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found the RotK trailer. It is soooo good! And it comes out in 77 days!
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So, we were going to update yesterday, because we had no school, but it turned out we had no power either, which made it rather difficult. But there's still no school today, although there is power (at least for me, I don't know about Kat) so you get an update today.
Whee. Two storm days in September. All thanks to my hurricane. I mean Hurricane Juan. I just named it my hurricane because it came on Sunday, and it's the first time since I was born that it hasn't been sunny on my birthday, and it was a hurricane instead.
Kat and I saw OUATIM, so I FINALLY have someone to whine with. Sniffle. AND I saw Pirates of the Caribbean. Again. Cough. Fortheseventhtime.
And by the way, feel free to blame Kat for the utter heart-wrenching-ness of this chapter. She wrote it.
Returnofthekingtrailerreturnofthekingtrailerreturnofthekingtrailer!
Johnnydeppmoviesjohnnydeppmoviesjohnnydeppmovies! Guess what I got for my birthday? And what I was watching when the stinkin' power went out. Pretty pretty Johnny Depp... in case you're wondering, yes, I am slightly off right now. But I'll stop digressing and get on with it.
And now for a word from the infamous CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow: "Not yet. We wait for the opportune moment."
Reviewers:
Bratprincess: Oops, I guess we did forget to mention it. Jack's going to stop giving Jade rings when she turns 19, that way she'll have two for each finger. If you ask me, her biggest problem is if she ever gets married. She won't have enough room for her wedding or engagement ring. Yay for sex- kitten Thranduil! And go see the RotK trailer. Go!
Harrypotter4ever: He IS too stubborn. And this is just the beginning.
Ginny-Star: When does Captain Jack Sparrow NOT have a plan? Uh, aside from that time, and the time before that, and the time before the time before that. Okay, so maybe he doesn't ALWAYS have a plan, but he does this time.
Szhismine: Yeah, it's rated R here, which means if you're under 18 you need an adult to take you. But my parents took my little brother, his friend and me. And then my Mum took Kat and I again on Saturday.
LuvlyGRLofLIFE: Duuuude. You've completely stolen my idea. I'M going to play Jade in a movie. Seriously. Even my mum says I should. She and Kat both say I walk like Jack... I THINK that's a compliment. But my mum is seriously trying to get me to write to Disney and suggest the idea, and ask for an audition. And we'll try to read your story as soon as possible. I might get a chance this afternoon, no school and all...
Scarlett Red Rose: It would make sense, wouldn't it? Too bad nothing we do EVER makes sense. You know, except to us. I wanted a Jack Sparrow plushie. They don't have Pirates of the Caribbean ANYTHING. Except for the soundtrack. Pooh.
Talon: Thank you! And no, we haven't published anything yet. But we're trying!
LotRseer3350: Oh good then! We're so glad you liked your cameo. We were slightly worried there.
And now, with no further ado, the next chapter (I'm such a drama queen):
*
The day passed with Jade sitting dismally around the house. She had tried to go to visit her father, but Norrington's men had refused her entrance. So she had returned, sitting in the garden and watching the sun move farther west. At one point, Jack and Will had disappeared, but for the most part Jack stayed near her. He didn't speak but merely comforted her with his presence.
As the sky began to tint itself red, they left the house for the village in a carriage. Jade laughed to herself ironically; with all the to-do everyone was making, you'd think it was a wedding.
Jack caught the eerie grin on her face, but didn't call attention to it. He wished he could tell her the plan, that when they had left, he and his father had been placing a sword in the gallows for Jack to hold himself steady. But he couldn't tell her, although he didn't fully understand why. He settled back, watching Jade. She was wearing the same clothes she had been when he'd met her.
When they reached the gallows, she moved almost mechanically. They stood on the stairs overlooking the square. Jade watched through glassy eyes as they brought her father out to Norrington.
"You came back."
"She's safe. I had no reason not to."
Norrington raised an eyebrow skeptically. "Other than the fact we are planning to hang you?"
