A/N: This fanfic is a crossover between the tv show Stargate: SG-1 and the book Shade's Children by Garth Nix. If you haven't read Shade's Children, it's fine, you'll just be finding everything out about the world Nix created as SG-1 does.

For those of you who have read Shade's Children, this is a definite AU. I have created my own main characters to replace Ella, Drum, Gold-Eye, and Ninde. Shade, of course, is still in the story, and all the other changes I've made should become apparent pretty quickly. Cheers!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything that you recognize from either Stargate: SG-1 or Shade's Children. All original characters and content are mine.

Chapter One – Another Day on the Job

"7th chevron locked," the techie stated, eyes trained on the screen before him. No one in the control room even flinched as the stargate opened and the preliminary splash shot from the blue puddle. They were all far too used to this to be surprised. This was just another day on the job… a very interesting, and at times unpredictable and life threatening, job. The techie's eyes darted across the computer screen as he tapped several keys on the keyboard in front of him. "Activating the mount ," he informed General Hammond, who responded with a nod.

"Three seconds," the techie murmured.

A second computer screen showed the mount's read-out. Everyone in the control room gathered around it and waited for the electronic disturbance to clear. A picture came in, faint and colorless; the screen jumped twice, then it cleared. The screen showed a dimly lit street lined with dilapidated buildings that looked similar to an assortment of modern American skyscrapers and apartment buildings. It could have been downtown Chicago if it weren't for the eerie silence and emptiness that pervaded the entire street. Nine sets of eyes scanned the visible landscape for any sign of a threat, but could find none. The oxygen levels were safe, the temperature was relative to their own… everything seemed to be conducive to human life. Major Samantha Carter informed General Hammond of this. "Sir," she said, "P3X-99E appears to be habitable."

"Well then," he said, turning to Colonel O'Neill, "it looks like you have a go. Assemble SG-1 and meet in the gate room in 15 minutes."

"Yes sir," O'Neill nodded and pushed himself off the wall he had been leaning against. He turned to Carter. "Shall we?"

She grinned a bit and responded, "Yes sir." The two of them quickly walked out of the control room.

Fifteen minutes later saw the four members of SG-1 gathering before the stargate, fastening buckles and doing last minute weapon checks. "SG-1 are you ready?" came General Hammond's voice over the loudspeaker in the gate room.

O'Neill gave him a thumbs up. "Ready when you are sir."

"Good to hear it Colonel." There was a pause as he stepped away from the microphone and directed his attention to the ever-present techie. "Commence dialing." The techie nodded with a muttered "yes sir" and pushed his glasses up higher on the bridge of his nose before turning to his keyboard.

Teal'c, Major Carter, Colonel O'Neill, and Dr. Jackson watched impassively as the gate turned, locking the seven symbols into place, and activating the gateway to the galaxy. Slipping on his sunglasses, O'Neill stepped forward and said, "Let's go."

The four team members of SG-1 walked up the ramp at a steady pace and stepped through the gate with a confidence born of familiarity. After all, it was just another day on the job…

A/N: So what do you think so far? I'm pretty sure it hasn't been done before… at least not that I know of. It's a plot bunny that I've been playing with for quite a while, and finally decided to try expanding it into a fanfic.