Disclaimer: I own NOTHING, The Mass Effect series are owned by Bioware and EA respectively, I'm just a humble author testing the waters of an alternate version of the ME Universe...

2167 CE(Council Era)

Widow System, The Citadel

University of the Presidium.

Room 401

By the time Professor Gofin Drassaros had arrived at the room he was supposed to be in 15 minutes ago, most of the students had sat down as they looked at him, some with a peculiar look, others with curiousity.

"They'll get used to it." The professor thought as he took up his place on the pre-assigned desk all Professors had, "Besides, I'm sure this new batch of brilliant minds will be surprised that I will not the be the last Batarian professor they will get to see in the coming years..."

After a short introduction about himself and of the class the students were going to take for the whole semester, this lead to a few groans from the ones seated far-away, earning a grin for the professor.

"Now, before we get on with the founding of the Citadel and all that, who here could tell me, what the Point of Divergence theory is?"

This was met with silence and the occasional cough from one of the students, Gofin grinned again, typical of Freshman behavior, all four of his eyes scanned the room, looking for anyone daring, brave or stupid enough to answer his question.

All 4 of his eyes then scanned the massive speech hall they were all in, most of the students that were attending were Asari, maidens that were not mature enough to dance in bars or joining mercenary companies yet. Among the Asari were an even number of Turians and Batarians.

"We have come a long way indeed..." Gofin mused to himself as he continued scanning for any individual to answer his question.

Indeed, the few Elcor students, that one Volus that was near the Professor. And yet his eyes found no one brave enough to answer his question.

That is, until he noticed a raised hand from the far-away cubicle, said owner was that of a human, presumably a young female one. The professor noticed her raising since she had been the only human in the class, as he observed.

"They really have a lot of similarities with our females and that of the Asari, no wonder these humans are attracting attention not seen since our entry into the galactic stage!"

Seeing as how the University was a prestigious one, Gofin guessed that the human's parents must have been wealthy enough.

"Yes?" He nodded as he pointed to the human that had raised her hand, said human quickly stood up as some of the class looked at her. "And what would your answer be miss..."

"Lawson." The raven-haired girl replied, "Miranda Lawson."

"Alright Miss Lawson, what is the point of divergence theory?"

Miranda cleared her throat as she replied: "A Point of Divergence, or a POD is simply the point in an alternate history scenario where it first becomes different from history. In this scenario, the alternate world has similarities in terms of events with the original one until the point of divergence."

Gofin watched as a holographic image of a river appeared on the human girl's cubicle, and it was here Miranda Lawson likened the POD theory to that of a river dividing into two sections, with completely different paths.

"One side is the well-known path, the path in which history took and all events happened, the other is path that's an 'if' scenario, in which the actions of a few, drastically change the course, like a butterfly effect."

Miranda had a smirk on her face as she looked at the professor and nodded, the teenager then sat back down in her cubicle as Gofin nodded in agreement and in amazement, he wasn't the only one impressed however, several of the students, particularly some of the Turians and Salarians looked in awe and wonder at their only human blockmate, of course there were those that looked in contempt at the girl, particularly a trio of Asari maidens at the front.

"Typical Asari arrogance, they're gonna be taught a lesson in humbling by this human soon enough."

With a few swipes from his omni-tool, the windows of the speech hall are suddenly covered and shrouds the room in darkness, temporarily of course, as a few seconds later, a large screen is showed, within the screen are paintings and artist renditions of events in early Council history, from the discovery of the Citadel, down to the final hours of the Krogan Rebellion.

"Everything is Connected." Gofin began, "Remember that as we go about the history of the Galactic Council, from the discovery of the Citadel, down to the entry of Humanity to the Galactic stage."

He then began moving around the hall as he continued his speech, "It will be here you shall see a pattern, certain historical figures that later became Giants, Empires that became shadows, The actions of a few individuals that dramatically change the destiny of a single race..."

He then stopped as the painting that depicted the Batarian Civil War is shown, there was a moment of silence. And then he continued.

"This is where your project for the semester comes in."

As if on cue, an uproar ensues, with majority of the protests coming from the Asari maidens, which amused the Batarian professor.

"Settle down, this project will be due by the end of the semester, so you young ones will have plenty of time to do it."

"With Curiosity: What would this project be about professor?" Spoke one of the Elcor students.

"You will all be making your own timeline to an alternate version of history..." The professor began as the hall is once again lit by the Presidium's natural lights. "With your own point of divergences and an explanation on the events that might have led to such an event happen, and you shall of course cite of the event is a minor one, or would it have some major consequences..."

Returning to his desk, the Batarian professor looked to his audience, and smiled,

"Now...on to The Pre-Council Era..."

The Galaxy has changed, the actions of the few has lead to an event which has ultimately changed the destiny of two races...

But would such a change alter the outcome that has plagued the Galaxy for a millenia?

Only time will tell...

Author's Note: This will not be a plot-oriented fanfic however, as I decided to have it be a narrative one like CollegeFool's Renegade Reinterpretations and the two Paragon Reinterpretations.

I will however be writing future one-shots set in this Universe that will deal with certain characters in the future, 17 year old Miranda Lawson in this one shot being one of them, you'll see them again in a future ME fanfic I assure you.