"I gave you my word as a father. That is one word I will not break."
"Even if it means you will die?"
"Yes."
Norrington nodded, as though satisfied. "Are you ready?"
Jack grinned, the familiar, slightly-insane look returning to his eyes. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, mate. I'm always ready."
Flouncing ahead, Jack smiled cockily as he reached the gallows. "Couldn't get enough of me, could you?" he questioned the executioner cheekily.
"Shut yer mouth!" Receiving a slap upside the head, Jack dipped back. Seeing the movement from the back of the crowd, Will felt tears spring to his eyes as he was suddenly reminded of a younger Jack Sparrow. One who acted drunk even when he was sober, which wasn't all that often in the first place. Being a father had changed him; the old Captain would have hit out for France or Singapore the instant the damsel was back where she belonged. The old Captain would never have come back willingly. He WOULD, however, jokingly flirt mercilessly with the nearest moving object, as the noose was tightened around his neck. The return of the more-than-slightly mad Captain could only mean one thing. Jack was back. For good.
"Bloody hell," Will muttered, starting forward.
"What is it?" Jade demanded, just as five red-coated soldiers stepped in front of them.
"Commodore Norrington has asked that we detain you. There will be no heroics today."
"Commodore Norrington can go fuck a goat," Jade spat harshly. "I'm going to my father!"
"We're sorry, miss. We cannot allow it."
Jade attempted to push past them, stunned as Jack Turner held her back. "You should know best," he whispered as he held her close, "How to wait for the opportune moment."
But Jade, already struggling with all her might, didn't understand what he meant. "Jack! Let me go!"
"Jade."
The word was spoken quietly, as though he were standing next to her, instead of across the square.
"I'm sorry love. Tell the crew that. And tell Anamaria that the Pearl is hers now. I finally repaid my debt. And I love you. Remember that. I'm-"
Whatever Jack had been about to say was cut off. Bored by the speech, the executioner had wrenched the lever toward him, dropping Jack's feet out from under him.
"Daddy!" Jade screamed, throwing herself forward. For a moment Jack's grip held her, but in her grief Jade did not heed the voice in her head that would have kept her from fighting Jack's full strength. Viciously, Jade slammed he boy into the soldier before her, knocking both to the ground as she raced to the gallows. Jade sliced through the rough woven noose, clutching her motionless father in her arms.
"Daddy, please wake up. Please. I'm not a pirate without you. And the Pearl can't sail if you're not her captain."
Tears slid down Jade's face as she stared at her father. Behind her, the wind threw the sea against the wall of the battlement, sending the smallest bit of froth over the ledge. Shaking from the effort of holding back the sobs, Jade glanced up as the drops of water landed on the gallows.
"See Daddy? The ocean's crying for you too. She wants you back. We need you back, the both of us."
"Jade, come with me now." Jack Turner stood behind her, holding out his hand. She stared at him, her eyes moving waveringly across his form, as if she knew he was there, but couldn't see him. If she could have looked into his eyes at that moment, she would have seen his heart breaking, his soul tearing as he spoke the words that he knew were slowly killing her. "It's too late, Jade. We have to," he paused, his voice cracking. "We have to leave."
Jade looked back down at her father's limp form, cradled in her arms. "But he's right here Jack. I just can't make him wake up."
A choked sob broke through Jack's throat, as he crouched down beside her. Gently, he attempted to pry her fingers away from her father's coat. At his careful ministrations, they only tightened, the muscles in her hands trembling as they held their vice-like grip. A low keening noise erupted from Jade's mouth as she clutched her father to her, slowly escalating into sobs as jack began to pull her away.
"Daddy!" she wailed, burying her face in his chest, her shoulders shaking with every cry. Desperately, Jack leaned over her, seeming for all the world to be comforting her. In truth, he was.
"Remember what I said about the opportune moment."
Confusedly, Jade glanced up, looking first to Jack Turner, and then to her father.
"Savvy?" Jack intoned.
