Treasure Planet: Katherine
Summary: Ten years ago the Princess Katherine Myers went missing. Kate is an orphan with no memory of her past, Jim is a con artist devoted to finding a girl to pretend to be the Princess to get the reward money from the Dowager Queen. Kate's only clue to her past is Mortornas; the Dowager Queen lives in Mortornas. Jim and Kate journey to Mortornas together, Kate to find her past, Jim for the money, but will they both find something else they're looking for?
SPH: Hey everyone! He's chapter 1 of Treasure Planet: Katherine! Just a heads up, this is taking place in a far off future due to how futuristic everything was in Treasure Planet. I do not own Treasure Planet or any of its content, they belong to Disney. The character Ironbeard is from the scrapped Treasure Planet 2 movie which also belongs to Disney. The plot is based off of 20th Century Fox's Anastasia, which I also don't own. I only own Kate, all other OC's, the story, and the Planet Mortornas. On with the story!
Chapter 1: Prolog
An elderly woman dressed in fine clothes stepped out of a carriage parked in front of a majestic castle. She was the Dowager Queen Maria Roberta Myers.
"You're Highness," a man said helping her out before the carriage left.
"There once was a time, not very long ago, when we lived in a world of elegant palaces and grand parties."
A large party is being held in a ballroom filled with people dancing. A chandelier with the number three hundred on it hung above them.
"The year was twenty-nine sixteen and my son Roland was king of Imperial Montressor."
An eight year old girl with messy reddish-orange curls and eyes just a shade darker than her hair dressed in an elegant dress with a beautiful matching headpiece danced with her father, King Roland Johnson Myers.
"We were celebrating the three hundredth year of our family's rule…"
"Oh Papa!" the girl cried laughing as he picked her up and spun her around, not noticing her headpiece fell off.
"Hello darling!" Maria called waving at the girl as she sat down.
The girl smiled and waved back before grabbing a drawing of a young woman sitting on a sofa.
"And that night no star burned brighter than that of our sweet Katherine, my youngest granddaughter."
The girl; Katherine ran up to Maria and gave her the drawing.
"She begged me not to return to Mortornas- so I had a gift made for her…"
Katherine gasped as Maria pulled out an ornate box from her bag.
"…To make the separation easier for both of us."
Ten year old Jim Hawkins opened a secret passageway's door to spy on the party his friend; the Princess Katherine was attending with her family while eating a perp and watched as Maria gave the box to Katherine.
"For me?!" Katherine asked, "Is it a jewelry box?"
Just then a servant noticed Jim and picked him.
"Jim! You belong in the kitchen!" the man said carrying him back to the Kitchen through the secret passageway.
"Let me go! Kate!" Jim called out to Katherine, but she didn't hear.
"Look." Maria said pulling out a chain with a flower made of diamond on it.
Maria put it in the back of the box revealing it to be a key that she winds. She took the key out and the box started playing music while a figure of Katherine's parents dancing spun around.
"It plays our lullaby!" Kate said excited.
"You can play it before you go to sleep and pretend I'm singing to you." Maria said.
"On the wind, cross the stars, hear this song and remember, soon you'll be home in my arms, once upon a December!" Katherine and Maria sang.
"Read what it says." Maria said handing Katherine the key.
"Together on Mortornas." Katherine read, "Oh Grandmamma, really?"
Maria smiled and nodded before hugging Katherine.
Suddenly the crowd gasped and Maria and Katherine turn to see a dark figure walking towards them holding some sort of glowing green relic while a bat swooped down and landed on his shoulder. People in the crowd parted ways in fear to get away from the figure. One person even dropped a glass of champagne which the figure stepped on.
"But we would never be together on Mortornas. For a dark shadow had descended on the house of the Myers. His name was Ironbeard. We thought he was a holy man. But he was a fraud, power-mad, and dangerous."
Ironbeard stood in front of Roland, who stood alone firm.
"How dare you return to the palace!" Roland cried.
"But I am your confidante." Ironbeard said seemingly shocked as his bat Flint landed on his shoulder.
"Confidante?" Roland asked. He laughed. "You are a traitor. Get out!"
"You think you can banish the great Ironbeard?!" Ironbeard cried, "By the unholy powers vested in me. I who will banish your family with a curse!"
Jim gasped as he ran out from the secret passageway ready to protect Katherine.
Katherine and Maria gasped at the same time as Jim as well.
"Mark my words." Ironbeard continued, "You and your family will die within the fortnight. I will not rest until I see the end of the Myers line forever!"
He raised his reliquary which shot out a beam of lightning causing the chandelier to fall and crash onto the floor. When the light and smoke cleared Ironbeard was nowhere to be seen.
Ironbeard who was kneeling in a sorcerer's circle cowered as a large shadowy figure loomed above him.
