a/n- my mom read my last fan fic and kept asking me if I was that depressed
(no I am not my fingers just wrote that depressing of a story) so I decide
to do a happier story but me and comedy don't always get along so hopefully
this will not be a comedy but have some funny parts in it.
I have read this idea on other fandoms but I don't know if anyone has done it with Andromeda. I also am planning on referring to the characters I created in Responsibilities but you don't need to read it to understand this piece.
Disclaimer- I don't own them they are just over in my dorm room for a beer and a little fun (not that kind of fun "I'm a good gurl I am", to quote Ms Dolittle) I'll return when the adventures over. If you sue all I have is a Bart Simpson poster and 50 cents for bus fare that I can give you.
"This has to be the dullest place ever, what made Dylan decide to have shore leave here?" Harper whined as he and Rommie wandered through the peaceful market place.
"He said it reminds him of his earth." Rommie replied.
"His earth huh? No Magog, no Neizchiens, which isn't all bad. But no bars, no clubs. What kinda earth did Dylan grow up on?"
"Dylan didn't grow up on earth. He grew up on a…"
"I know Rommie" Harper interrupted Rommie before she could finish explaining. "But come on this place is boring there is no action, I mean at least on my earth you could always find some form of entertainment even if it was just hiding out from some Neizchiens looking for fun."
"Harper stop complaining."
"Yeah I guess I should be grateful I am not making repairs on you through the entire shore leave again."
"Now you are just being childish. You're the chief engineer it's your job to keep me running and sometimes that means that we have to dock so you can make repairs. It's not shore leave."
"That's what you say." Harper said launching into another long winded answer. "But I am your only engineer so well everyone else gets to relax and go explore the space station you and me stay behind for repairs. I mean last time I was in the middle of repairs Beka got so drunk that she…"
"HARPER! Stop complaining already. You act like such a 5 year old."
"Well fine then." Harper turned to face Rommie and stuck out his tongue as he put his hands to the side of his face making moose antlers.
"Thank you for proving my point" Rommie said placing her hand on her hip.
"Yeah well, where is this place the Dylan wanted us to go." Harper said trying to quickly change the subject.
"Just ahead they may have the parts I need." Rommie replied as she scanned the area ahead of them.
"And the sooner we get them the sooner I can get inside you and get you purring like a kitten." Harper said trying to lay on the charm.
"Harper battleships don't purr" Rommie said trying to bat down his flirting before it progressed any further. Their conversations always turned to this joking flirting but she had no feeling for Harper other than a close friend. It was easy to see that Harper cared more about her than that but would never go anywhere with it
"You would if you if you let me make you purr" Harper replied beginning their normal game of him flirting and Rommie shooting him down.
"Harper" Rommie almost shouted as she stopped and turned to face Harper. With her hands on her hips she tried to look Harper in the eyes.
"What Rom-Doll?" Harper said cocking his head to one side giving her the best puppy dog eyes he could mange. It always worked with Beka these days and he knew he was heading into dangerous territory but Rommie never stayed mad at him for long. Besides she always seemed to enjoy this game as long as it stayed verbal.
"Nothing, the place is just ahead a little ways."
***
The shop was a collection of a sorted junk. There were different parts of all shapes and sizes. It was a store were hunting for something specific was out of the question. It was more a store were you could find lots of useless junk unless you were Harper. Harper wandered through the small shop touching every piece of equipment picking the lighter pieces up and examining them from all angles. Rommie stood by just watching him for over an hour. Placing objects that he seem to find some value in his growing pile of junk. It was like a kid in a candy store, although she doubted that Harper ever got that experience growing up. Dylan wanted them back in an hour and it would take a while to back to the Maru. There were also the other stores they had to stop at. As much as she hated to she was going to have to pull Harper away from his quest for the prefect piece of junk.
"Harper, we need to be heading out shortly" Shortly would soon turn into fifteen minutes or even an hour with Harper.
"Alright Rom-Doll, I'm almost done." Harper said with out lifting his eyes off the piece he was currently examining.
