A/N: Ok so I am back from the BEST HOLIDAY I HAVE EVERY HAD! I'm not
kidding if I could have had a flight home in October I would have never
left (ok so I know your all thinking that I wouldn't have been allowed to
stay in the Hotel that long but I would have taken my friend's suggestion
and slept on the beach!). I'm really missing all my friends out there so
if this chapter is a bit moody then I apologise in advance!
Disclaimer: Yes I finally got the papers signed!!! I own Disney!!...ok ok I'm lying and I know you all know it but it was a fun fantasy while it lasted!
Sorry for the wait but here is the next chapter.
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Chapter 13: The Four Symptoms.
The rowboat swayed gently from side to side as I lay hidden in under an old blanket.
"Not long now," came the whisper of my companion who was rowing me out to Tortuga.
It had been three days since Gillette had helped me to escape Norrington and my sticky death. Three days of lying in a rowboat unable to move until we were out of 'enemy' waters. Three days of learning about what was happening in the rest of the world by the whispers of Toby.
Norrington had been in hiding for weeks afraid of the 'freak storms'. But of course he was much too sensible to believe that some 'Evil' thing, predicted by a PIRATE woman, could be true. So abandoning his people when they needed him the most to protect them he scarpered from the Caribbean and found a temporary home in England with the false impression that he was there to 'save his King'.
This story had bought a smile to my face as the thought of Norrington so afraid that he had to go and find someone to protect him was highly amusing.
But the thoughts of Jack and the Pearl still lay heavy in my mind. I did not have a clue as to where I would find him and if I would find him at all. For all I knew he could have died in that...storm. However I managed to push that thought out of my mind. Not only would I be loosing my best friend and be left completely alone again but it would also lie on me to 'save the world'. Great.
Suddenly I felt solid land underneath the boat and Toby smiled to me.
"We are here Miss Magpie...uh...Annie," he corrected himself. We had argued long into the nights on what he was to call me. 'Miss Magpie' was not appealing.
"And here would be...?" I said sitting up and regarding the land before me. It looked like a peaceful island but as I searched the land with my eyes I could not find any sign of civilisation through the forest.
"Well Annie, if you walk south from this point for...lets say about an hour...you will reach Tortuga."
My eyes popped. "How the hell do you know about Tortuga!?"
"Oh all the navy knows about it. Even Norrington but he..." he trailed off chuckling slightly.
"Yes?" I asked when he did not finish.
"He's afraid to attack it in case he finds the pirates defeat him!"
We laughed. And I don't just mean a slight chuckle or giggle but a full- hearted, rolling around on the floor, couldn't breath, increasing tummy ache with every gasp of breath laugh!
"Norrington...afraid...pirates...defeat...!!" I managed to say as the laughter burst from the deepest pits of my stomach. It was as though I was laughing at every funny thing that had ever happened was making me laugh once more.
But then I did something stupid. I fell into the freezing cold water and completely soaked myself including my hair. Toby laughed harder but I stood up holding a clump of material in my hand in disgust.
"Goddamn it!"
My mood surprised even me. One minute I was as happy as ever and the next I felt ready to slice someone's head off. Shooting the dirtiest look I could at Toby I turned and waded to the beach.
"I'm sorry Miss," he said truthfully but that only made me worse.
"Sorry!? How can you be sorry! Your not the one who is SOAKED!" I grabbed my cutlass and stormed off into the forest in the direction of Tortuga without another word and left him speechless on the beach.
I don't know why I left in such a hurry but as I got ten minutes into my walk I realised that I had never even said a thank you. The guy had risked his life to get me out of there alive and I had only bitten his head off. Why had I gotten so angry? It was only a bit of water and due to the hot Caribbean sun my clothes were already bone dry. So why?
Suddenly I felt cold and from out of nowhere tears began to spring up on my face. My stomach churned and the same feelings I felt when my mother died came flooding back to me and filled every fibre in my body. It was as though my feelings had been delayed up till this point and only6 now were finding their way to me.
I collapsed to the ground as my body shook with sadness. Every sad thought I had ever had in my whole life, every regret, every embarrassment, everything I had ever done wrong flashed through my mind like trailers at a cinema. It seemed to go on forever, it was never ending, forever roaring through my body like a steam train going ten...no one hundred times faster than normal.
