself on the thought of waking up this early everyday, as it was she was having a hard time from keeping her eyes from getting too blurry and trying not to make a show out of it.
It was to no avail, leaning against something conveniently behind her and letting her eyes close she started off back into sleep. Then the thing behind her moved and she jolted upright immediately. Turning she looked into the face of a somewhat amused pirate, though it was hard to tell since his face was shadowed over by a large hat.
Katie's eyes grew wide and she felt the heat rush to her face. "I'm so sorry. I thought you were a.. a box or a pole. I'm just so," she unsuccessfully tried to cut off a yawn, "tired."
She couldn't tell but she thought he smiled slightly. " 'ere. Drink some of this, it'll wake ye up good." He said in a voice that sounded gruffer than was natural and somehow strained. 'Probably trying not to laugh his head off at my stupidity' Katie thought glumly to herself. But she accepted the dark bottle that he handed to her and after looking at it disdainfully took a giant swig out of it before she managed to convince herself they were trying to poison her.
It tasted horrible, she started coughing up a fit and handed him back the bottle before she dropped it. He let out a small bark that could be considered a laugh. "It only takes a bit, don't need to drown yerself in the whole bottle. But ye do feel awake now."
This was true although whatever it was had tasted terrible it was warming up her limbs and making her head clear up slightly. "Yes, thank you." She said before he nodded and walked off to do something or another on the ship.
Katie walked over to where she saw the captain just as he started talking.
"Alright. What do we 'ave 'ere?" He said with his usual gusto. All the men from Port Royal had congregated together with Jack Sparrow now looking them all over.
She paid rapt attention to what he was about to say. After all, if she was going to be a pirate she could use all the information that was given to her.
"Now as most of ye can see, me crews a bit sparse so I'm not too worried over where yer goin to be workin. Normally I like order an' everyone to be where they're supposed ter be, which is where I say. So until we can come into further arrangements, jus' work on whatever needs workin on. Understand?"
There was a slight murmur and Katie didn't even say anything, just nodded her head. Jack gave them a disbelieving look. "Are ye all asleep on yer feet? I can't 'ear a word yer sayin an I'm standin right 'ere in front of ye. Now, understand?"
"AYE!" Was the loud response and Katie couldn't control the small jump she gave at it's suddenness. In truth up until a few minuets ago she HAD been asleep on her feet. Unfortunately the small jump made Jack look her way.
"Oh, I almost forgot ye over there, Mat. I'll have to get someone to show ye the ropes, assumin' ye don't know what ter do, correct?" She nodded her head and couldn't help but notice the stifled sniggers and smirks shot in her direction, Jack seemed not to notice.
"Which one of ye will be helpin' the boy out for a while?" Suddenly everyone looked very busy, the movement on the deck grew ten fold and no one even glanced in their direction. Jack frowned and looked at all of them. "Well I know at least one of ye can spare a bt of yer time, speak up now." Still no response.
Katie couldn't help but smile to herself. Sure, she was being shunned and outcasted, but in a sense, a very strange sense that would take much thinking to get there, these pirates were afraid of her. To work with her at least, and it made her feel slightly giddy inside.
Giddiness did not suit Katie, she felt awake now but it was far too awake. The smile on her face grew and she started biting her lip to keep in her laughter. These big men were frightened of a little girl, scared to associate with her would be more appropriate a saying, but frightened nonetheless.
The long silence stretched on and Jack did nothing about it, seemingly lost in his own thoughts. So with the giddy feeling turning into a small adrenaline rush she spoke up. Not the smartest thing to do.
"Oh come on. Are you frightened of me?" she smiled to herself at this, not noticing the glares this comment caused her. "If you honestly think I have some contagious disease let me tell you, I'm probably cleaner than any of you've been in years. There's no need to worry about that unless the mere thought of not being covered in filth for three years strait is enough to send you shaking in your boots. You're behaving like frightened little boys."
She began to laugh under her breath and grew silent, playing with the hem of her shirt and not looking up to see the reaction of the men, in fact she seemed to have forgotten all about it and started humming an unrecognizable tune.
Everyone looked at her with startled faces, and then again some angry faces as well. Jack cleared his throat and addressed the crew, hoping the boy hadn't caused too many problems, but deciding to use what he had said. "Aye, he's got a point. Are ye seasoned scoundrels afraid of this innocent boy 'ere? He's no more than eighteen an' not one of ye's younger than twenty. So who's willin to 'elp 'im out?"
Eve after that there were looks of apprehension on the faces and slowly they stated to get back to their work. Jack looked over at Kate who was still humming to herself as she traced patters on her leather vest.
"Then I'll jus' 'ave ter choose on of ye." There was a hardly noticeable scramble for the farthest place away from Jack's searching eyes. "Ye, over there by that large crate. Come 'ere." The appointed man slowly walked towards him glaring at the others' relieved expressions.
"Ye can teach Matt. Now, go introduce yerself. Remember he's a part of this crew, too." Jack said as a half smile appeared on his lips.
All this had gone unnoticed to Katie who was just noticing how many different colors there were to the plain brown vest she was wearing. Such pretty colors..
