The Taming of the Captain
Disclaimer: I don't own Star Trek, but I'm willing to take it if anyone wants to give it to me! Hey, Paramount dudes, your people and my people will talk.
Walking down the hall, Rebecca Rosette heard her brother cry, "There's no way I can leave the planet right now!"
Intrigued, Rebecca slipped quietly into the conference room occupied by her father and brother. Her father was explaining, "Paul, it is imperative that a member of the royal family is present for the Vega summit. There will be important decisions made for our entire sector."
"But the northern trolls have been restless for two months now! I have to ride up there and give them a good scare, or I don't know what they'll do. I certainly can't leave! If I do, they might try to attack here, in Roseburg," Paul protested, running his hand quickly through his brown hair. He was a soldier at heart, and the thought of leaving the planet's most restless creatures unguarded for two weeks was not to his liking.
Sitting in her chair in the back, Rebecca wondered what they would do. Then a solution came to her, and she piped up, "Why don't you send me to the Vega summit?"
"Becky, where did you come from?" the king asked.
"I've been sitting here for some time, Dad."
Paul laughed. "Sorry we didn't say anything to you, Becky. We were wrapped up in this problem and we didn't even notice you."
Rebecca chuckled, and picked up the papers on the summit off the desk. Rifling through them, she asked, "So how about it? Send me to the Vega summit."
Her father sighed. "But you've never even been on a diplomatic mission before. It's not easy, you know."
Becky quickly countered, "I always got full marks in government and leadership classes when I was in school. And I've watched you and Paul doing this sort of thing for years. I'm sure I could do it!"
"And goodness knows she can handle herself in an argument," Paul added with a wry grin.
"I suppose you are fairly well qualified," the king admitted, pursing his lips as he made up his mind. "All right, I guess you can go. But you must be very careful never to say the wrong thing. This is too important a mission for errors."
"Oh, I won't! Well, I'd better go pack!"
"So, do you think she'll do all right?" the king asked, after Rebecca had left the room.
Paul laughed, remembering all the arguments he and Becky had gotten into over the years, and how many of them were doggedly won by her. He and his little sister were only one year apart, and they were inseparable growing up. Paul probably knew Becky better than anybody, and he was sure his spunky sister could handle the other ambassadors with ease. "Oh, sure, Becky will be fine, Dad. It's the other ambassadors I'm worried about!"
Rebecca checked her pocket-watch for the fifth time. "Still five minutes until the shuttlecraft comes?" she thought with a groan. She was standing on the landing pad for shuttlecrafts, on the day of her departure for the Vega summit. According to her itinerary, the U.S.S. Enterprise should arrive at any minute, and they would be sending a shuttlecraft down, the Copernicus.
Becky tapped her foot with impatience. She was eager to start her trip, where she would see so many new things. In addition to this being her first trip outside her own solar system, this was Becky's first time on a Federation starship, and she was quite excited. "I wonder what it will be like," she mused.
She heard a soft humming overhead, and she grabbed her suitcase as the little gray craft made its landing. A fair-haired young man with a boyish face and a red shirt motioned for her to board the Copernicus. Rebecca smiled nervously, smoothed her skirt, and walked confidently up the boarding steps into the craft.
Yeah, I know this is supposed to have romance, and the leading lady and the leading man haven't even met yet, but don't worry, Kirk's coming! Thanks for reading and please review!