Author Note: Chapter one I think will be one of the saddest chapters of this fan fiction. Also, sorry if the pirates aren't talking like pirates. My "pirate talk" isn't the best.

EDIT: Nov. 6th, 2004: I updated this chapter and chapter three one more time just to check the spelling and any other grammar mistakes. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Treasure Planet and the characters of Treasure Planet belong to Disney Studios, not me. The Stanfun family, the sphere of Parmile, the planet Marappel, and some of the pirates belong to me, and that's it.

The Sphere of Parmile

Chapter One: Unwanted Guests

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It was a cold, dark, rainy night on the planet of Marapple, and deep within the forest of this green planet was a fairly large house. Inside, a family of five sat peacefully around the fire as creatures of the night sung a lovely melody.

The father of the family, Mitchell, was resting in an armchair gazing out the window. Beside him was his beautiful wife, Vanessa, who was reading an old novel (Treasure Island, maybe?). Below their feet, lying of the floor playing a game of cards, were their two oldest children, a boy, Jacob, and a girl, Nicole. And beside the fireplace, their youngest daughter, Lora, played with her dolls as she lay on the hard, wooden floor.

"Oh no!" Lora shrieked in a high voice while waving her princess doll around, "Someone please save me!"

In her other hand was a monster that stomped it's way toward the princess, "Rah! Rah! I'm going to eat you for dinner! Grrrrr!"

Lora dropped the princess doll and used her free hand to grab the knight in shining armor. "I will save you!" She announced in a deep, proud voice.

"Oh, my hero!" Lora bashed the princess doll's head against the knight to make it appear as though she were giving him a kiss.

"Take that! And that! And that!" She said pouncing the knight on the dragon, tipping it over, and making it appear to be dead, "Die dragon! Die! Die! Die!"

Mitchell chuckled as he watched his nine year old continue her funny little play. He took one more glance out the window and noticed the sky had a strange dark shadow upon it. A loud clash of thunder roared in the night sky. Followed by large rain drops that bounced off the ground. That was odd, he didn't recall any signs of a storm earlier in the day... Unless...

"Vanessa, don't you find it odd for those rain clouds to just appear out of nowhere? You don't think it's..." His worried eyes looked at his wife.

"It's all in your head, sweetheart. There is nothing to be afraid of," His wife assured him.

Mitchell turned his gaze back to the window to search the outside. Although it was dark, he could swear he'd seen some movement from behind the trees. He examined the moving figures closer. The tip of his nose was pressed againt the glass and his breath became visible on the window. Another boom of thunder was heard as lightning hit the ground. At that moment, Mitchell noticed the figures were walking towards the house. One figure, in particular, he recognized right away. His eyes grew wide with fear as he said the name aloud, "Skull,"

"Is something wrong, dear?" Vanessa turned to her husband.

"Vanessa, take the children upstairs at once!" Mitchell jumped from his chair and ran quickly towards the door. He grabbed a giant thick piece of wood and placed it in front of the door.

Without any hesitation, Vanessa pulled Jacob and Nicole from the ground. Nicole grabbed hold of the Lora's arm and tugged her. Lora picked up her knight and monster, but dropped her princess doll as Nicole picked her up.

"My doll!" Lora yelled.

"There's no time!"

Their mother lead them up the stairs and down to the end of the hall. She placed her hand on a door nob that the children had never noticed before. The door slid open to reveal a dark, narrow hallway. They placed one hand on the wall and slowly walked sideways down to the end of the hall where they discovered another door. They were rushed insided a small room with only one small, round window.

Vanessa explained to her children that no matter what happened they had to stay in the room at all costs. Ignore the noises they could hear coming from downstairs and stay quiet. However, she refused to explain to them as to why they were hiding.

"Nicole," Vanessa approached her daughter and placed a round object wrapped in a dirty cloth into the palm of her hand, "Keep it safe," Nicole nodded as she shoved the object into the pocket of her dress.

"I'm going to help your father, stay here!" And with that, their mother shut the door and dashed off to help their father.

When Mitchell seen his wife at the top of the stairs he yelled out to her, "Vanessa! I can't hold them back! There's too many!"

