Wish Upon A Star
By Laura Schiller
Based on: Star Trek: Voyager
Copyright: Paramount
(Note: Any direct quotes from Disney song lyrics will be written in italics.)
"Almost There" (Princess and the Frog)
"Are you coming to the Prixin party tonight, Captain?" asks Chakotay, a subdued hope in his brown eyes. "There will be dancing. To live music, no less – Harry's dusting off his clarinet right now."
"I don't have time for dancing, Commander," says Kathryn, pinching the bridge of her nose to ward off a headache. "That's just gonna have to wait a while. I need to get this report to Starfleet Command finished before we move out of comm range."
"More moolt nectar for the rest of us, then," Chakotay teases, knowing perfectly well she hates the stuff.
She cracks a tired smile, dismisses him, and tries to focus aching eyes on the computer screen. Ever since they discovered the MIDAS array, Earth has begun to feel so close she can almost smell it. It will be worth everything she's sacrificed, if she can only get them home.
"I'm almost there," she whispers, as if sheer force of will could make it true. "Almost there."
But one of the KimTones' jazz tunes echoes forlornly in her mind, and she can't help wondering whom Chakotay chose to dance with instead.