This is a little something I wrote 16 years ago. My sister really helped me get this ready for my fanfiction site. Thanks to her, it's now going to be a multi chapter fic. The story line came from me, but most of the fine details came from her. Thanks to what she wrote, I was able to write in more detail too. What Christina wrote really inspired me to add more details to my work. I hope you guys like this. We worked hard to finish the first chapter. The next chapter should be done in a week or two.
Disclaimer: I do not own Star Trek. Well, I do own a few Star Trek dvds and books. However, I do own the character of Julia.
An Unexpected Visitor
Chapter 1: Wes' Experiment Gone Awry
Early in the morning, Wesley awoke to the sounds of a beeping alarm clock. He reached over and gently pushed down on the small lever to stop the sound. He looked to the right of the offensive alarm clock that awoke him from his sleep. Lovingly, Wes glanced at the hologram of a handsome black haired man in a Starfleet uniform. 'Well dad, I guess I'd better get up; mom is going to kill me if my teachers send a note home again about my being late to class.'
Sleepily, he got out of bed and walked over to the sink to begin washing his face. Today would be a big day. It was the last day that the students had to finish their projects for school. Unfortunately, Wesley found it hard to sleep the night before. He was too anxious about school the next day. All night he had waking nightmares of not getting his project done in time or getting a bad grade. Fortunately, the feel of the cool water trickling down his face was enough to jolt the young boy awake.
The delicious scent of his mothers cooking wafted into the room. 'Mmm, smells like mom's making toast and eggs again. I'll never get tired of her breakfasts.' Upon finishing his morning routine, Wes heard the wonderful sound of his mother's voice. "Wesley, your breakfast is ready. Please come and eat before it gets cold."
'Good, I'm starving.' "Coming mother." Wesley grabbed all the things he would need for school for that day. He walked out into the main room, where a glass of juice and a plate of eggs and buttered toast were waiting for him. Wesley began walking towards the small round table and sat in front of his plate of food. The table was centered with red roses in a thin, green vase. He waited for his mother to come into the room with her juice glass and her plate of food.
"Wesley, how many times do I have to tell you, you don't have to wait for me to sit at the table before you start eating?" Wesley was about to take a bite of his toast when he paused to answer his mothers question. "I know mother, but I like eating with you. Between my studies and your work in the lab and the sickbay, we rarely get to talk like we do around the table during meals."
She looked at the sad expression on her son's face; guilt was evident in her own stormy eyes. "I'm sorry Wes; I wish I could take more time off to be with you. I'll speak to the Captain about the two of us taking a vacation sometime."
"Wow, that would be great mom." Wesley took a big bite of egg. "Mother, this is so good." Beverly beamed with pride at her son's compliment. "Wesley, don't speak with your mouth full, but thank you for the compliment anyway."
In between bites of toast and egg, Wes spoke to his mother about his plans for the day. "We have to finish up our projects today. I'm almost done, so I hope I'll get a good grade. Our teacher said that we would get bonus points if we finish before the deadline. The deadline is around dinner time, so I should be able to make it if I hurry."
Beverly looked at her son in admiration. He was always trying as hard as he could to be the best student on board the star ship. "Alright son, just be sure that you're careful. You don't want anything going wrong with your project. You might end up getting a bad grade if you're too careless."
"Don't worry mom; I'll be careful. By the way, I may be a little late coming home. I thought I might go to Ten Forward and show Guinan what I've been working on in class. She's always helping me and giving me advice so I wanted to show her how much talking to her has helped me in my studies."
Beverly lowered her juice glass, picked up her head, and smiled at her son lovingly. "Wes, that's an excellent idea. I know Guinan loves your little visits. I may not be here when you come back though. Unfortunately, I have some lab work to catch up on." Wesley rose from the table. He walked to the dishwasher and loaded it with the two rose patterned plates, the juice glasses, and the silverware.
"Bye mom, I'm going to class now." She rose from the table to give her son a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. "See you later, Wes." Wesley wiped the kiss away and teased his mom about her wet kisses. Dr. Crusher waved goodbye as Wesley left. 'That boy certainly is his father's son. He was always teasing me about something or another. Sometimes I really miss him.' She breathed a sigh of reminiscence and turned away from the door. She made her way into her own room to get ready for the day ahead.
