A/N: Well here's the fourth chapter!! I couldn't put my pen down while I
was writing this, it was so much fun!
And to my reviewers:
LunarianPrincess - Thanks!!!
char123 - Really? I was a bit nervous writing Jack, because I have read some fanfics that don't betray him very well, but I'm glad you think he was ok!
Trigger Sk8 - Hehe, ok, I kept my end of the deal now you keep yers! Review!! Oh and thanks!
slytherin worshiper - Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!!
Now for the fourth chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Potc, I do not own jack Sparrow, I do not own AnaMaira, I do not own the Black Pearl and I don't own the Sirens either. The only thing I own is Jane Miller.
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Jack hummed softly as he turned the helm of the Pearl. He had been keeping an eye on Jane ever since she had come on deck. He couldn't for the life of him figure out how that girl got out of his cabin. But he didn't dwell in it, at that moment he couldn't care less actually.
Jack noticed Jane making her way to him but he ignored her presence until she began to speak.
"Are you sure."
Jack turned around to face her. "Yes, we 'ave done this kind of thing before. No, there is no other way, and yes, ye do 'ave my permission to stand there quietly and receive a free lesson on sailing."
Jane just sighed and pretended she didn't hear him. She didn't care what he said; she still thought he was crazy. Jack turned back to the helm.
"Ye know luv, ye should go down below 'til we go through the Dragons Teeth." He said.
"Why can't I stay here?"
Jack still didn't turn to face her. "A ships no place for a woman."
Jane snorted. "AnaMaria's a woman, and she's your first mate!"
"AnaMaria was born on the sea. She was born a fighter, she could slit yer throat in 5 seconds." Jack said.
Jane crossed her arms. "I seriously doubt that."
This time Jack did turn to face her. "Ye think ye can fight AnaMaria, and live to tell the tale?"
Jane nodded. Jack laughed loudly, causing several of his crew to look his way.
"Fine then luv, after we get through the Dragons Teeth, ye and Anamaria can fight, and we'll see who wins eh?" he said with a wide grin. This was going to be very interesting.
Jane nodded. "Fine, IF we get through the Dragons Teeth, but I'm still staying here."
"No WHEN we get through. Ye can stay 'ere but no talkin' savvy?"
Jane was about to say something else but one of the crew interrupted her. "Cap'n, we're going in!"
Jack nodded his acknowledgement. Jane stood silently next to him, watching him steer the Black Pearl through the small water paths. As they began to enter the Dragons Teeth, it began to get darker, the tall, sharp rocks blocking the sun.
For about half an hour the entire ship was quiet, no one wanted to distract Jack as he weaved the Pearl in and out of rocks and half sunken ships. Jack heard Jane give a gasp, and his eyes darkened a bit when he saw what had startled her. On nearly every half-sunken ship, there were at least five skeletons hanging, some from masts, or on the ships that the masts were already underneath water, they were strung up against the side of the ship.
"Not scared are we luv?" Jack asked teasingly.
Jane turned to Jack. "No. Of course not. I'm perfectly fine."
Jack chuckled as he spared a glance over to Jane. Her face was very pale, and her eyes were wide, darting everywhere as if she expected something to jump out and grab her. Jack felt uneasy as well, but he didn't let it show. He never did. After all, he WAS Captain Jack Sparrow.
Suddenly Jack felt some small bits of something fall on his face. He looked up and saw that the masts were scrapping against the left wall. He hadn't been paying attention to where he was steering. He quickly, but gently put the Pearl back into the middle of the channel.
Jack kept steering for what seemed forever, when he heard something.music..or singing. He couldn't tell. But what he did know, was that whatever it was, it was beautiful. It sounded so .refreshing. As he listened, he began to feel a bit funny. No, no he didn't feel funny, he felt great. Like he had accomplished something great. He smiled as he continued to listen to the music. He didn't pay attention as to where he was steering, it didn't matter to him, as long as he could hear the music. Jack leaned against the helm, staring into spacing, just listening to the beautiful music.
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**Jane's Point of View**
Jane cocked her head as she listened to this weird, and eerie music. She thought it sounded horrible. She looked down at the water and gasped. She thought it was her imagination but after shaking her head and rubbing her eyes, she new she was wrong. But she couldn't believe it, in the water, there were three shapes of women, but it seemed like the women WERE water. It just didn't make any sense.