"Consumed by his hatred for Roland and his family, Ironbeard sold his soul for the power to destroy them."
Ironbeard raised his arms in supplication and a shadow like smoke in a windstorm left him for the terrible figure rendering Ironbeard a skeleton. The relic appeared in midair before him and he grabbed it regaining his form.
A large, angry crowd gathered outside the gates of the palace.
Ironbeard smiled as smoke came out of the relic and turned into his minions.
"Go, go and seal the King and his family's fate forever." He said.
The minions flew to the gates and opened them letting the crowd in.
Some members of the group tied ropes around a statue of Roland and pulled it over destroying it.
Roland and his family were running down a hallway in their night clothes.
"Hurry children!" Roland called.
Katherine stopped in her tracks.
"My music box!" she cried turning around and running back to her room.
Maria tried to stop her, but couldn't and instead followed her.
"Kathy! Come back, come back! Kathy!" she cried.
Katherine got on her knees and took the music box out of her dollhouse as Maria came into her room.
Jim and his mother Sarah opened a secret passageway that lead into the room.
Flint flew to the window and pressed himself against it watching the scene.
"Hurry, we must leave." Maria said trying to usher Katherine out the door despite the gunshots coming from outside it.
"No, out this way." Jim said running in front of them, "Through the servants' quarters with me and my mom."
He ushered them to the passageway where is mom was waiting. Sarah helped Maria in and started leading her down the passageway.
"Master she's getting away!" Flint cried.
Jim heard footprints heading their way.
"Hurry Kate hurry!" he said pushing her forward, making her drop her music box.
"Jim my music box!" Katherine said trying to turn around.
"Don't worry Kate I'll get it." Jim said not letting her do so, "Now go!"
He closed the door just as soldiers burst in. he pressed himself against it as a large soldier made his way over to him.
"Where are they boy?!" the soldier asked slapping him.
Jim didn't answer, but instead threw a vase at the man.
The man growled and hit Jim in the face with the butt of his riffle knocking him to the ground.
As the soldiers turned and left Jim reached for the music box, his chin bleeding.
"Ah, uh…" he moaned before passing out.
Sarah led Maria and Katherine down a frozen river with the palace in flames behind her.
"Grandmamma!" Katherine cried.
"Keep up with us darling!" Maria cried.
They passed under a bridge and Katherine looked back at it before gasping. Ironbeard was standing on top of it. He jumped down and grabbed Katherine by the ankle.
"Yaeee!" Ironbeard cried.
Katherine screamed as Ironbeard thrashed on the cracking ice.
Both Maria and Sarah turned around.
"Ironbeard!" Maria cried while Sarah covered her mouth at the sight of the palace; starting to lose hope she'd see her son again.
"Oh! Let go! Please let go!" Katherine cried.
"You'll never escape me child, NEVER!" Ironbeard cried.
The ice gave out from under his and he started thrashing in the water.
"Let go!" Katherine cried.
She wretched her ankle free and Ironbeard began to sink under the water. He locked eyes with Katherine, his glowing, hypnotic eyes filled with rage and hate.
"Flint!" he cried out.
"Master!" Flint cried landing on the ice.
"Flint!" Ironbeard cried.
"Oh…" Flint said.
Katherine broke the gaze, got to her feet and raced away with Maria and Sarah.
Ironbeard gave one final attempt to pull himself out, digging his figure nails into the ice, but couldn't find purchase. He was slowly dragged away by the current. He reached his arm out one final time before finally being dragged under. The only thing left was the floating relic which Flint picked up and flew away with.
Maria, Sarah, and Katherine pushed through the confusion at the docks. Sarah and Maria were helped onto a leaving shuttle by other passengers.
"Grandmamma!" Katherine cried running to try and keep up with it.
"Here take my hand! Hold onto my hand!" Maria cried reaching for her.
Katherine grabbed onto Maria's hand.
"Don't let go!" Katherine cried desperate and frightened.
Just then she tripped and her hand slipped out of Maria's.
"Kathy!" Maria cried as Katherine fell and hit her head on the ground. Maria tried to jump off the shuttle, but was held back by Sarah and the other passengers. "Kathy!" she called again as Katherine faded out of view.
So many lives were destroyed on that night. What had always been was now gone forever. And my Kathy, my beloved grandchild… I never saw her again.
SPH: Whew, this took what felt like forever. Okay, so Flint got his name from the parrot Flint from the Treasure Island novel which Treasure Planet is based off of. Next up is a flashback chapter that I promise is important to the plot! Well, I've got no questions for you guys so leave a comment telling me what you thought and this is Samantha Peace HeartStar signing off for now. Peace out and keep spreading the Treasure Planet and Anastasia love! See ya!