Davy sighed. Another trying day, only so because of one little girl, who came up to about his upper arm.

Jen was an annoyance. Everywhere he went, she would pop up, asking him random questions... Even asking him to make some Annoying Orange appear! Who does that? "Who else but our Jen?" He muttered, and then stopped. Had he just said that? OUR Jen? He sighed again. It was pretty much true. The crew, whether they would admit it or not, all enjoyed having her around. She lightened up the days, even if she hindered work progress. But they loved her for that, too. Nothing he did could make her go away, even going so far as to treat her like crew! It was hopeless. He was doomed to have a spaz aboard his ship for a very long time. Davy went over to the organ bench and sat down. He was too run-down tonight to play his usual music, so instead he just closed his eyes, and sleep came to collect him...

Davy suddenly opened his eyes. Where was he?

In a field. He was in a field. LAND. He jumped up. He was touching land! Where was the Ocean? He needed to get back to it! But then he realized. Nothing was happening. He looked around. He was standing in a field. Under a tree. Wearing... what the hell? "WHO IN THE NAME OF MY BLOODY LOCKER PUT ME IN A DRESS?" He roared. There was no answer. It was light blue, with a white apron. There was a bow in his beard. He still retained his claw and tentacled finger, so he couldn't get it out. He was wearing only his bandana, his hat was gone. He sighed. If the crew saw him like this...

His thoughts were interrupted by Penrod hopping by. "I'm late, I'm late..." He was about to call, but stopped. Penrod was wearing a hat, a nice blue vest, and holding a golden pocket watch. A small pair of glasses were perched on his nose. How peculiar. "Penrod!" Penrod stopped, and looked around. He spotted Davy, gasped, and ran towards a hole in the ground. "Penrod, ye spaz! Get back here! Ah order ye as Captain t'get back here!" Penrod didn't listen, instead crawling down the hole. Davy regarded it. Penrod had been able to crawl down it quite easily. He could probably make it, too.

Getting down on his hands and knees, Davy crawled into the hole. It was actually pretty easy to do, only his shoulders brushed the sides a little. The tunnel turned a bit, and then a bit more... He could hear Penrod up ahead. Why hadn't he stopped? Suddenly, a hole in the ground gaped before him, and before he could stop, he was falling head over heels. "WOAH!" A clock flew by, and a ticking noise surrounded him. Cries of "You're late!" Followed him down. However, Davy didn't care. "AHHH!" He flew past a waiting umbrella, and kept tumbling down.

Finally, he landed with a 'thump!' on his face. "...Ouch-ah." He tried to get up, and saw Penrod. "Penrod! This is all your fault! I'll have the Bo'Sun give ye a good whipping when we get back, oh yes..." Penrod, however, didn't seem to register that his Captain was speaking. "Oh, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late..." Davy raised a non-existent eyebrow. "Late for what?" "A very important date!" Penrod looked at the watch. Davy started. What with all the ignoring before, he was surprised that Penrod had responded. "Oh... What should I do?" Penrod turned to Davy for the first time. "Oh, you come too. Ye're expected, ye are." Davy looked around. "Whom by?" "The Queen!" Penrod exploded. "She's expecting me for a very important lunch, and if I miss it, it'll be very bad, sir, very bad indeed! Come." Penrod started hopping off. Davy brushed off his dress, and followed. It suddenly struck him odd that Penrod would be speaking so coherently, but, hey. He was the one wearing a dress.

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Penrod kept up a steady flow of groans, "I'm Late!"s, and "Hurry up, would you?"s. They headed into a forest. It was rather intimidating, but the path they were on was sunlit, so it was fine. After a while, they came to a fork in the road. There was an old sign post, with the words "Here" "There" "That Way" and "This Way" on it. Penrod looked right, and then left. "Where are they?" Davy spoke, confused. "Who? Ye're the only person I've seen so far, lad." Suddenly, two forms jumped down out of an overhanging tree. Davy shouted, and went for his sword, but it wasn't there. Penrod, however, walked forward. "Ah! There ye are. I've got the guest." Davy finally got a good look at the pair. After a moment, he spoke flatly. "This had better be a dream."

