A/N - First up I'd like to thank everyone for the lovely reviews! They're really what got me excited and made me update this soon.
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"What would you do, if you saw spaceships over Glasgow? Would you fear them?"


"Wow" was the only word that danced from Captain Jim Hawkins lips as he drank in the beauty of his surroundings. Natural beauty was definitely the planet's asset, he was sure he'd never seen an ocean that clear or a sky that blue. Breathing in the salty air he began instructing his crew as he made his way around the ship.

"Jack let down the sails, Henry steer the ship due south of the docks. We'll pull up there."
Dusting his hands on his trousers, he let out a breath relieved that he was done with all the necessary tasks. He eyed the ship one last time to make sure it looked as if the ship had sailed on water and not halfway across galaxies. He snickered remembering that Silver had said something about the earthlings not being able to digest the idea of a flying ship. He gazed at the beautiful castle and began untying the rope that held the anchor. The planet may have been primitive but their royalty sure was grandiose.

"Well Jimbo, what ye reckon?" a voice called out to him, he whipped his head around to face a tall and bulky man. "Silver.. how did you?"
but he answered his own unfinished question when he remembered what Doppler had given them. He said it was called the ID mask 587D and it apparently created a sort of a body mask or a cover up according to the electromagnetic signals your brain transmits.

"It's that gadget Doppler gave me earlier, feels funny looking like a human," Silver chuckled, "well let's leave then."
Jim smiled and nodded in affirmation, "Yeah well you don't look half bad." "Well thank ye lad," Silver laughed as he began to proceed of the ship with Jim swiftly following behind. They made their way over the bridge and to the entrance of the towering castle gates. The white walls of the castle glimmered in the sunlight and the right side of the castle was enclosed by the ocean. Wanting to get a better look at his surroundings he turned his head and what he got was a panoramic view of the open ocean. Fascinated, he began to stare at the water and how its surface gleamed in the sunlight. That's when he noticed a black figure wading underneath and as if to fulfil his curiosity a figure shot out, her ebony hair flying up in the air and onto her shoulders and back. Her was back arched and her beautiful silhouette glittered in the sunlight. His eyes laid transfixed as he eyed her further taking in her ocean blue eyes, thick black eyebrows and rosy pink lips. At that moment Jim Hawkins were sure he had never seen anything that beautiful.

The figure felt someones intense gaze on her so she turned her head, her azure orbs meeting his Glaucous ones. Draining out the water from her hair she eyed him scrutinizingly, one eyebrow arched in question. He quickly looked away, embarrassed that he had been staring for so long. That's when he noticed that Silver was far from sight, already at the castle doors. He rushed to catch up with him, shaking his head to rid himself of thoughts of the mysterious girl. As he scurried his way next to Silver the enormous castle doors opened up and they came face to face with a scrawny old man.

"Captain Long John Silver and Captain Jim Hawkins I presume," the old man spoke, his head held high. "Aye! That'd be us," Silver replied. "Welcome, my name is Grimsby. Please come in and have a seat King Eric and King Triton will be with you shortly." The pair nodded and made their way into the castle plopping themselves onto the the plush velvet sofas. Jim's gaze wandered around the interior of the castle. The king sure went all out, the castle was extravagant and beautiful to say the least. The sparkling chandeliers, the crimson curtains and every bit of furniture was rich and grand looking. His train of thought was interrupted when Silver suddenly rose from his seat. Jim looked up to see why and he noticed an old man with a flowing white beard but a strong stature wearing a black suit, a handsome middle aged man clad in a white suit, a extraordinarily beautiful middle aged woman with red hair and tiny red haired toddler approaching them.

"Triton," Silver said as he held out his hand which the old man shook. "Silver I got your message, it's good to see you again," King Trition replied. "Likewise, this I take is your beautiful daughter," Silver asked as he kissed the middle aged woman's hand.

"Ariel," she smiled sweetly, "Aye Ariel," the cyborg smiled. "This is my husband King Eric and this is my son Prince Timothy," she finished. "Pleasure to meet you," Eric greeted, "Pleasures all mine," Silver replied courteously. "This is Captain Jim Hawkins," Silver introduced in response to which Jim bowed and as did everyone else. With the introductions taken care of the group engaged in regular chit chat for a while until Silver being the impatient Cyborg that he was decided that it was time to get down to business. "Ayite Triton, where is our mermaid?" Silver asked finally, laughing Triton replied, "Always the impatient one Silver, you haven't changed at all." Silver responded with a grim smile. "Ariel, call Melody will you?" Triton told Ariel who in response yelled out and a curtain of black and white could be seen whizzing down the stairs.

Jim's stomach caught in his throat, it was the girl he had seen earlier. "This is my granddaughter Melody," Triton introduced proudly, "She's quite a looker," Silver chuckled. King Eric smiled proudly as did Queen Ariel. "She will accompany you on your journey." The girl threw out her hand swiftly and vigorously shook Silvers. "Hey names Mel," Melody said enthusiastically, "Melody..." Ariel's voice was stern. Melody looked away bashfully, manners were never her thing. She curtsied and smiled sweetly,"I meant Melody."

"Haha! Hello Lass, my name's Silver and this here is Captain Jim Hawkins," Silver said as he saw Melody sneaking glances at Jim. Jim bowed again and Melody curtsied back, both avoiding direct eye contact. "I have already explained our agreement to Melody. As for the mermaid part of it I have given her this locket and when she opens it she will be able to transform into a mermaid," Triton explained.

"Alright, thank you for everything Triton," Silver said earnestly. "Don't thank me Silver; I'm trusting you with my granddaughter. You'd better take good care of her," Triton told him with a stern expression. "Of course I will, cross my heart and hope to die," Silver spoke honestly. "I trust you," the king smiled, truthfully he didn't want to risk his granddaughter's life into all this but she was adamant on helping him. "Well I'll be heading back to Atlantica, you can discuss the rest with Ariel, Eric and Melody. Goodbye everyone," he said kissing Timothy's head and giving Melody a hug. He collected his trident and proudly made his way out of the castle waving along the way. With the king out of sight King Eric finally spoke with a worried expression.

"I do hope you will take good care of my daughter," he requested anxiety laced into his voice, he had almost lost her twice and he was just a concerned father. "You have my word," Silver reassured, this seemed to relieve him and his wife. "You may leave tomorrow at the break of dawn, no one will be able to see you leave that way," Eric told him in a quiet voice. "Aye, see you at dawn then.", "Yes, my maid will show you to your quarters," he gestured at the stairwell. Jim and Silver nodded ascending up the stairs as they disappeared into the hallway. With the visitors gone Melody finally looked up, holding her little brother in her arms. She was ecstatic and anxious, a whole new adventure to places she had never even dreamt of. At first her parents had been reluctant and her grandpa had tried his best to search for alternatives but to no avail. She reassured them that she would be fine, that she wanted to do this, she wanted to help her grandpa and secretly she wanted this adventure. After much coaxing her parents had finally agreed. Smiling to herself she made her way to her room, her thoughts suddenly drifting to the captain boy. He was handsome most definitely but she simply put her thoughts aside. Obviously it was just a little crush that would fizzle out soon she thought to herself as she grabbed her copy of 'Midsummer night's dream' off her dresser and jumped into her bed for a good read, tomorrow was going to be a long long day.

Oh how right she was.


A/N 2 - Alright a few things, I got the ID Mask idea from ben 10 :P Also Melody's introduction is really corny I know but I'm sort of a sucker for corny descriptions, so please try over looking it.
Lastly, im dead tired because this was infact a very tiring chapter to type out. Thanks for reading, reviews are welcomed :)