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Author's Note: I'm back! It might be Monday before my next chapter. Sigh Some time to actually think! Yey! Actually, I might have to write two new chapters over the weekend, but I'm going to take the weekend off from putting them up. Don't worry, I'll be back and blooming come Monday! Don't ask where I got that...
Author's Note #2: I've started reading Hamlet by who else? ...Flourish William Shakespeare. Don't be frightened if Jane becomes a little more versed in Shakespeare than you think she is. Also, she might just have to recite Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." soliloquy, but changed, of course. Also, be warned I love the Queen Mab speech Mercutio makes in Romeo and Juliet, that might pop in too!
Author's Note #3: The new character Sarah is not Skittlez, for those on Random Musings. She's from Yes, Sarah, I got you in!
Author's Note #4: I know the last chapter was a little low on plot, but I had to establish a new character. Kat and Lina laugh hysterically Don't have an aneurism, you two! Angelina whaps them on the heads Also, one thing to get straight, Angelina is not a damsel-in-distress type, again, establishment of a new character.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the base material for Jane's speeches, that's all Will Shakespeare's. He's a buddy of mine, been dead for a while TearSnuffle, but he was a good playwright. Don't insult him on my watch, or I shall have at thee.
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CHAPTER 6: FERRETS, SPEED, AND DOUBLE TROUBLE
Angelina came back to reality after she finished envisioning her dream. Jane was laughing.
"O, Then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone, On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies O'er men's noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; Her traces, of the smallest spider's web; Her collars, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams; Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film; Her wagoner, a small grey-coated gnat; Not half so big as a round little worm Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid; Her chariot is an empty hazelnut, Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight; O'er barmen's fingers, who straight dream on fees; O'er ladies' lips that straight on kisses dream, Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops o'er a commodore's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit; And sometimes comes she with a small pig's tail, Tickling one Gibbs' nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice. Sometimes she driveth o'er a pirate's neck, And then dreams he of cutting mutinous throats, Of beaches, trade winds, and sharpened blades, Of healths ten fathom deep; and then anon Cannons in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frightened, swears a prayer or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the mane of horses in the night And bakes the dreadlocks in foul pirates' hairs" She gestured to Jack, standing at the wheel. "Which once untangled much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, Sets Jack upon them and learns them first to bear," Angelina snorted in laughter. "Making them women of good carriage. This is she-"
"Peace! Peace, Jane! You talk of nothing relevant to me, although I do commend you for your rendition of Mercutio!" Angelina applauded Jane, who bowed and sat back down. "Go ahead and finish that sail. And Jane...you only use ONE thimble when you sew, not one on all your fingers." Angelina walked away. Jane looked at her fingers and glared. She shrugged and went back to threading her needle, with ALL of the thimbles still on.
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Angelina wandered around some more and came to Gabriel's cabin. She heard noise from the other side and knocked. The door opened. Gabriel was dressed in a flashy costume and had on really loud music. It was Cher. Angelina beamed and invited herself in, singing at the top of her lungs. "Do you believe in life after love?"
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Lina was sneaking around Will and Elizabeth's cabin, waiting for the right time to strike. She wanted to feel Will's feet. She was sure he had the softest feet ever, and if not, she would moisturize them herself.
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Jesse was teaching Kat and AnnaMariea how to play Egyptian Rat Screw, and was kicking their asses at it so far.
A brown haired girl had somehow found her way onto the Pearl and was playing cards with them. She kept talking about how much fun Speed was and how they should be playing it instead. A ferret was perched on her shoulder, a bow and arrows slung across her back.
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Orla was snooping around the kitchens. She ran into Jack. He was looking for rum.
"Say, Orla, what say you to a little rum and a day with me?" Jack asked, half drunk as it was.
Orla looked at him oddly. "I thought you and...Angelina..."
"I don't quite know. Ever since that 'Mysterious Pirate' came around and saved her, she's been giving me grief." Jack made his voice high and girly sounding. "'Jack, why didn't you save me?' 'Jack, I wish you were more like that Mysterious Pirate who helped me.' 'Jack, what did he look like? Did he say anything about me?'"
