A/N: Well, I added two more chapters to my original little story which now is the second chapter. Please, please read and review!
Disclaimer: I don't own the show, only this story.
"Kathryn, Kathryn! It's bedtime! Kathryn!"
The little five-year-old girl didn't move at all. Space and time, sometimes, behave very strangely. As Kathryn stood on the wooden balustrade on the front porch, looking up at the velvet sky and its twinkling stars, they suddenly seemed so near, that she could almost touch them. Her own home seemed lost in the distance and with it all earthly sounds. All she could hear were the stars. They were whispering her name, begging her to play with them, to be among them.
"Kathryn!"
One voice, one touch brought her back to earth. Tears glistened on her face as Captain Edward Janeway carefully lifted his daughter of her lookout-post.
"The stars are so beautiful, daddy", Kathryn whispered, awed.
"I know, Goldenbird, I know." Smiling, he wiped her tears away . "One day, you will spread your wings and fly among them."
"Really? I can be on a starship like you? When?" Kathryn's eyes lit up with anticipation.
Her father chortled. "Well, first you need to grow up and study real hard and then you have to apply at Starfleet Acadamy."
"Yessir! Can you help me getting all the books I need? And do I have to learn about quant... quantan... quantum mechanics? It sounds real hard!"
Laughter filled the air and momentarily drowned out the chirr of the crickets. "Why don't you worry about that, tomorrow? Now it's time for bed."
"Oh..."
Father and daughter stepped into the house, but before he could shut the door, Kathryn had to turn back one more time. "Did you hear? I will be with you very soon! Just wait for me!"