Full Summary:

Mareka Driskell has the most unusual friend in the whole world. Her best friend's name is Migisi. They have been together for nearly eight years, since she found him in a cave in the Rockies when she was eight. What happens when Mareka needs to find a safe place for Migisi to live without fear that someone will kill him? Will the SGC send them to Atlantis? And how will those on Atlantis react to finding out what Migisi is? Will Migisi finally find out where he came from and how he came to be on Earth?

Best Friends:

Rocky Mountains:

Mareka Driskell was hiking in the mountains with her brother and father when she stumbled upon the cave. Her brother and father had continued to hike along the trail but Mareka had stopped at the cave. She had her backpack with food, water and a blanket just in case she needed it. She was wearing her favorite jacket and was listening to her CD player when she decided to venture into the cave. She grabbed a flash light from her pocket and started into the cave.

What she found made her stop in her tracks. A legend she had always been fascinated in was staring her in the face. Her father always told her that this legend would one day roam the Earth again but that it was far in the future when that would ever happen again. But still, she loved what she had found. For in front of her eyes, was the most beautiful and deadly creature known to mankind throughout the years. School said it had walked among the dinosaurs, museums said it had flown above the dinosaurs and past them, and plain historians said that they never even existed. But in every child is a glimmer of hope that possibly, something like this had lived at one point and would come back in the future.

For Mareka, it had been a dream come true. But for the creature in front of her, it was pain. For the adult was dieing and her baby had just been born. The baby would need someone to take care of it. Touching the creatures face and then scooping up the baby, she told the creature that she would care for the baby as long as she lived and keep it safe for the rest of her days. That nothing would befall her baby and that they would be best friends forever. The adult, dieing as she was, gave her a gift that no other human had ever been given by such a magnificent creature.

The adult gave her the power to open portals to any world, any universe, and any galaxy. By just touching the amulet would a portal open, but she would learn not to open the portals for it would draw unwanted attention to her and her and her best friend. With one last look into the child's eyes and at her baby, the adult took a last breath and slipped away from the world. As her last breath left her body and the day grew into night, the adult's soul floated into the night sky and towards the constellation Draco up into the heavens where it became a star and would continue to look down on the two best friends as they grew up together.

The girl left the cave after placing the baby into her backpack, wrapped in the blanket and headed to rejoin her brother and father. The baby she had told to not make a sound or they would both be found out and the baby would be killed. She told the baby that she would do whatever was necessary to keep him from harms way.

Cheyenne, Wyoming: Eight Years Later:

Mareka was working at a local diner when the military showed up. They were looking for a legend the people of Cheyenne had been talking about. Her father, brother and mother had been killed in a car accident about two years ago and she had been placed in the Foster System. No one wanted the strange girl who, despite her troubles, seemed to always have a smile on her face and be laughing for no reason.

With the money she had earned at her job, she had bought a laptop, of which she put her music on and wrote her stories. The rest of her music and belongings were in a SeaBag which she had grabbed from her fathers possessions just before her grandparents had denied her the ability to stay with them and dropped her off with the welfare people. With all her worldly possessions in the SeaBag, she mostly kept to herself. She went to school, went to work, and then headed to the Meadow where Migisi stayed while she was in town. Living in a Group Home had taught her to keep all of her stuff with Migisi, well everything except what she used on a daily bases.

Mareka's boss let her go home early that day knowing that there were Finals the next day. In two days, summer would be here and she was going to be free to do what ever she wanted for the whole summer. Which meant, she would be at the Meadow every day she could get away and even after work. She didn't really like the job but it kept her busy and it kept people from asking questions as to where she went most days. Instead of going home, she headed for the Meadow, to warn Migisi to go into hiding and to get all her stuff that she left in a cave near the Meadow. Her backpack contained her laptop as well as all of her school books.

She didn't know she was being followed and she definitely didn't know that within this military group was a special kind of group that was sent here to make sure this legend was a legend or real. She made it to the Meadow in record time and Migisi-after smelling the air to make sure it was his friend-came out of hiding and let Mareka hug him before going stiff again. Mareka knew that stiffness, someone had followed her.

She swung around to see the military men looking at her. Swinging back around, she yelled at Migisi to go, fly away, but the sound of planes told her Migisi was never going to get the chance before they shot him down. She watched as they came closer, keeping her body between Migisi and the rest of them. Migisi had Mareka's SeaBag with him and he set it on the ground. They both knew that this was probably the last time they saw each other. Looking at the military men moving towards them, they knew that they had to get away.

Mareka made a move for the amulet that Migisi's mother had given her the day she had died and the day Mareka had saved Migisi's life. But before she could do anything, one of the men that didn't look military spoke up, telling her that they could help keep the creature safe, that they weren't here to kill it.