A/N: Ok, new name, new interest, new story! (I am also PrincessWitch, in
case you're wondering.) I know that this chapter is SUPER-FLUFFY, but I
just LOVE Delbert and Amelia, they're my favorite characters. I didn't
write their babies into this story on PURPOSE, so no one review and tell me
I forgot them because I didn't. Understood? Great! But don't fret, I
have some ideas up my sleeve for a fluffy little story involving them
(maybe when they're born) and perhaps I'll even turn it into a sequel to
this story. We'll just haveta wait and see what happens. With that said,
R&R, thanks a ton!!!!
P.S. Rated for some violence, language and IMPLIED sex scenes (but nothing
lemony is actually written.)
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING but the plot.so far. BWAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!! Eh-hem. Really though, it's all Disney's, so please, don't sue! (Not that you'd really get anything anyway...)
Without further ado or interruptions from the over-zealous author, I present to you, for your entertainment pleasure, chapter one of Enemies Along the Way: Homecoming. Please, continue..
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Three months. He had been gone for three months. Jim, having been back from the Interstellar Academy for almost a year, finally got his first big job captaining a ship. Of course, he had immediately begged Delbert to come along. He asked Amelia too, of course, but she had her own voyages to pilot; her Legacy was quite the popular ship, and it had an excellent reputation. She had arrived back to port a month and a half ago, and after much impatient waiting, along with Sarah's company, their boys were finally home.
At the moment, Captain Amelia Doppler was looking around the dock frantically, searching for any sign of her dear husband.
"Blast. Where is he?! Oohf..." she said to herself. Deciding that a search with her feet on the ground was pointless, she climbed onto a nearby barrel, glancing around quickly.
Amelia smiled suddenly, and, having located what she was looking for, jumped from her perch and began running toward the front of the landing as fast as she could.
"Delbert! Delbert!" she squealed, jumping into his arms and causing him to drop all baggage he had been holding.
"Amelia! Oh my God, I missed you," he said, after realizing what had thrown itself onto him.
She wrapped her legs around his waist and squeezed him tightly as he spun around with her in his arms.
Delbert stopped spinning her after a moment, and she looked deep into his eyes. Those big brown eyes that snagged her heart back on Treasure Planet. Without any warning, she cupped his face with her hands and kissed him with a passion he had never felt from her before.
The kiss finally ended when light chuckling was heard next to them. It could only belong to one person: Jim.
"Welcome back, Jim. How was your very first voyage? Did you have any trouble with your crew?" Amelia asked.
"No Captain, no trouble at all," he replied.
"So serious. Come here, you," she laughed, and still held tightly in Delbert's arms, hugged him warmly.
"Good to be home," he said. "I see you were able to find the Doc without any problems."
"Yes, yes. Sarah, hello!" she cried, seeing Sarah walk up behind her son.
"MOM!!!" Jim exclaimed, giving her a big hug.
"What a charming little reunion, but would anyone care to continue this at what is soon to be the new Benbow?"
"Yes, what a lovely idea," Amelia said. "But first, would you mind terribly if I stole Delbert for a bit and brought him back to our house? A new shipment of books came in for him yesterday, and I know he must be dying to see them."
"Alright," Sarah replied. "Take your time. Dinner is at half past six!"
Only as Sarah and Jim walked away did Delbert turn the face of the woman in his arms back toward himself.
"I... didn't order any books before I left," he said slowly.
"Oh," she grinned naughtily. "I know."
He placed her back onto the ground as she kissed him again, and they headed to catch a transport vessel away from port and back to their home, hand in hand.
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The old mahogany door swung open and in walked (rather clumsily) a blob, which turned out to be Delbert and Amelia Doppler in a rather heated moment, clad in each other's arms. They collapsed onto a couch in the front sitting room, breathless and flustered. She grinned over at him, and he instinctively pulled her to his side.
"So... no books, no company, it's just you and me all day," Delbert said.
"I," she whispered.
"Sorry, what?"
"I, darling. 'You and I', not 'you and me.' Proper English, dearest, please."
"Only my Amelia," he said to himself.
"Yes, only me," she smiled.
"How did you hear me?"
"Don't be daft, I've got hearing like a cat," she said, grinning even wider at him.
"Right," he nodded, then suddenly scooped her into his arms and headed toward their bedroom, closing the door with his foot behind him.
