This story's going to end soon... But this chapter sees the introduction of
not one, not two, but THREE new characters! My desperate call for male
applicants has been answered, and I am absolutely thrilled about the fact I
now have more guys in this who aren't a roguishly charming pirate or
meerkat with only three facial expressions.
Chapter 11 - The chase is on
The ship sailed as fast as it could away from the ship of the cursed pirates, Brandi muttering and glaring at the other ship. "I wouldn't run from ye sea rats!" she shouted angrily, "I'd stand and fight, if the rest of my crew weren't WUSSES!"
"We'd like to see you TRY!" came back the shout.
"Oh yeah?? COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE!!!!"
"WHAT DID YOU THINK WE WERE TALKING TO BEFORE?"
"Possibly your AR-"
"Shh, don't aggravate them," said Danielle worriedly.
"Or you were at least talking THROUGH your AR-"
"Stopstopstopstopstop," said Catarina, dragging her off the top deck.
"Puh," said Brandi sulkily, "Puh, I say to you."
"Puh?" said Will.
"Puh," confirmed Brandi.
"Come on everyone, get down below and start rowing," said Will hurriedly, "Except Ariana, it's her turn on lookout."
"Lucky," muttered Becky. Ariana wondered why, but then looked up and saw that Jack had clambered up the ropes to the lookout post and pulled out a telescope. Ariana swung up next to him. "Which way are we going?" asked Ariana.
"It's extremely fortunate," said Jack, "We're actually heading straight towards the island with the diamond."
"Can you see Barbossa's ship anywhere?"
"Yes. It's straight ahead, also heading for the island."
"How fortunate," agreed Ariana.
Meanwhile, the other girls, Will and Tanuki were starting rowing as fast as they could. After a whole two weeks at sea with only Jack and Will, neither of which seemed available, Tanuki seemed to be getting more attractive every day, especially as he was taking tips on how to look cool from Jack.
*****
The girls on Barbossa's ship had played every travel game underneath the sun to try and pass the time. They'd identified every single thing in the hold after countless games of I-Spy, they'd tried climbing the bars (which had got boring remarkably quickly) and they'd given all the woodlice and earwigs names. They were getting bored.
"I need to get out of here," said Frankie, hugging her knees and rocking back and forth, "On the same ship as thirty Harry Potters... I feel unclean."
"I'm stuck here with computers with a slow modem connection," muttered Hanna.
"Hilary Duff," shuddered Diana, "Barbossa as a cheerleader... I never thought I'd see the day."
"OURS is the worst," said Krystal, "We're stuck here with thirty Legolas's."
They didn't notice the silence that had settled over the group. "What is the plural of Legolas?" thought Mar out loud, "Is it Legolas's? Legolasses? Legolii? Legolae?"
"You... get to be on this ship... with THIRTY LEGOLAE???" said Frankie, scarcely able to contain her envious rage, "AND I'M STUCK WITH CHEESEMONGERS????"
"Hey!" said one of the pirates, banging on the bars, "We're going to be arriving at the island in a minute."
"Is it still night-time, then?" said Gemma, restraining Frankie from trying to steal Krystal and Mar's vision, "I don't see a lightning scar..."
"Well, yeah, you've been down here for a day now."
"A DAY??" said Diana, "No wonder my feet are going wrinkly."
"You don't look as old and ugly as the other pirates in this crew," pointed out Frankie.
"I'm not," said the pirate, "I only just joined the crew. All I knew about the diamond was that it was, well, big. He said nothing about it being cursed. Now I'm stuck being cursed as well."
"Awwww," said Gemma sympathetically.
"It's not just me, it's my friends Mort and Tobias as well," said the pirate, "I'm Mro. Short for Mronimusha."
"You have friends?" said Jackie, perking up.
"Yeah," said Mro, "HEY! MORT! TOBIAS!"
"What?" said another two young pirates, poking their heads through the hatch.
"Are you chatting up female captives again, Mro?" asked Tobias, shaking his head.
"Maybe," said Mro sheepishly.
"Do you want a bead fairy?" said Cirfia, holding out a fresh new batch she'd made while in the cell. Mro, Mort and Tobias happily accepted them.
"So just how old are you guys?" asked Yilantri.
"Well, I'm 16," said Mort, "And Mro is 18, and Tobias is 16 too."
"Hey," said Krystal and Mar, batting their eyelashes.
"How on earth did you end up with Barbossa?" asked Diana incredulously.
"Well, we've all wanted to be pirates for ages," began Tobias.
"I've wanted to be one since I was a baby!" said Mort.
"Stab stab stabbity stab," agreed Mro. Gemma looked at him slightly worriedly.
"And we saw a poster up in Rum Island, and we decided to join," said Tobias.
"It didn't say anything about us going after a cursed diamond," said Mort sadly.
"Stab stab stab," agreed Mro.
"Can you stop saying stab? It's slightly worrying," said Diana.
