Okay, so to get the usual out of the way: Anything you recognize, I do not own. i do own the female protagonist of this "story" (I'll get into that in a moment). So, T'vari is mine. I generally shy away from OC pairings, because I either don't like the MarySue effect that tends to creep in, or because I get jealous of those characters. This is the first time i actually decided to write/publish a story like this myself.
Now, T'vari was created when I first found out about the new movie and watched the trailers (had them running in the background for 10 hours straight during night shift for 4 weeks), so I had to work with what litte info there was: Spock (Prime) going back in time and changing the future. Simply, right? Yeah... Only that when I actually watched the movie, I found out that my perfectly created character... couldn't actually get her man... uhm... alien. Of course that didn't change the outcome, I would just have to remove some obstacles. So, taking the movie as it is I inserted her in there, slightly tweaking her until she would sort of fit in there.
She has been floating around my head ever since, giving me flashes of ideas, scenes and damnit if my muse didn't make me start write seemingly unrelated scenes at 5 am in the morning. This is it, really, the first scene I couldn't help but write. I have a few more scenes written up already, and decided to post them as one story, rather than a number of one shots, because it is essentially her story, after the new movie. I will most likely get into how I imagine her within the movie at some point, or her story before. I do not promise that the scenes will be linear or fitted together, but i think eventually it will become clearer.
Enough ramblings from me, on with the story.
She was laying on her back, in her quarters, in the dark. Surrounded by the sounds she thought she would never hear again. The low hum of the ship's engine, a gentle vibration one does not notice until it is suddenly gone. The miniscule lurge as the ship went to warp.
She was home.
She stared at the ceiling, listening to the sounds of long time past, reflecting on what she had seen in the last weeks, reflecting on how eveything had changed.
Her door chime went off, alerting her. She blinked once, her eyes the only thing moving towards the door before she sat up, quietly calling "Enter."
The door opened with a swishing sound, softly echoing in the silence of the darkened room, light filtering in through the opening, surrounding a familiar shape.
She squinted her eyes and lightly shook her head. Her visitor was not the person she had grown familiar with over a lifetime. She had not stood next to him in battle, both physical and diplomatic. Had not shared long evenings of companionable silence, working deep into the night. Had not...
She shook her head again and looked up.
"Yes, Spock?"
"I..." was that hesitation in his voice?
She got up from her bed, motioning the half vulcan scientist to come in and let the door close behind him.
"Lights, dim." she ordered the computer, and the room was flooded in enough light to make it comfortable for both of them to see.
"You wish to know more about... my past with him." she stated. It was not really a question, she already knew he would come to her sooner or later. He was, after all, a scientist. It was only logical.
Spock inclined his head, as he had done so often before, but he was so young, it was disconcerting. Even she had never known him this young. And she had known him for a long time.
She took a calming breath and motioned Spock to sit down.
"I will not tell you any more than what I am about to say. I will not influence you in that way."
She went to one corner of the room and picked up her tea making kit, a new one as she had not been able to take anything with her from her previous life, and started the old ritual he had once tought her.
"You already know why I am here."
Spock nodded slowly. She could almost see his mind running at warp speed.
"I was his protector for a long time. He saved my life and I vowed to protect him. I kept my promise. I came to know him better. I started to admire him. I trust him with my life. And when he says that I should stay with you now, to protect you, because he doesn't need protection where he is going, then that is what I will do. But, I would only do it for him. And I only do it, because it is you."
She held out a cup to Spock, who gingerly took it from her, seemlessly following that old ritual she had learnt from his counterpart.
"May I inquire as to who exactly you are?" He looked at her in that way, curiosity evident in his eyes, wondering.
She lowered her eyes. "I am T'vari. I have no home. No homeworld. No origin. When I was found I had no memory beyond the time I had spent among the local population. But is was obvious I was not part of them."
An eyebrow rose.
She took a deep breath. "When I came on board of the Enterprise, Bones had me checked out. He tried to find out where I came from." she shrugged. "He never was able to figure it out.
She could see in the way his head rose ever so slightly, the intake of breath, the small movement of the eyes, that he was about to argue on that topic.
"We have searched a lifetime for the answer, Spock. I am not sure it is even out there. I am who I am. I like who I am. And I have a job to do." A soft smile flittered across her lips.
She moved quietly, fluently over to stand before this young man who was so much like him and yet... Her hand cupped his cheek before she knew it had happened and her breath came harsher than her usually controled body functions.
His confused eyes were locked on hers, his breathing shallow, his skin tinting green. His mouth opened but no sound came out.
As quickly as it had happened, she turned away from him. "You should leave now, Spock." almost inaudible, but she knew he could hear her.
He stood up slowly, turning towards the door. She heard the tell-tale swish, saw the light shining in.
"Perhaps we can continue this discussion on another occation." He murmured softly. Then he was gone.
She breathed a sigh of relief. And dropped onto her knees.
This might be getting more complicated than originally anticipated.
Please comment *points at review button* and tell me if I should even bother putting up more scenes here, because I am still unsure how people react to T'vari. Thank you for reading this at all, I really appreciate it!