literature

Somewhere Out There- Ch1: The Adventure Begins

Deviation Actions

RJ8's avatar
By
Published:
1.9K Views

Literature Text



NOTE: Hey folks. Thought this up about a week ago. Anyway…All characters are the property of Don Bluth and 20th Century Fox. Other materials and references belong to Disney, Pixar and the like.  The title of this story is from the song Somewhere Out There from An American Tail, which is another one of Don Bluth’s films.

Characters introduced and who they would be voiced by:

Shadow the Border collie/Treeing Walker Coonhound mix-Tia Mowry

Ashley Jones-Imani Hakim

Nelson Jones- Tylen Jacob Williams

Cricket the Savannah cat- Tisha Campbell-Martin (no lines in this chapter)

While reading the first half of this chapter, I recommend listening to the Main Title/Opening theme by James Horner from the American Tail 2: Fievel Goes West Soundtrack. It’s on YouTube and really helps set up the beginning of this story.

Anyway…read on!




Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins



Friday- 7:00am- Pacific Time…

It was a typical Friday morning in New Bangkok; like any other day of the week, adults were on their way to work while kids hurried off to get to school. Though not everyone had the opportunity to enjoy this pleasant spring day.

A young adult female Savannah cat stepped out of a nearby alley. She stretched and yawned, enjoying the warm sunlight on her silver coat. The cat, called Cricket by the people who knew her; was different than other street felines. Her breed, the Savannah was a mix between a domestic cat and a Serval, a large eared wild cat from Africa. Unlike other feline breeds, Savannahs had personalities similar to dogs, they were very loyal to their owners and loved playing fetch. Cricket was considered a first generation Savannah due to her father being a house cat and her mother was a Serval. The young stray’s fur was mostly silver with black spots, her chest, mouth and underbelly were tan colored. The rest of her markings consisted of black fur on her back paws, tan on her front paws. Her tail was black tipped and her large dark upright ears had a white dot on the back of both. She looked more like a Serval than anything else but had a longer tail, which she had inherited from her father.

Many New Bangkok residents were used to seeing Cricket walking around from place to place.  She had been living on the streets her entire life. Like most strays, she was part of a large feline colony that lived in the city. Every once in a while, humans who left out food and water for the other cats in her colony, would take one of them home. Despite her friendly nature and playful turquoise blue eyes, no one seemed interested in taking the two-year-old cat home with them. Cricket assumed it had to be due to the fact she was part Serval and the humans were afraid she would turn ‘wild’ and become aggressive. She did her best not to let it get her down and believed that some human would take her in…eventually.

But today, Cricket’s morning routine was interrupted in the most unexpected way. As she drank from a puddle of rain water, the female Savannah was alerted by the sound of a dog barking. Looking up, she saw a somewhat large figure running towards her. Yowling in fear she darted out of the way. The figure, a tricolor Border collie and Treeing Walker Coonhound mix ran by with a Rottweiler chasing after it. The large dog snarled, making the pup yelp in fear. When she came to a fence, the puppy squeezed through a gap and made it to the other side. The Rottweiler barked loudly, unable to get through the small space. As the pup stopped to pant, she turned around when the barking got quiet. Letting out a sigh of relief that he was gone, she got up and continued on her way.

After walking for a while, she came to a stop on a patch of grass under a large sycamore tree. Not far away was a small stone bridge that went over into a nearby city park. The pup walked up to a cardboard box that had been placed near the bridge. On the large box was a sign that said ‘Free puppies, please take one’ written in bold letters. The tricolored female who was not much older than four months climbed into the box. Another puppy, stood up, greeting her with a friendly bark. She smiled and nuzzled him. The other dog, was her brother though unlike his sister, he had a blue merle coat. His fur was mostly a light blue-gray with small and large patches of black mixed in. The rest of his coat had white markings on his legs, paws, chest and underbelly as well as on his mouth. Rusty red markings were his cheeks and around the ankles of his hind legs.  Around his left eye was a black star shaped patch.

