Trance found Rommie's avatar in her quarters. "Hi, Rommie. Can I ask you a question?"
"Of course, Trance."
"Well, do you have any information on the Shreeya in your database?"
"The Shreeya...they were a supposedly psychic species from two systems outside of the Milky Way galaxy. They predicted the downfall of the Commonwealth at its peak and made other predictions that have been fulfilled over the past three centuries. Why do you ask?"
"I was just wondering, that's all. Thanks, Rommie." She exited Rommie's quarters, appearing a little happier than before.
***
Harper walked morosely down the corridor. He was being forced to break up with Trance. 'How am I going to break it to her? What's she gonna say?' he wondered. He really didn't want to hurt her. He wanted to make her happy more than anything. There seemed to be no way out of this one, though.
Trance was looking happy as she turned the corner and started walking towards him. "Harper! Just who I was looking for!"
"Hiya, Trance," he said sadly. 'I can't do this to her right now. She looks so happy.'
"We need to go talk to Dylan. I can fix everything." She was smiling.
"By all means, then, let's go talk to Dylan." Harper wondered what she had up her sleeve this time. He didn't doubt her for a second, though. One thing was for sure--if anyone could pull off a miracle, it was Trance Gemini.
***
Trance, Harper and Dylan stood on Command Deck together while Beka was seated in the slipstream pilot's chair..
"Let me get this straight, Trance. You want me to take Andromeda to the edge of the Milky Way to talk to a supposedly psychic species that hasn't been sighted in three hundred years to prove that you two belong together?" Dylan asked.
"The Shreeya remain on their homeworlds. And, yes, I do. They haven't made an incorrect prediction ever," Trance assured him.
"You'll end this relationship if they say it isn't meant to be?" Dylan asked.
"Yes, we will. But if it is, then you have to let us stay together," Trance replied.
"I think it's pointless, but if it will end this, then I'm willing to do it."
"Thank you, Dylan!" Trance contained her urge to hug him.
"Tell me one thing, though. Have you met these Shreeya before?"
"Yes. They're not going to kill us or anything. Trust me."
"Beka, slipstream to the Amanni system."
***
A lavander planet with swirling white clouds lay below Andromeda. It reminded Trance of herself. She boarded the Maru with Dylan and Harper. They flew down to the surface, where she directed them. This place had been her home away from home for a long time, and she hadn't realized how much she missed it before. They landed in a clearing near a small village.
"We'll find them in those huts over there?" Harper asked.
"Yes, that's where we'll find them."
Trance led the two men towards a larger hut in the center of the village. "This is the Hall of Elders," she explained. "It's where the best of the best Shreeya meet."
They entered the hut, and Trance bowed to the cloaked figure in the center.
"Trance, you return to us. These are your friends." The figure gestured at Harper and Dylan.
"Yes, I'm," Dylan began.
"No. Let me. You are powerful, a leader of a great...restoration. I see seven...seven crusaders towards this."
"Yes," Dylan said, surprised.
"And you, young man...you are from the bowels of hell, but you escaped. You found what you had lost when you escaped with these crusaders--a family."
"How does he know that stuff?" Harper asked Trance.
"We tap into cosmic energy, which is timeless. We see all, but cannot claim to know all. We are what we are, as you are what you are."
"What do you see in store for us? And do you do stocks, maybe?" Harper asked.
The elder laughed. "No, we do not predict your market crashes or successes...you have a long, arduous path to follow. I see it being followed by all seven, but there is a connection between you, Trance, and your friend." He gestured at Harper. "It has already began. It is part of the reason you came here, the other for assurance. Assurance that your mission is not futile."
Dylan nodded. He had been rendered speechless by the accuracy of the Shreeyan elder.
"Do not fear your fate. Embrace it. You shall have a hand in the role of a new universe. You know what you have come to know. Leave us now, but you are welcomed to return."
"Thank you, elders." Trance bowed again before they exited the hut.
"That was a little...weird," Harper said.
"I can't help but believe it. It seems impossible, but..."
"It has given you hope towards the new Commonweath," Trance finished.
"Yeah...and good luck to the both of you."
"Thanks, Boss. I won't hurt her. You don't have to worry a bit."
They returned to the Maru and then to Andromeda, not saying much about what they had heard from the Shreeya elders. It seemed somehow sacred and private to all of them.
***
A month had passed very quickly. Trance and Harper had fallen even deeper in love and were in the process of moving into some larger quarters together. No one objected, after watching the couple for a month and realizing how special what they had was. Even Dylan knew he would be wrong to break them up.
"Harper, how long do you think we'll be together?" Trance asked, remembering the first time she had asked that question over a month ago.
"Forever," he replied honestly. "I don't know how I ever lived without you. I'm starting to forget those days, y'know."
"Me too." She rested her head on his shoulder.
"Those Shreeya that kept us together...how do you know them?" Harper hadn't pried at all about her past since they had been together.
"I used to spend a lot of time with them a long time ago. They were my best friends."
"Oh." He knew she wouldn't go into anymore detail.
"I have a new best friend now, though. You." She smiled. "And we'll always be best friends."
"Always," Harper agreed with a smile and kissed her.
