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A/N:
I want you to all know this Fic is my first one with an actual plot! SO PLEASE be understanding that I may get some snags or some weird stuff happenings..
I want to thank MirrorFlower And DarkWind because she is awesome and has read all of my Fics to date.
And just so you all know, this is an atrocious example of sentence structure… sorry.
All of you who know where I got the names for my Thekopins, you get a marshmallow…
EDIT:
I actually went though and Italicized all of the words in Thekik so YAY! And so you don't freak out about the glossary's length I want to say that I added some related words, like I used Daniak or wife, so I also put in the word for husband even if I didn't use it.
Now, Let's Rock This!
If You Flame We Will Have a Bonfire and Make S'mores,
I'll Bring The Marshmallows.
Academy 101
I was from a long line of farmers. We were tough, proud, and hated to lose. But when I was 12 I decided my hate for losing went beyond just, well, hate. Hell, I didn't believe in losing. I believed in every situation there was always a possibility, a chance, or a way to win. That's where I diverted from the rest of the Kirks. They absolutely hated losing but, they occasionally lost. They would say "well you can't beat a no-win scenario." and I had believed that. Then, in elementary school we learned probability. That's where I learned there is no such thing as a 0% chance in life. There is no such thing as a no-win scenario.
That was my motto and I lived by it. The day I had decided to join star fleet after I graduated, I chanted it up until the moment my dad came home and I told him I wasn't gonna be a farmer, but a Starship Captain. He was upset, and didn't support it. But, I , George Samuel Kirk, did not give up. I showed him I was serious. And when I graduated I helped out on the farm, but eventually I bought a one way ticket to San Francisco.
I failed my first Entrance Exam. I got a job and apartment. I didn't give up either. I was gonna get in if it killed me. I had only studied engineering and command but now, since I had seen the test I knew I had to study for everything.
I passed with the highest score in the class but, didn't break the record. I had gotten into Starfleet, that was what mattered. That day I turned to look at the Academy with the eyes of a Cadet. It was beautiful. And it frightened me.
I was 20 when I finally entered the gates. I was worried, I knew I would have a dorm mate but I didn't know how they were chosen. An ache in my stomach grew, worrying that my roommate would be a rebel with loose morals. I know it sounds stupid, but a guy like that would really inhibit my studying.
The Entrance Ceremonies were amazing, a complete tour and banquet. I was lost in the pure rapture. I heard one person say, "This is going to be the best job ever." Turning, I introduced myself, he said he was "Cadet Christopher Pike". We spent the tour, dinner, and the evening together. We exchanged information at the end of the night. He would be my first friend at the Academy. I hoped that we at least shared some classes because we were both on the Command Track. We were all assigned our dormitories and expected to spend our first night in them, my roommate never showed up that night. Not a good sign, I began hoping for the best.
Nothing, I mean absolutely nothing, could have prepared me for what I got.
The sun poured in through the windows, as I opened the curtains beginning the day. A grumbling noise came from the formerly vacant bed that belonged to my phantom roommate. Except now he had a physical manifestation of a guy, about my height. He had sandy brown hair, and his eyes were electric blue. He moaned protesting my opening of the curtains but, I continued. Walking over to my roommate, who appeared hung-over, I thrust out my hand.
"George Samuel Kirk, you?"
His eye widened as if I was some feral animal then, he simply laughed nervously and shook my hand.
"Name's William McCoy." he grinned as if he found some amusement in his own statement.
William McCoy, it sounded to me like one hell of a bullshit name. But, what did I know? Maybe he had been teased as a kid for it, so I simply said nothing.
"I'm in engineering," William started, "I just got in this morning on the red eye."
I nodded, it made sense to the way he looked. "I'm in Command, I didn't see you during the Entrance Exam…" I trailed off hoping I wasn't getting too personal.
"I was kind of scouted…" he trailed and kept from making eye contact. He did not seem boisterous over the fact, just modest, I decided he wasn't so bad.
"Where ya from William?" I asked with a smile hoping to ease the tension my last question had brought.
"Georgia, and call me 'Will'" he grinned and stood up. I realized he was quite awake, opposed to him looking like some drunk just minutes before.
"Well, I'm gonna use the shower so…" I awkwardly made my way to the bathroom and he just watched me.
"Do you have a PADD I can barrow?" he asked suspiciously. And I wouldn't have it.
"No, and I don't want you rummaging around looking for one either." I stated and disappeared into the shower. As I bathed I wondered what that guy would want with my PADD. If he was a Cadet he would have paid for one before starting why would he want mine? I didn't really care to look into it.
