Disclaimer: I don't own this, You hear me!!!!! Aaaaacccckkkk! I'm okay just a fur ball....more on that later. I own the kitty-cat and I named one of the military officers.

Notes: I thought recently that I might want to do a prolouge that will lead up to all this stuff. So without further talking from the over-excited author, here goes.... this is a LONG chapter people so try not to get bored with it.

Thanks: to Lady Kayte for believing in me and putting up me. Thanx for being a good friend!

-If part of the story is told in 1st person and *'s are around it and are in italics, Amelia is telling about her thoughts and the things that happened to her in the past. Flashback so to speak...are in bold.

"Kitty" Year-Round

Prolouge: And Then It Was Over

by Mia LeighArc

"A wise one man once said that if you want to tell a story, one must tell what they know. And all I know is that my whole life has gone to shambles because of my mother's death, and because my father pushed me so far…just like he pushed himself. The places I've been and the people I've seen could never amount to anything in this glowing, bustling Metropolis.....not unless I learned the biggest life lesson....That's why I now know my life of pain, anguish and tearany was worth it. But anyway, I’m here to tell you all a story. Well, here goes nothing………. "

Just before the Legacy docked in the spaceport Cresentia, Amelia found an old letter to her dad from just before her and Arrow had set off for an out-of-this-world adventure. Her thoughts wandered freely as she read it to herself quietly.

Dear Dad,

I know how you've always told me follow my heart and live life to the fullest, but in the Interstellar Academy, it gets harder every passing moment that goes by, especially without you by my side. I miss you daddy, and I can't wait until I can see you again. Although my going to the Academy must be something of great pride to you, I'm afraid I must leave now before I go mad from all the chaos and protocol they put us through...It's driving me crazy daddy....This may all sound a bit daft to you but when I leave the navy I'm planning on taking Arrow with me...after all, you told him to look after me when your'e gone. So far so good I suppose, but that's beside the point. You did say that every honorable captain needs an honest and loyal first mate; well daddy, I believe I have the best in a long line of highly qualified spacers out there. I hope to see you soon...I love you.

Your loving daughter, Amelia

Amelia began to step off the ship and down the gangplank when Doppler stopped her. He insisted on helping her walk, knowing all too well what had happened back on Treasure Planet. She smiled warmly at him and allowed him to help her, pulling her closer to him as they walked towards the hospital transport that had just arrived. A few perimedics came up the gangplank to where they were, carrying a gurney. One of the medics looked at Doppler and insisted he let the men carry Amelia off to the transport.

"Are you a freind or family, sir?" the medic asked so they other men could be on their way. Doppler thought for a moment and blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"A friend!" he shouted loud enough so that many of the denizens of Monstressor could hear him

"A-a- a close friend...I s-suppose." Amelia rolled her eyes as the medic got a little impatiant.

"He's my husband....come along dear." Amelia said with an air in her voice as Doppler seemed to perk up and join her in the transport. Later at the hospital, Amelia lay uncomfortably against the hard pillows. She looked over to where Doppler was and smiled, he was fast asleep in the chair beside the bed. Awhile later after Doppler had left, a doctor came in to talk to Amelia.

"But there’s nothing wrong with my organs, just a minor injury that’s all!" She said shouting at the distraught doctor.

"Miss, the records say that you had a compacted lung due to a shattered shoulder blade. We’ll have to keep you hospitalized for at least a week."

"A WEEK! I don’t have that kind of time! Are you crazy? You can’t keep me here that long; and I’ve had about enough of your medical talk!"

"Ma’am, there’s no reason to raise your voice" He said trying to calm her down.

"I’ll be hostile if I want to, and there’s nothing on this earth that a good cup of tea and some rest won’t fix." Amelia’s voice was echoing throughout the room and partially through the hallways as she shouted again.

"I think it’s time that you got some rest ma’am....Let your husband take care of you."

