Category: Star Wars / Stargate SG-1 crossover, Humor, Action / Adventure, Drama
Spoilers: none
Season/Sequel info: Takes place during season Stargate's 3, after FIAD.
Rating: PG-13
Content Warnings: none
Summary: Daniel deals with his memories of Sha're. [Padme/Daniel]
Feedback: Feedback is welcome and very much appreciated
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Daniel found himself slowly walking to the front row of the theatre, unable to remove his eyes from the movie screen even after it had gone black, wondering why *that* of all things had begun to play. Seeing a recounting of the moments when he'd first fallen in love with Sha're felt like salt being rubbed in all-to-fresh wounds.
Taking her eyes off the others, who were busy discussing the current situation, Padme noticed Daniel's somber expression as he walked away from them. Quietly, she moved around the group and approached Daniel.
The others saw he move, and immediately realized that Daniel was no longer with them. Sam, Jack, and Teal'c looked at each other, wondering whether they should follow Padme in order to check on their friend. Silently, they all agreed that they would only get in the way, and that they were only a few feet from him if he needed them.
"Hey," Padme whispered as she lightly touched Daniel's shoulder.
"Hey," Daniel answered as turned his head to look at her with a weak smile on his lips, but sadness in his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
He looked into her eyes and began, "Padme, I..." His voice trailed off as he returned his gaze back to the screen.
"What is it?" she asked with a sense of dread.
Sighing and taking a moment to strengthen his resolve, Daniel met her eyes once again. "This isn't going to work."
"Oh," she squeaked, blinking to keep the tears from her eyes.
Daniel turned his body to her and took hold of her hand comfortingly. "I'm sorry. Being with you has been the best time I've had in years. It's just that," he hesitated for a second before continuing, "my wife just died. I thought I was over it and ready to move on, but..." His voice began to break as he turned his head back to the screen.
Now, it was Padme's turn to comfort him as she squeezed his hand gently. At this, Daniel looked back at her, and she calmly assured him, "Daniel, it's okay. I understand. We were moving too fast."
He nodded slowly, then after a second, a small smile crept to his lips. This brought one to hers as well, and the moisture at the corner of her eyes began to fade.
"What?" she asked self-consciously with a smile still adorning her features.
"You were right." When she looked at him in confusion, he continued. "There really is something different about your people, something very different and very wonderful."
At this, her smile grew and a red hue rose up on her cheeks. "Daniel Jackson, did you just call me wonderful?" she asked shyly.
"Hm...," he answered, pretending to think. "Why yes, Padme Amidala, I think I did." He smiled back at her.
"Well, you're pretty wonderful yourself."
They stood there, transfixed on each other's twinkling eyes until Daniel spread his arms toward her and gave her a puppy dog look. "Friends?"
"Friends," she agreed as she stepped into his arms and wrapped her own around him.
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Anakin had been transfixed on this whole exchange, and as he watched the two of them so happy together, he realized that his chances with Padme were over. Suddenly feeling dizzy, he sunk into a chair nearby and resolved himself to being a gracious loser, one worthy of the Jedi title.
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Obi-Wan noticed the others exchange looks as they saw Daniel Jackson and Padme walking away. He didn't want to be rude, so he didn't speak for several seconds. When he was certain that none of them were going to follow the couple, she took the opportunity to ask, "Sam, you truly know for a fact that there are parallel realities?"
"Yes, we've witnessed their effects firsthand."
"Fascinating. Not even the Jedi Council has made such a discovery. I find it very impressive that you have been able to accomplish this."
Sam looked slightly embarrassed as she pointed out how they had come across the parallel realities. "Actually, it was an accident, and it was really Daniel who found it first. We were exploring this planet and Daniel," a fond smile came across her face as she spoke her next words, "being his typical self, decided to explore. There happened to be a mirror-like device on the planet that sent him into a parallel reality when he touched it."
"Have you been able to study this device?"
Sam's face fell and her disappointment was apparent. "No, our general ordered it destroyed."
"That's a shame. If we are in fact traveling through parallel realities, we might have been able to use some of the principles behind the mirror or even locate a similar device here to get us all home."
"Yeah," Sam's face echoed the expression of both Jack's and Teal'c's. The general they all loved like a father may have inadvertently trapped them here by taking actions that he thought would protect their planet.
"It cannot be that simple," Obi-Wan stated, interrupting the silence after a few moments of considering Sam's theory about the parallel universes. "Certain aspects of your reality seem to be bleeding into mine. If we are indeed being moved throughout parallel realities, parts of those realities appear to be overlapping. For example, the," he paused for a moment, trying to remember the term, "...death glider doesn't belong in my reality, yet you say our starfighters now appear to be death gliders."
"You're right," Sam stated with a hint of admiration and a tinge of self-disgust for not realizing it herself. She suddenly remembered the odd experience she'd had at the beginning of the evening and turned to the rest of SG1. "Did anything weird happen to you guys at the beginning of the movie?"
"Weird?" O'Neill questioned.
"Like people's eyes glowing in a Goa'uld-ish manner?" Daniel elaborated for Sam as he and Padme stepped up beside them.
"Oh, yeah. I may have seen something like that."
"I too saw similar images, but dismissed them at the time," Teal'c added.
"Sam, what does this mean?" Obi'Wan asked.
"Well, I don't think this is part of any nefarious plan. I do have a theory about..." Sam was quickly cut off as the world around them began to crackle and break apart.
