Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 19:04:32 +0200 From: sinnema Subject: fanfic- The (tragic) beginning of Lion Trek As everybody may think that I have started this AFTER Ed came up with his story- No. I was busy with this a week or two before. As I'm not a good writer you're free to respond and correct my bad english, or the way I've written things. It's just an explanation of how our Lions came to be on the Enterprise. -=Lion Trek- the beginning.=- Written by Anneke Sinnema on the 22nd of April (finished on the 16th of May). Captain Jean-Luc Picard looked at the viewscreen and sighed. He had just gotten a message from the Federation that he was to investigate the dissapearance of the I.K.C. K'ogh near the neutral zone. He went to his readyroom, directly followed by commander Riker. "Sir, permission to speak freely." "Granted." "Captain, why do they want to let US go after that damn klingon ship? Our crew needs its promised vacation! They haven't had one in two months now!" "Please, calm down commander. I can't do anything about it, you know how strict the federations orders are. We'll have to wait until after our investigation. Allthough I myself can use a break too." "But sir..." "Dismissed." When Riker had left the captain thought for a few minutes, sighed and walked out of his readyroom again. "Mister Data, please set a course for the neutral zone... Engage." Suddenly, all the lights went out. "Mister laForge, what is happening?" "I ... don't know captain. It looks like nothing I've ever seen. There is no reason for that we are now in the dark and on the same place as before we would go to warp. There is enough energy abord." "Can you give me a full report on this in one hour? Picard out." One hour later all officers were listening to Geordi's report: "...There is enough energy on the whole ship, so I don't see what is keeping us here. If you ask me, this is all caused by.." "Q, at your service." Suddenly captain Picard began to laugh, followed by the rest of the senior staff. Because Q, the most irritating life-form of the universe, was wearing a pair of sunclasses, a pair of boxershorts and, last but not least... A Scar T-shirt!! "What do you think of my new T-shirt? I've eh... got it from a fellow Lion King fan. Made by himself!" "What are you doing here? And what is this... 'Lion King'?" Data interrupted, "It was an ancient earth movie from the 20th century made by Disney, a company which made excellent cartoons. It was very popular, after three years there still were hundreds of fans." "Thank you Data. But what are you, Q, doing with a 'Lion King' T-shirt?" "On one of my travels through eternity I happened to discover something I had never seen before- the most magestical movie of all times! I'm a fan, a big one. I believe nobody can call himself what he thinks he is without knowing everything about this movie. And that's why I have prepared a little... test for you." Q snapped with his fingers and the whole senior staff found himself to be on a savannah, with dooming up at the horizon a big rock with around it some bushes. Vaguely, they could see a lion standing on the big rock. "Welcome in the Pridelands!", Q said. "I'm now going to test you of your knowledge about this movie. When you have succeeded, you may proudly call yourself lions. Or humans, whatever you prefer. When you don't succeed... You're being punished in the lightest way: You'll stay here forever." While Q was blabbing around about something called 'the first church' captain Picard whispered to Data: "Data. can you save us out of here? Don't you have any records of this movie, containing useful information?" "I'll do the best I can, captain. But I'm afraid I cannot guarantee anything." Abruptly they were interrupted by Q: "Okay everybody, Please follow me as I show you some of the places where the events take place." They all followed him to Pride Rock, where a lot of animals were gathered now. When they looked into the sky they could see a bird flying over them. "Your first question: What is the name of that bird?" Directly, Data answered: "That bird is Zazu, the majordomo of the king. He is now going to the lion on top of the rock." As they watched, the bird DID fly to the rock. "Well done mr Data!", Picard said with a sigh of relief. For the second question, they found themselves at an elephant graveyard. "Your next question: Who are going to be here in a few minutes?" "Eh..." Data showed some doubt. "I believe it was... no. Oh, I've got it! It were Simba, Nala and Zazu. The latter comes a few minutes later." Again, Q had to admit that Data DID know the correct answer. With a sigh (from Q this time) they continued their walk. This time they were in a jungle. "The last question, which is really easy: What is a typical saying of the meerkat Timon and the warthog Pumbaa?" This time, Data was strucked. He couldn't think of it. "Ehhh... 'Slimy yet satisfying'? 'Welcome to our humble home'? 'Pumbaa, with you, everything's gas'? 'Who's the brains in this outfit'?" A cruel smile appeared on Q's mouth, a smile they had never seen before with Q... "It's 'HAKUNA MATATA'!! This means you have to stay here!" "Excuse me Q, but what's 'here'?" "On this tape. And I'll send this tape back to 1967. A little early, but maybe they'll like what they see on the tape. They may even make a television series of you. But I have to attend to bigger business now- You enjoy yourselves now. So long- till eternity." "But who will be on the Enterprise now?" "Guess who!" And so the adventures of the lion family started on the Enterprise. Q had just transferred the original crew to the tape, and the characters from the tape (except big Simba and big Nala, because otherwise there would be two Nalas and Simbas) waked up to be at the enterprise. What adventures they had is told in a next bunch of stories. The original crew lived as long as the tape existed. The tape was found in the gutter by a man named Gene Roddenberry who thought it would be quite nice to make a television series out of the stories recorded on the tape. And it was a success. And Q? Well Q lived happily ever after, enjoying the stories he heard from Scar (they became good friends, and Scar regularly 'phoned' Q on a private wave-length.) NOT the end.