Title: No More Drama

Author: Harper's Pixie *AAngel287@aol.com*

Rating: Pg-13 for some minor bad language

Spoilers: All of season two leading up to Ouroborous, but in an alternate history/universe. In other words, Trance is still purple, so if she changes colors it won't be the same as the show, and so for the heck of it she also still has her tail, and Rev never left. What happened in Ouroborous never happened. Also what happened in Bunker Hill still happened but what happened to Harper's parents and in the episode is different.

Summary: When Harper finds out that his medicine is about to stop working completely, he looks back on all the drama that has occurred throughout his life, while he,Trance, and Rommie desperately look for a cure. But will they find that miracle cure in time?

Disclaimer: I OWN NONE OF THE CHARACTERS FEATURED IN GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA, ALTHOUGH I DO REALLY WISH I OWNED HARPER *SIGH*, ANYWAY, BACK TO THE DISCLAIMER. THEY ARE THE PROPERTY OF TRIBUNE AND GRA. I ALSO DO NOT OWN THE SONG NO MORE DRAMA, THAT IS THE PROPERTY OF MARY J BLIGE. IF I'VE LEFT ANY THING OUT I THINK YOU KNOW THE REST.

*Unknowingly an answer to Zion Starfish's challenage # 4*

Pairing: Trance/Harper

A/N: Please no flaming. I wrote this last year. This was my first attempt at fan fic so don't kill me if it sucks or if I get the characters all wrong, I tried. So do review but do leave the flames extinguished.

