Hi to all! Chapter 5 is up!!! I'm sick today, and not in school! So now
I have time to write another chapter!!
The sudden heat and humidity hits you like a slap in the face as you reach the top of the stairs, causing you to stand rooted to the spot, thinking that you just might pass out. Your brain wakes suddenly as you realize that Sparrow and Turner (obviously used to this type of heat) have already made their way down from the fort. You'd better catch up! Quickly wiping sweat form your forehead, you scamper after them. You scan your eyes across the dock, the sea of people along the harbor makes it nearly impossible to pinpoint the location of Jack and Will.
Soon however, amongst the roar of the crowded dock, you hear hushed voices behind you. Slowly turning, you spot Jack and Will talking behind a stone wall located just under the fort. Walking towards them, you gaze at what they are looking at. You see the massive ship, The Dauntless, floating in its own private harbor. Farther off, floats the Interceptor, nearer to the edge of the island. Glancing back over to Sparrow and Turner, you quietly walk toward them, hearing their conversation,
".that ship. Nautical term. One question about your business boy, or there's no use going. This girl, how far are you willing to go to save her?" Jack swings his stance towards Will.
"I'd die for her!" Will returns with a determined look about him.
"Oh good! No worries then!" Jack says cheerfully, facing back toward the Interceptor.
Will notices your sudden presence and takes a short step back. In return, you give him a hopeful smile and a thumbs up.
"What are you still dong here?" Will asks you. Jack swivels around to see who Will is talking to. Seeing you, the expression of utter amusement passes across his face as he points back to the fort and then you again, trying to figure out how you got there.
"I set you free, you can go to your home now." Will tells you. Your heart plummets. You'd never thought of the fact that they might not want you to come!
"Well-I - I mean. I just thought that you might need some help or something?" You reply anxiously, twirling your hair nervously.
"Thanks for the offer, luv, be we're all set." Jack says, as he once again spins around. No way. They are NOT leaving without you. You did not come all the way here to simply be arrested, sleep in a smelly cell all night, and sit around in Port Royale just when things start to get interesting! Grabbing Jack's shoulder, you turn him around aggressively.
"Listen!" you explain, "I CAN help! I was born on a ship! I know everything about sailing a boat!" (this is not a total lie, your uncle has a sailboat and he always said that you had a knack for sailing) . Jack studies your face for a while before answering.
"Who's child are you?" he asks.
"What?" you reply, confused.
"You said that you were born on a ship. And no respectable sailor's wife would ever dream of boarding a ship with child, therefore your father must be a pirate. Who is 'ee?" Oh no. What. on earth.. .are you going.to say?
"Uh... Blackbeard!" you pipe, spouting out the only pirate's name that you can think of. Will's face clouds with astonishment. Jack's, however, remains calm as he asks,
"You, are the child of Captain Blackbeard; The terror of the Spanish Main?" You nod with a fake smile plastered across your face. Your knuckles turn white as you grip the ends of your shirt tightly. Jack furrows his eyes at you a bit more until he finally speaks again.
"I was not aware that Blackbeard 'ad a child."
"Oh yeah, but I'm on my own now, looking for my own adventure!" you say, hoping to get off of the topic.. You never were good at lying. Jack is silent for a long time. For a while you think he is going to tell you to get lost, but Jack Sparrow surprises you by saying,
"Alright, luv, you can come. But let's get one thing straight firs'" he says, stepping closer to you so that you can see his deep, dark eyes glowing before you. "I'm the Captain of this operation, savvy? You'd do best to do ezactly as I say." And with that he turns from your direction and faces the ships once again.
"Listen up, the both of ye. I've got me a plan. Follow." Jack beckons with his arm, then crouches down and begins to crawl along the sand, unseen by the British troops. You look at Will questioningly. In return, he shrugs, and crouches down to crawl after Jack. As you do the same, you nearly gasp. The sand is literally burning your skin as you crawl across. The three of you stop as Jack halts in front of an overturned rowboat lying on the shore.
"In!" he commands with his raspy voice, as he lifts one end of the boat, and motioning for you to crawl under. If possible, the heat is even more unbearable as the three of scurry inside the stuffy interior of the boat. In front of you, Jack listens intently as the sound of footsteps approach from outside. The sound, soon, dies off in the direction of the docks, and the only sound that can then be heard is the three of you breathing heavily in the immense heat.
"On the count of three, I want both of you to lift the sides of this 'ere boat, and slowly make your way towards the water. Remember, you mus' 'old tight to the sides to prevent it from floatin' up to the top, savv?' Jack mutters quietly to the both of you.
