"Stargates, Dragons, and Amazons"

Ch. 6

(Amazon Village)

The Amazon Guard, Lila, had brought SG-1 to the village. The Amazon Queen, Andromeda, greeted them.

"Lila, where is my sister?" the queen asked.

"She's dead, my queen," Lila said soberly. She pointed to Tris. "This one tried to help her. But, it was too late." She motioned to SG-1 "These people helped us defeat the Serpent Demons."

The Queen nodded in understanding and approval. "You," she pointed to Tris. "Come forth," Tris obeyed. "What's your name?"

"My name is Trisana. But, you call me Tris. My friends do," she said.

"I thank you, Tris," the queen said. She looked behind Tris and nodded to SG-1. "And you for helping fight the Demons." The four nodded slowly and smiled. Queen Andromeda continued. "You will stay as my guests and Lila will give you anything you need with your stay here." She turned to Lila. "Show them to their guest room, please."

"Of course," she bowed and turned to SG-1. "Follow me, please."

They followed Lila to a big room. It had a fire in the middle, with beds around the room, against the wall. It had a small desk bellow a window.

"Let me or the Guards know if you need anything," Lila said kindly.

They nodded and she left. Tris sat sadly on one of the beds and leaned against the wall.

"Alright, we need to contact General Hammond to let him know what has happened so far," Jack said.

"I will do it, O' Neill" Teal'c said.

"Hurry back. If you leave now you should be back by the party," Sam said. They looked at her. "What? There's always a party."

Teal'c bowed. "I shall hurry,"

"Thanks Teal'c," Jack shouted after him.

"Tris, are you alright? " Daniel asked, sitting on the bed next her.

She shook her head, gloomily.

"I could have easily healed Princess Shia. Why did she refuse to be healed?" Tris said.

She put her head into her hands.

Say something, Daniel thought desperately. I'll try anything to get her mind off things for awhile. Oh I know!

"Tris, do you think this is the missing Amazon Tribe? They all wear the dragon pendant the Dragon Amazons used to wear back on earth," he said.

"What?" she said, looking up.

I knew that would get her mind off of what just happened. And it might have gotten her in a better mood, too, he thought. Daniel gave the necklace back to her. He had been examining it on their way to the village and hadn't gotten a chance to give it back to her until now. Tris took and looked at it, running her thumb over it.

"Oh, gosh it is," she said. "Uh, they are."

Lila came back. "Queen Andromeda would like to speak with Trisana in private. And there is to be a celebration tonight,"

"Good call Carter," Jack said, smiling.

"Thank you, Colonel," she said, smugly.

Tris left the others and followed Lila to the Queens room. Lila left them to talk in private.

"I understand you wanted to speak to me, you majesty?" Tris asked politely.

"You understand correctly, Princess. And call me Rommie. Princess Shia used to. Thank you for returning her body to us, by the way. We shall have the funeral tomorrow morning. After the celebration," she said. "Sit, eat and drink."

"Thank you, Rommie," Tris obeyed. "May I ask you a few questions?"

"You may,"

"Why did the Serpent Demons try to attack?" she asked. "And why did your sister refuse to be healed?"

"She was already dieing from a disease we have no term for. My sister would have died sooner. Shia wanted to die fighting our enemies than die of a cursed disease." the queen paused. "We do not know why, but, the Serpents come every year and take several of our most beautiful women. We never see the women again." she explained.

"Why don't you and your people protect yourselves?" Tris asked.

"There powers are far more powerful than our weapons," Rommie said simply. "I would like to know more about you Tris. We shall talk as we get you ready for the ceremony."

"Ceremony," Tris asked. "I thought it was only a celebration."

"You must receive your Amazon princess mask. It'll be fast. It bores me. So I changed it when I became queen. Then we celebrate," she told Tris.

"Alright," she said. "What do we want to do in order to get ready?"

To be continued . . .