A/N: Here is the next chappie!!!!
DISCLAIMER: I'm sorry, did you say something?
CHAPTER 16: COMING CLOSER TO THE SHIP OF MOONLIGHT AND REVENGE
Alex was shoved roughly into a small lifeboat by two large and angry looking pirates, who were both complaining that the 'Moonlight Revenge' was crowded enough as it was, and they didn't want to worry about prisoners. Alex rolled his eyes and sat down in the boat. Elizabeth sat across from him. She kept looking disgustedly at the pirate sitting next to her, who wouldn't take his eyes off her.
"Married!" Alex coughed. "With a child!" He then sneezed.
"Where's Will?" Elizabeth asked. "And Clarissa? And Jack? And that BRAT Joseph????!!!"
"I'm here!" He said groggily, while sitting up, from the bottom of the lifeboat. He looked at Alex. "Wait...were *you* the one who knocked me out earlier?"
Alex rolled his eyes and punched Joseph. He fell back down to the bottom of the boat.
"I don't know." Alex said to Elizabeth. "Well, actually, they are probably just in another lifeboat. Heaven only knows how many we'll need with these strapping and overly-large pirates on board."
"Oh no..." Elizabeth half sighed, half choked.
"Why? What is it?"
"I completely forgot...General Norrington said that he would give Joseph and I one hour on Tortuga, and after that, he would set sail, with or without us. He left us. He's gone, I know that it's been more than an hour..."
"Oh no..." Alex repeated what Elizabeth said. "That isn't very kind of him, you know."
"I know, but he had something to attend to...it's too late now." Elizabeth got tears in her eyes. "We're stuck here, on some stupid lifeboat on the way to some stupid ship, with a bunch of stupid pirates." She practically yelled.
"Amen to that." Alex said as the lifeboat sailed closer and closer to the 'Moonlight Revenge.'
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Claire's eyes fluttered open, and the first thing that she saw was coal-black eyes staring down at her.
She let out a small cry of surprise as she jumped up and out of Jesse's arms. "What's going on? Where am I?"
"You are on your way to the 'Moonlight Revenge'," A certain blonde 17- year-old answered behind Claire.
Claire turned around, and her eyes settled on Caden. "Oh no...not again...please...let this just be a dream..."
Caden jumped up, causing the small lifeboat to rock a little. He brought a hand up to her cheek, cupping her face.
He leaned in. "It's not a dream," He said. He kissed her lightly on the lips.
Jesse was looking at the whole scene with a scowl on his face. It wasn't fair that Caden got Claire. Not fair at all! But Jesse was too afraid of what Caden could do if Jesse protested.
Claire shoved Caden away.
"Stop...just stop doing that to me."
Caden stepped closer to her again.
"Why?" he asked, looking down on her, while running his hand through her hair once.
She backed away and sat down at the only available seat, which was next to Jesse.
"Because you're 17 and I'm only 13. It wouldn't work. And besides, it's disgusting." She said. Jesse wanted to nod, but didn't.
The conversation ended with Caden rolling his eyes at Claire and gazing at the ever-closer 'Moonlight Revenge'.
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Jack sat in yet another small lifeboat, singing the pirates' song. Will sat next to him, looking at the Captain of the 'Moonlight Revenge', who sat across from Will and Jack.
"Why?" Will asked. "Jack, will you stop that horrible racket?"
"Well, *excuse* me but your wife taught me that horrible racket. I'm only trying to make the best out of a bad situation."
"It's not working!" Will roared. "Now Captain Barbossa, why are you kidnapping us? All of us?" he said, a little more calmly.
"It's quite simple. And the answer hangs around your daughter's very neck."
Jack's eyes grew exceptionally large at that last statement.
"The medallion," He whispered.
"What?" Will said.
Jack turned to him, and explained everything he knew about the curse, Claire's medallion, and how to stop it. Captain Barbossa filled in on some parts.
"Oh dear," was all Will said.
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All three lifeboats were now right next to the 'Moonlight Revenge'.
Captain Barbossa stood up, gestured toward the ladder meant for them to climb to get to onto the ship, and said,
"Shall we?"
A/N: I'm so proud of myself! I got this up in less than a week! REVIEW, BUT NO FLAMES, PLEASE.