"I’m fine, I told you already"

"Have it your way, the nurse will be in to cheek up on you in a little while; I strongly encourage that you let her help you. Good-bye ma’am"

Amelia was still venting her frustrations when she got out her sketchpad and began drawing whatever came to mind, objects in the room, what ever she could think of. Amelia not only the greatest spacer the etherium could ever meet, she also could write so deeply that it could make grown men weep and the most evil of men fall to their knees and beg for the lord’s forgiveness. This was one of the reasons why she refused to speak about her father, the man who put her through the Interstellar Navy, fencing and weaponry classes, because she was an only child, and her father always wanted a boy. But he loved her with all of his heart, he only wanted her to be the best...and she was. She felt very lonely, like no one wanted to be around her. She hated that feeling, so on her paper along with faces sketched and doodled, where words that formed a poem that she began writing to vent her remaining thoughts. As the hours rolled past, it seemed as if time stood still for her simply to stay confined in her work until they brought her a meal and came to bring her more medicine, which she refused to take anyway. The nurse came in every once in a while to check up on her and asked her simply why she wasn’t taking her medicine. Amelia replied numerous times by saying that she didn’t need anything and that she would be fine after she got some rest and a cup of tea. The nurse would never believe her, so she would always leave abruptly, trying to avoid eye contact with the battered patient. For hours Amelia sat back and thought to herself how much she wanted to go home, to see her remaining family and her pet Shenandoah. Oh how she missed them dearly.

After Doppler had gotten out of the bathtub, he was staring long and hard into the mirror, he hadn’t just stood there in a long time. His mind began to wander freely while his soul stay confined to the bloodless frame staring back at him. Pleased with the visions of Amelia and the time he spent with her erupted into the room and hurdled over his head. He thought about that loving embrace back on the Legacy and the effects of its splendor. Doppler knew that he had enjoyed that fine moment and the mere chance to capture her heart was a pure miracle. Mixed emotions began stirring inside of him. He leaned back in recollection of that magical moment, the way she clung to him as if her own shadow were tracking her down; though he liked the thought of her finally depending on him, but then he realized that there was something missing, something…just wasn’t there. In his heart, he knew that he would have to find out why he was feeling this way before he could continue living, but oh how brave she made him feel while he was holding her close; like he was ready and willing to take on the world…no matter the consequences.

*But how could she ever understand that?* He thought as he went into the hallway while he walked downstairs all alone.

"Delbert, are you coming down?" Sarah called from downstairs. "Your food is getting cold."

"I’ll be right there." Doppler replied exhausted. While Doppler came down the main staircase that spirals and circles around, he had a lonely, dismal look on his face. When he reached the dinning room, he sat staring blankly at his plate for the longest time.

When the four of them where finished they left for the hospital to go see Amelia. (Doppler rather excitedly at that..) Once they got there, and not a second sooner, Sarah and Jim went to get some coffees and an Earl Gray for the captain; making sure that they cleverly left the Doctor and the Captain alone together...

Meanwhile, back in the room, Doppler and Amelia sat simply staring at each other in delight. Doppler didn’t know what to say, his mind was riddled with ideas and weird insinuations. But why? What could have happened to make him feel this way? Maybe it the fact that though falling asleep, Amelia was holding his hand tightly. He enjoyed the feeling and couldn’t get enough of it. He lay his head down next to hers and smiled at her shyly but strangely confident. She smiled in return and touched her small knuckles to his cheek, half dazed he flinched and then opened his eyes to find the same feeling, as before coming back to him, except this time, the glint in her eyes was even more noticeable than ever before. Doppler brought her hand to his lips, leaving a simple kiss to be a gentleman by. She gave him a flirtatious look, encouraging him to give her a real kiss. This stopped him dead in his tracks. Doppler seemed nervous, he hadn’t kissed a woman before, so he figured the only thing to do was follow her lead. As it come closer and closer to their lips meeting, Sarah and Jim had finally returned with the coffee, startled they sat back embarrassed. Doppler again tried to remain calm as he went to sit and fell on the floor. Everyone laughed, but he acted like nothing happened.

“What took so long? If I might ask.” Doppler said with a false confidence.

“We got lost…sorry.” Sarah said snickering to herself.

“So how did everything go?” She added with a twinge of curiosity.

“Oh just fine, umm….” Amelia said first looked at Sarah and Jim, noticing their skeptical expression and then Doppler, looking frightened that they might figure out what was going on; how dreadful, although they both probably already knew.

“Well anyway, here’s your tea, and Delbert, here’s your coffee.” Sarah said changing the subject and handing the two of them their drinks.