"Harper we have been in here of almost an hour and we have an hour and three more places to stop and look at."
"Alright Rommie, one minute" Harper replied with his shoulder slumping as he went to the lady who ran the shop to haggle over a couple pieces of equipment he had managed to find. The two seem to be in a fight over one piece. Rommie imagined that Harper's asking price must have been too low. He was an excellent haggler and could mange to pay half what most things were worth. But they really didn't have time for Harper to spend an hour discussing the price with the lady. She walked up to the two ready to pay the lady's asking price.
"I told you it's not for sale." The shopkeeper repeated pointing to the necklace Harper held in his hand. What Harper wanted with the necklace she didn't know but him and the old lady were getting into a shouting match over it.
"Come on everything for sale for the right price."
"No it shouldn't have been on display, I don't know how it even got there."
"Why not"
"It grants wishes…"
"So what do you want for it" Harper interrupted not wanting to hear the long winded sales pitch for it.
"Not that kind of wishes, it makes them seem like coincidence but they never turn out how you want them too. They always turn out bad." The old shop owner warned Harper.
"How bad could a wish turn out, no one wishes for bad things unless it's against someone they hate." Confused about the old lady's description, she seemed to really fear the necklaces. Wishes weren't true though, only in fairy tales, made by princesses in a tower waiting for their prince to rescue them, and they always turned out well for the princess in the end
"Fine you don't believe me take it! You'll see what I mean. It's free! I'll be glad just to get rid of that thing!"
"Thank you!" Harper said as he paid for the rest of the parts and shoved the necklace in his pocket and then picked up the boxes of parts he had bought. "Come on Rommie I think we got what we came for"
As they walked out of the shop Rommie looked at Harper he was still breathing hard from the shouting match with the old woman and had broken into a quick speed walk. Why would she just give the necklace to Harper? If she didn't want to part with it or thought it was dangerous. But how dangerous could a necklace be? Besides Harper was never that into jewelry.
"Harper, Harper slows down. Come on Harper" Rommie quicken her pace and caught up with Harper. "What did you want that necklace for?"
"It's Beka birthday next week. I wanted something nice to give her. I didn't mean for it to turn it to such a big problem." Harper said anger filling his voice clearly still mad over what had happen in the shop.
"Let me see the necklace" Rommie said curious about this piece of jewelry that had caused so much trouble. She didn't believe in wishes but this object had to be special somehow.
"You don't really think it grants wishes Rom-Doll" Harper shifted the box to his hip and stopped for a moment.
"No I just wanted to see it, there has to be something about it that made that old lady not want to sell it to you." Rommie said holding out her hand waiting for Harper to hand her the necklace.
"Here you can scan it for radiation poisoning or whatever other secret powers you think it possesses." Harper said as he fished the necklace out of his pocket and handed it to Rommie then continued to his brisk walk back to the Maru.
Rommie scanned the necklace and couldn't find anything special about it, just metal and some stones. "Nothing about it shows up on the scanners. Maybe she just didn't want to part with it. I highly doubt it grants wishes."
"Trust me Rommie nothing grants wishes. Cinderella is just a fairy tale."
"What would you wish for Harper?" With all the horrible things in his life she was sure there was plenty he would wish to get rid of.
"I already got my wish. Those Magog are out of my tummy. Besides with my life what would I have to wish for? I had such a great childhood!" Harper tried to put on his best fake happy face.
"So you would wish for a new childhood." Rommie said looking down at the necklace, it was made up of black stones around the whole necklace and then the pendent was a red stone surrounded by fancy silver designs.
"There are no such things as wishes. I wish there were but I will never know a happy childhood." There was more emotion in Harper's voice then Rommie had ever before. His tried to hide to it with his face but his voice told of the horrors he had seen in his life.
"Well Harper if this did grant wishes I would wish that you could have had a better childhood" Rommie said. She was still looking down at the necklace when she said this and jumped as she saw the red stone in the middle glow for the second. She quickly dismissed it as a trick of the lighting in the marketplace.