His sister’s fur was mostly black with white on her limbs and other spots, like him but instead of rusty red markings hers were tan. Both pups had semi pricked ears but had different eye colors. The female had green eyes, her brother was bi-eyed, his left one was blue and the other was brown. The two siblings were glad to see each other. The female had gone looking for food but ended up getting chased by the Rottweiler she narrowly escaped from.

Just then, a human voice rang out.

“There it is!”

“Sis, this is the one.” Said a ten-year-old boy who looked to be of African American and Brazilian decent.
He pointed the blue merle puppy out to his older sister.

“Are you sure?” she asked, looking at the two dogs.

“Yeah, I’m sure.” Said the boy.

“All right, c’mon.” the girl said as she picked up the puppy.

The tricolor female whined and barked at the two humans. The boy, Nelson turned around and looked at her.


“I don’t think she wants us to leave.”

His sister glanced at the pup, noticing the pleading look in her eyes.

“You’re right but…you know what Mom said,” the girl, Ashley pointed out.

“I know,” Nelson sighed.


If it were up to them, they would have taken both dogs but were glad that their mother allowed them to have one at all. Being mixed with two nationalities of color, Ashley and Nelson had a caramel colored skin tone, brown eyes and jet black hair.

“Don’t worry, pup someone will pick you up soon.” Said Ashley.

“Yeah, you’ll get a nice home.” Nelson assured her.

“Let’s go, Nelson…we’re almost at your school.” Said Ashley.

“Ok, bye.” Nelson told the pup before going ahead of his sister with their new dog in tow.
Ashley got down on her knees and looked at the female dog.

“You’re gonna be all right, hang in there, Little dog.” She said, trying to be encouraging. After a pat on the head, she went to catch up with Nelson.

The puppy laid down in the box, placing her head between her paws as she sighed.

“That’s it, I’m the only one left.” She said to herself.

The pup and her brother had been two in a litter of ten, five females and five males. The human who owned their parents had left them in a box near the park hoping anyone who passed by would see the puppies and want to take one. It worked, one by one the puppies were picked up by various people. The tricolor female however, was the runt of the litter and the youngest of her siblings. She had thought by now she’d be living in a house with humans and not on the streets. Her ears perked up at hearing footsteps, she lifted her head, looking over the edge of the box. She froze at what was standing a few feet away.

Gulping nervously, she spotted the Rottweiler that had been chasing her.

“Uh-Oh,”

The big dog saw her and growled. He barked loudly and was about to give chase when they both heard a car door slam. Turning around, they both saw a white ford truck parked not far from the bridge.
Both dogs yelped, immediately recognizing the truck.

“Not animal control!” the pup exclaimed.

Without a second thought she jumped out of the box and ran, the Rottweiler also took off, both heading in different directions.
“Gotta get away from here and fast,” the pup said to herself as she made her way down the street.

Moments later…

“Now what?” she wondered.
The pup picked up the smell of beef jerky and followed it. The trail ended at a stack of wooden crates. She was puzzled by this.

“Huh?” she sputtered, tilting her head at the wooden cubes in front of her.

“Here’s the last one,” said a voice.

The puppy yelped and jumped into the nearest open crate.

She swallowed hard, hoping the dockworkers wouldn’t find her hiding under the styrofoam peanuts. As the crate was picked up and moved, the pup decided to stay put for now and would escape as soon as the humans were gone.
Meanwhile, someone else wasn’t exactly having a good morning either.

Akima was sweeping along the walkway where Korso’s ship had docked. She currently had her teal iPod Nano on and was playing one of her favorite songs.

“Somewhere, out there…beneath the pale moonlight. Someone’s thinking of me, and loving me…”

Akima stopped singing along midway when she heard a splash. After a moment she continued.

“And loving me…”

There was another splash shortly after that.

“And loving me!” She sang, loudly.

Akima got out of the way of an oncoming water balloon.

“Shut up!” shouted a teenage boy in the distance.

Akima groaned, pausing the song and pulling out her earbuds she turned towards Cale and Stith.

