chapter 3
Sorry it took so long to write,creative slump.
2005
The sound of a large brass bell was heard clanging through the Turner house. It was meant for one person to get out of bed, Lizzie. Since she knew someone came, she grabbed her robe, pen, and clipboard. she journeyed through the house from her room to the front door. She opened it and saw a man in his forties wearing a casual fishing outfit.
"Welcome to port royale." Lizzie tiredly said" How long will you be staying?"
"I think about, five days."he said with a gruffy voice. Lizzie was jotting his words down for reference.
"Any foreign fruits, vegetables, or plants of any kind?"she said.
"No."
"Any foreign animals, and if yes, what is your I.D number for housing the animal?"
"Nope,nothing."
"That'll be twenty dollars for five days, five dollars if you continue to stay longer. Please sign at the bottom line." She then gave him the clipboard to sign.
"I'm sorry but do you have the time?"she asked, still tired.
He looked down at his watch and said,"It's seven-twenty six."When he looked up,she vanished,she realized she was late for getting up and going to school on the bus! She ran through the door and quickly got dressed and got her signature blue jacket and put it on as well. She then ran into the Kitchen and grabbed an airborne piece of toast, fresh from the toaster.
"Hey Lizzie! You seem to be running a bit late." her mom Happily greeted.
"Hi mom, have you seen dad?" Lizzie responded
"He's out shoping for your trip to the Caribbean. Oh, I don't have time to drive you to your bus stop, so you better start running to meet Jackie." her mom was working on making her breakfast and when she looked up to say good-bye, Lizzie was gone, along with her bag and lunch money. Lizzie was running down the black road, her long,dirty blondehair whipping her face in the breeze. She was the best member of the track and field team, which made this two mile dash easier than a two inch crawl. She kept running until she saw a boy wearing blue jeans, a red shirt, and a black jacket with short brown hair on the horizon, it was Jackie. She reached him two seconds after she saw him.
"You are late." he said
"I'm..sorry..someone..checked in..at the port." she said, panting
"So, were you able to find out anything about your heritage?" Jackie asked with a smile
"I'll take it you're about to tell me about your discovery." Lizzie said
"My grandfather all the way back in the sixteen hundreds was ... a pirate! He went by the name Captain Jack Sparrow."he said
"In fact, my parents told me that they named me after him."
"I never would've guessed Jackie Sparrow."she said to the young boy. Lizzie looked at the corner and saw the large yellow bus round the corner. They both boarded and sat down and stayed quiet for the whole trip. It took about twenty two minutes to reach the beautiful school. The buildings were a beautiful natural yellow with red bricks as borders. Botany club also enjoys doing exterior plant makeovers using different varieties of one species of plants. This month's plant, roses of all colors. The two friends got off and went to their first class, math, nothing eventful. Then reading, then lunch, then chorus, then, the worst of them all, history. In history Lizzie was to hand in an assignment about her family history in that day, along with everybody else. Feeling left out, she went up to her teacher, Mrs.Miller, and decided to tell her why she came to that class empty handed.
"Mrs.Miller? I'm sorry to say this, but after all my digging into the family records, all I could find out was that my Dad's side has salers, and my Mom's side has farmers. Nothing about names or anything. So I'm asking for something I've nevr asked for before, may I have some more time?" she said
"Well Lizzie, it seems to me that you have one of the best grades in class and you turned in everything else on time. So of course you can have some time. I'll expect it on my desk on Monday after the last bell rings." she said. Lizzie's smile turned to a frown. It was Friday then, only two days to find out about the family history. The final bell rang and Lizzie met Jackie and told him about her dilemma. Lizzie was in deep thought all the way to their stop then they went their seperate ways. When Lizzie got home, she greeted her dad.
"Lizzie! Are you ready to go on our trip to the Carribean?"he asked, with a huge smile on his face
"Dad, I've been going on this trip since I was born. I'm not going any more. I'm sorry."she said. Her father smile slowly creeped into a big frown.
"But,you said you enjoyed sailing. You have to come, you gotta." he said, in a begging way.
"No! I'm sick and tired of sailing! I HATE IT!"she said. Her dad just went away into his room. Her mom was watching this and decided to talk to Lizzie in her room.
"Lizzie? Your dad wants you to share in the family tradition to sail in the carribean. In doing so, you expierience family history. Speaking of family history, I want you to have this."she said. She took off a silver ring lined with rubies and gave it to Lizzie.
"This ring has been passed down from generation to generation in the Turner family when they found their love. Now, it comes to you."she gave Lizzie a hug after she finished then left.Lizzie went to her jewelry box and pulled out a chain that she put the ring on, then she put it around her neck. She then turned on the T.V to watch her favorite show, Danny Phantom! She was watching it until about nine, then she heard a tapping at her window that grew louder. She looked and saw Jackie on his ladder at her window, she was on the second floor. Despite her better judgement, she opened her window.
"Hey Lizzie, you want to talk?" he asked
"Just leave me alone." she said while clenching her ring.
"But," he started
"Just go away!" she interrupted. The wind was blowing with immense strength and rocked the ladder. Suddenly, it fell down beneath Jackie's feet! He was falling until a hand grabbed his own.
"Don't worry! I've got you!" Lizzie said while pulling Jackie through the window into her room.
"Great. Your stuck in my room until eleven thirty when my parents are asleep, unless you remember what happened last time." she said
"I couldn't come over for a month. So, what do we do now?" he asked. She went into deep thought for a few seconds, then she spoke.
"Good night." she said while turning off all the lights. She had the dream again that night, but that time, it was more detailed. She was then awoken at midnight by the bell, the moon shining with no trace of clouds.
"Jackie get up. I need to get my stuff." she said in a tired voice.
"What do you need?" he asked in a tired voice.
"Swiss army knife, pen, clipboard, my blue jacket, and pepper spray, case it's a prank." she said while grabbing those items. "You want to come to check in the boat? My parents are asleep."
"Okay." he replied. She opened the door to reveal a deep dark house and led him down the stairs to the front door. She opened the door and saw a huge ship made completely out of wood made years ago, with black sails.
"Will the captain come down so I may check this ship in, please?" she asked looking up at the antique ship. A ramp was lowered down, with no sign of movement on the deck.
"Come on." she said. His hand grasped her arm.
"No, it doesn't feel right." he said
"Come on, what's the worse that could happen?" she asked, climbing on the ramp. On the deck was a some what gruesome sight, skeletons that looked fresh. They were walking through the skeletons toward where a skeleton was standing at the helm. Lizzie was farther ahead and just had to climb the steps. He heard a strange sound, movement, creatures getting up. Curiosity got the better of him, so he turned around. He saw the skeletons moving closer to him. A couple were running fast and silently towards Lizzie.
"Liz..mmm!" he said, a cloth quickly covered his mouth and his eyes before she could hear the rest. She was getting closer to the pirate and then felt two bony hands grb her arms and pull her down. The captain lifted a sword fromits sheath.
"Sail!" he said. Lizzie was fighting to get up. Itdidn't work. her eyes and mouth was covered as she heard the captain horrible voice.
"Welcome aboard the Black Pearl, Turner and Sparrow." he said.