(blinks at absolutely humongous response for crewmembers) Whoa... Thanks to
everyone who applied! I'm sorry that I can't take everyone! One new
character will be materializing this chapter, a few more in the next one,
and yet MORE in chapters yet to come. And also, to everyone who was in the
last one – if you want to be in this one, can you send me the form? Thanks.
Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed! Much appreciated! Yay, they make me SMILE!
Chapter 2 – Who would burn the pub?
Pretty soon the ship sailed into Tortuga. Not that it had seemed soon to Will; in his mind, every moment with the Commodore was a moment of hell, especially as the Commodore kept teasing him about what he had learnt from the girls on the quest for the Big Pink Pretty albeit Cursed Diamond. So however short a time it took the crew to manoeuvre the Dauntless effortlessly into the port (another cause of anger to Will; the film hadn't shown Jack and Will's attempt at getting the Interceptor into the docks, mainly because the profanity and violence would make the film R rated) it seemed too long to Will.
"Right!" said Elizabeth as she walked down the gangplank onto land, "To the pubs!"
"You know what?" said Will, looking around, "This place looks somewhat smokier than it did when we were last here."
"When was that?" said Elizabeth, "Three days ago, isn't it?"
"Oh yes," said Will, "My, doesn't time drag when you're meeting parents?"
"Yes," agreed Elizabeth unexpectedly. She turned to face the Commodore. "Look, Norry-boy, we still want a lift to Rum Island. So no running off as soon as we're in the pub, you hear me young man?"
"Young man?" said Norrington, "I'm about ten years older than you."
"Are you arguing, old man?" said Will, raising an eyebrow.
"I – shut up, whelp," said Norrington.
"I AM NOT A WHELP!"
"Come on Will," said Elizabeth, dragging Will away. They headed towards the main bar inland, but as they got closer they discovered that it was getting yet smokier, and the drunks who were usually slumped next to barrels were running hither and thither. (Ha, never thought I'd write that.)
"What gives?" said Will as they neared the centre of the town. They rounded a corner, and in front of them they saw buildings on fire and people running screaming out of houses.
"I'm guessing there's a fire," shrugged Elizabeth.
"Oooh, clever," said Will, "Where from?"
"Cursed pirates?" said Elizabeth, but then a strange light came into her eyes and she smiled. "Will-"
"Can we please choose pirates who aren't arsonists?" said Will desperately. Elizabeth looked at him sceptically. "Oh, so not only are the best pirates cursed, they like burning stuff?"
"You're getting it," beamed Elizabeth.
Suddenly a man came hurtling out of nowhere and stopped when he saw the burning buildings. "The pub!" he shouted in pure terror, "The pub! WHERE'S THE RUM???"
"Hey Jack," said Will. Jack didn't look at him, but continued to stare at the burning taverns, eyes filling with tears, mouth open in horror. "Uh, Jack?"
"Who would burn the pub?" said Jack weakly, "What did the pub do to anyone?"
"Jack, what's going on?" said Elizabeth. Jack still didn't say anything, but was now mouthing profanities silently. Suddenly pelting out an alley came the whole of Jack's crew; Anamaria, Mr Gibbs and all, including Tobias, Mro and Tanuki, who'd joined the crew on the last adventure. "Hey, what's going on?" she said, turning to them, "Jack seems to have lost the ability to speak."
"We don't know," said Anamaria, "Some cursed pirates just came, and they've been pilfering, plundering, pillaging and the like."
"And we have not," said Mro sulkily.
"Where's Mort?" asked Will.
"Looking for his sister," said Tanuki, "We lost her while we were running through the streets."
"Running away?" said Elizabeth, raising an eyebrow.
"Tactical manoeuvre," said Jack defensively.
"Do you have any idea what they're doing here?" asked Will, "I mean, cursed pirates – are they looking for an object, a person? Me again?"
"Don't think so this time," said Jack.
"Aw, tough luck," said Elizabeth, hitting Will on the arm in what she thought was a commiserating way, but made Will wince.
"Have you stolen anything recently?" asked Anamaria suspiciously to Elizabeth.
"No! Except the Big Pink albeit Cursed Diamond," she added, yet again taking out of her pocket to gaze at it. Again.
"Oh, it's bad luck to carry the diamond round with you-" said Mr Gibbs nervously.
"I'll risk it," said Elizabeth.
Suddenly two figures came pelting out of the alleyway. One of them collided with Will, who somersaulted out of habit and landed in the nearest water barrel, still trying to pull out his sword, despite being submerged upside- down in the water up to his waist. Elizabeth tried not to laugh – Jack made no such attempt and almost fell over cackling.
