Author's Note: Hello again! And to put to rest any inquiries, yes, there
is an extra scene at the end of the credits of the movie. So if you missed
it, you can go ahead and go see the movie again after you read this brand-
spanking new chapter. And yes, reviews are still greatly appreciated, and
if you have a creative flame, feel more than free to put it on up. Right
then, here's more "story".
Chapter 4
Morning slowly came, the golden sun dragging itself upwards into the sky that parted its many colored veils, welcoming the distended sphere into its wide bosom. As for the Black Pearl, it continued to glide through waters that were as calm as a frazzled cat contemplating its next move as it watched a piece of lint dance and lilt upon the powdery air. The shadowy fog from the night before was long gone, now replaced with air as crisp as apple strudel and a slight breeze that kissed the surface of anything it should chance upon.
And after that lovely setting of the scene, Max opened her tempest eyes to be greeted with the clear new morning. She immediately got up and went straight to the helm, the place where a true captain should be. The one place that could never be forgotten and left idle at any moment.
Which is why it shall never be mentioned as to what happened to it when Max was asleep, for Jack still had yet to touch the wheel ever since the fiery pirate maiden was dragged aboard.
'Sugar-girl, worked at the dollar store,
She worked her tail right off.
She had these bright blue eyes,
She dreamed in staggering size.'
Will came stumbling over to Max, one hand sleepily rubbing his eye. "What was that?" he asked as when he reached Max.
"What was what?" she asked in return, her sapphire eyes lighting upon his.
"That song I heard just now, what was that and where did it come from?"
Max rolled her (thesaurus has run out of words for blue so we shall move on to a new color) emerald eyes and sighed. "That's supposed to be background music that is setting the mood for the chapter. And besides, you're not supposed to hear it and be bothered with it, it is a parallel for my many deep running emotions."
"Shouldn't it be an Avril Lavigne song, then?" whispered one of the easily forgotten crewmen in the background to another equally expendable crewman.
The other crewman shook his head. "No, she's obviously being original here."
"Oh."
'One day a big black car,
Big man with a big fat cigar.
Lookin' for aspirin,
All night with woman and gin.'
Will frowned as more lines of the verse came down from apparently nowhere, but he knew better than to question Max on it again, so he went back to what he did best, silently admiring the maiden.
Jack suddenly appeared on the other side of Max, his dark eyes flashing at the younger man across from her, a sure sign of foreshadowing to the great battle that was to come over Max. "Savvy," he greeted Max with a grin.
Max nodded in his direction, keeping her focus on the horizon beyond. "Morning, Jack," she answered. She did not look at either man. She would not make her affections clear yet as to which man she truly fancied, both would have to do a strong amount of wooing in order to win her over. But again, the reasons behind why either man would even want to do this and why her continued presence was even on the Black Pearl were lightly skipped over.
'He said baby what's your name?
Nothin' that can't be changed,
Baby what's your age,
Oh don't you ever say.'
Now it was Jack's turn to squint and look about. "Savvy?" he questioned.
Will caught his eye and shook his head. "Don't ask."
"Well now," Max finally said as a silence stretched between the three of them, "what shall we do today?"
"Perhaps we should figure out the safest way to dispose of your coin," Will commented after a moment. "That thing is not safe here."
Max glanced over at the blacksmith. "Coin, what coin?"
Will paused before saying, "The Aztec coin that you somehow got a hold of? The coin that you fear evil pirates will come after you for?"
"Oh," Max waved her hand, "that coin. Well, I thought it over last night and it came to me that since the curse was broken two months ago it shall be forever dormant and will thus cause me no harm. Nobody else wants it anyway, it is simply a souvenir given to me that will tie in later to a huge twist in the story revealing more of my mysterious past and origin."
Will's mouth was hanging slightly open, as was Jack's. "But," Will tried again, "you mentioned something about the monkey and there is nothing in the old legends that say the curse can never be replaced again."
Max faced Will completely, her smile glinting in the sun. "Just forget it Will, it is not important."
And Will, once again sucked into the spell that strengthened anytime she smiled, only nodded and grinned.
'She said, as ever the sun,
As ever the moon,
You put it together
I am twilight.
As ever I'm black,
As ever I'm white,
You put me together I am twilight.'
"Now really," the crewman once again commented to his bloke, "that song has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on."
"Do they ever?" the other crewman commented.
Both men hastily shut up when Max glanced behind and saw them standing there, her jade eyes glinting harshly. "Aren't you two supposed to be doing something important?" she asked them through her teeth.
The crewmen blanched and then nodded, quickly turning and making their way towards the far end of the ship where the rest of the immobile crew stood. If they did not wish to go the way of Gibbs, they would have to be careful.
