Hey people! Going on a little break now, cos I have just so much homework
and other stuff to do - sorry! Also there's the little problem of needing
to write more of each of my stories... hmmm... might get more reviews if I
actually put up writing...
ANY GUYS WHO ARE READING, PLEASE SEND ME IN THE ENTRY FORM!!!! I need more boys in this story!! PLEASE!!!
Chapter 9 - The First Battle (but not the last)
The crew of the ship watched in half fear, half excitement as the ship grew closer. This was their first cursed pirate ship, but Jack assured them that he had experience in these matters.
"Brilliant," said Brandi, "Brilliant brilliant brilliant."
"Brilliant?!" said Gemma, "HOW is this BRILLIANT?"
"Don't worry Gemma, I'll protect you!" said Will.
"So will I," said Jack, "But I believe that you could defend yourself perfectly well without my help!"
"Ooh, good answer," said Frankie.
"What's going on?" said Elizabeth.
"Pirates!" said Hanna, "What else?"
"Oh," said Elizabeth, "What do they want?"
"Who knows?" said Will, "We don't have anything valuable. Except, uh, you, of course," he added quickly, seeing her face.
"And Gemma," said Jack, slapping Gemma on the back, causing her to nearly fall over.
"We need a cunning plan!" said Kathryn, "A plan to get rid of them, or defeat them if need be."
"Hmm..." said Jack, "Plans were never really my strong point..."
"I think-" began Will.
"No!" said Yilantri, "Don't let HIM come up with the plan, it'll involve doing stupid things and heroic cliches! DON'T LET HIM SAY MORE HEROIC CLICHES!!!!" She collapsed sobbing onto Jack's shoulder. Jack looked slightly nervous and patted her reassuringly on her shoulder.
"Well, I know when I'm not wanted," said Will sulkily.
"Um, Jack?" said Jackie as the ship continued to get closer, "How exactly ARE these pirates cursed?"
"Well, from what I've heard, they don't LOOK cursed," said Jack, "They just look normal. However they're cursed they're keeping quiet about it."
"Why exactly?"
"People! Swords!" said Will, pulling out his own. Everyone else followed suit, trying to remember all that they'd been taught. Those taught by Will immediately tossed their hair and looked haughty yet cool. Those taught by Jack pulled handfuls of sand out of their pockets. Those taught by Elizabeth reminisced over that time they shoved her into one of the cannons. Ah, memories.
By this time, the ship had come pretty much right next to them. The crew seemed to be just your average, old, ugly crew of pirates. In fact-
"Hey!" said Ariana, blinking, "They look just like Barbossa's crew!"
"So they do!" said Will.
"Oh hell," said Jack.
"What?" said Diana, not sure if she wanted to hear this.
"It's..." said Jack.
"What?"
"It's... a sequel."
"Too right!" called Barbossa from the other ship, "How else can you have a Disney sequel without an unfeasible return of the previous baddie?"
"Unfeasible is right," said Frankie, "Does a bullet mean NOTHING anymore?"
"Blame Jack if you have to blame anyone," said Barbossa.
"What?" said the crew, turning to look at Jack.
Jack looked extremely shifty.
"Jack?" said Ariana nervously, "What did you do?"
"Oh, nothing," said Jack sheepishly.
"He ESCAPED, that's what!" said Barbossa, "If all the main characters survive except the bad guy, what can you expect except a sequel?"
"Stupid unimaginative author," muttered Will.
"Uh, Jack?" said Catarina, "Shouldn't we do something?"
"I'm ready when you are, darling," said Jack, throwing an arm round her shoulders.
"Heh, yes, um, I meant against the cursed pirates," said Catarina.
"Oh, right. Load the cannons!"
"Come on Elizabeth!" said Mako gleefully.
"No! Not with crewmembers! How many times?" said Jack.
"Not much control over your new crew then, Jackie?" said Barbossa.
"Huh?" said Jackie, looking up.
"Not you," said Barbossa.
