The sound of cannon fire rang deafeningly clear awakening Skylar and Andrew with a start. They had been laying unconsciously on a sandy beach with the hot wind blowing above of them.

Andrew sat up abruptly taking in what was happening while Skylar tried to cover her ears under the illusion she was in bed. Andrew's eyes widened in disbelief and stared speechless in awe of what was there before him.

A wide range of water laid out right at their feet as it lapped up to them and sitting in the water, with full canvas drawn, was a giant pirate squabbling battleship. It flew no colors except for the recognizable pirate flag with a grinning white skull and it's cannons peppered the shore with fire.

Astounded Andrew knew of nothing to say or do until he glanced down to his left where he saw Skylar lying there. He shook her rapidly hoping he was dreaming like her and she woke up with a groan. When Skylar's eyes fluttered open they too widened like Andrew's but just at the sight of him and she sat up quickly having them hit heads. Andrew winced rubbing his forehead and Skylar yelped scooting away from him.

"Where am I?" She asked rubbing her eyes as she scanned the shoreline, half awake. Skylar shot awake as the ashes rained down on them from a cannonball landing not too far away from them. Her gaze ended on Andrew but she didn't have time to respond as a loud noise escalated above her.

"Look out!" Andrew yelled, now standing. He grabbed her wrist and yanked her out of the way as an explosion erupted where she had been sitting moments ago. It blew up mounds of sand in the process.

"Strike your colors you blooming cockroaches!" A voice rang out from the black ship. "Do you fancy a swim with Davy Jones?"

More canon fire rained on the beach and both of them barely managed to scramble out of the way of each one.

The voice that had come from the ship was someone both Andrew and Skylar knew unmistakably but they could not bring themselves to believe who it was. The explosions came one after the other that soon enough one would hit them.

"We have to move up shore." Andrew hollered over the noise and pointed up hill of sand. He offered a hand to Skylar but she just looked at it cautiously. She was afraid he was the one that had kidnapped her and taken her here. After all he was the last thing she had seen before everything had gone dark at the hub. Another cannonball blew up right next to her and she hastened up the dunes of sand alongside Andrew.

In his mind as they ran for their lives, Andrew grew suspicious of Skylar yet she had been asleep next to him unaware and confused as well.

They finally made it to the top of the sand hill, out of range and out of breath. Sitting down on the sand perplexed, both caught their breath.

"You. You brought me here." Skylar breathed.

"No, I thought you brought me here." Andrew responded still winded.

She shook her head in response. "Do you know where we are?" She asked.

"No, but I swear- that man on the ship- he's-" Andrew stuttered not believing what he was about to say.

"Barbossa." Skylar finished "From Pirates in the Caribbean."

"Yeah how'd you-?"

" I know everything there is to know about Disney by heart." Skylar informed him.

"So do I." Was all he said.

"Is this a dream?" She wondered aloud still amazed by their surroundings. "Did I faint at the hub?"

"Not unless I did too." Andrew reminded her that he was still here.

There was a shattering sound of glass followed by drunken laughter. Both turned around seeing a city laid out below them.

A sign read. "Welcome to Tortuga."

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Skylar and Andrew had gone into Tortuga, a pirate port, searching for answers but all they found so far were a bunch of fighting pirates.

Both of they stood out like a sore thumb because of their clothes but no one paid any attention to them so it didn't matter. Trying to stay together they had begun down the hill of sand with difficulty and practically slid all the way down, landing on hard wooden planks of a dock.

Along the dock they walked in silence just observing everything.

At one point a scruffy gray looking dog with keys in it's mouth came jingling their way. It stopped in front of them dropping the keys for a moment. it licked Andrew's hand with a pink tongue and then carried on, picking up the keys again.

The dock they had been walking along soon turned to cobblestone and a horse pulling a carriage passed by. Andrew and Skylar walked up to a building that had sounds of clinking bottles and laughter.

Andrew pointed inside as if to ask whether they should go in or not and Skylar just shrugged so he pushed open the doors and stepped right into a fight between two men.

