Authors note: The dragon in the stars, also known as Draco, I got from the
movie Dragon Heart. I hope this isn't too mushy.
CHAPTER 7 "So where are we headed?" Cameron asked as she walked up to Jim one evening after dinner.
Jim turned and smiled when he saw Cameron. "Zorion! I have some business to take care of there and we also need to get the ship repaired. It shouldn't take long maybe a couple days."
"I've been there before. It's a really nice place, like paradise." Cameron laughed.
"That's what I've heard."
"You mean you've never been there?" She looked at him surprised.
"Nope!" He gave her a smirk. "Maybe you can show me around." He suggested.
"I don't know, maybe!" She laughed. "Come on I gotta show ya something." She motioned for him to follow and they climbed up to the crow's nest. When they got up there, Cameron took out a small spyglass that just happened to be Jim's.
"Where did you get that?" He lifted an eyebrow at her.
"I borrowed it for the occasion." She shrugged. "Have you ever seen the dragon in the stars?"
"Never heard of it." Jim shook his head.
"Well, it's a group of stars in the shape of a dragon." Cameron began to explain as she looked through the spyglass. "It's called Draco, and I believe it's right.here. Found it!" She grabbed Jim's arm and pulled him over handing the spyglass to him so he could look through.
"See it!" She whispered to him. "The story is that whenever a dragon sacrificed his heart to someone in dying need that he would become part of that group of stars. But if the mind and heart of that human was corrupted and impure then the dragon would loose his place in the stars forever." She whispered the tale to Jim as he continued to observe the stars. She was right; the stars connected in the shape of a dragon.
"It's amazing!" He whispered. He looked back down at Cameron who was still looking up at the stars. 'And so are you.' He was about to continue but stopped himself.
"My grandfather showed me that on my 16th birthday." Cameron looked back at Jim and they locked eyes.
Before Jim knew what he was doing his lips were on hers in a soft kiss. Cameron tensed when she felt his lips on hers but slowly opened her mouth to allow his tongue entrance. When they parted they were both speechless.
When what just happened finally sunk in, Cameron frowned as she took a step back from him. She shook her head and looked away.
"I.I better be getting to bed." Cameron started to make her way back down to the deck.
"Cammie wait!" Jim followed her and when they reached the deck he grabbed her arm. "What's wrong?"
"Don't." She jerked her arm free from his grip. "Don't ever call me that again! EVER!" She yelled at him.
"What is wrong? I didn't think." Jim was cut off.
"That's just it! You didn't think." Cameron looked up at him. "This wont work out, it can't happen."
"Cameron please, just listen." Jim grabbed her arm again and jerked her around.
"NO! I know exactly what this is. You are trying to butter me up." She yelled at him.
"I am not!" He yelled back at her.
Cameron walked up to him so she was inches from his face. "Pirates don't fall in love."
"Then what about your mom and dad, didn't they love each other?" He asked her softly.
"You have no idea what you're getting into." She was about to walk away but he kept a death grip on her upper arms.
"Answer me!"
Cameron paused. "I was a mistake, ok Jim. Are you happy now?" When Jim's grip loosened Cameron jerked out of his reach. "I was a mistake. I wasn't supposed to happen." Tears started streaming down her cheeks but she quickly wiped them away. "And I will not let that happen to me. I refuse to see myself as what my father really sees me as." Cameron muffled a cough as more tears streamed down her cheeks.
Cameron ran down to the room that she was chained in her first week on the ship and locked herself in. She couldn't face Jim ever again and she wouldn't let the crew see her like she was. She would hide in here until they got to Zorion and try and escape. Screw the code, they're more like guidelines anyway.
Cameron leaned against the door and slowly slid down to the floor. She couldn't believe what she just said to Jim. She had just let out her secret that she hadn't told anyone her whole life.
Jim stood on the deck in shock. That was her secret. That was what she was hiding from him. He couldn't believe what he just heard. When he realized that she had run off he tried to follow but lost her somehow. He didn't know how that was possible but he did and he cursed under his breath hitting the wall with his fist. Jim ran back up to the main deck where his crew was resting after dinner.
"Everyone search the ship! Cameron's missing!" He yelled to them. The crew looked up at him surprised and they froze in place. "NOW!" Jim yelled as the crew started their search.
Zack ran down to the ships lowest deck just in case she might have been down there. When he noticed that the door to the room they had first chained Cameron in was closed and locked he quickly ran over to it.
"Cameron!" He called but he got no answer as he unlocked the door and threw it open. "Cameron." He said softly when he saw her curled up in the corner of the room with her knees pulled up to her chest her arms tightly wrapped around them. He walked towards her slowly and knelt down in front of her. "Are you ok?"
Cameron looked over at Zack, but said nothing. What was there to say? She wanted to just disappear, to just die. She scolded herself for the way she was acting. She was a pirate. She was supposed to be tough and to be able to handle any situation, except this one. She was jolted from her thoughts when Zack called her name again softly.
"Zack!" She whispered. "I'm not feeling so good and I don't think I can move."
Zack nodded and carefully picked her up in his arms. He quickly ascended the stairs calling for the captain. "CAPTAIN!" Zack screamed as loud as he could.
When Jim heard Zack's voice calling for him he quickly ran back up to the main deck just as Zack came running up from the opposite staircase. He was carrying a limp Cameron in his arms. Jim quickly took Cameron from him and looked down at her. Her eyes were red and puffy from what looked to be crying and her emerald green eyes were no longer bright. Jim told his crew to get back to what they were doing as he carried Cameron into his room.
