Just a few notes. Firstly, this chapter is compensation for someone I may, possibly, be blackmailing…but enough of that. The second point is that I had to re post the second chapter of the impossible astro. Because I posted the wrong one. It's almost exactly the same but the riddle has changed a teeny tiny bit. It's not amazingly important so don't worry too much about it. Anyway, here's the first part of the curse of the black spot.

'Sonotalady': I remember watching recovery, I was in tears most of the time too, found it so hard to watch. It just proved how great an actor he is. The teacher thing is fine, it's always good to have some positive re-enforcement.

'Rachy Babes': Fawks will be pretty worried about Winter in the next chapter, just a bit of pre-warning. This trip will not go well for her. Yes I agree exams suck, what sucks the most is the prep, I feel TOTALLY unprepared.

Hey Pretty Baby With The High Heels On
You Give Me Fever Like I've Never, Ever Known
You're Just A Product Of Loveliness
I Like The Groove Of Your Walk, Your Talk, Your Dress
I Feel Your Fever From Miles Around
I'll Pick You Up In My Car And We'll Paint The Town
Just Kiss Me Baby And Tell Me Twice
That You're The One For Me

I Like The Feelin' You're Givin' Me
Just Hold Me Baby And I'm In Ecstasy
Oh I'll Be Workin' From Nine To Five
To Buy You Things To Keep You By My Side
I Never Felt So In Love Before
Just Promise Baby, You'll Love Me Forevermore
I Swear I'm Keepin' You Satisfied
'Cause You're The One For Me.

The Way You Make Me Feel
You Really Turn Me On
You Knock Me Off Of My Feet
My Lonely Days Are Gone-

Michael Jackson – The Way You Make Me Feel

Jack opened his eyes groggily as he listened to playful singing coming from across the room. He placed an arm over his eyes and rubbed at them with his other hand. 'Nemo? Nemo s'that you?' He heard a giggle and peered around the room in the dim light. 'Nem…oh.' She smiled and leant back against the wall.

'…Happy birthday to you.' She finished quietly.

'Oh I get it.' He replied, 'I'm still dreaming.' She smiled as he scanned the outfit he'd dreamed her up in. lingerie, but that was to be expected. Namely a dark blue ensemble, thin and floaty, the bottom half comprising of nothing but briefs and a very, very short skirt made of the same, almost see through, material and just below her left shoulder, his RAF wings. Her legs were crossed as she let against the wall, the dark blue high heels making her taller than usual. She tipped the cap on her head, her hair newly dyed with the flashes of blue that he had come to love.

'Good morning.'

'It really would be if this wasn't a dream.' She smiled shyly and stepped carefully across the room he licked his, suddenly dry, lips and watched as she crawled onto the bed and placed herself over his thighs. Caught in her straddle all he could do was hope this dream lasted longer than the others. 'OW!' he jumped as she pinched his side, his eyes grew wide and he reached out to touch her collarbone. 'You're real.'

'Happy Birthday Captain.' She grinned.

'But…the outfit.' She blushed suddenly becoming very self-conscious.

'Amy found it…it's too much isn't it, I'll just…' She tried to get off his lap but he pulled her back towards him, crashing his lips against hers.

'Remind me to thank Amy.' He told her through his kisses, 'Later.' She giggled and threw the hat across the room.

TTT

Several hours later Jack and Winter entered the console room to find it empty. 'Do you think they're all still asleep?' she asked. He pulled a face and peered up at the screen.

'No, the Doctor's been in here, I changed the screen to green theme last night and it's back to blue.'

'I wish you'd stop doing that, you know how snappy it makes him.' Winter pulled down the hem of her black top and tried to slip her sword belt through the loops of her jeans.

'I like winding him up. He gets flustered and starts waving his hands about. Reminds me of a history professor I knew back at the time agency.'

'Knew or…knew.' He pulled a face.

'The guy was old as hell, I know I'm open but even I have age requirements.' She growled and he looked over at her. 'What's wrong?'

'I picked the wrong jeans, the belt doesn't go through the loops of these ones, it's too big.' He rolled his eyes and picked her bow off the side.