" Boy, I'm talkin ter ye." She looked up and recognized the man that had given her a drink earlier.
"My box!" she cried out with a wide smile before fading to black and falling into him.
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Katie woke up in a strange room. It wasn't hers, the wooden ceiling above her showed that much. Maybe she had fallen asleep at Will's smithy? She didn't remember spending an excessive amount of time there last night.
"Yer awake." Oh, of coarse she hadn't fallen asleep in the smithy, she was on a boat at sea. She was a pirate. She would never see that smithy again, never see Will or Elizabeth. Her home was but a far distant memory now. And she was a.pirate.
Katie tried lifting her head to have a look around but a sharp pain came with the effort and she cried out. "My head." she said.
"Well, about that. That liquor I gave ye to keep ye from fallin' asleep was a bit strong, but I didn't know ye were plannin' on downin' nearly 'alf the bottle. Yer not the drinkin sort are ye?"
Katie turned her head slowly and looked over at the man sitting on the floor against the wall. She knew from before that he was tall, with broad shoulders that most of these men had from long hard days at sea. He wore the normal pirate attire, a loose white shirt and plain black pants. His face was mildly handsome with a chiseled jaw and dark gray eyes that showed he knew much for his age.
"No, I've never drank before. And by the way I feel I don't think I'll ever want to again, I feel horrible." She tried to remember what had happened but it was a bit fuzzy. Seeing as how this man had been fairly pleasant to her so far, especially when compared to her past experiences with others on the Pearl, she decided to ask him. "What happened?"
He smiled slightly, "Ye don't remember?" She started to shake her head, then grimaced and instead voiced her answer. "Ye called us all frightened little boys and-"
"Oh, I remember now!" She said excitedly before her cheeks started growing pink as she groaned and pulled the sheets up over her head. "I can't believe I did that." She whispered to herself but the man sitting on the floor heard it.
"Oh, it's alright I suppose. No harm done, at least that hasn't already been done. Ye gave us more of a laugh than anythin' else." Katie was only somewhat relieved by this. Now they must think she's even more of a baby, can't even drink a little without fainting and all, well she would show them.
She sat up suddenly and swung her legs over the side of the bed. Just as suddenly her head started pounding like a war drum. She put her head between her knew and took a few deep breaths.
A cool cloth was placed on her head and she looked up to see the man holding it up for her. "Cap'n said to tell him when ye wake, don't go anywhere. I'll be righ' back." After she had taken the cloth in her hands he turned and left.
The cold fabric did help slightly, the pounding was less insistent and she was able to sight up enough to get a good look around. The room was large, with only one bed, which was rather large and comfortable in contrast with her own. A small desk was fastened to a wall and a chair in front of it, neatly nailed to the floor. Her eyes widened with realization. The captains quarters, they must have put her in here so it would be easier to watch her. Or something like that.
After a few more minuets of studying the room and the grey-eyed pirate still didn't come back she started getting bored. Her head still hurt, but she had gotten o a point where she could deal with it. But when she stood up the whole room started swaying and it had nothing to do with the waves. She sat down hard on the floor and tried to keep her stomach from heaving. If this was what happened after you drank she was never going near a drop of alcohol again.
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I know, crummy ending, but it was either that or gone on forever, and I wanted to get this out ASAP to make up for lost time. This IS one of my longest chapters, so hopefully that'll do some good.
The rest is for my reviewers! Thank you all so much, 56 reviews for one chapter! You guys honor me, really. But please, if you see any mistake whatsoever, anything that seems a little off, tell me! I need the criticism!
*And if you gave me more than one review, unless it's one right after the other I'll probably end up thanking you twice, sorry my memory isn't that good, and summer's frying it to pieces.
OtakusVengeance: Thanks, I try. It's hard to think about how they would say things, and I don't want to overdo it otherwise it'd seem fake or something. Don't we all just love clean sheets?
sciren-fidelus - I know, what woman in her right mind would want to become dirty, grimy man? Thanks so much!
Katie- Yeah, Johnny Depp is such a talented actor, I love all his movies. Thanks for the review!
Atalaya- Lol, reading can be fun, huh? I love your energetic reviews. And at the end you fell, have you gotten up since the past three weeks? Hope you're ok. lol
Tigger-180- Lol, that would be interesting and strangely satisfying, and I might do just that if the creations I make get to uncivil and out of control. Thanks for the review!
QuIbBleR- Glad you got into it, sorry for the long wait.
rain to clense me of the shame- I think I've made 'eks' on occasion, lol.
Dazzle- Thanks And I don't know who yet, but it'll be fairly soon I hope. I'm terrible at planning ahead.
ChelseaBloom- More Jack in this chapter. He's not really a main character in this fic I'm afraid, well then again he might be. We'll see. Whatever my evil muse leads me into.
Aurora Conlon - Thanks! Hope you enjoy this chapter as well!
Child of the Wolves - Unfortunatley it didn't work again, but I'm thankful for it nonetheless. More Jack this chapter, not much more than last one. Captain has to be a little separated from his crew at times, show the status and importance of CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow, right?
