Our winner, Mackenzie Calhoun, wanted a challenge with a theme that explored the past. The challenge then is this:
Your challenge is to write about the past - the past lives of our characters or the far past of the Trekverse. Write about the early space travel days of Earth or any Trek race; write about past events in a character's life; write about a character's ancestors; write about a character thrown into their past, their history.
Find the discussion thread HERE.
In the early days of his creation, Data stumbles upon a young boy living in the colony, who gives him a present.
- { Submission for the A Page From History challenge. } -
(2287/2242) A vengeful alien forces Scotty to relive a painful memory from his freighter days.
Temporal interphases are tricky things. 
They kidnap you to unfamiliar places and times, in clothes that are not your own, as you wonder how you’ll ever return to what you know.
As a young boy struggles to find his place in the world, a chance encounter sets his feet on a path that will ultimately change the course of his planet's history. Sorry, can't say anything else without giving too much away. ;-)
Written for the 'Page from History' challenge.