'Hey you're a beautiful girl,
Don't you know I rule the world.
I can make you a star,
I can take you real far.'
Will wet his lips and fidgeted. He didn't know how much more of the song he could take. "Is there something you want-
'That camera's for makin' love,
You smile and don't say a word.'
"-me to do?" Will finished as soon as the song allowed him to.
Max shook her head, "No I don't think so."
'I'll be the one that talks,
You'll be the one that walks.'
Jack too, looked like he could not take much more of the song. In a flurry of desperation, he drew out his sword. He and the blacksmith would have it out right now, anything to distract from the possibility of this becoming a songfic.
'And shake those curvy hips,
Kiss with those cherry lips.'
Crying out a frustrated "Savvy!" Jack lunged at the surprised blacksmith. Will was taken unawares, he had assumed that they would not fight again until a much more climactic moment. But as the song continued to play, he could feel his own ire growing.
'You've got a very sexy way,
Sugar-girl is your new name.'
Drawing his own sword, Will dodged the swipe from Jack's sword and made a winding arc of his own. His blow was easily met by the pirate captain and thrown off. Somewhere in the distance, the men could hear the frantic cries of Max. But growing louder to match their own fervor, the relentless song played on.
'She's the face of the day,
She's known for being that way.
Every man wants a part,
It's what all women want.'
Will and Jack continued to fight, making their blows more desperate and more daring. Not because they really wanted to hurt each other, but because they wanted anything to distract from the song. But it continued.
'Sugar-girl, you're a diva,
The press would really like to know
Do you adore yourself,
Like all the rest of us do?'
Will paused for a second, marveling at the lyrics of the song. He found himself wondering what much of it meant, as it was full of modern slang and concepts that nobody in this era should know about.
And as the poor blacksmith stood distracted, Jack moved in quickly and put a nice new rip in Will's shoulder. And, because the author did not know anything about swords or wounds, Will immediately dropped to his knees and wavered a few seconds before promptly passing out.
Jack stood over the young man for a moment, his sword held high as he listened intently. The song had stopped.
And the song was then forgotten about as Max rushed over to Will with indignant rage. For now would come the thrilling sequence in which Max herself would pick up the fallen blacksmith's sword and fight Jack off before personally seeing to Will's wounds and nursing him back to health.
Cliffhanger!
Additional Note and Disclaimer: Yes, believe it or not, that is a real song. It is "Twilight" by the wonderful Stella Soleil. I swear it really is a decent song, but I just had to use it horribly out of context for this chapter. There's just something about songfics, I don't know, I had to do it!
Chapter 4
Morning slowly came, the golden sun dragging itself upwards into the sky that parted its many colored veils, welcoming the distended sphere into its wide bosom. As for the Black Pearl, it continued to glide through waters that were as calm as a frazzled cat contemplating its next move as it watched a piece of lint dance and lilt upon the powdery air. The shadowy fog from the night before was long gone, now replaced with air as crisp as apple strudel and a slight breeze that kissed the surface of anything it should chance upon.
And after that lovely setting of the scene, Max opened her tempest eyes to be greeted with the clear new morning. She immediately got up and went straight to the helm, the place where a true captain should be. The one place that could never be forgotten and left idle at any moment.
Which is why it shall never be mentioned as to what happened to it when Max was asleep, for Jack still had yet to touch the wheel ever since the fiery pirate maiden was dragged aboard.
'Sugar-girl, worked at the dollar store,
She worked her tail right off.
She had these bright blue eyes,
She dreamed in staggering size.'
Will came stumbling over to Max, one hand sleepily rubbing his eye. "What was that?" he asked as when he reached Max.
"What was what?" she asked in return, her sapphire eyes lighting upon his.
"That song I heard just now, what was that and where did it come from?"
Max rolled her (thesaurus has run out of words for blue so we shall move on to a new color) emerald eyes and sighed. "That's supposed to be background music that is setting the mood for the chapter. And besides, you're not supposed to hear it and be bothered with it, it is a parallel for my many deep running emotions."
"Shouldn't it be an Avril Lavigne song, then?" whispered one of the easily forgotten crewmen in the background to another equally expendable crewman.
The other crewman shook his head. "No, she's obviously being original here."
"Oh."
'One day a big black car,
Big man with a big fat cigar.
Lookin' for aspirin,
All night with woman and gin.'
Will frowned as more lines of the verse came down from apparently nowhere, but he knew better than to question Max on it again, so he went back to what he did best, silently admiring the maiden.
Jack suddenly appeared on the other side of Max, his dark eyes flashing at the younger man across from her, a sure sign of foreshadowing to the great battle that was to come over Max. "Savvy," he greeted Max with a grin.
