Okay, this is my first story with fanfiction, so I apologize that this isn't that great. First off I want to say that Kirk and Spock are just friends before this story starts. :) and another thing, I switch point of views a lot, but that is just how I write, I hope with all my heart that it doesn't bother people.
Chapter one: A old time, a new beginning
"We are in orbit of planet Kelqin, Captain."
Captain Kirk looked up from the pad he signed and stared at the viewing screen, showing the planet. it was a green planet, ruled by Al'tok and his peaceful race of people. the land was much like earth's, with water, grass and even similar trees and villages of old."Thank you, Mr. Sulu." He handed the document back to the yeomen and stood next to his chair and hit the button to the transporter room. "Scotty, call Dr. McCoy and Lt. Turner to the transporter room." Before he headed to the turbolift, he looked at Spock. "I'm beaming down to the planet; you get the con, Mr. Spock."
"You sure it is wise to bring Lt. Turner? He was just promoted and doesn't have much experience." Spock sat up and walked to his captain.
Kirk let out a smile and walked to the door. "All we are doing is checking a distress call, he will be fine." he walked into the transporter room and was greeted by the two. Lt. Turner was young and still learning the history and science of the planet. "Have you ever been to this planet before?"
Tuner let out a small laugh and ran his hand over his reddish-brown hair and looked up at Kirk. "No, but I have read up a lot about them. My teacher, Commander Winters told me about what she found there." he tried to give a serious look, still looking nervous. "I will try my best to match her skills."
"You will be fine, Grant." McCoy used his first name in hopes it's relax him then patted his shoulder and gave him a encouraging smile. "These people are peaceful and harmless, the worst that could have happened is one just got hurt hunting."
The three then smiled and beamed down, everyone's smile faded and Dr. McCoy looked around at the burnt trees and empty fields. "God, what happened here?"
"I don't know. They cherished the sacred life of their planet, they would never do this." Kirk looked around at the destruction; there was nothing left but bare trees and ashes. "Look around, we got a distress call, there must be someone alive." The three separated and began their search. Kirk stood up on a hill and saw nothing but the endless sorrow. He shook his head and walked to Doctor McCoy. "I didn't see anything but burnt woods that way."
"That is more pleasant then what I found." The doctor motioned for his captain to look up and he was greeted by thousands of dead Kelqins. Kirk quickly looked away and put his hand over his mouth, the image didn't leave his mind and all he saw was burnt people. "Lt. Turner found more over there." McCoy stood and turned to Kirk. "I don't think anyone lived through this, Jim. I mean, ever—"
"Captain! I found something!" Lt. Turner yelled from inside a small cave and the two ran over. "What is this?" the crewman looked the strange machine over then flipped a switch. The device's lights flashed a few times but nothing happened.
"Don't go flipping random things before checking it, it could be a self-destruct!" McCoy yelled then paused at the breeze coming from outside the cave they smelt not of fire, but flowers. Green grass danced outside of the doorway and the three went to the opening to find the planet green, but with no people. They stepped out and looked around. "I'm not the only one seeing this, am I?" McCoy looked back at where the village was, but it was only open fields. "What did that thing do?"
"I'm not sure…" before they could head back to research the machine, a voice came from behind them.
"Hold it!" they all turned to find a crewman pointing a phaser at them. "How did you get on this planet?"
"We beamed down here from our ship, who are you?" Kirk stepped forward and the crewman watched him carefully. "We come in peace."
The man let out a unconvinced laugh and pulled out his communicator. "Captain? I have three life forms that shouldn't be here, what do I do, Sir?"
"Beam them up for questioning." Christopher Pike's voice came from the communicator and Kirk's eyes widened before they were beamed up and put in the brig.
"Where are we, Captain?" Turner looked over at him in worry. "Shouldn't the crewman know who you are?"
"Alright, who are you?" Captain Pike walked in with a young Vulcan behind him.
Kirk paused at the sight of the young Vulcan. Words could not escape him while the dark eyes stared at him. The question was repeated and Kirk knew telling them his real would only cause trouble later. for it was obvious they went back in time. "My name is James Thacker, that is Leo Bones and Grant Turner."
"I am Captain Christopher Pike and this is my first officer, Spock. I am going to keep you here until I figure out what is going on." He whispered something to his first officer then walked out, leaving Spock.
"I will ask you some questions. Please sit." He motioned to the chairs and watched them sit down. "Please explain to me how you beamed on the planet without a ship."
Kirk let out a small laugh and looked up at him. "I guess we were left behind. Maybe if you take us back they will return."
"That is illogical. There was no ship for the past three hundred hours and we didn't read life forms until now."
"Okay, we popped on the planet out of thin air."
Spock narrowed his eyes at him and crossed his arms. "Do not insult my intelligence, Mr. Thacker."
"No, I think you are smart enough to figure it out on your own, Mr. Spock." He gave a playful smile then sat up straight and gave a serious look. "Just save yourselves the trouble and drop us off back at the planet. We'll get back home on our own."
