Title: Past, Present, and Future

Summary: Daniel gets the chance to change a horrific event in his past, but to what cost?

Rating: T

Disclaimer: As always I do not own Stargate or any of the characters in it.

Chapter 2: Dreams

"I am giving you the opportunity to go back in time and save your wife."

Daniel stared at the man across from him in awe. "Save my wife? How is that possible?" He pinched himself, certain that he was dreaming.

"I have the means to take you back in time, once there you can save your wife from dying. However, if this is what you choose to do, there will be consequences." Rogy clasped his hands together and stared sullenly at Daniel.

Daniel was still trying to piece together what Rogy was telling him. Of course he wanted to save Sha're, but he knew that if he changed the past, that it would make everything else that has happened since then different, and not necessarily for the better. "What kind of consequences?"

"You would basically be changing all of the events that have happened since her death, and you will not know whether or not you will be making the universe a better or a worse place because of it."

Daniel nodded. "Yes, I figured that. So I am guessing that you cannot tell me which choice would be better for my future as well as the universe?"

Rogy frowned at him. "Technically I can, but I will not because I cannot make this decision for you. It is your choice."

Daniel considered what Rogy had just said to him. "I...I can't decide this right now, I need time to think it over."

"Of course, I can give you a week to decide. Return to me at that time and let me know what you have chosen."

Daniel stood up. "I will. Thank you."

He wandered out of the building and back into the town square where the rest of SG-1 was waiting for him.

Vala saw him first and immediately bounded over to him. "So what did they give you?"

Daniel wasn't sure what to tell Vala and the others, but he needed some friendly advice so he decided to be truthful. "Rogy didn't give me anything of material substance. He gave me the opportunity to go back in time to save Sha're."

Vala's cheery face slumped visibly. "Sha're? You mean your wife?"

Daniel couldn't meet her eyes. "Yes, my wife."

"Oh, and what did you say?" Vala's voice became weaker.

"Nothing yet, I have a week to decide."

By that time, the rest of the team had come over and had heard about the opportunity given to their friend.

Sam looked visibly upset. "Daniel, I know how much you still miss Sha're, but you know how I feel about changing the past. Who knows what would happen if you did that."

Daniel sighed and ran his hand through his short hair. "I know Sam, but it could make things better, it would be a big risk, but I think it would be worth it."

"Then you have decided Daniel Jackson?" Teal'c raised his eyebrow at him.

Daniel shook his head. "No, not yet. It is a big decision."

"Damn right it is Jackson! I know that I never got to meet your wife, but maybe you should just let the past be the past and just look towards the future." Cameron crossed his arms in sincerity.

Daniel through his hands up in the air in frustration. "I get it! Look, I promise that I will take everybody's opinion into consideration, but this is my choice."

"Of course it is Daniel, but this decision could very well affect all of us, not just you," Sam said.

"I know!" Daniel was shouting now.

The team members all argued with Daniel for several moments. Vala was the only one who kept her opinion to herself. She stood outside of the circle that the others had formed hugging her arms around herself.

Eventually, the team stopped fighting with Daniel. He noticed that Vala was oddly quiet and had not fought him as the others did. "Vala? You are uncharacteristically quiet, don't you want to persuade me not to go back as well?"

Vala looked up at Daniel. "It is your choice, I cannot make it for you."

Daniel looked at her in shock. "That's it?"

"Yep," she said not looking at him.

Daniel looked at the others. "See? Vala isn't fighting me about this!"

Sam shook her head. "I think it is safe to say that we are all done arguing with you for now. You know how we feel about it."

That night, when SG-1 had returned home, Daniel laid in his bed thinking about what he should do. For as much pain as he had been through in his life, there were not many things that Daniel would consider changing the past for. However, saving Sha're was different. She was his wife, a sweet and caring woman that he still missed.

He slowly drifted off to sleep, he dreamt of Sha're.

Daniel looked down and saw that he was dressed in the clothing that he had worn when he was on Abydos.

"Daniel?" Sha're's voice called out to him, her heavy accent making his name sound more like 'Danielle' than 'Daniel'.

He looked up and saw his beautiful wife standing before him. He quickly wrapped his arms around her and kissed her forehead. "Sha're, I've missed you."

She pulled back and smiled at him. "I know you have. I've missed you too."

"I've been given the opportunity to go back in time and save your life."

Shock registered on her face. "But, would I not still be a host to a Goa'uld?"

Daniel shook his head. "No, now we know of ways to extract the Goa'uld from the host."

She frowned. "But, if you went back in time, you would no longer remember that information."

Daniel hadn't thought of that before. He would be reliving several years of his life over again, would he even remember anything that had happened to him before? "But, there is a way, so I could find that way again."

"Are you going to go back and save me Daniel?" She looked at him sadly.

He couldn't keep her gaze. "I don't know yet. I do want to save you, but there is so much else involved with it, so many risks I'd have to take."

She tilted his face upwards. "I understand, I know that there are many consequences that come with a decision like that."

He looked into her deep brown eyes. "Thank you Sha're." He kissed her cheek.

Daniel awoke with a start. He wasn't quite sure if he was really talking to some form of Sha're in his dream or if his mind had just conjured her up.

He looked at his clock, surprised to see that it was morning already. Before he could get up to get ready for the day, somebody knocked on the door to his quarters.

He put his glasses on and sat up. "Come in."

A sleepy looking Vala entered the room and shut the door behind her. "Can we talk?" She bit her lip.

Daniel sighed but nodded. "Yeah sure, come sit down."

Vala sat on the edge of the bed. "Have you made a decision yet?" Her gaze never left the floor.

"No, why do you ask?"

She finally looked up at him with a sad look in her eyes. "Well, if you change the past, we might never meet, and if we never meet, I may never change my ways or get to come to Earth at all."

He considered her statement. "Yes, I suppose that is true, but I'm sure you would have eventually changed for the better even if you had never met me."

She shook her head. "No, I'm not so sure I would have. You and the rest of SG-1 have really helped me better myself. Especially you Daniel." She looked him in the eye.

"I knew you had it in you, and I was right. If I do decide to go back and save my wife, you won't remember that we even had this conservation, you won't know any different."

"You mean like we don't remember what happened to us during our fifty years on the Odyssey?"

Daniel nodded. "Yes, sort of like that. You can't miss what you never knew you had."

She still looked sad. "I guess you're right." She looked like she wanted to say more, but she got up to leave.

Daniel got up as well. "Was there something else?"

She turned back, a smirk playing on her lips. "Yeah, you look sexy with your hair all messy like that." With that said she walked out of his room.

Daniel shook his head but smiled, only Vala could go from having a serious conversation one moment to flirting with him the next.

End of Chapter 2. Reviews are always appreciated! :)

-J