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Chapter 1: Aliens from the Magic Sky
"Magical." Clara said to the Doctor as she strutted about the TARDIS . "Take me somewhere magical."
"Magical eh? I've got just the place."
The Doctor did his usual thing while piloting the TARDIS: pulling and pushing all sorts of buttons around the console while Clara stood back and watched in wondering amazement. She tried to avoid this feeling whenever possible. She had complicated feelings for the Doctor and falling in love with him was just not an option. She often beat herself up when these thoughts occurred. The Doctor had a past; a long and complicated past. Surely he must have had a lover. Maybe even more than one. Not one of them was here now. Why not? Anyway she was more curious about the most magical place in the universe.
"So where are we going?" she asked the Doctor.
"It's a surprise." He responded.
The TARDIS rocked around for a minute or two before finally landing in a forest on a beautiful sunny day.
"Alright Clara. Here it is. The most magical place in the universe." The Doctor said.
Clara smiled as wide as she could. All the excitement was rushing through her. The most magical place in the universe! She had such high expectations. Yet all of those high expectations died when she walked out of the TARDIS doors and saw...
"A Forest!" she exclaimed.
"Yes indeed. A forest." He replied.
"This is the most magical place in the world? A forest? All that's here is trees!"
"Oh Clara. This is more than just a forest. In fact it's called the Enchanted Forest."
"The Enchanted Forest? That sounds a bit pretty. What makes this place so magical?"
They started walking.
"Well magic exists here."
"Real magic?"
"Well not quite. This whole world is a planet and the atmosphere is different here. It grants some of its residents special powers. But they only have their powers here and on other worlds with similar atmospheres. Earth's atmosphere doesn't allow for magic. In addition to humans, some of your favorite magical creatures live here. For example, fairies, trolls, witches, dwarves, mermaids and the list just keeps on going."
"You must be kidding! Doctor that's amazing!"
"Oh that's not even the best part. Who was your favorite princess when you were younger?"
"Well Princess Diana was…"
"That's not what I meant. I mean to say who was your favorite fictional princess like Cinderella?"
"Snow White. I thought she was beautiful."
"Well she lives here."
"Now you're really kidding."
"Nope. They all live here. All your favorite princesses and characters live in this enchanted forest, but they're probably not the same as how you remember them."
"Oh why not?"
"Well they've always existed here, but stories of them sort of leaked their way across the universe and ended up on Earth where they were twisted around into something different."
"Like how?"
"Alright, so there's Snow White's story. The Evil Queen Regina wanted her dead, not because she was the fairest of them all, but because Snow White had her fiancée killed. It was all a misunderstanding. I won't go into all the details, but that's the sort of twist I was talking about. Also Peter Pan isn't a fun kid having adventures. He's an evil demon child who should never be messed with."
"So did everything work out for Snow White? I mean like Prince Charming, the dwarves, and the Evil Queen's death."
"Well no the Evil Queen is alive. She just lives in her own castle and she's mad. Snow White, Prince Charming, and the dwarves all got their happy ending and she got nothing."
"How can you know all of this?"
"Oh I've been here before a long time ago, but we're not going into it."
They arrived at a pleasant little town with a large castle in the distance. As they walked into the town, they encountered all sorts of people. Men, women and children of all ages were actively engaging in life. They were buying goods at the market, playing in the streets and being genuinely happy.
"Why are they all so happy?" Clara asked
"Well they've very recently been freed from the Evil Queen's harsh rule." The Doctor responded.
"So where are all the magical creatures?" Clara asked.
"Oh they're around somewhere." He responded.
Clara looked around trying to search for these magical creatures. She looked up at the sky and found what she was looking for. She told the Doctor to look up and see what she was seeing. A small portal began to open in the bright blue magic sky. It was a round portal from another world. A medium sized spacecraft containing about one hundred passengers (The Doctor estimated) entered through the portal and into the sky. The portal closed after it.
"Oh we're in trouble now." The Doctor said in a low voice.
"Why what's wrong?" asked Clara
"That's a small Sontaran ship." He replied.
"What's a Sontaran?" she asked
"Sontarans are clone warriors who only wish to fight and bring death. Now they've just shown up with portal technology that they shouldn't even have in the most magical place in the universe. Whatever they want, it's far from good."
The small Sontaran ship flew into the forest and disappeared from sight. The Doctor and Clara ran through the panicking village and into the woods. They ran fast, faster than Clara had ever run before (and running with the Doctor often called for a rapid pace of running). They were running so fast that they could barely see where they were going. All Clara knew was that they were heading into danger. Blindly running did not pay off for the Doctor and Clara because they crashed into another couple running blindly through the forest in the other direction and fell down. When the Doctor and Clara looked up they saw two people. One was hidden under a white cloak and one was hidden under a red cloak. The two mysterious people stood up and took off their hoods. The one in the red cloak was a woman with brown hair and the one in the white cloak was a woman with black hair. They helped Clara and the Doctor to their feet. The black haired woman looked at the Doctor for a moment and spoke.
"Hello, Doctor." She said.
"Hello, Snow White." The Doctor replied.