She watched them for a few minutes, they glided and twirled in the air like ballerinas, she thought they looked pretty cool. But then one turned her head towards Jane. The 'person' had blood red eyes and sharp yellow teeth. Both of these glowed. The 'person' snarled at her. Jane yelped and jumped back straight into someone. Jane screamed.
"Oh shuddup lass! Yer gonna kill me!" AnaMaria yelled.
Jane clamped her mouth shut and pointed into the water. "What are those thing!?"
AnaMaria looked at the 'people' in the water for a moment. She turned to Jane with a grim face. "They are Sirens"
"Sirens?" Jana looked back at the water. She had read about Sirens. It was an old geek myth. The Sirens were three sisters who sang to lure sailors to their deaths among the rocks. There was no resisting them, unless of course you were a woman. Jane looked at a siren. Her books had said that they had the body of a fish, or bird, and the head of a woman.but it was clearly wrong. The sirens were water like. They had the form of women, but they were still water. She turned back to AnaMaria. "You can't be serious. They are just an old myth."
"Not anymore they ain't." AnaMaria said as she shook her head.
Jane looked around the deck of the ship. Every single sailor was murmuring to himself about how nice the music was, and how they must go and see who played it. Some sailors had already begun to walk to the edge of the ship, where the Sirens were beckoning them.
Suddenly there was a jolt on the ship and everyone feel flat on their face. Jane groaned as she looked up from where she was sprawled on the deck. They must have hit a rock or something. She saw Jack at the helm, but she could tell he wasn't paying attention to were they were going. Jane scrambled to her feet and ran to Jack, hitting his shoulder.
"JACK?! JACK WAKE UP!!" She began to shake him as her voice got louder and louder. "JACK!! SNAP OUT OF IT YOU IDIOT!!!"
"Move!!" AmaMaria yelled as she pushed pass Jane. She grabbed Jack by one of his arms and tossed him off the helm and onto the deck. "Men" She grumbled as she took the helm and gently began to steer it back on course. "Jane!"
Jane looked up from Jacks unmoving form to AnaMaria. "What?"
"Get some rope, tie it around everyone's waist, then tie them to the mast. We can't have them falling over board." AnaMaria shouted over the eerie music that kept on getting louder and louder by the minute.
Jane nodded and ran to a pile of rope she had noticed earlier. She grabbed some rope and quickly began tying each sailor up. She groaned as she did her job, the men stank. They mustn't have had a bath in months. They stank of rum, sweat and who knows what else.
Jane was on the last sailor when she felt another jolt and fell to the deck, the sailor on top of her. She pushed the man off her with a grunt and looked up at the helm, but she didn't see AnaMaria. Jane quickly finished with the last sailor and ran to the helm.
When she reached it she saw AnaMaria on the floor, blood coming from a wound on the side of her head. And next to her was a football size rock She must have been hit by a falling rock. Jane fell to her knees and grabbed AnaMarias shoulder.
"ANAMARIA!! ANA!! GET UP!! PLEASE GET UP!! YOU HAVE TO STEER! ANA PLEASE!!" Jane yelled. She suddenly fell on top of AnaMaria as the ship jolted again, hitting yet another rock. Jane grabbed the rail and stood up, looking at the direction they were heading. Jane's mouth dropped open as she kept on reminding herself to breath.
They were headed straight for a wall of rock. Jane looked down at Jack and AnaMaria and bit her lip. No one was there to steer the ship. And she didn't know how either. Jane looked back up at the wall as they got closer and closer, her eyes wide as she realized.
They were going to die.
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There you go, I hope you guys like it.
Ok and just to make some things clear here, I know the myth of Sirens, and I know it says that they have the body of a fish or bird (its unclear which, for the word for fish and bird is the same in Greek, or similar or something like that!!) But I had just watched Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and I loved how they portrayed the Sirens. I thought it was an awesome idea and I'm sad I didn't come up with it!! (And I'm sure, those of you who have seen the movie notice, I used a couple quotes here and there, I just couldn't resist!!) I also know that the myth never says anything about women not being lured to their deaths just like the men, at least I have never found anything to this date, but I wanted to put that in anyway.
So please, those of you who know the myth like the back of your hand, don't write saying I don't know a thing about Sirens and etc etc etc. I have done plenty of research, and I just decided to do it this way.
Besides mates, it's FANFICTION!!!
Alright I'm gonna stop blabbering now and get working on the fifth chapter. Which btw should be done in a week.