Before him stood Clanker and Koleniko, looking strange. Both wore their regular clothes, but along with that, Clanker had tiger striped cat ears protruding from his hat, and Niko had striped brown. Both had bushy tails swishing behind them, and two very large grins. "Ah." Clanker started. "The guest." Niko added. "We've been waiting for you." They both swept an arm out to the side, indicating to walk forwards. Davy shot them both strange looks. "And a good day to you." They then fell in behind him, with Penrod in the lead. Now, Davy had to listen to stream of complaints, and the "Cats" snickering about one thing or another. After another bit of walking, they reached a clearing. Davy, having had enough of their quiet laughing, twirled around. "Now just what are ye laughing about, Coxswain?" Niko stopped. "Nothing." His smile slipped onto his face again. "We were just talking about the direction in which we were heading." Davy looked around. "Where are we, anyways?" Clanker spoke. "We're neither Here, nor There. So, we must be at This Way." He grinned contentedly, tail swishing lazily. Niko's ears flicked. "Is that supposed to mean something?" Davy was now really confused. "I thought we were going to go see the queen, whomever she is." "Ah, but on the way to the Queen is Here, There, This Way, and last, but not least" "That Way." Clanker interrupted Niko. And, all at once, they began...dissolving. Evaporating. Fading away, if you will. Right into thin air. Both had their giant grins on once more, and they were the last to go. Davy stood there, gaping. "I feel somewhat insignificant now." Penrod tugged on his skirt. "But, that's not the point, sir. Now, we must be off once more." He started off. "Ye wait just a minute here. I don't know how they did it, but where did Clanker and Koleniko fade off to?" Penrod smiled. "It matters not. We'll meet them when we go see the Queen, aye? There's just one more stop we need to stop at before we can go... because we're late! Let's be off!" He began hopping again, and lead the way down a riverbank. The clearing slowly stretched until they were in another field. Well, not really a field... a lawn, more like. In the distance, there was an interesting silhouette. It looked like... Well, Davy had no idea what it looked like. As they got closer, a tree blocked his view. Finally, grass gave way to tiles, and they came around a corner, and...

Davy face-palmed.

Sitting there were Hadras, Maccus, and Bootstrap. Bootstrap was dead asleep at the table, his snoring no small force. Hadras was sipping some tea, whilst Maccus was looking like he would gladly murder someone. "Hello, Hello!" Penrod hopped in. "Oh!" Hadras spilled his tea on the table. Rather then getting upset, he just smiled widely, and got another one. "Hello! Ye're just in time for tea, yes." Penrod waved his hand. "Can't today, good sir, I'm late!" Maccus rolled his one good eye, a brown, rabbit-looking ear falling over his face. "You're always late. Ye can't ever stop just once?" Bootstrap continued to snore. "I could, but I'll be seeing you at court!" Suddenly, a clock tolled. Penrod's eyes widened. "AHH!" He started to run, the tails of his vest flapping. Davy took off after him, and heard Bootstrap mutter "Was that the guest?" and then Hadras' happy tone. "Well, he was wearing the dress, wasn't he?" Davy's shoulders slumped. "I hate this..."

The sound of trumpets, first soft, but gradually having gotten louder, filled the air. A row of... people, lined the road. Some looked a little Italian, there was a set of twins, a red-head... "Who are you?" He asked one girl, with curly brown hair. She gave him a look. "We're the trumpeters. But if you really want to know, we go to school with the Queen. We've known her since she was six. Anyway," She prodded him with her foot. "You'd better get going. Our Queen can get... impatient." Davy nodded, set off again, and then froze. "Why do I have a sudden sense of foreboding?" Penrod, annoyed, came back, grabbed his sleeve, and stamped down the walk. A table came into view, a high-backed chair as well. It was Navy Blue, and somewhat fuzzy. Davy's sense of foreboding grew as Clanker and Niko grinned at him from either side of the chair. Penrod hopped to the front, and bowed. "Presenting the guest, your Highness!" A braceleted hand beckoned him. He'd seen those bracelets before... He walked over.

...And, sitting in the chair, in a poufy black and red dress, no less... was Jen.

Davy, despite his standing, despite the fact he was the Captain of the Flying Dutchman, screamed.

And then sat up straight, chest heaving. A nightmare... that's all it was, a nightmare. He was wearing his coat again, and the rest of his barnacle-covered ensemble. He stomped out of his cabin. Maccus didn't have rabbit ears, Penrod wasn't wearing glasses, and Clanker and Niko didn't have ears or tails. Everything was calm.

For now.

A/N –looks up- Wow, that's my longest Dutchman Adventure yet. Except it wasn't mine. It was Davy's… never mind. If anyone is actually reading this, sorry for the slow updates. I post this on DeviantArt from my Netbook and then post it on here from my school Macbook. Anyway. Please review! I want to know what you think…