"Yes, he was going a very unoriginal nickname," said Jack, "And for your information, Barbossa, my crew is becoming the most feared in the Spanish Main."
"Isn't your deck on fire?" said Barbossa, pointing to the top deck, where Diana and Hanna's bonfire was blazing out of control.
"Oh HELL!" said Will.
"How many times, girls?" said Jack, "DON'T LIGHT FIRES ON WOODEN SHIPS!!!"
"We have a problem!" protested Diana and Hanna.
"Bead fairy?" said Cirfia to one of Barbossa's crew.
"Narrr," he replied.
"That's feeble," said Kathryn, "ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!"
Several of Barbossa's crew jumped.
"Enough of this," said Barbossa, rolling his eyes, "Go on guys, go do what you do best."
"What was that again?" whispered Gemma.
"It was - oh hell," said Becky, "Swords, people!"
Jack was quickly trying to get control of the situation. "Hey! Will!" he shouted to Will, "You guard half of the them and I'll guard half!"
"Fine!" said Will, "Come on Gemma, stay close to me!"
"WHAT? She is on MY half of the ship, whelp!"
"Since when is that YOUR HALF?"
"Since ALWAYS!"
"Well, your half is on FIRE, Jackie!"
"Huh?" said Jackie, looking up again.
Jack looked up at the burning top deck and seemed to reconsider. "I have reassessed the situation," he said, "And have determined that we're both on the wrong halves."
"I thought so," said Will, "But I really couldn't give a-"
"ARRRR!!!!" shouted Kathryn and charged towards one of the pirates.
"WHO'S FIRST???" bellowed Brandi, swinging her sword in front of her.
"OK, let's get started," said Jack, unnecessarily, as most of the girls were now charging at the oncoming pirates. And so battle was joined.
The girls actually did quite well, considering that this was their first fight, even though Mako did get a bit carried away and hurled spoons at some pirates. Luckily this seemed to convince them of her insanity, and most gave her a wide berth.
Will was defending his girls when he noticed - as you may have expected - some of the pirates carrying off Elizabeth. He proceeded to rescue her in a highly dramatic way, involving several ropes, his sword throwing skills and couple of pomegranates. But in the end, he triumphantly brought her back to their ship.
"Way to go," said Jack, "But you seem to have let your side down."
Will turned round to see most of the girls that it had been up to him to defend surrounded by Barbossa's crew. "Oh HELL," he said loudly, "Can't I get a BREAK? TOO MANY GIRLS!!!"
Fortunately the girls knew just how to handle this situation. Many would have known, but several sword blades hovering just inches from your face can make things damn hard to remember.
"Parley!" shouted Krystal and Mar simultaneously. The pirates stopped.
"Did they - did they just say-" stammered one of them.
"WE HATE YOU JACK SPARROW!!!" shouted another, waving his fist at said captain, who was still attempting to prevent Mako from throwing spoons at Barbossa.
"Yes, parley!" said Yilantri quickly, "We, um, want to talk to Barbossa."
"That we do," agreed Frankie.
"Parley," said Diana, nodding.
"I'll tell you where you can stick your parley-" began one of the pirates, but the others muttered profanities and hauled all nine girls back onto Barbossa's crew.
"NINE prisoners?" said one of the pirates in astonishment, "They can't have all-"
"They DID," said one of them sullenly.
"WE HATE YOU JACK SPARROW!!!" shouted most of the crew.
"One more," said another pirate, leading Elizabeth, "She was practically hanging around waiting to be captured. She's very good at it."
"Dammit," muttered Jackie, "We couldn't even ditch her."
"Come on men, sail away before more of them say parley," called another pirate, "We don't have enough food for them all."
"Well, this is most certainly interesting," said Hanna as they were all led below decks.
"We only joined this crew because we were bored," said Krystal.
"How do you think WE feel?" said Mar, finishing her sentence, as they had a habit of doing.
