Sorry I haven't updated for so long - I've been mega-ultra-super-busy, and
also my account was frozen for breaking site rules, and that's why both my
party stories have vanished as well. Bummer. However, for those of you who
were going to be in the next chapter, I already had it written so I can
send it to you if you want. And I've put this message at the stop of all my
stories, so if you have a feeling of deja vu, don't worry, it's not the
Matrix.
This story's still going strong, according to you people, but it's becoming slightly more serious now. I hope those of you who were kidnapped by cursed pirates don't mind too much, but you're still going to be in the story! And I'm planning a sequel, just so you know! And thanks to those of you who sent in pirate jokes - as you'll see below, they were very useful!
Chapter 10 - A Pirate's life is a wonderful life... right?
"HEY!" said Brandi indignantly, "They're sailing away!" She ran to the edge of the ship and shook her sword at them. "COME BACK YE SCURVY COWARDS!!!" Catarina, recognizing signs of dementia (she and Brandi had become friends in the time on the ship) dragged her back again.
"Well, not a bad battle, all things considered," said Jack, brushing off his clothes, "No rum harmed..."
"Uh, Jack?" said Ariana, "Just the slight drawback that we are now minus ten members of our crew."
"Nine," said Becky, "Elizabeth doesn't really count."
"Elizabeth?" said Will, coming up the side of the ship - the only way they'd captured Elizabeth was by tripping him, and he'd somersaulted out of habit straight over the edge of the boat, again - "THEY'VE CAPTURED ELIZABETH???"
"Bad luck mate," said Jack, clapping him on the shoulder, "I mean, how long is it going to be before you get another fiancee, especially since you're a eu-"
"I'm NOT!!!"
"I can check that," said Mako innocently.
"We've got to save them, though!" said Tanuki, feeling thoroughly left out of the heroics, "We can't just leave them with Barbossa! Who knows how much they're suffering?"
*****
"... And then the pirate says to Jack, 'That's not the tavern, that's a FARM!'" laughed Jackie insanely, slapping the deck. All the other pirates cracked up at yet another weird pirate joke.
"When is a pirate not a pirate?" said Frankie.
"When?" chorused the rest of the pirates.
"When it's Will Turner!" Frankie and Yilantri giggled insanely, but everyone else looked at each other, feeling slightly worried.
"I got one, I got one!" said Diana eagerly, "What does a peg-leg and hook cost?"
"What?" chorused the rest of the pirates.
"An arm and a leg!"
As laughter echoed around the ship, Barbossa came up from below decks. "What's going on?" he asked, "Why aren't the prisoners below decks?"
"We got out of there in five seconds," said Krystal.
"Call those locks?" said Mar, "By the way, I think this coin is yours." She held out a piece of pirate gold. Barbossa glared and snatched it back.
"Call that a pocket?" smiled Krystal.
"Are you meaning to tell me," said Barbossa to the crew, who were all looking slightly sheepish, "that all the prisoners managed to escape?"
"Not all," said one of the pirates, "Those two-" he pointed at Krystal and Mar, "-freed all of them except Sulky."
"Sulky?"
"Elizabeth," said Hanna, "And a party-pooper if there ever was one."
"What's with the gold?" said Hanna, "You haven't stolen cursed pirate coins AGAIN, have you?" Barbossa looked sheepish. "HAVE YOU?"
"Oh, Barbossa," said Gemma, "You really need to see someone about this. I think it's a serious problem. I mean, you've only been free of the last curse for about a week, and already you're under another one-"
"Shut up missy!" said Barbossa.
"How rude," whispered Gemma to Frankie.
"How are you cursed this time?" asked Yilantri, "You look normal right now."
"We're cursed," began Barbossa, "So that we look normal at night, and during the day..."
"What?" said Krystal and Mar, trying to sound sympathetic.
"Well, during the day, the curse gets complicated. We appear to be the person that the person who's seeing us hates the most and finds the most irritating..."
"Really?" said Frankie, starting to look slightly worried, "So come sunrise, I'm going to be on the same ship as about thirty Harry Potters?"
"I suppose so," said Barbossa. Frankie stared into space, looking terrified, then hurled herself towards the side of the ship. Two of the crew grabbed onto her as she tried desperately to reach the rail.
"Let me off!!" she cried as they dragged her back, "I can't stay on the same ship as thirty Harry Potters! It's not natural!!"