"Hey, Mort!" said Tobias, "This your sister, then?"
"Yes," said Mort, who was one of the people who'd just run up, and gestured to the girl next to him. "This is Helen, everyone."
"Hey," said Helen, waving, "You're Elizabeth, right? I've heard about what you got up to with Jack on that island," she added, grinning slightly evilly. Will, who had been fighting to escape from the slightly-too-small barrel, gave an indignant splutter at this and fell back in again, his legs waving in the air, sounding like he was shouting many profanities underwater.
"And that must be Will?" said Helen. Elizabeth ran over and pushed the barrel over, causing a very wet Will to come tumbling out of the end, spouting out water. Her eyebrows raised. "Hey, he's hot. You failed to mention that," she said, turning to look at her brother accusingly.
"He's also taken," said Mort, indicating Elizabeth.
"But she's easy to deal with!" said Helen, a little too loudly.
"She's also not deaf!" said Elizabeth, as indignant as Will had been before, if that were possible. Helen made a "Pfft," noise.
"What happened?" asked Tobias quickly, because Elizabeth was looking murderously at Helen.
"I found her OK," said Mort, "She was being chased by some of the cursed pirates, but we managed to get away."
"Chased?" said Will quickly, "Does she have any idea why they were chasing her?"
"Well, you don't know her very well, but I'll just say it's very easy for her to upset people," shrugged Mort.
"Hey!" said Helen, "Actually, I think I heard them saying they were looking for something."
"What?" asked Anamaria.
"I don't know exactly. I think it has something to do with Jack, and his crew for some quest after a diamond," said Helen.
"What?" said Elizabeth, sounding shocked, "Why?"
"What have you done now?" said Will, glaring at Jack accusingly.
"Nothing, as far as I know," said Jack, looking perplexed as well, "But then, I can't really remember much of the past few days..."
"I don't know. I think they have something," said Helen, also looking slightly mystified, "Did you give them anything?"
"No-" began Will.
"Rum," said Jack immediately.
"Uh, I don't think they'll be looking for that, personally," said Tanuki.
"Then what ARE they looking for?" said Mro.
"What I suggest," said Jack, looking unusually thoughtful, "is allowing someone to be captured by the pirates, and to learn from them what's going on."
Everyone turned to look at Elizabeth, who sighed.
"Fine, fine," said Elizabeth sulkily, "Why don't you just call me ElizaBAIT?"
***
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's CALLOUTS...
Theshiz – Oooh, two forms. Lucky day for me!
Tanuki Yasha – Hmmm... (makes it personal mission to make Elizabeth raise her eyebrows in every chapter)
mronimusha – Yaay, England! I'm feeling strangely patriotic... Thanks for sending in the new form, it makes it easier to write your character. And no, not all treasure is silver and gold. Jack said so. There's also diamonds, rubies, sapphires...
Cecile Li – I update as quickly as I can! Which never seems to be quick enough!
CrazedElfStalker – Aww, thanks! That's so sweet! Dandy... hehehe, my fic is DANDY...
Feaelin Greenleaf – (eye twitches) Slash? Euuuurrrggghh... something you will never, NEVER see in ANY of my stories is slash! SLASH IS EVIL!!! CHECK THE NAME!!! SLASH!!! SINCE WHEN HAS ANY KIND OF SLASHING BEEN GOOD???? Ahem... excuse me...
Im a Brandybuck – I've got the form! I just had that mental image of a turtle swimming along, like in usual films, with all the nice music in the background, then CHOMP!!! Hahahahahaha.
Gilraen Ar-Feiniel – No, it's really not necessary. I'm kinda wishing this could just be a completely separate story, because it's going to be more serious than the last one...
One of your many fans – Many fans? That's news to me... Yes, he still has Stabby... I wonder whether Legolas gave his bow a name? Like... Pingy?
Eowyn Skywalker – (laughs as she reads the form) Thanks very much! Glad you liked it!
Elderberry – Hmm, Will try to be knighted? Now that could be an interesting plotline... I think it was King George at that time, but I can't be sure... there were a lot of King George's at that era, so chances are it was...
Woundup Orange – Yes, I know, I'm lovely... (basks in praise)
Ieva – Thanks!
Terreis – Same way Elizabeth did. Thought of blacksmith, and alliteration was the first thing that came to my head.
Alteng – I could never forget the bead fairies! They're so... beady!
