Alright, so I have a problem with finishing stories longer than a one-shot. And I have lots of unfinished plot bunnies, some only very short, some a few paragraphs long with some vague ideas, some with several chapters that I lost inspiration for. I might pick one or more of them up again later, but not any time soon. So I figured, why not share them so someone else might make use of them? So feel free to use these, just give me a notice if you post the story (I love seeing what you come up with) and link back to the plunny that inspired you. Have fun!

Disclaimer: I own nothing you might recognize from any fandom, just the idea for the stories.

Prologue

At the end of her ordeal, all the fourteen-year-old girl had had enough. Enough of the hypocrite people, who changed their opinion with every article in the paper, going from the worst kind of monster to their greatest savior and back again over the course of her live.

She was tired, so very, very tired. And so she left.

She changed her name from Heather Artemis Potter-Black to Jade Sheppard, taking her maternal grandmother's maiden name. She took potions to heal her body of any damage having been done to it, ranging from the malnourishment and injures caused by her aunt and uncle's 'loving' care to the injures she gained during her years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, fighting Voldemort and his minions. Then, finally, she took a potion that made her unable to use magic ever again.

Emancipated and taking a part of her inheritance along with her, she left for the States, where she was born, abolishing her British citizenship.

In the States, she finished her normal, 'Muggle' education, starting at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) at age 17. During her time there, she gained a Bachelor, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, with minors in Mathematics and Aeronautics.

Being 21 years old, she entered the United States Air Force, and ended up doing several top secret missions, due to her talent when it comes to flying. She rose ranks fast, she is currently a Major. She had only just become a Captain when she disobeyed an order, saving several lives. She would have gotten off with a slap on the hand because of the outcome, but one of the people she saved had connections to people in high places, so they made her Major. It didn't make her very popular with the rest of the Force.

Now, August 2004, the 24-year-old Jade is flying in Antarctica, in part as punishment for her last assignment. She doesn't mind. After all, she prefers the cold over the heat. And this is when she gets dragged into another adventure…

Chapter One: The Rising

"Apache, Black Hawk, Cobra, Osprey …" I list all aircraft I can fly in.

"That's a lot of training for the Antarctic." General O'Neill, my passenger comments.

I sort of shrug. "It was the one continent I never set foot on."

"It's one of my least favorite continents." He answers.

"I kinda like it here." I answer.

"You like it here?" O'Neill sounds surprised.

"Yes, sir." I check my instruments. "Be there in about ten minutes, sir."

About half a minute later, a voice comes through the radio. "All inbound craft, we have a rogue drone that could seek a target on its own. Land immediately and shut down your engines. This is not a drill. I repeat…"

At that point, a notice a bright light coming right at us. "It's too late. Hang on!" I warn my passenger as I change direction. The drone circles around and comes at us from behind. Again I abruptly change course. Again the drone swings around and heads towards us.

"Break right." O'Neill orders, but I ignore him, banking to the left. The drone whizzes past us again. "I said right!"

"I'm getting to that, sir." I answer as I go to the right. The drone goes past, but I lose track of it. "I can't see it."

"Pull up! Pull up!" The general tells me as the drone comes straight at us from the front. I go into a steep dive. The drone shoots over the top of them. "What about now?" O'Neill asks.

"Now's good." I answer as the drone hits the ice. I bring the helicopter down, landing it.

"Shut it down!" The general orders.

I yank on a handle to shut the engines down. "Sir? What the hell was that?" I ask as the engine slowly turns off.

General holds up his finger. "Wait for it."

The drone smashes over the top of a snow dune ahead of us and heads for the helicopter, which is still shutting down. "Get out!" I tell him as I reach for my seatbelt.

I open the door, checking on O'Neill as he opens his, then take a flying leap out of my door.

For several long, long moments, it stays quiet. I look back, noticing an object laying in front of the General from under the helicopter. The drone, I guess. Feeling the danger has passed, I cautiously stand up and walk back to the helicopter.

My uniform now covered in snow, I get back as the General does the same on his side. We sit there for a moment, a little breathless and stunned.

"That was different." And way more deathly than a bludger, I add in my mind.

"For me, not so much." O'Neill answers.

I look at him. "Must have been one heck of a career, sir."

He smiles at me. "You have no idea."

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Fifteen minutes later, I walk out of an elevator, behind General O'Neill. "Jack!" A brown-haired guy greets him.

"Daniel! Warm welcome." O'Neill answers.

"Wasn't me. How did you manage to, uh…?" 'Daniel' asks. I look around curiously. Most of the stuff here looks very, very advanced.

"Keep my ass from getting blown out of the sky?" O'Neill turns and gestures to me. "The exceptional flying of Major Jade Sheppard. She likes it here." I look up as I hear my name.

"Exceptional." Daniel looks surprised. "You like it here?"

I shrug. O'Neill turns to Daniel as the two of them start to walk away. "What say we skip to the part where you start talking real fast?"

I follow, looking around. "Ah. Weir's in here." Daniel tells the General, leading the way.

O'Neill turns to me. "Hey. Don't touch anything."

"Yes, sir." I stand in the middle of the room and looks around, a little bewildered. People look at me for a moment, then go back to their own work. What is this place?

So I decide to look around. As long as I don't touch anything I should be fine, right?

There are a lot of people here, and all of them are working on the technology that I would almost say looks alien. I walk though the place, looking around, studying everything. I then hear a voice. "The second I shut my eyes, I could see. I felt power I've never had before. I had it dancing all across the sky. It was magical, it really was." I walk into a room with a large chair in the center. A brown-haired man is talking to another brown-haired man and a blond woman.

"They're lucky. I don't know where it came from. I just tried to concentrate and the drone shut itself down." The talking man laughs.

"So you were the one." I conclude out loud.

The man turns to me nervously. "Me?" The other two walk away, focusing, or pretending to, anyway, on their work.

I walk up to the man. "You were the one who fired that thing at us."

"Look we're doing research; working with technology that's light years beyond us and we make mistakes." The man tells me, looking upset. I study the chair. "I'm incredibly, incredibly sorry."

He looks sincere, so I decide to forgive him. "Well, next time just be a little more careful, OK?" I tell him.

"That's what I said." He answered.

"What the hell was that thing anyway?" I ask.

"You mean the drone?" I nod at his question. "The weapon the Ancients built to defend this outpost."

"The who?" I ask.

He looks at me suspiciously. "You do have security clearance to be here?"

"Yeah, yeah. General O'Neill just gave it to me." I gesture to where I last saw the General.

His eyes widen. "Then you don't even know about the Stargate."

"The what?" I ask.

Further details: So this was supposed to be a fem!Harry is a fem!Shepard, which would start similar to Stargate Atlantis, but would change slightly (with a cumulative effect as the story continued) due to the gender change and changed background, and eventually the Wizarding World would get involved too. The when and how of the introduction of the WW I was unsure of, and my knowledge of military practice, which Jade would know, is minimal, which meant way too much research than I currently have no time for.