*May 23, Daniel Jackson's quarters.*

Daniel Jackson let out an exhausted sigh as he stared at his computer annoyed. Ever since the power surge five days ago, his computer had been on the fritz, files not loading properly, unable to save anything in large portions, virus checks, scan disks and D-Frags starting up for no reason at all. He resisted the urge to smack on the monitor when all of a sudden everything on screen had a blue cast to them.

"Still giving you trouble?" He heard an amused feminine voice ask.

"Yeap." He said looking up at his ceiling, not surprised to see the latest guest of the S.G.C. sitting there crossed legged. "You want to give it a try?" Jumping down she landed next to him without a sound.

"Ooo, you sure Hammond isn't going to find out and give you a lecture on how 'This is NOT proper military security and procedure!'?" She said mocking the General's voice. She handed Daniel the 3 Musketeers bar she had been eating, without a second thought he took a bite and handed it back. "So what's the issue?" She asked jabbing her thumb at the computer.

"Well, when you came through the StarGate, you created a power surge from hell and now my computer hates me." He said scratching his temple, shooting her a mildly annoyed yet forgiving look.

Holding her hands up in self-defense, she shrugged, "Hey don't blame me, yall are the ones who didn't open the iris."

~~~~~~

*Monday(5 days earlier)*

SG-1 looked up from the relatively quiet lunch they had been sharing when alarms started going off, briefly looking at one another before returningto their food and conversation; after all alarms went off all the time at the S.G.C. Then there was General Hammond over the intercom,

"SG-1, to the gate room, unauthorized incoming, they're transmitting your team's code."

Looking at one another, they dropped their food and ran for the gate room, taking their normal places at the foot of the StarGate as they entered the room. O'Neal and Carter hands inches from their side arms, Teal'c staff in standing ready position, and Daniel Jackson keeping both his excitement and worry to himself.

"How the hell is someone dialing in with OUR security code?" O'Neal asked in his brass military voice.

"I dunno Jack, but should we open the iris so they don't go bug on a windshield?" Daniel asked running his hand through his now short hair.

"They could be hostiles Daniel." Jack said sharply.

"And they COULD be friends Jack." The archeologist replied equally sharp.

"Ah Col... Daniel..." Maj. Samantha Carter tried to cut in.

"Tell them to open it!" Daniel said in a raised voice.

"No!."

Annoyed at their bickering, Sam squared her jaw. "BOYS!" she yelled. They looked at her dumbly, "Not up to you." She said giving them an 'Un-duh' look, then looking at an irritated Gen. Hammond. They quickly shut up, looking slightly embarrassed about arguing in public, even worse, before the General.

"Look we don't know who's sending the transmission, nor do we have any teams out, and we know the artificial SG-1 was destroyed along with their equipment. So we aren't opening the iris, it could be another Goa'uld trick. Sorry Dr. Jackson, but I have to side with Col. O'Neal on this one." He said waiting for sickening 'thud' of a body or bodies hitting the iris and being sucked back into the wormhole. But it never came, the lights started flickering on and off for no apparent reason.

"Sir's..." Sam said her eyes growing large, the others turned to the sealed gate, their jaws dropping. Even with the iris being up, a fair sized duffel bag was fazing through the Naqaudra and titanium iris, attached to it was a teenage girl, you could have passed her on the street and thought you had maybe seen her in a magazine or a commercial. Her chocolate brown hair was cut into flattering layers around her face, and she walked causally through the iris as if it wasn't there at all. She looked far from threatening dressing in gray, ultra baggy, corduroy jeans, and a bright orange tank with a white crescent moon on the front. Looking around she arched a pretty

brow, but in truth there was something different about her: her eyes. They glowed, not the harsh bitter white of a Goa'uld host, but a pale violet blue, startling but not threatening. "Sir..." Sam whispered. Hammond and the others quickly snapped out of their mix of awe and surprise, Daniel

had been standing there in quiet thought.

"Hold it right there Miss, you are trespassing on government property." Hammond barked, guns suddenly raised by the soldiers in the room, Teal'c raising his staff. The girl merely arched a brow, her eyes dulling to a normal looking, crystal blue, dropping both her duffel bag and the pack on

her back with a thunk on the slanted platform.

Letting out a low whistle, she crossed her arm across her stomach. "Whoa, tough crowd...."

Then the lights went out.

