Author's Notes:- Thanks to Stonedtoad for betaing.

Here it is the sequel to Knight And Day, this might take quite a while to finish so be patient but since I had the beginning I thought I'd put it up.

Hope this doesn't disappoint anyone.

"Ari," Daniel called to his daughter, "Donna is here."

Daniel turned to the pretty blonde teenager standing waiting to go shopping with his daughter, "You may as well come in and wait."

"Thanks Dr Jackson," Donna smiled taking the seat he offered.

"I'll go and get her," Daniel told her worried that Ari hadn't appeared almost instantly.

Donna watched her best friend's father disappear; she really didn't get her mother's fascination with him.

x

"Ari," Daniel called pushing open the door to his daughter's room, "Honey, Donna is waiting for you."

Daniel found her standing staring in the mirror, it still took his breath away that she was the spitting image of her mother the only difference her crystal blue eyes.

"What's wrong?" Daniel asked when she didn't look at him.

"Last night I had this dream," she turned to him wearing a serious contemplative expression, "What does the name Ammonet mean to you?"

Daniel's eyes widened in shock, he'd never told Ari about what had happened to Sha're.

"I take it a lot," his daughter frowned, "Dad my dream scared me, a lot."

"Dreams can't hurt you," Daniel soothed hugging her, "Now go and enjoy yourself this afternoon. Make sure you go to Jack's after and be there by five at the latest."

"I will," she let loose a dazzling smile giving him a hug before she grabbed her bag and disappeared downstairs to join her friend.

Daniel stood in his daughter's room for a few minutes smiling at the eclectic collection she had. Her schoolbooks scattered over her desks along with a few extra language books, the baseball glove sitting on the chest of drawers, a painting of Hanka by Cassie on one wall, a picture of them taken on her sixteenth birthday and finally Sha're's picture sitting beside her bed.

"I have to tell her," Daniel whispered tracing the outline of his long lost wife's face, "I have to tell her everything because she's going to have to face it all very soon. I wish you were here to help me with this."

Closing his eyes he grimaced as he heard the door slam announcing his daughter had left before sighing, he had to give her answers. Setting the picture down Daniel left the room his mind dwelling on how to tell her.

"Had any ideas on what you're going to do with Ari?" Jack asked as he and Daniel headed down to the infirmary to collect the child from Janet's care.

"Not yet," Daniel sighed, "I can't keep asking Janet to take time out of her schedule to baby-sit. I need a Nanny of some sort."

"Well," Jack gave a strange half-smile, "I have an idea."

"Am I going to like this idea?" Daniel asked with a frown.

"It's a good idea," Jack told him, "I promise."

"What is it?"

"Sara."

Daniel choked slightly, "Excuse me?"

"My ex, Sara could care for her," Jack told him giving him a thoughtful confused look, "Who'd you think I meant?"

"I don't know," Daniel lied, "Are you sure she'd want to?"

Jack nodded looking a little guilty, "I ran into her a few weeks ago she was telling me she was thinking of doing something like this."

"Jack," Daniel stopped walking, "You have to understand that as Ari gets older her abilities are going to manifest themselves more and more. How do you plan explaining that to her?"

"Magnets," Jack grinned leaving Daniel standing staring after him.

x

Donna was Ari's best friend, they'd survived school together since the beginning but despite the years they'd known each Ari had always been a bit of a mystery to Donna. There was a strange confidence in everything she said and then there was the look Ari got when someone told her something they wanted her to believe and to be honest Donna found it quite scary sometimes.

"Are you okay?" Donna asked finally when Ari walked past the shop they'd been heading to.

"What?" Ari stared at her before realising, "Sorry, I guess I'm…"

"Miles away," Donna completed.

"Couple of million of them," Ari murmured, "I had a really weird dream last night and it's sort of playing on my mind."

"What was it about?" Donna asked leading them into the store.

"Nothing really," Ari shrugged as she examined a top, "Just strange images and names. My mom was in it."

Donna was caught out by that admission, Ari never talked about her mother. In fact Donna didn't even know exactly what had happened to Ari's mother whether she'd died, left or something else.

"Doing what?" Donna tried to sound casual while holding a skirt against her.

"Nice," Ari nodded before returning to the conversation, "She was protecting me."

"From what?"

"I don't know," Ari smiled suddenly, "But I can still feel where she kissed me."

"What happened to your mom?" Donna asked hoping she would get an answer other than 'she's gone.'

"She died when I was a baby," Ari said after a moments silence, "I guess I never say it cause I have this insane hope she'll appear at the door one day."

Donna forgot about pretending to browse, "Is that why I never got a straight answer?"

Ari shrugged, "That and I sometimes feel she watches over me and Dad. Did you ever feel that?"