Don't forget to R&R!! PLEASE!!!
And to my reviewers:
LunarianPrincess - Thanks!!!
char123 - Really? I was a bit nervous writing Jack, because I have read some fanfics that don't betray him very well, but I'm glad you think he was ok!
Trigger Sk8 - Hehe, ok, I kept my end of the deal now you keep yers! Review!! Oh and thanks!
slytherin worshiper - Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!!
Now for the fourth chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own Potc, I do not own jack Sparrow, I do not own AnaMaira, I do not own the Black Pearl and I don't own the Sirens either. The only thing I own is Jane Miller.
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Jack hummed softly as he turned the helm of the Pearl. He had been keeping an eye on Jane ever since she had come on deck. He couldn't for the life of him figure out how that girl got out of his cabin. But he didn't dwell in it, at that moment he couldn't care less actually.
Jack noticed Jane making her way to him but he ignored her presence until she began to speak.
"Are you sure."
Jack turned around to face her. "Yes, we 'ave done this kind of thing before. No, there is no other way, and yes, ye do 'ave my permission to stand there quietly and receive a free lesson on sailing."
Jane just sighed and pretended she didn't hear him. She didn't care what he said; she still thought he was crazy. Jack turned back to the helm.
"Ye know luv, ye should go down below 'til we go through the Dragons Teeth." He said.
"Why can't I stay here?"
Jack still didn't turn to face her. "A ships no place for a woman."
Jane snorted. "AnaMaria's a woman, and she's your first mate!"
"AnaMaria was born on the sea. She was born a fighter, she could slit yer throat in 5 seconds." Jack said.
Jane crossed her arms. "I seriously doubt that."
This time Jack did turn to face her. "Ye think ye can fight AnaMaria, and live to tell the tale?"
Jane nodded. Jack laughed loudly, causing several of his crew to look his way.
"Fine then luv, after we get through the Dragons Teeth, ye and Anamaria can fight, and we'll see who wins eh?" he said with a wide grin. This was going to be very interesting.
Jane nodded. "Fine, IF we get through the Dragons Teeth, but I'm still staying here."
"No WHEN we get through. Ye can stay 'ere but no talkin' savvy?"
Jane was about to say something else but one of the crew interrupted her. "Cap'n, we're going in!"
Jack nodded his acknowledgement. Jane stood silently next to him, watching him steer the Black Pearl through the small water paths. As they began to enter the Dragons Teeth, it began to get darker, the tall, sharp rocks blocking the sun.
For about half an hour the entire ship was quiet, no one wanted to distract Jack as he weaved the Pearl in and out of rocks and half sunken ships. Jack heard Jane give a gasp, and his eyes darkened a bit when he saw what had startled her. On nearly every half-sunken ship, there were at least five skeletons hanging, some from masts, or on the ships that the masts were already underneath water, they were strung up against the side of the ship.
"Not scared are we luv?" Jack asked teasingly.
Jane turned to Jack. "No. Of course not. I'm perfectly fine."
Jack chuckled as he spared a glance over to Jane. Her face was very pale, and her eyes were wide, darting everywhere as if she expected something to jump out and grab her. Jack felt uneasy as well, but he didn't let it show. He never did. After all, he WAS Captain Jack Sparrow.
Suddenly Jack felt some small bits of something fall on his face. He looked up and saw that the masts were scrapping against the left wall. He hadn't been paying attention to where he was steering. He quickly, but gently put the Pearl back into the middle of the channel.
Jack kept steering for what seemed forever, when he heard something.music..or singing. He couldn't tell. But what he did know, was that whatever it was, it was beautiful. It sounded so .refreshing. As he listened, he began to feel a bit funny. No, no he didn't feel funny, he felt great. Like he had accomplished something great. He smiled as he continued to listen to the music. He didn't pay attention as to where he was steering, it didn't matter to him, as long as he could hear the music. Jack leaned against the helm, staring into spacing, just listening to the beautiful music.
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**Jane's Point of View**
Jane cocked her head as she listened to this weird, and eerie music. She thought it sounded horrible. She looked down at the water and gasped. She thought it was her imagination but after shaking her head and rubbing her eyes, she new she was wrong. But she couldn't believe it, in the water, there were three shapes of women, but it seemed like the women WERE water. It just didn't make any sense.