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Amelia's eyes fluttered open a few hours later. She was still lying snugly in Delbert's arms, and his rhythmic breathing signaled that he was still sleeping peacefully. She sat up a bit and glanced over at the clock- three forty-five. It took about ten minutes to get to Sarah's from here in a coach, but more like twenty at the least, if one walked. She loved walking to Sarah's; it was such a pretty stroll. Plus, it was polite to show up a bit early, and she wanted to hear all about Jim's adventures. So, if they left in about an hour or so, they'd be ok.
She felt Delbert stir under her head, which lay safely on his bare chest. She looked up to see him smiling down at her, his hands absent-mindedly running through her auburn hair. She leaned up and lightly kissed his nose in response.
"Morning," he yawned.
"Afternoon," she replied crisply. "It's quarter to four. We should head to Sarah's house in about an hour or so."
"Hmmm... well then, what shall we do to pass the time," he smiled suggestively, kissing her neck.
"No," she replied bluntly, causing him to drop his head into a pillow. "When we get home, maybe. Well, quite possibly, actually. But not now."
"Aww, nuts."
"Don't pout. Tell me about your trip, I want to hear all about it," she said, snuggling closer to him.
"Can't Jim tell you," he whined. She slapped his chest playfully.
"No, I want to hear it from *you.* By the way, when did you get so lean and tanned," she asked.
"That's what almost four months on a cargo vessel will do to you," he replied. She frowned.
"What?! Amelia, what's wrong," he asked frantically, looking worriedly down at her.
"Was it really that long? Don't remind me," she replied quietly.
"Ohh... sorry."
"Quite alright. Now please, continue." She looked more or less recovered from her bad memory, and so he finally agreed.
"And don't leave out one detail," she yawned. "I'm listening, I swear."
He smiled, got up, and walked to his bag, leaving her to fall flat onto her back.
"Hey!"
"Look," he said, handing her quite a thick stack of letters. "I wrote to you every day of the journey. Every single day. So I'll go through what happened, and you can read these when you want to. If you want to, that is."
"Oh, darling, of course I want to! That's the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"It was all I could do to keep my sanity. I missed you so much."
She pulled out a letter from the middle of the pile and began to read to herself,
Dearest Amelia,
I've been away from you for forty-two long days, and I can
hardly bear it any longer. I miss your beautiful jade eyes,
your loving embrace, your big smile, your soft hands, and
everything else about you. I cannot wait to see you, to touch
you again. My days are agony without you; I cannot look at
anyone or do anything without thinking of you.
Today, we encountered a black hole. Do you remember when we
faced a black hole in our search for Treasure Planet? Jim,
following what he says was 'your good example,' set off a huge
explosion behind us that had enough force to clear us from its
gravitational pull. But do you think my day would improve after
that? Noooooo. Soon we landed on a rather mysterious planet,
perhaps you've heard of it, called Navingvad. As you may (or
may not) know, its inhabitants are very hostile if rubbed the
wrong way. The ship needed fuel, so Jim and I set off to find
some, only to end up running for our very lives with the fuel we
needed. Jim fell, about fifty feet from the ship, and so I did
the only thing I could: I threw the fuel to B.E.N. and hurtled
myself back to Jim's side. I won't lie to you, I was injured,
but it wasn't too severe, and I should recover within two weeks,
which unfortunately is long before we are due to arrive back
home.
Well, that was today's adventure. I miss you more with every
passing hour, and I cannot wait to lay my eyes on you once
again. The only thought that keeps me going is thinking about
how wonderful our reunion will be. I miss you so much, my
darling, and I cannot wait to see you again. I will love you
forever.
Your Madly-in-Love Husband,
Delbert (xoxoxoxoxo!)
Amelia looked back up at her husband with tears in her eyes. This was only the second time he'd ever seen her cry, apart from their first night together in his house, when she began to talk about her dear friend Arrow.
"I- I don't know what so say. This is the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me, truly. Are you all right, love? Where were you hurt," she asked suddenly, concern etched in her features.
"It's nothing, it was just a few cuts and bruises," he said, but for the first time she noticed the long gash that ran from the bottom of his ribcage to right above his hip bone; an injury that had clearly been rather serious.
"Nothing my foot. My poor baby," she crooned. "My poor little dumpling. Are you certain that you're ok?"
"Yes, Amelia, I'm quite alright. Don't fuss. It's almost four- thirty, are we walking to Sarah's or taking the coach?"
"Walking," she replied. "I love walking to Sarah's place from here, it's such a lovely stroll, don't you agree? Just let me take a quick shower, and we can be off."
"Please, allow me to accompany you," he said slyly.
"Oh, no you don't," she replied, but did not object as he followed her into the bathroom.
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Twenty minutes later, the happy couple was walking leisurely through a small park, hand-in-hand and smiling fondly at one another.
