This is a story I started a while ago and just recently finished. It's a little strange, just to warn you. Note: the song which you will come across in this story is "Davy Jones" from the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack. Well, that's the song I had in mind when writing this. The lyrics however are mine. I wrote them so I own them. Hope you enjoy.
The Music Box
SG-1 stepped through the Stargate onto the lush green planet of P2A-978. The sky was blue, the grass green, and the ocean, what they could see of it, was a deep blue-gray.
"Nice view," Jack commented. The rest of his team nodded in agreement and then headed off towards a small village in the distance. The villagers were quite friendly and welcomed the visitors cordially. Then, as usual, the team split up to explore. Daniel found himself wandering along what appeared to be a market. He stopped at one stall to admire the work and looked up again to see an old woman.
"Hello," he said. "I'm Daniel Jackson."
"Mara," the woman replied, her voice strong despite her age.
"Pleased to meet you." He was thinking what to say next, but she beat him to it.
"You have loved someone," she said. "You have loved someone and she has been taken from you." It wasn't a question.
"I beg your pardon?" Daniel asked, confused.
For answer, the woman handed him something. "Take it. Learn our story." The archeologist looked at the object in the hand. It was shaped like a heart with engravings of the sea running through it. Judging by the chain attached to it, he assumed it was a necklace. He looked up to thank the old woman, but she was gone. Surprised, he glanced around, but there was no sign of her. Just then, his radio crackled to life.
"Daniel, this is O'Neill."
"I read you."
"Meet us back at the gate. We're heading home."
"Copy that." Daniel released his radio and looked again at the locket. Then, he placed it carefully in a pocket and headed back towards the Stargate.
Later that day, the archeologist sat in his office, studying the locket. Suddenly, he noticed a catch at one end and pushed it. The locket opened slowly and a light melody began to play. It was a music box, Daniel realized now. Then he paused, listening to the song it was playing. It was a beautiful song, but sad as well. It made him feel . . . breathless.
"Whatcha doin'?" said a voice behind him. Daniel jumped and glared at Jack who stood grinning in the doorway.
"Dang it, Jack, I hate it when you do that."
"Sorry," the colonel apologized and came to stand beside him. "That's interesting," he said, looking at the object in Daniel's palm. "What is it and where'd you get it?"
"It's a music box and I got back on that planet. An old woman gave it to me."
"Weird."
"Yeah, but that's not all." Jack waited. "Before she gave it to me she said that I had loved someone and that she had been taken from me."
"Sha're."
"Yeah. She also told me to 'learn our story'. Then she disappeared."
"Okay," said Jack. "That's really weird."
"Yeah." Daniel continued to stare at it. Without warning, words formed in his mind.
"As the stream returns to the sea
so I'll return to you".
"What'd you say?" Jack asked and Daniel realized that he had said them aloud.
"The words."
"What?"
"The words to this song, I know them."
"How's that possible?"
"I . . . I don't know." Daniel once again repeated the words, louder this time.
"Mighty winds and storm tossed waves
have brought me far from you, my love,
but as the stream returns to the sea,
so I'll return to you."
The two men were silent for several minutes. Then, reluctantly almost, Daniel closed the music box.
"Okay," Jack said finally. "That was really, really weird."
"Yeah." The archeologist stood up and moved across the room. He was about halfway there when the images hit. He gasped and stood staring as they flashed before his eyes. The cliff overlooking the ocean. A ship sailing out to sea. A woman watching with tears rolling down her cheeks. The song carried on the wind towards the horizon.
"Daniel? Daniel?" Jack was shaking him.
"Huh, what?" Daniel looked up at him, blue eyes wide. "What happened?"
"You stopped and were staring like you'd seen a ghost or something," Jack explained, trying to keep the fear and worry from his voice.
"I saw a ship."
"What?"
"I saw a ship sailing away. There was a woman watching. She was crying." Daniel's voice trailed off.
"Okay, that's it," Jack said. "I'm getting you to the infirmary." Daniel allowed his friend to steer him towards the elevator, his mind far away. "Learn our story," she had said. What had the woman meant?
Do you like it so far? Please review. It is much appreciated.
