If you are willingly still reading this, check back once every week to see if I uploaded the new edited chapters; this is the slightly unfinished chapter One; I just got to Edit the last bit-Or I may jump to chapter two; This is to Verelan because I just realised how sketchy the chapters were before chapter six or was it chapter five oh w/e.
Title: Another Time
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek 2009, I only own this Mind and I gladly lend out my idea's. I don't mind seeing the exact same story written by another person as long as it has its diffrences. NOR do I own Avatar, I just borrowed Pandora b/c I love that saying and thought it very romanatic.
Pairing: Nero/Mandana
A/N: I'm editing it, because I just realised how short and small it was. Not enough Info on Mandana at all so I'm going to update the chapters! And it really needs to be Edited for me to put up chapter six else the ending which I finally came to an agreement on because I was real if-y about it, wouldn't make much sense. So, thank you V and I hope this has you jumping with joy as you press the Next Chapter Button-I'll try to Edit it as fast as possible; but don't stop yourself from reading-I think I'm keeping what I have up because its a basic outline. So on to the new and improoved Directors (laugh) Cut.
Edited Version A: as of 12/01/2010-through-12/24/2010
Edited Version B: as of 12/24/2010-through-1/11/2010-and whatever today's date is!
Chapter One: Divergence and the Echo
(some time after the Kelvin is attacked)
Mandana loved Romulas. She had been born into a large family that made their living in the fields. Her mother had twelve children, thus Mandana had eleven siblings, at times this was very troublesome, but whenever she looks back on it she wished she had more time with them all. She barely remembered their faces, their voices were long gone, and the only part of the planet Romulan that she could remember were the rolling golden hills behind her old home.
Often times she found herself homesick she would find Cadet Uhara and ask to hold a conversation in Romulan. Something about the familiar words rolling off her tongue made her happy. Uhara was glad to hold these conversation because not only were they educational, but because she didn't like seeing her friends depressed.
"Mondd meg ön körül otthon," Uhara said, smiling. Mandana was always happy to tell others about her home, what she could remember of it before she came to star fleet.
"Te nem, Uhara," Mandana smiled, a light sheen of un-shed tears in her eyes.
"Jól tudom, Mandana," Uhara laughed. "Be side's, you'll be helping me with Romulan Geography and Culture not just Linguistics,"
"Finom," Mandana gave a shaky laugh. So she began to describe the the golden hills that never left her thoughts. "A fű magas. elkeskenyít magassága, talán." she could see it in her minds eye, running her hand over those tall grass stalks. So unlike Terrain grass, gold not green, thick like the led in pencils not thin, but both bent under the wind. "Volna úgy néz ki mint búza." she chuckled. Remembering the first time she had seen it. She thought she had been staring at Romulas for a moment. Uhara had explained to her, Terrains farmed this Wheat and it could be made into bread and other things. She loved visiting Iowa now with Uhara and the other cadets, when they went down to earth to celebrate the weekends.
Uhara smiled at the memory with her, replying, "Emlékszem. Ön mondta nekem."
Mandana grinned, stretching her legs out on the sofa. There were many common rooms like this all over the academy. Little niches where the cadets could sit, converse, and relax even. She recalled passing a blonde cadet who had chosen to fall asleep on the love seat whilst his companion with dark brown hair muttered over his data pad. "Szőke haja. Mint az enyém. A ritka jelleg." she gestured to her dirty blonde curls.
"Hasonló vulcans akiknek általában csak sötét haja." Uhara said. Eye's alight, she loved mentioning Vulcan's since the only Vulcan on starfleet had an intrest in both of them, Uhara for her mind and she was certain other things, Mandana for thier species relations.
"Igen," she confirmed glaring lightly at the darker skin toned woman.
Uhara laughed at the frown she was making towards her. "Ő nem rossz." she defended the Vulcan.
"Ő..durva." she answered, failing to find a better way that wasn't insulting in Romulan to describe Commander Spock.
Mandana had been extremely peaceful once, that was before a renegade group of Romulan's attack the Federation starship, the U.S.S. Kelvin, and things had been shaken with the United Federation of Planets. She had been taken from her family and thrown into the Romulan Military Academy where she had met Nero, another Romulan child forced from the fields and into violence. They had been there a couple months before they were separated. Mandana was forced to leave and go train at Starfleet, because the federation didn't trust Romulan's for a long time, this was Romulan's 'peace' offering that they weren't planning a war.
