"All aboard!" a strong commanding voice shouted to all the scared of out their wits cadets fearing seeing war for the first time. Amelia sighed as she looked at all their faces as they looked up at her. Hugging their packs and glancing back to see if their families still remained. Amelia knew her husband was in the tearful crowd below the ship.

He said he wouldn't leave till the ship was too small even for his candid eyes to see.

"Cadets! Attention! Admiral Smollet-er-Doppler wishes to speak with you!" Amelia's new first mate-at least on this ship for now till they got re ordered in Officers once they got to Out post Regina where her real slew of officer awaited her.

"Thank you mister Hawkvil."Amelia noded curtly before turning to the youth before her,"Cadets, students, graduates one and all today I welcome you onto the RLS Lyonesse. Sadly I do wish this was for graduation or rank increase purpose but it seems that will not be the case. You lot know why we are here and I shall not sugarcoat the situation anymore than the other officers may or may not have." Amelia cleared her throat and continued feeling that sickening feeling arise once more. 'Bloody hell am I doing getting space-sick.' Amelia scolded her self before returning to her speech. "Some of you will be split into different ships so do not get comfortable here." Amelia tried to ignore the feeling gurgitating in her stomach and kept going, "I wish for you all to resume in your bunks unless having been given other things to do." she said nodding as the saluted her then retreating to carry out her order.

"What in the bloody hell is wrong with me!" Amelia snapped once in her stateroom placing her thin hand on her trim stomach. "I've never gotten damn space sickness before blast it!" She fussed then sighed sitting at her desk to look over cadet files and such and choose whom she wanted on her ship.

After several hours of sorting and resorting again a knock rag at her door, "Come in." she mumbled not taking her eyes off the mountain of papers before her.

"Captain?" Mister Clarence Hawkvile stepped in, he was a dashing felind man roughly Amelia's age maybe a year or two her elder he has white fur , bright blue eyes, and golden hair draping from these masculine heart throb features was a long golden tail.

"Mister Hawkvile what a pleasantry this is." Amelia chortled standing to greet her first officer

"I brought some wine to celebrate."

"Celebrate? What is in need to celebration Officer?"

"Well several things, the good will of a quick war and bloodless war, the promises of a good crew and we're alive." He gave a quick grin to her.

Amelia blinked a bit and sighed, "I do presume you are correct Mister Hawkvile." She took the wine offered to her

"And I'm celebrating the fact I' in the company of beautiful woman" He grinned at her, Amelia nearly spat out her wine, "Mister Hawkvile let's get one thing straight right this moment." Clarence blinked slight grin fading and looked at her questioning. "I am a happily married woman of near three years. And no I am not interested in you in any means."

Clarence cleared his throat," Captain I'm sorry to have offended you in anyways with my remark I assure you it was not meant to offend you or your marriage in anyway ma'am."

Amelia settled down a bit muscles still tense, "Good, Good other wise this would not have been a pleasant experience for you."

"I fully believe you captain." He chuckled uneasily.

Amelia gave him a curt nod and continued sipping her wine feeling much worse afterward, 'What in God's name is wrong...'

Delbert sighed looking around his large home that felt empty once again now that Amelia gone to war, this was the third day without his wife and he was beginning to remember what being single was like.

"Damn this war." He said sipping his cup of coffee and flipping open his book, he couldn't concentrate on the words or contents in the book though all he could think about was his Amelia out in the ethrium fighting t keep him and the others safe. So they all could sleep soundly in their beds at night.

Delbert watched a ship take off from the spaceport and sighed, Soon...soon they'd be back together.

A/n thank you for the reviews and faves!