"Ah," Orla sighed. "I guess that's how it'll be from now on until she finds out who that pirate was." Orla scooted closer, batting her eyes. "So...how about that rum? The day with you? Hm?"
Jack threw his arm around her shoulders. "Well, if you insist..."
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Gabriel and Angelina had worn themselves out. Wandering out on deck, they found the group playing cards.
"Hello?" Angelina said to the new girl. "Have we met?"
"Nope. I'm new. The name's Sarah. Pirate." the girl held out a tanned hand.
"Angelina Sparrow. First mate." Angelina shook it.
"I've been in the nautical business since I can remember. Me dad was a pirate. Me mum left him, so he had to take me with him."
"I...ran away to be a pirate."
"Hey, not bad. I can't say if I'd had a different life if I'd chosen piracy, but I love it now. I got bored with me old crew, so I left to find another. I guess I found yours." The ferret on her shoulder jumped to Angelina's arm. "That's me ferret. I don't give 'em names because it makes it easier to let them go if they...ahem...are lost at sea."
"Oh, hello...uh...ferret."
"I've been trying to get them to play Speed with me. I'm really good." She heaved a sigh. "But everyone is too afraid I'll beat them horribly."
"Hey! I'm not afraid!" AnnaMariea called.
"Sticks and stones..." Kat started.
Jesse clamped a hand over her mouth. "Please, I beg of you, don't start that. I get enough of it with Orla and Gabriel."
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Meanwhile, Barbossa had spotted the Pearl and was closing in for an attack. DUN DUN DUN!!!
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Jane had finally finished the sail, which was mended very haphazardly. She was proud that she hadn't gotten pricked once. She looked up, out onto the horizon and saw...ferret! Jane screamed as Sarah's ferret went flying past her face. She stumbled backward and stepped on the sail, ripping it again as she fell backward.
She batted at the air around her head screaming "Monstermonstermonster!"
Sarah ran past, catching up the ferret from the path of Jane's fall. Jane instead fell on top of Sarah. Both girls batted away the sail and found their way to the opening. They looked at each other in confusion. The ferret skittered away.
"Hi! I'm Jane!" Jane said, holding her hand out.
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"Load the cannons!" Barbossa shouted. "We've got 'em right where we want 'em. Jack and that little wench are going to Davey Jones' Locker." he whispered to his monkey.
The pirates loaded the guns and got ready for the signal. As Barbossa motioned to the first cannon, a man dressed all in black swung down out of the rigging and knocked the pirate lighting the cannon over. Chaos ensued on the decks of the Maiden's Bushel.
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"Hey, doesn't that sound like guns?" Kat asked.
"Yeah, and isn't that a ship out there?" Gabriel pointed out to a growing shape on the horizon.
Jack and Orla came around the corner. "It's the Maiden's Bushel." Jack said dramatically.
"The WHAT?!" Lina asked. She had finally given up on Will's feet for the time being and had strayed up onto deck as well.
"Bushel??" Sarah asked.
"Barbossa has an apple fetish." Jesse said.
"Yeah, you should see before he has his way with a maiden. He makes her eat an apple nice and slow and he just sits there and watches her." Orla said with a giggle.
"OK, that's creepy. That came a little too close for comfort." Angelina said.
"How would you know that?" Gabriel asked Orla.
"I spy on him sometimes for fun. I only watch when she eats the apple, and then I leave." She shuddered. "The rest is too creepy, even for blackmail."
"Right. Let's change the subject now." AnnaMariea said with a hint of pleading in her voice.
There were gunshots in the distance. Everyone turned towards the fast approaching ship. Will and Elizabeth came up to the deck from the galley to see what all the noise was about. Elizabeth was eating an apple. Angelina shuddered. "I am never eating an apple again."
