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On 3 Jul 2004 18:57:14 -0700, in alt.startrek.creative,
pseudonymsockpuppet@hotmail.com (Pseudonymonious Puppet de Sock) wrote:

Title: Kai's Fables: The Cardassian Who Would Be King
Author: Pseudonymonious Puppet de Sock 
Contact: pseudonymsockpuppet@hotmail.com
Series: DS9
Rating: G
Archive: sure, whatever, where ever. 
Summary:  When you desire to change your condition, make sure that you
Note:  With apologies to Aesop, these are various Aesop's Fables
re-written for the Star Trek Universe.  As before, yes, I'm a sock
puppet.  If I wanted the world to know who I really am, I would have
posted it at my website and as myself.  Since I'm not, I don't.


	The group of Bajoran children eagerly settled in at the feet of the
elderly Kai, anxious to hear yet another of her stories.  This had
become a common way to spend the afternoon and, in spite of the
vedek's protestations that the Kai had more important matters to tend
to, she was always waiting in the garden when school let out.

	"What shall it be today?  Perhaps the story of the Cardassian who
would be king?"

	"Yes," the children cheered in unison.

	"A long time ago," she began, "Cardassia was a wealthy and powerful
place.  They took what they wanted without regard for anyone but
themselves.  One Cardassian in particular was very obsessed with his
own desires, his name was Dukat.  Dukat had a nice life, a wife and
many children and he was an important man among the Cardassians, even
given important responsibilities; but that wasn't enough for Dukat,
his sights were set much higher.  He rose in the ranks of the
Cardassian military by playing the part of the good, little soldier
and supporting those over him until he had information about them that
he could use to elevate himself.  When someone became inconvenient to
him, he disposed of them, even his own illegitimate daughter who could
devastate his political ambitions.  Dukat was absolutely ruthless to
those he considered inferior, slaughtering them by the millions and
regretting only that more hadn't been killed.  His thirst for power
was unquenchable, he gave no thought to anything else and, ultimately,
his selfishness indulgences in his own wants would drive away his wife
and their children.  He didn't let that stop him.  Through deceit and
manipulation, Dukat rose to power, crushing anyone in his path.

	Dukat decided that power alone wasn't enough, he wanted the love of
his half-Bajoran daughter, Ziyal.  He lied to her, telling her things
that she wanted to believe about the man who was her father, but she
was also Bajoran and she had the heart of a Bajoran.  It angered Dukat
that his daughter  might choose freedom and the love of a man over his
possessive, controlling idea of love.  Dukat ruthlessly manipulated
her and even sought to have her lover killed, but in the end his
thirst for power caused the death of Ziyal and he was devastated to
have been denied what he wanted.  His anger drove him to seek out and
make a pact with the pah-wraiths, themselves."

	"Ooh," the children murmured at the mention of such evil.

	"His ambitions knew no bounds, he had no qualms about allowing the
pah-wraiths to use him, possess him, as long as he got what he wanted
from the deal.  He almost succeeded in releasing the pah-wraiths from
their prison, but the Emissary of the Prophets fought bravely and,
with the guidance of the Prophets themselves, he trapped Dukat with
the pah-wraiths for all eternity.  The man who sought to rise far
above everyone around him, ultimately ended up in the very depths of
hell itself."

	When the story was over, the children thanked the Kai for the story
and left for home.  Kai Kira watched the vibrant colors of the sunset
and thought back to those days and how close they had come to
unspeakable horror.

-- 
Constable Katie, ASC* Archive team
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