Max nodded in his direction, keeping her focus on the horizon beyond. "Morning, Jack," she answered. She did not look at either man. She would not make her affections clear yet as to which man she truly fancied, both would have to do a strong amount of wooing in order to win her over. But again, the reasons behind why either man would even want to do this and why her continued presence was even on the Black Pearl were lightly skipped over.
'He said baby what's your name?
Nothin' that can't be changed,
Baby what's your age,
Oh don't you ever say.'
Now it was Jack's turn to squint and look about. "Savvy?" he questioned.
Will caught his eye and shook his head. "Don't ask."
"Well now," Max finally said as a silence stretched between the three of them, "what shall we do today?"
"Perhaps we should figure out the safest way to dispose of your coin," Will commented after a moment. "That thing is not safe here."
Max glanced over at the blacksmith. "Coin, what coin?"
Will paused before saying, "The Aztec coin that you somehow got a hold of? The coin that you fear evil pirates will come after you for?"
"Oh," Max waved her hand, "that coin. Well, I thought it over last night and it came to me that since the curse was broken two months ago it shall be forever dormant and will thus cause me no harm. Nobody else wants it anyway, it is simply a souvenir given to me that will tie in later to a huge twist in the story revealing more of my mysterious past and origin."
Will's mouth was hanging slightly open, as was Jack's. "But," Will tried again, "you mentioned something about the monkey and there is nothing in the old legends that say the curse can never be replaced again."
Max faced Will completely, her smile glinting in the sun. "Just forget it Will, it is not important."
And Will, once again sucked into the spell that strengthened anytime she smiled, only nodded and grinned.
'She said, as ever the sun,
As ever the moon,
You put it together
I am twilight.
As ever I'm black,
As ever I'm white,
You put me together I am twilight.'
"Now really," the crewman once again commented to his bloke, "that song has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on."
"Do they ever?" the other crewman commented.
Both men hastily shut up when Max glanced behind and saw them standing there, her jade eyes glinting harshly. "Aren't you two supposed to be doing something important?" she asked them through her teeth.
The crewmen blanched and then nodded, quickly turning and making their way towards the far end of the ship where the rest of the immobile crew stood. If they did not wish to go the way of Gibbs, they would have to be careful.
'Hey you're a beautiful girl,
Don't you know I rule the world.
I can make you a star,
I can take you real far.'
Will wet his lips and fidgeted. He didn't know how much more of the song he could take. "Is there something you want-
'That camera's for makin' love,
You smile and don't say a word.'
"-me to do?" Will finished as soon as the song allowed him to.
Max shook her head, "No I don't think so."
'I'll be the one that talks,
You'll be the one that walks.'
Jack too, looked like he could not take much more of the song. In a flurry of desperation, he drew out his sword. He and the blacksmith would have it out right now, anything to distract from the possibility of this becoming a songfic.
'And shake those curvy hips,
Kiss with those cherry lips.'
Crying out a frustrated "Savvy!" Jack lunged at the surprised blacksmith. Will was taken unawares, he had assumed that they would not fight again until a much more climactic moment. But as the song continued to play, he could feel his own ire growing.
'You've got a very sexy way,
Sugar-girl is your new name.'
Drawing his own sword, Will dodged the swipe from Jack's sword and made a winding arc of his own. His blow was easily met by the pirate captain and thrown off. Somewhere in the distance, the men could hear the frantic cries of Max. But growing louder to match their own fervor, the relentless song played on.
'She's the face of the day,
She's known for being that way.
Every man wants a part,
It's what all women want.'
Will and Jack continued to fight, making their blows more desperate and more daring. Not because they really wanted to hurt each other, but because they wanted anything to distract from the song. But it continued.
'Sugar-girl, you're a diva,
The press would really like to know
Do you adore yourself,
Like all the rest of us do?'
Will paused for a second, marveling at the lyrics of the song. He found himself wondering what much of it meant, as it was full of modern slang and concepts that nobody in this era should know about.
And as the poor blacksmith stood distracted, Jack moved in quickly and put a nice new rip in Will's shoulder. And, because the author did not know anything about swords or wounds, Will immediately dropped to his knees and wavered a few seconds before promptly passing out.
Jack stood over the young man for a moment, his sword held high as he listened intently. The song had stopped.
And the song was then forgotten about as Max rushed over to Will with indignant rage. For now would come the thrilling sequence in which Max herself would pick up the fallen blacksmith's sword and fight Jack off before personally seeing to Will's wounds and nursing him back to health.
Cliffhanger!
Additional Note and Disclaimer: Yes, believe it or not, that is a real song. It is "Twilight" by the wonderful Stella Soleil. I swear it really is a decent song, but I just had to use it horribly out of context for this chapter. There's just something about songfics, I don't know, I had to do it!