Artwork by Anna-Karin Larsson Copyright by artist © 2005	STAR TREK: The Next Generation Fanfiction Story By Dennis Callin THE OPEN BARN DOOR Completed April 20, 2005 Click on the Gray Tabby to send comments!

Chapter One
      (03-31-2005) On an exploration mission, the Enterprise discovers buildings on a barely habital world in a binary star system. In searching the complex at one site, Doctor Crusher picks up a small golden statue of a horse's head. After that, the Away Team loses track of her...

Chapter Two
      (04-05-2005) Following a launched shuttle from the planet, the Enterprise enters an unmapped area of space. In an attempt to discover what might have happened to Doctor Crusher, Data and Geordi La Forge use the holohdeck to simulate what happened to their only clue - the remains of Doctor Crusher's uniform...

Chapter Three
      (04-08-2005) The destination of the unknown shuttle is the remains of a Class M world that is clouded in radiation from launched atomics. Picard orders an Away team of himself, Data, La Forge and Counselor Troi to go by shuttle to the surface, escorted by Starfleet Marines. What they discover on the surface is that last remaining city of an entire race... still operational and still populated... by a species known only through legends...

Chapter Four
      (04-17-2005) Picard attempts to diplomatically secure the return of Doctor Crusher, but the problem stems from how she disappeared. The device that she handled had somehow transformed her into the daughter of the Matriarchial Leader, and there is no known reversal procedure... yet...

Chapter Five
      (04-19-2005) With assurances the device can be reversed, Picard attempts one more contact with the Matriarch to rescue Doctor Crusher. With Troi, he finds that the device can be reversed, and that the Matriarch knows the procedure...

Epilogue
      (04-19-2005) On the way to a temporary settlement, Picard, Crusher (now herself again), and Troi convince the Daughter (Padeyra) that she is free to become the Leader she was born to be...

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