"No."

"Oh," Ari looked slightly amazed, "I guess it's just me."

x

Sara stared at Jack completely stunned.

"I know this is hard to take in," Jack started.

"Hard?" Sara asked in disbelief, "Jack you're asking me to believe that this child can…"

"Ari," Daniel said softly, "I know I told you not to sweetie but show Sara what you can do."

Ari bounced in his lap reaching out to take the soft toy Daniel was holding before grabbing it when Daniel placed it on the table out of her reach.

"Oh my…" Sara breathed watching the child laugh as she cuddled the toy.

"You see why I can't leave her with someone who doesn't…who can't…" Daniel sighed, "Sara I will understand if you don't want to take this on because caring for a kid is hard enough without Ari's extra talents but Sara I want to have Ari cared for by someone I can trust."

"And you trust me?" Sara challenged, "You don't know me."

"But Jack does," Daniel replied, "And I trust his judgement. I trust him with not only my life but the life of my daughter."

"What if I don't want to?" Sara turned to Jack, "Everything you've told me…"

"I know you well enough to know you won't say anything," Jack shrugged, "But I also know that you already adore Ari."

Sara laughed, "How can I not. Daniel, I would love to care for Ari when you need me to."

"Thank you," Daniel smiled, "Thank you."

x

"Daniel," Sara smiled when she opened the door to find him waiting there, "Jack's in the back garden fighting with something or other."

"Thanks," he smiled at her, "Ari will be coming here after shopping with Donna."

"Sure," Sara laughed, "There's plenty of food and you know it's not a problem."

Daniel gave her another smile before walking through to the back garden to where his best friend had given up whatever he'd been doing and was now leaning back in a chair with a cup of coffee. The years had barely touched Jack as they hadn't touched Daniel; both had been subjected to repeated use of the sarcophagus, which had muted the ageing process considerably.

"I was wondering where you were," Jack said in way of greeting him, "What took you so long?"

"Ari asked what the name Ammonet meant to me," Daniel dropped into the opposite seat.

"What? Where did she hear that?"

"She dreamt it," Daniel took a mug of coffee himself, "I think we're coming to the time."

"Time?"

"Ari's destiny," Daniel grimaced, "I don't want her to have to do this, I tried to stop it but I can't."

Jack took a long drink watching his friend, "Daniel, we've always known this day would come. Ari's a strong kid and with everyone behind her she'll deal."

Daniel sighed, "I'll tell her tomorrow when we go to the base. I think I'll give her one more night innocent. Free of what happened to…to her mother and who she really is."

The two friends talked for the next few hours until the moment Jack reached for the beer he had sitting there and it moved out of his reach.

"Ari," Jack growled, "Don't do that?"

"How did you know it wasn't Dad?" the teenager appeared leaning over his shoulder a smile covering her face.

"Cause your Dad knows better," Jack laughed giving her a hug.

"Get anything nice?" Daniel asked his daughter as she took a seat beside them.

Ari shrugged, "A few things."

"Are you coming with me to the base tomorrow?" Daniel asked.

Jack saw Ari's eyes light up at this and frowned, "Ari you're sixteen how can you enjoy working on translations?"

Ari gave a very Daniel-like shrug, "It's hard to explain. I just love a challenge."

Jack rolled his eyes, "She's definitely your kid Daniel."

x

Ari and Daniel left Jack and Sara's after dinner. Once they reached home Daniel disappeared leaving Ari with a strange feeling from him. After she put away all of her purchases, Jack kept reminding her she was unnaturally tidy for a teenager, she went searching for Daniel.

She found him sitting on the roof staring up at the sky.

"Dad?"

"It's okay honey," he called, "Come on up."

Climbing up to join him Ari slid to sit beside him feeling him place the blanket around her. She turned to watch him seeing the picture of her mother held tightly in his hands.

"She was very beautiful," Ari said tentatively, her father never talked about her mother, everything Ari knew came mostly from Jack.

Daniel let out a sigh, "Yes she was," he pulled her close to him, "You are the image of her."

Ari smiled up at him.

"I know I've never told you anything," Daniel looked into his baby's eyes, "But I find it so hard to talk about her. I loved your mother so much, I never thought I would ever find something like that."

"Dad, you don't have to…"

"No, I want to," Daniel hugged her, "When my parents died I felt so lost. I was just a kid who'd just arrived in America for the first time and I was thrust into a place I didn't know with people I had no idea about. I was alone for a long time until I went to Abydos, the first moment I saw your mother I was instantly in love with her. The day she died I felt like I was in a huge black hole, you were with your grandfather so I was alone."

"But you had Jack and the others there," Ari said.

"No," Daniel whispered, "I couldn't believe that, I pushed them away until they managed to remind me I wasn't alone."