~~~~~

"Sorry, my bad!" the young woman shouted in the dark, the lights turning themselves back on. She was sitting cross-legged looking embarrassed. "Really sorry about the power surge, it happens when I faze through Naqaudra." She looked surprised at all the guns pointing at her, as she suddenly noticed them. SG-1 walked up to her, Jack with an especially determined look on his face, Sam determined but less angery, Teal'c with his usual look of indifference, Daniel looked particularly interested.

"Name?" Jack asked in his best 'I'm a Col. don't fuck with me' voice.

Standing up quickly her offered her hand smiling pleasantly, "Ariana Seren. You are Col. Jack O'Neal?" The Col. didn't take her hand but regarded her in distrust. "Okay... Capt. Samantha Carter, lovely to meet ya." Sam smiled, shaking her hand.

"Nice to meet you too, but it's just recently Major."

"Oh natch, you so deserve it." The younger woman said with a genuine smile. She then saw Teal'c she bowed her head slightly, "Kel Sha." she said with a smile and he did the same. Looking down she saw a PFC trying to take her duffel bag, slamming her foot down solidly on the strap, she gave him a mild glare. "That is so rude..." He gulped visibly and removed himself.

"Miss Seren," Hammond started. "Would you mind explaining yourself? Stand down men." He said to the thirty-odd soldiers, they quickly stood at ease, then left the room.

"Ah sure, what do you want to know?" She asked picking up her things.

"First off, I hope you understand if we ask to hand over your bags for inspection, an...." He blinked in surprise as the two bags were suddenly held out to him, he nodded for the Maj. to take them. "And a physical." Her cheeks blushed faintly but she nodded in consent, her blush went unnoticed by everyone with the exception of SG-1.

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*General Hammond's Office*

"Well did you find anything usual?" The General asked sitting behind his desk looking over the tape from Ariana's arrival.

"No Sir, that's what so odd." Samantha said with a slightly confused look on her face. "It's like she's a regular teenager going on a road trip or something. She's got clothes, books, MP3 player, toiletries, even a laptop. And everything looks as if it's from Earth, Sir."

"Are you sure Major?" He asked getting up, walking over to a table where a few of the things were laid out.

"Yes, look this skirt has a label on it from Hot Topic." She said gesturing to the black and red material.

"Hmm... well if there is nothing to worry about return it to her." He said walking to the door.

"Let's go see how the good Doctor is doing."

"Yes Sir." She said picking up the two large bags, he offered to take one and she gratefully handed one over.

"Good god Carter, what's in here?" He asked surprised at the weight.

With a smile she responded. "Sir, when was the last time you had to carry a teenage girl's bag?"

He let it go at that.

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*S.G.C. Infirmary*

"So am I human Doc?" Ariana asked with a grin as she pulled on her tanktop.

"As far as I can tell, but what I can't figure out is why your carbon dating states that you're little more than three years old." Dr. Janet Fraiser asked getting up from her computer looking at a print out.

"Because I am..." Said Ariana without hesitation.

"What?" She asked looking up.

"It has been three Earth years since I came out of my mother's womb, she was pregnant with me for six months and here I am." She got off the medical table stretching. "But here's the kicker I've got 19 odd years of memory."

"Are you serious?" The doctor asked sitting.

"Hmmmhmn, It's been 19 full years where I come from, but only three here. Kinda weird but cool at the same time." She looked at the doctor and started pacing slowly. "Truthfully I'm not even sure how the time difference works, I know my mother chose to stop aging around thirty-eight, thirty-nine. Before that she stopped at twenty-six."

"How old is your mother?"

