Alright, time for the next chapter and a song. Enjoy!
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Welsh Gem: I like to include a few twists, and I couldn't leave the Doppler kids out ^-^ So glad you enjoyed it!
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The ship sailed quietly toward Montressor, the tension so thick you could cut it with a knife. Jim stood by the side of the boat, near a longboat. "Nat, you make sure the ship gets to the docks. I'm going to have a little talk with Tess." he said.
"Alright," Natalie said. "You sure you're okay?"
Jim gave a reassuring smile. "Yeah, I'm fine. Go head."
Natalie nodded. Jim climbed into the longboat and hoisted Tesoro in next, then they took off. "I don't know what to say, Tesoro. I told you to stay near home, and you disobeyed me!"
"But Dad, I didn't mean to-" Tesoro began.
"I told you to be careful."
"I know, but-"
"If something happened to you, I'd never forgive myself." he held her tight. "I love you, and I want to make sure you stay safe. I'm not going to be around forever, and I need you to be in my place as queen-"
Tesoro pulled herself away. "But I don't want to be queen! It's no fun…"
Jim arched an eyebrow. "That's like saying you don't want to be in our family. It's in your blood. We are part of each other."
"Whatever." Tesoro turned her back to him.
Jim gave the steering rod a jerk, making the longboat stop and having Tesoro fall back, looking up at him, where she smirked in embarrassment. Jim gave a smirk, then continued to fly.
Jim: As you go through life you'll see
There is so much that we
Don't understand
They sailed by a cliff, where a small batch of miniature manta-birds were nesting, one of the babies trying to take flight, only to be stopped by it's mother and sent back to the nest.
And the only thing we know
Is that things don't always go
The way we plan
They flew on, watching as a newborn slug horse on a ranch stood up, learning to walk and starting to gallop, its mother running after it before it could go too far or trip.
But you'll see every day
That we'll never turn away
When it seems your dreams come undone
We will stand by your side
Filled with hope and filled with pride
We are more than we are
We are one
They flew on, seeing a group of kids, from the youngest up to their parents, were hauling hay off a wagon and into their barn. As they flew, Tesoro looked at her reflection in a window of a passing ship.
Tesoro: If there's so much I must be
Can I still just be me
The way I am?
The ship shot off, leaving her to look at the setting sun.
Can I trust in my own heart
Or am juts a part
Of some big plan?
Jim: Even those who are gone
Are with us as we go on
Your journey has only begun
Tears of pain, tears of joy
One thing nothing can destroy
Is our pride deep inside
We are one
Jim steered them lower to the ground, as the sun reflected across the fields, passing by a few children who were playing games, or animals who were lounging about.
We are one you and I
We are like the land and the sky
One family under the sun
He docked the longboat at a pier, and walked with Tesoro up a path, where he stood in front of their ship, looking onward across the planet, toward the Benbow Inn up the hill.
All the wisdom to lead
All the courage that you need
You will find when you see
That we are one
Tesoro could only give a sad glance. Jim looked at her, confused, looked back at the ship then back at her. He smiled and put his hand on her shoulder. "As long as you live here, it's who you are." he told her, hugging her. "You'll understand someday."
Tesoro sighed, looking down the path, watching as a mini-manta-bird flew by, chirping at her, then taking off toward the setting sun. She watched it fly, looking down at the ship and out at space, wondering when she'll ever go out into the galaxy again, pondering all that her father had told her.
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Meanwhile…
Planet Nightshade was an eerie place, full of vicious creatures the mere mind could not fathom, making it hard for anyone to inhabit it, other than the locals… and Kenta's crew. Most of them now were practicing duels with their swords, getting into a brawl, hunting for some meat to cook, or setting up traps to keep monsters at bay.
One of the crew members, a blue manticore named Lucinda, skittered through their campsite, bitterly muttering to herself. "Jonesy, Jonesy, Jonesy… why would Scroop choose some skinny human?" she quietly griped, coming across a werewolf with blonde fur and red-brown-blonde hair and dark blue eyes, who was tugging on a rope, trying to raise their ship's sail. "Oh hey, Foxxy. Where'sss that wimp Jonesy, the chosssen one?" She used her claw and cut the rope, making the little she-wolf fly back. "Ha!"
Foxxy glared. "You're going to regret that, bug-face!" she growled, preparing to attack, but a paw held her back. "Let me go, BJ!"
BJ, a creature who was half-werewolf, half-human, chuckled. "I don't think ya want tah start another brawl too soon, Foxxy. Ye just got out of one after lunch." the wolfid replied.
"BJ, where's Jonesy? Weren't you supposed to be watching him?" A gray, four-armed creature asked, looking over from the ship.
"Ah, it's every pirate for theirssself out here, Gregory! That scrawny punk needsss to learn to be on his own!" Lucinda sneered.
"Kenta's going to blow her stack…" Foxxy said, rolling her eyes.
"Ssso let her blow it! It'sss not our fault SSScroop chose a weakling as an heir! If you asssk me, I ought to have the posssition! I'm the oldest, I'm the smartest, I'm the strongest-"
"You're deh moodiest, is what ye are." BJ scoffed, and the others laughed.
"Oh, can it! Jussst because Jonesy wasss chosen, doesssn't mean I don't deserve a chance!"