***** = Breaks in the story
~~~~~ = Memories


Chapter One: Always Something there to rain on your parade

^^^So tired, tired of this drama
No more, no more
I wanna be free
I'm so tired, so tired of this drama^^^

*As soon as Trance gets her purpleness in here I can get back to whatever it was that I was doing before she called me here,* Harper thought as he walked around med-deck nervously tinkering here and there. He had already been there for well over twenty minutes waiting for Trance to tell him the results to the latest round of testing she had done on him and he could wait no longer. That's it, I'm lea--.

Where do you think you're going? Harper, please wait, Trance said as she walked in with a handful of flexis. No Trance, I'm going to Engineering because I'm getting really tired of waiting around, I've got things to do. With that remark he noticed a slight, but albeit, drastic change in his usually cheerful purple princess...fear.

This was something that he had only seen a few times before in her eyes and every time he saw it, it meant something bad was going to, or had happened. The last time he had seen that much fear in her eyes was when she had told him that his worst fear had come true, he had been infested with Maggog larvae.

When he had woken up in the med-deck of Andromeda, he had really thought that every thing that had happened to him--the ship being overrun by Maggog, Tyr and his being captured and infested by the Maggog, and every thing that had happened on the Maggog World Ship--had all been a horrible, horrible nightmare.

Then he looked into Trance's eyes and saw the fear in them. That's when he realized that it wasn't a dream. He knew that he was going to die a horrible, painful death and there was nothing any of them could do to fix him. It took all he had not to just breakdown right there, but he couldn't do it, not with Tyr and Rev standing there.

Especially not with Trance there, he had to at least try to stay strong for her. Even though Trance promised to get the larvae out and Rev had given him a medicine that would keep them dormant, he just wanted to be free from it all.

He had almost did it the wrong way, but Rommie had been there to save him from himself, when he tried to his problem his way. Harper shuddered when he remembered what he had tried to do. Thank the Divine for Rommie.

He was so tired of all the drama over the larvae so he had decided that he wouldn't sit around for Trance and Rommie to solve his problem. He was going to try and solve it with them. He was sure that with his super genius and their help, they could easily solve his problem, he hoped. He was so sure that they would find a cure in time, now that there were only six of the original thirteen larvae left, he had just known they would.

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^^^ Broken heart again
Another lesson learn
Better know your friends
Or else you will get burned
Gotta count on me
Cause I can guarantee
That I'll be fine^^^

Trance what's wrong, please tell me what those flexis say, Harper pleaded, but Trance said nothing, she only held her head down staring at the floor. Damn it Trance, what do those stupid flexis say about the larvae!

Trance jumped at the intenseness of Harper's voice. She didn't want to tell him, she couldn't tell him. How could she tell him? She couldn't break his heart again and tell him the terrible truth. They had been so close to finding a cure. If only they had more time. She had tried so hard, she just couldn't let him die. She just couldn't, not him. She'd try to hide the truth from him, but she knew she couldn't hide it forever, because they didn't have forever. Maybe if she hide she could search through all the possibilities and find that right one.

Harper your tests results are fine, nothing's wrong. You can go back to whatever you were doing, Trance said a little too quickly and Harper instantly knew she was lying.

Harper wouldn't let up. He knew that something was wrong, seriously wrong. Trance, give me those flexis, please, he said, softening the tone of his voice.

Trance, I have to know what they say, he continued nervously. She shook her head and turned to walk away. He was getting really scared because he could tell that Trance was desperately trying to fight back tears. He jogged after her, reached for he arm and turned her around to see that the tears that she was fightong bac were now tears that were now rimming her eyes.

The next thing he knew Trance looked up at him and she could no longer fight back those tears. Letting the tears roll down her purple cheeks freely she cried, Harper, oh God, I'm so sorry!

Sorry for what, Trance, Harper said reaching out to grab the flexis. Right as he grabbed them and started to read, Trance said, her voice still trembling, Harper, your medicine...Harper, the larvae they're--they're--.

Trance spit it out already! Harper your meds are stopping and the larvae are quickly building up a resistance to the medicine and--, Harper abruptly cut her off, trying to fight back his own tears he said through gritted teeths, Umm, how much time do I have?

That's when he noticed the fear return to her eyes and realized that he had seen that fear in someone else very close to him before, his mother. She had that very same fear in her eyes right before the Maggog had murdered her the night they raided his camp.

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Right before he had left his mother for the last time, she hugged him and whispered in his ear, Seamus, no matter what happens to me or to you tonight you must promise me one thing. He couldn't say anything because of his fear so he just nodded. Seamus, promise me that you will never give up and that you will stay strong for me, survive for me, honey. I love you so much, sweetie. Now run and hide so they don't find you. His last word to his mother were, I promise, mom. It had taken all he had to leave his mother behind that night, but he had promised her that he would survive for her and he was never going to break that promise.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Memory~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Trance looked straight into his eyes and said, By my calculations we have five days to find a cure before the larvae become completely resistant to the medicine. Oh, Harper, I'm so sorry! I told you to trust me and that you'd be fine, but now I'm not so sure. I can't see a perfect possible future, right now.

By this time Trance was almost in an uncontrollable sob and started to collapse to the ground, her breaths coming in gasps. Harper quickly ran over to her, steadied her, and gave her a tight, endearing hug. He then softly whispered in her ear, Trance don't worry. You haven't let me down. I still trust you, and we have five days to find a cure. That should be plenty of time. Don't you worry your purple little head about it.

He then gave her a soft kiss on her still moist lavendar cheek. She tried to reply to what he had said but she was still trying to control her sobbing. The only words she could muster were, You will not die Harper, I promise you that. I will not lose you. I can't lose you.

Trance, I said don't worry. I'm not going anywhere anytime soon, Harper said sweetly to her, calming her down a bit.

Harper held Trance until she calmed down enough to stand on her own. He hated to see her like this. Even though he was scared out of his wits, he was determined to stay strong for her. The last time he had been this scared was after the Maggog raids on Earth.

In that single night he had lost his entire family. He remembered the emptiness he had felt when he realized that he was the only one left. He knew that he would and had survived for twenty odd years on and off Earth because he was no longer alone. The emptiness he had once felt had now been filled by his friends and especially by his purple princess. His Trance.