Chapter 1

Chekov had never expected this to happen. Guilt was already eating him up from inside because when the captain trusted him, Chekov had disappointed him. He had fucked up. And while a boy was dying in his arms, Chekov was unable to save him. He was useless. The girl who was standing in front of him started to scream and cry at the same time. The captain, Spock, McCoy and a few security guards came running towards them and the girl pointed at Chekov.

"He, he murdered him!"

-Star Trek-

A few days back:

It all started as a pretty easy mission. Kirk had to visit the planet, Zarumbia, which was interested in joining the federation. According to starfleet this planet was important because it was really advanced in medical technology, so advanced that even Bones could learn from them. That was also the reason why Bones was, for once, happy to join an away mission. For Jim it all just sounded really boring. But there was nothing he could do against it, boring missions were a part of being a captain. And he had to admit that the enterprise could use an easy and peaceful mission for once.

"Ready to transport sir", said Scotty in a Scottish accent. Jim gave the old engineer a smile and walked into the transporter. On his left side stood Bones and on his right side stood Spock. The presence of those two, although Kirk would never admit it out loud, made him feel more at ease which was a feeling he only felt when someone from his crew was around him. Behind him where three other crew members, who Kirk had decides to take with him for this mission. Two of them where security officers, Brandon Bells and Jacobus Vlent. The other one was Chekov. Jim though the whiz kid needed to get more experience in away missions and boring simple missions like this were perfect for him. After all what could go wrong? Well later on, Jim was really going to regret his decision.

-Star Trek-

The away team was welcomed by the king, queen and princes of Zarumbia and some other important looking man. The Zarumbia's looked relatively close to humans. If it wasn't for their white skin, purple collared eyes and their ears, which looked like little beans, you could confuse them as normal human beings.

Before he gave any attention to the group of Zarumbia's in front of him he gave a quick look over his own crew, just to make sure they were okay. Not that Kirk though something could have happened to them while transporting, Scotty would make sure everything would go perfect, Kirk just wanted to be sure. Spock had his normal not-showing-any-emotion face on and looked straight forward. Bones had his eyes settle on the royal family, taking in there appearance. Just as Spock, the security guys looked straight forward with a serious face.

The only one who was really showing emotion was Chekov, who looked in so much aww around him (even though there was nothing to see, they were in a plain white room) that it made Jim smile. Chekov was really showing his innocence here even though the kid probably wouldn't know it himself that he did. Kirk though about the silent agreement he had with his command crew (minus Chekov) to keep the kid innocent. They had never said it out loud, but they all knew they tried there damn best to keep him from seeing some of the horrors they had seen, knowing that these horrors could change and scar you for live. That was something Jim had a lot of experience with and if he had the change to keep that from happening with Chekov he would take it, not only for the Russian ensign himself, but also for the rest of the commander crew. They needed the bright happy kid.

"It is a pleasure to meet you, captain Kirk, I have heard a lot of great stories about you and your crew. My name is Allucias Antinus, I am the king of Zarumbia." Jim switched his focus on the man before him who stepped forward and gave Kirk a polite hand.

"The pleasure is mine, king Antinus." After Kirk said that he looked at the queen and made a little bow.

"My name is Ileria Antinus and this is our daughter, Alura. I hope you will enjoy your stay here." The queen gave him a kind smile while the princes, who was only a teen, formed a shy smile on her face.

"Well, if all the women were as beautiful as you two I am sure my visit here will be unforgettable." Kirk gave them both a wink. He knew that it wouldn't be the best idea to flirt with the royal family but he couldn't not do it. It was too much fun to see Spocks annoyed face who was trying to find the logic of that sentence.

"Now, if you don't mind, may I introduce you to my crew? This is Spock, my first officer, he will help us with the official parts of this mission. The one with the grumpy face is doctor McCoy, he is very interested in your medical technology, so if we could take a look at that later it would make his day, if that is alright by you? The men in red are both security officers, Brandon Bells and Jacobus Vlent. And last but not least, Ensign Chekov. He might look young, but he is really smart." said Jim proud. Chekov gave the royal family a shy smile.

"Now that we are finally done with the introducing part, I am sure you guys want to take a look at the room you will be staying at. This is Ronas, my right-hand man, who is going to bring you to your room." A tall, skinny man, with just a few greyish hears jumping out of his head, stepped forward and gave the king a nod. After that the king turned back to Kirk and the others.

