Treasure Planet 2

Summary: After the Battle at Procyon Jim Hawkins and Kate Myers are ready to settle back into their lives while Silver is looking forward to life at the Benbow Inn, but when Kate's mother makes her life miserable Jim's only hope for getting his friends away from her is to marry her, something neither want, but as the date for the wedding draws near will their friendship bloom into something else? JimxOC pairing and rated T for mild language. Don't like, don't read it's that simple.

SPH: Hey-o! So this is Kate's side of the events in chapter 2. I do not own Treasure planet or any of its content, they belong to Disney, I only own Kate, all other OC's, the story, and the plot. On with the story!

Chapter 3: Home Again/Graduation Kate's part

"Now, I've already had the law officials' know that you've been pardoned Mr. Silver so that shouldn't be a problem, nor should anyone aside from Delbert and B.E.N. recognize you." Caption Amelia said as they exited the ship.

"You call him by his first name now, eh?" Silver asked.

"A lot has changed in the past five years Silver, a lot has changed." Jim said.

"Well, I guess this is where we part ways." Kate said, "See you at graduation Hawkins." Kate said before heading off.

"Yeah, see you there." Jim said turning back to look at her.

Kate sighed as she entered her house.

"Mom, I'm back." She said.

"Oh, are you now?" Mrs. Myers asked walking over.

Kate forced herself to smile at her mother who'd only gotten uglier over the five years. For one thing, now half of her red hair was gray and held up in a very outdated updo. For another, she had on hideous a makeup combination turquoise eyeshadow, dark red blush, and bright red lipstick as well as a fake beauty mark above her lip on the right side. Her dress was also so outdated it wasn't even funny. She also appeared to have gotten much more cross and bitter over the years, probably because she didn't have a daughter to boss around.

"Well, I hope that Academy taught you some respect and discipline." Mrs. Myers said, "You were always an ungrateful, unruly girl, but after your father died you became even worse."

Kate forced herself not to growl and clench her fists.

"Well, I have to go back tomorrow, graduation is in two days, now if you don't mind, I'm going to bed so I can get up early to ensure I'm on time." She said calmly before heading upstairs.

Kate locked her door before curling up into a ball and sobbing. Why hadn't she asked to stay at the Benbow Inn for the night? Surely she wouldn't be miserable there. Her mother wouldn't be there to criticize her, to make her feel awful, to make her consider suicide.

She sighed. She knew that wouldn't work, maybe for tonight, but not after. Her mother wasn't ever going to let her leave; she probably still blamed her for the fire her dad died in, even though the fire started in their room! No, there was no way she'd escape her mother, excluding one option, but there wasn't anyone who'd help her pull it off, besides, she wasn't going to throw her career away just to escape the old hag.

Sighing she went to bed.

Kate stretched as she got up. She'd had the most embarrassing dream ever; she was still blushing as she thought back to it.

'Clear your head, Kate,' she told herself, 'he doesn't feel that way and even if he did, it'd probably be unprofessional, after all, soon we'll both be official members in the Navy.'

Forcing herself up, she got ready before raiding the fridge and heading out.

'I should probably check on Jim, make sure he isn't late, or miss the ship.' She thought, 'Lord knows he's always behind schedule.'

That in mind she headed to the Benbow Inn.

As she walked down the streetlight roads she looked up at the stars, she couldn't wait till she was sailing through them on official missions. Ever since she was a child she dreamed of sailing through them, adventuring across the galaxy and helping save lives. That dream hadn't changed much since then, but for the past four and a half years, there was one change, she wanted him with her.

'Stop it Kate!' she scolded herself while kicking a pebble, 'It's never gonna happen, his feelings may have possibly changed, but not that much.'

She sighed as she continued down the street, what she wouldn't give for her mother to have been the one to die instead of her dad. Maybe then she'd be happy being able to come back home.

'No, not home.' She thought, 'Just where I live.'

By then she'd arrived at the Inn. All the lights were still out so she decided against going in and turned her attention back to the stars. As she waited she turned it into a game where she tried to name all the ones that were actually planets and the ones that were actually stars. She'd just reached naming one hundred of them when she saw the lights come on. Checking her watch she saw she'd been naming stars for about an hour. Taking notes of the silhouettes she realized Jim had yet to come downstairs, and more than likely to get up. She went back to her game of naming the planets and the stars, checking every so often to see if Jim had finally gotten ready. After she saw she'd been standing outside for three whole hours she started for the door. She was just about to reach for the handle when it flew open revealing a very rushed Jim looking over his shoulder.

She quickly took a step back to avoid being run over when Jim turned to face her and stopped.

"Still running behind schedule?" she asked smirking.

"Oh shut up." Jim groaned, "Why are you even here?"

"I figured it would be nice to have company while heading to the ship, I've been out here for three hours straight waiting for you." Kate said.

"Aw, now isn't that sweet?" B.E.N. said, "Jimmy, I didn't know you had a…"

"Friend." Both Jim and Kate said.

"We're just friends." Jim clarified.

