Destiny's Hand
Prologue
Despite the change in the time line due to the appearance Nero, his ship and crew, and Spock Prime, it is funny how some people find themselves in each other's lives despite these changes. James Tiberius Kirk was the Captain of the Enterprise, Commander Spock her First Officer, Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy the Chief Medical Officer, Commander Montgomery "Scotty" Scott is Chief Engineer despite his trip to an Hoth like planet because of an incident involving Admiral Archer's prize beagle, Lt. Nyota Uhura as Communications officer, Ensign Pavlov Chekov as Navigator, and Ensign Hikaru Sulu as helmsman. Even though each person got there under different circumstances they found themselves aboard the USS Enterprise.
Due to Captain Kirk's experience as a child, being left on earth while his mother served in Starfleet after his father died, he knew how hard it can be on both parent and child to be separated for an extended period of time. Therefore he proposed to Starfleet that they allow those serving aboard a Starfleet for long periods of time to bring their spouses and children with them. So today the USS Enterprise, newly built with the capacity of carrying 500 people, would leave Earth carrying 350 members of Starfleet, 100 of who are married to each other, 200 children under 16, and 50 civilians either brought on because they were married to a member of Starfleet, or have a skill required, like teachers, a psychiatrist, pediatricians along with civilians scientists.
Their first mission was to escort the envoy of Vulcan ships to the New Vulcan Colony. Spock Prime, who was allowed a look around the Enterprise for old times' sake was pleased to see Dr. Carol Marcus, who had chosen Pediatrics instead of Genetics in this timeline, aboard the enterprise. While Spock Prime's memory of the events were fuzzy, he remembered that Dr. David Marcus, Kirk's son, was killed… and hoped that if they found the same connection here as before, that Kirk would be able to know his son growing up, and that David's life wouldn't be cut short.
He noticed that while changes were very apparent, like Spock and Uhura's blossoming romance and the destruction of Vulcan, the people that he had spent the best years of his life around had found their way into each other's lives despite all of the changes that had occurred. While illogical, it seemed as though destiny may have a hand in their lives.
TBC…
A/N: That's my prologue. While it is in the same 'verse as my story 'Because I Loved Her' I will try to incorporate more of the characters. For those of you familiar with the Original Series, any favorite story lines? I'll probably incorporate Khan ("Star Seed"), but have not seen all of the episodes… and I will definitely incorporate original story lines. Any favorite bad guys (I was thinking of Spock's half brother)… any other ideas? I look forward to your input!