Katie’s Adventures
Great Realm of the Amulets
September 4, 2007
By FireFoxgirl

Chapter 1

“HELP ME KATIE!!!” The words shouted from the petrified Prince Derek, future ruler of the planet Colybeain.
It was a late, rainy night outside the dark castle that lay in the depths of Rocky Mountain Range. The rain poured down from the sky and soaked Katie’s dark orange fur, blonde hair, dark blue vest and her bright blue jeans. The droplets landed on her head and shoulders and water dripped from her pant legs onto her red and yellow sneakers.
She stood on a long, grey platform that stretched from the cliff and led to the doors of the castle. The castle was black as coal and had windows with blood red lights shining from them. The entire structure itself was made of three towers with spikes that poked from the top.
Katie, daughter of Fox McCloud the lead pilot of the Starfox team, looked up at the castle and knew she had to travel through its dark corridors to save the prince she cared for.
Prince Derek was held hostage on the top of the tallest tower. As he hung from the ropes that held him from a wooden Gallo over a pit of boiling lava, he thought to himself of how what was suppose to be a perfect day with his friend and secret crush turned into a nightmare where once again he became a dude in distress and needed his girl in non-shinning armor to save him.

“I don’t know, Katie, I don’t look like much of a king.” Said Derek, earlier that day, standing in front of a mirror in his father’s old uniform and thinking how unman-like he looked.
It was morning and later that afternoon a ball was to be held where Derek completes his royal training and takes the throne as the king. Katie, a close friend of Derek ever since they met and she saved his life about a half a year ago, was with the young king in his royal chambers and helping him prepare for his big moment.
Derek’s room was small in width but the ceiling stretched high up over them. Painted on the ceiling was a beautiful mural of tiny baby fennecs that played in the clouds around the light goddess that the Colynites worshipped. His room was a brilliant shade of gold with a balcony that was the length of his room. The windows that usually closed off the balcony but were opened and a gentle breeze flowed from outside. His bed was king-sized with red sheets and a gold embedded frame that sparkled in the sun. Next to his bed was a desk which was piled with Derek’s home school work and drawings he did himself. A dresser sat on the other side of the bed with photos of his family, Katie’s friends and a picture of Katie holding Derek in her arms as a man would hold and carry a woman. The mirror, which Katie and Derek where standing in front of, hung on the wall that was across from the bed.
Most beings on Derek’s planet where fennecs or desert foxes like he was except for a few immigrants and Katie, who was a young vixen that was half Cornerian and Cerinian, and her friends, Skippy, Francene and Penny, that where also descendants of families not of this planet.
Derek was dressed in a dark blue uniform with golden shoulder pads, dark brown buttons that led down to his belt which separated the bottom half of his uniformed shirt into two sleeves of cloth, wearing pants that were the same shade of blue which led down to his brown boots, and a gold crown he always wore on top of his head with the single, red ruby that sat in it’s center.
“Derek you look fine! A real king of greatness!” Katie said to Derek as she stood next to him in front of the mirror.
“Nah the real king of greatness was my father. I don’t think I could be half the man Dad was when he was alive. Sure I trained to be a king for a few months but all that really did was fix my stuttering. Otherwise I’m no different then the boy I was when the League of Scientists captured me.” Derek said as a frown came to his face.
“Of course you are, Derek! Look at yourself; you look like a man in that uniform and you sound like one too!” Said Katie as she tried to cheer her friend up and make his face a little brighter.
“Thanks Katie but I don’t think that your thoughtful compliments will cheer me up today. I know I have to rule as king but I could never do it like my father. My father wasn’t only a king, he was a great warrior that march head first into combat and literally face death to save his citizens. As much as I like to think I could be him, I don’t think I could ever do anything as great as the things my father did.”
“Of course you can. Like they say; the apple never falls far from the tree!”
“Yeah but it can roll a good distance away from the tree.” Derek sighed as he turned, went over to his bed and then sat down on the edge with his head hung low.
Katie, with a playful smile, walked over to him and said, “Well if words won’t put a smile on your face then this will!”
“No Katie don’t-”
It was too late. Before Derek could finish his sentence; Katie grabbed him by his collar, pulled him towards her and place a kiss on his lips.
After being kissed for a few seconds, Derek pulled back and his cheeks were bright red.
“Aw Katie why did you have to go and do that for? Now I’m blushing.” Derek whined, embarrassed that he was kissed by such a cute vixen.
Katie giggled and then started tickling Derek’s sides. Derek wiggled and laughed as Katie ran her tickling fingers up and down his chest.
“HAHA!!! KATIE STOP IT!!! HEEHEE!!! I CAN’T BREATH!!! HAHA!!!” Derek laughed as he fell backwards laughing and Katie got over him and continued to tickle him.
Derek then pulled Katie close to him, rolled her onto her back and started to tickle her back. They rolled around on the bed and tickled one another until they stopped and caught their breath.
“Wow I had never laughed that hard before!” Derek gasped.
“Neither have I!” Said Katie as she wiped a little sweat that formed on her forehead from their tickle fight.
Then Derek rolled over onto Katie and said, “You know, Katie, you’re a lot of fun to be with. You don’t treat me like a prince. You treat like a friend and I like that because I never had a real friend before that wanted to be with me for who I am, not that I’m a prince. I like your other friends, too, but I like being with you a lot more. You’re my knight in shinning armor!”
“And you’re my damsel in distress!” Katie said as she brought her head up to kiss Derek again.
As Derek kissed back and slowly wrapped his arms around Katie, they were interrupted by a loud explosion from outside. They both sprung from the bed and ran out to the balcony. Peering over the ledge, they saw smoke rising from the throne room which was now in ruins.
“What’s going on?!” Derek yelled out as he stared down at the destruction.
“I don’t know but we should get you to safety and fast!” Katie said as she grabbed Derek’s arm and nudged him to follow her.
Before they could escape, an ape-like, silver robot flew up to the balcony and blocked they’re path.
“What the heck?! Who are you and who sent you?!” Katie demanded as she put her arms up and protected Derek who stood behind her.
Without her mother’s staff, Katie would have to rely on the material art skills that her father taught her to help get out of this situation.
The robot ape fixed his red eyes on them and said, “I am the robot assistant of the great emperor Andross. I was sent by Emperor Andross to retrieve the prince and take him to the emperor.”
“Andross? But I thought he was dead! I could have sworn that my friends and I finished him off months ago!” Said Katie in disbelief.
The robot chuckled and said, “No one can defeat Emperor Andross, you foolish fox! You merely wounded his body and left him a soul. Emperor Andross as now returned in a new body and seeks revenge on you! If you wish to see your precious prince again then you will come to his castle in Rocky Mountain Range and fight the great emperor!”
The robot ape dashed towards them, knocking Katie out of the way and grabbing Derek as he swept up and flew off into the sky.
“Derek!!!” Katie called as she got up and ran towards the end of the balcony.
“Katie help me!!!” Katie heard Derek yell back as he and the robot disappeared off into the distance.

Now, with a backpack filled with supplies and her mother’s staff sticking out from her back, Katie walked towards the castle as she said out loud, “Don’t worry, Derek, I’m coming!”