'Yeah, just friends, all we'll ever be.' Kate mentally added.

"Isn't that the girl you said you couldn't stand?" Sarah asked.

"Yeah, well, we figured that there's really no point in continuing to act like toddlers so we decided to start over as friends." Jim said.

"And don't worry; I'll make sure he gets to the ship on time." Kate said checking her watch, "If we leave now we should be able to get to it ten minutes before it leaves, er, nine minutes now."

"Let's just go." Jim said walking around her.

'Rude.' Kate thought.

"Bye everyone!" Kate called waving as she shut the door.

"You know, if you were really out there that long, why didn't you just come in?" Jim asked.

"I was actually about the when you opened the door and almost ran me over." Kate said.

Jim yawned.

"Remind me why we had to be up before sunrise?" he asked.

"How should I know?" Kate asked, "I don't make the schedule, I follow it."

"Whatever." Jim said yawning again, "At least you didn't wake up to a trumpet being blown in your ear by your pet."

"Your pet knows how to play the trumpet?" Kate asked bewildered.

Jim laughed.

"No, Morph, my pet well, Morph, he's a…" he started.

"Shapeshifter, yes, I read about those." Kate said.

She personally found them cute and if her mother were the type to allow pets, she'd defiantly have one as her pet too.

'Why in the galaxy would he name it Morph though? It's like naming a dog, well, Dog.' She thought.

"I got him from Silver five years ago so he was already named Morph." Jim said beating her to her next question.

Kate laughed.

'Well, that explains it.' She thought, 'Jim's more original and smarter than naming a morph, Morph.'

"You know, I'm surprised," she said, "we only agreed to try and be friends yesterday, and yet we've been acting as if we've been friends for years."

"Yeah, I guess we have." Jim said.

"You know, I was always jealous of you at the Academy," Kate admitted surprising herself, "I spent years training to get in and you got in thanks to a mere recommendation."

"Trust me; I had to work hard too." Jim said, "I was Cabin boy on the R.L.S. Legacy, if I hadn't saved everyone from Treasure Planet's self-destruction with my Solar Surfing skills, I highly doubt that even if we'd somehow made it off the planet before it exploded I'd of gotten Caption Amelia's recommendation."

"Cabin boy, eh?" Kate asked smirking.

"Don't you dare tell anyone about that!" Jim said glaring.

Kate laughed.

"Don't worry, I won't." she said.

'I'll just poke fun at you around anyone who knows.' She mentally added.

"I'm just surprised, guess that's how you became humbler than you were before the Benbow Inn had been burnt to the ground, isn't it?" she said instead.

Jim smirked and rolled his eyes.

The duo continued to talk until they reached the ship and boarded it.

"Told you we'd get here nine minutes before it left." Kate said laughing.

Jim just nodded as they both peered over the side of the ship.

"Looks like the sun's finally coming up." Jim said.

"I'm glad I'm out here," Kate said, "the sunrise is the reason I'm always up early, when you live with my mom, you very rarely find a way to be calm and feel at peace, sunrise and sunset are the only times I can feel that way when I'm here."

She wasn't sure why she said that it was one of her deepest secrets, she didn't want people to know about her passion, they'd probably find her soft, or make fun of her.

Jim looked at her a bit shocked.

"I guess that sounds stupid though." Kate said noticing.

"No, not at all." Jim said, "I'm surprised you said that though, I assumed you'd be the only one who didn't dislike her, almost every time she'd leave the inn either me, my mom, or Delbert would say that we'd love to just throw her off a cliff."

"Delbert, my mom, or I." Kate corrected.

Jim laughed and gave her a slight shove.

"Really?" Jim asked, "You're correcting my grammar now?"

Kate laughed as she turned to face him.

"Would I be me if I didn't?" she asked.

"No, I guess… not." Jim said staring.

"I-I'm just gonna go look around the ship." Jim said quickly excusing himself.

"Okay..." Kate said as he walked away.

'What was that about?' she wondered, 'He couldn't possibly, could he? No, of course not, it's Jim for crying out loud.'

Sighing she turned back to watching the sunrise.

Kate glanced around at the audience as she stood in line to receive her badge. She wasn't sure if she should be hoping to see her mother, or not. Either one was lose-lose. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted Jim looking at her. She turned and smiled at him and he smiled back before breaking eye contact. She noticed him scanning the audience as well and tried to follow his gaze. She giggled when she noticed that Sarah, Delbert, and Silver were shushing B.E.N. and realized Jim must have been looking for them.

She had to straighten up just then as the Ceremony started.

"Now, normally we only have one Cadet to award Top Rank to; however, this year's group had two who tied for Top Rank as well as for Most Outstanding Performance." Caption Amelia said.

'Why do I get the feeling it's going to be Jim and I?' Kate wondered.

"One of which is greatly amazing to have received Top Rank." Caption Amelia said shooting a glare at the lineup, and Kate knew it was meant for Jim.