CHAPTER 7 "So where are we headed?" Cameron asked as she walked up to Jim one evening after dinner.
Jim turned and smiled when he saw Cameron. "Zorion! I have some business to take care of there and we also need to get the ship repaired. It shouldn't take long maybe a couple days."
"I've been there before. It's a really nice place, like paradise." Cameron laughed.
"That's what I've heard."
"You mean you've never been there?" She looked at him surprised.
"Nope!" He gave her a smirk. "Maybe you can show me around." He suggested.
"I don't know, maybe!" She laughed. "Come on I gotta show ya something." She motioned for him to follow and they climbed up to the crow's nest. When they got up there, Cameron took out a small spyglass that just happened to be Jim's.
"Where did you get that?" He lifted an eyebrow at her.
"I borrowed it for the occasion." She shrugged. "Have you ever seen the dragon in the stars?"
"Never heard of it." Jim shook his head.
"Well, it's a group of stars in the shape of a dragon." Cameron began to explain as she looked through the spyglass. "It's called Draco, and I believe it's right.here. Found it!" She grabbed Jim's arm and pulled him over handing the spyglass to him so he could look through.
"See it!" She whispered to him. "The story is that whenever a dragon sacrificed his heart to someone in dying need that he would become part of that group of stars. But if the mind and heart of that human was corrupted and impure then the dragon would loose his place in the stars forever." She whispered the tale to Jim as he continued to observe the stars. She was right; the stars connected in the shape of a dragon.
"It's amazing!" He whispered. He looked back down at Cameron who was still looking up at the stars. 'And so are you.' He was about to continue but stopped himself.
"My grandfather showed me that on my 16th birthday." Cameron looked back at Jim and they locked eyes.
Before Jim knew what he was doing his lips were on hers in a soft kiss. Cameron tensed when she felt his lips on hers but slowly opened her mouth to allow his tongue entrance. When they parted they were both speechless.
When what just happened finally sunk in, Cameron frowned as she took a step back from him. She shook her head and looked away.
"I.I better be getting to bed." Cameron started to make her way back down to the deck.
"Cammie wait!" Jim followed her and when they reached the deck he grabbed her arm. "What's wrong?"
"Don't." She jerked her arm free from his grip. "Don't ever call me that again! EVER!" She yelled at him.
"What is wrong? I didn't think." Jim was cut off.
"That's just it! You didn't think." Cameron looked up at him. "This wont work out, it can't happen."
"Cameron please, just listen." Jim grabbed her arm again and jerked her around.
"NO! I know exactly what this is. You are trying to butter me up." She yelled at him.
"I am not!" He yelled back at her.
Cameron walked up to him so she was inches from his face. "Pirates don't fall in love."
"Then what about your mom and dad, didn't they love each other?" He asked her softly.
"You have no idea what you're getting into." She was about to walk away but he kept a death grip on her upper arms.
"Answer me!"
Cameron paused. "I was a mistake, ok Jim. Are you happy now?" When Jim's grip loosened Cameron jerked out of his reach. "I was a mistake. I wasn't supposed to happen." Tears started streaming down her cheeks but she quickly wiped them away. "And I will not let that happen to me. I refuse to see myself as what my father really sees me as." Cameron muffled a cough as more tears streamed down her cheeks.
Cameron ran down to the room that she was chained in her first week on the ship and locked herself in. She couldn't face Jim ever again and she wouldn't let the crew see her like she was. She would hide in here until they got to Zorion and try and escape. Screw the code, they're more like guidelines anyway.
Cameron leaned against the door and slowly slid down to the floor. She couldn't believe what she just said to Jim. She had just let out her secret that she hadn't told anyone her whole life.
Jim stood on the deck in shock. That was her secret. That was what she was hiding from him. He couldn't believe what he just heard. When he realized that she had run off he tried to follow but lost her somehow. He didn't know how that was possible but he did and he cursed under his breath hitting the wall with his fist. Jim ran back up to the main deck where his crew was resting after dinner.
"Everyone search the ship! Cameron's missing!" He yelled to them. The crew looked up at him surprised and they froze in place. "NOW!" Jim yelled as the crew started their search.
Zack ran down to the ships lowest deck just in case she might have been down there. When he noticed that the door to the room they had first chained Cameron in was closed and locked he quickly ran over to it.
"Cameron!" He called but he got no answer as he unlocked the door and threw it open. "Cameron." He said softly when he saw her curled up in the corner of the room with her knees pulled up to her chest her arms tightly wrapped around them. He walked towards her slowly and knelt down in front of her. "Are you ok?"
Cameron looked over at Zack, but said nothing. What was there to say? She wanted to just disappear, to just die. She scolded herself for the way she was acting. She was a pirate. She was supposed to be tough and to be able to handle any situation, except this one. She was jolted from her thoughts when Zack called her name again softly.
"Zack!" She whispered. "I'm not feeling so good and I don't think I can move."
Zack nodded and carefully picked her up in his arms. He quickly ascended the stairs calling for the captain. "CAPTAIN!" Zack screamed as loud as he could.
When Jim heard Zack's voice calling for him he quickly ran back up to the main deck just as Zack came running up from the opposite staircase. He was carrying a limp Cameron in his arms. Jim quickly took Cameron from him and looked down at her. Her eyes were red and puffy from what looked to be crying and her emerald green eyes were no longer bright. Jim told his crew to get back to what they were doing as he carried Cameron into his room.