"No," said Barbossa, "It's not. It's also extremely hard to get apples, so we're trying to lift the curse."
"Well, none of us have pirate blood, so you have no need for us!" protested Yilantri.
"Who said we needed pirate blood to lift the curse?" said Barbossa.
"Then what do you need?" said Cirfia uneasily.
"... Pirate blood," said Barbossa feebly.
"Oh, original," said Cirfia.
"But none of us are pirates," said Jackie, "We're just wannabes. I mean, Diana and Hanna here are only debutantes who are sponsoring us. Can't you at least let them go?"
"No," said Barbossa.
"Why?" said Diana.
"Because I'm captain on this ship, and I decide what goes," said Barbossa. He turned to rest of the pirates. "Get these girls below again, with stronger locks!" He strode to the front of the ship, Jack the monkey still on his shoulder. The pirates led the girls back down below, where, even though this was a different ship, there was still a leak.
The door was locked shut, and all the girls sat glumly in the semi- darkness, listening to the water splashing around and Elizabeth muttering in the next cell. Pirate life certainly wasn't being like it seemed.
"Cheer up, guys," said Diana, "Will will come and save us."
There was a silence. "We're all going to die, aren't we?" said Yilantri glumly.
There was another silence. "Hey, what sits at the bottom of the sea and shivers?" said Hanna cheerfully.
*****
"If they're cursed, and this is a spin-off of a Disney film, chances are that they're trying to lift the curse again," said Mako, "So we just need to figure out where their curse-initiation point is."
Everyone was on the deck of the ship, where they had succeeded in dousing the fire, and were trying to figure out how to save their friends. Mako was taking advantage of Elizabeth's absence to snuggle up next to Will.
"But they can't be the cursed pirates guarding the Big Pink Pretty Albeit Cursed Diamond though, can they?" pointed out Catarina, "I mean, how can a legend become well-known in a matter of days?"
"Unless..." said Jack, looking unusually thoughtful.
"Unless what?" said Becky.
"Unless they were cursed by two things," finished Will, "So that would explain why they survived!"
"Good enough explanation for Disney and most fanfiction writers anyway," shrugged Ariana.
"But, um, one problem," said Tanuki, "I can prove they aren't the pirates guarding the Big Pink Pretty Albeit Cursed Diamond."
"Oh yes?" said Jack, "And just how can you do that?"
"Because there's more cursed pirates over there," said Tanuki, pointing over the side of the ship, "And they have a big flag with a pink diamond with a cross through it."
Everyone raced over to look. "I see your point," said Jack. He turned to face his crew. "Now, does anyone here think running away is cowardly?"
"Yes," said Brandi and Will immediately.
A cannon ball shot over their heads, punching a hole in one of the sails. "How about now?" asked Jack again.
"It's not running away, it's a tactical manoeuvre," said Will, and ran to turn the rudder.
*****
Hope y'all liked this chapter! This one'll be coming to an end soon, and I've already decided on the ending, mwahahaha! And so onto callouts...
Archangel Genesis 9 - I got your form, and your sister's, and I'll see what I can do!
Mronimusha - Hahaha! You're in! You'll come in at the same time as Mort, most likely.
Tanuki Yasha - Great! Uh... do you actually WANT a girlfriend in this, or are you just humouring me? You can be truthful, I don't mind either way.
Krystal&Mar - Thanks! Glad you like your parts! Yep!
Theshiz - Yes, I've seen Donnie Darko, and you will have seen it by now as well! It's great, isn't it?
Im a Brandybuck - Thanks! Gloves are good. Our house is like sixty years old and the heating isn't all that good...
Hyper-Elf - Burning stuff is fun. I'm getting a reputation in Chemistry as a pyromaniac - when we use Bunsen burners I delight in breaking up bits of wood and tissue paper and setting them alight. I actually set fire to a dustbin once... my teacher was maaaad...
Stargirl - Sorry. I have a lot of people to fit in.
Michaela - Yes, very pretty indeed for a meercat...
Tobias - Brilliant! Brilliant brilliant brilliant! Send me the form as soon as possible!
Cirfia - Sequels are always good, especially the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMING OUT IN 2005!!!! *parties like it's, um, 2005 already*
Yilantri - Uh, not sure about that. And I have chickens as well, so I've become an expert at dodging them.