'Then take this instead.' She sighed and took the bow from him, placing the sword in his hands. 'Though why you're arming yourself I don't know.' She sighed and held up five fingers. Every second she bent one finger into her palm. When the little finger bent a loud alarm bell rang out from the console. Within seconds the Doctor was in the room and dancing around his machine, a gleeful smile on his face. Amy and Rory appeared at the top of the stairs and Jack just laughed. Winter smiled at him and joined in before heading over to help the Doctor.

'So…Happy birthday?' Amy nudged Jack playfully and he smiled.

'I never kiss and tell.' He replied, smiling.

'Never?' she grinned back.

'Let's just say if waking up was as fun as that every time, I'd be in that bedroom a lot longer.' Amy grinned.

'That's enough of that, thank you Jack!' the Doctor chastised. 'I'm trying to follow a distress signal and you two are yapping on like desperate housewives' Winter blushed having not known what they had been discussing and smiled in thanks to the Doctor. He patted her back as he made his way over to the doorway. 'Come on, let's see what we have out here then.'

They stepped out into a large wooden room, well it would have been large had it not been for the boxes and ropes and barrels that filled every nook and cranny. Winter hopped over a coiled rope and examined the area, the cold seeped through the planks and she could smell salt, rum and wood.

'It's a ship!' she smiled and the Doctor turned to give her an ecstatic thumbs up. 'It's a proper ship! Is it a pirate ship? That would be amazing! I can't believe it, I spent ages reading up on pirates back in Cardiff.' He hopped up a few steps and she turned to grab Jack's hand. 'Pirate ship!' she squealed.

'I got that much.' He chuckled but as he was walking he knocked one of the boxes from its precarious perch. It fell to the floor with a loud bang and the trap door that the Doctor, Amy and Rory were stood under, was flung open. Jack and Winter hurried over and stared up at the captain of the ship.

'Who are you?'

'I'm the Doctor this is Amy, ahh, Rory, Winter and Jack.'

'I have no need for your names.'

'Then why did you ask us for them?' The Captain bristled at the comment and motioned to his men.

'Take them to my quarters, we shouldn't stay out here longer than we must.' The men ushered them out of the hold and across the deck. Winter was unable to keep the smile off her face as she examined every aspect of the rigging. Jack nudged her trying to get her to keep her mind on the situation at hand but she wasn't interested, even pulling her into the Captain's quarters didn't dim her inquisitive eyes. If only Pip could see this, he'd love it. For a moment she cursed that she hadn't brought a camera but looking up at the Doctor trying to explain what a sensor was, she assumed a camera may have blown their 17th century minds.

'We're sailors! The Doctor proclaimed. Same as you,' the Doctor span around to find a gun in his face, 'except with the guns and the…beardyness.' Winter snorted.

'Not that long since you had one too.' He pulled a face as if trying not to remember.

'You're stow-aways.' The Captain told them, 'Only explanation. Eight day's we've been stranded here, becalmed. You must have stowed away before we sailed.'

'What do we do with them?' one of the pirates asked.

'Oh I think they deserve our hospitality.' The Captain replied. Everyone relaxed for a moment before the men grabbed them and took them back onto the deck. Winter gulped as she saw what was coming.

'Ah Jack.'

'Yeah.' He agreed, his eyes wide. The Doctor was pushed up onto the plank and he surveyed the water hesitantly as the pirates laughed.

'I suppose laughing like that is in the job description,' he joked but everyone knew he was wasting time, 'can you do the laugh? Check, grab yourself a parrot, welcome aboard.'

'Stocks are low, only one barrel of water remains, we don't need five more empty bellies to fill.' The Captain explained to him, 'Take the doxys below to the gally. Set them to work, they won't need much feeding.' Jack snorted and Winter glared at him as one of the pirates grabbed her.

'I do not eat that much!' she argued.