"One.two.three!" Instinctively, both you and Will grasp the boat at either ends, and slowly make your way forward, with Jack in the lead. Soon, you can feel the ocean lapping at your heels. You can't help but let out a short cry, as the cold water rushes up around your waist. It is such a relief from the overpowering heat.
"Hush, luv. We musn't be 'eard." Jack says quietly, although you can tell he feels the same by the way he lets out a short sigh of relief at the touch of the water.
Your flinch as a tad of fear strikes you. What if the boat fills up and I drown? However, the water continues to rise around the top of the boat and remains still around your waist in the interior. Struggling against the weight of the boat, your hear Will utter behind you,
"This is either madness.or brilliance." Smiling to yourself, you say,
"Yeah, I know. It's really remarkable at how often those two traits coincide." You nearly let go of the boat as Jack unexpectedly stops in his tracks. He turns slowly to face you, shakes his head and continues on his trek across the ocean floor.
"She's at it again.." He murmurs. (hehe!)
The time seems to drag as the three of you walk on under the ocean floor. Your breathing increases as the supply of oxygen begins to run short. Finally, Jack halts and says,
"Alright, on the count of three, you'll let go of the sides an' let it float to the top. As soon as you let go, swim to the surface. One.two.three!" Taking a gulp of air, you let go. You squeeze your eyes shut as the water flows up around you. Your body then, immediately begins to float upwards. You feel a rush of air hit you, as you crash to the surface, gasping and sputtering out the gross saltwater that somehow made its way into your mouth. As soon as you have calmed down a bit, you look around for the sight of either Jack or Will. Sure enough, you spot Jack floating nearby, spitting out seawater as well. As Jack notices you, he sputters,
"Lass! Where's the boy?"
"I'm here!" You hear Will call from behind, swimming toward the both of you. As you glance up, you see the backside of the Dauntless tower above you. You follow as both Jack and Will swim towards it. You feel slightly dizzy as you realize the sheer height that you know that you will have to climb.
"C'mon!" Jack beckons as he begins to grab the railing, and haul himself up the side with Will at his heels. Taking a deep breath you start to grab a hold on the ship in order to climb. At the halfway point, you feel as if you're going to fall. There's no way that you'll be able to climb the rest of the way. Your spirits rise though, as you see that you are in front of a window looking inside the captain's cabin. You cautiously place your hand on it, and (yay!) it slowly swings open! Taking a quick peep around to make sure no one is in the room, you crawl in quietly, exhausted from your short climb. Running your fingers through your hair, you walk forward towards the double doors leading toward the deck. You swing them open just in time to hear Jack call,
"Everyone stay calm! We are taking over the ship!" You look to the left to see Will hop expertly across the rail onto the deck (dude, I wish I could do that!).
"Aye! Avast!" He says pointing his sword threateningly. As the Navy-men laugh, you take your place behind Jack and beside Wll, to whom which you give a thumbs up again. Will smiles warily at your gesture. The officer who seems to be in charge smiles smugly and says,
"This ship cannot be crewed by two men and a rather small woman. You'll never make it out of the bay!" Returning the smug smile, Jack saunters over to the officer, points his pistol to officer's nose and replies coyly,
"Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow! Savvy?"
"Yeah!" you add.
"Shove off now, son, an' go an' alert your superiors!" Jack points toward one of the rowboats with his pistol. After a few moments of uninterrupted silence, the Navy-men reluctantly begin to make ready the rowboat, and eventually board it, and are soon rowing away towards the Interceptor. Once they are well out of earshot, Jack turns toward you and Will,
"Right, now pretend to make ready the sails!"
"P-pretend?" Will asks.
"That's right! Pretend!" Jack commands as he starts to tamper with the ship's wheel. Noticing that Will still stands rooted to the spot, Jack sighs,
"'ere, let me show you!"
"No, it's OK, Jack! I know what to do! I'll show him!" You interrupt.
"Thank ye lass!" Jack returns as he saunters back over to the wheel.
You lead Will over to a line of ropes connected to the sail and begin flapping them around senselessly.
"Like this!" you encourage Will, "Just PRETEND that you're doing something!"
Slowly but surely, Will understands the concept, and even begins to fool YOU as he pretends to expertly adjust the ropes. As you continue on to pretend work, you feel Will tap you on the shoulder. Turning to him, he points toward the horizon,
"Look." As you turn to see what he sees, you notice the Interceptor sailing towards you, loaded with members of the King's Navy. Will abruptly turns and bounds up the stairs to where Jack still stands at the wheel, with you close behind.