With a quick grin you would never have believed you had seen, Captain Jack Sparrow winked at his daughter, before settling back down, his face devoid of life-emotion. Scared at the non-reaction he had received from Jade, Jack though perhaps she hadn't seen it. Staring her in the eye as she began to sob in earnest, he suddenly knew differently. She knew, and she was playing along with the rest. Jade threw herself backward abruptly, running to the ledge of the battlement, and pretending to retch over the side. As soon as Jack Turner reached her side, she fell back limply into his arms- a swoon so convincing that for a moment Jack believed it himself.
"Jade? Are you alright?"
"Just waiting for the opportune moment. Get me into that bloody carriage and explain all this, savvy? Or I might off my father for real."
Jack picked up Jade carefully, cradling her so that her head rested comfortably on his shoulder. He carried her effortlessly across the square where many of the villagers gave her pitying looks. He lifted her gently into the carriage where his parents were waiting, shutting the door firmly behind him. The moment they were underway, Jade snapped up.
"Explain," she ordered.
"He's alive," Jack said.
"Yes, I gathered that much."
"If you'd let me finish, I'll explain how. Remember when we disappeared earlier today?" Jade nodded. "We placed a sword in the gallows beneath his feet. They never thought to check there. He could breathe perfectly- it was only pretend. When you cut him down, he merely kept up the pretense of being dead."
"Don't s'pose it occurred to anyone to tell me," she grumbled.
"I wanted to," Jack assured her. She eyed him skeptically. "Really. But your father said we couldn't."
"Typical," Jade muttered, leaning back. Suddenly she sat bolt upright. "Wait! What about him now? He can't leave- there's too many people there. And they'll take his body and-"
"Relax," Will broke in before she gave herself a fit. "It's all taken care of. Your father is currently being smuggled down to the Pearl. Tonight you will join him, and Norrington will remain the ignorant fool he is."
Elizabeth, looking at her son, was the only one to notice the sad look that crossed his face as Will mentioned Jade's departure.
So, we were going to update yesterday, because we had no school, but it turned out we had no power either, which made it rather difficult. But there's still no school today, although there is power (at least for me, I don't know about Kat) so you get an update today.
Whee. Two storm days in September. All thanks to my hurricane. I mean Hurricane Juan. I just named it my hurricane because it came on Sunday, and it's the first time since I was born that it hasn't been sunny on my birthday, and it was a hurricane instead.
Kat and I saw OUATIM, so I FINALLY have someone to whine with. Sniffle. AND I saw Pirates of the Caribbean. Again. Cough. Fortheseventhtime.
And by the way, feel free to blame Kat for the utter heart-wrenching-ness of this chapter. She wrote it.
Returnofthekingtrailerreturnofthekingtrailerreturnofthekingtrailer!
Johnnydeppmoviesjohnnydeppmoviesjohnnydeppmovies! Guess what I got for my birthday? And what I was watching when the stinkin' power went out. Pretty pretty Johnny Depp... in case you're wondering, yes, I am slightly off right now. But I'll stop digressing and get on with it.
And now for a word from the infamous CAPTAIN Jack Sparrow: "Not yet. We wait for the opportune moment."
Reviewers:
Bratprincess: Oops, I guess we did forget to mention it. Jack's going to stop giving Jade rings when she turns 19, that way she'll have two for each finger. If you ask me, her biggest problem is if she ever gets married. She won't have enough room for her wedding or engagement ring. Yay for sex- kitten Thranduil! And go see the RotK trailer. Go!
Harrypotter4ever: He IS too stubborn. And this is just the beginning.
Ginny-Star: When does Captain Jack Sparrow NOT have a plan? Uh, aside from that time, and the time before that, and the time before the time before that. Okay, so maybe he doesn't ALWAYS have a plan, but he does this time.
Szhismine: Yeah, it's rated R here, which means if you're under 18 you need an adult to take you. But my parents took my little brother, his friend and me. And then my Mum took Kat and I again on Saturday.