'Not really top priority at the moment.' Amy reminded her before yelling to her husband for help. They were forced back down into the belly of the ship and Amy immediately started rushing around, trying to find some way of fighting back. Winter spied an extra pirate hat and coat on the side and threw it to the red head who pulled it on, grabbed a cutlass and rushed back upstairs. Winter pulled her bow from her back and followed Amy watching as the feisty young woman threatened the pirates. One grabbed a broom and began fighting her back. Winter yelped and jumped onto a raised platform.

'Right!' she called and Amy responded. 'left, down, right, up, right, left, up, left, left!' the fight seemed to be going alright, she would have stepped in but she knew from experience that that would cause more harm than good. 'The rope.' She yelped. Amy grabbed a rope and swung across the deck as the pirate yelled in fear. He was cut, just a scratch, but what was more worrying was the black spot that appeared on his hand.

'You have killed me.' He cried. Amy tried to swing back across to Winter but another pirate grabbed her and forced her to let go of the rope, in the process the sword slipped and cut Rory's hand. He gasped as a similar black marking appeared on his pale skin.

'Ah Doctor what's happening to me?' he asked in confusion.

'She can smell the blood on your skin, she's marked you for death.' The captain told him. Rory frowned in the way that was so him, a perfect mix of doubt, confusion and a little bit of panic.

'She?'

'A demon, out there in the ocean'

'Ok! Groovy! So not just pirates today, we've managed to baggsy a ship where there's a demon popping in.' The Doctor looked up at Winter from examining Rory's hand, 'And try not to flirt with this one. One demon girlfriend if enough for my ship thank you.' Winter blushed and fiddled with the bracelet on her wrist. He turned back to the spot on Rory's hand and smiled. 'Very efficient, I mean if something's going to kill you, it's nice that it drops you a note to remind you.' A haunting song drifted through the air, no words just…sighs, notes.

'Quickly now, block out the creature.' Winter froze, not for fear of the demon woman who appeared upon the ship but for fear of the song. She couldn't help but flash back to every moment, sitting in the TARDIS when the ghost of a song would drift to her ears. Echoes down a corridor. She shook and had a sudden urge to run, from the demon, the Doctor, the TARDIS, everything. Suddenly the Demon lunged at Amy who was stood in front of her husband. The spell was broken and Winter snapped, she pulled the bow up and sent a shot of energy towards the creature. It disappeared and the Doctor raced over to pick Amy off the floor. Jack pulled Winter down from the platform her strange mood going unnoticed by everyone as they fled into the depths of the ship.

The room they stumbled into had a coating of water on the floor. Winter frowned at the soggy sensation of her shoes and socks soaking in the muddy colour and hopped onto the boxes.

'Let's leave the cursed one.' One of the pirates said before he jumped from the water with a leech attached to his leg. He looked down in horror at the fresh black mark on his hand.

'She wants blood, why does she want blood?'

'Maybe she drinks it.' Jack replied.

'No, she just makes them disappear she never drinks it. Besides, I've done vampires, finding them again would be a bit boring.' The Doctor replied. Amy glared at the pirate who had threatened to leave Rory and commented.

'What were you saying about leaving the cursed ones behind?'

'It's ok, we're safe here, no curse is getting through 3 solid inches of timber.' As he spoke the mysterious woman, surrounded by a glow of green light, sprang from the water behind him.

'Doctor.' Winter whimpered. The feeling overtook her again, without warning she ran, past the Doctor, past every pirate and past the creature, Jack reached out and caught her before she could get to the ladder leading to the deck.

'What's the matter with you?' He asked as she fought him wildly, like a cornered animal. He pulled her away from the green woman and let the Doctor lock the door behind them. The urge to run disappeared and Winter stopped fighting Jack. She pulled back and shook her head.

'Sorry, I… I don't know what came over me.' He looked at her warily. 'I couldn't help it… I… just had to run.'

'So you run but they come closer to her.' He frowned, 'It must be some sort of reaction in-built in the TARDIS. You must be reacting to her security systems.' She groaned and slammed her palm against her head.

'Great so I'll probably jump off the side of the boat to get away from some crazy demon woman.' He smiled and kissed her forehead.

'At least you're not sleeping with this one.' She gave him an exasperated look and let him lead her off after the others, chuckling all the way.

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