She moved swiftly as Ronon swung his bantos at her head. Ronon let out a disappointed groan as she dodged his swing.

She smiled at him, before crossing her bantos infront of her, in a teasing manner. Her blue eyes seemed to dance with a playful amusement.

"I told you, I'm too fast for you…" she played.

Ronon raised an eyebrow at her in challenge. He watched as she flipped her hair, her red bangs moving across her face. She smiled at him wickedly, and he knew that he was in trouble.

She took a few steps towards him, before swinging her bantos at him, hitting him across the face. Ronon stumbled backwards, and she took the opportunity to kick him in the stomach.

Ronon collapsed onto the ground, falling flat on his back. She took the opportunity to jump on him, her blades crossed at his throat.

She opened his eyes with a groan, and she smiled at this. "You weren't taking it easy on me…now were you?" she played.

"No," Ronon groaned, feeling a weird feeling in his lower back. He honestly wouldn't be surprised if he had broke something at this point.

She smiled at him, before leaning down and giving him a quick peck on the lips. She went to pull away, but he grabbed her wrist. He smiled at her wickedly.

"I think the beating I just got deserves more than that…." He joked. She raised an eyebrow at him in challenge, before allowing a smile to cross her face.

She bent down to kiss him again, her lips brushing against his.

"Well, well….what do we have here?"

She sat up abruptly, and threw herself off of Ronon. Ronon sat up, and turned to see his best friend, Colonel John Sheppard standing at the doorway. Ronon shot him a glare, and John raised his hand.

"Hi…" John said, in a gleeful manner.

"What's got you so happy?" Ronon questioned, before helping Amanda to her feet.

"Well, I just got wind from Woolsey that he needs to go back to Earth to meet with the IRA. So you know what that means?" John played, a prideful smile on his face.

Amanda and Ronon looked at each other, before looking back at John and shrugging.

John rolled his eyes. "Come on…you guys have to guess. If you don't, that means you owe me another round of golf…" John said, pointing at them.

Amanda and Ronon must of both thought the same thing, about their strong dislike for the pointless sport called golf which John loved so much, because at the exact same time they blurted out a random thought.

"A day off?"
"He's getting married?"

Amanda and John both looked at Ronon, with a raised eyebrow. "He's getting married?" Amanda teased. Ronon rolled his eyes, before shoving her slightly.

"Well, you said a day off…practically everyday here is considered off…" Ronon said. He and Amanda began to playfully shove each other's shoulders.

John closed his eyes and shook his head. Satedans and their odd games.

"Anyway," John stated firmly, to make sure he got the attention of both Amanda and Ronon. They both turned to look at them, slight glares on their faces.

"While Woolsey is gone…I…am in charge…" John stated, standing up straight as if to symbolize how important he was going to be.

Amanda cocked an eyebrow at him. "Don't stand like that. You look like a Hikki…." Amanda stated. Ronon let out a small chuckle, before turning to Amanda.

"You're right…he does…" he said, putting a hand on her shoulder. John raised an eyebrow.

"Um…excuse me, but what exactly is a Hikki?" John questioned. He wasn't sure if that was a random name for him that they made up, or if it had some Satedan myth or something behind it. They did that a lot to him.

Sometimes the tales of the heroes wouldn't be true, but they just like to make fun of the amazed look on John's face when they told the story. While he was mesmerized by the story, Amanda and Ronon would snicker behind his back.

"A Hikki is what we call the little creatures that used to live on Sateda that would always climb trees, puff out their chests, and make this really weird wailing noise…" Amanda stated.

John looked at them confused. Where they comparing him to some form of a bird?

John shook his head. "Ronon, I need you to come with me…." He said, motioning for Ronon to follow him.

"Why?" Ronon questioned. "Because…because I need you to…" John said. Ronon let out a long, drawn out sigh. He turned to look at Amanda. "We are going to finish this later…" he stated.

Amanda smiled. "Okay then…"

Ronon bent over, and she stood on her toes. Ronon gave her a soft kiss on the lips, before pulling away and smiling at her.

John raised his eyebrows. Sure, it was cute but the height difference made it kind of weird. Ronon was well over six feet, and Amanda was alittle over five feet. But John guessed it didn't matter, as long as they were happy.

Amanda continued to smile at him, as she watched him walk away. She watched the doors close, and she sighed.

She turned to face the other direction, before walking through the doors. She felt the gentle breeze of the air sweep across her cheeks. It reminded her of the time when she and Ronon had been reunited.

She was on an uninhabited planet, running from the wraith. There was a hive ship hovering just outside the planet's surface, waiting to dispatch more wraith in case she had killed the ones they had already sent out.

She remembered fighting off the one wraith, and then seeing the hive ship explode out of the corner of her eye. She and the wraith exchanged confused looks, before she killed it off.

It was then that she saw Ronon on the planet with a group of people. She had been cautious to approach them, and alittle bit confused. She had thought she was seeing visions at first. She hadn't seen people for about sevens years, and now she had.