"Diner will be ready in a few hours. Is it okay if we do the official stuff later? Tonight it will be like a little feast. No work or stuff like that, just nice conversations and good food." Jim tried not to look bored, knowing that this so called feast wasn't going to be his kind of party. The change that there will be beer and girls he could mess with was pretty small. Well, when this mission was over he and Bones should just retreat to their rooms and get their fancy asses so drunk they wouldn't be able to stand straight anymore, it was way too long ago they had done that anyway. Jim just faked a smile, something he was very used to, and just agreed with the king. After that they were brought to their rooms.

The away team had arrived in a special transporter room in the king's palace and there rooms would also be in the same palace. Walking through the hallways, Jim could sometimes take a peek of the outside through a window. The planet looked a lot like earth. The technology was almost as good, if not better at some points. After a while Jim noticed that something was off, not in the wrong way. People where decorating the city like there was going to be a big feast. That couldn't be for them, right? After a while Jim decided to ask Ronas about it, who was walking in a fast pace a few feet before the rest of the group. Immediately a smile appeared on Ronas face.

"Princes Alura is going to marry with Joach Laborian."

"So young? No offence of course." Jim asked curious.

"None taken, it is usual for the princes to marry so early. When the king decides that his daughter is ready to become a women he sends a letter trough out all of Zarumbia to every teen boy. Therein he welcomes them to come to the palace to take five tests in wisdom, strength, love, intelligence and political knowledge. The three boys who scores the best will all spent one night with the princes. After that she chooses one of the three to marry."

That sounded quite interesting. The system was better than the way the humans did it ages ago, where the father completely decided who would be his daughter's husband. But Jim would prefer it if the princes could choice between everyone who to marry and not just between three boys.

Well in the end, whatever he thought didn't matter. The only thing he could do was getting this planet into joining the federation.

"Everybody seems quite busy with the feast. I take it Alura and Joach are loved by the citizens?" He asked after he could take a peek of what seemed like a ballroom what was getting cleared and decorated." Ronas smiled at Jim's statement.

"Captain Kirk. The princes and mister Joach are both deeply loved and cared for by the citizens. They are going to be an amazing king and queen and we all count ourselves lucky that we can live under them."

Judging by Runas voice and the way that his face showed some kind of soft love, it looked like he was telling the truth and really cared for the princes and her fiance.

Runas abruptly stopped walking so Jim had to stop too. Behind him Chekov didn't notice it and bumped against Kirk.

"Sorry Keptin", the teen said with shock and embarrassment in his eyes. Jim laughed it off. The kid was still in the state of aww because of the beauty of the palace and hadn't payed attention to his captain. Apparently Chekov already enjoyed himself.

"Here is the room you will be staying at. Everyone has their own bedroom, but you all have to share the living-room and bathroom." Runas said while opening the door for the away team, "We would appreciate it if you stay in the apartment. The palace is quite big and it is easy to get lost."

"Thank you Runas. I'll take it we see you at dinner again?" Kirk said while walking into the room with his crew behind him. Runas nodded, said goodbye and left.

Immediately Kirk dropped his serious political look and started running around to see which bedroom had the best bed. After a mere of just 30 seconds and a few jumps on every bed Kirk had made his decision.

"I take the third bedroom at the right," he yelled to his crew who were all still standing in the living room. He could see Bones rolling with his eyes at Jim's childish behavior and it made Kirk smirk.

-Star Trek-

When he was finally called out for dinner, Chekov was so hungry he thought he could eat a whole horse. He had been quite hungry for a while now but didn't want to complain about it to anyone. He was honored that Kirk had chosen him for this mission and didn't want anyone to think of him as an annoyance.

Dinner was in a big beautiful room with one large table. After meeting a lot of what looked like important people they could finally begin to eat. But to his nerves they had sat Chekov down next to Joach and Alura. Now he really couldn't do anything stupid.

"So you're really a member of starfleet?" Joack asked after his board was filled with food.

"Yes sir."

"You're seventeen right? That means we are the same age. No need to call me sir. Joach is fine." the teen said with a kind smile.

"Same goes for me, just call me Alura." the princes said. Her voice sounded soft and sweet. The kindness of the two teens made Chekov feel more at ease. It was more like he was having dinner with two of his peers than the future king and queen.