Wesley rushed to class, almost in a run, nearly bumping into Worf in the process. Lieutenant Worf's fierce warrior expression made the young boy cringe in fear. Slowly, Wesley backed away from the Klingon. He apologized profusely, which only made the Klingon even angrier. In a growl he snarled, "Watch where you're going. And don't let it happen again!" Wesley quickly got out of Worf's way and continued walking briskly to class. Worf let out a small growl then he continued traveling down the corridor.
In a small room designated as a classroom, Wesley and his fellow students worked diligently on their class assignments. Each student sat at a small rectangular table. Wes had a small, silver plated machine in front of him. On it was a red and a gold knob, with which he could turn his machine to various frequencies and a white switch that turned it off and on. This project was to be a major part of their final grade for the semester. Wesley felt sure that his project would be picked as the best of the class.
After a few hours, Wesley managed to finish his project. He brought it to his teacher and laid it on his desk. "Sir, I'm finished with my project. May I show it to you now?" The teacher raised his eyes from his book and nodded his head. "I'm impressed Wesley, I assumed that everyone would still be working through to the deadline. Maybe I should have brought a shorter book to read. Go ahead and show me your project. What is it again that you were making?" He rifled through his papers until he found the one with Wes' name on it. "Oh yes, I remember now, it was a hologram projector."
Wesley began turning the knobs until it was at the right frequency. He noticed that one of them was a little harder to turn than the other one. He glanced up at his teacher to see if he noticed. He was glad to see that his teacher's expression hadn't changed. When each knob was placed in the correct position, he flipped the white switch to turn the machine on. The colors that now ebbed from the machine were magnificent. Everyone in the room stared at his project in wonder.
Wesley spoke into the machine. "Show me a waterfall." All at once, the colors pulled themselves together in the shape of a silver, sheened waterfall. Sounds of 'Oh, that's so beautiful.' could be heard from the girls in the room. The boys just stood there and stared in envy. Wes was the smartest in the class. He never boasted about it except to his mother, but the other boys were still jealous of his grades. The waterfall subsided and the colors returned to their original state. Again, Wes spoke into his machine. "Show me a meadow." Just as before, the colors pulled themselves together until they formed a meadow. It was green and hilly and had a small tree standing next to a large rock. He turned off the switch and reset the two knobs.
"Very good Mr. Crusher. I will have your grade for you tomorrow." Wesley was very pleased to hear this. He felt a little relieved that it was all finished. The only thing that concerned him was that his teacher might want to keep his project overnight. That way, Wes wouldn't be able to show it to Guinan today. "Um... sir, should I leave it here for you to grade or may I take it home with me today?" To Wes' delight, the teacher told him he would be allowed to take his project home. There had been incidents in the past of someone playing with another student's project and ruining it. As a result, the new policy implemented was that no projects were to be left overnight. Since he was finished, his teacher dismissed him early.
He was anxious to show Guinan what he felt was his best work ever. Wesley gathered his worksheets, books, and class project. Up until now, the anticipation of the end of class seemed like only a dream. Now the anticipation of seeing Guinan in Ten Forward gave him something new to look forward to. Before leaving the classroom, Wesley spoke to his classmates and wished them luck on their projects. Now it was time to meet Guinan. He left the classroom and continued on his way toward Ten Forward, the favorite watering hole of the Enterprise crew.
Meanwhile, Guinan was in the process of cleaning the stains from the counter left by her rose-colored red wine glasses. At this time of the day, her lounge felt very empty and lonely indeed. 'This place doesn't really start getting busy until around dinner time.' She then heard the whoosh of the two big metal doors opening. In anticipation, she looked around to see who it could be. To her surprise, it was Wesley Crusher. The boy had a grin a mile wide. He walked over to the tall bar counter and sat on one of the red cushioned bar stools.
Puzzled, she asked, "Hello, Wesley. Why are you out of school so early? You aren't playing hooky are you?" Then she noticed the small silver object that Wesley had set on her counter. "What have you got there?"
