AUTHORS NOTE: I suck at notes. Well this is my first attempt at writing in third person. Please tell me if I should switch to first person before I actually get too far gone in the story. XD

Updates might be delayed as I am a very busy person, but I swear to all you readers you will be my number two priority. (Right after the dreaded Homework. Blahhh)

There was never a dull moment Jillian Shepard thought as she glanced around the shuttle at the young faces that surrounded her. They were older than her, but most seemed like they were more scared than her. What's the worry she wondered its just training she was tapping her knee trying to focus on the current situation when suddenly before she realized what was going on a turian with red-face tattoos grabbed her wrist, hard, twisting it into an awkward position.

"If you wish to remain a nuisance then the airlock is available upon arrival to the station." He grinned as he said his cruel words; his mandibles twitched ever so slightly as he became excited at his own words. He released his grip on Shepard's wrist, glaring at her as he walked away.

"Great." Shepard mumbled. I've already made an enemy. She rubbed her wrist staring at the red bruise that began developing as the time slowly passed.

The rest of the shuttle ride was pretty uneventful except for the rather loud gossiping of two-girls who seemed to be bickering about which guy was cuter; Jip Palmer or some guy named Hendel Mitra. Shepard tried to ignore the constant chuckles that erupted from their little party. The turian who had already shown his distaste for Shepard walked towards the two a stern look on his face as he scowled the two bringing them to tears almost instantly. Shepard couldn't take it she all but thrust herself at the turian she now hated.

"Hey." Shepard said climbing over the occasional teenager. "Leave them alone." She emerged next to the trio, staring up at the rather tall turian his features twisting his normal scowl into a face full of rage.

"You dare stand up to me, your Commander?" The alien who Shepard already detested more than he did her.

"See I've always had an issue with authority. I can't even take orders from my mom and she outranks you, Sir." She forced the last word in an act of sarcasm. Giggles erupted into the small shuttle, giving Shepard the edge she needed.

"You have made a lethal enemy little girl." He looked down his nose, if you could call it a nose, at Jillian.

"I'm scared really." She smiled ever so slightly as he walked away. She watched him as she watched her.

"You two okay?" Shepard knelt down next to the girls who were clearly older than her.

"Yeah." The olive skinned girl said as she flipped her pure black hair back, whipping away the tears with the back of her hand. "Thanks."

"No problem. I'm Jillian Shepard." She extended her hand toward the first girl.

"Rahna, Rahna Cumali." The beautiful middle-eastern girl said in a thick Turkish accent.

"This is Danielle Masters." She introduced the other girl. Her hair was the complete opposite of Rahna's; the blonde locks twirled into tiny curls and her eyes a vivid blue. Shepard took note of the almost shock that the girl, Danielle, clearly exhibited.

::"We will be arriving at the Gagarin Station in approximately two minutes. Prepare for docking."

"I guess I should get back to my seat." Shepard smiled at the two, climbing back over the other students and plopping back down onto her seat.

The docking procedures took about five minutes all together, and then the entire herd of cattle was filed out of the two sets of doors on either side. Shepard waited until the path was clear, or rather clearer. There was no way she was going to get trampled just to be first in line. She walked casually out only to emerge into five turians all holding a data pad ready to do god knows what to the new recruits.

"Shepard, Jillian." One of them called his avian features illuminating his green eyes.

Shepard quickly forced her way through the teens that'd crowded around the group. She quickly closed the gap between them.

"I'm Jillian Shepard." She said

The turian didn't even speak a word. He just shoved a pack and a data pad at her.

"Nice to meet you too." She scoffed as she walked away glancing at the data pad reading the words.

Name: Shepard, Jillian Isabella

Class: Advanced Biotic

Bunk: 976-B

Instructor: Commander Vyrnnus

Great she thought as she followed the navpoint to her bunk, forcing the door open she noticed her bunk, a perfectly made twin size mattress with an adjacent footlocker. She quickly threw her bag onto the bed then hurled herself alongside it. She stared at the windowed ceiling watching as stars passed by. She closed her eyes for only a second before realizing an obnoxious sound that seemed to encase the room. She jolted up listening to the odd noise, which seemed to emanate from her stomach. When was the last time she'd eaten she thought as she pulled the pack the turian, she'd officially call Sunshine, had handed her, dumping its contents onto the too small and too hard bed.

Two uniforms

A hair brush
a tooth brush

A load of hair ties

Shampoo (the generic kind)

Conditioner

And two photos of her family.

The first picture was old especially because you could barely see the rounding of her mother's figure and her father was there, this was the day he shipped out for the last time. She had never gotten a chance to meet him but the way John spoke of him, Thomas was a great dad. John had his hands wrapped around his father's knees, smiling up at the stern soldier as Dad threw his head back possibly laughing. Her mom, Hannah, was enveloped in a bear hug by the handsome man, her blonde hair as straight as a poker down her back, nothing like her auburn mess. She missed them already.

The other was a more recent example of her family. Jill sat on her mom's lap giving her usual nonchalant smile, her brother gathering their mother in the normal Shepard bear hug. Her arm was around his.

She sat the pictures to the side as she whipped her falling tears away just as he new roommate emerged.

"Hey it's you." Rahna said smiling.

"Hey." Shepard returned the smile, gathering her few possessions back into the bag.

"Do you know when lunch is?" Shepard said returning to her growling stomach.

"Ahh I think now." She laughed as she delicately placed her things into her footlocker. "Want to go with me?"

"Yeah sure." Shepard said, jumping up off her bed. "You lead the way I don't know where I'm going."

"You didn't get a map?" Rahna asked holding up her data pad as she led Shepard out of their shared room.

"No." Shepard contemplated why she hadn't gotten a map.

"You can borrow mine." Rahna smiled at her new friend. "I'm good at memorizing things." She handed Shepard the data pad just as they emerged into the cafeteria.

"Thanks I'm always getting lost." She glanced around the Cafeteria; there were thousands of kids in the one room.

"Wow. I didn't know there were this many biotics." Shepard stood appalled in the entryway.

"Yeah there are a lot of us." She handed Shepard a tray.

"Thanks." Shepard said falling in line behind Rahna just as a very handsome biotic emerged into the room his black hair perfectly placed on top of his head, he had whiskey brown eyes that seemed to eat away all of her thoughts.

"Sorry." He said as he forced his way between the girls, reaching for a tray.

"No problem." Rahna spoke first. "I'm Rahna this is Jillian."

"Hi I'm Kaidan." His voice echoed inside Jillian's head.

"You're the girl from the shuttle. The one who stood up to Vyrnnus?" He said as Jillian gathered a boatload of mashed potatoes on to her plate.

"Yeah. I am." Shepard smiled at him as he did the same, gathering even more potatoes than her.