"If daths what you want, it weel be that way, Alura, Joach", Chekov said.

After that the teens got into a long conversation about, well about almost everything. Apparently Joack was also a whiz kid and they talked a lot about mathematics and the mystery of space. Before Chekov knew it, it was already time to go back to their rooms.

-Star Trek-

The next they had breakfast with the royal family again. After that they visited a hospital, much to McCoy's happiness, to take a look at the advanced medical technologies. Chekov had to admit it, it was amazing. It almost took a whole day, just because doctor McCoy wanted to see every little detail. In the evening after dinner, Joach and Alura asked if Chekov was interested in a walk in the garden and Chekov immediately agreed. Knowing that if the palace was already this beautiful, the garden would be to amazing to imagine.

And there he was, walking in the palace garden, the future king and queen next to him. The air of the night was cold and Chekov felt a riling going through his spine. It didn't bother him though. Everything in this garden was too beautiful to care about a little riling.

He immediately wished he could show Sulu this place. There where so many different and beautiful plants that Sulu would never want to return to the enterprise.

Suddenly the princes stopped walking. The two boys looked curious at her.

"This is my favorite place in the garden. Is it okay if we stop here for a little while?"

"Well if that makes you happy, then I am completely fine with that." Joach smiled. The teens where now standing in a small circle.

"Do you miss earth, Chekov?" the princes suddenly asked. Chekov couldn't help but smile. Earth, did he miss it? Did he miss the beautiful Russia with his sweet mother who made the best pie of the world, no of the universe and his dad who had though him so much, his family and friends? But on the enterprise he had also a family, who cared for him and they where maybe just as sweet and awesome and loving as his real family.

"No...vell, maybe sometimes."

"And what do you do when you miss earth?" Alura asked curious.

"My dad once gave me a pocketknife. Eet is nothing special but vhenever I feel sad I take a look at eat and it makes me feel better." There was a quick glistering in the princes' eyes although Chekov didn't quite understand why.

"You have it with you now?" she asked.

"Vell, yes." Chekov said carefully, knowing that it might be illegal to take a weapon into the royal palace, but the princes didn't look angry or shocked at all, she looked curious and enthusiastic.

"Can I see it?"

"Of course." Chekov took the little black pocketknife out of its pocket and handed it to Alura.

"Don't cut yourself." Joach warned. The princes just laughed at him and clicked it open.

"It looks quite sharp." She said while a smile formed on her face. Chekov suddenly got an uncomfortable feeling. A part of him wanted to shove it away but he remembered what the captain had told him. Always listen to your intuition.

But before Chekov could react Alura did something nobody had expected her to do. And that one action would change Chekov's live drastically.

Without a warning the princes took the knife in her right hand and stabbed Joach right between his ribs. Chekov could only gasp and stare, the kid had a hard time progressing what just had happened.

Joach was sobbing and looking at his fiance with big shocked eyes. The princes let go of the knife and Joach slowly fell down. Chekov rushed just in time to catch him. He slowly brought the boy to the ground and pressed with one hand on the wound. There was so much blood that Chekov couldn't stop. At this moment he wished that the captain, Spock or the doctor or anyone of the command crew was here with him. Because they would know what to do, they could maybe even save Joach. How much Chekov wanted to save Joach but he knew he couldn't help the dying teen. He looked in the eyes of Joach and saw the roller coaster of emotions in his eyes. From shocked to scared to sad and finally to lifeless.

Chekov slowly looked up at the princes who was standing just a couple of feet away and was calmly watching the scene. When their eyes meet she winked and smiled. After that her facial expression totally changed into fake shock and sadness. Without giving him a warning she started screaming and crying. Before Pavel could react, a couple of Zarumbia's security guys came running to them and behind them he saw captain Kirk, Spock and doctor McCoy. Their eyes asked for an explanation but before Chekov could say anything Alura pointed at him.

"He, he murdered Joach!"

-Star Trek-

Well, that was chapter 1. I hope you enjoyed it^^. It is a long time ago that I have written fanficion, so I hope this is good and you could enjoy reading it. Sorry if the start was a little boring, I promise that after this it will get more exciting. I am also sorry for all my english grammar/spelling mistakes. English isn't my first language and I have also dyslexia so you please just ignore the mistakes.

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