Here's an updated version of chapter one. Thanks to iamdragonrider for pointing out some of the stuffs I could improve on. You rock!

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass...

What will be, and what is, may yet still fall under the Shadow...

Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time...

Samantha Carter ran as fast as she could through the forested planet. She ducked under branches and leapt over rocks, sweat pouring down her face. Behind her she could hear the crashing of her pursuers as they gave chase to her. She didn't bother to glance behind her to see how close they were getting.

Sam saw a clearing through the branches and she could see two people sitting around a fire. She pushed her way through the branches and ran towards them, hoping against hope that they would help her. As she came closer one of the people rose to their feet and smoothly drew a sword. The other person also rose to their feet and watched Sam come closer.

The Air Force Major collapsed in front of them, her chest rising and falling rapidly. "Help…" she begged.

The second person knelt down next to her and brushed a few blonde strands from her face. "Easy," a feminine voice ordered.

"The…monsters…" Sam wheezed, trying to warn them.

"Lan?" the woman said to the first person.

"I see them," Lan said. "There's too many for me to handle on my own."

"I will assist you," the woman said. She rose to her feet and walked a few paces. She held out her right hand and Sam blinked in surprise when a ball of fire formed. The woman then began hurling fireballs at the oncoming creatures as Lan cut down the ones that made it past her. After several minutes the pair stopped.

"That's all of them," Lan reported, wiping his blade clean.

The woman knelt back down. "You are safe now. Lan, get some water."

With some help from the woman Sam pushed herself into a sitting position near the pair's fire and took the water from Lan. She held it to her mouth and took a small sip, letting it warm in her mouth before swallowing.

"Thank you," Sam said, taking another small sip.

"How long were you running from the Trollocs?" the woman asked.

"Trollocs?" Sam repeated.

"The things chasing you," Lan said.

"Several days," Sam answered. "I don't know the exact count."

"What do you remember of the last few days?" the woman asked.

"Other than running and trying to survive not much. I came through the Stargate up north in some pretty barren and nasty looking lands. I wandered around for a few hours before those things started to chase me."

"Stargate?" the woman asked.

Sam nodded. "It's a device that creates a portal between worlds. I'm from a planet called Earth."

"You say you came from barren lands in the north?" Lan asked.

Sam nodded again. "This may sound crazy, but I swear some of the plants tried to attack me as I brushed by them."

"It's a miracle you are alive," the woman said. "Few, if any, people survive the Blight." She looked more closely at Sam.

Sam shifted nervously under the woman's intense gaze. She had a hard time guessing the stranger's age. One minute she looked like she should be twenty, the next time Sam looked at her face it looked like the woman should be thirty or so.

"Do you have a name?" the woman asked.

"Samantha. Samantha Carter. My friends call me Sam though."

"This is Lan, my Warder," the woman introduced. "And I am known as Moiraine Damodred." Sam nodded then shut her eyes as a dizzy spell hit her hard. "Are you all right?" Moiraine asked.

"Just…really dizzy…" Sam murmured.

"Lie down and rest. You are safe with us," Moiraine said.

"Thanks," Sam said softly as she stretched out on the ground. She was asleep immediately. Lan placed a blanket over her and looked at Moiraine.

"What is it?" he asked, seeing her expression.

"I can sense her ability with the One Power," Moiraine replied. "Her strength exceeds every Aes Sedai known. Perhaps even that of the legendary Cadsuane."

"She can't return to the Blight. To do so would be suicide," Lan said. "No matter how badly she wants to go home."

Moiraine nodded. "She will not be able to return home I fear. We must offer her a life here instead. Though her tale is slightly hard to believe."

Lan poked the fire. "I believe her," he said. "She has the look of a warrior who has been through as much as any Warder. Plus there were tales in the Borderlands of a giant stone ring in the Blight. Legend says that the Dark One use to use the ring to bring Trollocs and Shadowspawn into this world. Perhaps this stone ring is a gateway between different worlds."

Moiraine sat in thought for several long minutes. "Perhaps. We should check the Tower's library once we reach Tar Valon just to be sure."

"You think she will accept the training at the Tower? Or be allowed?" Lan asked.

"We will only find out once we asked her and the Amyrlin that question," Moiraine answered.

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