“So, what does everyone want to do tomorrow? Of course because this was so much fun, I think we should do it again.” Sarah mused.

“Well…” Doppler said hesitantly, “I sort of… have plans, if that’s okay.”

“Oh, ok.” Sarah tried to sound hurt.

“I have an idea, why don’t we all have dinner at my house tomorrow?” Doppler said getting the subject off his plans for the next day.

“Fine with me.” Sarah and Jim said at the same time, followed by a short outburst of chuckling and jokingly pushing each other back and forth. Doppler already knew they would be coming; they have to live with him until the Benbow is up and running again. What he really wanted to know was if Amelia was up to ending their first date surrounded by the two people who had set them up together in the first place. Would that still be a date then? He wasn’t sure what she was going to say. He gave her a slightly worried look, which she disregarded by accepting his offer.

“Why, I would love to.” Amelia said acting prepared for anything. Jim leaned towards Doppler with a snickering look on his face.

“Did you hear that? She said she’d love to.” Jim whispered in Doppler’s ear.

“Yes, right then…I guess that means I’ll have a busy day tomorrow.” Doppler said with revelry in his eyes though he tried to hide it. He stood there next to Amelia, not lifting his eyes from her gaze.

“Why don’t you go home?…” He said addressing Sarah and Jim, but not turning in their direction. Amelia wasn’t sure whom he was talking to, so she replied angrily.

“Well, I’d like to, but I can’t; at least not until tomorrow. You should know that by now, doctor.” She glared at him after that. He began to get frightened.

“But- I wasn’t talking to you…”

“Oh, I’m sorry, do go on.”

“I was finished, actually.” Ignoring the previous sentiment.

“Yeah, that reminds me, don’t your have to pack for the academy or something, son?” Sarah said again in a tone that wasn’t meant to be a question.

“Whoa? What are you talking about? School isn’t starting 'til September, it’s the middle of July." Jim said confused.

“Well," Sarah sai trying to get the point across by clearing her throught "if you start now… maybe you’ll have everything ready in two months.”

“But mom-“

“Let’s go son, you should get some rest young man.” Sarah was desperately trying to get her son to go back home with her, but he didn’t understand why until she pulled him by the ear and towards the door.

“It was lovely meeting you captain.”

“You can call me Amelia,” she said politely.

“Well, good-bye now. See ya’ later Delbert.”

“Wha… Whe- Oh great, not again.” Delbert couldn’t believe it they had left him behind again. He also couldn’t believe that they trusted him alone with Captain Amelia, twice in one night.

“Well, this has been interesting, hasn’t it?” Amelia said with a mischievous grin as she sipped her tea. Doppler was very annoyed, but he still acknowledged the feelings of the remaining inhabitant of the small room, the most important person in the world to him right now.

“Yes, it has.” He said thinking hard whether he should stay and risk the possibility of something happening between them or leave and lay awake thinking about her the entire night. It was so hard to choose, but finally he came to the conclusion that he should go home and come back the next morning.

“I guess this means I should be going.” Doppler said with reluctance in his free spirit.

“Oh, and we were having so much fun.” Amelia remarked sarcastically. Doppler tried to get up and leave, but she pulled him back to her to give him a loving embrace that would warm his heart for all eternity. She clung to him like Velcro for a minute, but after she realized that he had to leave, she let go reluctant, but caring in the way she said goodbye.

“I’ll miss you.” She said with surprising disheartenedness in her voice. It truly seemed that she was disappointed and hoped he would stay...or maybe still delirious from the pain. This was all very new to her, but it would be something she would have to get used to feeling. Doppler was stunned beyond words when she said it that he was caught of guard and he stumbled while walking closer to the door.

*I’ll miss you too* he thought "Don’t wait up for me.” He said finally with the real truth ringing in his ears. He walked through the doorway in a tired way, but managing to see the depression in her face as she said goodbye. As the last drop of the warm, bitter sensation of the tea left her lips, Doppler was gone. Though Amelia hoped that he would come back and stay with her, nothing could stop him from making the difficult decision he already made. He stopped dead outside the door, possible second thoughts residing in him. He quickly turned back and saw Amelia again all alone though the glass window. Was he mad? What was to become of him after this moment? These questions among many others scurried through his head as he spotted Jim and Sarah waiting for him causing a long journey home in silence. His heart was aching, what was happening to him? As he walked down the long corridor and even when he entered the carriage, he felt a deep resentment building up inside of him because of his decision, regardless if he thought it was the right one or not.