"Well, I got out early because I finished my project and I wanted to bring it to show you. I told my mom that I would stop here after class. Would you like to see what it does?" Guinan cleared off the counter and came around so she could see his contraption better. His face beamed with pride as he turned it around so she could see the varying gadgets it possessed. Guinan's eyes shown with admiration as she said, "I'd love to see what your little gadget does. Did you get graded on it yet?"
"I'll be glad to show it to you. It seems that I still have a few little bugs to work out though. I had a little trouble with one of the knobs in class. It wouldn't turn as smoothly as it should have. I don't think my teacher noticed it though, but I won't get my final grade until tomorrow."
As he reached out to turn the knobs, he felt the excitement building. He twisted the red knob slightly to the left with ease. As he began to turn the gold knob, the excitement he felt a moment ago left him, as he realized the stubborn knob wouldn't turn all the way to the right as it was supposed to. He tried with all his might until he felt his fingers starting to cramp up. He continued to try to turn the knob, but to no avail. "Wes, it's okay. Work out the bugs and you can show it to me another day." Wes was not about to give up that easily. He tired yet again and this time, success! The knob turned just slightly to the right. After taking a small break to crack the tension out of his soar knuckles, Wes tried once more to turn the devil knob. 'Yes, finally, I've got you right where I want you.' He turned on the switch and a faint light could be seen emanating from the machine.
"That's strange; this isn't what it was like before. Maybe I didn't turn the gold knob quite far enough." Wes turned off the machine then tried to turn the knob that had given him so much trouble yet again. It moved with as much ease as it did the first time he tried turning it in class. He set it to the correct frequency and switched the machine back on.
Without much of a warning, there was a high-pitched whistling sound then a huge white flash came out of the small device. Guinan's eyes grew as wide as saucers as she witnessed the sound grow louder and the white light begin to envelope all of Ten Forward. "Hurry and turn it off! You're project might ruin Ten Forward!" He flipped the white switch, but to no avail. None of the knobs was working either.
The light streamed out of his project and through the crack of the doors of Ten Forward. He ran out into the corridor. Just a little ways down, Wesley could see the white flash entering the Holodeck. Wesley went to the holodeck and cautiously opened them. There seemed to be a swirling, cloudlike atmosphere in the whole room and a constant source of flashing white light. The light subsided a bit, so that now Wesley could better see what was going on. The scene in the room changed continually from a desert oasis, to a sandy ocean shore, and then to a forest with a cascading waterfall. It continued to change like clockwork until it settled on the picturesque scene of a beautiful meadow. Wesley showed his teacher and classmates only moments before that very same meadow.
As he looked around at all the sights, he saw the familiar tree that stood beside that large rock in his hologram at school. When he looked over at that very same rock, he was awestruck. There on a moss covered rock, sat a pretty blonde girl of the tender age of fourteen. She wore a bewildered expression on her face. Walking slowly so he wouldn't startle her, he stopped directly in front of the girl. She let out a little gasp of surprise and asked, "Who are you and where am I?"
Wesley answered her in a sincere tone, "My name is Wesley Crusher and you are in our holodeck on board the starship Enterprise. What would your name be? Where are you from? Do you know how you got here?" The girl just stared at him as if he was crazy. "We're in a meadow, hello, did you hit your head or something or am I the one who hit my head? The last thing I remember I was in the yard playing with my friends at the orphanage. Oh, sorry, my name's Julia." She reached out her hand towards him. He took it and smiled down at her.
"Well Julia, you aren't actually in a meadow. As I said, you're in one of our holodecks. Maybe I should go get my mother so she can look you over. She's the ship's doctor."
"Will you be gone long? I don't like being by myself." She stood up from the rock and looked into his eyes. Through her eyes, he could see that she was frightened. "Don't worry, it is a big ship, but we have means of getting around quickly. I'll just take one of the turbolift. I know this place like the back of my hand. I practically grew up on starships. In fact, I was born on the ship that my father served on." He turned to leave and walked over to the hidden door of the holodeck. He prompted the computer to open the doors then walked out into the corridor.
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