The Rise of the Shadow

Draft 1

The following is the account of Shadowmaciershinamakeno de Karnakesna, Royal of Gallifrey, Renown Assassin, and First Female Gallifreyan to break the Laws and Customs set by the Supreme Council of Gallifrey.

Prologue

I've had a great life. Not just a great life, I've had a fantastic life. I used to live on Gallifrey; a beautiful planet located in the constellation of Kasterborous at galactic coordinate's ten-zero-eleven-zero-zero by zero-two from the galactic zero centre. That's a lot of zeroes. But if you don't understand space coordinates, that's about 250 million light-years away from Earth. There were two suns; the first rose from the east, the second from the south. The trees shone silver in the light, and the Citadel was surrounded with them under the burnt red sky. I used to live near the Council Building; I was given special permission to go to the Academy, and provided with protections and laws to make sure I stayed safe. I had special powers too. I guess you could say that I lived in dangerous times.

I lived on Gallifrey for eight-hundred and ninety-seven years. Then, in a moment, it was destroyed in the Time War. I ran through the fires before the explosion, put on some traveling armor, grabbed a Vortex Manipulator, and ran. I didn't know where else to go. I made the right choice, running away. I met the most wonderful man. He changed me, made me better. That's who he is. The man who makes people better. The man who saves worlds. The Oncoming Storm.