She had been threatened and sworn to secrecy to never admit that Romulan's had only given the Federation less than twenty of their actual soldiers and the other hundreds were children of the fields. Over the years, the soldiers and children had went back to Romulas, trained by Starfleet-brainwashed to spy for the Federation; however, Mandana had stayed.
She disliked the government, both governments, but she realized she liked the opportunities that were available to her here. Back on Romulas she would have been forced to finish the bond she had created, and though she wasn't entirely against this, her family would be forced to pay a dowry for her, and she sworn to bare his family an heir.
Every time she looked up at the stars she thought of Romulas, and that one beautiful Romulan who had kissed her so sweetly and melded with her when she was fifteen. She felt the Echo of his soul from across the universe and was oddly confused. It was happy and young, filled with longing for her return, and then there were nights when it was Angry and old, filled with grief towards her. Confused she always reached out to touch him, but he always flinched away.
(A year after she reached out)
Nero flinched the first time he had felt that telepathic touch ghost over his face in worry. He always did, he could see her confused young face trying to see him, even as she continued to send reassurance and curiosity through the link. "Miért I. kell gyötör a mi kötvény?" he whispered to the air.
He promised his self that this Mandana would live and grow to be just as beautiful, he promised his unborn child that he would have a family.
He remembered when he had first met her, on one of Romulas' shipping docks. He and his crew had come to port and had some shore leave whilst the dock workers unloaded the Narada's Cargo that they had spent months in space mining. There was a Market that sold all sorts of things; trinkets, weapons, food, slaves, animals, Garbage, jewels, even Romulan debts. She had been carrying a basket of fruits and vegtables, she had been done with her shopping and he had found her starring at a trinket. A simple bangle with an Earth symbol of a star on it. He had gone up to the Vendor after she had walked a couple stands away and had bought it. It took almost all of the money he had earned in the last trip. He had walked up to her and given her the trinket.
"I see you," he had whispered in her ear. It was a phrase he had picked up on another planet in Federation space, where the planets Giant blue inhabitants said it not only in simple greeting to those they knew well but to those they loved. She had glared up at him in slight annoyance, a blush quickly staining her high cheeks, and she had told him she didn't court the military. He had been shocked, his shock had lasted long enough for her to get quite a bit away from him, when he finally blinked and saw that she had escaped he had run after her.
Out of breath when he finally spotted her agian he had rushed to explain that he was a simple miner, that he hated violence and didn't understand why everyone couldn't just be at peace. In his hurried speech he had 'spilled the beans' as the humans liked to say, that he was in love, she was beautiful, that he wanted to court her; if she was willing to be courted by him over the year since his job took him off planet for many months at a time.
He could feel it, when this Mandana reached out to him, he could feel the young soul, younger then even they were in his time when they had melded, she was practically a baby compared to him. He could see her because her's was a familiar Mind, she couldn't see him, because what he had become was not the same as what he had once been.
"Hamarosan. Mi lesz hamarosan újraegyesített."
(At Starfleet, shortly after the romulans were realeased)
She remembered how much she had hated starfleet at first. Mad that they had taken her from her home, angered that they were the reason she had been thrown into the Military academy and her family threatened.
But now when she was given the choice to return she had stayed.
Miért?
I like it here.
When will you be back?
Soon. We will be reunited soon. Wait for me?
Mindig.
Star date 2258
Everyone was called to an assembly in the Auditorium. The Starfleet council and Board members filled with its retired Admirals and commissioned Officers all wore identical serious faces.
"This session has been called to resolve a troubling matter. James T. Kirk, step forward." Mandana looked over, watching as that enigmatic blond that liked to fall asleep on the lounge chairs gave a startled glance to his usually grumpy companion. "Cadet Kirk, evidence has been submitted to this council suggesting that you violated the ethical code of conduct pursuant to regulation 1 7 4 3 of the starfleet code. Is there anything you care to say before we begin, sir?'
Cadet Kirk stood and made his way around the auditorium seats and down to the front of the stage to stand behind a podium. "yes, I believe I have a right to face my accuser directly."
"Step forward, please." Mandana watched as Commander Spock wearing his usual black teacher uniform stood and made his way much similar down to the stage to stand behind a podium opposite of the blond man. "This is commander Spock. He is one of our most distinguished graduates. He's programmed the Kobayashi Maru exam for the last four years. Commander?"