Lucki Me - Thanks! You'll get to the diamond soon enough, I'm just trying to extend the story slightly and make it more interesting.
See you when I next update!
This story's still going strong, according to you people, but it's becoming slightly more serious now. I hope those of you who were kidnapped by cursed pirates don't mind too much, but you're still going to be in the story! And I'm planning a sequel, just so you know! And thanks to those of you who sent in pirate jokes - as you'll see below, they were very useful!
Chapter 10 - A Pirate's life is a wonderful life... right?
"HEY!" said Brandi indignantly, "They're sailing away!" She ran to the edge of the ship and shook her sword at them. "COME BACK YE SCURVY COWARDS!!!" Catarina, recognizing signs of dementia (she and Brandi had become friends in the time on the ship) dragged her back again.
"Well, not a bad battle, all things considered," said Jack, brushing off his clothes, "No rum harmed..."
"Uh, Jack?" said Ariana, "Just the slight drawback that we are now minus ten members of our crew."
"Nine," said Becky, "Elizabeth doesn't really count."
"Elizabeth?" said Will, coming up the side of the ship - the only way they'd captured Elizabeth was by tripping him, and he'd somersaulted out of habit straight over the edge of the boat, again - "THEY'VE CAPTURED ELIZABETH???"
"Bad luck mate," said Jack, clapping him on the shoulder, "I mean, how long is it going to be before you get another fiancee, especially since you're a eu-"
"I'm NOT!!!"
"I can check that," said Mako innocently.
"We've got to save them, though!" said Tanuki, feeling thoroughly left out of the heroics, "We can't just leave them with Barbossa! Who knows how much they're suffering?"
*****
"... And then the pirate says to Jack, 'That's not the tavern, that's a FARM!'" laughed Jackie insanely, slapping the deck. All the other pirates cracked up at yet another weird pirate joke.
"When is a pirate not a pirate?" said Frankie.
"When?" chorused the rest of the pirates.
"When it's Will Turner!" Frankie and Yilantri giggled insanely, but everyone else looked at each other, feeling slightly worried.
"I got one, I got one!" said Diana eagerly, "What does a peg-leg and hook cost?"
"What?" chorused the rest of the pirates.
"An arm and a leg!"
As laughter echoed around the ship, Barbossa came up from below decks. "What's going on?" he asked, "Why aren't the prisoners below decks?"
"We got out of there in five seconds," said Krystal.
"Call those locks?" said Mar, "By the way, I think this coin is yours." She held out a piece of pirate gold. Barbossa glared and snatched it back.
"Call that a pocket?" smiled Krystal.
"Are you meaning to tell me," said Barbossa to the crew, who were all looking slightly sheepish, "that all the prisoners managed to escape?"
"Not all," said one of the pirates, "Those two-" he pointed at Krystal and Mar, "-freed all of them except Sulky."
"Sulky?"
"Elizabeth," said Hanna, "And a party-pooper if there ever was one."
"What's with the gold?" said Hanna, "You haven't stolen cursed pirate coins AGAIN, have you?" Barbossa looked sheepish. "HAVE YOU?"
"Oh, Barbossa," said Gemma, "You really need to see someone about this. I think it's a serious problem. I mean, you've only been free of the last curse for about a week, and already you're under another one-"
"Shut up missy!" said Barbossa.
"How rude," whispered Gemma to Frankie.
"How are you cursed this time?" asked Yilantri, "You look normal right now."
"We're cursed," began Barbossa, "So that we look normal at night, and during the day..."
"What?" said Krystal and Mar, trying to sound sympathetic.
"Well, during the day, the curse gets complicated. We appear to be the person that the person who's seeing us hates the most and finds the most irritating..."
"Really?" said Frankie, starting to look slightly worried, "So come sunrise, I'm going to be on the same ship as about thirty Harry Potters?"
"I suppose so," said Barbossa. Frankie stared into space, looking terrified, then hurled herself towards the side of the ship. Two of the crew grabbed onto her as she tried desperately to reach the rail.
"Let me off!!" she cried as they dragged her back, "I can't stay on the same ship as thirty Harry Potters! It's not natural!!"
"No," said Barbossa, "It's not. It's also extremely hard to get apples, so we're trying to lift the curse."