It seemed to good to be true….

But weeks into her stay at the Atlantis base, she had grown closer to Ronon than she had ever been before.

She touched her lips, remembering the first time that Ronon had kissed her. He kissed her in the gym, then the next day he kissed her on the balcony, then he kissed her in the transporter.

She smiled at the memories. Ronon was a well-known hero back on their planet, and she felt like it was such an honor to be with him.

A sudden flutter caught her attention, and she turned to see a snowy white owl sitting there. She looked around the pier, before looking back at it.

She tilted her head to the side, and it mocked her. She blinked at it in surprise, before turning her head to the other side. It again mocked her, and she began to get rather annoyed.

She turned her head, to give it a slightly challenging look. She had seen pictures of these creatures, but never before had she ever encountered them.

She remembered Dr. Rodney Mckay going on some rant about how he never used to get any sleep on earth due to an owl that had made a nest in a tree next to his window. He had apparently tried to board up his windows, but that only caused him to get 'hot and sweaty'.

Amanda remembered that comment because John had snickered and made a comment about it to Teyla.

Amanda watched as the bird turned so that it fully faced her. Amanda raised an eyebrow, before reaching out her hand to touch it.

The bird then pushed itself off the rail, before flying at Amanda's face. Amanda swatted her hands, trying to get the bird away and to see. The bird flailed, before flying through the open doors and into the gym.

Amanda scoffed, before fixing her hair. She wouldn't let this bird get the best of her.

She stormed into the gym, anxious to kill the owl.

"Okay…if you think you can…."

Amanda paused, to see a man standing there. He had long pale blonde hair, that came way past his shoulders. His hair was straight for the most part, but the top part was slightly spiked and messy.

He had a somewhat pointy face appearance, and he had gray eyes. He wore an outfit that resembled a cloak, with a hood.

He reached up, showing his black gloved hands. He slowly pulled down the hood, and Amanda saw his mysterious smile on his face.

Amanda felt frozen in place. There was just something about him that seemed so disturbing, yet she couldn't pull away. There was something about him that just made him seem so adventurous and thrilling.

She watched as he slowly approached her, taking in her figure as he did.

"And so the king of the goblins…traveled far away from what he ever knew…devastated by his tragic loss. Then the goblin king stumbled upon another…another that would help him restore what he had lost…" he said, stepping so he was a few inches away from her.

Amanda opened her mouth, but she couldn't even find the words to speak. Something about his words seemed like a spell.

The man moved so he circled her, but he stopped directly behind her. His hands slid onto her hips, and she shivered slightly at his touch.

She felt his hands slide onto her stomach, and he inhaled the scent of her hair.

"And beautiful this girl was….she poised such beauty that the goblin king wanted to take her as his own…" he stated.

It was then that Amanda felt as if she were frozen again. She felt as if he was pouring some sort of strange energy into her body. She opened her mouth, and a small noise came out.

The man bent down, before his lips traveled along her neck.

"And his she would soon become…" he said, his hot breath rolling over her neck.

Amanda let out a small gasp, but she felt the man run his other hand over her hair.

"Shh…there is no reason to be afraid, my love…" he whispered, caressing her hair.

Before he could speak another word, the doors to the gym opened. Amanda's eyes looked up to see Ronon, McKay, Lorne, and Sheppard standing there.

Their wide grins soon faded, as they set their eyes on the pair. Ronon's face began to twitch in slight anger. Not anger at Amanda, but anger at the situation.

He reached back in his pocket, and drew his gun.

He watched as the man slowly pulled away from Amanda, with a small smile on his face.

"Who are you?" Colonel Sheppard questioned, pointing his now drawn P90 at the man.

"My name…is Jareth…" Jareth stated, in a soothing voice.

Ronon began to approach Jareth and Amanda. "Get away from her…" Ronon stated.

Jareth turned his gaze to Amanda, who had now got the courage to turn around and face him.

Jareth smirked wickedly at her. "And his bride…she would become…" he stated.

He winked at Amanda, before lifting up the sides of his cloak and spinning around.

In that instant, the man disappeared and the snowy white owl appeared again.

"What the heck!?" McKay cried out, before ducking behind Major Lorne. Amanda watched as the owl hovered for a second, before flying out of the doors.

Ronon began to fire his weapon at the owl, but had no success in taking it down. Because as soon as the bird flew outside, it blended in with the clouds.

Ronon turned to look at Amanda, and placed his hands on either one of her shoulders.

"Amanda…are you okay?" he asked.

Amanda turned to look out the doors, and stared up into the sky.

"Fine…" she replied.

She felt Ronon hug her, but she kept her gaze the sky. There was something about this Jareth person that seemed so entertaining to her. She wanted to know what his message meant, and why he had said such words to her.

"And his she would become…"

Amanda felt Ronon hug her tighter, and then Amanda came to a strange realization.

She wanted to see this Jareth person again…

To Be Continued