Elvengirl10: Well all…it's kind of hard to believe, but this little fic of mine is coming to an end…scary huh? Yeah, I don't think it'll be much longer now…just the rescue, aftermath, and epilogue…so about two or three more chapters.
Sain: What about combining the two?
Elvengirl10: I think I might do that, so I guess this will be the rescue/aftermath…so really two chapters.
Reviews:
Firelein: Thank you so much for your review…yes I am going to have fun with the Fire Escape.
Sain: I've told her, no comedy before writing, but does she listen, no.
Uber-kludge: Thank you very much for your review. Unfortunately, neither Canas nor Dart will make a full appearance in this fic…sorry if I have disappointed you, but don't let it stop you from reading
Sword of Seals: Thank you. I've been doing my best trying to stick to the plot. And the scary thing is that I haven't seen that movie in ages.
Elvengirl10: Well, I'll stop rambling now, and give you chapter 10
So as it turns out, they went with Ephidel's suggestion and split into two groups. Jack, Ephidel, Elbert, Jaffar, Leila, and Matthew headed towards the Dragon's Gate. Lloyd, Linus, Limstella, Nino, Nil's, and Serra, currently forgotten, stayed on the boat, directing it to the opening of the cave.
The group trudged along, following Jack. Leila just hoped that Jack knew where he was going, or if they were just getting lost on the island. After about two and a half hours, they made it to the Dragon's gate.
"How do you know so much about this place?" asked Ephidel, "You aren't even in the game."
"The power of fanfiction…and an insane authoress," replied Jack.
They went inside, completely scaring Nergal, who had no idea that they were coming, or that they were on the island for that matter.
"Ephidel? What are you doing here? I thought you were rescuing Ninian."
"Well, it's a long story my lord," Ephidel gave a nervous laugh.
"Are you going to tell me?"
"That's what Elvengirl10's been doing for the past nine chapters."
"Oh, I'll go read those then. What are you doing?"
"We're going to rescue Ninian. Jack, the pirate, knows how to get there. The island is a lot bigger than we thought it was."
"Yeah, there's a whole mountain and everything," added Leila.
"There's a mountain? Since when?"
(A/N: Since the Authoress decided one was needed)
"Well, in that case, carry on," said Nergal, leaving.
"My lord, where are you going?"
"To read those chapters. I need to figure out what's going on."
"He's weird," remarked Matthew.
"That he is," Elbert agreed.
"Right, now Jack. Where's the entrance?"
Jack went up three steps. The third step let out a hollow groan.
"Right here. All we have to do is move the step. Do you have a pry bar?"
Ephidel began to chant a magic spell. The step rose out of its spot and rested on the step above it. There was a staircase leading down into a long, dark, tunnel.
"Or we could do that," said Jack, impressed. The troop descended the stairs.
Meanwhile, about the ship, the remaining group sat bored. They were to have driven the boat out to a spot to watch the entrance and wait for the signal.
"Seesh, what's taking them so long," moaned Linus.
"Oh, stop your complaining," snapped his brother, who was also bored. Nino and Nils had fallen asleep, and Serra, was still trying to talk through her gag. Limstella, just sat, waiting for the signal. Lloyd soon went up to her.
"You're worried about Ephidel, aren't you?" he asked. Limstella nodded.
"Don't worry. He may be a little disoriented, but he can take care of himself."
"I know, but still…"
"He'll be fine."
"Ow, watch it Matthew, you stepped on my foot," muttered Leila.
"Sorry, it's hard to see in this darkness."
"Ephidel, can't you do anything about it?"
"Sorry, but dark Elfire is a black flame. It won't help."
"Drat, I knew I forgot something," muttered Jack.
"I think the tunnel's getting wider," stated Jaffar. Everyone looked up. The darkness did seem to be expanding.
"Ephidel, didn't you bring an Elfire tome?"
"Nope."
"Great. Jack, are we going the right way?" asked Matthew.
"Should be, but I can't tell in the darkness…"
Suddenly, a bright light appeared, blinding everyone momentarily. When they were able to see again, they all saw Jaffar standing there, holding a torch.
