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Treasure Planet: The Intergalactic Chase

Treasure. Pirates. Adventures. Jim sure was starting to miss the old days as his eyes soared through the clouds. Now that Jim had been in the academy for a few days now, he could only watch as the stars shot across the sky as he sat in the room with the other students.

"This is like a dream," he said to himself. He went from a delinquent to an actual cadet at the academy and he was beyond excited. Now, he just needed to make a name for himself. He wanted to be known as the best cadet in the entire academy. Especially since Captain Amelia herself put in a good word for him.

"Now…where do I start?" He thought. After all, he had a small reputation already as the one who found Captain Flint's Treasure. He was just happy his friends were there to help him too. Captain Amelia and her husband, Dr. Doppler, would also visit from time to time. He still had Morph and B.E.N., now called BEN, to keep him company too. BEN worked as one of the engineers in the academy!

"How's it goin, BEN?" he asked, now passing by.

"Okay, I guess. It's a lot of work that's for sure," the robot said.

Jim chuckled, now seeing another cadet passing by. She was cadet Claire. She was also a cat-like hybrid like Captain Amelia, but her features made her look very different! She had yellow eyes, black skin, long black hair, and a back puffy tail. If anything, she was somewhat feared due to her appearance. The other cat-hybrids looked different from her; she was definitely the oddball. She wasn't popular because of her abilities; she was popular because she was feared. "Whoa…here comes Claire."

"Claire?! The most popular girl in the academy?! You should keep your distance from her!" BEN said nervously.

"What do you mean?" Jim chuckled.

"She's the academy cadet president. She helps the teachers run the academy smoothly, but also to let them know our points of view too. She's great," BEN said, getting a dreamy look.

"So why should I keep my distance? She sounds like an opportunity," Jim teased.

"Because she's known to be 'no nonsense.' She likes to just cha cha cha all the way to her dorm room and dance to the classrooms, ya know?!" BEN said. Jim looked at him in a confused way.

"What on Earth was that?!" Jim said, now chuckling as Morph flew out of his pocket.

"What I mean is that she likes to work more than date, okay Jimmy!" BEN said.

"Aww c'mon…everyone wants to be loved," Jim smiled, now walking up to her as she was passing by with her trio. "Hey, Claire."

"Cadet Hawkins. Greetings," she responded, now placing her hand out. "Welcome to the Academy."

"Uh, thanks. So uh how are you doing Claire?" He smiled warmly.

"I am well, Jim. And I trust you are as well. Now you must excuse me; I must get to class. This week is going to be the most important in the history of the academy!" She said.

"What do you mean?" Jim asked.

"This week Captain Claude is coming!" Claire said in glee. Jim's mouth fell open and he felt like he was gonna pass out! Captain Claude was very well known among the captain world! Everyone wanted to train under him and learn from him. He was captain of so many fleets that it would make your head spin; even better? He was a cousin of Captain Amelia.

"He-He's coming here?!" Jim asked, now sweating!

"Yes! He's coming this afternoon!" Claire said, now turning and walking off. "Better hurry!" She called over her shoulder. "He's going to be looking for the very best!"

"Best for what?" Jim asked, now thoroughly confused.

"He's choosing a few from here to train with him on one of his actual fleet ships! He is going to train the group for a whole week. But…," she paused.

"But what?" Jim asked.

"You have to be chosen. We all have to pass a series of written and physical tests of strength, agility, and expertise to be picked," She said, now looking stern. "Everyone is a threat."

"Threat?" Jim asked.

"Jim, everyone wants a chance to train with Captain Claude. He's the best there is besides others like Captain Amelia!" Claire said, now exasperated with Jim's lack of knowledge.

"Okay, okay! I get it!" Jim said, now putting his hands up in defense.

Jim's gulp got caught right in the middle of his throat. There was going to be one of the greatest captain's in history coming to the academy! As Jim was trying to find his words, BEN came up to him with a grin.

"You okay, Jimmy?" He asked, but yelped as Jim grabbed his shoulders.

"Yes! We gotta see Captain Claude! I gotta see what all this is about!" He said, now turning and seeing a large crowd heading towards the conference room.

"Well ya better hurry before we are run over!" BEN said, now running and trying to stay ahead of all of the students. Jim nodded and ran after him! And boy it wasn't easy! Both had to push and shove their way through to get in the front of the audience!

"I-I can't breathe!" BEN gasped, now trying to squeeze from between two large cadet boys.

"You don't even have lungs so what are you talking about?" Jim said, now shoving another kid off him.

But everyone went silent as the announcer walked to the front and nodded for everyone to be silent!

