Title: The Gift of Pandora

Rating: T

Summary: Daniel receives a gift off-world that will change his life forever. DV eventually.

Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate or any of its characters.

Chapter 1: Pandora

Daniel Jackson and the rest of SG-1 walked into the village of the planet labeled P8X-847. The village itself was on the small side, wooden houses with thatched roofs gave the notion that this was not an advanced society. Cobblestone streets and outdoor markets were abundant in this place and many villagers were out and about on this day browsing the markets and enjoying the sunshine.

A middle aged man with graying hair and a funny mustache, walked towards SG-1. His sizable girth made him waddle a bit as he stood before the group.

"Greetings! My name is Caros and you are most welcome here!" The man gave the team members a huge grin.

SG-1 looked at each other, clearly confused. This man seemed incredibly happy to see them and he did not even know who they were or what they wanted.

Cameron gave the man an odd look. "Umm, excuse me sir but do we know you?"

"You are Cameron Mitchell, you have brought your comrades; Samantha Carter, Daniel Jackson, Vala Mal Doran, and Teal'c with you to our fine village here." Caros continued to grin.

"And just how do you know our names?" Cam gave Caros a suspicious look.

"Oh, Pandora of course," he replied as if they should know what he was talking about.

"What exactly is a Pandora?" Vala piped up with interest.

"Not what my lady, but who," the man answered Vala. "She is our village elder and she has many gifts, include foresight."

Daniel was intrigued by this "Pandora" person. "So you are saying that she can see the future and she foresaw us arriving here?" Daniel directed his question at Caros.

"Of course! Pandora knows all! But enough about her, you must all feast with us, our lunar festival begins tonight."

The members of SG-1 discussed what they were going to do then agreed to join Caros and the other villagers in their feast.

A few hours later, Daniel and the team were chatting amiably and feasting on the local foods that the village had to offer. Everyone was in good spirits as they found the villagers just as agreeable as Caros was.

Daniel looked across the table to find Vala's gray eyes staring at him. "Vala?"

She looked as if he had startled her a bit. "What?"

"You were staring at me."

Vala looked a bit confused. "I was? Sorry, I didn't realize. I was deep in thought."

Daniel was curious as to what she was thinking about. "What were you thinking about?"

He swore that he saw Vala blush a little bit, but he couldn't be certain.

Vala looked down, suddenly fascinated by the wooden table in front of her. Oh, nothing really. I was hoping we would get to meet this Pandora person though. You know so I could ask her if you will ever succumb to my charms." Vala winked at Daniel and whatever was going on with her before was quickly replaced by her usual flirty self.

Daniel sighed. "Vala, don't start."

She went to reply but was cut off by Caros. "Dr. Jackson? Pandora wishes to have a word with you."

"Me?"

Caros gave Daniel an odd look. "Yes you, and only you," he said giving Vala a stern look.

Daniel was confused as to why Pandora wanted to meet with him and only him, but he followed Caros down a hallway and into another room. Once there, Caros left and Daniel turned to see a beautiful young woman. She had copper colored curls that cascaded down her back in tight ringlets and her pale alabaster skin seemed to glow with an aura that emanated like energy around her.

"Hello Dr. Jackson, my name is Pandora." Her melodic voice was enchanting.

Daniel coughed. "Umm, yes hello, you...umm wanted to see me?"

Pandora smiled at Daniel. "Please sit down Dr. Jackson, we have much to discuss."

Daniel sat down and looked at Pandora expectantly.

Her sharp gaze bore into Daniel. "I do not understand why you deny yourself the one thing that would make you truly happy."

Daniel had no idea what she was talking about. "What's that?"

Pandora ignored his question. "You are a good man Dr. Jackson, but you are so blind and I must help you to see. You and your team have saved your own planet as well as this galaxy many times, and I fear that if I do not help you, you will not be as successful this time around."

Daniel looked at Pandora, perplexed. "What are you talking about?"

"Shh, just listen." She sat across from Daniel and began to speak again. "I have many gifts, including almost all of the knowledge of this galaxy as well as the ability to see the future. Now, I must tell you that the future is never certain, the things that we do everyday that may seem trivial can in fact be the difference between life and death. So in fact, their are many possible futures that could come to be, and I can see them all." Pandora paused to let the information sink into Daniel's brain.

"Wow, that must be crazy." Daniel was amazed at what this woman must have seen in her lifetime.

Pandora looked grim. "Yes, but that is not important right now, what is important is that I fulfill my destiny and bestow a gift upon you."

"A gift?"

"Yes Dr. Jackson, I am going to bestow my gift of foresight unto you. You will dream every so often of future events that could take place. It will be very confusing for you at the beginning to discern what you are seeing, but you will quickly adjust to it. I must also tell you that the visions may be out of order as well, you may dream of an event ten years in the future one night and then the next night see something that will occur in a few days. Soon, you will understand the purpose of all of this." Pandora looked troubled as she finished her speech.

Daniel didn't know what to think. "Why me?"

Pandora looked Daniel straight in the eye. "You are very important to the future of this galaxy, I cannot tell you why or it could adversely affect the future, you must see for yourself. Now, no more questions, close your eyes so I may bestow the gift upon you."

Daniel closed his eyes and wondered what he was getting in to, he wasn't sure that he really wanted to see the future, especially if the fate of the galaxy hung in the balance once again. Suddenly Daniel felt Pandora's hand on his head, a spike of energy went through Daniel, coursing through every nerve in his body. He had never felt anything like it before and just as suddenly as it began, it stopped.

Daniel opened his eyes to see that Pandora was gazing down at him. "Now go Daniel Jackson, your friends are concerned for you." With that Pandora helped Daniel up and guided him to the door.

Daniel staggered out of the door and back down the hallway that he had come from. He was still very dazed and perplexed as to what had just happened to him, but he knew that his life was about to change forever.

End of Chapter 1. Please review and let me know if I should keep going with this story or not. Thanks for reading!