LuvlyGRLofLIFE: Duuuude. You've completely stolen my idea. I'M going to play Jade in a movie. Seriously. Even my mum says I should. She and Kat both say I walk like Jack... I THINK that's a compliment. But my mum is seriously trying to get me to write to Disney and suggest the idea, and ask for an audition. And we'll try to read your story as soon as possible. I might get a chance this afternoon, no school and all...
Scarlett Red Rose: It would make sense, wouldn't it? Too bad nothing we do EVER makes sense. You know, except to us. I wanted a Jack Sparrow plushie. They don't have Pirates of the Caribbean ANYTHING. Except for the soundtrack. Pooh.
Talon: Thank you! And no, we haven't published anything yet. But we're trying!
LotRseer3350: Oh good then! We're so glad you liked your cameo. We were slightly worried there.
And now, with no further ado, the next chapter (I'm such a drama queen):
*
The day passed with Jade sitting dismally around the house. She had tried to go to visit her father, but Norrington's men had refused her entrance. So she had returned, sitting in the garden and watching the sun move farther west. At one point, Jack and Will had disappeared, but for the most part Jack stayed near her. He didn't speak but merely comforted her with his presence.
As the sky began to tint itself red, they left the house for the village in a carriage. Jade laughed to herself ironically; with all the to-do everyone was making, you'd think it was a wedding.
Jack caught the eerie grin on her face, but didn't call attention to it. He wished he could tell her the plan, that when they had left, he and his father had been placing a sword in the gallows for Jack to hold himself steady. But he couldn't tell her, although he didn't fully understand why. He settled back, watching Jade. She was wearing the same clothes she had been when he'd met her.
When they reached the gallows, she moved almost mechanically. They stood on the stairs overlooking the square. Jade watched through glassy eyes as they brought her father out to Norrington.
"You came back."
"She's safe. I had no reason not to."
Norrington raised an eyebrow skeptically. "Other than the fact we are planning to hang you?"
"I gave you my word as a father. That is one word I will not break."
"Even if it means you will die?"
"Yes."
Norrington nodded, as though satisfied. "Are you ready?"
Jack grinned, the familiar, slightly-insane look returning to his eyes. "I'm Captain Jack Sparrow, mate. I'm always ready."
Flouncing ahead, Jack smiled cockily as he reached the gallows. "Couldn't get enough of me, could you?" he questioned the executioner cheekily.
"Shut yer mouth!" Receiving a slap upside the head, Jack dipped back. Seeing the movement from the back of the crowd, Will felt tears spring to his eyes as he was suddenly reminded of a younger Jack Sparrow. One who acted drunk even when he was sober, which wasn't all that often in the first place. Being a father had changed him; the old Captain would have hit out for France or Singapore the instant the damsel was back where she belonged. The old Captain would never have come back willingly. He WOULD, however, jokingly flirt mercilessly with the nearest moving object, as the noose was tightened around his neck. The return of the more-than-slightly mad Captain could only mean one thing. Jack was back. For good.
"Bloody hell," Will muttered, starting forward.
"What is it?" Jade demanded, just as five red-coated soldiers stepped in front of them.
"Commodore Norrington has asked that we detain you. There will be no heroics today."
"Commodore Norrington can go fuck a goat," Jade spat harshly. "I'm going to my father!"
"We're sorry, miss. We cannot allow it."
Jade attempted to push past them, stunned as Jack Turner held her back. "You should know best," he whispered as he held her close, "How to wait for the opportune moment."
But Jade, already struggling with all her might, didn't understand what he meant. "Jack! Let me go!"
"Jade."
The word was spoken quietly, as though he were standing next to her, instead of across the square.
"I'm sorry love. Tell the crew that. And tell Anamaria that the Pearl is hers now. I finally repaid my debt. And I love you. Remember that. I'm-"
Whatever Jack had been about to say was cut off. Bored by the speech, the executioner had wrenched the lever toward him, dropping Jack's feet out from under him.