"Greetings students and welcome to Arrow Academy. It is with great pleasure that I present to you our guest for today…Captain Claude." The announcer called. Jim's eyes widened as the large velvet curtain moved back and the large cat-like captain came forward. He looked almost like a walking Siberian-Tiger, but with slightly more pointed ears. The whole room went into an uproar and Jim was almost knocked on his behind as the large being took a slight bow.

"H-He's even bigger in person!" Jim said in awe.

"Duh! He's a captain, for Heaven's sake," BEN said with a roll of his robotic eyes. Morph was just smiling, happy that Jim was enjoying himself. But Jim was shaken from his thoughts as the announcer had a tough time quieting the room!

"Alright, alright! Enough! Calm down! QUIET!" He screamed into the microphone. After at least fifteen minutes, the room went silent again and the large beast walked to the microphone as the announcer stood back.

"Greetings students of the Academy. I am pleased at your welcome and I look forward to your performance on the challenges that will be presented," Captain Claude replied, now giving a small smile. Jim smiled hugely as he saw the great beast stand back and watch the announcer walk forward.

"I'm gonna win this," he heard another boy whisper to someone else.

"No, I am," another whispered.

"Jim, you're gonna have a lot of competition," BEN whispered.

"It doesn't matter. We're gonna make it!" Jim said, now seeing the announcer pull out his long list.

"Students! This assignment is going to be one in a lifetime. This is the second year that Captain Claude has agreed to train you all in space for a whole week! Now then, you may return to your quarters and await further instruction on the proceedings," the announcer said. Jim could only sigh; he wanted nothing more than to be chosen, but he knew it would take a lot of hard work. As he made his way back to his room, he saw Captain Claude and the other officials talking. Maybe be he could somehow get him to talk to him? Just a quick 'hi' maybe?

"I wanna talk to him myself," Jim said.

"HUH?! Now?!" BEN exclaimed.

"Yeah now, ya dummy!" Jim said without heat. "I want to talk to him about the training and what it's like to be a captain, like him and Amelia," Jim said, now moving aside and waiting for the other students to leave. But he watched in agony as they were getting ready to leave!

"Well, that's that, I guess," BEN said as Morph nodded in agreement.

"No! I wanna talk to him now!" Jim said, now climbing up a large curtain that was covering a nearby window!

"GAH! Jim, no!" BEN pleaded, now seeing Jim trying to swing like Tarzan to the next curtain until he got to the platform! The students, hearing the commotion, turned and laughed as they saw Jim making a spectacle of himself! It was now loud enough to get the officials' attention. As they turned and saw Jim, the announcer was furious!

"YOU! You get off of there! How dare you?! That is academy property!" the announcer shouted as loud as he could!

"Is this how most students act when they are in need of your attention?" Captain Claude asked, now arching an eyebrow at the swinging student.

"NO! No I assure you, we don't do things like GAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The announcer shouted as Jim grabbed onto one more curtain. But alas, it was not meant to be. The curtain tore and sent Jim flying! The curtain landed on the other officials, blinding them, and Jim could have snapped his neck if Claude hadn't leapt up and grabbed him! Claude then grabbed a curtain as well to keep from falling! Jim turned and saw the captain looking at him seriously. Oh great! Now the first impression was of him being a hoodlum!

"You need to be more careful, young cadet; you could have been seriously injured. Perhaps killed," Claude replied, now putting him on his own two feet.

"I-I'm sorry, Captain Claude! I didn't mean any harm I promise! I just wanted to meet you!" Jim said. But the whole room was still snapping pictures and talking about Jim being a complete imbecile! Jim's face was now red as he hung his head in embarrassment.

Claude could sense the tension and was about to reply when the announcer grabbed Jim's arm and tugged him harshly off the stage!
"You sir are confined to your quarters! Now MOVE!" He roared, now dragging the young cadet to his quarters. Jim didn't even look at Captain Claude, fearing a look of disapproval.

"Great…perfect…", Jim muttered angrily, now being sent to his quarters. This was not becoming the greatest experience after all.

The next day…

Jim and the others stood at attention as the announcer once more gave them their assignments.

"You must pass the written exam to demonstrate your proficiency at running a well-oiled ship. You have one hour. After this, it will be the physical task," the announcer said, now motioning for everyone to sit and get their pencils ready. As Jim sat down, he noticed Claire a few others positioning themselves, ready to give it their all. But the moment they were told to start, Jim froze! He knew barely any of the questions on the paper!

"Drat!" he said angrily to himself. But he had no choice; he had to try! As BEN and Morph watched, they knew that Jim was in a tight spot.
And boy were they right. Jim knew that he probably didn't pass, but he wasn't giving up. He was going to give the physical exam everything he had. He wasn't going to give up the chance to train with one of the greatest captains in history.