"Where did you get that?" everyone asked.
"……"
"No matter," said Jack, getting up, "This way!!!" he yelled triumphantly. Everyone else had no choice but to follow.
They wandered around the maze of catacombs for at a couple of hours. Every so often, Jack would stop and check that they were going the right way. Surprisingly enough, they were.
"Alright, we are near the entrance to the pirate's lair. Let's go over the plan again."
"Right," said Ephidel, "We'll enter in quietly and attack the pirates standing in the back. Jaffar, that'll be your job. When the pirates are in a state of confusion, Leila and Matthew will go give the signal to Limstella and the others. Elbert, Jack and I will make our way to Ninian and attempt to rescue her. Any questions?"
"No, except that I get Makara," stated Jack.
"Who?" asked everyone else.
"He's the main bad guy, in chapter five."
"Oh…I'd forgotten about that," said Elbert.
(A/N: So had the Authoress)
"It's all good then. Let's get to work," smiled Matthew.
So the plan went into action. Jaffar had managed to throw the pirates into a complete state of confusion, that they didn't know which way was up. Of course, the ones that he knocked down kept getting back up, which added to the frustration. Bloody curse. At any rate, the distraction gave Leila and Matthew enough time to give the signal to Limstella and everyone else. Meanwhile, Ephidel, Jack, and Elbert snuck around back, in hopes to catch Makara off guard.
"What's going on!!!!" shouted Makara from his vantage point above his crew, "Stop that man now!!!!"
"We meet again, Makara," said Jack, who had come up behind Makara. Makara turned around.
"Indeed we do, Captain Jack Sparrow," he spat the name.
"I've come to take me ship," smiled Jack, "I hope you've taken good care of it."
"Over my dead body you will," yelled Makara and lunged at Jack, sword drawn. Jack parried and retaliated swiftly. Soon the two of them were locked in a vicious sword fight from which a clear victor could not be seen.
As Jack kept Makara busy Ephidel and Elbert snuck down to Ninian, who had just about been sacrificed to the pirate's supposed Gods. (A/N: Yes I had to makechange a few things)
"Ninian? Ninian? Are you alright?" asked Ephidel. Ninian looked up confused.
"Ephidel? Is that you? And Elbert?"
"Yes. We've come to rescue you."
Ninian sighed in relief.
"Elbert, you carry her. I'll cover you," said Ephidel. Elbert picked up Ninian and the two ran towards the secret fire escape route.
The assault on the front was going well. Limstella, Lloyd, Linus, Leila, and Matthew had now joined Jaffar and were keeping the pirates at bay.
Jack was still fighting Makara and their fight could not have been closer. And neither one was gaining a clear advantage. In and out of the moonlight they went. Changing from human to skeleton and back again. (A/N: I assume you've all seen the movie) After making sure Ninian was safe with Elbert, Ephidel ran back to help Jack.
"Jack, do you need any help?"
"Yes, take this." Jack dropped the coin he had showed earlier down to Ephidel.
"What do I do with it?" Ephidel asked.
"Take it over to that treasure chest and drop it when I give the signal," replied Jack as he parried a thrust from Makara. Ephidel did as he was told.
The battle against the pirates was going well. They seemed to be gaining ground and were pushing the pirates back. Of course the chosen battlefield was in complete chaos due to Limstella's spells and Linus's lightbrand, but things were going well. Jaffar and Lloyd were doing a good job of taking out the pirates and staying out of the former two's way. And naturally the pirates kept getting back up…but hey they were still winning so who really cares, right?
Jack on the other hand, was having a pretty difficult time. For every one of his attacks, Makara had a defence and vice versa. It was obvious that the only way to defeat Makara was to defeat him utterly. And that wasn't going to be easy. 'I'll have to rely on Ephidel,' Jack thought as Makara lunged at him, 'It's the only way I'll win.'
Jack began to steer the fight to where Ephidel was waiting. Right behind the treasure chest on top of the rock where they were about to sacrifice Ninian before this whole rescue started.