The Vulcan nodded and took a step toward them, placing his hands on his hips. "Just where is your home?"
Kirk started to speak but paused and grinned a little, unsure how to answer without making everything worse. "Earth." He watched him careful as he clasped his hands behind his back.
"How fortunate for you, we are heading to earth after visiting Tarcon, I am sure you can wait that long before returning to home." Spock went to the door and looked back at them. "I will speak to my captain about your return to earth." And with that said, he walked out and Kirk turned to his crew.
"Well, I'm glad we got through that." Lt. Turner said with a sigh of relief and McCoy looked over at him.
"It's not over yet, lieutenant. We still have to find away to get back to the planet and in the time we belong."
Kirk rested his chin in hand and stared at the wall across the room. He knew Spock very well, they have been friends for a good three years and he could use the knowledge he learned from Spock to win him over to their side and return them to the planet. But he'd have to do this without mentioning why he wants to return, if Spock knew he was from the future it could ruin everything. He looked around the room and tried to remember what he did to get close to him, He knew he was impressed by smartness and cunning, for that is how he won his friendship in the future. But younger Spock may be totally different.
"Jim? You alright?" McCoy watched him with concern and rested his hand on his shoulder.
"I'm fine, Bones. I was just thinking…" he trailed off as he stared at the wall again, he hoped his Vulcan friend didn't change too much as he got older.
A day passed by and Spock led them to the mess hall for lunch. The other two went in to eat, but Kirk stopped next to Spock. "Are you not hungry, Mr. Thacker?" Spock looked at him and watched him and Kirk turned to him.
"I am fine at the moment." He gave him a smile and watched in disappointment as Spock started to leave. "Too bad there probably isn't a chess board on this ship." He glanced at him and smiled when he paused and turned back toward him.
"You enjoy chess?"
"Yes." he gave a questionable look and motioned to him. "Do you play?"
Spock turned his head to side then walked back to him. "Yes. unfortunately there is no one on this ship that is good at it."
"Would you like to play a round with me? I'll try not to disappoint."
Spock led him into the rec-room were the chess board set. "Just as long as you try, I'm sure we will be fine."
Kirk nodded and sat across from him and leaned on the table. "I am surprised you agreed to play."
The young Vulcan paused then looked at him. "I wish to study you, see how you respond to certain things. You and your two friends just appeared on that planet, there was no ship and nothing wrong with our scanners." He took the first move then glanced up at him. "Explain."
"There is a creature on the planet that messes with ship scanners, it happened to our ship before we lost contact with them. We were on a breakthrough when we were beamed up here."
"If it could do that, then why did we get your readings later?"
Kirk leaned back in his chair and frowned. "It appears the creature only does it for a short time." He took a move and looked at his companion.
"But what were you doing on the planet? Starfleet hasn't sent any federation ships to this planet, you shouldn't have been on the planet."
He let out a long sigh and looked in the Vulcan's eyes. "That is my story, Mr. Spock. I am not changing it because it is true."
"But it illogical, you shouldn't have been on the planet and there can't be some creature. There is a gap in this story that you are not filling, you're refusal of giving my captain information is a dead giveaway."
"There is such a thing as an illogical true story. If you didn't beam me up, nothing would have changed."
Spock raised his eyebrow then stood, looking down at him. "If that is your story and you calm it is true, then I will see." He took him back to the brig with the others and then left to the meeting room and took a seat. "Computer, look up information about Starfleet officer James Thacker."
"Officer James Thacker not found. No information about him has ever been written."
Spock leaned back in his chair and placed his hand on his chin. He had expected that he was lying, but the problem was figuring out the truth through the loop-holes he threw at him.
"Mr. Thacker, Mr. Spock looked for you in the records and the computer said you did not exist."
Kirk looked over at Spock and folded his arms. "I am not sure why, your device must be broken."
Spock glanced up from his monitor and paused at the sight of the accused watching him. "Our machines are working fine, Mr. Thacker. So far it is you that hasn't proven it is your true identity."
"My name is James Thacker, my crew and I were on a mission to test the planet when we ran into a creature, that uses the ship's energy, blocking any connection from the planet to the ship. My men and I were about to figure out what is was when you beamed us up here and started questioning us." His face was serious and professional, as if everything he said was true. The officers in the room looked at each other then back at him. "All I want is for you to return me and my crewmen to the planet so we can see what is going on."
Captain Pike stood and sighed. "I will have to take you to Starfleet and see if they believe this story. Until then you are to stay on this ship and we continue our work." The captain led his men out, leaving only Kirk and the other two.
"Why don't we just tell them the truth, Captain?" Lt. Turner looked over and him. "It would save us a lot of trouble."
"Because, Turner. Time travel hasn't been discovered yet, they will either think we are lying or insane. Either way, it won't get us back on the planet."