"Daddy!" Jade screamed, throwing herself forward. For a moment Jack's grip held her, but in her grief Jade did not heed the voice in her head that would have kept her from fighting Jack's full strength. Viciously, Jade slammed he boy into the soldier before her, knocking both to the ground as she raced to the gallows. Jade sliced through the rough woven noose, clutching her motionless father in her arms.
"Daddy, please wake up. Please. I'm not a pirate without you. And the Pearl can't sail if you're not her captain."
Tears slid down Jade's face as she stared at her father. Behind her, the wind threw the sea against the wall of the battlement, sending the smallest bit of froth over the ledge. Shaking from the effort of holding back the sobs, Jade glanced up as the drops of water landed on the gallows.
"See Daddy? The ocean's crying for you too. She wants you back. We need you back, the both of us."
"Jade, come with me now." Jack Turner stood behind her, holding out his hand. She stared at him, her eyes moving waveringly across his form, as if she knew he was there, but couldn't see him. If she could have looked into his eyes at that moment, she would have seen his heart breaking, his soul tearing as he spoke the words that he knew were slowly killing her. "It's too late, Jade. We have to," he paused, his voice cracking. "We have to leave."
Jade looked back down at her father's limp form, cradled in her arms. "But he's right here Jack. I just can't make him wake up."
A choked sob broke through Jack's throat, as he crouched down beside her. Gently, he attempted to pry her fingers away from her father's coat. At his careful ministrations, they only tightened, the muscles in her hands trembling as they held their vice-like grip. A low keening noise erupted from Jade's mouth as she clutched her father to her, slowly escalating into sobs as jack began to pull her away.
"Daddy!" she wailed, burying her face in his chest, her shoulders shaking with every cry. Desperately, Jack leaned over her, seeming for all the world to be comforting her. In truth, he was.
"Remember what I said about the opportune moment."
Confusedly, Jade glanced up, looking first to Jack Turner, and then to her father.
"Savvy?" Jack intoned.
With a quick grin you would never have believed you had seen, Captain Jack Sparrow winked at his daughter, before settling back down, his face devoid of life-emotion. Scared at the non-reaction he had received from Jade, Jack though perhaps she hadn't seen it. Staring her in the eye as she began to sob in earnest, he suddenly knew differently. She knew, and she was playing along with the rest. Jade threw herself backward abruptly, running to the ledge of the battlement, and pretending to retch over the side. As soon as Jack Turner reached her side, she fell back limply into his arms- a swoon so convincing that for a moment Jack believed it himself.
"Jade? Are you alright?"
"Just waiting for the opportune moment. Get me into that bloody carriage and explain all this, savvy? Or I might off my father for real."
Jack picked up Jade carefully, cradling her so that her head rested comfortably on his shoulder. He carried her effortlessly across the square where many of the villagers gave her pitying looks. He lifted her gently into the carriage where his parents were waiting, shutting the door firmly behind him. The moment they were underway, Jade snapped up.
"Explain," she ordered.
"He's alive," Jack said.
"Yes, I gathered that much."
"If you'd let me finish, I'll explain how. Remember when we disappeared earlier today?" Jade nodded. "We placed a sword in the gallows beneath his feet. They never thought to check there. He could breathe perfectly- it was only pretend. When you cut him down, he merely kept up the pretense of being dead."
"Don't s'pose it occurred to anyone to tell me," she grumbled.
"I wanted to," Jack assured her. She eyed him skeptically. "Really. But your father said we couldn't."
"Typical," Jade muttered, leaning back. Suddenly she sat bolt upright. "Wait! What about him now? He can't leave- there's too many people there. And they'll take his body and-"
"Relax," Will broke in before she gave herself a fit. "It's all taken care of. Your father is currently being smuggled down to the Pearl. Tonight you will join him, and Norrington will remain the ignorant fool he is."
Elizabeth, looking at her son, was the only one to notice the sad look that crossed his face as Will mentioned Jade's departure.