Hi there! Gah! *dodges brick thrown by a reader* I know, I know, I promised that since it was summer I'd update more, but now I have barely a week left till I go back to school and I totally flaked on my promise! I'm so ashamed… Anyway, I know some of you might have been displeased with the sparkling thing but come on: strange power, Italian doctor, back from the dead, drinking blood, inhuman speed… I'm surprised no one saw that coming. So yah, but this is so not mushy puppy love romance like Twilight, and besides, if you read my bio you would have seen that I like Twilight, but I only like it because sickly sweet romance makes me laugh. Also, to the person who pointed it out, I hope you won't stop reading, it's not actually anything to do with twilight other than maybe one or two character mentions, and I have now noticed my rambling and will just write the story.

Chapter 4: Answers, part 2

"Wait, wait, wait!" Jack was pacing so fast Aerynn was surprised he hadn't worn a groove into the deck of her ship; he had been doing so for almost an hour now. "If you're a vampire, and Blackbeard's a vampire, and Angelica is a vampire, how? And you're sparkling, and not dead, and you're saying he's not dead, and…"

"Shut it!" Throughout this whole interrogation, Aerynn had stood silently, but too many questions can even make a vampire become annoyed. "Firstly, Angelica is only half vampire, a hybrid. I don't know why we sparkle, we just do, and it's better than being allergic to sunlight. Lastly, both Blackbeard and Doctor Cullen have been vampires way longer than me; I don't have any idea how long."

"Who's Doctor Cullen?" Aerynn now looked about ready to murder him.

"He's a vampire from the 17th century who drinks animal blood to protect human life. By turning me into a vampire, he saved my life, sort of." Jack opened his mouth to ask another question, but Aerynn quickly slapped her hand across his mouth with much more force than necessary. "No more questions or else I will break you in half." After that, Jack was silent.

"Anyway, I recently received word from Carlisle that Blackbeard has gone too far with his bloodlust. He has almost exposed us multiple times, and he has taken countless lives for fun rather than for food, so the volturi have decided that it would be in everyone's best interest if he was destroyed. Due to his recent… uh… disintegration, his power has been severely weakened, making now the best opportunity to strike. Carlisle has learned from some others that he is currently hiding himself in Tortuga, plenty of people, and plenty of places to hide."

"But it is my understanding that you cannot simply allow this other group, the volturi, to destroy him and keep yourself away from the situation altogether, is that correct."

"Yes, Jack, you see, the volturi guard often lacks tact, and if they try to reach Blackbeard in his current location, they will most likely bring the whole guard and destroy the whole port instead. Carlisle wants to find him first, beforethe volturi can kill hundreds of people."

"So, where are we going? In case you didn't notice, Tortuga is in the other direction." Aerynn scowled slightly, but made no move to fulfill the promise she had made two questions ago.

"We're going to Iceland… before you open your mouth again, I'm aware that it's not Tortuga, I just need to pick up my super special crew members!" Aerynn tilted her head slightly and smiled so wide she appeared to be an escaped mental patient, which she might have been.

"You at least know how long we'll be travelling right?" Aerynn pursed her lips and tilted her head to the other side, almost like she was listening. She did this for almost a full minute before finally announcing, "three days."

"Impossible, no ship could possibly move that fast, it has to be at least four weeks from here to Iceland, and that's with favorable wind which is currently non-existent." Aerynn began laughing, a beautiful pure sound, like that of ringing bells.

"Just because the black pearl is slower than a limping turtle doesn't mean that my ship has to be slower. Besides, I don't need wind." She grinned rather wickedly, turning to wink in her brother's direction.

"You might want to head below deck," Aerynn had started climbing up to the crow's-nest, "it's about to get rather…shaky." The all too excited grin she wore convinced Jack of the truth behind her words.

(Fe: "Well, since it's going to be a while, and I don't want to write in three days of Aerynn using shadows to push a ship beyond natural speed and Jack getting motion sickness, how about we sing a song?! Oh!"

A shadowy frying pan knocks Felan to the ground.

Aerynn: "How about we just continue from when they get to Iceland, hmm?"

Felan: 'moans'

Aerynn: ok, I'm taking that as a yes!"

And from that point on, the incredibly beautiful and amazingly talented Aerynn resolved to finish writing the chapter for her dear unconscious friend, Felan Blackwolf.

Felan: "Wait a minute, I'm not unconscious, I can still write!"

An even larger frying pan appears, hitting Felan at least ten times.

Aerynn: "Now you are. Okay, as I was saying…)

"Jack, Jack," Aerynn was nudging him with her foot, trying to wake him from amidst several empty rum bottles that had come from a cabinet on the ships storage deck. "It's time to wake up before I throw you in the ocean, we're in Iceland." In an undertone she added, "I thought I locked that cabinet." Jack remained asleep, snoring even louder, if that's even possible.

"Oh for gods sake Jack!" With that, she kicked him so hard that two of the bottles shattered from the force. The jolt provided by the kick, along with the sound of breaking glass, was enough to successfully awaken Jack. Unfortunately, due to the startling way in which he was woken, he immediately moved to attack Aerynn. The knife he always kept with him shattered as soon as it connected with her skin.

"Was that supposed to do something?" She stared blankly at the spot the knife had struck, knowing not to expect there to be even the slightest mark.

"Look, Jack, I don't have time for this right now, we just got to Iceland and my friend is expecting us soon." Jack only stared at her with a blank expression, "why are we in Iceland?"

Aerynn groaned and pulled her hand down the right side of her face, attempting to hold back a scream, "no, three options; waste time explaining, drag him with me anyways, or throw him overboard. Actually, option three doesn't sound that bad. Hmm, no, better go with option two, can't afford to waste time." With that, she grabbed his arm and dragged him off the ship.

Aerynn: Well, tell me if I did good taking Felan's place for that last part. If she doesn't come too soon, maybe I'll even write the next chapter for her *holds the frying pan next to her and smiles* so I guess it's safe to say I'll be taking over the next chapter too. If I get enough reviews, maybe I'll get up the list I found that Fe and Domitia made about which TV and movie guys they like and put it in her bio. Now what's that thing Felan says at the end of chapters? Oh yah, Follow, Fav., and Review, love you guys, Aerynn out! (And Felan knocked out)