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Chapter 2: Starfalcon, Meet Voyager

Leila sat up immediately. There was a starship out here! "Commander Korgrithal, put this Voyager captain onscreen," she ordered. A woman with short reddish-brown hair appeared on the massive screen before her. She was wearing a Captain's uniform.

"Are you Captain Janeway?" asked Leila.

"That I am," the woman replied. "You must be Captain Featherflame." Leila nodded.

"We got lost in this quadrant somehow," she said, "and we would like to know another Starfleet crew, for company's sake if nothing else. Is it okay if a couple of my crew members and I come aboard Voyager?" Janeway paused in thought.

"I believe I can trust you," she said after a few moments. "Prepare to beam aboard."

"You got it," replied Leila. She stood and faced the crew members in the room.

"Korgrithal, Demetra, you're coming on Voyager with me," she ordered. "Come on." She and her two crewmates went to the transporter room, and stepped onto the platform. Leila then tapped the comm badge she wore on her shirt.

"Featherflame to Janeway," she said.

"Janeway here," came the response. "Are you ready?"

"Yes, ma'am," answered Leila. "Beam us up, please!" The environment slowly began to change around her, then grew faster. Leila closed her eyes against the strangely dizzying trip. Finally, it all stopped, and she found herself on a different transporter platform. Leila shook her head to clear her vision, then looked up to see who was meeting them.

Captain Janeway was standing in front of the transporter controls, looking up at them with a welcoming look in her eyes. On her right side stood a man with an odd tattoo over his left eye. Leila caught Demetra looking at him with infatuation in her eyes, and shot a sideways glare of annoyance at her. On Janeway's left side was a strict-looking blonde woman in a maroon catsuit. She had an odd piece of...equipment, Leila thought, around the upper part of her left eye where her eyebrow should have been. Leila noticed with silent amusement that Janeway was shorter than both of them.

The Starfalcon away team stepped off the platform and approached the three Voyager members.

"Welcome to Voyager," Janeway greeted, stepping forward. She shook hands with all three Starfalcon members. "I'm Captain Kathryn Janeway. This is Commander Chakotay--" she gestured to the man on her right-- "and this is Seven of Nine. Ex-Borg." She gestured to the blonde woman.

"Pleased to meet you," said Leila, shaking Chakotay's and Seven of Nine's hands. "I'm Captain Leila Featherflame. This is my first officer, Commander Daniel Korgrithal, and Lieutenant Demetra, the only alien on the ship."

"We are happy to accommodate you," said Seven of Nine. "You will comply by addressing me by the name of Seven."

"Okay," Leila obliged. "And Commander Chakotay! Nice to meet you."

"Same to you," Chakotay replied. "You're a bit smaller than what I expected, but no matter. For curiosity's sake, how old are you?"

"Just turned fourteen a couple of weeks ago," Leila replied.

"Very good," said Janeway. She didn't seem startled at all by Leila's young age. "Shall we show our visitors around?"
"That would be very helpful," said Leila. "Korgrithal, you go with Chakotay. Demetra, you're with Seven. I'll be with Janeway." She turned to Voyager's captain. "Will that be okay?"
"Fine with me," said Janeway. "I've got someone in Engineering I'd like you to meet." Leila nodded and followed her out of the room.A few minutes later, they stepped into a room full of personal belongings. A woman with curly brown hair and cranial ridges got up from the bed and crossed over to them as they entered. She looked oddly familiar...
"Yes, Captain?" the woman asked.
"B'Elanna, I'd like you to meet Leila Featherflame," Janeway replied. "She's captain of the U.S.S. Starfalcon. Leila, meet our chief engineer and lieutenant, B'Elanna Torres."
"Nice to meet you," said Leila, extending her hand.
"Pleasure's all mine," B'Elanna replied, shaking it. "A bit undersized, aren't you, Featherflame?"
"I'm fourteen," Leila objected.
"Really," said B'Elanna. "Tell me why you look only twelve then, you little pipsqueak."
"I'm small for my age!" protested Leila. "I am a fully qualified Starfleet captain!"
"I know," said B'Elanna. "And I'm half-Klingon. Do you hear me boasting about it? At least I don't have an ego that requires a Captain's position to keep it positive!" Leila crossed her arms and glared at her.
"Well, at least I don't have those crazy-looking ridges on my head!" she retorted. B'Elanna's eyes slanted in anger. Before she could do anything, though, Leila stormed out. Luckily, nobody was at the bridge when Leila arrived. She collapsed in the Captain's chair and propped her head on her hands. Almost immediately, a man with brown hair and a uniform like Janeway's came up to her. "What are you doing here?" he asked. "You aren't supposed to be sitting there! Who are you?"
"Leila Featherflame," came Janeway's voice from behind him. "Captain of the starship Starfalcon. She and B'Elanna just got through having a fight. Why don't you go calm her down?" The man nodded and left, and Janeway knelt by Leila's right side."Stupid Klingon," spat Leila. "Why does she hate me? I haven't done anything!"
"Don't take it personally," Janeway advised. "B'Elanna does that to everyone. It's her Klingon half."
"Oh," said Leila tonelessly. She understood what Janeway said, but she was still angry at that B'Elanna. How dare she torment her about her height? Janeway must have noticed her expression. "Let's go to my quarters," she suggested. "I can tell you've got something else on your mind." Leila nodded and followed Janeway off the bridge.

Once they were in her quarters, Janeway sat with Leila on the bed.
"Why don't you tell me about yourself?" asked Janeway.
"Okay," said Leila. "I'm not sure where to begin, though.""How about your childhood?" said Janeway. Leila nodded.
"That is an entire story in itself," she said. "A whole tragic and beautiful story."

A/N: Next chapter: The Story of Leilani Sapphire Featherflame

Here, you find out Leila's past. Beware, it is a bit shocking. Plus: B'Elanna has a sudden change of heart towards Leila, and a secret about one of Leila's crew members comes bubbling to the surface! I'm writing it right now...will post once it's done!