Sleeping Scully
Disclaimer: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, and all characters revolving around the show do not belong to me but to the creative geniuses over at 1013 and FOX. Sleeping Beauty does not belong to me but to the Disney Co. . . at least this version does.
Author's Note: 'Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.' That's what my horoscope said and here I am again. I decided to write but none of my stories in progress seemed to want attention. As a child, Disney's Sleeping Beauty was my favorite movie and now The X-Files has inspired me to write. . . so here we go again. Please keep in mind that this is a Fairy Tale and I have made a few adjustments in the original story of Sleeping Beauty, and to the character lives of Mulder and Scully.
I wrote this story in... 1999! It's a little old, but I'm ressurecting it to put it up on this site! Currently, I'm working on a Harry Potter piece, so stay turned for the next chapter of "Anything but Ordinary." (Hey! This IS my story I can plug another one if I want!)
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Prologue
Fall, 1999 FBI Headquarters, Basement office 9:15 am
Agent Fox Mulder had not slept in almost 24 hours. He had come into the office on Tuesday morning and hadn't left since. Scully had come and gone yesterday, and he was expecting her to walk in the room any minute. He was going through a rather thick file; one which Scully had taken no interest in to begin with.
This was a different file though. This one held somewhat of a fairy tale that was over a hundred years old. He had been thoroughly reading the file for many hours trying to grasp the concept. His eyes were drooping as he came to the half-way point of the file for the third time.
At 9:15 Agent Dana Scully strode into the office with two cups of coffee in her hands. She saw Mulder and sighed. "Mulder, have you been here all night?"
"Yeah, I guess I have if you're here." He gave her a lopsided smile and closed the file.
"Why don't you go home? If Skinner asks, I'll tell him I sent you home with a fever." She laid a hand on his shoulder.
"Nah, I'll be OK. I just need a cup of caffeine. Thanks for grabbing me a cup too, Scully." He took a generous sip and went back to the file as Scully settled into her chair.
"Mulder, is this going to be like yesterday? I mean we barely said two words to each other throughout the whole day." She began to open a file and go through her notes.
"Probably Scully. This is a really good case file." His eyes began to droop again.
"Well all right. I have a lunch date with my mom at 11:30, so I guess you'll be on your own. Want me to bring you back something?" she asked as she began to type away.
"I'll let you know when lunch rolls around." Mulder said and Scully responded by nodding. Then they both set off on their separate cases of the day.
11:21 am
"Mulder, I'm gonna head off now. I want to drop this off before I leave. Can I bring you back anything?" She inquired as she headed to get her coat.
"Sure, a sandwich would be nice. Pasta would be better. Whatever you think I should have is fine by me. Thanks Scully." She smiled and headed out the door.
Once Scully was gone, Mulder toed off his shoes and kicked his feet up onto the desk, file in hand. "Sleeping princesses and fairy God-People. Only I would believe this stuff."
He yawned and slowly began to drift off. He drifted off to a far away land of Kings and Queens; of evil Lords and gifts from little magical men; a place from his X-File.
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part 1
Many years ago The Kingdom of Scully
Once upon a time, in a small Kingdom there was a King and his fair Queen. For many years they wanted a child and finally their wish was granted. King William and Queen Margaret of Scully had a beautiful daughter with hair like the sunset and eyes like the sea. They named her Katherine.
King William had a grand ball to honor the arrival of the new princess. The whole kingdom was invited to his ball, as well as those allies from surrounding kingdoms. King William of Mulder brought his own young heir, Prince Fox, to the ceremony. It was on that day, Prince Fox and Princess Katherine were betrothed. Little Fox was not impressed.
It was a glorious day to rejoice. As the King and Queen of Scully were speaking to the King of Mulder, the trumpets rang out and through the gates appeared three men: the Magical God-Fathers; Sir John, Sir Melvin and Sir Ringo, an unusual name to be sure, but one only had to look at the multitude of ornaments on his fingers. Each bowed to the Kings and Queen. "We have come here today to bless the child and bestow gifts on her." Sir John announced.
They smiled and nodded their consent. Sir John stepped over to the sleeping Katherine. "Precious princess, I bestow upon you the gift the of sciences. May your life be filled with the wonder of questions and the joy of finding the answers to all you search for.
Sir Ringo went next. "Dear child, I bestow upon you the gift of skepticism. Though to some it may seem more of an albatrose, it is through this gift that you will always find the truth and answers to life's unanswerable questions."
Sir Melvin stepped over to the child and was about to speak when the gates suddenly opened in a cloud of thick smoke. "It's the Lord of Ash." murmured the gathered crowd.
"Why your Majesties; congratulations on the birth of your daughter. I cannot understand why I was not invited to this festive gathering."
"You weren't wanted." Sir Melvin stated.