And then suddenly it all stopped. It was as though someone had switched it all off inside my head. Like a game that had lost its entertainment factor.
What was going on?
Disclaimer: Yes I finally got the papers signed!!! I own Disney!!...ok ok I'm lying and I know you all know it but it was a fun fantasy while it lasted!
Sorry for the wait but here is the next chapter.
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Chapter 13: The Four Symptoms.
The rowboat swayed gently from side to side as I lay hidden in under an old blanket.
"Not long now," came the whisper of my companion who was rowing me out to Tortuga.
It had been three days since Gillette had helped me to escape Norrington and my sticky death. Three days of lying in a rowboat unable to move until we were out of 'enemy' waters. Three days of learning about what was happening in the rest of the world by the whispers of Toby.
Norrington had been in hiding for weeks afraid of the 'freak storms'. But of course he was much too sensible to believe that some 'Evil' thing, predicted by a PIRATE woman, could be true. So abandoning his people when they needed him the most to protect them he scarpered from the Caribbean and found a temporary home in England with the false impression that he was there to 'save his King'.
This story had bought a smile to my face as the thought of Norrington so afraid that he had to go and find someone to protect him was highly amusing.
But the thoughts of Jack and the Pearl still lay heavy in my mind. I did not have a clue as to where I would find him and if I would find him at all. For all I knew he could have died in that...storm. However I managed to push that thought out of my mind. Not only would I be loosing my best friend and be left completely alone again but it would also lie on me to 'save the world'. Great.
Suddenly I felt solid land underneath the boat and Toby smiled to me.
"We are here Miss Magpie...uh...Annie," he corrected himself. We had argued long into the nights on what he was to call me. 'Miss Magpie' was not appealing.
"And here would be...?" I said sitting up and regarding the land before me. It looked like a peaceful island but as I searched the land with my eyes I could not find any sign of civilisation through the forest.
"Well Annie, if you walk south from this point for...lets say about an hour...you will reach Tortuga."
My eyes popped. "How the hell do you know about Tortuga!?"
"Oh all the navy knows about it. Even Norrington but he..." he trailed off chuckling slightly.
"Yes?" I asked when he did not finish.
"He's afraid to attack it in case he finds the pirates defeat him!"
We laughed. And I don't just mean a slight chuckle or giggle but a full- hearted, rolling around on the floor, couldn't breath, increasing tummy ache with every gasp of breath laugh!
"Norrington...afraid...pirates...defeat...!!" I managed to say as the laughter burst from the deepest pits of my stomach. It was as though I was laughing at every funny thing that had ever happened was making me laugh once more.
But then I did something stupid. I fell into the freezing cold water and completely soaked myself including my hair. Toby laughed harder but I stood up holding a clump of material in my hand in disgust.
"Goddamn it!"
My mood surprised even me. One minute I was as happy as ever and the next I felt ready to slice someone's head off. Shooting the dirtiest look I could at Toby I turned and waded to the beach.
"I'm sorry Miss," he said truthfully but that only made me worse.
"Sorry!? How can you be sorry! Your not the one who is SOAKED!" I grabbed my cutlass and stormed off into the forest in the direction of Tortuga without another word and left him speechless on the beach.
I don't know why I left in such a hurry but as I got ten minutes into my walk I realised that I had never even said a thank you. The guy had risked his life to get me out of there alive and I had only bitten his head off. Why had I gotten so angry? It was only a bit of water and due to the hot Caribbean sun my clothes were already bone dry. So why?
Suddenly I felt cold and from out of nowhere tears began to spring up on my face. My stomach churned and the same feelings I felt when my mother died came flooding back to me and filled every fibre in my body. It was as though my feelings had been delayed up till this point and only6 now were finding their way to me.
I collapsed to the ground as my body shook with sadness. Every sad thought I had ever had in my whole life, every regret, every embarrassment, everything I had ever done wrong flashed through my mind like trailers at a cinema. It seemed to go on forever, it was never ending, forever roaring through my body like a steam train going ten...no one hundred times faster than normal.
And then suddenly it all stopped. It was as though someone had switched it all off inside my head. Like a game that had lost its entertainment factor.
What was going on?