"Well, none of us have pirate blood, so you have no need for us!" protested Yilantri.
"Who said we needed pirate blood to lift the curse?" said Barbossa.
"Then what do you need?" said Cirfia uneasily.
"... Pirate blood," said Barbossa feebly.
"Oh, original," said Cirfia.
"But none of us are pirates," said Jackie, "We're just wannabes. I mean, Diana and Hanna here are only debutantes who are sponsoring us. Can't you at least let them go?"
"No," said Barbossa.
"Why?" said Diana.
"Because I'm captain on this ship, and I decide what goes," said Barbossa. He turned to rest of the pirates. "Get these girls below again, with stronger locks!" He strode to the front of the ship, Jack the monkey still on his shoulder. The pirates led the girls back down below, where, even though this was a different ship, there was still a leak.
The door was locked shut, and all the girls sat glumly in the semi- darkness, listening to the water splashing around and Elizabeth muttering in the next cell. Pirate life certainly wasn't being like it seemed.
"Cheer up, guys," said Diana, "Will will come and save us."
There was a silence. "We're all going to die, aren't we?" said Yilantri glumly.
There was another silence. "Hey, what sits at the bottom of the sea and shivers?" said Hanna cheerfully.
*****
"If they're cursed, and this is a spin-off of a Disney film, chances are that they're trying to lift the curse again," said Mako, "So we just need to figure out where their curse-initiation point is."
Everyone was on the deck of the ship, where they had succeeded in dousing the fire, and were trying to figure out how to save their friends. Mako was taking advantage of Elizabeth's absence to snuggle up next to Will.
"But they can't be the cursed pirates guarding the Big Pink Pretty Albeit Cursed Diamond though, can they?" pointed out Catarina, "I mean, how can a legend become well-known in a matter of days?"
"Unless..." said Jack, looking unusually thoughtful.
"Unless what?" said Becky.
"Unless they were cursed by two things," finished Will, "So that would explain why they survived!"
"Good enough explanation for Disney and most fanfiction writers anyway," shrugged Ariana.
"But, um, one problem," said Tanuki, "I can prove they aren't the pirates guarding the Big Pink Pretty Albeit Cursed Diamond."
"Oh yes?" said Jack, "And just how can you do that?"
"Because there's more cursed pirates over there," said Tanuki, pointing over the side of the ship, "And they have a big flag with a pink diamond with a cross through it."
Everyone raced over to look. "I see your point," said Jack. He turned to face his crew. "Now, does anyone here think running away is cowardly?"
"Yes," said Brandi and Will immediately.
A cannon ball shot over their heads, punching a hole in one of the sails. "How about now?" asked Jack again.
"It's not running away, it's a tactical manoeuvre," said Will, and ran to turn the rudder.
*****
Hope y'all liked this chapter! This one'll be coming to an end soon, and I've already decided on the ending, mwahahaha! And so onto callouts...
Archangel Genesis 9 - I got your form, and your sister's, and I'll see what I can do!
Mronimusha - Hahaha! You're in! You'll come in at the same time as Mort, most likely.
Tanuki Yasha - Great! Uh... do you actually WANT a girlfriend in this, or are you just humouring me? You can be truthful, I don't mind either way.
Krystal&Mar - Thanks! Glad you like your parts! Yep!
Theshiz - Yes, I've seen Donnie Darko, and you will have seen it by now as well! It's great, isn't it?
Im a Brandybuck - Thanks! Gloves are good. Our house is like sixty years old and the heating isn't all that good...
Hyper-Elf - Burning stuff is fun. I'm getting a reputation in Chemistry as a pyromaniac - when we use Bunsen burners I delight in breaking up bits of wood and tissue paper and setting them alight. I actually set fire to a dustbin once... my teacher was maaaad...
Stargirl - Sorry. I have a lot of people to fit in.
Michaela - Yes, very pretty indeed for a meercat...
Tobias - Brilliant! Brilliant brilliant brilliant! Send me the form as soon as possible!
Cirfia - Sequels are always good, especially the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMING OUT IN 2005!!!! *parties like it's, um, 2005 already*
Yilantri - Uh, not sure about that. And I have chickens as well, so I've become an expert at dodging them.
Lucki Me - Thanks! You'll get to the diamond soon enough, I'm just trying to extend the story slightly and make it more interesting.
See you when I next update!