Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

After half an hour leaving the Night of Truce's venue, Kai suddenly paused.

Selene's mist form seeped out from the rocky patch of earth and entered her master's body.

-And?- Kai hissed, his breath escaping his mouth as a mere whisper.

-Nothing,- Selene hissed back. -The old man entered a bar and began courting a lady.-

Kai's brows pressed together. He shook his head and forget about the old man.

Dawn was just about a few hours away, and he needed to go through with his plans once again, making minute changes to compensate for the Protectors and their abilities.

Then, with a pop, he vanished.

…

Just as Kai vanished, the entire space around that spot broke as if countless mirror-like shards had shattered.

However, these mirror-like shards differed from that of a Mirror Dimension.

There was an order to them, a specific geometrical characteristic.

From these many-geometrical mirror shards, a person came out, donning a blue-colored overcoat.

On the man's head, there was a mysterious gold-colored Corinthian helmet.

The sheer presence of this helmet in this world brought the space close to destruction.

From behind the slits of the helmet, the person eyed the direction where Kai had vanished.

"Color of Supreme?!" A ghostly, and quite ethereal, voice escaped from the helmet as if it was deliberately masked. "Is he… Sigh! A disaster is brewing…"

Then, with a flick of his hand, this person vanished, submerging back into the countless mirror-like shards.

…

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me.

We pillage, we plunder, we rifle, and loot,

Drink up me hearties, yo ho.

We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot,

Drink up me hearties, yo ho…

…

The prow of a ship torn apart the veil of the grey and unnatural fog, sailing in the Caribbean sea.

On the main deck, a 10-year-old girl, richly dressed, was singing under her breath, her fascination with the pirates growing stronger with every sentence.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed her shoulder, and the young girl gasped.

"Quite missy!" Sailor Gibbs warned, looking at the surrounding silent waters with apprehension. "Cursed pirates sail these waters. You don't wanna bring them down on us, do you?"

"Mr. Gibbs, that will do," Lieutenant Norrington intervened.

This ship was Dauntless. And this place was Elizabeth Swann's dream.

Eight years ago, Governor Swann sailed on the Dauntless to arrive at the Port Royal.

Elizabeth was just a young girl then, and her curiosity about anything related to pirates knew no bounds, despite the concerns of her Lord father.

As they sailed, the Dauntless chanced upon the wreck of a merchant vessel.

It was just before then that Elizabeth spotted the young Will Turner lying unconscious on a piece of driftwood.

After being brought aboard the Dauntless, Elizabeth then noticed a gold medallion about Will's neck, which, after seeing a skull, gave her the thought that he was a pirate.

Fearing that the adults would have Will hanged, the young girl took the medallion from Will before he was taken below decks.

As Elizabeth stood on the bow of the Dauntless, looking at the medallion, she caught movement out of the corner of her eye.

Looking up, she saw a tall ship with black sails moving silently through the thick fog.

As the ship slipped quickly into the fog, Elizabeth widened her gaze upon realizing it was a pirate ship. Fearing the black-and-white flag billowing in the wind, Elizabeth shut her eyes.

It was then her dream shattered.

It was then the showdown began.

*

*

A wraith-like, and the evilest and vile, creature crawled a few inches over the sheet of filth in the sewers.

Wherever this dark creature passed, a thin layer of frost froze everything in his wake.

Cold fog surrounded this figure like an overcoat over its already tattered robes.

And when it breathed, the creature's breath rattled as if it wanted to take in more than just air into its rotten lungs.

This figure was naturally Dementor-Kai.

At this moment, he was crawling in the sewers under Governor Swann's Manson.

There was a bundle of documents in Kai's scabbed and decayed hand.

It was the plot summary Meg had given him in detail of the original storyline.

Hmm, Kai contemplated, his breath freezing the papers. Elizabeth must have woken up by now after having that dream. It also means that she has worn the gold medallion around her neck.

Time… Time is of the essence. I must be accurate and precise now. Cersei… I am counting a lot on you. Don't disappoint me, my greatest pawn.

Not unknown to Kai, the entire mansion was covered under the gazes of dozens of Contestants.

This was the moment when Governor Swann gifted her daughter the corset, which led her to suffocate later.

This corset was an Artifact.

Not only the mansion, but the entire island of Port Royal had also already welcomed another hundred Contestants by now.

Everyone had gone alert, sitting on their haunches like wolves.

The coming few hours would decide who had come out victorious and who had fallen from the grace.

Of course, losing meant death.

But Kai hadn't come in the sewers for the golden medallion, as it was nigh impossible to get one's hands over it without causing the descent of higher-floor Contestants.

Nor was he here for the corset, which had already squeezed Elizabeth's breasts flat.

His goal was a sword.

And its smith, Will Turner, could be entering the mansion at any moment.

Only the inside of the mansion was still safe from the penetrating gazes of the Contestants.

And unless one could enter the mansion officially, it was just impossible to interact with these major characters during this momentous setting of the original timeline.

Unlike Kai, not everyone had Cersei Lannister to rely on.

There was no true beginning to the next Phase of Kai's plan for Phase 3 wasn't something intangible, but had corporeal form.

Cersei was Phase 3.

The countless Artifacts were Phase 3.

Blood and Fire were Phase 3 as well, and so was obtaining Jack Sparrow's Compass.

Phase 3… had already begun with no bells.

*

*

Just as Governor Swann had called out maids, heading toward Elizabeth's room, Cersei found a chance to swap places with another maid.

In the last two nights, she had gained the favor of young Swann, telling her half-lies and fascinating tales.

If it wasn't for Kai's plans, she wouldn't have missed a chance to help Elizabeth with the Corset.

Kai needed her on the ground floor, so there she would be.

Cersei was playing with a lock of her hair when she heard the knock on the main door.

Her eyes lit up, and she scurried toward the main hall.

"Ah! Good morning, Mr. Turner," the Butler greeted back the young smith. "Here to deliver the sword, I presume."

"… yes," William Turner nodded, his eyes darting all around.

The Butler smiled at him. "Do wait in the main hall for a moment," he told Will. "Governor Swann is busy with something. Let me announce your presence."

William Turner nodded shyly.

Just as the Butler vanished up the stairs, Cersei sauntered her way to the young man, smiling coquettishly.

***************

AN: Now you can access up to 50 Chapters (across 3 Tiers) of Chaos and Order ahead of Webnovel on Patre0n (+ at least 80 monthly chapters). If you would like to access the exclusive content, while simultaneously supporting the fanfic, then do consider becoming a Patron

Bonus Chapter Deal - 50 Power Stones: +1 Bonus Chapter and +1 Bonus Chapter for every 10 Power Stones above that