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“So…. what happened?” Sarah said with a suspecting grin as the three weary travelers entered the door. Doppler didn’t say much, but he was honest and truthful with his dear old friend.

“Well?…” She said still curious.

“Nothing happened, Sarah.” He said heading to his bedroom. He turned around and gave her a reassuring look that it was true. She glanced at him surprised. He never acted this way, especially when it came to women. She didn’t understand. He opened his bedroom door and closed it right behind him. Sarah had tried to say something, but he closed the door in her face. She tried to open it herself, but it seemed to be locked, so she couldn’t get in. Her despair was filling up the hallway and she began to feel shunned away from a dear friend.

“Good night Delbert.” She said with concern and remorse for his feelings.

“Good night Sarah.” He returned for behind the door. “This is going to be a long night’ he thought as he attempted to go to sleep. While he slept, he had an odd dream.

Doppler and Amelia where alone in B.E.N's hideout and Doppler had just gotton the captain to go to sleep. As he was v ery tired, he fell asleep himself. In and hour or so he woke up to find Silver holding a flintlock to Amelia’s head, and threatening to kill her if he didn’t find out were Jim was. Doppler appeared to be a very proud man. He wouldn’t budge, but when Silver stated it was time to keep his end of the bargain, so he twisted Amelia’s bad shoulder a bit. Doppler got very angry, he offered himself in her place, but Silver declined the offer. Silver set the last laser bullet into place, preparing for the inevitable. Doppler lunged at Silver; but the last sound that he heard was the bullet going strait into Amelia’s brain, killing her instantly. Heartbroken and stark craving mad for vengeance, he removed a dagger he wore around his ankle and killed Silver with his bare hands. He rushes over to his companion’s side. Blood covered everything that was left of her, along with the dead bodies of four newborn children; three kittens and one puppy that looked exactly like him and Amelia.

Doppler couldn’t believe the dream he just had, and the trauma hadn’t yet invested in his head; but he wasn’t sure what it was suppose to mean. He sat up taking deep breaths as beads of sweat roll down his face. What was happening to him? He knew it would be a long night before the morning came, if only he lasts that long.

Back at the hospital, Amelia grew restless for someone to talk to, so she got out her sketchbook again and started doodling for a while. She had obviously finished her dinner alone, the plates where stacked perfectly one on top of the other and all the empty canisters lined up in the basket; everything was virtually spotless. I guess she must have been hungry. She drew her parents, Arrow, Shenandoah, anyone she could think of, especially Delbert. As she drew the lines of his face, she got lost in a daze, struck in daydream that wouldn’t end. Sitting up her head collided with the pillow and she nodded off discovering the truth of her subconscious, she liked Delbert enormously. That indeed was the night when she would finally get to sleep through the night, her every thought focused on an eccentric scientist with whom she had a date. The coincidence of the matter was that the next day was her 30 th birthday, and she surely didn’t want anyone to know or bother trying to make her birthday special; the truth is she hadn’t had a good birthday since the year she left for the academy. Every year after that seemed like a dull cupcake with a candle on top given to her by Arrow, who always scrounged to afford a small but thoughtful gift for her. But now that she was friends with Doppler, Jim and his mother, she felt incapable of being herself around them; whomever that is.

As the morning sung over the horizon, the beams of light cascaded through the window of Doppler’s room. He winced at the thought of sunrise, but he remembered he had some business to attend to this morn. As he rummaged through his clothing for something to wear, he thought to himself,

*Delbert, you can do this, you can be calm and reserved today. Then again it is your first date…well, EVER! Just act natural, you’ll be fine.* Doppler still felt uneasy about the whole situation and the dream he had. It must have been a sign of things to come. For a moment he simply forgot what he was doing. He snuck out of his room and to the stable where he excitedly harnessed up Delilah, and headed for the hospital. Sarah heard the wheels of the carriage spin down the dirt road; and she smiled as she watched Doppler race in the direction of the hospital through the window on Jim’s room, while he was asleep.

When Doppler finally got to Amelia’s room, he was stumbling and out of breath. He looked inside the room to see if she was there but he didn’t see anyone in the room.