"Sorry," said Mro, "Evil Mro was surfacing."
Gemma got even more worried - just her luck, to be stuck on a ship with a schizophrenic who liked stabbing. She was torn from her slightly scared thoughts by Barbossa coming below the decks. "Hey!" he shouted, "We've arrived at the island. Bring up the prisoners."
"Hey, Barbossa, did you hear the one about the pirate and the seagull?" called out Yilantri, but he'd stomped back up to the deck. Mort, Mro and Tobias unlocked the prison door and led out the nine girls and Elizabeth, who'd been plotting various escape plans since they'd been locked up.
"Listen," said Hanna quickly, "You don't like it here, do you?"
"Hell no," said Mro. Tobias and Mort nodded furiously.
"I haven't seen my sister in ages," said Mort.
"They don't let me have coconut rum!" said Tobias sadly. Krystal and Mar gasped and gave him a hug.
"Well, anyway," said Hanna, "I have a feeling that Jack's going to come after us-"
"Jack?" said Mro in amazement, "JACK SPARROW?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow," corrected Jackie.
"Yes, Jack Sparrow," said Hanna, "If he does come, will you help us to escape as well?"
The boys looked at each other. It didn't take long to decide. "Hell yes!" they said.
*****
Archangel Genesis 9 - You're welcome! I hope you like your part in this!
Krystal + Mar - Sorry, if I let you kill Legolas then there's a strong chance that I'd be lynched.
Tanuki - All right, you can have one! I've already decided who... *grin*
Theshiz - Glad you narrowed it down for me, you couldn't have had all of them. I'm feeling very uncreative, so these are quite short callouts...
Cat Youkai - At least it's out on DVD now! I've already watched it three times... and all of the special features... The deleted scenes are great!
Im a Brandybuck - Those are much nicer than my gloves! Mine are really old and used to be purple...
Stargirl14 - I can't wait either! I haven't even written it yet! Right now I'm spending my Biology lessons trying to sort it out! I know I should be learning...
Hyper-Elf - (mutters to self) Fire is my friend, fire is my friend, what does your chemistry teacher know, you didn't MEAN to set fire to the bin...
Mako - 8 billion explosive motorcycles? That's... a lot of explosive motorcycles.
Yilantri - Thanks! That means a lot! And yes, Jack is having an influence on Will. For the better, I think. In the sequel, he'll be a lot more Sparrowish, probably.
Reasonably Crazy - Of course they will! Hello, this is a Disney sequel! But - at what cost? Dunno...
CatClawz - Uh, OK. Yes ma'am.
See y'all soon! I just have to write the ending!
Chapter 11 - The chase is on
The ship sailed as fast as it could away from the ship of the cursed pirates, Brandi muttering and glaring at the other ship. "I wouldn't run from ye sea rats!" she shouted angrily, "I'd stand and fight, if the rest of my crew weren't WUSSES!"
"We'd like to see you TRY!" came back the shout.
"Oh yeah?? COME OVER HERE AND SAY THAT TO MY FACE!!!!"
"WHAT DID YOU THINK WE WERE TALKING TO BEFORE?"
"Possibly your AR-"
"Shh, don't aggravate them," said Danielle worriedly.
"Or you were at least talking THROUGH your AR-"
"Stopstopstopstopstop," said Catarina, dragging her off the top deck.
"Puh," said Brandi sulkily, "Puh, I say to you."
"Puh?" said Will.
"Puh," confirmed Brandi.
"Come on everyone, get down below and start rowing," said Will hurriedly, "Except Ariana, it's her turn on lookout."
"Lucky," muttered Becky. Ariana wondered why, but then looked up and saw that Jack had clambered up the ropes to the lookout post and pulled out a telescope. Ariana swung up next to him. "Which way are we going?" asked Ariana.
"It's extremely fortunate," said Jack, "We're actually heading straight towards the island with the diamond."
"Can you see Barbossa's ship anywhere?"
"Yes. It's straight ahead, also heading for the island."
"How fortunate," agreed Ariana.
Meanwhile, the other girls, Will and Tanuki were starting rowing as fast as they could. After a whole two weeks at sea with only Jack and Will, neither of which seemed available, Tanuki seemed to be getting more attractive every day, especially as he was taking tips on how to look cool from Jack.
*****
The girls on Barbossa's ship had played every travel game underneath the sun to try and pass the time. They'd identified every single thing in the hold after countless games of I-Spy, they'd tried climbing the bars (which had got boring remarkably quickly) and they'd given all the woodlice and earwigs names. They were getting bored.
"I need to get out of here," said Frankie, hugging her knees and rocking back and forth, "On the same ship as thirty Harry Potters... I feel unclean."
"I'm stuck here with computers with a slow modem connection," muttered Hanna.
"Hilary Duff," shuddered Diana, "Barbossa as a cheerleader... I never thought I'd see the day."
"OURS is the worst," said Krystal, "We're stuck here with thirty Legolas's."