Quof- Long reviews about nothing or something are always good. And besides, if they're about nothing then at least I can get a laugh out of them. Yes! I have a particular plan in mind for Anamaria, I was planning on it this chapter but things got carried away. There will be Anamaria, don't we all love her?
Mrs.Sparrow - It's reviews like your that make me feel guilty about my long delay. SO SO Sorry. Thank you so much, I appreciate every single review any one has ever given me. Thanks!
Legolas and Aragorn Luvers - Thanks, I haven't read her books but I thank you greatly for the compliment. I might even try her book, it turns out a lot of people are named Katie. Who would have guessed? And the way you refer to sueness as 'the dark side' had me laughing for. a while. Please tell me if Katie goes astray.
Liza Akita- Thanks, I know I wasn't sure what was going to happen myself until there it was on paper, or on the screen rather. I hope the glitches are out now, the whole site was like that for a while.
Britney- Yeppers, I've added you to the update list. Thanks for the puppy eyes, lol believe it or not they can help.
Dracou Malfouy - Glad you like!
Meg- lol, thanks, glad you like it. I loved the movie too, can't get enough POTC. Rebellious phone? Now that sounds interesting, maybe I shouldn't update just to see what it is? Don't worry, just a thought.
Skyler - Thanks, that is quite a compliment since there are a lot of good ones out there.
Wiccan- Thanks, I tried a lot at first to try and get it right, but after a while it started coming a bit easier. Hope I don't loose it soon!
Szhismine- Yes, those will be fun to write as well as read (or so I hope). I never even thought of Mulan, but I guess there is a resemblance there. Thanks for your kind review!
Cassandra Cassidy - lol, like I said I never noticed the Mulan comparison until it was pointed out to me more than once in reviews. Glad you like. Yeah, the whole crew fighting over one gil is a bit overused, or it seems so to me, I doubt I could write it well but if any of you has then no offense, if you can write it good enough to read it then more power to you1
Faylin- K, more Jack here. Hope it was enough to quench your thirst for him. Thanks so much!
panther7x- Ok, first off I would like to say THANK YOU SO MUCH. I need people like you to come in and tell me where I've gone wrong. Please any specifics you would want to give me, I would gladly accept and use to improve. Thank you so much, that would never be a flame to me and I only hope you read this so you can respond.
dragon of shadows- Thanks, hope this wasn't too too long, I know it took awhile.
sen-chan - Lol, first an ek now an Ack. SO many strange noises that people make! Thanks for your review1
Riddle Light - Ok, not soon but at least I continued? Please forgive me, thanks for your review1
Zanna Avons - hey, I did think of that thought, I've thought of all the ways this could possibly go and thanks for the suggestion, don't know if I'll end up using it or not but when my writing gets going I really don't have any control, lol.
Faith, Trust, and Pixie D - thanks!!!
Meg- I don't know if this is the same Meg, but if so thanks for the constant reviews and if not thanks for the review in general!
MidnightRose- thanks! Hope you liked this chapter!
JTHM-Gurl - 50$ would be nice, but you're probably broke just like me so I can accept your refusal. Lol, thanks for the review though, that's worth a lot too!
Anyanka- K, added to the list. Thanks for the review and the compliments!
Anamaria- LOL, yes I intended her in this chapter but I got carried away. Soon, thought. Thanks so much1
Meg- Another review? You're flattering me!
Marian Blond - lol, glad to know I'm not just wasting my time here. They make Jack plushies? I NEED ONE. Lol, thanks1
The Name Changer - Thanks! Sorry this wasn't soon, hope you still read it!
Rainne- SO Sorry I haven't read your fic yet. I will asap, I haven't been on the computer for some time now, so I hope that excuse is going okay. Thanks for the review! And hope your cold gets better, lol.
GrinningContrivance - This is I think the 5th Katie here, that's kinda creepy all in itself. Either that or the name is just plain common among us POTC readers. Maybe I should have her dye her hair just to creep certain individuals out more? Or not, but it's be strange for sure. Thanks for the review!
Lady Brown - Yeah me too. Either on the stove of the hot pan or boiling water, I'm surprise it's still functional! Thanks for the review!
Alex- No need to beg! Your review is enough! Thanks1
OneOfDa Kine- no, it was the way ff.net was uploading all the chapters, but it's fixed now. Thanks for the review!
Silverdracowolf - that one got me nervous. Interesting in a good way? crosses fingers thanks for the review either way, though.
droolingkitty - thanks for the advice, will do as soon as I upload this one. And thanks for the review!!
Nugristiel08LG- thanks! Any ideas are helpful, never know how I can use them. Thanks for the review!
Lucki- thanks, I always pictured him that way. Though in this chapter he's a bit more serious and I probably didn't describe him as much as I could. I'll put more in at the next chapter. Thanks for the review!
Emma-Sue - thanks so much, that's a really nice compliment!
Evaki Lilith - Sorry this wasn't very soon, hope you can forgive me?
Aftem- Wow. Thanks a lot, thanks so much. That was really nice and just, yeah. Hope you like this chapter as well.
Alyde11- thanks! I love when I finally find something good to read, after getting through all the other stories it really feel like hard work rooting out the good ones.