"Here they come!" Will says as soon as you both reach Jack. Jack simply looks over his shoulder and smiles. He then turns to you and says,
"Up the mast! Climb up!"
"Jack, I don't understand why-" Will asks confused.
"Jus' do as I say boy! You too, luv!" Jack pushes both of you toward the mast. Calling upon your very little arm strength, you begin to climb up the long, high mast. Quite literally out of breath, you finally reach the top, to find Will and Jack already there, staring at you.
"I'm sorry! I'm just really bad at climbing!" you protest. Looking down, you see that the Interceptor is alongside the Dauntless, with the crew ready to board.
"'ere, take this." You look up again as Jack hands both you and Will long lines of rope that are attached to the mast.
"When I say so, I want ye ta swing over onto the Interceptor, savvy? Remember! Not until I say so!" Jack explains, gesturing his hands form the rope to the Interceptor. Your palms start to turn sweaty as you see the Commodore and his troops begin to board and scour the Dauntless for you. Your head jerks up in fear as you hear Jack whisper,
"Now!" Closing your eyes tightly, you grip the rope and push yourself from the mast. You feel a sense of falling/flying as you glide through the air. Opening your eyes, you see yourself start to descend upon the Interceptor. Praying a quick word to God, you let go. With a loud 'thump!" you fall onto the deck of the Interceptor. Pushing your still damp hair from your eyes, you see Jack cutting all of the ropes that lead from the Interceptor to the Dauntless. You walk to the side as you hear the Commodore shout,
"Sailors, back to the Interceptor, now!" Stepping grandly to the wheel, and lifting his hat Jack shouts
"Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way! We would have had a hard time of it by ourselves!" You duck down and throw your hands to your head as the navy-men fire shots in your direction. You stay there for a while, and then slowly start to stand. The Dauntless has no chance of catching you now, seeing as how Jack dismantled the rudder chain, preventing them to turn.
Walking up beside Jack at the wheel, you hear him humming to himself, already lost in his own little world. You hum your own little tune as you realize that your adventure has now truly begun!
Whew!! *pops fingers* That chapter took forever to write!! I'm going to be out of town this week, so the soonest that I'll be able to update next is next Monday nite!! Please wait for me and don't forget about my story! I'll update as soon as I get home! Please review if you want more!! Bye!!
The sudden heat and humidity hits you like a slap in the face as you reach the top of the stairs, causing you to stand rooted to the spot, thinking that you just might pass out. Your brain wakes suddenly as you realize that Sparrow and Turner (obviously used to this type of heat) have already made their way down from the fort. You'd better catch up! Quickly wiping sweat form your forehead, you scamper after them. You scan your eyes across the dock, the sea of people along the harbor makes it nearly impossible to pinpoint the location of Jack and Will.
Soon however, amongst the roar of the crowded dock, you hear hushed voices behind you. Slowly turning, you spot Jack and Will talking behind a stone wall located just under the fort. Walking towards them, you gaze at what they are looking at. You see the massive ship, The Dauntless, floating in its own private harbor. Farther off, floats the Interceptor, nearer to the edge of the island. Glancing back over to Sparrow and Turner, you quietly walk toward them, hearing their conversation,
".that ship. Nautical term. One question about your business boy, or there's no use going. This girl, how far are you willing to go to save her?" Jack swings his stance towards Will.
"I'd die for her!" Will returns with a determined look about him.
"Oh good! No worries then!" Jack says cheerfully, facing back toward the Interceptor.
Will notices your sudden presence and takes a short step back. In return, you give him a hopeful smile and a thumbs up.
"What are you still dong here?" Will asks you. Jack swivels around to see who Will is talking to. Seeing you, the expression of utter amusement passes across his face as he points back to the fort and then you again, trying to figure out how you got there.
"I set you free, you can go to your home now." Will tells you. Your heart plummets. You'd never thought of the fact that they might not want you to come!
"Well-I - I mean. I just thought that you might need some help or something?" You reply anxiously, twirling your hair nervously.
"Thanks for the offer, luv, be we're all set." Jack says, as he once again spins around. No way. They are NOT leaving without you. You did not come all the way here to simply be arrested, sleep in a smelly cell all night, and sit around in Port Royale just when things start to get interesting! Grabbing Jack's shoulder, you turn him around aggressively.
"Listen!" you explain, "I CAN help! I was born on a ship! I know everything about sailing a boat!" (this is not a total lie, your uncle has a sailboat and he always said that you had a knack for sailing) . Jack studies your face for a while before answering.
"Who's child are you?" he asks.
