First Class
The alarm went off at five A.m. and Su-Ling and M'ara both got out of bed. M'ara let Su-Ling have the Ion shower first since she wanted a few minutes to meditate before beginning her day. M'ara put her meditation blanket down and sat down with her hand in the typical triangle of the Vulcan discipline. M'ara took deep breaths and bound all her nervousness about her first day at star Fleet under her thick Vulcan emotional shield and now was ready to face what was sure to be a trying day. When Su-Ling was done with the shower M'ara took her turn. When she was finished she put on her newly issued Star Fleet blue uniform. It felt strangely constricting against her compared to the Vulcan clothing she was use to. Finally M'ara and Su-Ling were ready to go to the mess hall for six a.m. breakfast.
M'ara really did appreciate Su-Lings company, she did not feel the need to fill the silence with what humans called small talk like so many other girls their age seemed to. Su-Ling only smiled at M'ara as they sat and ate their breakfast together along with hundreds of other Star Fleet cadets. After breakfast S-Ling and M'ara had to go to their first class of the day, History of star Fleet medicine. M'ara was looking forward to the class. It was obvious that Su-Lin was not. "Ugh, it's going to be so boring" Su-Ling complained while on their way to class room 234 B. "I think it will be fascinating," M'ara said when they finally took their seats in the huge lecture hall. Su-Ling only rolled her eyes and then took out her computer to take notes for the class. M'ara could hear some of the kids whispering behind her, "Yeah I think that's her, why is she becoming a doctor, aren't Vulcans' suppose to be emotionless? I wouldn't want a doctor who was a pointy eared iced cube," A tall and rather handsome young man whispered unaware that M'ara could hear him with her sensitive Vulcan ears. M'ara recited the rules of Surak to her self to help calm her temper.
"Don't listen to them, there just scared because they know your smarter than they are. Not so good for the grading curve." Su-Ling said winking at M'ara. M'ara couldn't help but let a small smirk cross her face. Su-Ling smiled back, evidently happy to see that she had made M'ara feel a little better.
After evening meal M'ara began researching her parentage in the Academy library. The computers were easy to access and it was quiet. M'ara liked the architecture of the building since it unlike the more modern parts of the academy it still incorporated artistic flare in the design. M'ara began her research by looking at the known names that her human genetics had said could be possible matches. The list was extensive since the genetic code is combined with Vulcan dominant genes. The list for human possibilities was too great. The random chance of guessing who her human parent was had better statistics than narrowing it down. Her efficient Vulcan mind had calculated the odds several moments before even taking out the list to look at it again. M'ara began to search newspaper articles of events of the couple of weeks before she was born to see if any of the names were mentioned in the media. M'ara was about to give up when one name came up on the front page.
Young lady identified as Catherine Jeffery found dead in Seattle Washington in the early morning hours. Cause of death has been determined as natural causes but police are still continuing a full investigation.
M'ara saves the article and sent it to her computer back at her quarters. M'ara knew that it was highly unlikely that this woman could possibly be her Mother but she also reasoned that it was illogical to ignore this information without further inquiry. M'ara left the library feeling quite lighthearted at finally had found something to give her hope.