The only think you need to know is that for the purpose of the story making sense the orb of time from the tribble episode stayed on DS9. Other than that I do not own Star Trek.
"I'm telling you we should leave now before we get caught." Alexis whispered. "If anyone finds us we're going to-"
"Be quiet Ally," Kirayoshi whispered back. "We're just going to take a look around and come back. No one will even know we're gone." They were sneaking through the corridors of DS9 heading towards the Bajoran shrine for the prophets. The orb of time was back on the station for a week for some Bajoran celebration.
They managed to reach the shrine without anyone taking notice. Alexis and Kirayoshi walked confidently through the shrine unaware of two children, a boy and a girl, in the room. Kirayoshi was about to open the orb when the other children made their presence known. "I hope you aren't doing what I think you're doing." The girl, Gwylan Nerys, said causing Kirayoshi and Alexis to jump. The other child, a boy, stepped next to Gwylan and they had matching looks of disapproval on their faces.
"Alexis Bashir, Kirayoshi O'Brien." The boy, Sam Sisko, spoke. "Give me one reason why I shouldn't tell your parents about this."
"Because we're your friends." Kirayoshi replied almost hopefully. Seeing that neither Gwylan nor Sam were convinced he kept talking. "Or how about because you want to come too?"
Sam rolled his eyes, "If we do this we'll be breaking the temporal prime directive."
Kirayoshi grinned, "You said we not you. Does that mean you're planning on coming with us?"
"We're not going anywhere. Now let's get out of here before you get us all into trouble." Sam said grabbing Kirayoshi's arm and tried to drag him away, but Kirayoshi resisted.
"Let go of me." He growled yanking out of Sam's grip causing him to fall backwards. As Kirayoshi fell he knocked the orb of time down with him. When the orb hit the ground it opened on the floor. Then everything around them changed.
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"That hurt." Alexis moaned. They seemed to be exactly where they were before, but it felt wrong. "Any guesses about where, well, when we are?"
"Don't you know? You were the one looking at the orb." Kirayoshi said.
Alexis frowned in concentration, "Well, I was thinking about…oh no." She whispered putting her hand over her face. "Stupid, stupid, stupid." She muttered.
"What?" Sam said. "Don't tell me you sent us back to when the Cardassians were in charge."
"No, not that bad, but still bad." Alexis said. "I, I think that we've traveled back to the Dominion War, but I'm not completely sure when."
"Perfect," Gwylan muttered. "No one will think any of you are out-of-place, but they're probably going to kill me when they realize I'm a changeling."
"No one is going to die we'll just go back now, no one will find out you're a changeling, and no one has to know about this." Kirayoshi said walking towards the orb. "How does this thing work again?" He asked turning towards Sam.
"Just because my father is the Emissary doesn't mean I know how to work that think." Sam argued. "Anyway you were the ones that wanted to use the orb don't you know how to send us back?"
"Well, we probably have to do the same thing we did to get here to go back home." Alexis said.
"Great," Gwylan said. "Ally get us back."
Alex looked back and forth between the orb and Gwylan. "I'm not even sure how I got us here what makes you think I can get us back."
"Try," Sam said shove Alexis towards the orb. Alexis opened the orb and stared at with concentration for over a minute, but nothing happened.
Alexis sighed and close the orb, "I can't do it. Someone else want to try?" She asked looking at the others. They each tried to us the orb, but it wouldn't work. "I guess the Prophets want us to stay here for now."
"I guess we need to figure out exactly when we are then," Sam muttered, "and try not to mess up time."
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They exited the shrine and walked out onto the busy promenade. It looked almost exactly like it did in the future, but it felt wrong. No one gave them a second glance as they walked aimlessly around.
"Let's split up," Sam said. "I'll go with Ally, and Gwylan you go with Yoshi. Try and find out what the star date is, and if you see any of our parents just go the other direction I guess."
Kirayoshi grinned, "As long as we are here can I go see my sister. I have to be older than she is right now."