"Why did you leave me with my grandfather?"

"To be honest," Daniel sighed, "Because I didn't think I would be able to be a good father to you."

"That's silly," Ari laughed.

"Ari, when I first got you back I took you away," Daniel reminded her, "Changed my name and tried to pretend all my friends no longer existed. I thought I could protect you that way."

"Dad, I grew up with a family who love me," Ari told him, "I would love to have had Mom here but in a way she is. I have these abilities that come from both of you, abilities I don't understand but it means she's with me."

"You're your mother's daughter alright," Daniel gently kissed his daughter's forehead, "But we both have to be up early to go to the SGC so go get some sleep and don't worry about your dreams."

"I love you Dad," Ari kissed him before heading back down.

"I love you sweetie," Daniel called before looking back at the picture, "I love you too my beautiful Sha're."

Daniel glanced over at where his daughter was working feeling a smile cover his face; she was brilliant Ari had her father's thirst for knowledge and gift for languages. Checking his watch he saw it was almost time to meet Jack for the big confession.

"Ari," he called pulling her out of her work, "I've got to meet with some of the archaeological staff after that I need to talk to you."

"About?"

"Your mother," Daniel replied, "Could you go see Jack while I'm at this meeting and when I get there we have something very important to tell you."

"Dad, is it that bad?" Ari asked worried about the feelings he was giving off.

Daniel sighed slightly, "Just go see Jack just now and I'll be there as fast as possible."

"Sure," she shrugged before wandering out of the office.

x

Jack gave her a small wave as she looked through his window.

"Commander Ivanov," Jack waved to the man standing in front of his desk, "Our new Russian Liaison. Meet Arianna Jackson."

Ari gave a bright smile to the young man standing stiffly.

"Hello," he said in Russian, "A pleasure to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too," Ari answered in perfect Russian making the young man jump.

"Ari is the daughter of Daniel Jackson," Jack said with an amused smile, "I'm sure you've heard of him."

Jack quickly dismissed the man and grinned at Ari, "Nicely done kiddo."

She shrugged, "Jack what's going on with you and Dad?"

"We just have some stuff to tell you," Jack placed his hand on her shoulder, "About the past and about your Mom."

"You know you're worrying me," Ari whispered.

Jack squeezed her hand as his phone rang, "Look, while I get this you go wait out there."

With a sigh Ari nodded leaving him to work. Taking a seat in the briefing room she leaned on the table wondering what was going on.

Ari looked around the briefing room nervously. It wasn't like this was the first time she'd ever been here but this time felt different. She could sense her father's trepidation over whatever it was he had to tell her. Ari had always known she was different from other kids. She could move things with her mind, she could tell when people were lying to her and she could sense her father wherever he was.

x

As Jack and Daniel arrived in the briefing room at the same time the alarms sounded around the base. Rolling his eyes Jack led them down to the observation room.

"It's the Tok'ra sir," the young tech reported.

"Open the Iris," Jack ordered as all three of them headed into the Gateroom.

"Jacob," Ari grinned.

Jacob Carter/Selmak bounded down the ramp and quickly hugged the teenager, "You look wonderful kiddo."

"You too," she smiled, "How are you Selmak?"

"Very well," Selmak replied.

Jack was always amazed Ari could hold a conversation with both Jacob and Selmak without so much as blinking or getting confused.

Jacob placed an arm around Ari's shoulders and the four of them headed back up to the briefing room.

"Jack," Jacob Carter said as they sat down, "We just found something."

"Like?"

"It's a cavern," Jacob explained pulling out a scrap of paper, "The whole place is covered with writings and this symbol was found at the entrance."

"That symbol was at the entrance to the Abydos cartouche," Daniel sat at Jack's side staring intently at the symbol.

Jacob smiled, "Are you sure?"

"I saw it every day for several months," Daniel replied, "I need to see this."

"Daniel, what about Ari?" Jack asked softly.

Daniel turned to his daughter sitting quietly next to Jacob; she smiled in understanding.

"You can tell me when you get back," she told him.

Daniel placed an arm around her and gently kissed her forehead, "I'll be back as soon as I can, I promise."

"I'll stay with Jack and Sara," Ari told him, "No worries."

Daniel smiled at her again before turning to Jacob, "I'll be ready in ten minutes."

"SG22 will be going with you," Jack told him, "Just in case you need someone to fetch and carry."

With a nod Daniel left as Jacob went to say hello to a few people.

Jack placed an arm around Ari, "You know you never cease to amaze me," he told her, "You're not like any other kid."

"This is important to him," Ari shrugged.

"Nothing is more important to Daniel than you," Jack reminded her, "You have always been his top priority."

"I know," Ari gave him a mysterious smile, "I know."