She-elf-hunnie – Hmm, it'll probably be random and reasonably funny... interesting however...
Pirate-strumpet – Jack goodness! Jack goodness is always... good! Ahem.
Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed! Much appreciated! Yay, they make me SMILE!
Chapter 2 – Who would burn the pub?
Pretty soon the ship sailed into Tortuga. Not that it had seemed soon to Will; in his mind, every moment with the Commodore was a moment of hell, especially as the Commodore kept teasing him about what he had learnt from the girls on the quest for the Big Pink Pretty albeit Cursed Diamond. So however short a time it took the crew to manoeuvre the Dauntless effortlessly into the port (another cause of anger to Will; the film hadn't shown Jack and Will's attempt at getting the Interceptor into the docks, mainly because the profanity and violence would make the film R rated) it seemed too long to Will.
"Right!" said Elizabeth as she walked down the gangplank onto land, "To the pubs!"
"You know what?" said Will, looking around, "This place looks somewhat smokier than it did when we were last here."
"When was that?" said Elizabeth, "Three days ago, isn't it?"
"Oh yes," said Will, "My, doesn't time drag when you're meeting parents?"
"Yes," agreed Elizabeth unexpectedly. She turned to face the Commodore. "Look, Norry-boy, we still want a lift to Rum Island. So no running off as soon as we're in the pub, you hear me young man?"
"Young man?" said Norrington, "I'm about ten years older than you."
"Are you arguing, old man?" said Will, raising an eyebrow.
"I – shut up, whelp," said Norrington.
"I AM NOT A WHELP!"
"Come on Will," said Elizabeth, dragging Will away. They headed towards the main bar inland, but as they got closer they discovered that it was getting yet smokier, and the drunks who were usually slumped next to barrels were running hither and thither. (Ha, never thought I'd write that.)
"What gives?" said Will as they neared the centre of the town. They rounded a corner, and in front of them they saw buildings on fire and people running screaming out of houses.
"I'm guessing there's a fire," shrugged Elizabeth.
"Oooh, clever," said Will, "Where from?"
"Cursed pirates?" said Elizabeth, but then a strange light came into her eyes and she smiled. "Will-"
"Can we please choose pirates who aren't arsonists?" said Will desperately. Elizabeth looked at him sceptically. "Oh, so not only are the best pirates cursed, they like burning stuff?"
"You're getting it," beamed Elizabeth.
Suddenly a man came hurtling out of nowhere and stopped when he saw the burning buildings. "The pub!" he shouted in pure terror, "The pub! WHERE'S THE RUM???"
"Hey Jack," said Will. Jack didn't look at him, but continued to stare at the burning taverns, eyes filling with tears, mouth open in horror. "Uh, Jack?"
"Who would burn the pub?" said Jack weakly, "What did the pub do to anyone?"
"Jack, what's going on?" said Elizabeth. Jack still didn't say anything, but was now mouthing profanities silently. Suddenly pelting out an alley came the whole of Jack's crew; Anamaria, Mr Gibbs and all, including Tobias, Mro and Tanuki, who'd joined the crew on the last adventure. "Hey, what's going on?" she said, turning to them, "Jack seems to have lost the ability to speak."
"We don't know," said Anamaria, "Some cursed pirates just came, and they've been pilfering, plundering, pillaging and the like."
"And we have not," said Mro sulkily.
"Where's Mort?" asked Will.
"Looking for his sister," said Tanuki, "We lost her while we were running through the streets."
"Running away?" said Elizabeth, raising an eyebrow.
"Tactical manoeuvre," said Jack defensively.
"Do you have any idea what they're doing here?" asked Will, "I mean, cursed pirates – are they looking for an object, a person? Me again?"
"Don't think so this time," said Jack.
"Aw, tough luck," said Elizabeth, hitting Will on the arm in what she thought was a commiserating way, but made Will wince.
"Have you stolen anything recently?" asked Anamaria suspiciously to Elizabeth.
"No! Except the Big Pink albeit Cursed Diamond," she added, yet again taking out of her pocket to gaze at it. Again.
"Oh, it's bad luck to carry the diamond round with you-" said Mr Gibbs nervously.
"I'll risk it," said Elizabeth.
Suddenly two figures came pelting out of the alleyway. One of them collided with Will, who somersaulted out of habit and landed in the nearest water barrel, still trying to pull out his sword, despite being submerged upside- down in the water up to his waist. Elizabeth tried not to laugh – Jack made no such attempt and almost fell over cackling.
"Hey, Mort!" said Tobias, "This your sister, then?"