*****
I'm sorry this chapter's a leetle short, and I'm sorry I'm just so unimaginative as to make Barbossa return, but I figured that most of you guys wouldn't mind, cos you're just so lovely... *blinks hobbit-eyes appealingly*
Tanuki Yasha - Yes, you're an intervener! And you're going to have a bigger part later on, I promise! Hey, question - do you mind if you're given a girlfriend in this?
Daemon Express - You could make a cameo appearance... WAIT! You're not a boy, are you? Cos if you are, I could use having another guy in this story. If you are, then send me in the form, and you'll appear soon. If not, and you're a girl, then I'm REALLY sorry, but I'm very tired, as it is eleven pm in England when I'm writing this, preparing to update tomorrow.... zzzzz....
Krystal + Mar - Hope you guys like your parts! Yep!
theshiz - OK. BAD EMILIO!!!!!!
EMILIO: What did I do?
You influnced theshiz to burn things!!! And I don't even know you!!!
EMILIO: Uh, OK then.
Mako - And early happy Revolutions day to you! IT'S ON WEDNESDAY!!!!
Im a Brandybuck - Oh no! But it's true, Venus is pink, but that's only because of the lava and the poisonous gas and all that...
Yilantri - I DO????? *hurls self to the ground as arrows whizz overhead* HEY! BARBOSSA!
Barbossa: What?
If you want me on your crew as another cursed person, help me defend myself from these chickens!
Barbossa: No way! They bite!
Hyper-Elf - Thanks! It's easy to fight to Elizabeth way, just duck behind the nearest blacksmith.
Stargirl - Thanks!
Cat Youkai - I KNOW!!! It nearly made ME cry! IT WAS SO SAD!!!!! *sniff* He was so un-unloved...
Michaela - There's almost definitely going to be a sequel! Either that or I continue the story on after the search is over, one way or another!
Lucki Me - Great ideas! Thanks!
Ella Baggins - I'm not going to kill Elizabeth. I actually think *whispers* she's pretty cool... AAARGH!!!! *ducks yet more arrows from chickens* What? She can't help it if she falls in love with Will! I mean, who wouldn't?
ANY GUYS WHO ARE READING, PLEASE SEND ME IN THE ENTRY FORM!!!! I need more boys in this story!! PLEASE!!!
Chapter 9 - The First Battle (but not the last)
The crew of the ship watched in half fear, half excitement as the ship grew closer. This was their first cursed pirate ship, but Jack assured them that he had experience in these matters.
"Brilliant," said Brandi, "Brilliant brilliant brilliant."
"Brilliant?!" said Gemma, "HOW is this BRILLIANT?"
"Don't worry Gemma, I'll protect you!" said Will.
"So will I," said Jack, "But I believe that you could defend yourself perfectly well without my help!"
"Ooh, good answer," said Frankie.
"What's going on?" said Elizabeth.
"Pirates!" said Hanna, "What else?"
"Oh," said Elizabeth, "What do they want?"
"Who knows?" said Will, "We don't have anything valuable. Except, uh, you, of course," he added quickly, seeing her face.
"And Gemma," said Jack, slapping Gemma on the back, causing her to nearly fall over.
"We need a cunning plan!" said Kathryn, "A plan to get rid of them, or defeat them if need be."
"Hmm..." said Jack, "Plans were never really my strong point..."
"I think-" began Will.
"No!" said Yilantri, "Don't let HIM come up with the plan, it'll involve doing stupid things and heroic cliches! DON'T LET HIM SAY MORE HEROIC CLICHES!!!!" She collapsed sobbing onto Jack's shoulder. Jack looked slightly nervous and patted her reassuringly on her shoulder.
"Well, I know when I'm not wanted," said Will sulkily.
"Um, Jack?" said Jackie as the ship continued to get closer, "How exactly ARE these pirates cursed?"
"Well, from what I've heard, they don't LOOK cursed," said Jack, "They just look normal. However they're cursed they're keeping quiet about it."
"Why exactly?"