She watched them for a few minutes, they glided and twirled in the air like ballerinas, she thought they looked pretty cool. But then one turned her head towards Jane. The 'person' had blood red eyes and sharp yellow teeth. Both of these glowed. The 'person' snarled at her. Jane yelped and jumped back straight into someone. Jane screamed.
"Oh shuddup lass! Yer gonna kill me!" AnaMaria yelled.
Jane clamped her mouth shut and pointed into the water. "What are those thing!?"
AnaMaria looked at the 'people' in the water for a moment. She turned to Jane with a grim face. "They are Sirens"
"Sirens?" Jana looked back at the water. She had read about Sirens. It was an old geek myth. The Sirens were three sisters who sang to lure sailors to their deaths among the rocks. There was no resisting them, unless of course you were a woman. Jane looked at a siren. Her books had said that they had the body of a fish, or bird, and the head of a woman.but it was clearly wrong. The sirens were water like. They had the form of women, but they were still water. She turned back to AnaMaria. "You can't be serious. They are just an old myth."
"Not anymore they ain't." AnaMaria said as she shook her head.
Jane looked around the deck of the ship. Every single sailor was murmuring to himself about how nice the music was, and how they must go and see who played it. Some sailors had already begun to walk to the edge of the ship, where the Sirens were beckoning them.
Suddenly there was a jolt on the ship and everyone feel flat on their face. Jane groaned as she looked up from where she was sprawled on the deck. They must have hit a rock or something. She saw Jack at the helm, but she could tell he wasn't paying attention to were they were going. Jane scrambled to her feet and ran to Jack, hitting his shoulder.
"JACK?! JACK WAKE UP!!" She began to shake him as her voice got louder and louder. "JACK!! SNAP OUT OF IT YOU IDIOT!!!"
"Move!!" AmaMaria yelled as she pushed pass Jane. She grabbed Jack by one of his arms and tossed him off the helm and onto the deck. "Men" She grumbled as she took the helm and gently began to steer it back on course. "Jane!"
Jane looked up from Jacks unmoving form to AnaMaria. "What?"
"Get some rope, tie it around everyone's waist, then tie them to the mast. We can't have them falling over board." AnaMaria shouted over the eerie music that kept on getting louder and louder by the minute.
Jane nodded and ran to a pile of rope she had noticed earlier. She grabbed some rope and quickly began tying each sailor up. She groaned as she did her job, the men stank. They mustn't have had a bath in months. They stank of rum, sweat and who knows what else.
Jane was on the last sailor when she felt another jolt and fell to the deck, the sailor on top of her. She pushed the man off her with a grunt and looked up at the helm, but she didn't see AnaMaria. Jane quickly finished with the last sailor and ran to the helm.
When she reached it she saw AnaMaria on the floor, blood coming from a wound on the side of her head. And next to her was a football size rock She must have been hit by a falling rock. Jane fell to her knees and grabbed AnaMarias shoulder.
"ANAMARIA!! ANA!! GET UP!! PLEASE GET UP!! YOU HAVE TO STEER! ANA PLEASE!!" Jane yelled. She suddenly fell on top of AnaMaria as the ship jolted again, hitting yet another rock. Jane grabbed the rail and stood up, looking at the direction they were heading. Jane's mouth dropped open as she kept on reminding herself to breath.
They were headed straight for a wall of rock. Jane looked down at Jack and AnaMaria and bit her lip. No one was there to steer the ship. And she didn't know how either. Jane looked back up at the wall as they got closer and closer, her eyes wide as she realized.
They were going to die.
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There you go, I hope you guys like it.
Ok and just to make some things clear here, I know the myth of Sirens, and I know it says that they have the body of a fish or bird (its unclear which, for the word for fish and bird is the same in Greek, or similar or something like that!!) But I had just watched Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and I loved how they portrayed the Sirens. I thought it was an awesome idea and I'm sad I didn't come up with it!! (And I'm sure, those of you who have seen the movie notice, I used a couple quotes here and there, I just couldn't resist!!) I also know that the myth never says anything about women not being lured to their deaths just like the men, at least I have never found anything to this date, but I wanted to put that in anyway.
So please, those of you who know the myth like the back of your hand, don't write saying I don't know a thing about Sirens and etc etc etc. I have done plenty of research, and I just decided to do it this way.
Besides mates, it's FANFICTION!!!
Alright I'm gonna stop blabbering now and get working on the fifth chapter. Which btw should be done in a week.
Don't forget to R&R!! PLEASE!!!