"Keep trying Mitchell! We can't let them take it!"

Mitchell obeyed his wife and continued to push the door shut, refusing to let it open. Vanessa grabbed a broom as two pirates broke their way through a window. As a pirate came towards her she bravely tried to fight him off; but, another pirate snuck up from behind and grabbed her.

"Vanessa!" Mitchell shouted just before the door was thrust open, throwing him forward.

Jacob had his ear pressed against the door carefully trying to listen to the noises. The loud bangs and crashes made him fear the worst. Being the oldest, he felt it was his duty to protect his younger sisters if his parents failed to do so. Without thinking every thing through, he decided to ignore his mother's demands, "I'm going to help them!"

"Jacob, don't even think about it!" Nicole yelled to her brother, but she was unable to see him in the dark hallway. Nicole ran to the door and stuck her head out, "Jacob!" she yelled down the hall.

"Lor, stay here!" Nicole pulled the round object from her pocket and placed it in Lora's hands, "No matter what happens, don't let them have this!" Lora nodded as her sister ran through the door. It wasn't long before a terrifying scream echoed down the hall.

"Nicole!" Lora ran for the door. Trembling, she stopped at the door way and stared into the darkness. Softly, she called out to her sister while hugging her toys close, "N-Nicole?"

The silence was suddenly interruped by the fearful shout of a fat pirate that had managed to squeeze his way through the hall. His horrid face was only inches away from Lora's. Terrifed, she screamed and whacked the pirate across the face with one of her dolls; dropping the other to the floor.

"Why yeh lil'!" the pirate yelped in pain covering his eyes.

Meanwhile, Lora took off in the other direction towards the window. Just as she was crawling out the window the pirate came charging up from behind. She slid onto the roof and gulpped as the strong winds blew her dress and the rain splashed against her face. She shook as she looked at the long drop from the roof to the ground. Suddenly, the pirate grabbed the end of her dress, causing Lora to almost lose her balance. She turned around, grabbed her dress and tugged, "Let go!"

"Yeh be goin' nowhere, lass!"

The end of Lora's dress began to tear as they fought. Within seconds, a small piece of her dress was ripped off from the pirate and she fell backwards, tumbling towards the end of the roof. The pirate's body was too massive to fit through the small window, so he gave up. As he turned and walked away he cursed under his breathe.

However, Lora was now hanging on to the end of the roof. As she hung there, she could feel her grip loosening. One by one, her fingers let go, until finally, all her fingers let go of the roof and Lora sailed towards the ground.

Thankfully, a bush broke her fall. Lora looked around before climbing out of the bush and running into the forest. There she hid behind a tree where she was unnoticeable, yet she could see what was going on in front of the house. The pirates where gathering in the front yard, a few dragging her family out, some setting fire to the house, and the others stood by watching and cheering. Lora could see some of the pirates searching around her family as though they were looking for something.

"Deh pockets be empty, sir!"

"What yeh want us to do wit 'em, Cap'n?"

All the pirates turned and looked at a larger pirate about seven feet tall. He was very muscular and had grayish blue skin. The horrifying pirate cracked his large knuckles and approached Mitchell. Grabbing him by the collar he pulled him to his height. Now face to face the pirate questioned Mitchell slowly in a deep voice, "Where is the sphere, Mitchell?"

Grinding his teeth, Mitchell looked into the black eyes of the captain and gave him an answer he did not want to hear, "You'll never have it..." After violently throwing Mitchell to the ground, the pirate whipped out a gun and aimed it at Mitchell. The crew did the same, aiming their's at the rest of the family , "Then you all die,"

Lora quickly turned away before she witnessed something she'd wished she'd never seen. She started gasping for air shaking her head, not wanting to believe want just happened. "No, it's not real," Lora cried to herself, "It's just a bad dream, it's not real... it's just a dream... just a dream... it's not real."

As the rain continued to pour, Lora continued to cry. The life she knew was gone and she was left alone in this world. There was nowhere left to run. No family left to go to. She was cursed to spend the rest of her life miserable and lonely... for all eternity...

Next Chapter...

Chapter Two: An Unexpected Rescue