Reviewer notes:
Archer of Darkness- Well...I'm not putting the song in just one chapter. The whole thing'll be in the story, but it's just gonna be scattered through the next few chappies. I hope it was interesting to watch Josen suffer under your teachers and Niggles! LOL!
queen Sarabi- Thank you. :-)
gray archer- shrugs I just thought it'd be interesting(and kinda humorous)to have Jim ask Jaceno that. Um, I guess I am kinda crazy about him. (blushes) He's just so cute!!! Anyway, thanks for the reviews!!!
Arein- He's gonna tell her about Treasure Planet cuz she's never heard of it before! (winks) (at least not in the Etherium)
CrazyTomboy- Well it was supposed to be at first but then I saw that it'd be kinda hard to match them all up. Don't worry though, in Chapter 8 the lyrics should fit the story.
Katie- No, my friend Cassie hasn't been abused by anyone as far as I know. I just borrowed her name for the story. And thanks for the offer but actually I'm finished with this story and almost done with the sequel! :-)
sk8ergirl69- Thanks for the nice review. I am updating right now! ;-)
Over the next few weeks, Silver drove us until we could hardly climb in to our hammocks at night. Peeling piles of yelatos, cleaning the sails, and of course-swabbing the deck. But as time went on the work didn't seem so hard. We could clean the entire deck in less than an hour and peel a pile of yelatos as high as we were tall. One night I actually showed Silver up by tying a better spacer knot than he could. The look on his face when I showed him was worth all the nights I had spent practicing when I couldn't fall asleep back on Earth. And somehow, I began to respect him. Not in the way I respected Captain Amelia, but in the way I would respect a friend. I slowly realized that he wasn't out to make my life miserable but to teach me about life on a ship. He felt like another father to me.
Then one night he made Jim and I wash all the dishes in the the galley. Just as we wiped off the last two pots he came over and dropped a stach of filthy dishes and pots in front of us. "Clean 'em," was all he said as he headed up the stairs, laughing. Jim and I looked at eachother and glaring daggers at Silver's retreating form, began scrubbing the dishes. As we worked I felt blisters start to form on my hands. I winced as they broke open but continued scrubbing. As the stack of dishes slowly shrunk, I could hardly keep my eyes open. Finally we finished the last of the dishes and set them carefully on the countertop. Then I glaced at my hands and tried not to flinch. They were covered in blisters and felt like they were on fire. "Ouch," I whispered. Jim glanced over at me tiredly and showed me his hands. They were covered with as many blisters as mine. "They hurt, don't they"
"Yeah," I managed to say before I fell asleep on the floor.
And you see the things they never see
I awoke later that night to find Jim lying asleep next to me and something warm on my body. I heard footsteps on the stairs and lifted my head slightly to see Silver walking up the stairs without his coat on. I smiled and drifted off again.
All you wanted I can be
When I woke up the next morning I felt Jim get up and opened my eyes to see him grinning at me. "Morning, Cassie."
I sat up and smiled slightly. "Hey, Jim."
Now you know me
He helped me up and asked, "So how'd you sleep last night?"
"Okay. I only woke up when Silver put his coat on us."
And I'm not afraid.
Just then Silver came down the stairs. When he saw that we were awake he grinned. "Did yuo two sleep okay last night?"
I nodded and he continued, "Thats good. Now go get yer morning chores done before breakfast."
and I wanna tell you who I am
I smiled slightly and raced Jim up the stairs to see who would get done first. I won by five seconds and hurried down to get my food.
can ya help me be a man?
A few hours later, Jim and I were in the longboat bay, helping Silver prep a skiff to go out. As I pulled on the rope to lower the longboat I looked up at Silver and smiled.
they can't break me
Then he ordered Jim and I to untie the ropes on the other side. I leaped over the opening in the floor and quickly did as he said. Then I looked back and saw him leaving. I frowned slightly and watched him fly away.
as long as I know who I am.
I glanced at Jim and saw a pain filled expression on his face.
"Jim? What's wrong?"
He glanced up and muttered, "Nothing. I'm fine, Cassie. I just remembered something I shouldn't have."
"Oh."
