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The Apprentice: SG-1 Series

Chapter 11: Birthday Surprises

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Mission, mission, and more missions. It seems like we barely get any time off from saving the galaxy from the Goa'uld. The most notable of our last missions would be when a freaken bounty hunter named Aris Boch captured us and tried to force us to help him capture a Tok'ra, the next notable mission of the week would be when we had to rescue this woman tied to stake who was supposed to be sacrificed to a freaken demon. And worst of all said demon turned out to be a a Goa'uld with an Unas for a host, and if that wasn't bad enough we ended up becoming offerings as well. But it was finally the weekend, Saturday to be exact, and it also happened to be my birthday. Yay the big 21! I can finally legally drink, hurray! The team had put together a big party, at mine and Skaara's new house, and it seemed like the entire base was here...

Okay so maybe not the entire base, a bit of an over exaggeration. There had been a small party in the cafeteria on base yesterday, seeing as not everyone would fight in my new house. So the guest list for today consisted of the entire SG-1 team {myself included of course}, Hammond, Fraiser, Cassandra, Sha're, and somehow not really sure how but the team managed to get Bra'tac here as well. We were all currently congregating in the basement, and Teal'c and I were currently kicking Jack's, and Daniel's asses at pool, while Sam, Sha're, and Janet were sitting at the small bar in the back left corner of the room, and Hammond, Skaara, Bra'tac, and Cassandra were standing in the back watching us play.

"Oh come on Jack I know your better at pool than this," I taunted, smirking.

Jack scowled, and took his shot, sinking one ball and missing the other. He took his next shot but missed.

"My turn," I cried happily.

I aimed at the white ball and quickly took my shot, sinking three balls at once.

"All that's left is the 8 ball and we win. Would you like to take the shot Teal'c?" I asked, glancing back at him.

He inclined his head and moved towards the table. In one quick movement he sunk the 8 ball.

"Damn," Jack muttered under his breath.

I snickered, and shook my head.

"Pay up, all of ya'll," I exclaimed, pointing at each person who'd put money on the out come of the game.

A couple people grumbled as they exchanged money, and a few smirks were exchanged at receiving money. I walked over to the bar and grabbed a beer. I took a sip as Daniel disappeared up the stairs. A minute later he came down with a large cake in his hands.

"Time for the cake," Daniel exclaimed.

I set my beer down as Daniel set the cake on the counter in front of me. Daniel lit the candles and everyone started singing happy birthday, surprisingly Skaara, Sha're, Teal'c, and Bra'tac knew all the words. Hm wonder who taught them the song? Once they were finished I quickly blew out the candles not even bothering to make a wish. Why should I when I had everything I could ever want right here in this room? Janet distributed the cake to everyone and we ate cake while telling stories, most of them being about me, but I think that was just because it was my birthday.

"Oh no you should have seen her. She was sitting next to me on the stage, glaring at everyone who was laughing. I thought this one guy was going to shrink into his chair and vanish from the look she gave him," Daniel mused, smiling.

I smirked, and took a bite of my cake. Soon we were each done our piece's of cake and Sam announced that it was time for presents. Sam handed me a long box shaped present, wrapped in sea shell paper. I quickly teared the wrapping paper off, and opened up the box. Inside was a beautiful brown leather bomber jacket.

"Oh Sam I love it thanks," I exclaimed, hugging her. I set the jacket on the chair out of the way while I opened up the present Hammond handed to me. I pulled out a vintage looking deer skin shirt jacket and glanced up at Hammond.

"Is this what I think it is?" I asked, arching an eyebrow a smile forming on my face.

"Yes it is, straight from a 60's clothing shop. A reminder of your trip back to 1969," Hammond answered, a smirk playing on his face.

I laughed and hugged him. Next was a black trinket box with a white butterfly on it from Sha're. Then came a pair of turtle earrings from Cassandra, which I put on. Daniel got me an old looking scarab ring, which I happily slid on my right pointer finger. Next Skaara handed me a long rectangular red box, and I opened it up to find a necklace with circle charm with a howling wolf in the center with a small moon behind it.

"I love it," I stated, smiling at him. He helped me put it on and I smiled.

"Daniel told me that your name means noble wolf I thought it would be appropriate," Skaara explained. I smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you," I said.

Next Bra'tac handed me a small box. Inside were two bronze colored bracelets with gems in the middle of it. One was completely circular, while the other had a pointed end. There were designs running up and down the bracelets.

"They're beautiful," I exclaimed, sliding them on.

"They are ceremonial bracelets from a planet I visited long ago. They are to be giving to the person on the day of their coming of age. Seeing as this birthday marks your ability to be able to drink alcohol I thought I should give them to you," Bra'tac stated.

I smiled and gave him a hug. Next Teal'c handed me his gift and when I unwrapped it I couldn't help but laugh. It was the entire first season of Firefly on DVD. I'd mentioned to him that I'd never seen the series.

"Thanks Teal'c, maybe we can all watch a couple episode tonight," I suggested, smiling.

Teal'c inclined his head. I set the DVD set to the side as Janet handed me her present. It was a beautiful pocket watch with a dove in the center, and arrow next to it, and a purple gem next to the arrow. I smiled and hugged Janet.

"I love it, thanks," I praised, setting the pocket watch down on top of the DVD set.

"I'll be right back I left my present for you upstairs," Jack said, rushing up the stairs.

A few seconds later he came down with a big box in his hands. I stared at him quizzically for a second as he put the box in my hand. The box was a lot heavier than I thought it would be and I almost dropped it. I set the box on the ground and glanced up at everyone to see they were all smirking and I frowned at the looks they were sharing. Suddenly something inside the box made a noise and the box seemed to wiggle on the floor. My confused frown deepened and I yanked the lid off the box. Two tiny heads poked up out of the box, one belonging to a Dalmatian, and the other to an Irish Setter. A big grin spread across my face at the sight of the two adorable puppies. I'd always wanted a dog but never had one.

"They're so cute!" I squealed, picking both of them up. The puppies started licking my face and I giggled.

"So what are you gonna call them? The Dalmatian is a boy, and the Irish Setter is a girl," Jack asked, smiling. I glanced at the two dogs.

"I think I'll call him Pongo," I heard a few chuckles around the room from those who got the reference, "And her Clover."

I set the dogs on the floor, and the both of them immediately started sniffing around the room. I happened to glance inside the box and found several dog toys sitting on the bottom of the box. I pulled each of them out. Soon enough everyone was playing with the dogs, even the two Jaffa were.

"I ordered a dog bed, and dog bowls for them, they should arrive sometime this week," Jack stated. I smiled and gave him a hug.

"Thanks," I said. He nodded his head, and the two of us went back to playing with the dogs...

A little later

We were all crowded around the living room TV watching the first episode of Firefly. I was sitting in between Skaara and Daniel, and Clover was lying sprawled across my lap, while Pongo was sprawled across Skaara's lap. Today had been fun, and I could help but smile when Clover twitched on my lap. Yeah today had been a good day. The first episode of Firefly ended and I clicked on the next episode. The show was actually pretty good. I smiled and leaned back on the couch, stroking Clover's head...

AN: Hope ya'll like the chapter. Had this stuck in my head for a while now but didn't have the chance to write it till now. As usual the pictures of what her presents look like will be posted on my tumlbr blog fanfictious86 so don't forget to check it out.