*She must be getting her things so she can go home…and so can spend the day with me!* He said in his head not knowing that an older feline couple where sitting in the chairs next to him.

"Well hello handsome." Said the older woman. Her husband gave her an embarrassed look as Doppler turned to face her not knowing what to say.

"Who me? I think you have me mistaken for someone else ma’am." Doppler said politely but confused.

"Oh, and a gentleman too dear." She whispered to her husband though he didn’t really care. Amelia strode through the doorway, Doppler lost his breath for a second causing him to look incredibly nervous.

"Aunt Mildred, for the last time, would you stop flirting with my friends! Good morning Doctor…Delbert, sorry." He remained silent the whole time.

"Hello Ame, it’s not every day that my only neice finds male friends. But this one’s a keeper." said the chiper voice of Aunt Mildred.

"Auntie, he can hear you."

"That’s the point. So…. Is this your boyfriend dear?" Amelia got so angry that she looked like she was about to blow up like a volcano.

"AUNT MILLE! He is not my boyfriend!" Her aunt gave her a shocked, sly glance.

"Calm down honey, you don’t have to be defensive, he can hear you." Amelia let out an angry cry as she fumed her aunt’s mischievousness with embarrassed beads of perspiration on her brow. She is so edgy because it’s her birthday and Arrow was not around to celebrate it with.

"I am NOT defensive!" Doppler tried to understand what was going on, but he had a tendency to get things confused.

Later that morning, the whole lot of them stopped by Amelia’s house. It was on 34th street and It was right near the street. They walked along the street and stopped on 91065, Amelia’s address.

"Well, here we are… " Amelia said motioning all around her, she speaks sarcasticly, but it looks really nice, it even has a lot of paintings hung up and bringing the place to life. A large black creature came towards them.

"And this little ball of fluff, is…Shenandoah get off him!" Amelia shouted telling her playful pet to stop jumping up on total strangers. The creature was laying on Doppler’s chest wearing a big smile. Amelia grabbed the panther by the scuff of her neck and dragged the sad creature to her bedroom.

"Bad Girl!!" Then she helped Doppler off the floor.

Later that night, after spending the day with Amelia and her some of her family; Doppler was prepared for a good diner. Once he and Amelia got into the carriage, he knew that the night would end well. Upon arriving at his house, Doppler kindly showed Amelia around. She was astonished at all the amazing artifacts that he possessed. The two of them, Sarah and Jim sat down to eat and started chatting with one another.

"So Amelia, tell us about yourself….something that we haven’t learn about you yet."

"See it all started one cold winter morning…….." The outside of a small hospital room where the sounds of loud wailing could be heard. “ It’s a girl!” someone shouted, while a feline looking man has a disapointed look on his face. At the Intersteller Academy, the same girl has her head down on her desk and her right paw is in the isle….

*It had been a very long day at the gloomy Interstellar Academy, and I was too tired to keep awake, let alone pay attention. As I tried to sleep, the admiral was giving a lesson on his Military history and the history of others before him. On the black board the piece of chalk he was holding scurried illegibly across the surface of the chalk board; assuming he wanted us to take notes. The admiral is a very proud man you see. Once he spotted me sleeping, he threw a piece of paper at me and told me to get up. It reminded me of my wake up calls when I was a child.

The professor of the swimming class, Lieutenant Tuberculosis, was barking orders at everyone, and I felt myself getting lightheaded and the dizziness was affecting my stance. My best friend Arrow turned to look at me while in line to dive into the solar swimming pool; but as I read the concern on his face, it was my turn to dive and when my weight hit the water so cold, my whole body shut down and I got dragged under the surface as, my lungs stopped taking in air rather than water. You're probably wondering what happened next, so I might as well tell you. The next thing I remembered was waking up in my bunk with Arrow sitting next to me with a frown and a smile in one.*

"You know you should eat something every once in a while" He said with a sarcastic and finicky flare in his voice. Amelia felt really groggy, like some of the water was still enveloped in her lungs. She opened her mouth to try and say something, but Arrow seemed like the talkative one instead.

"You do know what you're doing to yourself don't you?" Amelia cocked an eyebrow.

"What is that exactly?" She didn’t have the slightest idea what he was talking about.