"No," Gwylan said, "We can't risk messing with the time line, and actually I think your father sent her and your mother to Earth while the war was, um, is going on." Gwylan stopped and frowned before grinning, "You might already be born Yoshi."
Sam and Alexis laughed. "Now that's something I have to see." Alexis laughed, "A little baby Yoshi, I wonder if you're as annoying then as you are now."
"Shut up," Kirayoshi growled, but he was having a hard time keeping a straight face. "I'm more interested in trying to find Gwylan she's already been born too." He smirked and Gwylan rolled her eyes and shoved him forward, right into someone else. "Sorry," Kirayoshi said turning around to face whoever he bumped into and froze when he realized who it was.
"It's fine," the person, Miles O'Brian, said. He frowned, "Have I met you before you seem familiar?"
"No I don't think so." Kirayoshi replied tensely. "But it's nice to meet you."
"You too," Miles said. "Have a nice day." He walked away with a smile.
"So much for staying away from our parents." Alexis sighed. "Let's go." She said pulling on Sam's arm. "Good luck." She said over her shoulder as they walked off.
"Let's go then." Gwylan moaned. "I think the Klingon restaurant would be a good place to start. At the very least you must be hungry. You and Yoshi missed dinner to try and pull this stunt."
Alexis's eyes lit up, "They have the Klingon restaurant during this time." Gwylan gave a condescending smile and nodded to her younger friend. "Come on then." Alexis grinned pulling Gwylan along.
When they reached the Klingon restaurant the lunch crowd was just leaving. After Alexis order her food she sat down at a table next to Gwylan. "As good as where we're from?" She asked as Alexis devoured her food. The younger girl nodded enthusiastically without stopping to the amusement of the older girl.
"I would eat a bit slower if I were you or you're going to choke." A voice said from behind them. Alexis jumped and choked on some of her food. Gwylan turned around to face the voices owner, Julian Bashir. "Are you alright?" Julian said. Alexis nodded, but her skin turned ghostly pale.
Once Alexis's throat was clear she spoke, "I'm fine really." She replied. "You just startled me that all. You're right though I should learn to eat slower."
"Well, I'm sorry to have startled you." Julian replied. "Good bye."
Alexis stared at Julian as he walked away before turning back to Gwylan. "That was the strangest conversation I have ever had with my father."
Gwylan nodded, "That was disturbing just to watch." Alexis returned to her food this time slower and a little shaken from the encounter. "Are you done?" Gwylan asked and Alexis nodded. "Come on," She smiled.
They continued to walk around the promenade looking at all the similar yet different sights. As they passed by the other people they caught parts of their conversations. Apparently Alexis had been right they were back to when the Dominion War was still on. To be more exact it was early two-week after Chief O'Brien and Garak went to Empok Nor.
A sudden commotion from the upper level of the promenade brought all conversations to a halt. Everyone one looked up and Gwylan groaned when she saw what was causing the disturbance; Kirayoshi was arguing with a group of Klingons and Sam was trying to break them up. One of the Klingons shoved Sam out-of-the-way to reach Kirayoshi, but Sam stumbled back from the force of the blow and fell over the railing.
Gwylan, holding back a curse, ran forward instinctively and shifted into a net to catch Sam. After Sam landed on Gwylan he rolled off of her and onto the floor while Gwylan shifted back to her humanoid form. Everyone was silent for about a second, Kirayoshi leaned over the railing, Alexis stared wide-eyed at Gwylan and Sam, and Gwylan and Sam stared at each other. All four of them came to the same realization at the exact same time, but no one reacted until Gwylan yelled "Run!" Alexis, Kirayoshi, Sam, and Gwylan ran in different directions weaving through the now chaotic crowd. The shouts of Starfleet security followed them.
And that's a chapter! I now a few things are confusing, but I'm going to clear them up in the next chapter. If there's anything specific that someone wants to know just review.