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The Maiden's Bushel finally made it within a distance that people could be made out on the deck. People were fighting. One man in all black with black hair was fighting a bunch of pirates. Angelina gasped. "It...it's him!"
"Who?" Sarah asked.
"Her knight in shining amour." Orla said, putting her hands over her heart and pretending to swoon. She put the back of her hand to her forehead. "Help, I think I'm going to faint!" She fell back into Gabriel, who barely caught her.
"Orla, shut up."
Orla pouted.
"So, who is this 'Mysterious Pirate'?" Gabriel asked.
"He saves Angelina every time she is in mortal danger." Jack said resentfully.
"Better hurry up, Jack. You'll loose her." Sarah said, slapping Jack on the arm.
"For your information," Angelina said through clenched teeth. "THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON BETWEEN ME AND JACK!!!"
The fighting on the deck of the Maiden's Bushel stopped and everyone looked at everyone else.
"Jack, we meet again." Barbossa smiled through crooked teeth. "And the lovely Angelina," he said tipping his hat. Angelina shuddered visibly.
"Barbossa. It seems you're having problems with your crew." Jack nodded to the pirate in black.
"He's not mine. I don't know how he got here, but I know I don't want him."
'I do.' Angelina thought.
"¡Hola, Misterioso Pirata!" Gabriel shouted, waving.
The pirate looked around, shading his face. He tipped his hat to Angelina, and then disappeared into the rigging.
"Good riddance." Barbossa and Jack muttered at the same time to themselves. For completely different reasons, of course.
"I guess that this be the part where we blow the bejeezus out of each other and each other's ships, is it not, Jack?"
"I guess it is." Jack replied, drawing his pistol. "Only this time, I can kill you fair and square." He pulled the trigger.
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Author's Note: I'm back! It might be Monday before my next chapter. Sigh Some time to actually think! Yey! Actually, I might have to write two new chapters over the weekend, but I'm going to take the weekend off from putting them up. Don't worry, I'll be back and blooming come Monday! Don't ask where I got that...
Author's Note #2: I've started reading Hamlet by who else? ...Flourish William Shakespeare. Don't be frightened if Jane becomes a little more versed in Shakespeare than you think she is. Also, she might just have to recite Hamlet's "To be or not to be..." soliloquy, but changed, of course. Also, be warned I love the Queen Mab speech Mercutio makes in Romeo and Juliet, that might pop in too!
Author's Note #3: The new character Sarah is not Skittlez, for those on Random Musings. She's from Yes, Sarah, I got you in!
Author's Note #4: I know the last chapter was a little low on plot, but I had to establish a new character. Kat and Lina laugh hysterically Don't have an aneurism, you two! Angelina whaps them on the heads Also, one thing to get straight, Angelina is not a damsel-in-distress type, again, establishment of a new character.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the base material for Jane's speeches, that's all Will Shakespeare's. He's a buddy of mine, been dead for a while TearSnuffle, but he was a good playwright. Don't insult him on my watch, or I shall have at thee.
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CHAPTER 6: FERRETS, SPEED, AND DOUBLE TROUBLE
Angelina came back to reality after she finished envisioning her dream. Jane was laughing.