"You're starving yourself." He replied with a twinge of anger.

"What are you saying? I always eat a well-balanced meal, and I see to it to never miss an opportunity to eat."

"Listen, you don't have defend yourself, I worry that's all." Oh how Amelia hated the voice of reason.

"I know Dad…." Amelia said with a brilliant smile and a twinkled eye.

"Ok, just kidding."Arrow smiled back at her and gave her a warm hug; the kind of hug that a lonely girl in the Navy, such as myself, needs sometimes; as Amelia would say.

"At ease Captain" said Admiral Bluedwarf III standing in the doorway. "Gave us all quite a fright. I expect that you’ll be ship-shape for tomorrow; I’m doing a lesson on inter-office dating and the side-effects of stupidity." As the admiral turned and left the room, Arrow and she smiled at each other and let out a little laugh.

"Tomorrow should be, interesting…." Amelia said with cleverness and glee. Arrow laughed and told me to get some rest. It would only be until dinner, but at least I would have time to relax. I think I might take a bath when I wake up. I laid down and drifted to sleep, Arrow tucked me in and gave me an assuring kiss on the forehead, like the brother I never had.

*Two years went by since that day when I fainted, but I’m doing fine. I became the youngest living spacer to become a captain. Then came the captain ceremony, it was just like a graduation, but with a military style. My father was so proud that he came to the ceremony and cried the whole time. It was really a blessing to see Arrow’s face afterwards, he was all lit up like a solar flare, and it was the finest day of my life. I was so excited to receive all my new duties that I picked my best friend Arrow as my first mate.

A few months later, terrible news came; an unknown enemy was attacking us.*

The etherium was littered with thousands of air raids and enemy attacks from all sides. Navy ships were either destroyed or looted and prisoners were being taken from every direction. Debris flew everywhere and there were very few places to hide from all the chaos.

*Something I hadn’t known before, was that when entering a war, one must be cautious and listen to authority; but that’s not what I did. I stormed into battle in my rescue boat, I went about saving the young and injured, but I felt sorry for the men who didn’t know what was happening. The looks on their faces when I came through was impeccable; they looked up at me as if these were their last moments of life, and for some of them it was. What they needed was a miracle.

After returning, the admiral called a meeting with his high-ranking officers. We all sat down and started strategizing a plan. Arrow was there with me on demand, which is what might have started the whole argument. All around the room, the other officers looked at the two of us, covered in blood and wounds and injures from head to toe. They all gave us dirty looks, but my gaze would not falter.*

"Well now Captain" said the Admiral angrily. "So nice of you to join us, I see you’ve busy fighting when you should have been calling for reinforcements!"

"I was only trying to help." Amelia said wearily and ashamed as the Admiral usually made her feel during serious circumstances.

"And, you almost got yourself killed, what were you thinking Captain? Going out there in battle and costing us money. And for what, the lives of a few useless rookies?"

"With all do respect sir, I was merely doing my duty as Captain; warding off enemies, saving the helpless, like the oath says, ’I will perform all of my duties whether rain or shine, and nothing shall pass through my heart of any possible doubt.’…. Sir." after a few breathless moments of fury, Amelia continued before the admiral could even open his mouth to say anything in return. "And where were you in all of this, sitting in your great big armchair barking out executions of our men. should I remind you that no one is useless in the Navy... or at least that's what you used to say. You should be ashamed of yourself sir."

"Well now, that’s quiet a story you have there....but I would never kill any of my men intentionally, that was their choice when they joined the milatary...Where on earth did you get the insinuation, Captain? I’m conducting a plan. WE NEED TO FOLLOW NAVY PROTOCOL!"

"I will NOT be subject to listen to this rubbish!" Amelia shouted as she pounded on the table.

"That’s up to you captain, you can leave if you like. Personally I have no problems with.....stubborn women, like you." Amelia turned back around to face him, with fury in her eyes.

"STUBBORN WOMEN?! I’ll show you stubborn, Admiral.... I can do anything you can do, and better."

"Oh really" he said skeptically while others just laughed. "I’d like to see you try."

"I already have." Amelia said walking to the door along side Arrow. Then she remembered the dying men and the agonies they must be going through. So Amelia turned just as she reached the handle and said.

"May all who love me, follow Me."