Delbert reached down, picked a small pink flower, and tucked it behind his wife's ear in a most loving fashion. She smiled up at him and leaned closer into his protective embrace, and they kept walking, oblivious to everyone but each other. The had no reason to suspect that somewhere in the shadows they were being closely watched as they turned to head down the road to Sarah's new house.
Disclaimer: I own NOTHING but the plot.so far. BWAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!! Eh-hem. Really though, it's all Disney's, so please, don't sue! (Not that you'd really get anything anyway...)
Without further ado or interruptions from the over-zealous author, I present to you, for your entertainment pleasure, chapter one of Enemies Along the Way: Homecoming. Please, continue..
******************
Three months. He had been gone for three months. Jim, having been back from the Interstellar Academy for almost a year, finally got his first big job captaining a ship. Of course, he had immediately begged Delbert to come along. He asked Amelia too, of course, but she had her own voyages to pilot; her Legacy was quite the popular ship, and it had an excellent reputation. She had arrived back to port a month and a half ago, and after much impatient waiting, along with Sarah's company, their boys were finally home.
At the moment, Captain Amelia Doppler was looking around the dock frantically, searching for any sign of her dear husband.
"Blast. Where is he?! Oohf..." she said to herself. Deciding that a search with her feet on the ground was pointless, she climbed onto a nearby barrel, glancing around quickly.
Amelia smiled suddenly, and, having located what she was looking for, jumped from her perch and began running toward the front of the landing as fast as she could.
"Delbert! Delbert!" she squealed, jumping into his arms and causing him to drop all baggage he had been holding.
"Amelia! Oh my God, I missed you," he said, after realizing what had thrown itself onto him.
She wrapped her legs around his waist and squeezed him tightly as he spun around with her in his arms.
Delbert stopped spinning her after a moment, and she looked deep into his eyes. Those big brown eyes that snagged her heart back on Treasure Planet. Without any warning, she cupped his face with her hands and kissed him with a passion he had never felt from her before.
The kiss finally ended when light chuckling was heard next to them. It could only belong to one person: Jim.
"Welcome back, Jim. How was your very first voyage? Did you have any trouble with your crew?" Amelia asked.
"No Captain, no trouble at all," he replied.
"So serious. Come here, you," she laughed, and still held tightly in Delbert's arms, hugged him warmly.
"Good to be home," he said. "I see you were able to find the Doc without any problems."
"Yes, yes. Sarah, hello!" she cried, seeing Sarah walk up behind her son.
"MOM!!!" Jim exclaimed, giving her a big hug.
"What a charming little reunion, but would anyone care to continue this at what is soon to be the new Benbow?"
"Yes, what a lovely idea," Amelia said. "But first, would you mind terribly if I stole Delbert for a bit and brought him back to our house? A new shipment of books came in for him yesterday, and I know he must be dying to see them."
"Alright," Sarah replied. "Take your time. Dinner is at half past six!"
Only as Sarah and Jim walked away did Delbert turn the face of the woman in his arms back toward himself.
"I... didn't order any books before I left," he said slowly.
"Oh," she grinned naughtily. "I know."
He placed her back onto the ground as she kissed him again, and they headed to catch a transport vessel away from port and back to their home, hand in hand.
******************
The old mahogany door swung open and in walked (rather clumsily) a blob, which turned out to be Delbert and Amelia Doppler in a rather heated moment, clad in each other's arms. They collapsed onto a couch in the front sitting room, breathless and flustered. She grinned over at him, and he instinctively pulled her to his side.
"So... no books, no company, it's just you and me all day," Delbert said.
"I," she whispered.
"Sorry, what?"
"I, darling. 'You and I', not 'you and me.' Proper English, dearest, please."
"Only my Amelia," he said to himself.
"Yes, only me," she smiled.
"How did you hear me?"
"Don't be daft, I've got hearing like a cat," she said, grinning even wider at him.
"Right," he nodded, then suddenly scooped her into his arms and headed toward their bedroom, closing the door with his foot behind him.
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Amelia's eyes fluttered open a few hours later. She was still lying snugly in Delbert's arms, and his rhythmic breathing signaled that he was still sleeping peacefully. She sat up a bit and glanced over at the clock- three forty-five. It took about ten minutes to get to Sarah's from here in a coach, but more like twenty at the least, if one walked. She loved walking to Sarah's; it was such a pretty stroll. Plus, it was polite to show up a bit early, and she wanted to hear all about Jim's adventures. So, if they left in about an hour or so, they'd be ok.
