Chapter 1:
Jim arrived at the ports, looking for their ship with Delbert right behind him. "Now which ship did Amelia say the ship was again?" Delbert asked himself. THen he saw Amelia standing beside the plank of a ship near them. "Amelia!" Delbert called, and him and Jim went to her.
"Delbert! Jim! Glad you could join us finally." Amelia told them. "Took you two long enough, didnt it?" She asked.
"Now see here Amelia-"
"Delbert, I love you, I really do. But couldn't you at least try to be a bit more punctual?" Amelia asked. Then a young man came over who looked no older than Jim with blonde hair and dark blue eyes, and tan skin. "Ah, this is my new first mate, Mr. Minchals. Mr.Minchals, this is my husband, Mr. Dopler (sp?) and his friend Jim."
"Pleasure to meet bnoth of you. But you can just call me Tim." Mr. Minchals/Tim told both of them.
"Good to meet you too." Delbert replied as he stuck out a hand, and Tim took it to shake.
"Same here." Jim said as he shook Tim's hand also.
"Well, why don't we get on our way Mr. Minchals. I trust everything is in order?" Amelia asked as she headed onto the ship, the R.L.S. Survivor.
"Yes Ma'am. Everything is perfect from top to bottom. We are ready to set sail." Tim said as he followed Amelia, and was followed by Jim and Delbert.
"Excellent. Now Jim, you will be Cabin boy for the chef once again. Delbert, you can run around and act like a dog as uaual..." Amelia said. "Mr. Minchals, please escort Jim to the galley to meet the chef."
"What? Amelia! You can't be-"
"That's Captain Amelia or Ma'am to you Mr. Hawkins. You should know better than that by now." Amelia said. "Now follow Mr. Minchals to the galley. I don't think I should have to ask you again."
"Yes Ma'am..." Jim grumbled as he followed Tim to the galley where he saw none other than...
"SILVER?" Jim yelled.
"Jimbo!" Silver, the chef from the R.L.S. Legacy grabbed Jim and hugged him tightly.
"You two know each other already?" Tim asked.
"That we do. We go way back. We're the best of pals, right Jimbo?" Silver asked.
"Yeah." Jim replied.
"Well, then I guess I'll be going back to the captain then. Captain Amelia has left Mr. Hawkins in your charge Mr. Silver. I trust you will keep him busy then?" Tim asked.
"Yes Mr. Minchals." Silver said with a salute, then watched as Tim left the galley, heading up to the deck. Then he turned to Jim, knowing full well he would have to explaiin himself and why he was back. "Jimbo, you best not tell anyone about me bein' a pirate."
"Why are you risking this? Amelia will recognize you in a second when she sees you on deck later today! I mean, this is-" Jim stopped when he saw a young girl about his age, with long black hair sitting on a barrel humming while she peeled potatoes. "Stupid..." He finished in sort of a distracted voice.
The girl looked up from what she was doing and saw Jim staring at her. Her eyes were bright blue and her she smile with red lips. "I'm sorry, was I interupting something?" She asked with a smile as she looked from Silver to Jim and back again. Who was this girl?
Silver than looked from the girl to Jim and back again and smile. She had stopped him in his tracks. "Well, Jimbo, I guess I best introduce ya to your partner." Silver said as he pulled Jim over to the girl. "This here be me daughter, Melody. Melody, this be the boy I was tellin' ya about, Jimbo."
"Daughter? She's your daughter?" Jim asked.
"Yeah. She's takes after her mum. Lucky gal. I was afraid she'd turn out like me." Silver said as he playfully punched the girl's shoulders lightly.
"Pleasure to meet to Jimbo." Melody said as she grabbed Jim's hand and Shook it.
"You can just call me James- Jimmy- Jim. Sry. Just call me Jim. Nice to meet you too." Jim stuttered, making himself feel like a total idiot. But the girl giggled, and he smiled at her.
"You're pretty cute." She said as she tapped Jim's nose with a smile. Jim smiled. Cute? I'm cute? That's a good thing, right? Jim thought to himself as he watched he go back to the barrel she had been sitting at before she came over to see him. He watched her, not realizing his mouth was starting to hang open.
Silver cleared his through then, snapping Jim back to reality. "Melody, why don't you go help with getting the ship ready?" Silver suggested to his daughter. I'll be right up to watch the launch."
"Alright Father. But hurry up-- Captain Amelia is not one to dilly daddle with." Melody said before placing a kiss on Silver's cheek. "Cya later Jim." She said with a cute little wave as she skipped up the steps happily. Then Silver pulled Jim over to him.
"Now listen here Jimbo. That be my baby girl." He said as he wagged his finger in Jim's face. "You best not hurt her. If you do, you'll be in big trouble. Got it?"
"Yes..." Jim groaned. He didn't think he'd be getting this lecture this soon. He had only intriduced himself to her, and Silver was already getting on his back about it. A bit overprotective in Jim eyes, but he probably had good reason. melody was his daughter or baby girl after all.
"Good." Silver replied. Then he heard someone call saying the ship was ready for launch. "Now go watch the launch lad. I'll have plenty of work for ya when it's over." Silver said as he pushed Jim towards the steps to go to the deck.
AN- okay, I think this chapter was WAY better than the Prologue, don't you agree. I got most of my facts straight after watching the movie one more time, so plz forgive me for the prologue, but do I do like to jump straight into the story and all. I hate all the preparation stuff, lol. But i guess I should put out a little more too, heh. hope you njoyed this chapter. plz R&R. Thanx! TTFN!
