BEHIND THE WALLS OF EMERALD CITY
Author: Gibs
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended. JAG and its characters are the property of Belisarius Productions and Donald P. Bellisario. This story is not intended to violate any copyrights they have and is not intended for profit in any way
Category: Romance H/M. Season 10 story.
Rating: M
Summary: What we didn't see going on behind the scenes of Season 10. Takes place between The Four Percent Solution and Fair Winds and Following Seas.
A/N: I posted this story last summer on another board (normally I write under the pen name Gibson, but that name was already taken here). Unfortunately, I never got a chance to archive it anywhere and a lot people requested I did so now I'm finally getting the chance.
Originally, this story was called simply "The Walls of Emerald City", however I changed the name to try and give it more of a feeling of what the story is about. It is a story that takes place 'behind the scenes' of season 10 so to speak, however it is NOT AU. I have gone to great lengths to make sure that anything that takes place in this story does not affect what we saw on screen during that season. I think a lot of fans of the show – even if they weren't 'shippers'- would have to agree that it was a shame what we saw become of Harm and Mac's friendship in the later years. This story hopes to remedy that fact without changing canon by showing what could have been going on between our dynamic duo – to prove that they still may have been close – very close in fact – and working on moving towards something beyond friendship – we just didn't see it on screen. It takes place from The Four Percent Solution (because I think that's when most people felt that a relationship might very well have started), straight through to Fair Winds and Following Seas, as I said, without changing the events that we saw on-screen.
I didn't restate canon in any of these stories, the chapters just pick up after the episodes leave off (or in some cases before or during), so I'm sorry if you're not familiar with the episode and it is confusing – I don't think there is anything that would make you not understand the story per se, but something might seem strange if you don't remember the episode – hopefully it won't detract too much.
I'm going to try to break scenes up according to episodes, however if it's a particularly long scene, I may break it in two or three parts. If it's a particularly short scene, I'll still leave it at one episode (i.e. I won't tie two episodes together in one post), so some of those chapters might be a little short.
Finally, a little about the title… well, seeing as The Emerald City was where everyone in The Wizard of Oz was always trying to get to – Dorothy to find her way home, The Scarecrow, a brain, the Tin Man, a heart… so for JAG Shippers, The Emerald City was where Harm and Mac would finally be granted their happiness. Just as in the movie though, the only one who was able to grant these wishes was of course The Wizard, (hmmm… any idea who that might be?). Of course, we all know that Dorothy and her crew weren't automatically given their dreams upon arrival at the Emerald City, they had to appeal to the Wizard of Oz it to grant them. In a similar way, we shippers waited patiently for our Wizard to grant our wishes to us. In the end, Dorothy discovered that The Wizard wasn't really a Wizard after all and she had always had the power to return home, just as we in a way discovered, through the power of fanfic, that we also had to make our own dreams come true! So, it is with this idea in mind that I take out my Harm and Mac dolls once again to relive that fairly traumatic season, from The Four Percent Solution straight through to the Finale. None of the events as we saw them onscreen have changed, but through this story, we will find what was always there – going on behind the scenes - we just didn't know we had the power to see them!
There are 22 chapters to this story in all, and since it is already finished, I will be posting one chapter a day (barring any unforeseen circumstances).
Now, without further adieu, close your eyes, click your heels and repeat after me – "There's no place like home, there's no place like home, there's no place like home…"