"What?" you reply, confused.
"You said that you were born on a ship. And no respectable sailor's wife would ever dream of boarding a ship with child, therefore your father must be a pirate. Who is 'ee?" Oh no. What. on earth.. .are you going.to say?
"Uh... Blackbeard!" you pipe, spouting out the only pirate's name that you can think of. Will's face clouds with astonishment. Jack's, however, remains calm as he asks,
"You, are the child of Captain Blackbeard; The terror of the Spanish Main?" You nod with a fake smile plastered across your face. Your knuckles turn white as you grip the ends of your shirt tightly. Jack furrows his eyes at you a bit more until he finally speaks again.
"I was not aware that Blackbeard 'ad a child."
"Oh yeah, but I'm on my own now, looking for my own adventure!" you say, hoping to get off of the topic.. You never were good at lying. Jack is silent for a long time. For a while you think he is going to tell you to get lost, but Jack Sparrow surprises you by saying,
"Alright, luv, you can come. But let's get one thing straight firs'" he says, stepping closer to you so that you can see his deep, dark eyes glowing before you. "I'm the Captain of this operation, savvy? You'd do best to do ezactly as I say." And with that he turns from your direction and faces the ships once again.
"Listen up, the both of ye. I've got me a plan. Follow." Jack beckons with his arm, then crouches down and begins to crawl along the sand, unseen by the British troops. You look at Will questioningly. In return, he shrugs, and crouches down to crawl after Jack. As you do the same, you nearly gasp. The sand is literally burning your skin as you crawl across. The three of you stop as Jack halts in front of an overturned rowboat lying on the shore.
"In!" he commands with his raspy voice, as he lifts one end of the boat, and motioning for you to crawl under. If possible, the heat is even more unbearable as the three of scurry inside the stuffy interior of the boat. In front of you, Jack listens intently as the sound of footsteps approach from outside. The sound, soon, dies off in the direction of the docks, and the only sound that can then be heard is the three of you breathing heavily in the immense heat.
"On the count of three, I want both of you to lift the sides of this 'ere boat, and slowly make your way towards the water. Remember, you mus' 'old tight to the sides to prevent it from floatin' up to the top, savv?' Jack mutters quietly to the both of you.
"One.two.three!" Instinctively, both you and Will grasp the boat at either ends, and slowly make your way forward, with Jack in the lead. Soon, you can feel the ocean lapping at your heels. You can't help but let out a short cry, as the cold water rushes up around your waist. It is such a relief from the overpowering heat.
"Hush, luv. We musn't be 'eard." Jack says quietly, although you can tell he feels the same by the way he lets out a short sigh of relief at the touch of the water.
Your flinch as a tad of fear strikes you. What if the boat fills up and I drown? However, the water continues to rise around the top of the boat and remains still around your waist in the interior. Struggling against the weight of the boat, your hear Will utter behind you,
"This is either madness.or brilliance." Smiling to yourself, you say,
"Yeah, I know. It's really remarkable at how often those two traits coincide." You nearly let go of the boat as Jack unexpectedly stops in his tracks. He turns slowly to face you, shakes his head and continues on his trek across the ocean floor.
"She's at it again.." He murmurs. (hehe!)
The time seems to drag as the three of you walk on under the ocean floor. Your breathing increases as the supply of oxygen begins to run short. Finally, Jack halts and says,
"Alright, on the count of three, you'll let go of the sides an' let it float to the top. As soon as you let go, swim to the surface. One.two.three!" Taking a gulp of air, you let go. You squeeze your eyes shut as the water flows up around you. Your body then, immediately begins to float upwards. You feel a rush of air hit you, as you crash to the surface, gasping and sputtering out the gross saltwater that somehow made its way into your mouth. As soon as you have calmed down a bit, you look around for the sight of either Jack or Will. Sure enough, you spot Jack floating nearby, spitting out seawater as well. As Jack notices you, he sputters,
"Lass! Where's the boy?"
"I'm here!" You hear Will call from behind, swimming toward the both of you. As you glance up, you see the backside of the Dauntless tower above you. You follow as both Jack and Will swim towards it. You feel slightly dizzy as you realize the sheer height that you know that you will have to climb.
