An: Merry X-Mas! I don't know much about Vulcan pregnancies so much of this is made up. Enjoy!
T'Pring was beyond angry when Spock told her that Nyota was not only coming to live in the Vulcan palace, but also carrying his child. It didn't worry T'Pring about fighting Nyota's child for succession, because Sinok being the eldest and a full-blooded Vulcan would inherit. Still, it was insulting that a human woman would live side by side with her and sleep with her husband.
Stonn was a much better choice. He hated the humans with a passion. He respected T'Pring and wanted to be with her. But she was stuck with Spock until the day she died.
She was pacing back and forward in her bedroom. Sinok was sleeping in his mother's bed even though Spock forbade it. To him it was illogical for a child to sleep with his mother, but T'Pring needed comfort.
Stonn knocked on the door and T'Pring opened it.
"Stonn," T'Pring said with a hidden passion.
Stonn knew better than to come inside the Queen's bedroom and so he stayed in the doorway.
"Your highness, I heard about what happened. This is a great insult to the Vulcan race."
T'Pring shook, "Spock is an insult to the Vulcan race!"
No longer able to hold her emotions due in part to her pregnancy, T'Pring began to cry.
"I come from a long line of noble Vulcans and I must endure this embarrassment!"
Stonn hesitated for a moment. "My lady you are not the first Vulcan queen to watch as her husband parades around his whores. Empress T'Rea watched as Emperor Sarek made love to his human lover Amanda."
T'Pring grumbled when hearing Amanda's name. Empress T'Rea died because of her.
"Emperor Sarek's love for this woman spelled T'Rea's doom and her young son was exiled from Vulcan." Stonn knew the truth behind the death of T'Rea and the civil war that broke out. Although Stonn was not of noble birth, he was by way of a distant ancestor related to T'Rea's family.
T'Pring however did not. Nor did Spock.
"I never understood why Emperor Sarek would exile Sybok and not Spock. Both were T'Rea's children." T'Pring asked.
He wanted to kiss her and so he moved in closer to her.
T'Pring noticed Stonn's attempts to get next to her and stepped back.
"I won't let you kill yourself for me!" She whispered.
"I always loved you T'Pring even when we were children. Do you know how it feels to want something and can't have it? The day your family told me I couldn't marry you, was the day I vowed I would do whatever it took to get close to you. That is why I work for the Prince."
T'Pring's heart fluttered.
"I can't…."
Stonn continued, "I wanted to kill Prince Spock the day of your marriage. To see you with another man almost arouse the primitive and barbaric desires within me!"
He moved in closer and T'Pring found her feet stuck.
She wanted Stonn too, but if discovered the Emperor would have her and his entire families killed.
But before she could say anything, Stonn reached and kissed her.
The dam that held back her passions broke and T'Pring despite being pregnant with Spock's child kissed Stonn. Hard.
Stonn attempted to lift up her dress and curse Spock when he felt the tiny bump of life within her.
T'Pring let him spread open her legs as he began to remove his clothing.
Moving into the room, they closed the door and Stonn took off her top.
Both were so immerse in the lovemaking neither realized that T'Pring's young son was in the bed. Wide-awake.
Sinok was too young to grasp what it was he was seeing, but he knew betrayal when he saw it.
T'Pring and Stonn were half-naked with Stonn proceeding to enter T'Pring and pleasure her in ways Spock never could.
"Stonn…." T'Pring whispered.
"MOTHER!" A small voice screamed out and T'Pring pulled from Stonn faster than a ship going at warp speed.
Putting on her clothes T'Pring who was out of breath cursed herself for her illogical action.
"Oh no! Sinok!" T'Pring covered her mouth as Stonn put back on his clothing.
Stonn didn't look at Sinok who reminded him of Spock.
T'Pring pointed to the door.
"Please, you must leave Stonn!"
Stonn said nothing and left.
"I was born on Earth?" Syon asked.
Nyota nodded her head, "Yes, you were born in Japan in the House of Sulu."
T'Rina and Tarek exchanged glances.
No Vulcan had ever been born off world.
Nyota needed to explain.
"Syon, when I was pregnant with you, I had no idea what was going to happen to me. I was a child trying to survive in an adult world." Nyota hesitated to tell her son that she considered abortion before Duchess Himiko persuaded her not too. Inside of Nyota's womb was a member of the most powerful families in the galaxy and now she had power and authority.
Because Duchess Himiko helped Nyota give birth to the Prince, Spock increased House Sulu's economic and political power.
Everyone hand's were in the cookie jar. Everyone wanted his or her cut.
"How soon after my birth did you come to Vulcan? Surely, shortly there after." Syon asked. He was learning a lot not just about his mother, but also himself.
Nyota grinned.
Telling the story of her life made her forget she was dying.
"Let me talk about the horrific five months of pregnancy and then we can talk about the odyssey getting to Vulcan."
"Five months?" Her daughter T'Rina asked.
Nyota nodded her head.
"Vulcan pregnancies are normally thirteen months, human pregnancies are nine months, and hybrids are in between. Since, I have had three pregnancies, with two boys lasting five months and one girl lasting seven months; I guess it varies by sex. I'm not sure, but it was the most horrific times of my life and that is saying something for a woman living under the wrath of T'Pring."
"Horrific is an illogical choice of words." Said Tarek who felt insulted.
"Vulcans have copper base blood, which is why you all bleed green when cut and humans have iron base blood. which is why ours are red. Typically, Vulcans and humans don't interbreed with one another. There is a reason for that. For a woman, especially a fragile human woman, carrying a Vulcan child causes havoc on her body. I was medication, I swelled three times a normal size for a pregnant woman, I had nosebleeds, and I had high blood pressure, and suffered from severe bouts of vertigo. So I have every right to say it was horrific, not to mention good old fashion human gassiness, morning sickness, irritability, and swollen feet."
