Title: The Song of the Siren

Summary: When Daniel, Vala, and Cameron get stuck off-world on planet that resembles a tropical paradise, they soon learn that the planet holds a dangerous secret.

Rating: T

Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate or any of its characters. I also got some of the information on mythology from .org/wiki/Siren (I did tweak it a bit for the story).

Prologue:

Several years ago, on a distant planet in the far reaches of the Milky Way Galaxy, three young women escaped through the Stargate to find a new home. Coming across a beautiful tropical planet filled with bright colored flowers, shimmering sands, and turquoise oceans, they feel in love with its beauty and decided to stay. The three women were sisters of great beauty and many talents. They made a living by singing at a local tavern to anyone who would listen, and listen they did. Male villagers would come from all over to hear the beauties sing. Women enjoyed their songs as well, but the men were especially captivated by them. The men who have heard them have said that their voices and songs are so enchanting that everything else in the world seems to fade away, the only important thing is the alluring song and the melodic voices singing it.

Chapter 1: The Sisters

Daniel, Vala, and Cameron walked through the Stargate to P7J-835. They were immediately greeted by gorgeous blue skies, white sand, and the brilliant colors of the foliage around them. Through the flora, they could see a glistening ocean and a small village before them.

"Okay, let's see what the planet of P7J-835 has to offer us," Cameron said quickly taking the lead in front of Vala and Daniel.

"Probably nothing of interest," muttered Vala as she trampled through the thick underbrush.

Daniel gave Vala a look or warning. "I know you miss Sam now that she has gone to Atlantis, but you don't need to be so grumpy." Daniel knew that Vala and Sam had become good friends and that Vala had been sad to see her go. Daniel missed his surrogate sister as well.

Vala huffed at Daniel. "I'll act however I want to act Daniel. I know I am going to be bored silly here. Even Muscles didn't want to come with us to this stupid planet."

Daniel sighed and shook his head. "That's not true, Teal'c is off with the Jaffa temporarily. He didn't really have a choice."

Vala pouted. "But..."

Cam cut off Vala. "Hey will you two shut up for a minute? With all your constant bickering I can't hear myself think." He glared at Daniel and Vala and then continued walking.

The team soon arrived near the village and were greeted by a tall man with dark brown hair and dark eyes. "Hello, have you come through the great ring?"

Cam spoke for them all. "Yes, we call it a Stargate. We are just friendly travelers who would like to learn about your planet and possibly form a trade agreement if we both see fit."

The man smiled at the team. "My name is Toreno, and you are welcome to stay as long as you like."

The team members introduced themselves and Toreno lead them to a building right along the beach.

"I am about to listen to the three sisters sing, it is an experience that you cannot miss. You must come and hear them."

Cam looked at Daniel and Vala. "That okay with you two?"

"Of course," Daniel said. "Sounds like fun to me."

Vala frowned but didn't say anything, she was outnumbered anyway.

Daniel pulled Vala along and followed Cam and Toreno into the building. He was excited to hear the sisters sing. He always did love to experience new cultures and that included their forms of entertainment as well.

Toreno lead them all to a table with four chairs around it. The building was about the size of a small restaurant and featured many tables and chairs as well as a stage. Many more villagers came into the room and settled into the chairs. An elderly woman came around to collect payment from the villagers and when she came to the table with the team, Toreno paid for everyone.

"Think of it as a welcoming gift," he said as he placed money into the jar the woman was carrying.

"Thank you," said Cam as he leaned back in his chair to relax.

Vala whispered into Daniel ear. "Daniel? Do we really have to listen to some silly girls sing?"

He frowned back at her. "Yes, it would be rude not to, especially after Toreno just paid for us."

"Oh fine, but I do think it is peculiar that about ninety percent of the people in this room are male." Vala looked at Daniel and then waved her hand across the room to make her point.

Daniel looked around the room and saw that Vala was correct. He was about to agree with her when loud applause began. He looked up and saw exactly why the room was filled mostly with men.

The three sisters stood on stage about to begin their performance, and they were three of the most beautiful women that Daniel had ever seen. They all looked to be in their late twenties or early thirties and although Toreno had said that they were sisters, they looked almost nothing alike. The first one was tall and very thin with golden curls that fell to just past her shoulders, the second was shorter and curvier, a brunette with long straight hair down to her waist. However, it was the third sister that Daniel was truly entranced with. Her body was right in between that of her sisters, she was of average height with just enough curves and she had auburn colored hair that flowed in waves down to her chest.

The sisters soon began to sing and Daniel felt the world around him fall away into nothing but the hauntingly beautiful melody of the sisters' voices and song.

Around an hour later, the performance ended. Daniel snapped out of his trance-like state.

"That was amazing, their voices were so beautiful."

Cam nodded. "I agree Jackson, I could listen to them sing forever."

"Well I for one, don't see what the big fuss is about. I mean they are good singers, but nothing spectacular." Vala looked angrily at her male companions.

Toreno glared at Vala. "How can you say that? Their performances are always magical."

Vala went to respond, but Daniel quickly clamped his hand over her mouth before she could say anything to affend Toreno.

"Don't mind her, she is just in a bad mood today."

Toreno raised a brow. "Right, well anyway, would you all like to meet the sisters?"

Cam and Daniel immediately responded with an enthusiastic, "Yes!"

Vala just crossed her arms but followed the men backstage to where the sisters were.

Daniel was further enraptured by the beauty of the sisters up close. Toreno introduced them, but the only words that Daniel caught were the names of the ladies. The blonde was Thiala, the brunette was Enana, and the redhead that had him so captivated was Calina. Daniel shook himself out of his trance when Calina began to speak to him.

"Hello Daniel, how did you like our performance?" She gave him a gorgeous smile that had him reeling.

"It was...wonderful, breathtaking, amazing, beautiful..." Daniel would have kept on going but Vala slapped his arm lightly.

"She gets it, you liked it."

Calina frowned at Vala. "You two are betrothed?"

"Yes," Vala lied as she attempted to pull Daniel closer to her.

Daniel quickly remedied her lie. "No we are not, we are not together." He pushed Vala lightly away from him.

Calina looked delighted to hear this news. "Oh, in that case I hope to see you around again Daniel."

Daniel stared at Calina's bright eyes and enchanting gaze. "Me too."

Daniel would have happily stayed their just staring into her eyes all night if Cam hadn't pulled him away. "Let's go loverboy."

Cam decided that the team would stay overnight on the planet so that they could discuss possible trade with Toreno in the morning. He had put them up in a local inn for the night.

They found a room with three small beds in it and quickly got ready for bed. Cam and Daniel kept chatting about the beauty of the sisters and their voices, while Vala just scowled at them and muttered under her breath to herself.

A short while later, they where all lying in bed and Cam began to snore softly. Daniel decided to take that moment to see what was bugging Vala that day.

"What's up with you today Vala? You seem so angry."

Daniel heard Vala roll over to face him. "Why do you care? You should just go find your new lover so she can sing to you all night long." The venom in Vala's voice was unmistakable.

As much as Daniel thought that Vala's suggestion was a good one, he didn't want his friend to be mad at him. "I don't understand why you are so upset. We were treated to a beautiful singing performance and just because Calina was friendly towards me doesn't mean anything."

Vala huffed. "Sure Daniel, whatever you say. Now kindly be quiet so I can go to sleep." She rolled back over signaling that their conversation was over.

Daniel sighed. He didn't know what was wrong with Vala, but that wasn't going to stop him from enjoying Calina's company if he was lucky enough to meet her again.

End of Chapter 1. Let me know what you think so far please :)

-J