I know lately I haven't been updating my older stories (Fey, Moon, Dark Savior, even Secrets and Blood Lines) and the fact of the matter is, is that I'm stuck on those. I look at them and I can't come up with anything. But I am working on the third chapter of Secrets; you get a glimpse of what exactly Meredith is. It's never said outright until later, but it is hinted at. Anyways I've gone off my train of thought. I will try to update Fey and Moon and all those, I really will, but until then I will continue to come up with new stories, I just can't help it. I'm smiling by now I hope you know that.

Well anyways here is one of the new ones that I mentioned.

Prologue

Once upon a time there was a little girl who lived on a planet at the edge of the known universe. Life was simple, and she was very happy. She loved her parents very much, her brothers and sisters also. She was the youngest of her family, and by the time she turned thirteen all her siblings were married and had children of their own.

But even through all her happiness, she always felt that she was missing something. She's had this feeling since she was able to form a coherent thought and figure out what exactly she was feeling. She was often found alone in her favorite room of the small French villa that she grew up in, her favorite room being the small room under the stairs; it was so quiet there no matter what was happening. When she was found she was often deep in thought, trying to figure out what exactly she was missing.

When she turned eighteen, she wanted to go away for college but her parents convinced her to go to one close by, they wanted her close so nothing bad would happen to her. She moved into the room above the garage and filled it with books, ranging from science fiction to historical fiction and everything between. She graduated from college a few years later as valedictorian and with a degree in criminal psychology.

One day she was sitting in her small room, reading when her mother came in unannounced as always.

"Oh Daria you read too much." She said and Daria looked up from her book.

"Its because I read too much that I got such excellent marks in school." She said and marked her page, setting the book down.

"That is true." Her mother said smiling. "I have a surprise for you, a gift in fact."

"And the occasion?"

"Do I need an occasion to dote upon my daughter?"

"What did you get me?" Daria asked and her mother held out a piece of paper, she took it from her and looked at it. "One way trip to the Tangier System on the merchant vessel Hunter-Gratzner. Why one way?"

"Its due time that I cut the umbilical cord. I've been keeping you from your life. It leaves tomorrow, so I suggest that you pack now." She said and Daria stood, hugging her.

"Thank you so much mama. I'm guessing papa wasn't all that happy with this?" she asked pulling away.

"He still thinks of you as his little girl, playing in the grass outside and making a wreath out of daisies. He wasn't happy, but he decided that you find a life of your own." Her mother said and Daria hugged her again.

"Thank you so much, thank you." She said and her mother pulled away.

"Well I'd better let you pack, even though how you are going to pack all of these books of yours are beyond me."

"I'll find a way, I always do." Daria said and her mother left with one last smile. When she was gone, Daria looked about at the stacks and sighed, running a hand through her short brown hair. "How am I going to pack all these books?"

The next day Daria was walking through New French Quarter space station towards the gate for the Hunter Gratzner. Her bags and many trunks had been checked and were being strapped down as she walked. She had said goodbye to her parents and her brothers and sisters, brother-in-laws and sister-in-laws, and all her nieces and nephews. Saying goodbye to all of them almost made her late. She went to the gate and handed the ticket to the attendant. She went onboard and was greeted by Captain Tom Mitchell; the co-pilot Greg Owens and the docking pilot Carolyn Fry. She was very nervous as one of the crew members showed her where her cryo-tube was.

"I've never been cryo-sleep before, I'm a little scared." She said nervously and he smiled.

"Its nothing to be afraid of. You just go to sleep and when you wake up, we'll be on Tangier 1." He said and she nodded.

"Should I get in it now or...?"

"There will be an announcement. You've never been off planet have you?"

"No, I've lived here all my life."

"Well welcome aboard the Hunter-Gratzner, I hope you have a pleasant first trip ever."

"Yes so do I, I just hope my nerves calm down."

"Hey, you'll be fine. Listen um...we'll be docked on Tangier 1 for a couple weeks, I was wondering if you'd like to join me for something to eat after we get off the ship. I've been there a couple times, I could show you around." He asked looking hopeful and she smiled.

"I'd like that very much. Thank you." Daria said and he smiled again.

"Well okay, see you when you wake up." He said and walked away. Daria continued to smile and stood there by her tube until the announcement came for the passengers to get into theirs. She noted how they got in and got in the same away, the cute crew member came over to close and seal her tube. "Pleasant dreams..."

"Daria, my name is Daria."

"Mine's David. Pleasant dreams Daria."

"Same to you David." She already knew that the entire crew went into cryo. "See you when you wake up."

"Yup." He said and closed her tube, sealing it. He pressed the button that opened vents to allow in the cryo-gasses. They kept eye contact, smiles on both their faces, until her eyes closed and she fell asleep.

Daria woke up to see wreckage; half her tube door ripped off. Sunlight streaming in through the open back-half off the ship. Something had gone wrong.