Hey all,
Yes its me!!!!!
Ok I don not own Amelia, Jim or Silver or any other Disney character I refer to from Treasure Planet. They are Disney's and I respect that!
Anyhoo on with the story...
"Oh." Andrea had never felt so uncomfortable. She made her way into a chair nearby. Amelia sighed and moved around some charts, and picked one up. She walked to Andrea and handed her it. She pointed to a planet.
"That's Cressian. Isn't it?" Andrea looked at the chart confused.
"Yes, my home world." Andrea looked up at her confused. "You wanted to know my past, I will tell you it. Not a word of it repeated to your siblings though or your father."
Andrea nodded.
"Cressian, my homeworld. It all began there."
"Didn't Father want to go there for a vacation?"
Amelia flinched. "He did but I talked him out of it."
"Did you tell him why?"
"No, of course not. He would be worried and he does to much of that. No, I didn't want to go anyways. I know it too well. I was fifteen." Amelia paused letting memories sink in.
Andrea was surprised. She thought this would take five minutes. Her mother was brisk, never wasted time on trivial matters. But perhaps to her this wasn't a trivial matter.
"I was with my friends. I spotted a cliff and instantly wanted to climb it. I convinced my friends to come up with me. I was like that. Energetic and full of tricks and jokes. Yes, I know. I pulled jokes like yours all the time. But thats not the point. I climbed up and turned out only my best friend had climbed up after me. Her name was Cindy. She still lives on, but I have seen her in years. We keep contact though. She'd grab a ship to any planet thats nearby to come and see me. I would never step a foot onto Cressian. And neither would she."
"But why?"
"Cindy and I had climbed the cliff. We stood there until Cindy convinced me our friends would leave us up there. We climbed down and saw pirates. We hid in a cave for hours. Sitting waiting in the dark, ears up hearing any sound. We finally decided they were gone and came out. We followed our friends footsteps into the forest and reached a spot. All of our friends dead on the ground. Pirates had killed them. You see my hate? We left and reported it going home." Amelia stopped and sat in a chair beside Andrea gazing out the windows.
Andrea looked to the floor ashamed for fighting with her mother.
"But I didn't go home. I couldn't. I had to know what ship did this. I headed for the pirate docks and found the ship's name."
Andrea whispered. "Death Destroyer."
Amelia nodded. "Yes, Death Destroyer. But worse happened. As I was finding this out, I realized the pirates weren't on the ship. I remembered who I was." She turned her face lit up with anger. "Amelia Randon."
"But, so what? A Randon? You never told us about your family."
"Randons were famous in the universe. We were well known no matter what we did. My father was a politician, my mother a bioscientist. Important jobs, top education, lots of money. Randons were well known. But we were being killed off. Hated for our pride. My uncle and his family were killled on his ship." Amelia stopped and sighed. "As I found out about the pirate ship and etched it into my mind, I realized. I ran home to find my family dead. The house burning and I stood there lost."
"So then you were the last Randon?"
"Not then. My aunt was alive and I went to live with her ignoring all other offers. I had hated being rich, despised it. Wanted to be something that my family would hate me for. And the galaxies. I was judged by a name and I hated it. My aunt was a teacher. Bad job for a Randon. Reduced to teaching little ingrates. She was a wild spirit. She told me I could be anything I wanted to be. But, she died of cancer."
"But there are cures for cancer!"
"She said she wanted to die. She never really lived up to the name of the family. I loved her for it. Even before my family was killed, I spent all my summers with her. But she let herself die. She said she couldn't stand the treatment. I was the only one there for her last days. The rest thought of her as weird one. Had they been alive they wouldn't have come.
"But why did she die knowing you would be alone?"
"She knew I could handle it. Well, she thought she did. But she went peacefully. I spent days alone living in her home. But soon payments weren't made. All my parents money had gone to politics and research. I found the rest of my aunt's money which was small, I sold everything off and lived by myself. But I was in a state of emotional dispair. No one cared about the last Randon, we had been so prideful many hated us. I spent months hitchhiking and crying. I got to see many sites though and they comforted me. Going nowhere. Until one day, when I came back to my town. I went to the graveyard. I said good byes to my parents and my siblings. I spent days at my aunt's grave. People stared at me and many asked who I was. I told them I was Amelia Randon, last of the Randons. Many came just to stare at me greive over aunt and not my family. My face became stone cold and I promised myself to never show emotion except for triumph. I finally got up one day and went to my friends. She cleaned me up and asked me what I was going to do. I knew. knew since I had spent those days crying and travelling. I was going to do one of the things, I had been warned never to become. I would be a captain of a ship and find that ship one day. By luck I got into the Academy. I think my name got me in, though I hate the thought of it. At first there was about ten other females. After a year, I was the only female of my classes. I fought hard and never gave up. I played horrible tricks like calling about pirates and setting off fire alarms. I was hated for being female and hated for outsmarting males. The headmaster was dying to throw me out but I was never caught for my actions. Finally I made it. A captain. I struggled to be hired, but rich ladies hired me. I was a hard captain but that kept me on top. I began to become famous. The last Randon, a female captain against the galaxies. I was critized and insulted. I kept my head up not caring abut the odds. Then the Navy was hiring. I wanted to fight and they let me come. This hip, The Legacy became mine. This uniform. The first female uniform created. And it continues from there. Well, Andrea you wanted to know of my past and I told you it. Happy?"
"No, who could be happy after a sad story like that? But I am glad you told me. but what was your aunt's name?"
Amelia smiled at her daughter. "Andrea."
Whoosh! No it is not the end! hehehehehe!
Till next time and the world stops telling me where I should live,
Elvenwolf
Yes its me!!!!!