"C'mon!" Jack beckons as he begins to grab the railing, and haul himself up the side with Will at his heels. Taking a deep breath you start to grab a hold on the ship in order to climb. At the halfway point, you feel as if you're going to fall. There's no way that you'll be able to climb the rest of the way. Your spirits rise though, as you see that you are in front of a window looking inside the captain's cabin. You cautiously place your hand on it, and (yay!) it slowly swings open! Taking a quick peep around to make sure no one is in the room, you crawl in quietly, exhausted from your short climb. Running your fingers through your hair, you walk forward towards the double doors leading toward the deck. You swing them open just in time to hear Jack call,
"Everyone stay calm! We are taking over the ship!" You look to the left to see Will hop expertly across the rail onto the deck (dude, I wish I could do that!).
"Aye! Avast!" He says pointing his sword threateningly. As the Navy-men laugh, you take your place behind Jack and beside Wll, to whom which you give a thumbs up again. Will smiles warily at your gesture. The officer who seems to be in charge smiles smugly and says,
"This ship cannot be crewed by two men and a rather small woman. You'll never make it out of the bay!" Returning the smug smile, Jack saunters over to the officer, points his pistol to officer's nose and replies coyly,
"Son, I'm Captain Jack Sparrow! Savvy?"
"Yeah!" you add.
"Shove off now, son, an' go an' alert your superiors!" Jack points toward one of the rowboats with his pistol. After a few moments of uninterrupted silence, the Navy-men reluctantly begin to make ready the rowboat, and eventually board it, and are soon rowing away towards the Interceptor. Once they are well out of earshot, Jack turns toward you and Will,
"Right, now pretend to make ready the sails!"
"P-pretend?" Will asks.
"That's right! Pretend!" Jack commands as he starts to tamper with the ship's wheel. Noticing that Will still stands rooted to the spot, Jack sighs,
"'ere, let me show you!"
"No, it's OK, Jack! I know what to do! I'll show him!" You interrupt.
"Thank ye lass!" Jack returns as he saunters back over to the wheel.
You lead Will over to a line of ropes connected to the sail and begin flapping them around senselessly.
"Like this!" you encourage Will, "Just PRETEND that you're doing something!"
Slowly but surely, Will understands the concept, and even begins to fool YOU as he pretends to expertly adjust the ropes. As you continue on to pretend work, you feel Will tap you on the shoulder. Turning to him, he points toward the horizon,
"Look." As you turn to see what he sees, you notice the Interceptor sailing towards you, loaded with members of the King's Navy. Will abruptly turns and bounds up the stairs to where Jack still stands at the wheel, with you close behind.
"Here they come!" Will says as soon as you both reach Jack. Jack simply looks over his shoulder and smiles. He then turns to you and says,
"Up the mast! Climb up!"
"Jack, I don't understand why-" Will asks confused.
"Jus' do as I say boy! You too, luv!" Jack pushes both of you toward the mast. Calling upon your very little arm strength, you begin to climb up the long, high mast. Quite literally out of breath, you finally reach the top, to find Will and Jack already there, staring at you.
"I'm sorry! I'm just really bad at climbing!" you protest. Looking down, you see that the Interceptor is alongside the Dauntless, with the crew ready to board.
"'ere, take this." You look up again as Jack hands both you and Will long lines of rope that are attached to the mast.
"When I say so, I want ye ta swing over onto the Interceptor, savvy? Remember! Not until I say so!" Jack explains, gesturing his hands form the rope to the Interceptor. Your palms start to turn sweaty as you see the Commodore and his troops begin to board and scour the Dauntless for you. Your head jerks up in fear as you hear Jack whisper,
"Now!" Closing your eyes tightly, you grip the rope and push yourself from the mast. You feel a sense of falling/flying as you glide through the air. Opening your eyes, you see yourself start to descend upon the Interceptor. Praying a quick word to God, you let go. With a loud 'thump!" you fall onto the deck of the Interceptor. Pushing your still damp hair from your eyes, you see Jack cutting all of the ropes that lead from the Interceptor to the Dauntless. You walk to the side as you hear the Commodore shout,
"Sailors, back to the Interceptor, now!" Stepping grandly to the wheel, and lifting his hat Jack shouts
"Thank you, Commodore, for getting us ready to make way! We would have had a hard time of it by ourselves!" You duck down and throw your hands to your head as the navy-men fire shots in your direction. You stay there for a while, and then slowly start to stand. The Dauntless has no chance of catching you now, seeing as how Jack dismantled the rudder chain, preventing them to turn.
Walking up beside Jack at the wheel, you hear him humming to himself, already lost in his own little world. You hum your own little tune as you realize that your adventure has now truly begun!
Whew!! *pops fingers* That chapter took forever to write!! I'm going to be out of town this week, so the soonest that I'll be able to update next is next Monday nite!! Please wait for me and don't forget about my story! I'll update as soon as I get home! Please review if you want more!! Bye!!