"Yes," said Mort, who was one of the people who'd just run up, and gestured to the girl next to him. "This is Helen, everyone."
"Hey," said Helen, waving, "You're Elizabeth, right? I've heard about what you got up to with Jack on that island," she added, grinning slightly evilly. Will, who had been fighting to escape from the slightly-too-small barrel, gave an indignant splutter at this and fell back in again, his legs waving in the air, sounding like he was shouting many profanities underwater.
"And that must be Will?" said Helen. Elizabeth ran over and pushed the barrel over, causing a very wet Will to come tumbling out of the end, spouting out water. Her eyebrows raised. "Hey, he's hot. You failed to mention that," she said, turning to look at her brother accusingly.
"He's also taken," said Mort, indicating Elizabeth.
"But she's easy to deal with!" said Helen, a little too loudly.
"She's also not deaf!" said Elizabeth, as indignant as Will had been before, if that were possible. Helen made a "Pfft," noise.
"What happened?" asked Tobias quickly, because Elizabeth was looking murderously at Helen.
"I found her OK," said Mort, "She was being chased by some of the cursed pirates, but we managed to get away."
"Chased?" said Will quickly, "Does she have any idea why they were chasing her?"
"Well, you don't know her very well, but I'll just say it's very easy for her to upset people," shrugged Mort.
"Hey!" said Helen, "Actually, I think I heard them saying they were looking for something."
"What?" asked Anamaria.
"I don't know exactly. I think it has something to do with Jack, and his crew for some quest after a diamond," said Helen.
"What?" said Elizabeth, sounding shocked, "Why?"
"What have you done now?" said Will, glaring at Jack accusingly.
"Nothing, as far as I know," said Jack, looking perplexed as well, "But then, I can't really remember much of the past few days..."
"I don't know. I think they have something," said Helen, also looking slightly mystified, "Did you give them anything?"
"No-" began Will.
"Rum," said Jack immediately.
"Uh, I don't think they'll be looking for that, personally," said Tanuki.
"Then what ARE they looking for?" said Mro.
"What I suggest," said Jack, looking unusually thoughtful, "is allowing someone to be captured by the pirates, and to learn from them what's going on."
Everyone turned to look at Elizabeth, who sighed.
"Fine, fine," said Elizabeth sulkily, "Why don't you just call me ElizaBAIT?"
***
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's CALLOUTS...
Theshiz – Oooh, two forms. Lucky day for me!
Tanuki Yasha – Hmmm... (makes it personal mission to make Elizabeth raise her eyebrows in every chapter)
mronimusha – Yaay, England! I'm feeling strangely patriotic... Thanks for sending in the new form, it makes it easier to write your character. And no, not all treasure is silver and gold. Jack said so. There's also diamonds, rubies, sapphires...
Cecile Li – I update as quickly as I can! Which never seems to be quick enough!
CrazedElfStalker – Aww, thanks! That's so sweet! Dandy... hehehe, my fic is DANDY...
Feaelin Greenleaf – (eye twitches) Slash? Euuuurrrggghh... something you will never, NEVER see in ANY of my stories is slash! SLASH IS EVIL!!! CHECK THE NAME!!! SLASH!!! SINCE WHEN HAS ANY KIND OF SLASHING BEEN GOOD???? Ahem... excuse me...
Im a Brandybuck – I've got the form! I just had that mental image of a turtle swimming along, like in usual films, with all the nice music in the background, then CHOMP!!! Hahahahahaha.
Gilraen Ar-Feiniel – No, it's really not necessary. I'm kinda wishing this could just be a completely separate story, because it's going to be more serious than the last one...
One of your many fans – Many fans? That's news to me... Yes, he still has Stabby... I wonder whether Legolas gave his bow a name? Like... Pingy?
Eowyn Skywalker – (laughs as she reads the form) Thanks very much! Glad you liked it!
Elderberry – Hmm, Will try to be knighted? Now that could be an interesting plotline... I think it was King George at that time, but I can't be sure... there were a lot of King George's at that era, so chances are it was...
Woundup Orange – Yes, I know, I'm lovely... (basks in praise)
Ieva – Thanks!
Terreis – Same way Elizabeth did. Thought of blacksmith, and alliteration was the first thing that came to my head.
Alteng – I could never forget the bead fairies! They're so... beady!
She-elf-hunnie – Hmm, it'll probably be random and reasonably funny... interesting however...
Pirate-strumpet – Jack goodness! Jack goodness is always... good! Ahem.