Spoilers- not really much except general Enterprise through season 2. General knowledge of TNG is taken for granted.

Disclaimer: I have nothing at all to do with Rodenberry's glorious creation in all its many facets.

Summary: The first crew of the starship Enterprise meets their 24th century counterparts.

A/N: I have enjoyed all of the Star Trek stories except the f!nale of Enterprise. I am not a super trekkie, however, so please be kind. Comments are appreciated. If someone flames me, so be it. I am a big T/T shipper, but will try to keep the hot alien sex down to a minimum.

A/N 2: This is set at the beginning of season 3 of Enterprise and mid season 4 of TNG. For the sake of the story, Riker and Troi have had an on-again-off-again relationship since they met again when he joined the Enterprise.

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Captain Jean-Luc Picard was enjoying a nice, quiet week of surveying a newly discovered star nursery. The ship was undamaged and no one was trying to kill him; all in all it was an unusually relaxing interlude. However, he was not surprised that just as he was settling down in his quarters to catch up on a little pleasure reading, his com chirped.

"Captain, sensors have located a temporal flux in the nursery moving toward the Enterprise. I recommend you come to the bridge immediately," came the crisp, sometimes annoyingly calm voice of his second officer.

Picard sighed and closed The Once and Future King. "I will be right there Data."

As he stepped out of his quarters, he met his first officer headed to the turbo lift as well.

"Number one, have we ever had a simple survey or sensor sweep?"

Will Riker smirked, "Captain I think a temporal flux would be a simple survey compared to some of the things we've seen."

Jean-Luc Picard gave on brief chuckle as he stepped into the lift. "I have to agree with you on that one Will."

When they stepped on to the bridge, Picard was pleased, but not really surprised, to see the rest of his senior staff already present. Data stepped quickly from to captain's chair to his normal position at the conn.

"Status?" queried Picard.

"The anomaly appeared two minutes and fifty-three point seven seconds ago. Sensors did not pick it up immediately. It was initially perceived by the sensors as three new stars. However, when the were observed to move, I performed a more thorough scan revealing that the stars in fact range from 703,506.75 to 3,684,359.81 years old. At that time, I notified the senior staff to come to the bridge. I also ordered Ensign Crusher to keep us six thousand kilometers from the anomaly. At that range the Enterprise should be unaffected by the anomaly and still be able to run scans of it," reported the ever-efficient android.

"Can we assume that as well as being a temporal anomaly, it is also a spatial disturbance?" asked an intrigued Picard.

"That is unknown at this time sir only three stars are visible through the anomaly. That is insufficient to determine the exact coordinated seen," reported Data after checking his navigational charts.

"If it is a temporal anomaly, can you determine the time period it is connected to?" asked Will Riker as intrigued as his captain. After all, phenomenons like this were what kept him on Enterprise after being offered many captain chairs. That is, in addition to the half-Betazoid on the opposite side of Picard.

"That is also unknown at this time. By going closer to the temporal flux, it is theoretically possible to answer both questions, but we are likely to get caught in the flux ourselves if we get too close," answered Data.

Not one to be intimidated by the possibility of danger when confronted with a mystery, Picard had already made up his mind as to his course of action. "Mr. Crusher, take us closer, half impulse."

Still nervous after all this time being on the bridge the young man at the helm punched the commands into his station, "Aye, sir. Half impulse."

"Captain, sensors are picking up a ship inside the anomaly," said the Klingon standing at the tactical station behind Picard.

"Can we get a visual?" asked the first officer.

Before doing putting up the enhanced picture of the unknown ship, Worf double-checked the sensor readings, seeing something that had to be a mistake. He knew this ship but it was hard to believe. Being the only Klingon in Starfleet had its drawbacks, but moments like this made it all worth it. As he put up the visual he reported his suspicions to the whole bridge, "I believe I have identified the ship as well as the time period."

When the picture of the vessel went up on the view screen, a collective gasp was heard on the bridge as well as a soft "Merde sainte" from the captain.

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A/N please review also if anyone knows a good klingon translation site, please tell me

Oh, just realized, I need a beta. Someone who knows alot about Enterprise and TNG, please. Call me!

I have most of the next chapter ready, but I am going to work on it a bit more. Please review!