DISCLAIMER: I'm sorry, did you say something?
CHAPTER 16: COMING CLOSER TO THE SHIP OF MOONLIGHT AND REVENGE
Alex was shoved roughly into a small lifeboat by two large and angry looking pirates, who were both complaining that the 'Moonlight Revenge' was crowded enough as it was, and they didn't want to worry about prisoners. Alex rolled his eyes and sat down in the boat. Elizabeth sat across from him. She kept looking disgustedly at the pirate sitting next to her, who wouldn't take his eyes off her.
"Married!" Alex coughed. "With a child!" He then sneezed.
"Where's Will?" Elizabeth asked. "And Clarissa? And Jack? And that BRAT Joseph????!!!"
"I'm here!" He said groggily, while sitting up, from the bottom of the lifeboat. He looked at Alex. "Wait...were *you* the one who knocked me out earlier?"
Alex rolled his eyes and punched Joseph. He fell back down to the bottom of the boat.
"I don't know." Alex said to Elizabeth. "Well, actually, they are probably just in another lifeboat. Heaven only knows how many we'll need with these strapping and overly-large pirates on board."
"Oh no..." Elizabeth half sighed, half choked.
"Why? What is it?"
"I completely forgot...General Norrington said that he would give Joseph and I one hour on Tortuga, and after that, he would set sail, with or without us. He left us. He's gone, I know that it's been more than an hour..."
"Oh no..." Alex repeated what Elizabeth said. "That isn't very kind of him, you know."
"I know, but he had something to attend to...it's too late now." Elizabeth got tears in her eyes. "We're stuck here, on some stupid lifeboat on the way to some stupid ship, with a bunch of stupid pirates." She practically yelled.
"Amen to that." Alex said as the lifeboat sailed closer and closer to the 'Moonlight Revenge.'
% & % & % & % & % & % & % & % & % & % & % & % & %
Claire's eyes fluttered open, and the first thing that she saw was coal-black eyes staring down at her.
She let out a small cry of surprise as she jumped up and out of Jesse's arms. "What's going on? Where am I?"
"You are on your way to the 'Moonlight Revenge'," A certain blonde 17- year-old answered behind Claire.
Claire turned around, and her eyes settled on Caden. "Oh no...not again...please...let this just be a dream..."
Caden jumped up, causing the small lifeboat to rock a little. He brought a hand up to her cheek, cupping her face.
He leaned in. "It's not a dream," He said. He kissed her lightly on the lips.
Jesse was looking at the whole scene with a scowl on his face. It wasn't fair that Caden got Claire. Not fair at all! But Jesse was too afraid of what Caden could do if Jesse protested.
Claire shoved Caden away.
"Stop...just stop doing that to me."
Caden stepped closer to her again.
"Why?" he asked, looking down on her, while running his hand through her hair once.
She backed away and sat down at the only available seat, which was next to Jesse.
"Because you're 17 and I'm only 13. It wouldn't work. And besides, it's disgusting." She said. Jesse wanted to nod, but didn't.
The conversation ended with Caden rolling his eyes at Claire and gazing at the ever-closer 'Moonlight Revenge'.
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Jack sat in yet another small lifeboat, singing the pirates' song. Will sat next to him, looking at the Captain of the 'Moonlight Revenge', who sat across from Will and Jack.
"Why?" Will asked. "Jack, will you stop that horrible racket?"
"Well, *excuse* me but your wife taught me that horrible racket. I'm only trying to make the best out of a bad situation."
"It's not working!" Will roared. "Now Captain Barbossa, why are you kidnapping us? All of us?" he said, a little more calmly.
"It's quite simple. And the answer hangs around your daughter's very neck."
Jack's eyes grew exceptionally large at that last statement.
"The medallion," He whispered.
"What?" Will said.
Jack turned to him, and explained everything he knew about the curse, Claire's medallion, and how to stop it. Captain Barbossa filled in on some parts.
"Oh dear," was all Will said.
# $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ # $ #
All three lifeboats were now right next to the 'Moonlight Revenge'.
Captain Barbossa stood up, gestured toward the ladder meant for them to climb to get to onto the ship, and said,
"Shall we?"
A/N: I'm so proud of myself! I got this up in less than a week! REVIEW, BUT NO FLAMES, PLEASE.