Author's note: let's see... I guess you should know I tend to write short chapters, but they should be coming sooner because I'm almost finished school for winter holiday. I just saw "It's a Wonderful Life" this weekend and it inspired me once again.





"An Oldie But a Goodie"
by: the archduke

disclaimer: I don't own GW, but I do own Samantha. I also don't own this premise.
It belongs to the owners of "It's a Wonderful Life".



Chapter 2


Heero slowly opened his eyes. He was on the ground on the banks of the river
underneath the bridge, with a very sore head. He looked around for any signs of that
strange girl. Upon finding that he was very much alone, he closed his eyes and sighed.
He figured he must have jumped from the bridge and washed ashore, hitting his head in the
process, which caused him to have that weird dream.

"Damn," he muttered to himself, "mission failed."

"Don't be so hard on yourself, Heero. I mean I am a very formidable opponent. Really, you didn't stand a chance."

Heero's eyes snapped opened at the voice. Standing in front of him, with an amused expression on her face, was the girl from his "dream". He supposed it wasn't a dream after all.

Heero stood up and asked, "Where did you come from? You weren't here a second ago. And what did you do to me? My head is aching." He still didn't know who this girl was or what she wanted with him. He was trained to never trust anyone. That was suddenly turning out to be very sound advice.

Samantha looked up at Heero and then tooked his arm, leading him away from the river and towards the road.

"You should really be more trusting Heero. Even if I wanted too, which I don't mind you, it's not like I could harm you in any way." The girl then got a gleam in her eyes. "You aren't afraid of me Heero, are you? Because I can tell you that I'm perfectly harmless. No need to be scared." She then gave his arm a comforting pat.

Heero looked down at the girl and quickly withdrew his arm from her grasp. He could tell that she was making fun of him, and no one made fun of Heero Yuy without consequences. Duo could vouch for that.

"Look little girl," Heero started, but was quickly interupted with a, "It's Samantha, Heero, my name is Samantha." Upon seeing the glare he was throwing her way she quickly shut up.

He stopped in his tracks and looked down at his companion. "Listen girl, I don't know why you're following me, but stop. Go back home to your parents or wherever you came from and leave me alone."

Samantha suddenly broke out in a huge grin, making Heero wonder if this girl was sane or not. He was leaning towards 'or not'.

"We're here Heero."

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"An Oldie But a Goodie"
by: the archduke

disclaimer: I don't own GW, but I do own Samantha. I also don't own this premise.
It belongs to the owners of "It's a Wonderful Life".


Chapter 3


They were standing in front of a military base which Heero had never seen before. That in itself was peculiar because he didn't remember there being a base in this neighborhood. Even stranger was that this was an active base, with mobile suits wandering freely about, some even engaging in military manuevers. He immediately grabbed Samantha and hid behind some bushes that were nearby.

"Heero, what are you doing. Let me go," Samantha yelled as he settled them within the foliage.

Heero clamped his hand over her mouth, silencing her. "Be quiet," he admonished in a whisper. As the girl was trying to struggle out of his grasp he looked over at the base. He surmised it was some sort of militia group, preparing for an upcoming battle. He was surprised that they were training out in the open like they were. Preventors' satellites would have immediately picked up the activity and intervened. Obviously someone was asleep at the switch. He would have to talk to Lady Une and Relena about this once he got back.

He suddenly felt a sharp pain in the hand covering Samantha's mouth and instinctivly withdrew it. "Finally," she panted. "What were you trying to do Heero, suffocate me or something? Geez," she saw him move to repeat the action and quickly moved out of his grasp.

"This isn't some rebel group Heero," she said, seeming to read his mind. "This is the base for the 5th Region OZ Army, led by General Chang Wufei." Upon seeing his confused expression, which he seemed to wear a lot lately, she continued.

"Remember what I said before Heero? We're seeing what life would be like if you never existed. The world is a whole different place than what you're used to. In this world, OZ succeeded in toppling the government, making Treize Khushrenada the Supreme Ruler of the Earth. Once conquering Earth, Treize had little trouble with the colonies, treating them as second class citizens inferior to the Earth. Not that the Earth was in such great shape. Treize and OZ lead with an iron fist, suppressing even the slightest threat to their rule. Free speech and freedom of the press are non-existent, and people are jailed for even suggesting that a new government should be placed into power. It's really a sad state Heero. All because you weren't born."

"How can this be? Relena wouldn't let anything like this happen?"

"Relena is different in this world, Heero. Just like all your other friends. By not meeting you their lives went down a different path, a path which dosen't lead to pacifism." At his questioning gaze she continued. "You'll see what I mean. We'll see all your friends and how they now live their lives. First up is Wufei."