The name is Katherine Amaya King and right now I'm stuck in the wonderfully kind hands of the Kazon. Now, how did I get stranded on their ship with a little girl, known as Naomi Wildman, in the middle of the Delta Quadrant? Easy, I'll start from the beginning.

~Flashback~

I took out my violin and began to play Lacrymosa by Evanescence. It was one of the many songs I knew that people here would not know. I sat with my back to the wall of the inn I was currently outside of.

Out on your own, cold and alone again

Can this be what you really wanted, baby?

My head remained looking down as I saw a little girl walk up to me, just staring as I played.

Blame it on me, set your guilt free

Nothing can hold you back now

The wind blew my long waist-length silky black hair into my face covering my emerald cat-eyes.

Now that you're gone, feel like myself again

Grieving the things I can't repair and willing

To let you blame it on me and set your guilt free

I don't want to hold you back now, love

The little blond girl sat down next to me as I continued to play.

I can't change who I am, not this time

I won't lie to keep you near me

And in this short life there's no time to waste on giving up

My love wasn't enough

And you can blame it on me, just set your guilt free, honey

I don't want to hold you back now, love

"That was a lovely song but it sounded so sad. You're not sad are you?" The girl asked me as she gave me a concerned look.

"No, I just felt like playing that song." I looked up at her and she just continued to stare before she snapped out of it.

"Hi, I'm Naomi Wildman. What's your name? Where'd you learn to play like? Can you teach me sometime, if I'm here long enough? I would really –" I raised my finger to her lips and silenced her.

"Hold on, young one. So many questions to answer and I haven't even answered the first one." I removed my finger from her lips eyeing her to see if she would ask more questions, before continuing to speak. "Now, my name is Katherine, but call me Kitty, everyone does. You aren't from around here are you, young one?"

She shook her head as I stood up to stretch. I was about 5'5" and 28 years old. That day, I was wearing black baggy pants, a black tank-top with a short blood-red vest with buckles over it, two belts with a small black bag attached to them, a black trench coat, and black Converse. My black hair was loose and my crystal necklace could be seen just above my chest. I had lightly tanned skin and I had three piercings in each ear.

"No, our starship is just passing through for supplies and I was allowed to come out and shop with Uncle Neelix, but then I got separated and heard you playing." She looked up at with troubled eyes, like she just realized that she got separated from this Neelix character.

"Well, let's try to find him shall we." I held out my hand for her to take, and when she did we headed off in the direction she came from. We walked through the crowds of people looking for her Uncle, stopping here and there to look at something that caught her eye. As we were looking at little statues of the wildlife on this planet a phaser blast was fired at us. We looked up to see Kazon firing at us.

"Look, there she is. Capture her." We took off running in the opposite direction running through alleys and small streets, right into an ambush.

"HELP!!!" Naomi yelled. They pulled us apart as I tried to fight back and get us out of here, but we were greatly outnumbered. Now I could probably show my true self and fight my way out but then Naomi might get hurt so that idea was out the window. I could try to negotiate but this is the Kazon and they never give up what they want, and what they wanted was me. Now, some of you are probably thinking, why don't you get them to let Naomi go and then fight, but sadly, that will not work seeing as how they just transported both of us up to their ship.

~Flashback~

That's how I ended up on a Kazon ship with Naomi Wildman, stuck in a dark cell with absolutely nothing to do considering they took my small bag, my trench coat, and my violin, which I could have used about now to stop me from growing bored.

I stood up and walked over to where Naomi was currently sitting and sat down next to her on the so-called "bed", which was really a stone cold, hard bench. I leaned up against the wall and pulled her to my side as I started to quietly sing a lullaby my mother used to sing to me as a child, which was called Once Upon a December.

Dancing bears,

Painted wings,
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings,
Once upon a December

I pulled Naomi closer to me so she would be able to lean on my shoulder to sleep.

Someone holds me safe and warm,
Horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory...

She closed her eyes and her breathing began to slow.

Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart used to know,
Things it yearns to remember.

Her breathing was slow and even, letting me know that she was sleeping peacefully.

And a song someone sings,
Once upon a December

I fell asleep a few minutes later. We woke up because the guards were arguing loudly about something. However, I couldn't hear what it was about.

Once they left we started talking about different things like music and space. As we talked some Kazon came for Naomi, why I don't know but I wasn't going to let them take her. As they grabbed for her I punched one of the two guards holding her. He fell back from the force of the blow. His buddy punched me hard knocking me to the floor. He started beating the shit out of me and the guy I punched soon joined in. I could feel my bones crack and a couple of ribs breaking but I didn't let out one scream to their great displeasure. They continued to beat me before their boss came in.

"Stop, we can't have her dead or badly injured. What use would she be then?" I struggled to stand up and pulled Naomi behind me, taking a defensive stance. The leader walked up to us and stared down at me with a smirk on his alien face that I would just love to wipe off right now. "My name is Sukar and I am the First Maje of the Kazon-Nistrim. We need the small human and I would rather not cause you further injury, but I will allow it if necessary. We will be negotiating with her ship, Voyager, and she is our bargaining chip."

"Then I will be going with you to make sure she remains unharmed." I said, showing no emotion as I spoke to him. He seemed to become disgruntled but agreed and let us out of the cell toward what I assume was the bridge of the ship. I was already planning our escape, seeing as one of the guards was caring my things. They were most likely going to interrogate me later and tell me of their master-plan because evil men just can't resist ranting to someone, usually their victims.

Just as we arrived in the bridge Sukar had his men hail Voyager so they could negotiate. The face of their captain appeared on-screen.

"This is Captain Kathryn Janeway of the Federation starship Voyager; do you have Naomi Wildman with you?"

"Of course captain, would you like to see her?"