*** That was just the intro, the story will be coming later… what you think…. did I keep them in character***
*oh yeah the idea for the wishes came from the story The Monkey Paw (scary scary story) so I don't own that or that idea either*
I have read this idea on other fandoms but I don't know if anyone has done it with Andromeda. I also am planning on referring to the characters I created in Responsibilities but you don't need to read it to understand this piece.
Disclaimer- I don't own them they are just over in my dorm room for a beer and a little fun (not that kind of fun "I'm a good gurl I am", to quote Ms Dolittle) I'll return when the adventures over. If you sue all I have is a Bart Simpson poster and 50 cents for bus fare that I can give you.
"This has to be the dullest place ever, what made Dylan decide to have shore leave here?" Harper whined as he and Rommie wandered through the peaceful market place.
"He said it reminds him of his earth." Rommie replied.
"His earth huh? No Magog, no Neizchiens, which isn't all bad. But no bars, no clubs. What kinda earth did Dylan grow up on?"
"Dylan didn't grow up on earth. He grew up on a…"
"I know Rommie" Harper interrupted Rommie before she could finish explaining. "But come on this place is boring there is no action, I mean at least on my earth you could always find some form of entertainment even if it was just hiding out from some Neizchiens looking for fun."
"Harper stop complaining."
"Yeah I guess I should be grateful I am not making repairs on you through the entire shore leave again."
"Now you are just being childish. You're the chief engineer it's your job to keep me running and sometimes that means that we have to dock so you can make repairs. It's not shore leave."
"That's what you say." Harper said launching into another long winded answer. "But I am your only engineer so well everyone else gets to relax and go explore the space station you and me stay behind for repairs. I mean last time I was in the middle of repairs Beka got so drunk that she…"
"HARPER! Stop complaining already. You act like such a 5 year old."
"Well fine then." Harper turned to face Rommie and stuck out his tongue as he put his hands to the side of his face making moose antlers.
"Thank you for proving my point" Rommie said placing her hand on her hip.
"Yeah well, where is this place the Dylan wanted us to go." Harper said trying to quickly change the subject.
"Just ahead they may have the parts I need." Rommie replied as she scanned the area ahead of them.
"And the sooner we get them the sooner I can get inside you and get you purring like a kitten." Harper said trying to lay on the charm.
"Harper battleships don't purr" Rommie said trying to bat down his flirting before it progressed any further. Their conversations always turned to this joking flirting but she had no feeling for Harper other than a close friend. It was easy to see that Harper cared more about her than that but would never go anywhere with it
"You would if you if you let me make you purr" Harper replied beginning their normal game of him flirting and Rommie shooting him down.
"Harper" Rommie almost shouted as she stopped and turned to face Harper. With her hands on her hips she tried to look Harper in the eyes.
"What Rom-Doll?" Harper said cocking his head to one side giving her the best puppy dog eyes he could mange. It always worked with Beka these days and he knew he was heading into dangerous territory but Rommie never stayed mad at him for long. Besides she always seemed to enjoy this game as long as it stayed verbal.
"Nothing, the place is just ahead a little ways."
***
The shop was a collection of a sorted junk. There were different parts of all shapes and sizes. It was a store were hunting for something specific was out of the question. It was more a store were you could find lots of useless junk unless you were Harper. Harper wandered through the small shop touching every piece of equipment picking the lighter pieces up and examining them from all angles. Rommie stood by just watching him for over an hour. Placing objects that he seem to find some value in his growing pile of junk. It was like a kid in a candy store, although she doubted that Harper ever got that experience growing up. Dylan wanted them back in an hour and it would take a while to back to the Maru. There were also the other stores they had to stop at. As much as she hated to she was going to have to pull Harper away from his quest for the prefect piece of junk.
"Harper, we need to be heading out shortly" Shortly would soon turn into fifteen minutes or even an hour with Harper.
"Alright Rom-Doll, I'm almost done." Harper said with out lifting his eyes off the piece he was currently examining.
"Harper we have been in here of almost an hour and we have an hour and three more places to stop and look at."
