Hey y'all, I hope you are enjoying this story as much as I am liking the build up of what might happen in here. In case anyone cares in the slightest, I am putting Zarkina, William and her age group at 20, Zarkina has been queen for about two years. If you have any other Vannas concerns or questions, just let me know.

Chapter Two: Winter's Plan

Daniel watched as his students packed up their journals and writing utensils. After the chaos of getting Jack home and keeping himself alive, then getting the children settled, he was glad to be back to a normal schedule. He taught a language class, starting with Latin since it is one of the many languages English used when being created. He also taught an Earth history class and one specifically about ancient cultures. Every single class had a waiting list and he taught one section multiple times a week to get to as many of the Vannas who wished to learn. He had never known what it was like to be a beloved intellectual until he opened the Stargate and even then most everyone treated him like a favored pet, one that should be ignored most of the time.

Here, in the future, he was beloved by his students and sought out for information most of the day. Jack constantly had to suffer interruptions if they ate in the public eating area of the castle, which is why they ate in their apartment most of the time.

Daniel loved the attention most of the time but sometimes he wished only Jack knew his worth like before, then it was special connection that they had always carried under the surface of their snarky comments to one another.

"Dr. Jackson, have you finished for the day?" one of his students asked and Daniel looked up from packing away his teaching notes. He smiled at the young girl; she was around a little younger than the royal twins. She had long red hair and dark brown eyes.

"Hey Winter, how is studying going? Are you able to stay caught up?" he asked. The girl had continually come to talk to him about her worries for the class and her ability to retain the information enough to use the language in any cohesive way.

"Well since you ask, I was hoping you could spare a little extra time for me? Maybe before the next class, and we can work on a few parts I am having problems with."

He frowned, "You should ask one of the others in class, maybe Kirkan or Harvard Greer, they are a wonderful grasp of the language so far."

"You do not understand the dynamic of some of our people, there is a lot of bad blood between myself and many of my classmates, I would rather speak with you about my troubles."

Daniel sighed, he had noticed that the others treated Winter badly but did not understand the reaction. She seemed like a sweet woman but he'd not had the time to ask any of the other students about the prejudice. "I need to speak with Jack before I make this decision."

Winter smiled coyly, "Why? Are you not allowed to have friends outside your team?"

"You are a young woman asking for private time outside of class, I cannot make that decision without speaking to my husband about it. You will have to accept this otherwise there is no possibility of any tutoring."

"I understand then," she smiled and touched his hand slightly and so quick that Daniel had no time to pull away and before he could determine whether it was an accident or on purpose, she was leaving the class room.

He shoved all of his belongings into his bag and headed out the door as well, coming up on Kirkan Greer at the door. He was leaning against the wall casually, "Kirkan?"

"Dr. Jackson, you have to understand that Winter is not someone to be trusted lightly."

"And this is your business why?" Daniel asked, there were a few Vannas who had taken a Jack-like obsession with keeping Daniel safe and believing that the archeologist was completely incapable of protecting himself.

"She likes to mettle in the affairs of others, she will do anything to hurt Zarkina and I would hope not to let her use you as a weapon."

Daniel nodded and started walking towards the main pathway, which would lead him back to the castle. Kirkan followed, soon to be joined by his little brother, Greer who at Daniel's best guess was about three years old not that his intelligence and abilities would agree. He had already picked up on much of what his older brothers said in class and knew what they meant. It was quite extraordinary even in the Vannas standards.

"I have been intrigued by your brother's name," Daniel asked, changing the subject without Kirkan's permission.

"Harvard or Alvaro?" Kirkan asked curiously.

"No, Greer, I had come to understand that Greer was your surname."

"Greer is not biologically my brother though I feel as though I have raised him. He has only been gifted into our safe keeping until the parents are ready to have him back."

"Who are his parents then?" Daniel asked, getting wrapped up in the mystery of it.

Kirkan shook his head, "We don't know, my brothers were not given that information and my parents believe it is not time yet. For now he understands that his parents did not know he was taken from them, this is not about them not loving him and on top of it the Greer family has loved him as their own since he was born."

"Interesting," Daniel responded even as they came even with castle. Kirkan glared at him in amused annoyance.

"You did that on purpose, so I could not sway your decision about Winter," he postulated.

Daniel grinned and touched the side of his nose, leaned down and touched Greer's head gently. Looking into those green eyes that had a clear line of silver in the edge of the iris, he wondered about the possibility of knowing exactly who this child belonged to. With that thought and a grin from the small child, he walked inside the castle.

Winter knew she couldn't expect the man to fall into her bosom but she had never had to work so hard to get someone's attention as she had with Daniel Jackson. She knew that he was married to a man, that they had children but all she needed was for him to drop his guard enough for her to plant the seed of doubt in his spouse, as well as infect his mind with her spell. She knew it would work, it had been used on her sister-by-marriage Zarkina on one occasion to the almost destruction of the queen. If she could infect Daniel then she could get him to leave the island with her and right into the hands of Zarranth's minions and she would be given the power she needed to get the throne as she should have always had.

She headed off for her home outside of the castle, having been disinvited from its grounds long ago. Winter was determined to use the naiveté of the human historian to get back the rights she'd had stolen from her when her brother decided to return home with Akina years ago so she could become queen.