Disclaimer: Ok, you know it's not mine, so I won't waste your time.

A/N: Argh, I swear these plot bunnies have been conspiring with plot piranhas! They've got my ankles and they won't let me go until I've done this story. I know I have been less than persistent with my past fics, but I really will try to keep this fic alive. It's set approximately seven or so years after Underworld: Evolution, and is set in and alternate universe to the Stargate: Atlantis we know. Mostly featuring John, but I will make a conscious effort to include other SGA charries at some point in time. I know the first chapter is rather short, but it is just a prologue. I'm not gonna promise you any monstrously long chapters, but I will try and make them at least twice the length of this one in the future. It's basically just a teaser, and setting the scene. Please R&R, lack of support leads to lack of updates, and the less I update, the less I write, and I'm just plain lazy, so I need a lot of petrol to keep this little car running, ok? Well, without further ado - here you go!

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A small girl darted excitedly down the street, not pausing to heed her mother's anxious calls, "Lily! Lily wait! Stop!"

As John Sheppard rounded the corner of the small side street he had been walking on, he was bowled over by a small body. He stood, a little dazed, but otherwise unharmed, and helped the small girl that had knocked him over to her feet.

She looked to be about six or seven, with medium brown hair that had natural highlights of a dark shade of blonde. He mother rounded the corner as John was helping her to her feet. The mother looked rather young, she would have had to have been in her early to mid twenties, he supposed. She had shoulder length dark hair and soft brown eyes, unlike her daughter's blue ones.

"Are you alright there sweetie? I think you gave your mom a bit of a fright," he said, with a friendly grin. He directed the girl – lily, over to her mother.

"I'm terribly sorry, she's been like this all morning, I just can't get her to stand still!" the woman said with an exasperated sigh.

"Not to worry, I know how you feel. I had to baby sit my cousins for a week when they were that age, absolute nightmare!" he grinned, holding out his hand, "John Sheppard".

She shook it, returning the smile, "Selene Corvin, pleased to meet you."

"Well I'd best be on my way then, people to see… It was nice meeting you, ma'am."

"It was nice meeting you too, sir," she said, matching his grin.

"Please, call me John. Well, maybe I'll see you around sometime. Bye."

"Maybe. Goodbye," Selene turned her attention to the child as he walked off, "Lillietta Sonja Amelia Corvin! What did you think you were doing running off like that! You're very lucky it was a nice human you ran into!"

The girl looked at her mother with her best six-year-old version of puppy dog eyes, and Selene couldn't help but smile, " come now, your father will be wondering where we've got to."

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What do you think? Should I continue? Please R & R. only with your support can I stick to mty guns and finally finish one of my stories.