"Not again!" Jack groaned in frustration.
Spoilers: none
Season/Sequel info: Takes place during season Stargate's 3, after FIAD.
Rating: PG-13
Content Warnings: none
Summary: Daniel deals with his memories of Sha're. [Padme/Daniel]
Feedback: Feedback is welcome and very much appreciated
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Daniel found himself slowly walking to the front row of the theatre, unable to remove his eyes from the movie screen even after it had gone black, wondering why *that* of all things had begun to play. Seeing a recounting of the moments when he'd first fallen in love with Sha're felt like salt being rubbed in all-to-fresh wounds.
Taking her eyes off the others, who were busy discussing the current situation, Padme noticed Daniel's somber expression as he walked away from them. Quietly, she moved around the group and approached Daniel.
The others saw he move, and immediately realized that Daniel was no longer with them. Sam, Jack, and Teal'c looked at each other, wondering whether they should follow Padme in order to check on their friend. Silently, they all agreed that they would only get in the way, and that they were only a few feet from him if he needed them.
"Hey," Padme whispered as she lightly touched Daniel's shoulder.
"Hey," Daniel answered as turned his head to look at her with a weak smile on his lips, but sadness in his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
He looked into her eyes and began, "Padme, I..." His voice trailed off as he returned his gaze back to the screen.
"What is it?" she asked with a sense of dread.
Sighing and taking a moment to strengthen his resolve, Daniel met her eyes once again. "This isn't going to work."
"Oh," she squeaked, blinking to keep the tears from her eyes.
Daniel turned his body to her and took hold of her hand comfortingly. "I'm sorry. Being with you has been the best time I've had in years. It's just that," he hesitated for a second before continuing, "my wife just died. I thought I was over it and ready to move on, but..." His voice began to break as he turned his head back to the screen.
Now, it was Padme's turn to comfort him as she squeezed his hand gently. At this, Daniel looked back at her, and she calmly assured him, "Daniel, it's okay. I understand. We were moving too fast."
He nodded slowly, then after a second, a small smile crept to his lips. This brought one to hers as well, and the moisture at the corner of her eyes began to fade.
"What?" she asked self-consciously with a smile still adorning her features.
"You were right." When she looked at him in confusion, he continued. "There really is something different about your people, something very different and very wonderful."
At this, her smile grew and a red hue rose up on her cheeks. "Daniel Jackson, did you just call me wonderful?" she asked shyly.
"Hm...," he answered, pretending to think. "Why yes, Padme Amidala, I think I did." He smiled back at her.
"Well, you're pretty wonderful yourself."
They stood there, transfixed on each other's twinkling eyes until Daniel spread his arms toward her and gave her a puppy dog look. "Friends?"
"Friends," she agreed as she stepped into his arms and wrapped her own around him.
*********************
Anakin had been transfixed on this whole exchange, and as he watched the two of them so happy together, he realized that his chances with Padme were over. Suddenly feeling dizzy, he sunk into a chair nearby and resolved himself to being a gracious loser, one worthy of the Jedi title.
*********************
Obi-Wan noticed the others exchange looks as they saw Daniel Jackson and Padme walking away. He didn't want to be rude, so he didn't speak for several seconds. When he was certain that none of them were going to follow the couple, she took the opportunity to ask, "Sam, you truly know for a fact that there are parallel realities?"
"Yes, we've witnessed their effects firsthand."
"Fascinating. Not even the Jedi Council has made such a discovery. I find it very impressive that you have been able to accomplish this."
Sam looked slightly embarrassed as she pointed out how they had come across the parallel realities. "Actually, it was an accident, and it was really Daniel who found it first. We were exploring this planet and Daniel," a fond smile came across her face as she spoke her next words, "being his typical self, decided to explore. There happened to be a mirror-like device on the planet that sent him into a parallel reality when he touched it."
"Have you been able to study this device?"
Sam's face fell and her disappointment was apparent. "No, our general ordered it destroyed."
"That's a shame. If we are in fact traveling through parallel realities, we might have been able to use some of the principles behind the mirror or even locate a similar device here to get us all home."
"Yeah," Sam's face echoed the expression of both Jack's and Teal'c's. The general they all loved like a father may have inadvertently trapped them here by taking actions that he thought would protect their planet.
"It cannot be that simple," Obi-Wan stated, interrupting the silence after a few moments of considering Sam's theory about the parallel universes. "Certain aspects of your reality seem to be bleeding into mine. If we are indeed being moved throughout parallel realities, parts of those realities appear to be overlapping. For example, the," he paused for a moment, trying to remember the term, "...death glider doesn't belong in my reality, yet you say our starfighters now appear to be death gliders."
"You're right," Sam stated with a hint of admiration and a tinge of self-disgust for not realizing it herself. She suddenly remembered the odd experience she'd had at the beginning of the evening and turned to the rest of SG1. "Did anything weird happen to you guys at the beginning of the movie?"
"Weird?" O'Neill questioned.
"Like people's eyes glowing in a Goa'uld-ish manner?" Daniel elaborated for Sam as he and Padme stepped up beside them.
"Oh, yeah. I may have seen something like that."
"I too saw similar images, but dismissed them at the time," Teal'c added.
"Sam, what does this mean?" Obi'Wan asked.
"Well, I don't think this is part of any nefarious plan. I do have a theory about..." Sam was quickly cut off as the world around them began to crackle and break apart.
"Not again!" Jack groaned in frustration.