The evil Lord took a long drag on pipe of tobacco. "Oh, I see. Well, I would like to give the beautiful princess a gift as well." Before he said another word, Queen Margaret ran to her sleeping child and picked her up instinctively to protect her. "One day, in the far future, Princess Katherine of Scully, you will prick your finger on a spinning wheel and you will die." The crowd gasped and began murmuring as Queen Margaret sobbed over her daughter.
"Your majesty, Sir Melvin has not yet bestowed his gift." Sir John pointed out.
King William looked hopeful. "Then he can reverse this curse?"
"Well no, not completely." Sir Melvin explained. "But I can help." He stepped over to the baby and smiled. "Small child, I fear that we can not always protect you from the evils of this world. When the time has come you will prick you finger, but not in death, just in sleep. To wake from your slumber. . ." He paused thinking, "The kiss of love, from a man you trust."
The three Godfathers bowed to their King and Queen and then backed up to leave. As they walked slowly back toward the royal egress, Sir Ringo whispered adamantly, "Sir Melvin? What in the name of the Gods of heaven and earth was that kiss of love nonsense all about? Have you been reading that foolishness by Grimm again?"
"I was on the spot, I couldn't think of anything else." Then they went to their cottage.
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2 weeks later
"Sir Walter, I just don't think that it is necessary to go through with this. I have had all the spinning wheels in the Kingdom burned and I have fifty more guards surrounding my palace." King William was in his chambers with his wife and trusted advisor, Sir Walter Skinner.
"Your majesty, will due respect, I still believe that Katherine is in danger. She must not stay in this castle much longer."
"But he said in the far future this would happen. Not now, Sir Sir Walter." Queen Margaret was clearly upset.
Sir Walter had suggested that someone take the tiny princess away from the Kingdom for her protection. He feared that the Lord of Ash would return, if he learned of the partial cure Sir Melvin had placed on her. Suddenly, as if I light went on in he head, he had an idea. "I've got it."
"What is it, my trusted friend?" King William asked intently.
"The God-Fathers can take her away. They have powers, they can protect her better then your guards can. They could take her somewhere and bring her back when Lord of Ash is dead."
"That still doesn't account for the spell," Queen Margaret pointed out.
"Yes, but we can hope the spell can't go on without him." Sir Walter countered.
King William nodded and looked at his Queen. She too nodded as the unshed tears spilled over. He had his guard summon the Magical God-Fathers.
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Late that night
"We will protect her and keep her from harm's way until it is safe to return her home to you," Sir Melvin promised. He lifted the child from her mother's arms and carried her off into the night with Sirs John and Ringo following.
They headed deep into the woods to an abandoned cottage they had just finished fixing up. For the next 21 years, Princess Katherine, whom they had taken to calling Dana, would live in peace and safety with her 'Uncles'.
end part 1
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Disclaimer: Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, and all characters revolving around the show do not belong to me but to the creative geniuses over at 1013 and FOX. Sleeping Beauty does not belong to me but to the Disney Co. . . at least this version does.
Author's Note: 'Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.' That's what my horoscope said and here I am again. I decided to write but none of my stories in progress seemed to want attention. As a child, Disney's Sleeping Beauty was my favorite movie and now The X-Files has inspired me to write. . . so here we go again. Please keep in mind that this is a Fairy Tale and I have made a few adjustments in the original story of Sleeping Beauty, and to the character lives of Mulder and Scully.
I wrote this story in... 1999! It's a little old, but I'm ressurecting it to put it up on this site! Currently, I'm working on a Harry Potter piece, so stay turned for the next chapter of "Anything but Ordinary." (Hey! This IS my story I can plug another one if I want!)
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Prologue
Fall, 1999 FBI Headquarters, Basement office 9:15 am
Agent Fox Mulder had not slept in almost 24 hours. He had come into the office on Tuesday morning and hadn't left since. Scully had come and gone yesterday, and he was expecting her to walk in the room any minute. He was going through a rather thick file; one which Scully had taken no interest in to begin with.
This was a different file though. This one held somewhat of a fairy tale that was over a hundred years old. He had been thoroughly reading the file for many hours trying to grasp the concept. His eyes were drooping as he came to the half-way point of the file for the third time.
At 9:15 Agent Dana Scully strode into the office with two cups of coffee in her hands. She saw Mulder and sighed. "Mulder, have you been here all night?"
"Yeah, I guess I have if you're here." He gave her a lopsided smile and closed the file.
"Why don't you go home? If Skinner asks, I'll tell him I sent you home with a fever." She laid a hand on his shoulder.
"Nah, I'll be OK. I just need a cup of caffeine. Thanks for grabbing me a cup too, Scully." He took a generous sip and went back to the file as Scully settled into her chair.
"Mulder, is this going to be like yesterday? I mean we barely said two words to each other throughout the whole day." She began to open a file and go through her notes.
"Probably Scully. This is a really good case file." His eyes began to droop again.
"Well all right. I have a lunch date with my mom at 11:30, so I guess you'll be on your own. Want me to bring you back something?" she asked as she began to type away.