They didn't notice the silence that had settled over the group. "What is the plural of Legolas?" thought Mar out loud, "Is it Legolas's? Legolasses? Legolii? Legolae?"
"You... get to be on this ship... with THIRTY LEGOLAE???" said Frankie, scarcely able to contain her envious rage, "AND I'M STUCK WITH CHEESEMONGERS????"
"Hey!" said one of the pirates, banging on the bars, "We're going to be arriving at the island in a minute."
"Is it still night-time, then?" said Gemma, restraining Frankie from trying to steal Krystal and Mar's vision, "I don't see a lightning scar..."
"Well, yeah, you've been down here for a day now."
"A DAY??" said Diana, "No wonder my feet are going wrinkly."
"You don't look as old and ugly as the other pirates in this crew," pointed out Frankie.
"I'm not," said the pirate, "I only just joined the crew. All I knew about the diamond was that it was, well, big. He said nothing about it being cursed. Now I'm stuck being cursed as well."
"Awwww," said Gemma sympathetically.
"It's not just me, it's my friends Mort and Tobias as well," said the pirate, "I'm Mro. Short for Mronimusha."
"You have friends?" said Jackie, perking up.
"Yeah," said Mro, "HEY! MORT! TOBIAS!"
"What?" said another two young pirates, poking their heads through the hatch.
"Are you chatting up female captives again, Mro?" asked Tobias, shaking his head.
"Maybe," said Mro sheepishly.
"Do you want a bead fairy?" said Cirfia, holding out a fresh new batch she'd made while in the cell. Mro, Mort and Tobias happily accepted them.
"So just how old are you guys?" asked Yilantri.
"Well, I'm 16," said Mort, "And Mro is 18, and Tobias is 16 too."
"Hey," said Krystal and Mar, batting their eyelashes.
"How on earth did you end up with Barbossa?" asked Diana incredulously.
"Well, we've all wanted to be pirates for ages," began Tobias.
"I've wanted to be one since I was a baby!" said Mort.
"Stab stab stabbity stab," agreed Mro. Gemma looked at him slightly worriedly.
"And we saw a poster up in Rum Island, and we decided to join," said Tobias.
"It didn't say anything about us going after a cursed diamond," said Mort sadly.
"Stab stab stab," agreed Mro.
"Can you stop saying stab? It's slightly worrying," said Diana.
"Sorry," said Mro, "Evil Mro was surfacing."
Gemma got even more worried - just her luck, to be stuck on a ship with a schizophrenic who liked stabbing. She was torn from her slightly scared thoughts by Barbossa coming below the decks. "Hey!" he shouted, "We've arrived at the island. Bring up the prisoners."
"Hey, Barbossa, did you hear the one about the pirate and the seagull?" called out Yilantri, but he'd stomped back up to the deck. Mort, Mro and Tobias unlocked the prison door and led out the nine girls and Elizabeth, who'd been plotting various escape plans since they'd been locked up.
"Listen," said Hanna quickly, "You don't like it here, do you?"
"Hell no," said Mro. Tobias and Mort nodded furiously.
"I haven't seen my sister in ages," said Mort.
"They don't let me have coconut rum!" said Tobias sadly. Krystal and Mar gasped and gave him a hug.
"Well, anyway," said Hanna, "I have a feeling that Jack's going to come after us-"
"Jack?" said Mro in amazement, "JACK SPARROW?"
"Captain Jack Sparrow," corrected Jackie.
"Yes, Jack Sparrow," said Hanna, "If he does come, will you help us to escape as well?"
The boys looked at each other. It didn't take long to decide. "Hell yes!" they said.
*****
Archangel Genesis 9 - You're welcome! I hope you like your part in this!
Krystal + Mar - Sorry, if I let you kill Legolas then there's a strong chance that I'd be lynched.
Tanuki - All right, you can have one! I've already decided who... *grin*
Theshiz - Glad you narrowed it down for me, you couldn't have had all of them. I'm feeling very uncreative, so these are quite short callouts...
Cat Youkai - At least it's out on DVD now! I've already watched it three times... and all of the special features... The deleted scenes are great!
Im a Brandybuck - Those are much nicer than my gloves! Mine are really old and used to be purple...
Stargirl14 - I can't wait either! I haven't even written it yet! Right now I'm spending my Biology lessons trying to sort it out! I know I should be learning...
Hyper-Elf - (mutters to self) Fire is my friend, fire is my friend, what does your chemistry teacher know, you didn't MEAN to set fire to the bin...
Mako - 8 billion explosive motorcycles? That's... a lot of explosive motorcycles.
Yilantri - Thanks! That means a lot! And yes, Jack is having an influence on Will. For the better, I think. In the sequel, he'll be a lot more Sparrowish, probably.
Reasonably Crazy - Of course they will! Hello, this is a Disney sequel! But - at what cost? Dunno...
CatClawz - Uh, OK. Yes ma'am.
See y'all soon! I just have to write the ending!