*And they all looked around at each other like I was crazy, then a few moments later, the Admiral got of his high horse and came with the rest of us. Amoung or recue group, we found dozens of men being attacked by the foul enemy. I knew I had to think fast, so I got into the nearest boat I could find and came to their rescue with life preservers and throwing ropes to the men whom couldn’t reach the boat. Out of all the weapons I had, I preferred my 12-gauge machine gun the best. The main ship the enemy had in posession, had a barrel or so of gun powder in plan veiw of the rescue boat. Seeing as how I had the best shot in the group, Arrow provided my backup as I stood and quickly took aim. The next few minutes were slow and hushed as if I were moving in slow motion. Once the bullet had hit the ship, there was absolutely no hope of anyone surviveing on the enemy side. Then everything exploded in a big molton-lava cloud of ash and smoke as we scurried our way back to the base.

I almost single-handedly saved seven ships that day, with Arrow’s help, of course. The last remaining memory of the war was the laser-fire and the mass destruction, and of course the men who died in honor of people like me. To those men, I live to this day honorably. After our return, the Admiral apologized and awarded me the Green Badge of Honor. He said that I deserved it. When I received it, I told him I must resign my post and go on the bigger and better things. Arrow came with me, and we became quite the team, going on to a new a bright future.*

Amelia and Arrow were packing for a long trip, then the two of them were in front of the entire Navy being saluted by everyone for their bravery and great spirits.

Amelia and Arrow were sailing along the stars in a long boat and another shot of Amelia spinning in the air with a sword and fighting with great skill. In the background the sound of clashing swords and gunshots from laser-flintlocks can be heard along with the song "Tourniquet" by Evanescene

*So there we were, Arrow and I: two lonely teenagers with nowhere to go, barely any food or water, nothing more then a military background, the clothes on our backs. Fortunately for us, our friendship was holding us together. The next few months were very dreary, only finding endeavors that suited our interests.

After that, we mysteriously encountered a run-in with the Procyan Armada. They battled hard and were vicious in combat, but I always knew we would make it through. Several times the Armada would lay low on their attacks while Arrow and I let down our defenses; once that was in play they would come back striking hard once more. When the coast was clear, we liked to talk for hours about how we’d come so far; but just as soon as we heard gunshots fire again, we were depending on each other for both success and survival. Throughout their numerous raids on our parade, the Procyan Armada kept going with their massive attacks and mighty blows. This lead Arrow and I to have to be cleaver, inquisitive, and most of all, brave. I also discovered that my endless sword fighting and fencing lessons got put to use as we strode on in combat.

For months the two of us would camp out until we got word that they would strike again. At that time, our lives were an emotional battlefield and we had to stay strong, but after the second run-in I began to slowly lose faith in myself.

One day, the leader of the opposite side spotted me in the woods and started walking my way; I tried to run, but he caught up with me. He took hold of my arm and wouldn’t let go. He made many vulgar comments and snide remarks about my gender and my rank while twisting my arm behind my back as far as it will go; until I heard the mind numbing sound of my shoulder breaking. He told me that “a pretty little thing like yourself best be running back home to your dear mother; because you know you can’t beat us, you’re nothing but a little girl.” Then he threw me to the ground while taking a few blows for my face and sides. He spit on me, called me a whore, and I think he broke a couple of ribs. I lied on the ground, grimacing in pain feeling naked and violated; and from that moment on, I vowed never to let a man ever treat me like that again. Arrow was walking in the woods to collect more firewood, when he saw me lying on the ground battered and bewildered. He dropped the wood immediately and rushed to my side. Arrow tried to defend me, but it was too late, the culprit had already gotten too far behind enemy lines. Arrow nursed me back to health and said he would always be there to protect me, and somehow I knew he was right.

Soon after, the war was over and it was finally time to go home.*

Amelia was being carried to a warm resting place where Doppler tucked her in to sleep. She woke up on the couch and reluctantly stayed for breakfast. A flash of the front door of Amelia’s house. A threatening note was posted on the door with a sharp dager and was written in blood, along with an eviction notice. (They don't know it a set up... Amelia isn't kicked out of her house, she leaves.) Doppler helped her to the door when when the horror on their faces was unmistakable upon the situation.

TO BE CONTINUED.....at least to where it was already.

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