Ephidel, on the other hand, was staring at the chest in amazement. In it were dozens, no hundreds, of medallions that looked identical to Jack's. 'There's a story behind all of this I'm sure,' Ephidel thought, but soon noticed that Jack was coming toward him, fighting Makara all the way. But it looked like Jack was finally gaining the advantage and soon had Makara backed up against the rock.
"So this is how it's going to end, huh?" spat Makara, "You're going to kill me. After all we've been through together, me old partner?"
"I wouldn't have it any other way, you traitorous backstabbing snake. Now Ephidel, drop it."
Ephidel did as he was told, just as Jack stabbed Makara through the heart.
"And so ends this elaborate game of cat and mouse," he smiled and watched the blood run down Makara's chest. Makara could not respond, for he was dead.
"You did it Jack," said Ephidel.
"Now to take back me ship, shall we go?"
"Better tell everyone else first."
That did not take long. After the death of their leader and the release of the curse, the pirates had pretty much given up fighting and bolted. Unfortunately the lose magic from the combined forces of Limstella and Linus that had started a fire partially explained why the pirates left so suddenly. Wait a second? Fire?
"Quick, to the secret fire escape route!!" yelled Matthew, grabbing Leila and running towards the said exit.
"Wow, so you can have a fire inside a mountain," remarked Lloyd, as they followed Matthew and Leila.
They were soon safe inside the tunnel, and ready to head back to the Dragon's gate. Ninian had recovered and everyone was ready to go and wander down that long dark tunnel. Again, a bright light shone in everyone's eyes.
"I remembered a torch this time," said Jack triumphantly, and led the way down the tunnel.
The events following were sad really. Ephidel turned Ninian, Nils and Elbert over to Nergal. And then everyone had to say goodbye to Jack, who upon reclaiming his ship, decided to head once again to the open ocean. After returning Nino, Matthew, Lloyd, and Linus to the mainland of course.
"I'm going to miss you Jack," said Ephidel, "I still have a bunch of questions to ask you."
"And I will answer them, at our next meeting," Jack smiled, "Take care, all of you."
"Farewell Jack, and good luck," Limstella yelled as he watched the ship disappear into the distance.
"Do you think we'll ever see him again?" asked Nils
"I hope so, I never got a chance to properly thank him," smiled Ninian.
"I think so," sighed Ephidel.
"Drat, Matthew didn't say anything to me," sighed Leila.
"It'll be alright," smiled Limstella.
"What's wrong Matthew," asked Lloyd, "You've had that expression since we left."
"I have that felling that I've forgotten something but I can't remember what it was…..Crud, I remembered!!!!!"
"MMMPH!!!!!" yelled the now completely forgotten Serra. After a brief struggle she had managed to get the gag off and untie her bonds.
"Matthew when I get my hands on you, you're so going to regret ever doing that I swear on St. Elimine you'll never see the light of day again do you here me??!!!!"
After dropping everyone off, Jack turned his ship to the open water. Now all he needed to do was pick up a crew in Tortuga, and set off in search of adventure. He looked back at the now receding shoreline and then in the direction of the Dread Isle. He thought about the adventure he had just had and the friends he had recently made. He thought about that night when they had first freed him from that prison. Then turning away, he looked off into the distance.
"Now," he smiled, "bring me that horizon"
Pirates of the Dread Isle – End.
Elvengirl10: (sniff) well, I did it. I completed my first fanfiction. Hope you all liked it. I'm surprised at how that little fic I started in that boring French class so long ago has grown.
Sain: That's great…but now what?
Elvengirl10: Well, I do have another fic going. But you what Sain, you were with me this whole time. Thanks. (Hugs Sain)
Sain: No problem.
Elvengirl10: Will you be with me for the next one?
Sain: Of course.
Elvengirl10: As depressing as it may be?
Sain: As depressing as it may be.
Elvengirl10: thanks. Oh yeah, a few housecleaning items. I'm not doing an epilogue. It doesn't seem to fit. And for the last time thanks to all who reviewed. I really appreciate it. See you all next fic. Bye
Oh and for the last time. Please remember to review.