Author's Note:

Ahh it's chapter thirteen! That's an unlucky number, (Maggie may not really believe in jinxes but I certainly do)! So if this chapter is a complete failure it is not my fault. On another not this is now officially longer then my first story. I think that's a good thing.

Anyway thanks to everyone who reviewed me, you all are the best! Stealingseamonkeys, Starpossum (thanks for the websites), Jousting Elf with a Sabre (hope you feel better), Sphinx Jinx, Queenofinsanity, and last but not least enigmagirl2727 (I'm still mad that you got out on break before me sulks).

Chapter #12

The thing about not thinking is that while I wasn't thinking I couldn't hear what anyone was saying and understand it at the same time. After taking all of that into consideration I decided to start thinking again but to continue not to talk. All in all it was a very practical compromise.

Unfortunately by the time I'd decided all of this I'd missed a considerable amount of what had happened.

Somehow most of the pirates had disappeared and Jack was going to buy Barbossa a really big hat.

I was lost but it really didn't matter. Somehow it didn't seem like I was going to die, though I couldn't say the same for Will-who-ignored-and-laughed-at-me.

"I must admit Jack," Barbossa said as Jack riffled through all of the treasure, "I thought I had you figured. But it turns out you're a hard man to predict."

"Me?" Jack said turning to face Barbossa, "I'm dishonest." I nodded, I'd found that out the hard way. "And a dishonest person," Jack continued, "you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly!"

Oddly enough it all made perfect sense to me. I didn't like it but it did make sense. Maybe I wasn't as dumb as everyone thought!

"It's the honest ones you want to watch out for," Jack was saying as he walked over to a pirate with a brown beard, "because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly," Jack took a significant pause which made me look over with renewed interest, "stupid."

With that Jack pulled the pirate's sword out of his sheath and kicked him head first into the water. He smoothly threw the sword to Will who somehow managed to catch it.

Then Will pushed the pirate who had been guarding him away and freed his hands. Meanwhile Jack and Barbossa had both drawn their swords and attacked each other.

I got the feeling that Jack had been waiting a long time for this moment. Will was fighting a short pirate with a really long beard. It occurred to me that an extraordinary number of pirates had beards.

Just as this occurred to me the pirate that Jack had pushed into the water came back out spluttering and swearing. He started towards me even though I was unarmed and clearly not involved in the fight.

I looked around wildly for some kind of weapon and saw the statue Jack had disregarded earlier. I grabbed it and swung it like a club at the pirate's face. He fell back into the water.

The pirate Will had knocked into the water was also coming out. Just for the hell of it I hit him across the face with the statue as well. It was actually a lot of fun.

Unfortunately for me the two pirates were coming out of the water again. This time they had their swords out and they were ready to fight.

"Help," I screamed running away. I didn't get far however. I'd only taken about three steps when I tripped over a discarded sword.

Now I may be thick sometimes but even I can recognize a "Sign From Fate". Right now fate was telling me not to run away. Fate was also telling me to kill people. Normally I would take this as a sign to check myself into the funny farm. Under these circumstances I decided that it was time for me to have my revenge on the stupid pirates for kidnapping me over and over again.

I joined Will in his fight against the three pirates. Jack and Barbossa were still going at it. Jack had cut up Barbossa's hat which had upset the pirate captain. Will was handling the pirate with the longest beard but I couldn't see what he was doing. I was busy with brown beard. I had never used a sword before. It was a lot heavier then I'd expected and I was getting tired.

On the other hand I wasn't dead so I was going to count it as a success as long as I could keep that up.

"You're off the edge of the map mate," Barbossa growled at Jack, "here there be monsters."

"What does he mean by that?" I asked Will.

"So you seriously don't know?" he asked defending a high block from the bald pirate and simultaneity keeping me from being gutted by the pirate with the longest beard.

Just then Barbossa kicked Jack hard in the face and Jack fell down. The Barbossa did a really stupid thing.

He threw his sword down. Now I may not be a great sword fighter but I had a feeling that there was something wrong with that.

"You can't beat me Jack," he said bluntly.

"That's a bit conceited," I commented.

"Maggie," Will said gently, "the pirates are cursed. It's impossible to kill one of them." I turned away from Barbossa and Jack's battle to glare at Will.

"This is no time to joke," I snapped at him, "there is no such thing as cursed pirates."

"I'm telling the truth," he insisted.

"There are no cursed pirates!" I yelled.

"But-"

"Repeat! There are no cursed pirates here or anywhere else!"

This time Will didn't say anything. He silently pointed over my shoulder. With a sigh I turned to look.

Jack had just stabbed Barbossa through the stomach. But Barbossa just smiled in an amused sort of way, sighed loudly, and then stabbed Jack through the stomach with the sword that had, a second ago, been inside of him.

Then Jack took two steps backwards and turned into a skeleton.

And then I fainted.

Author's Note:

So now Maggie knows the truth. It sure took her long enough. She isn't taking it too well though. Oh well. If anyone has any ideas on what she should do when she wakes up I'd be delighted to hear them. Anyway thanks for reading.