She forced herself not to laugh. Jim had hardly followed the rules when he first got to the Academy, and it was rare he didn't cut it close to arriving on time, there were only three times he was actually late, but he did often arrive just before class would start, hence why she'd woken him up this morning, though she was pretty sure he wasn't going to be grateful or forgive her for sneaking into his room and dumping a bucket of ice water on him anytime soon.

"Those two Cadets are Mr. Jim Hawkins and Ms. Kate Myers." Caption Amelia announced.

'Yup, I was right.' Kate thought.

The entire audience cheered, but no one was cheering harder than Jim's mother and friends, Kate could hear them above everyone else.

'I wish I had a group cheering me on.' She thought sadly.

"Mr. Hawkins, Ms. Myers, please step forward to receive your badges." Caption Amelia said.

Jim and Kate stepped forward and received their badges before stepping back in line.

The Ceremony lasted another two hours before it was over and everyone was eager to get off the stage.

"Jimmy, you were amazing up there!" B.E.N. cried before hugging him. "Come here!"

Jim laughed and hugged him back.

"I told you-you were destined for greatness!" Silver said clapping Jim on the shoulder once B.E.N. finally let go.

"I always knew you could do it Jim." Delbert said.

"I'm so proud of you." Sarah said.

"I told you I'd make you proud, didn't I?" Jim asked.

Kate's heart felt like it was heavy watching the scene, what she wouldn't give to have people doing the same for her.

"Good job Jim." She said looking at the group.

"You too Kate." Jim said turning to face her.

Kate smiled, praying no one noticed she was actually sad.

"So, what now?" she asked, "Are you just going to go back to working at the Inn?"

"For now." Jim said, "After spending five years away from home, I think it's best I spend some time there before heading out into space again."

Kate gave a small smile.

"What about you?" Jim asked.

Kate sighed.

"Go back home and start hating being alive again." She said.

"It's that bad?" Jim asked.

Kate shrugged.

"I dunno, maybe I'm over exaggerating, but after my dad died, well, I think mom got a couple of screws loose." She said.

Honestly, she was lying, but she didn't want anyone worrying so she put on her tough girl act.

"Well, hang in there, alright?" Jim asked, "Things will get better, you'll see."

"Thanks, Jim." Kate said smiling.

She was hoping her really meant it, Jim had never seemed to care about if she was having a hard time, except maybe when he punched Arron in the face after he asked her out and she found out he was already dating two other girls, but she hadn't told him that personally, but the news had spread like wildfire and Jim probably just punched him for being such a pig.

'I really hope you're right.' Kate thought as she forced herself not to cry.

"No problem." Jim said.

"Mind if I return with you?" Kate asked, "I honestly don't feel like taking the ship back."

She didn't want to spend the trip back alone, well, not alone, but without any friends.

Jim shared a look with the others before nodding.

"Sure." Jim said.

Kate smiled.

"Well, I'll see you around." Kate said once they landed.

"Hey," Jim said, "stop by the Inn sometime, okay?"

Kate smiled.

"Sure, well see ya." She said.

Kate frowned as she walked away; she was dreading to return to her house. Her mom would no doubt go straight to making her miserable.

"Mom, I'm back." Kate called walking in, "I graduated top of my class, well, I tied with Jim, but I still was at the top of my class!"

Her mother glared.

"Well, that's nice and all, but it's clear they didn't teach you anything useful." She said.

"What are you talking about?" Kate asked.

"You'd think they'd teach you to be respectful instead of rude." Mrs. Myers said.

Kate forced herself to keep calm and composed.

"So, I've decided, you're going anywhere except this planet until you learn to be a proper lady." Mrs. Myers finished.

"You can't do that!" Kate cried, "What if I get called on official business!?"

"Well, if that's the case then you can go, but unless that's the case, you aren't leaving my care." Mrs. Myers said.

"It's my life!" Kate cried, "You can't control it! I'm twenty years old!"

Mrs. Myers slapped Kate across the face shocking her.

"You insolent little brat!" Mrs. Myers cried, "You learn to watch your tongue! You're not leaving my care until you learn to be a proper lady or unless you can find someone to marry you. Starting tomorrow you're getting rid of all those unladylike outfits of yours! From now on you're wearing dresses, full-length dresses that reach your ankles or the ground, and you'll get rid of those pirate-like headbands as well!"

Kate bit her lip before running to her room sobbing.

She stared at her cutlass on the wall, how simple would it be just to take it and plunge it through her?

'Don't throw away your life and future Kate.' Her father's voice rang in her head.

Kate nodded and stuffed the stuff her mother wanted her to get rid of into a chest, moved her bed and put the chest in the secret compartment under it before pushing the bed back in place.

Still sobbing she got into bed and tried to go to sleep.

'Hang in there, alright? Things will get better, you'll see." Jim's voice rang in her head as she drifted off to sleep making her smile softly.

SPH: Poor Kate! I honestly hated giving her this backstory, but it was necessary for the plot, I'll probably write another JimXKate story that gives her a happier one after I finish this story, but until then Kaye's got the worst mother in history. Alright, see you in the next chapter!