Her children understood.
Spock had to prepare for the arrival of his father who was back from his mission on Solaris Prime.
Sybok had been exiled there and so Spock wondered if his father made an effort to visit him. Probably not.
Emperor Sarek needed to talk to his son about his mother and the truth behind her death. He hadn't wanted to do this, but his son needed to be prepared and for another reason.
That damned human woman, Nyota.
If Nyota gave birth to Spock's child, there will be genetic testing which would reveal Spock's human ancestry. The child would be genetically more human and expose Spock for the half-breed fraud that he was.
He needed to convince his son to kill Nyota's child once it was brought to Vulcan.
Spock entered the throne room with his father sitting his chair. Someday it would be Spock's chair.
"Father, peace and long life."
"I certainly hope so."
Spock knew something was wrong.
"Speak your mind father."
"There is too much of me in you. I had a fondness for human women and so do you. I know about you and Nyota. I know that she is pregnant and now you must do something for the good of the empire."
Spock was confused.
"Nyota is only a human. Her child will not inherit the throne. No child of a concubine can inherit."
Emperor Sarek took a deep breath.
"A child of a concubine will inherit the throne!"
Spock raised an eyebrow.
"Spock, I didn't want to tell you this, but I heard about Sybok and his work with the Romulans. He knows your secret, a secret I have spent years trying to cover up, but to no avail. T'Rea was not your mother, she was Sybok's mother, and Sybok is your half brother."
"Half?"
Somewhere inside Spock knew that T'Rea wasn't his mother, but he always thought that perhaps another Vulcan woman was.
"Your mother is a human woman named Amanda. I was in love with her and T'Rea killed her out of jealousy. That is what caused the civil war and why I exiled Sybok. Sybok didn't have the heart and willpower to rule this empire. Only you do my son."
Spock was floored. He was half-human!
"Father! How can this be?"
"You must tell no one about this! However, I didn't want you to be caught unaware. I should I have told you this before you started sleeping around with human women. So that you could be more careful where you sowed your seeds."
Spock still didn't understand the Nyota connection until his father said 'sowing seeds'.
"Like with all royal births there will be genetic testing done and they will discover your secret if you allow this woman to bear a child that will be more human than Vulcan. You must kill this child and kill the woman."
Spock eyes widen. He hadn't gotten over being told that he was part human. Humans with their primitive, barbaric, simple pleasures and illogical thinking were the bain of the Vulcan empire and to know he was half was insulting. Human blood flowed through his veins and were apart of his genetic makeup. His mother was a concubine of this father's and T'Rea was not his mother.
"I don't think…."
"You must Spock!"
"There has to be another way! Perhaps, we can genetically enhance the child to have its DNA be more Vulcan, but killing my own flesh and blood is not an option! I can always do the testing secretly and change the results. I am a Vulcan Prince!"
This was the first time Sarek ever seen Spock care for someone than himself. It was pleasing but still Sarek wasn't willing to risk it.
"You also face another problem my son."
"What?"
"T'Pring might come after Nyota out of jealousy."
"T'Pring won't touch Nyota!"
During dinner, I kept my eyes low so not to look at Hikaru's, but I knew he was watching my every move.
He wanted to talk but since I outranked him, I had to be the first.
"So you are Captain Sulu?" I asked playfully.
He smiled.
"Yes, but I don't think I will be in it for long. Working for Starfleet is exhausting. Just last month we fought a battle with the Romulans and I lost three good friends."
"I am sorry to hear that."
"They were good people. The Vulcans are masters of divide and conquer. This is their war, but humans are fighting it. The Emperor won't even send Vulcan reinforcements."
I looked over at my mother who smiled and lowered her head.
Nassir was playing with his food as Syon sat there well behaved.
"I am happy to transport you to San Francisco so that you can see our advancements with the Red Matter. It's dangerous however; this stuff can cause black holes."
I didn't know why Spock asked me to come and investigate this. I had no experience or science education, but I figure there was a reason.
"I am only doing this for….."
"I know." Hikaru was like Stonn, a man in search for something he couldn't have.
Stonn was an unhappy thought. Nevertheless, I did pity him.
"I think we should go to the Botanical Gardens! Mother has told me there are some new plants there."
The look on Hikaru's face reminded of Spock's the day in the garden.
"I would love that."
(1 month and two weeks later House of Sulu)
Nyota stomach grew rapidly and she looked like she was nine months pregnant instead of one.
She was also bedridden and sick.
Hikaru worried greatly about her.
Himiko worried about what would happen if Nyota or the child died.
But trouble was descending on the House of Sulu and Nyota could do nothing about it.
"Duke Hikaru, they came about five in the morning and demanded to speak with you!" Fuma dressed Hikaru as he walked towards the guest room. "I told them to leave but they wouldn't!"
"Did you tell my mother?"
The servant bowed.
"Yes, and she is contacting Prince Spock right now."
Hikaru banged his hand on the wall. "Fools! They know better than to come here! Nyota is carrying the Prince's child."
"But they don't know she is pregnant. She is untouchable and so is family who cares for her."
Hikaru and Fuma walked into the guest room.
"I told you that if you kept Nyota away from me it would be an act of war." Jabari stood up and looked at Hikaru.
With him were his bodyguards and his father, Antar.
Hikaru despite being much younger stood his ground.
"Nyota no longer belongs to you!"
"What did you say boy?" Jabari snapped.
Hikaru wanted to laugh, because these men had made the trip for nothing.
"Nyota is pregnant with Prince Spock's child which means she is the property of the Vulcan Empire!"
An: Like? More twisted secrets and betrayal coming. Who knew that concubines' lives could be so interesting? Anyone feel sorry for Stonn?