"Not to mention what they would do if they found out, it could change the future completely." McCoy added and leaned on the table. "The only problem is they already think we're lying."
"Yes…we have to find some way to convince them, without ruining our futures." Kirk stood and walked around the table to the door, where he was greeted by two guards and all three were taken back to the brig.
The leader of the planet, Tarcon was beamed aboard and greeted by Captain Pike and first officer Spock. They paused as the beautiful lady walked off the transporter and toward them. "Greetings. My father could not beam aboard the ship so I took his place, I hope you don't mind." He gave a seductive smile and reached out her hand. "My name is Serra."
Captain Pike gave her a smile in return and took her hand. "Come, I'll show you the ship." He led her out and Spock raised his eyebrow and followed. After passing the brig, Spock stopped and walked inside. "Can I speak with you, Mr. Thacker?"
"You may, yes." he stood and walked across the room to him. "What is it?"
"Since you have behaved for the most part and haven't fought anyone. I believe it would be fine to invite you to the dinner we have planned for lady Serra."
Kirk let out a playful grin and placed his hands on his hips. "I would be honored, Mr. Spock." He watched him leave then turned to the boys. "Well, it looks like we are going to dinner tonight."
"How can you joke when we still haven't found a way to get back?" McCoy huffed and crossed his eyes. "I don't know about you, but I want to get out of the past and back to the future."
Kirk's grin faded and he leaned back against the wall. "I do too, Bones. But we might as well try to enjoy ourselves while I figure out how to get back." Many things went through his mind, but the biggest one was doubt of ever returning back home. The farther they moved from the planet, the bigger it got. They would never return without ruining the future.
"I'm sorry, Jim. I just have trouble believing we'll ever return." McCoy shook his head and walked to his friend. "We can't tell them, because it could change the future to who knows what and we can't just sit around and wait for Starfleet to punish us, hell even being here changed the future."
"I know." He pushed away from the wall and looked at the doorway. "I just hope we can get back without changing the future too much. Maybe I can get close to Spock and see if I can make friends with him."
"And how are you going to 'get close to him' charm him and buy him dinner?"
Kirk gave his friend a serious look then ahead. "No, I will try to impress him. I made friends with him before, I can do it again." He started to follow the guards and McCoy stopped him.
"You forget that he is ten years younger. And impressing him will be hard when he thinks you are a liar."
"Thanks for having faith in me, Bones." He smiled and patted his shoulder before going into a dinner area where the leader of the planet was, the woman was beautiful and young but yet she reminded him of a girl he once knew. She wondered the room until she ran into Mr. Spock, she seemed to be happy at the sight of him as she began to speak of logic and how much she admired Vulcans. He seemed flattered by what she said and they walked around the room together.
"Are you alright, Jim?" McCoy watched as Kirk stared at the two, a blank look on his face then he looked over his friend. "You've been watching those two for about twenty minutes. Are you jealous of the hobgoblin?"
"No, I was just thinking." He looked back at the two and smiled a little. "She is pretty, isn't she?"
"Yeah, but it appears her mind is just like his. Such a waste." The good doctor said just before he took a drink.
"So you like beauty not brain?"
"No, I prefer brains but if she thinks like him then I wouldn't get along with her at all." McCoy walked off to get another drink and Kirk wondered around the room until he ran into the two.
"Hello, Lady Serra. Enjoying the party?"
"Oh, yes. I am honored to be on the enterprise, I am just surprised the captain would throw such a wonderful dinner for me."
Kirk nodded and looked from both their faces then at her hand that was grabbing Spock's arm. "Yes… well, you should go back to enjoying yourselves. I'll continue with my business." He gave her a slight bow of the head then walked off to McCoy.
"I've never seen Spock with a girl before. Kinda funny, actually." He let out a laugh then took a drink. Kirk still watched them as the lady led Spock around the room; both looked like they were enjoying themselves. The two made their way to them and the lady smiled up at Kirk. "What is your name?"
"James Thacker. This is Leo Bones." He motioned to McCoy then looked at Spock.
The woman nodded then looked up at Spock when the music started to play. "Do you dance, Mr. Spock?"
He gave a quiet sigh before turning to her. "No."
"Oh." She gave a disappointed look then turned her attention to Kirk. "I hope you dance, Mr. Thacker."
"Yes, my lady. Would you like to dance?"
"Yes." she took the hand he offered and they began to dance. She let out a smile before whispering in his ear. "I should have known you'd follow me, Captain Kirk."
"How did you—"
"It doesn't matter, you aren't ruining my plans this time." And before he could so anything she injected a small hypo in his arm and everything blurred then all was dark.
I'm still editing this, but if you notice something I should change, please tell me.
Sorry, it's kinda short. But thanks for reading it and I hope you stick around for chapter II. Also, I have no idea what some of the stuff is called in Star Trek, so if you know and I didn't call it the right things, please tell me. Thanks!
and if I miss spell something, I apologize
