PROLOGUE
She stared up at the dark sky. The night was quiet and all she could hear were the rustles of leaves that hovered above her head. The chill of a breeze slowly arouse her fully and she sat up. Where was she? There were trees all around her. The dry dirt felt coarse under her palms. How did she get here?
She got to her feet and stumbled for a minute as if not being used to walking. Eventually, she managed to find the pattern and wandered around. There didn't seem to be any sign of an exit. Was she going to be stuck here forever?
The sound of a stream met her ears. She suddenly realised how thirsty she was and made her way through the trees and bushes. She cupped the water in her hands and brought it to her lips.
She sighed in contentment as the cool, refreshing water caressed down her throat. The water had also seemed to activate the hunger in her stomach. She rubbed it wistfully. Should she eat any of the berries? She didn't know which ones were safe to eat, but they can't be all poisonous, right?
Before she could ponder any further, the sound of a wolf howling startled her. She looked around widey for the source, but there was nothing around. Did wolves climb trees? She found the tallest one there was and made her way up the thick trunk. Unfortunately, she seemed to have no skills in tree climbing.
A second howl, this time louder, caused her heart to spike, once more. She couldn't tell which direction it was coming from, but she didn't want to stay here - waiting. She took off into a random direction, hoping that it was taking her away from the wolf instead of towards it. Unfortunately, as she continued to run, the trees and bushes grew more and more dense. The howling seemed to follow her still, but it was even louder than before. Did it already know that she was there? Was it chasing her?
She looked behind her, but couldn't see anything. She turned back and lost her footing, falling harshly on to a raised root. Her vision turned black for a moment, but she could hear quiet footsteps making its way towards her. Her heart raced, but she kept her head down. Maybe if it thought she was head, it would leave her alone.
When she couldn't hear anything, she slowly raised her head. In front of her were two furry grey-white paws. She squeezed her eyes shut again, willing it away, but when she opened her eyes, she opened her mouth to let out a loud scream as two giant mismatch-coloured eyes stared back at her, but no sound came out. She scrambled backwards until her back hit a tree trunk.
The wolf whined and laid its head down on to its paw. It wagged its tail at her. She stared at the red pupil of its right eye. It didn't look as demonic as it had the first time. With a hesitant hand, she reached out towards it. The wolf slowly raised its head and sniffed her hand before nuzzling it.
She smiled and rubbed its furry head. It whined again and walked away from her. When it noticed that she wasn't following, it looked back and stared at her.
Taking a leap of faith, she decided to follow it. It wasn't harming her and she had nowhere else to go. Maybe it'd even lead her to something she could eat.
They walked for what seemed like hours before she saw an empty road. She quickly ran towards it and turned to thank the wolf, but it was gone. There was no trace of it.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Disclaimer: I don't own Once Upon a Time nor do I own Doctor Who. I'm not making any money from this and this disclaimer will apply to the entire story.
As some of you may recognise, this is kind of like a spin off from my Doctor Who story: For a Piece of Your Time. The First Recall, however, can be a stand alone story or you may read the "prequel" for additional information.
Even though it's technically been derived from my Doctor Who story, I don't plan to include too much of it here. He WILL appear in the story, but I will not consider this as a full Doctor Who - OUAT crossover, I've only categorised it as OUAT.
She will, unfortunately, not end up with the Doctor here. I'm still unsure who it will be. It may seem like I'm leaning towards Graham, right now in the story, but I'm all about the chase. I'm very torn with where I want the story to end up since I haven't actually finished the story, yet.
Here are my candidates as love interests as of yet:
1.) Graham
2.) Hook
3.) Peter Pan
4.) Rumpel?
5.) Other?
6.) Permanent Triangle? (I've never/rarely seen a story actually end with the main character having both romantic interests. Since it's a fairy tale, I think I have a little more freedom in terms of morals and laws.
I'll retain the power of final decision, but I'll leave it as a vote here to persuade me which way to actually go.
At the moment, I only have the prologue + six full chapters written. The inspiration has been coming at full force where I'm writing roughly 1000 to 3000 words a day. I'm going to exploit this until I run into a particularly big writer's block, then try to work on the second installment of my Doctor Who story. I apologise for all those waiting for that one. I can compromise with posting the chapters I have written so far (roughly 11 chapters), but I can't guarantee that the story will have regular updates nor can I guarantee that the story will be finished.
Closing this rather wordy Author's Note, I'd like to thank everyone for reading this prologue and I hope you will wait for the next chapter that's coming very soon!
Echo