Suddenly I heard Silver shout our names.
I glanced down to see him waving at us from below the ship. "Get down here, you two!"
I grinned and did as he said, Jim landing a moment after I did. Silver smiled and handed Jim the steering handle. "Okay, now this is the tiller and this is the accelerator-," he said before Jim pushed a few buttons and she skiff shot forward. "Whoa!," he cried, almost falling out. Jim was thrilled, but I was scared for a while. Especially when Jim headed the longboat into the tail of a comet. While we were in there, Jim suddenly flipped the longboat over in a barrel roll. As I watched him expertly move the tiller I began to relax. He wasn't going to get us killed...at least I hoped not.
When we came out of the comet we were all covered in light, dust-like snow. As I brushed myself off I grinned."That was fun, Jim!"
He smiled at me and asked, "Do you wanna try?"
"Um, no thanks, Jim. Why don't you just do it."
"Okay."
We spent the next few hours flying the longboat after comets so we'd get covered in snow again. It was so much fun I completely forgot about Josen and my old life on Earth.
When we finally got back to the Legacy it was almost time to head up to our hammocks. As Jim and I secured the longboat, Silver laughed. "Oh, Jimbo! If I'd maneuvered a skiff like that when I was yer age, they'd be bowin' in the streets when I walked by today!"
Jim smiled slightly. "I dunno. They weren't exactly singin' my praises when I left home."
He and I tied the ropes and sat down in the boat. "But I'm gonna change all that," Jim said after a moment. Silver glanced over at us. "Are yeh now? How so?"
Jim leaned back against the side and closed his eyes. "I've got some plans. Gonna make people see me a little different."
I watched as Silver's smile disappeared. "Oh. Well, sometimes. . . plans go astray."
"Not this time."
Silver lifted his metal leg and looked at it carefully. Jim sat up and after a few moments asked, "So, uh. . . how'd that happen, anyway?"
"You give up a few things. . . chasin' a dream."
"Was it worth it?," I asked quietly.
Silver got up, then sat down next to us and leaned down smiling. "I'm hopin' it is, Cassie. I most surely am."
Archer of Darkness- Well...I'm not putting the song in just one chapter. The whole thing'll be in the story, but it's just gonna be scattered through the next few chappies. I hope it was interesting to watch Josen suffer under your teachers and Niggles! LOL!
queen Sarabi- Thank you. :-)
gray archer- shrugs I just thought it'd be interesting(and kinda humorous)to have Jim ask Jaceno that. Um, I guess I am kinda crazy about him. (blushes) He's just so cute!!! Anyway, thanks for the reviews!!!
Arein- He's gonna tell her about Treasure Planet cuz she's never heard of it before! (winks) (at least not in the Etherium)
CrazyTomboy- Well it was supposed to be at first but then I saw that it'd be kinda hard to match them all up. Don't worry though, in Chapter 8 the lyrics should fit the story.
Katie- No, my friend Cassie hasn't been abused by anyone as far as I know. I just borrowed her name for the story. And thanks for the offer but actually I'm finished with this story and almost done with the sequel! :-)
sk8ergirl69- Thanks for the nice review. I am updating right now! ;-)
Over the next few weeks, Silver drove us until we could hardly climb in to our hammocks at night. Peeling piles of yelatos, cleaning the sails, and of course-swabbing the deck. But as time went on the work didn't seem so hard. We could clean the entire deck in less than an hour and peel a pile of yelatos as high as we were tall. One night I actually showed Silver up by tying a better spacer knot than he could. The look on his face when I showed him was worth all the nights I had spent practicing when I couldn't fall asleep back on Earth. And somehow, I began to respect him. Not in the way I respected Captain Amelia, but in the way I would respect a friend. I slowly realized that he wasn't out to make my life miserable but to teach me about life on a ship. He felt like another father to me.