"Alright Rommie, one minute" Harper replied with his shoulder slumping as he went to the lady who ran the shop to haggle over a couple pieces of equipment he had managed to find. The two seem to be in a fight over one piece. Rommie imagined that Harper's asking price must have been too low. He was an excellent haggler and could mange to pay half what most things were worth. But they really didn't have time for Harper to spend an hour discussing the price with the lady. She walked up to the two ready to pay the lady's asking price.
"I told you it's not for sale." The shopkeeper repeated pointing to the necklace Harper held in his hand. What Harper wanted with the necklace she didn't know but him and the old lady were getting into a shouting match over it.
"Come on everything for sale for the right price."
"No it shouldn't have been on display, I don't know how it even got there."
"Why not"
"It grants wishes…"
"So what do you want for it" Harper interrupted not wanting to hear the long winded sales pitch for it.
"Not that kind of wishes, it makes them seem like coincidence but they never turn out how you want them too. They always turn out bad." The old shop owner warned Harper.
"How bad could a wish turn out, no one wishes for bad things unless it's against someone they hate." Confused about the old lady's description, she seemed to really fear the necklaces. Wishes weren't true though, only in fairy tales, made by princesses in a tower waiting for their prince to rescue them, and they always turned out well for the princess in the end
"Fine you don't believe me take it! You'll see what I mean. It's free! I'll be glad just to get rid of that thing!"
"Thank you!" Harper said as he paid for the rest of the parts and shoved the necklace in his pocket and then picked up the boxes of parts he had bought. "Come on Rommie I think we got what we came for"
As they walked out of the shop Rommie looked at Harper he was still breathing hard from the shouting match with the old woman and had broken into a quick speed walk. Why would she just give the necklace to Harper? If she didn't want to part with it or thought it was dangerous. But how dangerous could a necklace be? Besides Harper was never that into jewelry.
"Harper, Harper slows down. Come on Harper" Rommie quicken her pace and caught up with Harper. "What did you want that necklace for?"
"It's Beka birthday next week. I wanted something nice to give her. I didn't mean for it to turn it to such a big problem." Harper said anger filling his voice clearly still mad over what had happen in the shop.
"Let me see the necklace" Rommie said curious about this piece of jewelry that had caused so much trouble. She didn't believe in wishes but this object had to be special somehow.
"You don't really think it grants wishes Rom-Doll" Harper shifted the box to his hip and stopped for a moment.
"No I just wanted to see it, there has to be something about it that made that old lady not want to sell it to you." Rommie said holding out her hand waiting for Harper to hand her the necklace.
"Here you can scan it for radiation poisoning or whatever other secret powers you think it possesses." Harper said as he fished the necklace out of his pocket and handed it to Rommie then continued to his brisk walk back to the Maru.
Rommie scanned the necklace and couldn't find anything special about it, just metal and some stones. "Nothing about it shows up on the scanners. Maybe she just didn't want to part with it. I highly doubt it grants wishes."
"Trust me Rommie nothing grants wishes. Cinderella is just a fairy tale."
"What would you wish for Harper?" With all the horrible things in his life she was sure there was plenty he would wish to get rid of.
"I already got my wish. Those Magog are out of my tummy. Besides with my life what would I have to wish for? I had such a great childhood!" Harper tried to put on his best fake happy face.
"So you would wish for a new childhood." Rommie said looking down at the necklace, it was made up of black stones around the whole necklace and then the pendent was a red stone surrounded by fancy silver designs.
"There are no such things as wishes. I wish there were but I will never know a happy childhood." There was more emotion in Harper's voice then Rommie had ever before. His tried to hide to it with his face but his voice told of the horrors he had seen in his life.
"Well Harper if this did grant wishes I would wish that you could have had a better childhood" Rommie said. She was still looking down at the necklace when she said this and jumped as she saw the red stone in the middle glow for the second. She quickly dismissed it as a trick of the lighting in the marketplace.
*** That was just the intro, the story will be coming later… what you think…. did I keep them in character***
*oh yeah the idea for the wishes came from the story The Monkey Paw (scary scary story) so I don't own that or that idea either*