"O, Then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate stone, On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies O'er men's noses as they lie asleep; Her wagon spokes made of long spinners' legs, The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers; Her traces, of the smallest spider's web; Her collars, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams; Her whip, of cricket's bone; the lash, of film; Her wagoner, a small grey-coated gnat; Not half so big as a round little worm Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid; Her chariot is an empty hazelnut, Made by the joiner squirrel or old grub, Time out o' mind the fairies' coachmakers. And in this state she gallops night by night Through lovers' brains, and then they dream of love; O'er courtiers' knees, that dream on curtsies straight; O'er barmen's fingers, who straight dream on fees; O'er ladies' lips that straight on kisses dream, Which oft the angry Mab with blisters plagues, Because their breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops o'er a commodore's nose, And then dreams he of smelling out a suit; And sometimes comes she with a small pig's tail, Tickling one Gibbs' nose as 'a lies asleep, Then dreams he of another benefice. Sometimes she driveth o'er a pirate's neck, And then dreams he of cutting mutinous throats, Of beaches, trade winds, and sharpened blades, Of healths ten fathom deep; and then anon Cannons in his ear, at which he starts and wakes, And being thus frightened, swears a prayer or two And sleeps again. This is that very Mab That plaits the mane of horses in the night And bakes the dreadlocks in foul pirates' hairs" She gestured to Jack, standing at the wheel. "Which once untangled much misfortune bodes. This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs, Sets Jack upon them and learns them first to bear," Angelina snorted in laughter. "Making them women of good carriage. This is she-"
"Peace! Peace, Jane! You talk of nothing relevant to me, although I do commend you for your rendition of Mercutio!" Angelina applauded Jane, who bowed and sat back down. "Go ahead and finish that sail. And Jane...you only use ONE thimble when you sew, not one on all your fingers." Angelina walked away. Jane looked at her fingers and glared. She shrugged and went back to threading her needle, with ALL of the thimbles still on.
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Angelina wandered around some more and came to Gabriel's cabin. She heard noise from the other side and knocked. The door opened. Gabriel was dressed in a flashy costume and had on really loud music. It was Cher. Angelina beamed and invited herself in, singing at the top of her lungs. "Do you believe in life after love?"
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Lina was sneaking around Will and Elizabeth's cabin, waiting for the right time to strike. She wanted to feel Will's feet. She was sure he had the softest feet ever, and if not, she would moisturize them herself.
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Jesse was teaching Kat and AnnaMariea how to play Egyptian Rat Screw, and was kicking their asses at it so far.
A brown haired girl had somehow found her way onto the Pearl and was playing cards with them. She kept talking about how much fun Speed was and how they should be playing it instead. A ferret was perched on her shoulder, a bow and arrows slung across her back.
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Orla was snooping around the kitchens. She ran into Jack. He was looking for rum.
"Say, Orla, what say you to a little rum and a day with me?" Jack asked, half drunk as it was.
Orla looked at him oddly. "I thought you and...Angelina..."
"I don't quite know. Ever since that 'Mysterious Pirate' came around and saved her, she's been giving me grief." Jack made his voice high and girly sounding. "'Jack, why didn't you save me?' 'Jack, I wish you were more like that Mysterious Pirate who helped me.' 'Jack, what did he look like? Did he say anything about me?'"
"Ah," Orla sighed. "I guess that's how it'll be from now on until she finds out who that pirate was." Orla scooted closer, batting her eyes. "So...how about that rum? The day with you? Hm?"
Jack threw his arm around her shoulders. "Well, if you insist..."
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Gabriel and Angelina had worn themselves out. Wandering out on deck, they found the group playing cards.
"Hello?" Angelina said to the new girl. "Have we met?"
"Nope. I'm new. The name's Sarah. Pirate." the girl held out a tanned hand.
"Angelina Sparrow. First mate." Angelina shook it.
"I've been in the nautical business since I can remember. Me dad was a pirate. Me mum left him, so he had to take me with him."
"I...ran away to be a pirate."
"Hey, not bad. I can't say if I'd had a different life if I'd chosen piracy, but I love it now. I got bored with me old crew, so I left to find another. I guess I found yours." The ferret on her shoulder jumped to Angelina's arm. "That's me ferret. I don't give 'em names because it makes it easier to let them go if they...ahem...are lost at sea."
"Oh, hello...uh...ferret."
"I've been trying to get them to play Speed with me. I'm really good." She heaved a sigh. "But everyone is too afraid I'll beat them horribly."
"Hey! I'm not afraid!" AnnaMariea called.
"Sticks and stones..." Kat started.
Jesse clamped a hand over her mouth. "Please, I beg of you, don't start that. I get enough of it with Orla and Gabriel."
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Meanwhile, Barbossa had spotted the Pearl and was closing in for an attack. DUN DUN DUN!!!