She felt Delbert stir under her head, which lay safely on his bare chest. She looked up to see him smiling down at her, his hands absent-mindedly running through her auburn hair. She leaned up and lightly kissed his nose in response.
"Morning," he yawned.
"Afternoon," she replied crisply. "It's quarter to four. We should head to Sarah's house in about an hour or so."
"Hmmm... well then, what shall we do to pass the time," he smiled suggestively, kissing her neck.
"No," she replied bluntly, causing him to drop his head into a pillow. "When we get home, maybe. Well, quite possibly, actually. But not now."
"Aww, nuts."
"Don't pout. Tell me about your trip, I want to hear all about it," she said, snuggling closer to him.
"Can't Jim tell you," he whined. She slapped his chest playfully.
"No, I want to hear it from *you.* By the way, when did you get so lean and tanned," she asked.
"That's what almost four months on a cargo vessel will do to you," he replied. She frowned.
"What?! Amelia, what's wrong," he asked frantically, looking worriedly down at her.
"Was it really that long? Don't remind me," she replied quietly.
"Ohh... sorry."
"Quite alright. Now please, continue." She looked more or less recovered from her bad memory, and so he finally agreed.
"And don't leave out one detail," she yawned. "I'm listening, I swear."
He smiled, got up, and walked to his bag, leaving her to fall flat onto her back.
"Hey!"
"Look," he said, handing her quite a thick stack of letters. "I wrote to you every day of the journey. Every single day. So I'll go through what happened, and you can read these when you want to. If you want to, that is."
"Oh, darling, of course I want to! That's the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me," she said, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"It was all I could do to keep my sanity. I missed you so much."
She pulled out a letter from the middle of the pile and began to read to herself,
Dearest Amelia,
I've been away from you for forty-two long days, and I can
hardly bear it any longer. I miss your beautiful jade eyes,
your loving embrace, your big smile, your soft hands, and
everything else about you. I cannot wait to see you, to touch
you again. My days are agony without you; I cannot look at
anyone or do anything without thinking of you.
Today, we encountered a black hole. Do you remember when we
faced a black hole in our search for Treasure Planet? Jim,
following what he says was 'your good example,' set off a huge
explosion behind us that had enough force to clear us from its
gravitational pull. But do you think my day would improve after
that? Noooooo. Soon we landed on a rather mysterious planet,
perhaps you've heard of it, called Navingvad. As you may (or
may not) know, its inhabitants are very hostile if rubbed the
wrong way. The ship needed fuel, so Jim and I set off to find
some, only to end up running for our very lives with the fuel we
needed. Jim fell, about fifty feet from the ship, and so I did
the only thing I could: I threw the fuel to B.E.N. and hurtled
myself back to Jim's side. I won't lie to you, I was injured,
but it wasn't too severe, and I should recover within two weeks,
which unfortunately is long before we are due to arrive back
home.
Well, that was today's adventure. I miss you more with every
passing hour, and I cannot wait to lay my eyes on you once
again. The only thought that keeps me going is thinking about
how wonderful our reunion will be. I miss you so much, my
darling, and I cannot wait to see you again. I will love you
forever.
Your Madly-in-Love Husband,
Delbert (xoxoxoxoxo!)
Amelia looked back up at her husband with tears in her eyes. This was only the second time he'd ever seen her cry, apart from their first night together in his house, when she began to talk about her dear friend Arrow.
"I- I don't know what so say. This is the sweetest thing anyone's ever done for me, truly. Are you all right, love? Where were you hurt," she asked suddenly, concern etched in her features.
"It's nothing, it was just a few cuts and bruises," he said, but for the first time she noticed the long gash that ran from the bottom of his ribcage to right above his hip bone; an injury that had clearly been rather serious.
"Nothing my foot. My poor baby," she crooned. "My poor little dumpling. Are you certain that you're ok?"
"Yes, Amelia, I'm quite alright. Don't fuss. It's almost four- thirty, are we walking to Sarah's or taking the coach?"
"Walking," she replied. "I love walking to Sarah's place from here, it's such a lovely stroll, don't you agree? Just let me take a quick shower, and we can be off."
"Please, allow me to accompany you," he said slyly.
"Oh, no you don't," she replied, but did not object as he followed her into the bathroom.
******************
Twenty minutes later, the happy couple was walking leisurely through a small park, hand-in-hand and smiling fondly at one another.
Delbert reached down, picked a small pink flower, and tucked it behind his wife's ear in a most loving fashion. She smiled up at him and leaned closer into his protective embrace, and they kept walking, oblivious to everyone but each other. The had no reason to suspect that somewhere in the shadows they were being closely watched as they turned to head down the road to Sarah's new house.