After I showered I entered the room and found it empty. Not even looking for my phantom roommate, I quickly dressed and got my PADD only to discover that my class schedule had been e-mailed to me. So, I quickly dashed to my first class, which apparently started in 10 minutes, I decided to start waking up earlier. .
I arrived at Xeno-Biology 101, and I scanned the room for pretty much any face I could recognize. Almost immediately, I spotted Cadet Pike and quickly swooped into the seat next to him. He acknowledged me and class began.
Quickly, I realized even though it was only 101, it was going to be hell trying to pass Xeno-Biology. As class ended, I had extremely detailed notes on our syllabus, just looking at it made my stomach weak.
As I began to make my way to my Botany Course I heard a voice call, "George!" and I turned to meet an eager Cadet Pike.
"Hey," I greeted, and continued walking and he kept my pace.
"Looks like Xeno-Biology is gonna be hell," he smiled causing me to nod in agreement.
"Just looking at the syllabus, I don't know if I'll be able to handle it," I smirked weakly.
"Where ya headin to next?" he inquired
I glanced at my schedule and told him, "Botany then Command"
Pike shuddered, "I'm going to Basic Xeno-Linguistics. Well," he veered into a turn, "see ya later I guess" I waved and he was off.
I entered the class room and the rest of the day blurred together. Before lunch time, Pike and I had already established a place to meet so we could take it together. He shared my Command course and we decided; Why not just be friends?
So, I waited for him, but was met by a guy that called himself 'Teb' he had jet-black hair which was styled quite averagely except for the fact it looked as if it were made of plastic. His skin was quite pale and tinged blue where a human would normally be pink. I decided he was probably a Thekopin from Theko, a planet I knew nothing about.
And after he arrived I realized, he talked a lot, and mostly about himself. What I gleaned from it all was this; Pike was his roommate, he had a girlfriend from his Home Planet who was named Lalea, who apparently had short hair, which was also black, and she was training in Xeno-Linguistics. The rest I just blocked out, all I knew was the guy was seriously gonna get himself a good shot in the kisser if Pike didn't show up soon.
But, my luck notwithstanding, Lalea showed up first and she became the topic of discussion. By that time I was about to rip my ears off, or better yet their mouths. I was resigned to learn the name of their Home Planet and put it on the list of places I will refuse to go planet-side.
Oh, but it got worse. They began speaking in their native tongue, to me it sounded like Pigeon English, except with Klingon and maybe a twist of Andorian. I decided if Pike didn't show up soon I would ditch him with the narcissistic duo.
My prayers were answered and Pike arrived, and a relatively hostile atmosphere ensued. Later, I would discover that, on Teb and Lalea's home world of Theko, it is the proper custom, when approaching someone you hope to become friends with, to tell them of your accomplishments, likes, dislikes and dreams for the future and I was, in effect, rejecting their offer of friendship by ignoring them.
Yeah, way to make me the villain. So we spent all of our lunch period talking about me, then Chris. I decided It was easier to become friends that way. In that way our study group was formed, sure Teb and Lalea were slightly prickly on the edges, but I got used to them.
We had a definite schedule by the end of the day. I would host our study group on Thursdays, Lalea was Mondays, Chris and Teb had Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Our schedule was clockwork and Will, well he was around during study group, but he was always busy, he seemed as if he was on a mission. I had never seen another student behave that way. He was always on his PADD, sketching designs (for Engineering I presumed), or sometimes he was gone altogether.
Rumors about him would slip around Campus, students said he was seen in bars or the shadier parts of downtown. Part of me wanted to reach out to him. But, we barely spoke and he was a complete stranger.
During one study group that was held at our dorm, he showed up in civilian clothes and slipped through the room and planted himself at the computer. We of course continued our lessons. We had reached a lesson in basic Xeno-Linguistics, it was in Vulcan. We became stuck, having to translate an entire paragraph into High Vulcan and decided we would just BS our way through but, Will stood up and walked over to us, he examined the page and began translating it. We all lunged for our PADDs and quickly wrote down every word he said. Having little faith we would get a good grade, but deciding there was a better chance of scraping by on it than, if we had just BS'd our way.
We aced it.
I gazed at my friends as we compared our results, they only varied as to how well we copied it down.
"Damn," Pike grinned in disbelief
"'Damn' is quite the understatement." Teb said in an awed tone.
"We need him in our study group." Lalea smirked
"Hell, I need him as a friend!" I laughed but I was serious.
A/N:
I know this doesn't go very far, but please! I beg of you be Patient with me! . This is my first time with an actual plot. I really hope I wrote this ok… I am EXTREMELY self conscious about this…
Oh jeez. I have so much more I want to do… I'm kind of afraid to do this I mean I already have OC s… and I think they are gonna be pretty dislikeable…
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