Undiscovered Feelings

by Seraphina

I own nothing you recognize

Chapter 2

As the months flew by, the two cadets quickly became friends and would spend their free time in each other's company. Sapphire was sitting on her bed next to Data, who was reading aloud to her. Her head was on his shoulder so she could see the illustrations "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit." read Data.

Sapphire sighed, "Thanks Data for picking out this book." He gave her a smile before continuing to read.

Sometime later Data finished the book only to notice his friend had fallen asleep. As gently as he could Data moved her head off his shoulder and laid her down he then covered her with her blue blanket with stars on it. "Good night sapphire girl," he murmured softly. "May your dreams be sweet tonight," he lightly touched her cheek, she smiled in her sleep. Data then picked out a book for them to read the next day. "She will like this one, it has dragons and elves in it," he thought as he picked up a book with a sapphire dragon on the cover titled, Eargon.


Sapphire woke up just before sunrise "good morning Data," she yawned.

"Good morning Sapphire," he replied. "Did you sleep well?"

"Yes surprising well, no nightmares," she answered. "But how'd I get to bed? I don't remember going to bed, last thing I remember is we were reading The Hobbit "

"I put you to bed, you fell asleep while I was reading."

Sapphire's ears turned pink, "Oh I thought I dreamed that." She got out of bed and picked up her brush and began to brush her knee length black hair which was quite tangled. "I haven't been put to bed since I was 7 years old, My eldest cousin Onyx put me to bed that time," she said as she attempted to detangle her hair to no avail, Data noticed her struggle and took the brush from her hand.

"Let me help Sapphire, it will be easier for me to brush it," he said as he brushed the tangles from her hair.

"Thank you Data, that would have taken me an hour to do myself," she said as she began to plait her hair in such a way it hid the points of her ears.

"I do not understand why you do not simply cut it short," remarked Data as he watched her. "It would be much easier to deal with."

"I can't cut my hair according to the traditions of my people one's hair may only be cut before going into battle and it must be cut by a blood relation." Data handed Sapphire her uniform as soon as she finished her hair, "Thanks Data, could you leave while I get dressed?"

"Of course Sapphire," he replied as he left the room. Sapphire quickly changed and left the room to join her friend.


Later at lunch some of the other cadets were picking on the pair, "Hey what are you doing here robot boy? You don't need to eat," they called "keeping the freak company?"

Sapphire turned away, their words reminding her of the words that her masters would spit at her. "Data can we go? I don't want to listen to them anymore."

Data nodded and stood up before offering his arm to Sapphire, "Come on then we can go back to our dorm." Sapphire smiled and took his arm, Data looked at his friend before leading her back to their dorm. "Shall I order you something to eat Sapphire?" She just shook her head. "Are you sure," he asked again.

"I'm not hungry Data," she said with a shaky voice.

Data laid a hand on her shoulder, "you should eat."

Sapphire jumped at his touch, "I miss Jasmine," she muttered softly. "She'd know what to do."

Data gave her a hug, "Who is Jasmine, Saph?"

Startled by the sudden hug and use of her nickname she revealed more than she intended to, "Jasmine is my cousin we were together when they took us. She protected me from the masters, she helped me escape when it should have been her to escape not me." Data decided not to press her for more answers, instead he let her stay in his arms until she was ready to leave. "Thanks Day," she said after a few minutes. "I needed that."

Data raised an eyebrow at the nickname, "are you sure you do not wish to eat?" Sapphire just shook her head.


Sapphire and Data after class went back to the dorm and started to read Eargon, sitting on the couch on in the common room shared by the squad. The other two members of the squad Hayden and Jason walked in. "You two should just date, you practically are as it is," said Hayden.

Sapphire's ears turned pink, "that is hardly a logical conclusion Hayden."

"I forgot you are part Vulcan," the dark haired cadet laughed. "You and your logic," he smirked "what about your emotions princess?"

Sapphire paled at the title princess, she glanced at Data "can we go back to the story?"

"Yes we can Saph," replied Data, the other cadets laughed at his use of her nickname.

"Enjoy your book little one," said Jason as he ruffled her hair.

Sapphire smoothed out her hair, "why do you call me little one?"

"You remind me of my little sister Sapphire. I always called her little one before she passed away."

"I'm sorry Jason, I didn't know."

"It's alright little one go back to your story."

"Oh and Hayden, don't call me princess, I don't have that right anymore." The other three cadets looked at each other in confusion as Sapphire hardly ever revealed anything about her past. With a knowing glance shared by the boys and android, there would be a meeting that night to discuss the newest revelation.


That night after Sapphire had fallen asleep Data snuck over into Jason and Hayden's room. "She is sound asleep probably will not be up until just before sunrise," he said as soon as the door was closed.

"Did you see how pale she went when you called her princess? It was as if the name actually had a meaning for her, like she really is a princess and no one can know," started Jason.

"The last part makes sense with what she revealed at lunch," stated Data. "She said something about masters and her escaping with the help of her cousin Jasmine." Data looked thoughtful for a second, "she has a tattoo on her wrist, she said she got it at eight years old. She definitely was not born on earth because she has only been on earth three years."

"So she's an escaped slave, possibly a princess," muttered Hayden. "Poor little thing. I imagine that she wasn't treated nicely because she looks Vulcan given how she hides her pointed ears." The three cadets sat in silence for a moment, when it was broken by an ear piercing scream from the other room. Getting up quickly the cadets moved in unison as if they had done it a thousand times previous to the other room. Sapphire was currently in state of semi-awareness apologizing for not waking up on time.

Jason took the lead, "Hey little one why are you up so early? It's not sunrise yet," he asked her softly.

"Servants must always rise before the masters," she said in a monotone. "Or the consequences will be severe especially for a Luin."

"Luin that is her tribe," said Data

"But you aren't a servant little one."

"Yes I am ever since they took the palace."