"People! Swords!" said Will, pulling out his own. Everyone else followed suit, trying to remember all that they'd been taught. Those taught by Will immediately tossed their hair and looked haughty yet cool. Those taught by Jack pulled handfuls of sand out of their pockets. Those taught by Elizabeth reminisced over that time they shoved her into one of the cannons. Ah, memories.
By this time, the ship had come pretty much right next to them. The crew seemed to be just your average, old, ugly crew of pirates. In fact-
"Hey!" said Ariana, blinking, "They look just like Barbossa's crew!"
"So they do!" said Will.
"Oh hell," said Jack.
"What?" said Diana, not sure if she wanted to hear this.
"It's..." said Jack.
"What?"
"It's... a sequel."
"Too right!" called Barbossa from the other ship, "How else can you have a Disney sequel without an unfeasible return of the previous baddie?"
"Unfeasible is right," said Frankie, "Does a bullet mean NOTHING anymore?"
"Blame Jack if you have to blame anyone," said Barbossa.
"What?" said the crew, turning to look at Jack.
Jack looked extremely shifty.
"Jack?" said Ariana nervously, "What did you do?"
"Oh, nothing," said Jack sheepishly.
"He ESCAPED, that's what!" said Barbossa, "If all the main characters survive except the bad guy, what can you expect except a sequel?"
"Stupid unimaginative author," muttered Will.
"Uh, Jack?" said Catarina, "Shouldn't we do something?"
"I'm ready when you are, darling," said Jack, throwing an arm round her shoulders.
"Heh, yes, um, I meant against the cursed pirates," said Catarina.
"Oh, right. Load the cannons!"
"Come on Elizabeth!" said Mako gleefully.
"No! Not with crewmembers! How many times?" said Jack.
"Not much control over your new crew then, Jackie?" said Barbossa.
"Huh?" said Jackie, looking up.
"Not you," said Barbossa.
"Yes, he was going a very unoriginal nickname," said Jack, "And for your information, Barbossa, my crew is becoming the most feared in the Spanish Main."
"Isn't your deck on fire?" said Barbossa, pointing to the top deck, where Diana and Hanna's bonfire was blazing out of control.
"Oh HELL!" said Will.
"How many times, girls?" said Jack, "DON'T LIGHT FIRES ON WOODEN SHIPS!!!"
"We have a problem!" protested Diana and Hanna.
"Bead fairy?" said Cirfia to one of Barbossa's crew.
"Narrr," he replied.
"That's feeble," said Kathryn, "ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!"
Several of Barbossa's crew jumped.
"Enough of this," said Barbossa, rolling his eyes, "Go on guys, go do what you do best."
"What was that again?" whispered Gemma.
"It was - oh hell," said Becky, "Swords, people!"
Jack was quickly trying to get control of the situation. "Hey! Will!" he shouted to Will, "You guard half of the them and I'll guard half!"
"Fine!" said Will, "Come on Gemma, stay close to me!"
"WHAT? She is on MY half of the ship, whelp!"
"Since when is that YOUR HALF?"
"Since ALWAYS!"
"Well, your half is on FIRE, Jackie!"
"Huh?" said Jackie, looking up again.
Jack looked up at the burning top deck and seemed to reconsider. "I have reassessed the situation," he said, "And have determined that we're both on the wrong halves."
"I thought so," said Will, "But I really couldn't give a-"
"ARRRR!!!!" shouted Kathryn and charged towards one of the pirates.
"WHO'S FIRST???" bellowed Brandi, swinging her sword in front of her.
"OK, let's get started," said Jack, unnecessarily, as most of the girls were now charging at the oncoming pirates. And so battle was joined.
The girls actually did quite well, considering that this was their first fight, even though Mako did get a bit carried away and hurled spoons at some pirates. Luckily this seemed to convince them of her insanity, and most gave her a wide berth.
