AN: HEYYY! First chapter on the my new star trek story with ELPIS! Also my beta checked through it -happy dance-. I hope all your's summer are amazing, and not busy with random crap like mine lol. Anywho read and enjoy the chapter. Don't forget to review. I do not own star trek, being as I'm only 16 I could not own it anyway. I do however own my character Elpis ~~paper-cut~~
Chapter 1: A letter leading to childhood memories
Two young adults females stood outside their home in Iowa, watching the sunset in perfect silence. The oldest one held an envelope in her left hand, afraid to open it. The wind blew her blond wavy hair, removing a piece that had been covering her Vulcan ears. The girl next to her was her little half sister, who was fully human, unlike the older sibling, who was three-fourths human and one-fourth Vulcan. The only part of her physical look that showed that was the slight points of her ears, which she kept hidden so that she appeared to be human. They both sat behind the house near the edges of the cliff that their house sat on. "Did you ever tell dad that you enlisted in Star fleet?" asked the youngest, May to her elder sister Elpis
"No," Elpis simply said with a slight smile that played on her lips. May looked somewhat shocked but recovered remembering her sister's behavior before she left to study on Vulcan.
"And why not?" asked May, trying to figure out what her sister was planning.
"Because I didn't want to disappoint him if I don't get accepted into the academy," Elpis wore a worrisome smile as she spoke. She she looked at the envelop in her hand, and then handed it to May, "You open it." May rolled her eyes and she slowly ripped out the envelope, and took out the vanilla pages.
May started to clear her throat dramatically, " Miss Elpis Muse, after reviewing your application and test scores," she stopped and look toward Elpis asking if she should keep going.
"Continue!" Elpis yelled.
"We are proud to inform you that you have been accepted to Starfleet academy," Elpis's eyes got as huge as the moon that was starting to rise.
"Woo hoo, you made it Starfleet Academy," said May rolling her eyes, " No big surprise there," May tossed her the letter and started to walk back to the house. Once again her perfect Vulcan half-sister did something that would make her father proud. While May was still waiting to see if she would ever made it in the medical field, as something other than a nurse.
Elpis was left alone with her thoughts, looking up at the glowing half moon. She frowned at memories of her years studying on Vulcan and the abuse she when through trying to prove that even though she was more human, she wasn't as illogical as some humans. She shook her head trying to push bad those memories and replace them with ones of her childhood on earth in Iowa with her childhood friend, James T. Kirk.
"Come on, Elpis!" yelled a little blond, blue eyed boy with shaggy hair. A little girl with short choppy hair that flipped out at the bottom came running, following the boy.
"Maybe James if you thought before you started running without me, I wouldn't have been behind," pouted Elpis.
"Someone has to keep you on your toes," commented the ten year old Kirk.
"You're just making that up, so I won't be mad at you," Elpis fired back as he smiled a charming smile that would make any mother said 'aw' to. "You're nothing but trouble, you know that."
"Ya ya, whatever, Elfie." he said waving his hand like he was brushing her comment off. That was it, Elpis was fired up, she always hated when Kirk called her an elf. Elpis tried to keep calm and not kill James, but sadly it did not work Elpis pounced like a kitten on a ball of yarn. The two rolled on the grass fighting with one and another.
"Don't think that I wouldn't kill you Kirk," The memories slowly when back to reality, Elpis smiled at the younger wild illogical child she was.
"Hey kiddo," said her father. He had short blond hair and golden green eyes. Just by looking at him you could see that he was part of the Star fleet at one point. It was the way he stood, the way he could turn serous within seconds after just playing and joking. Or maybe it was from years of being with Elpis's mother, T'Selar.
"Oh hello father," replied Elpis smiling.
"Is there something you need you tell me?" Elpis looked at her father with a sheepish look and handed him the letter. Her father, Denzel eyed the letter and started to read the contents of it, so his eyes watered with small tears of pride and happiness. He put his arms around his first daughter and hugged her. "I'm so proud of you, Elpis!"
May watched them through the window, her eyes the same as their father's but greener with envy.
"When are you leaving?" he asked ending the hug.
"The shuttle leaves for the academy tomorrow afternoon," she said, showing the up most respect.
"So you won't be able to see Kirk before you leave?"
"What time is it?" she looked at her clock that showed it was only nine thirty, " I'll go to the bar to see if he's around, knowing him most likely," her father laughed and ruffed her wavy hair, going back to the house.
Elpis looked up to the night sky once again and sighed as she moved to her sports bike, and drove off to the local bar, where she knew Kirk was causing all kinds of trouble.