~THE END~
Author's Note: So, what did you think? I know the ending was a little sappy, but I couldn't resist. :)
"Of course, Trance."
"Well, do you have any information on the Shreeya in your database?"
"The Shreeya...they were a supposedly psychic species from two systems outside of the Milky Way galaxy. They predicted the downfall of the Commonwealth at its peak and made other predictions that have been fulfilled over the past three centuries. Why do you ask?"
"I was just wondering, that's all. Thanks, Rommie." She exited Rommie's quarters, appearing a little happier than before.
***
Harper walked morosely down the corridor. He was being forced to break up with Trance. 'How am I going to break it to her? What's she gonna say?' he wondered. He really didn't want to hurt her. He wanted to make her happy more than anything. There seemed to be no way out of this one, though.
Trance was looking happy as she turned the corner and started walking towards him. "Harper! Just who I was looking for!"
"Hiya, Trance," he said sadly. 'I can't do this to her right now. She looks so happy.'
"We need to go talk to Dylan. I can fix everything." She was smiling.
"By all means, then, let's go talk to Dylan." Harper wondered what she had up her sleeve this time. He didn't doubt her for a second, though. One thing was for sure--if anyone could pull off a miracle, it was Trance Gemini.
***
Trance, Harper and Dylan stood on Command Deck together while Beka was seated in the slipstream pilot's chair..
"Let me get this straight, Trance. You want me to take Andromeda to the edge of the Milky Way to talk to a supposedly psychic species that hasn't been sighted in three hundred years to prove that you two belong together?" Dylan asked.
"The Shreeya remain on their homeworlds. And, yes, I do. They haven't made an incorrect prediction ever," Trance assured him.
"You'll end this relationship if they say it isn't meant to be?" Dylan asked.
"Yes, we will. But if it is, then you have to let us stay together," Trance replied.
"I think it's pointless, but if it will end this, then I'm willing to do it."
"Thank you, Dylan!" Trance contained her urge to hug him.
"Tell me one thing, though. Have you met these Shreeya before?"
"Yes. They're not going to kill us or anything. Trust me."
"Beka, slipstream to the Amanni system."
***
A lavander planet with swirling white clouds lay below Andromeda. It reminded Trance of herself. She boarded the Maru with Dylan and Harper. They flew down to the surface, where she directed them. This place had been her home away from home for a long time, and she hadn't realized how much she missed it before. They landed in a clearing near a small village.
"We'll find them in those huts over there?" Harper asked.
"Yes, that's where we'll find them."
Trance led the two men towards a larger hut in the center of the village. "This is the Hall of Elders," she explained. "It's where the best of the best Shreeya meet."
They entered the hut, and Trance bowed to the cloaked figure in the center.
"Trance, you return to us. These are your friends." The figure gestured at Harper and Dylan.
"Yes, I'm," Dylan began.
"No. Let me. You are powerful, a leader of a great...restoration. I see seven...seven crusaders towards this."
"Yes," Dylan said, surprised.
"And you, young man...you are from the bowels of hell, but you escaped. You found what you had lost when you escaped with these crusaders--a family."
"How does he know that stuff?" Harper asked Trance.
"We tap into cosmic energy, which is timeless. We see all, but cannot claim to know all. We are what we are, as you are what you are."
"What do you see in store for us? And do you do stocks, maybe?" Harper asked.
The elder laughed. "No, we do not predict your market crashes or successes...you have a long, arduous path to follow. I see it being followed by all seven, but there is a connection between you, Trance, and your friend." He gestured at Harper. "It has already began. It is part of the reason you came here, the other for assurance. Assurance that your mission is not futile."
Dylan nodded. He had been rendered speechless by the accuracy of the Shreeyan elder.
"Do not fear your fate. Embrace it. You shall have a hand in the role of a new universe. You know what you have come to know. Leave us now, but you are welcomed to return."
"Thank you, elders." Trance bowed again before they exited the hut.
"That was a little...weird," Harper said.
"I can't help but believe it. It seems impossible, but..."
"It has given you hope towards the new Commonweath," Trance finished.
"Yeah...and good luck to the both of you."
"Thanks, Boss. I won't hurt her. You don't have to worry a bit."
They returned to the Maru and then to Andromeda, not saying much about what they had heard from the Shreeya elders. It seemed somehow sacred and private to all of them.
***
A month had passed very quickly. Trance and Harper had fallen even deeper in love and were in the process of moving into some larger quarters together. No one objected, after watching the couple for a month and realizing how special what they had was. Even Dylan knew he would be wrong to break them up.
"Harper, how long do you think we'll be together?" Trance asked, remembering the first time she had asked that question over a month ago.
"Forever," he replied honestly. "I don't know how I ever lived without you. I'm starting to forget those days, y'know."
"Me too." She rested her head on his shoulder.
"Those Shreeya that kept us together...how do you know them?" Harper hadn't pried at all about her past since they had been together.
"I used to spend a lot of time with them a long time ago. They were my best friends."
"Oh." He knew she wouldn't go into anymore detail.
"I have a new best friend now, though. You." She smiled. "And we'll always be best friends."
"Always," Harper agreed with a smile and kissed her.
~THE END~
Author's Note: So, what did you think? I know the ending was a little sappy, but I couldn't resist. :)