Ok I don not own Amelia, Jim or Silver or any other Disney character I refer to from Treasure Planet. They are Disney's and I respect that!
Anyhoo on with the story...
"Oh." Andrea had never felt so uncomfortable. She made her way into a chair nearby. Amelia sighed and moved around some charts, and picked one up. She walked to Andrea and handed her it. She pointed to a planet.
"That's Cressian. Isn't it?" Andrea looked at the chart confused.
"Yes, my home world." Andrea looked up at her confused. "You wanted to know my past, I will tell you it. Not a word of it repeated to your siblings though or your father."
Andrea nodded.
"Cressian, my homeworld. It all began there."
"Didn't Father want to go there for a vacation?"
Amelia flinched. "He did but I talked him out of it."
"Did you tell him why?"
"No, of course not. He would be worried and he does to much of that. No, I didn't want to go anyways. I know it too well. I was fifteen." Amelia paused letting memories sink in.
Andrea was surprised. She thought this would take five minutes. Her mother was brisk, never wasted time on trivial matters. But perhaps to her this wasn't a trivial matter.
"I was with my friends. I spotted a cliff and instantly wanted to climb it. I convinced my friends to come up with me. I was like that. Energetic and full of tricks and jokes. Yes, I know. I pulled jokes like yours all the time. But thats not the point. I climbed up and turned out only my best friend had climbed up after me. Her name was Cindy. She still lives on, but I have seen her in years. We keep contact though. She'd grab a ship to any planet thats nearby to come and see me. I would never step a foot onto Cressian. And neither would she."
"But why?"
"Cindy and I had climbed the cliff. We stood there until Cindy convinced me our friends would leave us up there. We climbed down and saw pirates. We hid in a cave for hours. Sitting waiting in the dark, ears up hearing any sound. We finally decided they were gone and came out. We followed our friends footsteps into the forest and reached a spot. All of our friends dead on the ground. Pirates had killed them. You see my hate? We left and reported it going home." Amelia stopped and sat in a chair beside Andrea gazing out the windows.
Andrea looked to the floor ashamed for fighting with her mother.
"But I didn't go home. I couldn't. I had to know what ship did this. I headed for the pirate docks and found the ship's name."
Andrea whispered. "Death Destroyer."
Amelia nodded. "Yes, Death Destroyer. But worse happened. As I was finding this out, I realized the pirates weren't on the ship. I remembered who I was." She turned her face lit up with anger. "Amelia Randon."
"But, so what? A Randon? You never told us about your family."
"Randons were famous in the universe. We were well known no matter what we did. My father was a politician, my mother a bioscientist. Important jobs, top education, lots of money. Randons were well known. But we were being killed off. Hated for our pride. My uncle and his family were killled on his ship." Amelia stopped and sighed. "As I found out about the pirate ship and etched it into my mind, I realized. I ran home to find my family dead. The house burning and I stood there lost."
"So then you were the last Randon?"
"Not then. My aunt was alive and I went to live with her ignoring all other offers. I had hated being rich, despised it. Wanted to be something that my family would hate me for. And the galaxies. I was judged by a name and I hated it. My aunt was a teacher. Bad job for a Randon. Reduced to teaching little ingrates. She was a wild spirit. She told me I could be anything I wanted to be. But, she died of cancer."
"But there are cures for cancer!"
"She said she wanted to die. She never really lived up to the name of the family. I loved her for it. Even before my family was killed, I spent all my summers with her. But she let herself die. She said she couldn't stand the treatment. I was the only one there for her last days. The rest thought of her as weird one. Had they been alive they wouldn't have come.
"But why did she die knowing you would be alone?"
"She knew I could handle it. Well, she thought she did. But she went peacefully. I spent days alone living in her home. But soon payments weren't made. All my parents money had gone to politics and research. I found the rest of my aunt's money which was small, I sold everything off and lived by myself. But I was in a state of emotional dispair. No one cared about the last Randon, we had been so prideful many hated us. I spent months hitchhiking and crying. I got to see many sites though and they comforted me. Going nowhere. Until one day, when I came back to my town. I went to the graveyard. I said good byes to my parents and my siblings. I spent days at my aunt's grave. People stared at me and many asked who I was. I told them I was Amelia Randon, last of the Randons. Many came just to stare at me greive over aunt and not my family. My face became stone cold and I promised myself to never show emotion except for triumph. I finally got up one day and went to my friends. She cleaned me up and asked me what I was going to do. I knew. knew since I had spent those days crying and travelling. I was going to do one of the things, I had been warned never to become. I would be a captain of a ship and find that ship one day. By luck I got into the Academy. I think my name got me in, though I hate the thought of it. At first there was about ten other females. After a year, I was the only female of my classes. I fought hard and never gave up. I played horrible tricks like calling about pirates and setting off fire alarms. I was hated for being female and hated for outsmarting males. The headmaster was dying to throw me out but I was never caught for my actions. Finally I made it. A captain. I struggled to be hired, but rich ladies hired me. I was a hard captain but that kept me on top. I began to become famous. The last Randon, a female captain against the galaxies. I was critized and insulted. I kept my head up not caring abut the odds. Then the Navy was hiring. I wanted to fight and they let me come. This hip, The Legacy became mine. This uniform. The first female uniform created. And it continues from there. Well, Andrea you wanted to know of my past and I told you it. Happy?"
"No, who could be happy after a sad story like that? But I am glad you told me. but what was your aunt's name?"
Amelia smiled at her daughter. "Andrea."
Whoosh! No it is not the end! hehehehehe!
Till next time and the world stops telling me where I should live,
Elvenwolf