Miral cringed as she heard the door hiss. It was 0600 hours, and her mom was leaving for her shift which means its time for her to get up. Her father turned the corner of wall divide between her bed and theirs. "Miral… Kuvah Magh. It is time to get up. Miral turned over pretending to be in a deep sleep, but fourteen years has made her father a pro when dealing with her. "Computer brighten the lights 90" Tom commanded "Ahh the light! She burns, she burns" screamed Miral, she glared at her father with the how dare you face. Responding to that her father just said "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Get washed up and eat breakfast." "Peanut butter toast is not breakfast Dad." "Heh, well I am sorry princess Miral but today we did not have time to make your royal banana pancakes." Miral smirked as she turned on the sonic shower "As long as you are sorry." Before Tom could respond Miral was in the shower. 15 minutes in the shower is the rule when she wakes up late, but she always takes 30 minute ones. As she dresses she hears her father tapping the table. "You don't have to wait for me to go you know… I know how to get to sickbay myself." Miral called out to her dad from the bathroom. "Well, I know you know how to get there, but you also know how to not get there, and as apart of your punishment, your mother or I have to walk you to class daily."
How can Miral forget? She was only grounded forever… or so it felt like. So you sneak off of the ship during a fight with the Qulari. And you may have pilfered a technology from them and had the head of states daughter playing a sort of Thelma and Louise with you, but who cares. Miral let out a huge sigh and ran out of the bathroom grabbed her peanut butter toast and walked with her dad to sickbay. She liked walking to class with her dad, not that she liked him more or anything but he did not lecture her the whole time when they walked. They got in the turbo lift and her dad turned to her , "Miral, for the past three weeks you have been on your best behavior and you have made your mother and I very proud, your mother wants to tell you tonight at dinner but you should know. You are no longer grounded." Miral's eyes widened. Finally she was free, not that she hated all this forced family time but she missed being with her friends. For the past three weeks she had to sit with one of her parents at lunch and couldn't go to the holodeck or anything it had been torture. Tom had informed Miral that he wouldn't meet her for lunch today and that everyone of her teachers already know. Miral hung around her dad's neck for a few seconds before she gave him a kiss and ran to sickbay.
Miral came into the room with three other students and sat down. All of these kids were her friends, Jonathan, son of Harry and Seven, Reese, daughter of Chakotay and Captain Janeway, and Vlotia a boy Icheb and Naomi adopted from a planet a few months ago. "Nice of you to join us Mimi." The doctor called from the computer, it was utterly embarrassing for her godfather to call her Mimi in front of her friends. He knew this endearing term was an ego cut down for her but sometimes couldn't help using it. "Well, we were talking about wave functions of an electron." Reese being loud and obnoxious shouted "That's baby stuff! We learned that in daycare!" "Obviously, Ms Reese. However because you little...ahem angels are going on a field trip to a red dwarf star and we need to go over the basics before you go." The doctor kept babbling on and Reese leaned forward to Miral's desk and whispered, "Are you going on the trip? Or are you still on lockdown?" Miral leaned back to her friend and squealed "I'm free!" The doctor turned around "Reese! Miral! If you would grace us with your attention!" Miral and Reese went immediately to attention a habit formed quickly being Starfleet brats in the Delta quadrant. Vlotia and Jonathan were both bored of the lecture noticeably because they began playing video games on their desk computers. The lecture seemed to wear on for hours when finally they were dismissed.
This was Miral's favorite part of the day, not only had she gotten her biological science out of the way but she got to have lunch followed by physical training and then interning on different parts of the ship, today was particularly satisfying because she could sit with her friends for the first time in weeks. They all sat down at the table closest to the corner, where they could be weird and not be noticed to much. This is where Miral showed her favorite historical information of her favorite time period the 21st century and where her friends rolled their eyes. This is where she arm wrestled Jon and broke his arm, all those memories swarmed her and she was so excited to be back.
"So, miss break 7 intergalactic laws, how does in feel to be free?" Smirked Jon from his sandwich. The customary Kim peanut butter and jelly. "It wasn't 7, it was 5 and a half, and I was acquitted!" "Yeah, thanks to your kidnap victim, isn't that a type of syndrome?" Vlotia chimed in. The boys were always ruthless with Miral, Reese could be just as bad but she decided to cut her friend some slack. "Just call me the Tomb Raider!" said Miral and she put her hands on her hips, the other kids looked around with questioning looks trying to figure out what the heck she was talking about. Miral rolled her eyes and scoffed "never mind." "So what do you want to do tonight, on your first night of freedom?" Reese asked while gently nudging her friend. "Lets go to a concert on the holodeck! I know exactly what I want to see!" Miral had been waiting to bust open the new concert her aunt had sent her in the last transmission. It was from her favorite time period and it made her happy that her family on earth thought about those things. She thought fondly about them and started thinking back when she heard the boys collectively sigh. They were very uncooperative and that bothered Miral, but they knew she could beat them and they did not dare cross her. Right when Miral was about to say some choice words that no little girl should say she was distracted by the blonde woman working her way to the table. "'rent alert!" she whispered to her peers and they all looked over and Jon's dammit face let the table know it was Seven here to talk to him. Whenever a parent came that was everyone elses cue to get up and go. Vlotia was first to stand but it was too late the drone was upon them like an eclipse. "Good day, sub-units." "Good day Mrs. Kim." We all basically said in unison. "Jon, you did not complete chore protocol 5-a, this is unacceptable. Commander Tuvok has also informed me that you are lacking in physical training. I believe this a direct correlation with you not doing your chores, so long story short, clean your room and I will go easy on you when it comes to physical training." It was really strange to the group how Seven could talk like a borg one minute and like a normal human the next. Miral could sort of understand, when her mom gets mad she always yells at Miral in Klingon then switches so easily between English and klingon but for some reason this did not feel like the same thing. Seven gave Jon a kiss on the forehead and walked off. Accordingly he was teased by his friends. The rest of the day sailed by so quickly and it seemed as soon as Miral looked down and looked up again it was time for dinner. It was Mac and cheese night, one of Tom's specialties.