“They’re throwing water balloons at me.” She said.

“Again?” Stith asked, this obviously wasn’t the first time this happened.

“Keep singing, maybe you can audition for the next season of America’s got talent.” Cale joked.

He started laughing and Stith, who couldn’t hold back joined him.
The two of them were currently on the floor of the ship with several tools scattered around them.

“Very funny. Shouldn’t you guys be fixing that oil leak?” Akima asked.

“We’re workin’ on it!” Cale and Stith said at the same time.

Akima rolled her brown eyes.

“Right…”

She then heard a noise not far away.

“Oh, looks like those new supplies Korso ordered finally came in. I’m gonna go check it out.”

“We’ll be right here.” Said Cale as he handed Stith a wrench. Neither of them looking up from the spot where they had removed a metal panel to access the ship’s oil tank.

It had been six months since New Bangkok and the other Drifter colonies arrived on New Earth. At first, Cale and Akima had thought Korso and Preed were long gone; Preed however only had an injury to his neck which had knocked him out. Korso somehow managed to escape in time before the power had reached full blast on the Titan’s circuit breakers. Having survived near death experiences and with nowhere else to go, the crew made the decision to stay together and help the Drifter colonies with construction work and other jobs. It was also clear as day no one wanted to break up the team if they didn’t have to. Since then, things continued the way they had always been.
Akima walked down the stairs to the cargo hold and looked around. It didn’t take her long to find a small stack of four crates of various sizes in the corner.

“Ok, let’s see what’s here.”

She went up to the first one that was already open. Before Akima could do anything she heard a sneeze.
Lifting up the tarp, she saw a puppy curled up next to a box of office supplies.
The small dog whined and looked at her.

Akima frowned.

“What the…? Who are you?”

She picked up the puppy, smiling at her.

“Hi,”

The puppy’s tail began to wag, she then licked Akima’s face, making her laugh.

“Aw,” was all she could say.

Both paused for a second when they heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

“So… what’d we get today, Akima?” Preed asked.

The young Asian woman turned around, revealing the small mixed breed dog in her arms. The puppy whimpered softly.

Preed scoffed at seeing the fluffy canine.

“What a scruffy looking mutt,” he said.

“I don’t know; I think she’s kinda cute.” Akima admitted.

“You think all dogs are cute, don’t you Akima?” Preed asked, folding his arms in front of his chest.

“Well, in a way they are.” Akima answered as she rubbed the puppy behind her ears.

“She doesn’t have a collar, better check for a microchip.” She concluded.

“Why?” Stith asked, she and Cale walked in on the tail-end of the conversation.

Her question was quickly answered when she saw the puppy Akima was holding.

“Aww!” was all she could say. If anything could get to Stith’s heart, it was cute animals, puppies and kittens in particular.

“Not you too,” Preed groaned as he pinched the bridge of his nose.

“Where did this dog come from?” Cale asked.

“I don’t know,” Akima replied.

Just then, Cale thought of something.

“Wait a second, is there a no pets policy on this ship?”

Akima, Preed and Stith all shrugged their shoulders, not sure how to answer.

“No clue,” Stith answered.

“She’s right,” Preed said, adding his two cents.

“This is the first time we’ve had a dog… or any kind of animal for that matter.” Akima confessed.

Cale glanced at the puppy who was looking at him with a curious look in her eyes.

“Well, if that’s the case maybe we can….” He stopped short when the sound of a door opening down the hall was heard.

“I’m back.” A familiar voice shouted.

At that moment, all five of them including the dog froze.

“Ok, so who’s gonna tell Korso about this dog?”

Cale, Preed and Stith looked at each other nervously.

“Not me!” they all said in unison and tried to leave but stopped in their tracks when Korso and Gune entered the room.

“Too late,” said Stith.

“Hey folks…Gune and I are back from the salvage yard, found that spare part we’ve been looking for. So, anything knew?” Korso asked.

“Oh, well…you know…” said Cale as he nervously rubbed the back of his neck.