Once the written portion was done, Jim ran and changed into his training clothes. He met the other cadets on the field and learned about what the trials were. Considering he had already been through craziness in space before, he knew that it should be easy.

And it was! He jumped over barrels, aimed perfectly for targets, crawled flawlessly through hole after hole and finished as one of the first!

"YES!" He shouted as he crossed the finish line! His lungs were burning and his eyes were stinging due to his sweat, but he knew he did it!

"JIMMY YOU DID IT! You'll be able to make it for sure now!" BEN danced, now twirling around in glee.

"I hope so, BEN! I really hope so," Jim said, now seeing the captain leaning over the edge of the balcony and watching the cadets work. He knew he had to win; he just had to!

Two hours later…

Jim and the others waited impatiently for the announcer to gather the results. They knew that he would be giving the list of who would be going on the training regimen!

"I have to be picked! I just have to!" Jim thought, now clenching his fists. It seemed like forever for the announcer to finally get to the 'H's in the name list!

"Corey Handson, Cherry Hallery, Benny Hafensy, Devon Hafurst, Julie Hawly, Felix Heckelbush, Candy Gather, Sera Gatry, " the announcer continued. BEN's eyes widened in shock; as fast as the 'H's came, they were gone. He looked over at Jim, who was looking at the floor. BEN couldn't even see his eyes.

"Jim?" He asked quietly.

No response.

"Jimmy?"

Nothing.

"Jimmy, please say something buddy," BEN pleaded gently. But after a moment, Jim rose his head and looked at BEN in a frustrated manner.

"I should've known. I should've known I couldn't do it; no matter what academy I ever go to, I will be nothin but a street rat," Jim said lowly, now turning and walking out briskly. BEN wanted to follow, but he knew he shouldn't; Jim needed some time alone.

Meanwhile, outside…

Jim angrily kicked some rocks as he walked past the fleet ship the others would be taking that weekend for the training.

"There will be other trips," he thought to himself, but he still felt down. He didn't want a future trip; he wanted to go on this one! He then rolled his eyes and turned away. "Whatever."

As he walked away, he didn't notice that someone was watching from the shadows. Someone that had no idea Jim would be attending THAT academy at THAT same moment.

"J-Jim? Is that Jim?!" The voice said.

"Who's Jim?" Another voice asked.

"I'll tell ye later," the voice replied, but then it sighed. "This ain't good. I don't know if he gonna be on that ship."

"And if he is?" The second voice answered. "It shouldn't ruin anything; we need that ship!"

"Yes, I know! The one from Captain's Claude's fleet! I know…but things may be different if Jim is here," the voice replied.

"Why? You still haven't said what's so special about the boy!" The other voice replied, now getting agitated.

"Let's just say me and th' boy have a….history," the voice chuckled. "Not ta worry; if he helped me once; he'll help me again."

Meanwhile…

Captain Claude was walking down the hallway and smiling a tiny smile as he saw the cadets getting prepared for the journey. He then noticed that Jim was walking past, looking downtrodden. Using his great eyesight, he also noticed a small tear running down his face. But what made things worse was that Jim accidentally bumped into the large being's chest and fell on his backside.

"GAH!" Jim said, now looking up. His eyes widened in horror as Captain Claude and the others were looking down at him. They all wore serious expressions, but Claude's changed into a softer expression when he saw the evidence of the small tear.

"Are you well, young cadet?" Claude asked, now extending a large clawed hand to help him up. But Jim only looked away in complete terror and jumped to his feet and took off. This left Claude and the others looking confused. Claude then leaned over to a nearby official. "Isn't that the same young cadet from earlier?"

"Yes, Sir. He is indeed causing more trouble than he's worth!" The official huffed.

"What is his name?" Claude asked.

"I am not sure. Just a nobody I'm sure," the official chuckled as they began to walk. But that comment made Claude's eyes sharpen and his jaw tighten. He then stopped and the officials gulped in his large shadow.

"No student is a 'nobody;' they cannot be captains if not given the opportunity," Claude said with authority.

"Y-Y-Y-Yes Sir," the official said, now shuddering under Claude's gaze.
Claude nodded and walked ahead. He may have been strong and emotionless, but he did not like when officials spoke rashly of students. What he did not know was that Jim was listening from behind a wall and that made him have a glimmer of hope; perhaps Captain Claude did not hate him after all.

And to the stars we go! This is my first Treasure Planet Story! We shall see where it takes us!

To guestsurprise: Looks good so far! And from the sounds of it, Silver is back too! :) You know, despite being a pirate and trying to take over Amelia's ship, Silver was like the father Jim needed. :)

To everyone else: Please leave guestsurprise a review, but no flames!

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