Then one night he made Jim and I wash all the dishes in the the galley. Just as we wiped off the last two pots he came over and dropped a stach of filthy dishes and pots in front of us. "Clean 'em," was all he said as he headed up the stairs, laughing. Jim and I looked at eachother and glaring daggers at Silver's retreating form, began scrubbing the dishes. As we worked I felt blisters start to form on my hands. I winced as they broke open but continued scrubbing. As the stack of dishes slowly shrunk, I could hardly keep my eyes open. Finally we finished the last of the dishes and set them carefully on the countertop. Then I glaced at my hands and tried not to flinch. They were covered in blisters and felt like they were on fire. "Ouch," I whispered. Jim glanced over at me tiredly and showed me his hands. They were covered with as many blisters as mine. "They hurt, don't they"
"Yeah," I managed to say before I fell asleep on the floor.
And you see the things they never see
I awoke later that night to find Jim lying asleep next to me and something warm on my body. I heard footsteps on the stairs and lifted my head slightly to see Silver walking up the stairs without his coat on. I smiled and drifted off again.
All you wanted I can be
When I woke up the next morning I felt Jim get up and opened my eyes to see him grinning at me. "Morning, Cassie."
I sat up and smiled slightly. "Hey, Jim."
Now you know me
He helped me up and asked, "So how'd you sleep last night?"
"Okay. I only woke up when Silver put his coat on us."
And I'm not afraid.
Just then Silver came down the stairs. When he saw that we were awake he grinned. "Did yuo two sleep okay last night?"
I nodded and he continued, "Thats good. Now go get yer morning chores done before breakfast."
and I wanna tell you who I am
I smiled slightly and raced Jim up the stairs to see who would get done first. I won by five seconds and hurried down to get my food.
can ya help me be a man?
A few hours later, Jim and I were in the longboat bay, helping Silver prep a skiff to go out. As I pulled on the rope to lower the longboat I looked up at Silver and smiled.
they can't break me
Then he ordered Jim and I to untie the ropes on the other side. I leaped over the opening in the floor and quickly did as he said. Then I looked back and saw him leaving. I frowned slightly and watched him fly away.
as long as I know who I am.
I glanced at Jim and saw a pain filled expression on his face.
"Jim? What's wrong?"
He glanced up and muttered, "Nothing. I'm fine, Cassie. I just remembered something I shouldn't have."
"Oh."
Suddenly I heard Silver shout our names.
I glanced down to see him waving at us from below the ship. "Get down here, you two!"
I grinned and did as he said, Jim landing a moment after I did. Silver smiled and handed Jim the steering handle. "Okay, now this is the tiller and this is the accelerator-," he said before Jim pushed a few buttons and she skiff shot forward. "Whoa!," he cried, almost falling out. Jim was thrilled, but I was scared for a while. Especially when Jim headed the longboat into the tail of a comet. While we were in there, Jim suddenly flipped the longboat over in a barrel roll. As I watched him expertly move the tiller I began to relax. He wasn't going to get us killed...at least I hoped not.
When we came out of the comet we were all covered in light, dust-like snow. As I brushed myself off I grinned."That was fun, Jim!"
He smiled at me and asked, "Do you wanna try?"
"Um, no thanks, Jim. Why don't you just do it."
"Okay."
We spent the next few hours flying the longboat after comets so we'd get covered in snow again. It was so much fun I completely forgot about Josen and my old life on Earth.
When we finally got back to the Legacy it was almost time to head up to our hammocks. As Jim and I secured the longboat, Silver laughed. "Oh, Jimbo! If I'd maneuvered a skiff like that when I was yer age, they'd be bowin' in the streets when I walked by today!"
Jim smiled slightly. "I dunno. They weren't exactly singin' my praises when I left home."
He and I tied the ropes and sat down in the boat. "But I'm gonna change all that," Jim said after a moment. Silver glanced over at us. "Are yeh now? How so?"
Jim leaned back against the side and closed his eyes. "I've got some plans. Gonna make people see me a little different."
I watched as Silver's smile disappeared. "Oh. Well, sometimes. . . plans go astray."
"Not this time."
Silver lifted his metal leg and looked at it carefully. Jim sat up and after a few moments asked, "So, uh. . . how'd that happen, anyway?"
"You give up a few things. . . chasin' a dream."
"Was it worth it?," I asked quietly.
Silver got up, then sat down next to us and leaned down smiling. "I'm hopin' it is, Cassie. I most surely am."