Commander Spock stood at an equivalent of parade rest with his hands behind his back but his feet were not parted. He glanced over at Cadet Kirk before he began speaking. "Cadet Kirk, you somehow managed to install a subroutine in the programming code, thereby changing the conditions of the test"
"Your point being?" Kirk asked looking annoyed.
"In academic vernacular, you cheated." The head of the Brass answered.
"Let me tell you something I think we all know the answer to." Uhara looked at Kirk appalled. She glanced at Mandana before going back to glare at Kirk. Kirk himself looked calm and collected, arrogant even as he stood in front of the board defending his actions. "The test itself is a cheat, isn't it? I mean you program it to be unwinnable."
Spock glared. "Your argument precludes the possibility of a no-win scenario."
"I don't believe in no-win scenarios." he answered, turning to fully face Spock.
Spock smirked before he to faced Kirk, "Then not only did you violate the rules, you also failed to understand the principal lesson."
Kirk smiled sardonically, his eyes trailing over everyone in the auditorium. " Please, enlighten me."
"You of all people should know, Cadet Kirk. A captain cannot cheat death." Mandana saw Captain Pike glared disapprovingly at Spock and wondered what Spock meant that could have made Pike mad.
"I of all people?" Kirk asked, looking miffed. Mandana could almost see a giant plot line weaving back and forth between the Vulcan and Human.
Spock turned serious "Your father, Lieutenant George Kirk, assumed command of his vessel before being killed in action, did he not?"
"I don't think you like the fact that I beat your test..." Kirk hissed. Mandana tried to remember why that name sounded so familiar. George Kirk...it rang a bell, she was sure she would slap herself later when she finally remembered.
"Furthermore, you have failed to divine the purpose of the test." Spock continued as if he hadn't heard Kirk call him on throwing a tantrum.
"Enlighten me again." Kirk growled.
"The purpose is to experience fear. Fear in the face of certain death. To accept that fear, and maintain control of oneself and one's crew. This is a quality expected in every Starfleet captain." Spock explained, he frowned at Kirk's anger, whilst Mandana frowned at him. How was a simulation supposed to make you experience fear? especially for Her and Spock, Romulan's and Vulcan's were taught to show no emotion, to control their emotion, to not be ruled by emotions. Kirk was right, Spock had created a test that was a cheat, she was even more certain that he had never taken the test himself.
They were being hailed by Vulcan; something was wrong and they were experiencing seismic activity; however, communication was cut off before Star fleet Command could get further information. Personally Mandana thought the Vulcan's should get with the times and understand that earthquakes happened, especially on a planet that looked like one huge Volcano.
You would think that having been trained for these emergencies and kinds of situations that it would be organized and everyone would know where to go but no-the whole place was in an uproar, people were rushing to get to their stations and names were being called.
She found it beautiful watching the sea of red uniforms rushing to get to their assigned shuttle crafts.
"-Uhara, Mandana; you have all been assigned the USS Voyager. –"
Mandana turned with the other cadets called to go to the hub that was stationed to take off soon as preparations were done. She noticed an irritated expression on Uhara's face and watched from the corner of her eye as she stomped of in another direction.
Upon locating the hub she got in line with the other cadets and said her name when it was her turn.
"Cadet Mandana, you have been re-assigned the USS Enterprise by Captain Pike,"
A/N: I used a translater on and I chose Hungarian to be my version of Romulan~~I am keeping the actual Romulan words I found up~~but for this I figured it'd be fun to read.
They were supposed to translate to this~I know these things mess up~~so this is what they were supposed to mean..
Mondd meg ön körül otthon, = Tell me about your home,
Te nem, = You do not have to (how 5 english words is 2 hungarian I do not know...)
Jól tudom, = I do
Finom = Fine
A fű magas. elkeskenyít magassága, talán = the grass waist hieght, perhaps
Volna úgy néz ki mint búza = it would look like wheat
Emlékszem. Ön mondta nekem = i remember. you are said to me (supposed to be you TOLD me)
Szőke haja. Mint az enyém. A ritka jelleg. = blonde hair. like mine. it is a rare trait.
Hasonló vulcans akiknek általában csak sötét haja. = like vulcans who usually only have dark hair.
Miért I. kell gyötör a mi kötvény? = why must I torment our bond?
Hamarosan. Mi lesz hamarosan újraegyesített. = soon. we will be reunited soon.
Miért = why
Mindig = Always