This was actually the very first Star Trek story I did before my oneshot, "Sweet Vorta Fantasy". Never in our lives did Windblazer Prime and I think we would do a Star Trek: DS9 fic together, most notably the ruthless yet sensual Weyoun. ;D The one Jeffrey Combs spoke clearly he enjoyed playing the most out of all the characters he portrayed, even though I remember him stating loud and clear "They're my babies; I never pick a favorite out of any of them." Weyoun is a definite fan favorite, especially to us fangirls. Which brings me to mention where he meets and falls in love with Mia Sisko, daughter of Captain Benjamin Sisko and a dabo girl of Quark's. We're both still in the early stage of officially falling for the show, little experience with Star Trek period even though we've done enough research, seen as much as we could of the show itself so far, and are trying our best. :) This is so different from Star Wars, but this project is so fun we think it will be worth it.
"Weyoun and Mia: His Enemy's Daughter" is named after a Harlequin romance novel of the same name, by Terry Brisbin. Some of the chapters are named after beautiful composition pieces by BrunuhVille on YouTube. Even the amazing Odo (played by the equally fabulous Rene Auberjonois, a longtime friend and costar of Jeff's) and Major Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) play important roles in this story.
Disclaimer: NONE of Star Trek and its characters belong to us other than Mia.
Prologue
A Story to Unfold
Living on the Federation station had been a blessing of its own, and an extreme off-guard surprise. Amelia "Mia" Delgado-Sisko was eighteen years old exactly when she was adopted by Commander Benjamin Sisko and his son Jake following the death of his wife, Jennifer Sisko. This was prior to them being stationed on Deep Space 9 and she was a young woman who had lost everything - her family and home, and nothing she had left. Her parents had moved from Puerto Rico when she was still a child, and they were good friends with the Siskos, so despite her being six years older than Jake Sisko, they shared an immediate bond which would grow as time went on.
Her mother, Rosa Delgado, had died when she was nine years old of ovarian cancer, and her father, Antonio Delgado, was Lieutenant Commander of the USS Saratoga at the time of the battle against the Borg, which was under the command of former captain Jean-Luc Picard; Lt. Commander Delgado had been killed in the middle of the action. Also, at a price, the Saratoga was breached and ended up being destroyed, not long before survivors were recovered along with Jake, who was barely twelve at the time. His mother, however, wasn't so lucky, and everyone escaped intact in time for the ship to detonate itself. Benjamin Sisko had seen it all happen from the escape pod he joined with the rest of the crew and surviving residents.
Mia had been on Earth at the time, attending university and having just turned eighteen. Despite her sharp mind and intelligence, she had little interest in anything other than imagination, adventure, and a knack for fun and parties; she wasn't the hard partying type, but she loved entertainment. But when her father died and Ben Sisko welcomed her into his family, she suffered a meltdown and moved in with him, quitting school altogether and living with Jake on Mars for the duration of his own education while his father - now hers, as she always looked up to him as one of two fathers - was station elsewhere. Both Sisko siblings, in bond if not blood, eventually joined their father on Deep Space 9 which happened to orbit the beautiful planet of Bajor, which reminded Mia so much of Earth, though Jake had been less than happy with it despite his father's assurances.
Since expressing her happiness for a new adventure, twenty-one-year-old Mia actually found that she loved living in outer space, in a far-off universe, even though this was far from a fantasy. Not long after moving in, she met Quark, the Ferengi who ran the bar aboard the station and saw her as his newest addition, which her father wasn't very eager about, given their first meeting involving his nephew Nog who had aided in an apparent robbery. Mia had been with her father when he helped security chief Odo - a Changeling - take in Nog and the other guy whom she never learned of. That was when Quark came in and requested his nephew's custody, and then his eyes laid on Mia, seeing her as a potential working girl for his bar.
She was eventually accepted after the interview with Quark by her father and Constable Odo, but it hadn't been easy for "poor" Quark, who protested that his people could end up "lined and shot", as quoted, though Benjamin assured that he would never allow that, as well as setting Nog free. "The Promenade is the vital heart of this station; we can't just let it sit and lay dead," he'd said. "So someone has to give it life again, and that is you." And because he was a Ferengi who loved nothing more than profit, Quark agreed.