“Same old, same old.” Preed added.

“Our supplies came in and…” before Stith could finish her sentence, the puppy barked.
Korso glanced off to the side and saw Akima. He raised an eyebrow at seeing the small puppy in her arms.

“What’s that animal doing here?”

“I found her in one the crates, she must’ve been hiding in there.” Akima explained.

Korso glanced at the dog before he spoke.

“I’ll file a report with animal control, in the meantime keep an eye on her.”

Preed looked at the puppy then at Korso.

“Seriously?” he asked.

Akima then gave him an odd look.

“What?” Preed said after a minute.

“Preed, give me a break…I’ve known you for a while, you like dogs.” Akima told him.

The male Akrennian snorted at this.

“Since when?”

Akima simply shook her head and didn’t say anything.

“This is coming from a guy who has watched The Fox and The Hound eight times.” Said Korso.

The rest of the crew snickered at this.

“Really?” Gune asked, he mostly listened to the conversation and hadn’t said much of anything until now.

Preed’s ears were now flat against his head. His bronze eyes were also slightly narrowed, showing he was obviously annoyed.

“That’s not funny, there’s nothing funny about it.”  He said.

“Uh-huh,” Akima replied in a dull tone.

That Night…

“So, have you set up a place for our guest?” Korso asked, standing in the doorway of the storage room.
“Yeah, but Korso don’t you think she’ll be nervous down here, all by herself?” Akima asked.
“Eh, she’ll be fine.” Korso insisted.
“Ok,” Akima sighed.
She patted the pup on the head before getting up off the floor.
“Good night,” she said as she turned off the light and left with Korso.
The puppy soon fell asleep on the dark blue blanket Akima had given her. With Cale’s help, they made one of the wooden crates into a makeshift dog bed. It wasn’t long before everyone had gone to bed, unbeknownst to them, it was going to be a long night.

2:00am….

The pup woke up and looked around, the storage room was dark, she had been accustomed to having one of her siblings sleep next to her but now she was all alone. Her whining quickly turned into a howl.

“What was that?” Stith asked, sticking her head out of her dorm room.

“I think it was the dog,” Cale answered, he stood in the doorway of his room.
Both in their pajamas.

“I got it,” Akima offered, she stepped out of her room and went down the hallway.

She turned on the light and found the pup sitting in her crate whimpering loudly.

“I told Korso this was a bad idea.” Akima muttered.

She sat down next to the crate and gently stroked the puppy’s soft fur.

“How about I stay here until you fall asleep?” she suggested.

The Border collie mix licked Akima’s face in response, making the woman giggle.
“Ok, ok enough.”

Akima stayed with the puppy for a couple of hours but gradually lost track of time after the young dog had fallen asleep. The next morning, Korso woke up early despite the lack of rest from last night. He went into the storage room, smiling at the site in front of him.

“Sleep well, Akima?” he asked, chuckling at the sleeping woman with the puppy curled up next to her.

Akima’s eyes slowly opened, she blinked them twice and yawned.

“Must’ve dozed off, poor dog was howling half the night.” She said as she rubbed her eyes.

“So I heard. Listen, get yourself cleaned up and we’ll talk later.” Korso continued.

“’Kay,” was Akima’s reply.

Three days later, the crew got the news they had been waiting for.

“Well, after putting up flyers, checking for a microchip and filing report with animal control…nobody’s called about a missing dog.” Akima explained.

She and the others were currently sitting in the break room. Gune looked up from the slice of toast he had been eating.

“So?”

“If that’s the case, it looks like we got ourselves a dog.” Korso announced.

Akima was the first to react.

“Yes! All right!”

“Any idea what we should call her? She needs a name.” Cale pointed out.

As the group talked about possible names, Cale noticed something about the puppy.

“She’s really taken a liking to you, Akima.” He said, seeing the pup sitting quietly at Akima’s feet.

“Yeah, she’s like my shadow.” Akima agreed.

At hearing this, the puppy looked up.

