Still the Doctor's Lady

by TexasWind

This is an after story for the season one episode Doctor's Lady. It takes place around season 9. This story adds some new characters so bare with me on the beginning of the story. This is also assuming the Ingalls never leave Walnut Grove. I don't own any of these characters just having fun writing the story. This is my first story so please give feedback.

1. Chapter 1

Hannah Crawford gazed outside from the second floor of her Chicago home. As she gazed, she pondered over all 16 years of her life she had enjoyed in the city. Today would be her last. Her father, William, the owner of Chicago's largest packing house, had decided to move his family to the prairies of Minnesota to start a simpler life. He wasn't proud of the man he had become and he wanted a fresh start away from Chicago.

Her mother, Barbara, was of from a high class family in New York. She reluctantly left New York when she married William. Though she didn't like Chicago she came to find a place in society that she was proud of. Barbara was not happy about the idea about starting a new life again especially this time for the unknown of dirty, smelly, uncivilized prairie.

As their only child, Hannah had the world at her fingertips: the best schools, the best clothes, and a bright future in whatever endeavor she could ever want to pursue. That was however, according to her father. Her mother's plan included a coming out party, marrying into society, and living a stuffy life.

Hannah wanted more from life that Chicago could offer but, she too was unsure of life on the prairie. She would be leaving behind her friends whom had become like family to her and the thought of that scared her.

Just as she was coming back to reality her father called that it was time to leave. She had said all of her good-byes the day before and there was nothing left to do but, get on the wagon. As she walked down the lavish staircase for the last time she thought that maybe starting over might not be such a bad thing.

Because they didn't know where they might settle, the Crawfords had most of their belongings boxed and stored till they could send for them. William had purchased a covered wagon to make the journey. Packed with trunks of personal belongings and the bare essentials to to start a new home, they left Chicago ready to set out to find a New Frontier.

As the days passed, they stopped every few days in a town to rest and kept on. They were not able to stop yet because William was looking for a town where he could open a butcher shop and have enough land to raise cattle.

This is Hannah's story. The way Hannah sees it. The story that follows are from her journal.