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Jane had finally finished the sail, which was mended very haphazardly. She was proud that she hadn't gotten pricked once. She looked up, out onto the horizon and saw...ferret! Jane screamed as Sarah's ferret went flying past her face. She stumbled backward and stepped on the sail, ripping it again as she fell backward.
She batted at the air around her head screaming "Monstermonstermonster!"
Sarah ran past, catching up the ferret from the path of Jane's fall. Jane instead fell on top of Sarah. Both girls batted away the sail and found their way to the opening. They looked at each other in confusion. The ferret skittered away.
"Hi! I'm Jane!" Jane said, holding her hand out.
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"Load the cannons!" Barbossa shouted. "We've got 'em right where we want 'em. Jack and that little wench are going to Davey Jones' Locker." he whispered to his monkey.
The pirates loaded the guns and got ready for the signal. As Barbossa motioned to the first cannon, a man dressed all in black swung down out of the rigging and knocked the pirate lighting the cannon over. Chaos ensued on the decks of the Maiden's Bushel.
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"Hey, doesn't that sound like guns?" Kat asked.
"Yeah, and isn't that a ship out there?" Gabriel pointed out to a growing shape on the horizon.
Jack and Orla came around the corner. "It's the Maiden's Bushel." Jack said dramatically.
"The WHAT?!" Lina asked. She had finally given up on Will's feet for the time being and had strayed up onto deck as well.
"Bushel??" Sarah asked.
"Barbossa has an apple fetish." Jesse said.
"Yeah, you should see before he has his way with a maiden. He makes her eat an apple nice and slow and he just sits there and watches her." Orla said with a giggle.
"OK, that's creepy. That came a little too close for comfort." Angelina said.
"How would you know that?" Gabriel asked Orla.
"I spy on him sometimes for fun. I only watch when she eats the apple, and then I leave." She shuddered. "The rest is too creepy, even for blackmail."
"Right. Let's change the subject now." AnnaMariea said with a hint of pleading in her voice.
There were gunshots in the distance. Everyone turned towards the fast approaching ship. Will and Elizabeth came up to the deck from the galley to see what all the noise was about. Elizabeth was eating an apple. Angelina shuddered. "I am never eating an apple again."
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The Maiden's Bushel finally made it within a distance that people could be made out on the deck. People were fighting. One man in all black with black hair was fighting a bunch of pirates. Angelina gasped. "It...it's him!"
"Who?" Sarah asked.
"Her knight in shining amour." Orla said, putting her hands over her heart and pretending to swoon. She put the back of her hand to her forehead. "Help, I think I'm going to faint!" She fell back into Gabriel, who barely caught her.
"Orla, shut up."
Orla pouted.
"So, who is this 'Mysterious Pirate'?" Gabriel asked.
"He saves Angelina every time she is in mortal danger." Jack said resentfully.
"Better hurry up, Jack. You'll loose her." Sarah said, slapping Jack on the arm.
"For your information," Angelina said through clenched teeth. "THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON BETWEEN ME AND JACK!!!"
The fighting on the deck of the Maiden's Bushel stopped and everyone looked at everyone else.
"Jack, we meet again." Barbossa smiled through crooked teeth. "And the lovely Angelina," he said tipping his hat. Angelina shuddered visibly.
"Barbossa. It seems you're having problems with your crew." Jack nodded to the pirate in black.
"He's not mine. I don't know how he got here, but I know I don't want him."
'I do.' Angelina thought.
"¡Hola, Misterioso Pirata!" Gabriel shouted, waving.
The pirate looked around, shading his face. He tipped his hat to Angelina, and then disappeared into the rigging.
"Good riddance." Barbossa and Jack muttered at the same time to themselves. For completely different reasons, of course.
"I guess that this be the part where we blow the bejeezus out of each other and each other's ships, is it not, Jack?"
"I guess it is." Jack replied, drawing his pistol. "Only this time, I can kill you fair and square." He pulled the trigger.
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