“Did you see that?”

“See what?” Cale asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Watch this… Shadow.” Said Akima.

Sure enough, the puppy’s ears perked up.

“Let me try…” said Stith.

“Shadow,” she called.

The Border collie mix then turned towards Stith.

“I think your friend here, likes that name.” Korso said with a smile.

“I agree,” Akima replied as she rubbed the dog behind the ears.

“All right, Shadow it is.”

The puppy, now named Shadow, wagged her tail; happy to finally have an owner and a name. A short time later, Akima and Cale were walking down the hallway both of them talking about what went on earlier.

“I’ll have to go into town and get some dog supplies, she needs a collar, a leash and…” Akima stopped short when she heard somebody yelling.

“What the…?” Cale sputtered.

“Look what I found snooping around… an eight pound, two once four legged ankle biter.” Said Preed.

He was holding Shadow by the scruff of her neck and handed her over to Akima. The somewhat annoyed Akrennian walked off, muttering something Cale and Akima didn’t quite understand.
The duo snickered once Preed was out of earshot range.

“What did you do?” Akima wondered, looking at her dog.

During her lunch break, Akima had taken Shadow outside, allowing her to walk and play around in the grass.  It was a sunny day, with clear blue skies and birds singing in the background.

“So, what’s going on?” Cale asked as he walked up and sat down next to Akima under an oak tree.

“Eh, nothing much just taking a break, you?” she answered.

“Same here,” said Cale.

The young blond glanced over at Shadow who was running through a patch of lilacs, chasing a black tiger swallowtail butterfly.

“Shadow seems to be having a good time.”

“Ohh, she is.” Said Akima.

The young sheepdog/hound mix in question ran up to the two humans holding a stick in her jaws.
She let out a muffled bark as she looked at Akima.

“She wants you to throw it for her.” Said Cale.

“All right,” Akima sighed, she took the stick from Shadow and threw it.

Seconds later, the four-month old pup took off running after it. In the process she nearly bumped into Preed.

“Watch it!”

“What are you two doing?” he asked, taking a seat on a patch of grass.

“Playing fetch,” Akima replied, she took the stick from Shadow who had come back and threw it again. The female pup barked happily as she chased after the wooden strip.

“You guys haven’t forgotten about Friday, have you?” Akima asked.

Preed frowned at this.

“Friday?”

Cale took a sip from his can of Dr. Pepper before he spoke.

“What about it?” Cale asked, obviously confused.

“The fund-raiser for Nelson’s school, I thought you knew.” Said Akima.

“Oh, that… what exactly are we doing again?” Cale replied.

“Oy…” Akima groaned.

“The carnival.”

“Ohh!” was Cale and Preed’s reply.

“Well, you two have fun.” Preed was about to leave when he felt a hand grab his left ankle.

“Uh, Preed… Korso expects all of us to help out…so that means you too.” Akima explained.
Preed groaned, unlike others of his kind, he did like being around humans and considered them friends but this was too much.

“Ok great,” he muttered.

The male Akrennian’s ears perked up at hearing something approaching.

“Do you hear something?”

No sooner did he finish his sentence; two voices rang out.

“There he is!” a girl shouted.

“Get him!” a boy exclaimed.

Preed yelled as he was knocked flat to the ground by a small group of 4th grade students.

“Oh no! get them off me! I can’t take it!”

Cale and Akima both sat there laughing at the sight. They had met Ashley and Nelson when they first arrived in New Bangkok, becoming fast friends in the process.
Preed groaned and collapsed on the grass, his long pink tongue sticking out of his mouth. Ashley, who had been watching Nelson and his friends, looked at Preed for a minute.

“Preed, you’re not dead.”

Suddenly, a pair of bronze colored eyes opened.

“No!” said Preed as he lifted his head up, startling the kids.

He laughed when he heard them scream and back away.

“Ok, that’s enough…c’mon let the adults talk.” Said Ashley.

The kids got the message and after a short goodbye left Akima, Cale and Preed to finish what was left of their lunch break.