"So, Miral how was your day?" B'elana asked her daughter. "Well, first we went over the wave functions of an electron, baby stuff right? Its for a trip that we have planned soon. Then lunch, nothing big there, although I did learn from Lt Rozia, that she is doing a ballet in the holi deck soon and she wants me to try out, I'll think about it. Then in Physical training Vlotia totally threw up all over Tuvok after we did the Zero G training, he was so embarrassed. Then in my first internship I deciphered artifacts from 3 different species of betazoid with commander Chakotay, and then I invented a router for the comm. Badges that takes control of the ship with the proper pass codes. How was your day?" The Paris's looked at each other and then their daughter. "Not much" they both chuckled. They knew that their daughter was special and had so many interest but she is a bit of a trouble maker. "Your father and I have been talking. And we decided that you have been punished enough and that you are now officially free." Miral knew that she should act shocked and hug her mom, but she also knew her mom was no idiot. "THANK YOU MOMMY!" she screamed. " By the way I am going to the holi deck tonight to see the Usher concert with the guys." B'ellana looked at her husband with her fierce klingon eyes, while Miral ran to her little divide that separated her from the rest of the quarters. She had to get ready for this. She looked through the computer for all the outfits associated with the artist's time frame. It was so simple she couldn't believe it, and yet it intrigued her to no end. Miral strutted out of the divide with a pair of denim really flashy gold jewelry and a pink hooded sweatshirt with polka dots on it. B'ellana looked at her daughter with intrigue and humor and Tom look almost extra fascinated. "Well have fun tonight Mimi," Said Tom smirking at his daughter, he loved the idea that she was really the best of both he and his wife. "Please be back before 2300 hours." Miral looked at her dad with the are you kidding me face, and realized that she had just gotten off of punishment so she shouldn't try to schmooze them just yet. "Okay dad, 2300, no later." Miral kissed both her parents and ran out. She hoped her friends were all ready. It was tradition for Jon to be the last one there, and rather than wait for him at the holodeck they often found it more beneficial to wait at the Kim family quarters. Reese and Vlotia were there both tugging at their clothes looking very uncomfortable. Before Miral could even say a word, "These pants are way too tight!" Reese yelled from across the corridor. Reese was like that though. Growing up with her parents running the ship she was used to yelling to get her point across. Its not that they don't listen to her, its more that they still see her as a little baby. "I'm not complaining." Smirked Vlotia, he loved to torment Reese on a regular basis. Reese looked over at him with a scowl, "Hell hath no fury like a woman looked upon like a piece of meat." And with that comment Reese continued on with her friend. "Did you hear? Jon got into a fight with Ensign Peters and broke the Ensign's nose. Ensign Kim was so mad that he threatened to spank Jon in front of the entire bridge crew. Jon was so embarrassed that he broke the table in their quarters… needless to say, he's grounded. His parents but an ultra security code lock on everything in the room." All this information at once would have thrown anyone else for a loop, but Miral was a professional. "So I am guessing we need a class a break out." She responded to Reese's story. "Of course!" responded Reese and Vlotia in unison. "Well find someone else, I just got off of punishment and I am not going to deal with your antics, and besides you know just as well how to bust him out." Just then Ensign Kim came marching down the corridor. He was usually very fun loving but today he looked tired and worn. Vlotia greeted him first, after all Jon was his bestfriend and spent a lot of time in their quarters, he was like another son to the Kim family. "Hello Mr. Kim, looking quite dapper today, and might I add authoritative." The Ensign turned and looked a Vlotia and the girls and laughed. "Well Vlotia, Miral, Reese, Hello to you, and you probably heard that Jon is here under lock and key. Well you will be happy to find out that after talking to the Ensign he had an altercation with, I found out the entire story. He will be allowed to go out if he apologizes." Everyone scoffed, they knew that Jonathan would never be caught dead in an apology. He is so much like his mother that he knows his margin of error to the decimal of the percent. "I guess we wont be seeing him tonight." Taunted Vlotia, he knew that Miral was mad. Her first night of freedom and she is already going through Drama. "Well I am going, you can stay here and be pitiful if you want to." Miral exclaimed. With that she stormed off.