"What you doing boy?" One of them growled harshly.

Andrew opened his mouth to say something but the other man spoke up. "I'm sure he's here to be a tie breaker and he's siding with me."

"Not a chance, he's with me!" The man argued back tugging Andrew to his side.

Skylar could tell they were both out of sorts and soon this argument might turn into a fist fight but Andrew stood helplessly between them.

Both men glared at each other silently angry and Skylar seized the opportunity to talk.

"Actually we were just passing through so if you just let us-"

"You aren't going anywhere." One of them told Andrew sternly. "And you can come over to my side as well, love" he said eyeing Skylar.

She made a disgusted face as another fight broke out between them. This time she didn't wait, grabbing Andrew they slipped into the crowd of people.

"Thanks." he said grateful.

"Whatever." she rolled her eyes. "How are we here in Tortuga? Not the real Tortuga but the one from The Pirates movies."

"I don't know. I'm wondering the same thing."

" Sign up today and sail with Jack Sparrow!" A pirate bellowed out over the room. The crowd seemed to part and their eyes settled on a table where sure enough Jack Sparrow sat. He leaned back in a chair with feet propped up on the table.

With a bottle in his hand Jack had his dark brown coat and his head was topped with the brown hat he would never leave without. A red bandanna tied around his head and a sword sheathed next to his special compass hanging from his belt he swung the bottle around in a gleeful mood.

They didn't get that good of a look at him from afar. Laughter broke out through the rowdy group they were hiding in and some of them started swaying, succeeding in pushing Andrew through a door into another room. He had been shoved into a jail.

He turned back the way he came to find the door replaced by a stone wall. Skylar appeared right there out of thin air.

"Wha-" she stopped mid-sentence. "This is the jail Jack Sparrow was trapped in." She realized looking around. The dark stone cellar was just like she remembered from the ride. "How did we-?"

"No idea."

A whistling sound came from a cell down the hall and a arm could be seen reaching out of a cell. Skylar was scared stiff but Andrew slowly walked down the hall with an empty echo of his footsteps. When he approached the cell he could see a dark figure hunching over in the cell.

He whistled again "hell'o sweet" he began and looked up. Andrew shuddered and was taken aback.

"Bah it's you. Bring 'er over." said the man referring to Skylar. Andrew shook his head and backed away from the cell. This man had a crazed glint in his eyes and it bore into Andrew madly. This man was a locked up pirate and he must have done something pretty bad to get himself in here.

Away from the cell Andrew looked over to Skylar. She had her back pressed against the wall and she didn't look like she was going to move anytime soon.

This jail was erie just think about all the men ,even if they were pirates, that were sent to the gallows.

A jingling interrupted their thoughts as the same gray dog with the keys from earlier came trotting down the hall. It passed Andrew ignoring the calls of the pirate and went up to Skylar sitting in front of her.

Setting the keys down at her feet the dog looked up at her and whimpered. Andrew walked over to them, not knowing what to make of the dog's actions.

The dog dipped it's head down nudging the keys in their direction, then looked up at them and cocked it's head. Skylar bent down and picked up the black stone keys.

She turned towards a cell and gestured questioningly. "This?"

The dog stood up and wagged it's tail. The pair saw nothing through the bars of the cell but nevertheless Skylar engaged the key in the lock and the door creaked open. Light flooded into the darkly lit jail and the all walked into the blinding light.

As their eyes adjusted they saw bright flames engulfing a building. The flames crackled and buildings collapsed under the pressure. A wave of heat hit them and they had to just standing there for the way they had come was of course not there anymore.

Three men ran by with torches cackling loudly. Andrew got a glimpse of one of their arms and saw a P emblazoned in his arm. "Pirates." He muttered under his breath. Obviously they had set the town on fire.

The dog came out from behind them with the keys again in it's mouth and began to walk through the aisle surrounded by burning buildings. Having no where else to go they followed through what was left of the town, careful to step around all the burning rubble.

Smoke filled the air making Skylar cough and
Andrew's eyes water but as it cleared the two finally saw something recognizable, the statue.

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