“It’s a shame you don’t like kids.” Akima said after a moment.

“Are you kidding me?” Preed asked as he sat up and brushed a few blades of grass off his shirt.

Akima couldn’t help but laugh, the look on the Akrennian’s face was priceless.

“Break’s over, guys.” She told Cale and Preed.

Grabbing a small brown paper bag, Akima got up and left, with Shadow trotting alongside her, trying to keep up.

That Friday, it had been a week since Akima had found Shadow and it was also the day of the fund-raiser. Being a Drifter colony, New Bangkok had limited resources and access to the latest electronics was one of them. The goal of the fund-raiser was to raise enough money to allow the school where Nelson attended to purchase new computers. Everyone got up early that morning to help set up before the big event started in the afternoon.

“Ok, looks like the carnival is good to go, but we still have some job openings.” Akima explained as she looked at a sheet of paper on the clipboard she was holding.

“Like?” Preed asked, before taking a sip of his coffee.

“What?” Cale finished.

“Taco stand?” Akima asked.

“No!” Cale and Preed answered in unison.

“Sorry, last time I tried to cook it caused a grease fire.” Cale confessed.

“And nearly burned out your hair.” Gune added.

Akima then decided to move on to the next available job.

“Ok, petting zoo handler.”

“I’m afraid of sheep.” Preed admitted.

“I’ll do it,” Cale offered.

Stith raised an eyebrow at Preed, she knew a few things about her co-worker but this wasn’t one of them.

“Afraid of sheep?”

Preed looked at her nervously, his ears slightly lowered from embarrassment.

“Long story, I spent the weekend at my cousin’s farm when I was six.” He explained.

“Well, it looks like there’s only one job left.” Akima concluded.

“Which one is that?” Preed asked.

Cale and Akima looked at the clipboard then at Preed, both of them smiling.

That afternoon…

Sure enough, Preed learned what job had been left open and soon had regrets about taking it.  Akima was helping to manage the booth, Preed had volunteered to help with and it was…

“C’mon people, dunk the Akrennian…buck a ball, give it a try.”

“Wanna try? The money’s for a good cause.” She said, as a few people walked by.

“Let’s go! Let’s go!”

“Akima, we’re never going to raise enough money to show up these people.” Said Preed, who was sitting on a bench above what resembled a large fish tank.

“Maybe it’s because no one knows you, they usually get to dunk someone they don’t like…the principal or the math teacher.” Akima explained.

“Well, it’s hard for me to be unlikeable, but I’ll give it a shot.” Preed sighed.

As much as he couldn’t stand sitting on a small bench wearing nothing but a blue and white Hawaiian print t-shirt, brown shorts and some swimming goggles, the Akrennian knew this moment wouldn’t last. He looked around at the humans, many of them various ages and nationalities. It didn’t take long for Preed to spot Cale. Getting an idea, he spoke up trying to get the blonde’s attention.

“Yo! Brad Pitt…how about spending that trust fund money on something other than hair gel? Buy a ball.”

“C’mon Cale, dunk him.” Said Stith who was taking a short break from helping Gune manage the ring toss booth.

“Yeah, Cale take a shot maybe it’ll get things started, huh?” Akima suggested.

“That’s ok, I don’t think that would be a good idea.” Said Cale.

“Good idea? That’s first.” Preed joked.

Cale narrowed his eyes at that, if there was one thing he couldn’t stand was when a joke was directed at him.

“All right,” he said before pulling out a five-dollar bill from his pocket and putting it on the table.

“I’ll play.”

“Don’t break a nail.” Said Preed.

Cale picked up a baseball and threw it at the target next to the tank. The ball went off to the side and completely missed.

“Way to go!” Preed shouted, sounding rather sarcastic.

Cale then threw another ball but missed a second time.

“You wanna try again?” Akima asked.

“No, it’s ok I better get back to the petting zoo.” Said Cale.

