This is my first ever serious TP fanfic! Be light on the criticism. Oh, & to make it clear to those who are wondering, we should just imagine that human's, at most have stronger genetics than anthro people! There, for those of you who are that technical.

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The L.J.S. Wrath sailed across the Etherium, quietly. The captain was a half ursid, half human, the human side having more effect on her looks making her- besides the tan skin and brown hair- look as human as possible. Her ears were slightly pointed and she stood near the helm, keeping watch over the ship as it sailed through the night.

"Mother," A voice called out as the captain continued to gaze out into space, thinking of her father, who hadn't returned in years ever since a tragic incident regarding her mother. "Yes, Aria," She called down to the fourteen year old girl. "Shouldn't you be in bed, asleep?"

"I couldn't," The young girl replied. Aria looked almost normal as humans go. She had brown hair as well, her ears were less pointed, and her eyes were a shade of blue, not brown, like her mother's. If anyone asked, she could say she was a normal human. She had gained a non ursid appearance. "I kept having dreams about my grandfather. Nightmares."

The captain's eyes narrowed, taking this into account. The only difference was that the human she married had strange mental powers. She knew that her daughter had this ability. Ever since she had seen a picture of her grandfather, ever since he was described, she would have these dreams of him. They were getting worse and worse every time she had them. "It's a shame you can't meet my old man, Aria. Oh how how he would have cared for you."

"What was he like to you, mom? Was he kind," Aria questioned curiously.

'Better tell her something good about him... She'll have nightmares if I don't. She thought.

"I heard that," Aria said, using her psychic powers.

The captain sighed. "Okay let me tell you a story."

Aria hopped up at the helm beside her mother and sat down fiddling with a rope in her pocket. "Mkay."

The captain sat down next to her and rapped her arm around her daughter's shoulder. "Once, my father had brought me along to work on board his ship. I worked as a cabin girl. He was always telling people what to do, but he always saw a light in me that others didn't see. That's why he pushed me to do hard work. Sometimes I thought the work was so tough that I'd die before tomorrow came," she began.

"Gee, he really worked you, huh," Aria replied.

"Mhmm. Well one day he got a letter from someone, a letter reporting the death of your grandmother. That day I steered clear of my father's wrath, for he was pure ursid, meaning he had more of a temper. He told me that, by my mother's will that I had to go to the Interstellar Academy. He dropped me off there, making that my second home, besides his ship. I saw, before I left, sadness radiating off of his body. It was from giving away his only daughter and his wife's death. From that day on I wonder where my father had gone off to. Has he discovered the planet he'd mutter on about? Has he fulfilled his life successfully? Did he ever re-marry? Is he... dead?" The captain choked the last word out, holding back tears.

Aria looked up at her mother, who was still a third taller than her, another trait a half ursid had. "Mother, don't cry. I can see grandpa was a very good man. He's out there somewhere. I think that's why I have nightmares. I know he's alive, but I'm beginning to wonder about his health. I can almost sense his being."

She sighed, knowing of her daughter's abilities, but it was past Aria's bed time, meaning that it was not the appropriate time to discuss it. "Go to bed, Aria," she commanded, then mocking her father, "T'ere be plenty work awaitin' fer yeh afterwards." Aria nodded, giggling at her mother's mimicry of her grandfather.

The young, human/ursid stood and went below deck in the sleeping quarters, under her bunk mate, Maverick, a thirty five year old Shiatsu canid, and slept peacefully.

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Oi! This went well didn't it! You can see that this is only the beginning! Guess who shows up later? A cer- -mouth gets covered by Aria's hand-

Aria: Shut your yap! Don't give the story away, you foolish lot!

Me: Mruth I runth thoo thell themf!

Aria: Well you can't! You'll spoil it!

Me: No I won'th!

Aria: Yes you will! –Knocks me out-

Me: unngh…