"About a hundred and thirty-one. Give or take a few years." The young woman grinned. "But she claims not to be a day over ninety-two."

"You aren't kidding are you?"

"I don't lie."

~~~~~

*Infirmary Conference Room*

"Did you hear all that, Sir?" Sam asked Jack in awe.

"Yeah, I don't think I wanted to though." He said rubbing his chin. "I just hope DickWad doesn't find out, you know what he'll want to do..."

"Use her for experiments." Teal'c said knowingly.

"Yeah."

"What do you think Daniel? You've been quiet." Jack asked turning to the unusually quiet linguist, but not finding him. "Daniel?"

"Col. Daniel Jackson is IN the infirmary." Teal'c said nodding to though the glass, to the lower floor.

"What?!" Jack barked looking through the glass he could see the younger man talking to the 'alien', while Dr. Fraiser looked on confused. The three of them ran down to the room and heard Daniel and Ariana talking rapidly in a totally different language, it wasn't anything close they had heard before. There vivid hand movements and obvious understanding of each other left the others feeling slightly left out and wondering. Tapping on Daniel's shoulder Jack cleared his voice loudly. "Care to share?"

"Oh yeah, yes..."Daniel said with a smile. "Ariana Seren, or Silver Star, is from P3X8402 or as they call it Avalon..."

"Wait, Avalon? As in 'King Arthur and Lady of the Lake' Avalon?" Jack asked, clarifying.

"Well yes, but not quiet..." Daniel said, "I traveled there with SG-7, we thought it was a forgotten Goa'uld planet stuck in the Arthurian times. So we left... What we didn't know is that we had arrived on a very very special holiday for them, Beltane. The Goa'uld, never did any experiments on them but left them with the knowledge and power to survive on their own and they hadn't had any outside contact from the outside world for thousands of their years....." Daniel said with a pleased smile.

"And you believe her?" Jack asked bewildered.

"Col. if I may." Dr. Fraiser started. "From all her test that I see she IS telling the truth."

"And if she can walk through Naqaudra and titanium, I really think she could have left or done something by now." Sam finished.

"No, hey, it's ok, he has good reason for not trusting me." She said with an understanding shrug. "Tell you what, I promise not to leave the base for five days, watch me all you need, but you don't get to stick one in the shower and no bugging...if it's cool with you and the General." She said taking her bags with a grateful smile, as she waited for their answer she pulled out her MP3 player and a book. Before leaving, Jack was surprise to see that it was the latest Pierce Anthony book.

~~~~~

*Infirmary Conference Room*

"Well?" Hammond asked waiting for their oppinion.

"I see no reason not to trust her." Teal'c said plainly.

"She did agree to constant servalence." Sam said with a thoughtful nod.

"I guess so, but somebody has to keep watch over her..." Jack said, as everyone in the room suddenly looked to the one person who hadn't spoken.

"Ok, yeah no problem." He said for once not seeming irritated with being the baby-sitter.

"You sure?" Hammond asked.

"Yeah, I've got to get going." He said excusing himself, removing his glasses as he walked away.

The other exchanging looks with one another. None of them saw as his eye glowed a pale blue/violet....

~~~~~

*Hallway in the S.G.C.*

"Glad we're going to get a chance to talk, Daniel." Ariana said with a smile, her pack shouldered, Daniel carrying her other bag.

"Yeah, I can't wait to hear more about your planet and its culture and technology." He said holding open a door. "Eh, here's your room, I know it's not more than a cell.. but it's what was open when we found they weren't going to brig you."

"Don't worry, I've worked with MUCH worse." She said tossing her things onto the small bed.

"So where's your room?" Ariana asked leaning against the door frame.

"Huh? Oh right down the hall." He said pointing to a door. "Care to see it?"

With a nod she walked with him, before turning on the light in his room, they looked at one another eyes glowing......

*******Kel Sha... Hi, Hello ect ect ect...

*******So can anyone guess who I am calling Dick Wad? Muhahahahaa!!!!

*******SG-7, Scientific