“Yes, get back to that petting zoo; I’d rather talk to chickens than Stith too.” Preed joked.
Stith turned around at the comment, Preed had cracked plenty of jokes before but this one took the cake.

“Give me a ball,” she said.

“Oh, now I’m scared,” Preed replied sarcastically as Akima handed Stith one of Cale’s remaining baseballs.

“Whoa!” Preed yelped as he ducked, barely missing getting hit by the ball Stith had thrown. Seconds later, he dodged another one.

“As long as you’re throwing, I’ll be as dry as Akima’s elbow skin.” Said Preed.

“Hey!” Akima exclaimed, turning around at Preed’s comment.

The brown and beige Akrennian grinned when he got her attention, maybe this job wouldn’t so bad after all.

“That’s right, Akima; I’m over here…buy a ball.”

Having seen enough, Cale decided to leave.

“Hey, where are you going? They’ll be serving corn dogs all day. Come ‘on, take another shot.” Said Preed.

Cale turned around.

“Oh yeah? Well maybe if the target was bigger, like your head!”

And with that Cale walked off.

“You know what? You just get ready to swim.” Said Stith.

She grabbed another baseball and threw it, this time however she didn’t miss. Seconds later, the bench collapsed and Preed fell into the tank with a loud splash. Several bystanders laughed and clapped at the sight. After managing to get out of the water, Preed shook himself and sat back down on the bench. Despite living in a location where there was little to no water, Akrennians were surprisingly decent swimmers.

“All right, well… you did it once, but consistency’s not your strong suit.” said Preed.

At hearing that, Stith had enough, she then placed what looked like a credit card on the table.

“I’d like a hundred balls, please.”

No sooner did Stith finish her sentence, Preed froze.

“Oh brother,” he said nervously, knowing what was coming next.

Picking up a baseball, Stith threw it and Preed was back in the water within seconds. The sound of laughter could be heard from people who had stopped to watch. Akima couldn’t help but smile, from the looks of it this was going to be a fun afternoon.

“It’s gonna be a long day.” She said to herself.

Yep…a long day and the adventure was just beginning…


MORE TO COME

And that’s chapter one. This was mostly an introduction; the story gets more interesting in later chapters. A few of the lines and references in this chapter are from the following: An American Tail: Fievel goes West, Pound Puppies 2010 season 1 episode: The Great Yipper Caper, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air episode: Mama’s baby, Carlton maybe, Last Man Standing, Party Wagon, Full House, Dinosaur and the George Lopez episode: ‘Angie gets Tanked’.  If anyone asks, Ashley and Nelson are the two kids Cale met in New Bangkok. Looking at both of them, they’re obviously of Brazillian and African American descent. Just a history lesson, many people from Brazil have Portuguese and African ancestry due to the fact the Portuguese colonized much of South America and brought slaves from Africa with them.  For those who don’t know Tia Mowry is one of the stars from the 90s sitcom Sister, Sister. Tylen Jacob Williams is the younger brother of Everybody hates Chris actor, Tyler James Williams. Tia and Tylen play mother and son on the Nick at Nite sitcom, Instant Mom. Imani Hakim is known for her roles as Tonya on Everybody hates Chris and the biography film, The Gabby Douglas story. If anyone asks, this isn’t the only time Cricket the Savannah cat will be in the story…she’ll be back!

Part two is currently being written and will be posted in a week or so.

Aside from that, stay tuned!

Reviews are appreciated, Ciao for now.




Chapter 1 of a Titan A.E. story I've started writing.

Story takes place 6 months later. Currently working on chapter 2.

If anyone has any questions about the story, feel free to ask.  The second part gets more interesting...spoiler alert: More new characters!

Anyway, please comment before adding to favorites.

Feedback is greatly appreciated.


Titan A.E. characters(c) Don Bluth & 20th Century Fox

Shadow, Cricket and other characters(c) Me!
© 2015 - 2024 RJ8
Comments41
Join the community to add your comment. Already a deviant? Log In
Little-Snowbird's avatar
This is a nice different perspective to go with this.  Very sweet.