The next morning Vala woke slowly and smiled wryly when she saw Daniel, sleeping. Poor thing. Hopefully that Ori, Mayroar or whatever his name was, had been nice. Unlikely, but still. Daniel had needed sleep. Vala wasn't about to wake him yet.

Looking around her, Vala saw the others were already awake, sitting around, looking bored. She sat up and joined them. As soon as she did so, the door opened, admitting in Adria.

"Come," her daughter said quietly and Vala edged off the couch to Daniel's side and began to wake him.

"No," Adria commanded, placing a hand on Vala's shoulder. Vala looked at her, confused. Adria smiled weakly. "He doesn't believe in dragons. He will be of no help to us."

"Um, this is Daniel Jackson we're talking about," Jack piped up. "He's usually the most helpful."

"He does not believe," Adria repeated. "Let him sleep."

Vala hesitated a second before nodding and following her daughter out the room, the rest of the team behind her.

XxXxX

Cries of anguish filled the air and Daniel's conscience curled in pain. The cries weren't from him, he knew that, but they were from his friends, his friends from long ago. Thousands and thousands of years had passed from then, he and they were now ascended. This event had happened so long ago…why was it happening again? They were wrong, those idiotic notions of keeping to themselves, he had moved on, leaving them bitterly. Yes, of course he still regretted it but there was nothing he could do. Why was it happening again? That great battle, full of screams and bellows and crying men, women and children…. Grey fog filled his vision, clouding the village, but the crimson blood stood out, the image forever seared in his memory…. Then, as he remembered, it grew deathly quiet…

And then there was a final cry, this time, from Daniel.

Daniel woke with a jolt. What in the world was that? he thought. That dream… It had been so vivid. Like a memory of his own. But it wasn't. Then he realized. It was a memory, just not Daniel's.

Thereisa story behind your name, Daniel commented to the Ori. Maeror ignored him, pushing forward to take over.

Where're my friends? Daniel asked, realizing Maeror wasn't going to talk about his past.

Working.

With this whole 'dragon' thing?Daniel asked disdainfully. Maeror paused before answering.

Yes.

We gonna go help?

No.

Daniel frowned. Why not?

It has been many years since I have been able to enjoy bodily pleasures.

No, no, no, no… Daniel said quickly. Maeror smiled.

Do not worry, Daniel Jackson. That is not what I mean, the Ori assured his host. Daniel frowned again.

Then what're we gonna do?

There was a pause as Maeror stood up and opened the door.

First,he said dramatically,we shall eat.

XxXxX

"This is the village's library," Adria was saying, leading the team and Tomin into a small building. "They might have some record of dragons previously terrorizing the village." She looked expectantly at the team. "One of you should stay to look through the records while the rest of us split up and search the area surrounding the village."

Sam looked to Jack awkwardly.

"That's usually Daniel's job," he told the Orici. Adria looked quite displeased until Vala spoke up.

"I could do it," she offered. Cameron snorted, trying to hide a laugh.

"Yeah, since when do you read books like this?"

Vala frowned at him. "I've spent so much time around Daniel, maybe…. Well, it's worth a try!" she protested when the colonel continued to give her a disbelieving quirk of a smile. Adria nodded.

"Mother, you will stay here then. Tomin and I will split off and go north. General O'Neill, you can split up your team," she offered, with a nod to Jack. Taken off guard by Adria's offer, it took Jack a moment to respond.

"Uh…okay. Carter, you're with me. We'll go southeast. T, Mitchell, you guys go southwest."

After receiving a nod from the three of them, Jack looked to Adria. She smiled.

"Let us go then."

A/N: I love reviewers and live for constructive criticism!