Will was defending his girls when he noticed - as you may have expected - some of the pirates carrying off Elizabeth. He proceeded to rescue her in a highly dramatic way, involving several ropes, his sword throwing skills and couple of pomegranates. But in the end, he triumphantly brought her back to their ship.
"Way to go," said Jack, "But you seem to have let your side down."
Will turned round to see most of the girls that it had been up to him to defend surrounded by Barbossa's crew. "Oh HELL," he said loudly, "Can't I get a BREAK? TOO MANY GIRLS!!!"
Fortunately the girls knew just how to handle this situation. Many would have known, but several sword blades hovering just inches from your face can make things damn hard to remember.
"Parley!" shouted Krystal and Mar simultaneously. The pirates stopped.
"Did they - did they just say-" stammered one of them.
"WE HATE YOU JACK SPARROW!!!" shouted another, waving his fist at said captain, who was still attempting to prevent Mako from throwing spoons at Barbossa.
"Yes, parley!" said Yilantri quickly, "We, um, want to talk to Barbossa."
"That we do," agreed Frankie.
"Parley," said Diana, nodding.
"I'll tell you where you can stick your parley-" began one of the pirates, but the others muttered profanities and hauled all nine girls back onto Barbossa's crew.
"NINE prisoners?" said one of the pirates in astonishment, "They can't have all-"
"They DID," said one of them sullenly.
"WE HATE YOU JACK SPARROW!!!" shouted most of the crew.
"One more," said another pirate, leading Elizabeth, "She was practically hanging around waiting to be captured. She's very good at it."
"Dammit," muttered Jackie, "We couldn't even ditch her."
"Come on men, sail away before more of them say parley," called another pirate, "We don't have enough food for them all."
"Well, this is most certainly interesting," said Hanna as they were all led below decks.
"We only joined this crew because we were bored," said Krystal.
"How do you think WE feel?" said Mar, finishing her sentence, as they had a habit of doing.
*****
I'm sorry this chapter's a leetle short, and I'm sorry I'm just so unimaginative as to make Barbossa return, but I figured that most of you guys wouldn't mind, cos you're just so lovely... *blinks hobbit-eyes appealingly*
Tanuki Yasha - Yes, you're an intervener! And you're going to have a bigger part later on, I promise! Hey, question - do you mind if you're given a girlfriend in this?
Daemon Express - You could make a cameo appearance... WAIT! You're not a boy, are you? Cos if you are, I could use having another guy in this story. If you are, then send me in the form, and you'll appear soon. If not, and you're a girl, then I'm REALLY sorry, but I'm very tired, as it is eleven pm in England when I'm writing this, preparing to update tomorrow.... zzzzz....
Krystal + Mar - Hope you guys like your parts! Yep!
theshiz - OK. BAD EMILIO!!!!!!
EMILIO: What did I do?
You influnced theshiz to burn things!!! And I don't even know you!!!
EMILIO: Uh, OK then.
Mako - And early happy Revolutions day to you! IT'S ON WEDNESDAY!!!!
Im a Brandybuck - Oh no! But it's true, Venus is pink, but that's only because of the lava and the poisonous gas and all that...
Yilantri - I DO????? *hurls self to the ground as arrows whizz overhead* HEY! BARBOSSA!
Barbossa: What?
If you want me on your crew as another cursed person, help me defend myself from these chickens!
Barbossa: No way! They bite!
Hyper-Elf - Thanks! It's easy to fight to Elizabeth way, just duck behind the nearest blacksmith.
Stargirl - Thanks!
Cat Youkai - I KNOW!!! It nearly made ME cry! IT WAS SO SAD!!!!! *sniff* He was so un-unloved...
Michaela - There's almost definitely going to be a sequel! Either that or I continue the story on after the search is over, one way or another!
Lucki Me - Great ideas! Thanks!
Ella Baggins - I'm not going to kill Elizabeth. I actually think *whispers* she's pretty cool... AAARGH!!!! *ducks yet more arrows from chickens* What? She can't help it if she falls in love with Will! I mean, who wouldn't?