Odo wasn't exactly warmed up to her father until a little later after the interview with Quark, but he certainly warmed up to Mia right away, calling her a "rare flower which survived space and breathed life into this harsh environment". She did not remember ever feeling so flustered, much less commented by the gruff chief of security. But since exchanging her first words with him, Mia thought she wanted to have a good relationship with him and everyone else she met after him. By everyone, she meant everyone. No exceptions.
The main woman whom she looked up as a maternal figure and best friend despite a rather tough beginning was Major Kira Nerys, a former member of the Bajoran Occupation who disliked everyone she came across, especially after the casualties of her homeworld. Mia remembered the heated backlash the major gave Commander Sisko; her father tried to explain that they were here to help Bajor, but she countered that the Cardassians said the same six decades ago before they broke their word, and look what happened to the flourishing world beneath DS9. Mia herself was sensitive to any kinds of back talk, and she could have sworn she felt like crying when the major snapped at her because she was the new commander's daughter, before softening and apologizing in spite of herself, welcoming Mia back with as much persuasion the girl needed.
Another important figure was Jadzia Dax, the Trill hosted by a symbiont host called Dax, the previous owner being Curzon Dax, who had once mentored Ben Sisko. Dax was three hundred years old, but Jadzia as a person was twenty-eight in human years, young and beautiful, vibrant and ambitious if Mia wasn't exactly on the same boat as ambitious. But at least someone who was less than a decade older than she was turned out to be an older sister even if she carried the memories of an older friend of Mia's adoptive father.
As for everyone else she met on the station, despite her dropping out of school, she loved helping however and whenever she could, primarily with the Chief of Operations, Miles O'Brien - whose wife Keiko ran a school that Jake, along with Nog whom he became fast friends with, attended - as well as Dr. Julian Bashir, namely because of her fascination with science and combat. When questioned why she didn't get a degree in school on the subject, Mia simply answered it was because "I'm the kind of girl who never settles on just one thing in life."
Adjusting to life on Deep Space 9 was an adventure alright, but one day they were paid a visit by none other than the Cardassians...led by Gul Dukat himself. Mia was working that day when he went to her father to congratulate him and offer support with restoring Bajor to its glory, and during that time, his men were enjoying themselves in Quark's bar. These Cardassian men were having fun WAY too much, winning at every chance they had at their games of dabo; as one of the girls assigned to every table, Mia dressed in a revealing garment - her own being an iridescent bustier and loincloth of purple snakeskin with some beading - and allowed herself to try her best at distracting them into losing. However, while they were, shall we say, "enchanted" by her charm and beauty, they still managed to win the gambles. That is, until the fun was ruined by Major Kira, which made her laugh at poor Quark's business' closure.
The Bajoran wormhole was discovered not long after, marking the beginning of the conflicts between the Federation and the Cardassians. Before its appearance, it was considered only a story just like the various Greek, Irish, Japanese and other cultural myths on planet Earth...but upon discovery and how important it was officially considered, the station was relocated to its mouth where it would serve as a passageway for cargo, starships and warships from then on. Ben Sisko had been trapped in there then, overwhelmed with the grief of losing his wife as well as realizing he had to let her go and move on with his life, because he had two children left to raise who needed him more than ever. Meanwhile, Dukat - who had thought Sisko was dealing with someone else in the "wormhole" - had gotten himself into trouble on the way, which had caused the issue between his Cardassian allies and the crew of DS9. Mia had been with Kira when Quark and no one else in the bar needed her around, agreeing with the major that surrender was not their option, and that they would stand where they were until her father, the commander, was recovered and brought back safely.
Thankfully, the wormhole reopened again and the Cardassians stopped their assault on the station. Her father was safe and sound, along with Gul Dukat himself. Mia remembered most how she and her brother ran to welcome their father back with open arms, relieved and happy that he was alive, and he would later tell them of his experiences which she knew now. He, the hailed Emissary of the Prophets of Bajor; the newly discovered wormhole itself would be called what it was known now, and everyone aboard the Deep Space 9 station would continue to repair it and call it home. And the Cardassians then left the area, but they would be back someday soon, and after that, Mia Sisko - dabo girl and daughter of Commander Benjamin Sisko - would have a few meetings and tingling encounters from Gul Dukat - who would eventually become DS9's greatest adversary of all time.
So this chapter mostly focuses on meeting Mia as well as her relationship to the others on the station of Deep Space 9 - and the events of the first episode, "Emissary". Next chapter will flash forward two years later and have her finally meeting the eventual love of her life, a certain violet-eyed representative of the enemy of the Federation: the malevolent Dominion.