"Why not ask Kenta for one, then?" Gregory suggested.
"Yeah? Don't think I won't!"
"Well, here's yer chance." BJ chuckled, nodding forward.
Lucinda looked over, seeing Kenta landing the longboat, dragging Jonesy out. "Kenta? Kenta! You're back!" she ran over to talk to her. "Kenta, I managed to capture a musk-hog and slaughtered the fat… for um…" Kenta only walked by, her gaze glaring. "(groan) Forget it."
Kenta shoved Jonesy toward Foxxy. "Hey, Jonesy, feel like a duel?" she asked, drawing her knife, and Jonesy drew his knife, and they circled each other.
Kenta turned sharply to BJ. "You were supposed to be WATCHING HIM!" she snapped, though BJ showed no emotion, giving her a bored look.
"It's not her fault, I went off on my own," Jonesy replied, facing Kenta… and got tackled by Foxxy. "Oof!"
"Rule one, Jonesy: Never turn your back in a duel for anything!" the she-wolf scoffed, getting off of him.
Kenta grabbed Jonesy by the shirt collar and yanked him back to his feet. "What were you doing away from the camp?" she demanded.
"N-Nothing!" Jonesy stammered, backing away as Kenta came closer.
"Who banished us to this planet?"
"J-Jim!"
"Who killed Scroop?"
"Jim…" Jonesy tripped landing on his rear and allowing Kenta to loom over him.
"What have I told you… about THEM?"
"I-I'm sorry! That girl didn't seem so bad, I didn't know she was Jim's daughter! I-I was actually thinking that she and I could have been…"
"Friends?"
Jonesy gulped.
Kenta began to pace, grudgingly. "You thought that you could get to the daughter, and Jim would welcome you into his crew with open arms? What an idea!" she paused, considering it. "What… an IDEA!" She grabbed Jonesy, holding him close and tussling his hair. "Brilliant, lad! You've already developed Scroop's cunning mind to develop such a plot!"
"She says that like it's a good thing," BJ joked to Foxxy, who snickered.
Kenta glared and switched her hands to knives, holding them at their throats. "WHAT WAS THAT?"
"Nothing, Kent. Continue."
Kenta sneered then switched her hands back, grabbing Jonesy and pulling him aboard the ship, guiding him to a hammock and making him lie down. She smirked, as a plan evolved in her mind. "I can already see us rising to our vast and glorious return to power!"
"But, I don't want…" Jonesy said meekly.
"SILENCE! Uh, I mean hush, my dear lad. You must be exhausted…"
Brace yourselves, this is where Kenta's number begins.
Kenta: Sleep my little Jonesy, let your dreams take wing
One day when you're big and strong
You will be a king…
"Goodnight," Jonesy whispered as Kenta walked off.
"Goodnight, my son. Tomorrow your training intensifies…" Kenta said, walking into the shadows that were cast around the ship.
Kenta: I've been exiled, persecuted, left alone with no defense
When I think about what that brute did, I get a little tense (scrapes knives against the ship's metal side)
But I dream a dream so pretty, so I don't feel so depressed
'Cause it soothes my inner kiddy, and it helps me get some rest
Foxxy, BJ, and Lucinda gathered, hearing Kenta.
The sound of Jim's dying gasp (Lucinda feigns a gasp and falls to the ground)
His daughter screaming in my grasp (BJ holds up Foxxy by the tail, who kicks her in the face)
His wife and crew's mournful cries… that's my lullaby
Now the past I've tried forgetting, and my foes I could forgive
Trouble is, I know it's petty, but I hate to let them live (slashes a poster of Jim, which already has a few holes in it)
Lucinda: So you found yourself somebody
To chase Jim outta the galaxy
Kenta: Oh the battle may be bloody
But that kinda works for me (shoves Lucinda away)
The melody of painful brawls (swings down rope past brawling crewmates)
A counterpoint of painful howls (lands on BJ's tail, making her yelp)
A sympathy of death, oh my
That's my lullaby
Kenta then returned to Jonesy, who had fallen asleep.
Scroop is gone, but Kenta's still around
To care for this little lad (pats Jonesy's head)
Till he learns to be a killer (stabs knives into post) with a lust for being bad! (carves downward)
The entire crew is on board now, surrounding Jonesy. BJ, Lucinda, and Foxxy are closest to him.
Lucinda: Sleep, you little whelp!
Uh, I mean precious little thing
Foxxy: (shoves Lucinda away) One day when you're big and strong…
Kenta: You will be a king! (releases sail, making ship rise toward the moonlight)
The sight of bodies piling high
The sound of Jonesy's murderous cry!
Lucinda: Joy of vengeance!
BJ: Testify!
Kenta: I can hear the cheering…
BJ, Foxxy, Lucinda: Jonesy, what a guy! (Lucinda bitterly waves a tiny flag with the letter 'J' on it)
Kenta: As our time is nearing and then our flag will fly
Against the blood-red sky!
That's… my… lullaby!
Kenta cackled into the night… and Jonesy woke up. "Ugh, what's all the singing about?" he asked, groggily.
"Nothing, now shut up and go back to sleep!" Kenta snapped.
Jonesy shrugged and lied back down, continuing his sleep.
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A/N: Next chapter, we move forward six years!
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