"I'll let you know when lunch rolls around." Mulder said and Scully responded by nodding. Then they both set off on their separate cases of the day.
11:21 am
"Mulder, I'm gonna head off now. I want to drop this off before I leave. Can I bring you back anything?" She inquired as she headed to get her coat.
"Sure, a sandwich would be nice. Pasta would be better. Whatever you think I should have is fine by me. Thanks Scully." She smiled and headed out the door.
Once Scully was gone, Mulder toed off his shoes and kicked his feet up onto the desk, file in hand. "Sleeping princesses and fairy God-People. Only I would believe this stuff."
He yawned and slowly began to drift off. He drifted off to a far away land of Kings and Queens; of evil Lords and gifts from little magical men; a place from his X-File.
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part 1
Many years ago The Kingdom of Scully
Once upon a time, in a small Kingdom there was a King and his fair Queen. For many years they wanted a child and finally their wish was granted. King William and Queen Margaret of Scully had a beautiful daughter with hair like the sunset and eyes like the sea. They named her Katherine.
King William had a grand ball to honor the arrival of the new princess. The whole kingdom was invited to his ball, as well as those allies from surrounding kingdoms. King William of Mulder brought his own young heir, Prince Fox, to the ceremony. It was on that day, Prince Fox and Princess Katherine were betrothed. Little Fox was not impressed.
It was a glorious day to rejoice. As the King and Queen of Scully were speaking to the King of Mulder, the trumpets rang out and through the gates appeared three men: the Magical God-Fathers; Sir John, Sir Melvin and Sir Ringo, an unusual name to be sure, but one only had to look at the multitude of ornaments on his fingers. Each bowed to the Kings and Queen. "We have come here today to bless the child and bestow gifts on her." Sir John announced.
They smiled and nodded their consent. Sir John stepped over to the sleeping Katherine. "Precious princess, I bestow upon you the gift the of sciences. May your life be filled with the wonder of questions and the joy of finding the answers to all you search for.
Sir Ringo went next. "Dear child, I bestow upon you the gift of skepticism. Though to some it may seem more of an albatrose, it is through this gift that you will always find the truth and answers to life's unanswerable questions."
Sir Melvin stepped over to the child and was about to speak when the gates suddenly opened in a cloud of thick smoke. "It's the Lord of Ash." murmured the gathered crowd.
"Why your Majesties; congratulations on the birth of your daughter. I cannot understand why I was not invited to this festive gathering."
"You weren't wanted." Sir Melvin stated.
The evil Lord took a long drag on pipe of tobacco. "Oh, I see. Well, I would like to give the beautiful princess a gift as well." Before he said another word, Queen Margaret ran to her sleeping child and picked her up instinctively to protect her. "One day, in the far future, Princess Katherine of Scully, you will prick your finger on a spinning wheel and you will die." The crowd gasped and began murmuring as Queen Margaret sobbed over her daughter.
"Your majesty, Sir Melvin has not yet bestowed his gift." Sir John pointed out.
King William looked hopeful. "Then he can reverse this curse?"
"Well no, not completely." Sir Melvin explained. "But I can help." He stepped over to the baby and smiled. "Small child, I fear that we can not always protect you from the evils of this world. When the time has come you will prick you finger, but not in death, just in sleep. To wake from your slumber. . ." He paused thinking, "The kiss of love, from a man you trust."
The three Godfathers bowed to their King and Queen and then backed up to leave. As they walked slowly back toward the royal egress, Sir Ringo whispered adamantly, "Sir Melvin? What in the name of the Gods of heaven and earth was that kiss of love nonsense all about? Have you been reading that foolishness by Grimm again?"
"I was on the spot, I couldn't think of anything else." Then they went to their cottage.
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2 weeks later
"Sir Walter, I just don't think that it is necessary to go through with this. I have had all the spinning wheels in the Kingdom burned and I have fifty more guards surrounding my palace." King William was in his chambers with his wife and trusted advisor, Sir Walter Skinner.
"Your majesty, will due respect, I still believe that Katherine is in danger. She must not stay in this castle much longer."
"But he said in the far future this would happen. Not now, Sir Sir Walter." Queen Margaret was clearly upset.
Sir Walter had suggested that someone take the tiny princess away from the Kingdom for her protection. He feared that the Lord of Ash would return, if he learned of the partial cure Sir Melvin had placed on her. Suddenly, as if I light went on in he head, he had an idea. "I've got it."
"What is it, my trusted friend?" King William asked intently.
"The God-Fathers can take her away. They have powers, they can protect her better then your guards can. They could take her somewhere and bring her back when Lord of Ash is dead."
"That still doesn't account for the spell," Queen Margaret pointed out.
"Yes, but we can hope the spell can't go on without him." Sir Walter countered.
King William nodded and looked at his Queen. She too nodded as the unshed tears spilled over. He had his guard summon the Magical God-Fathers.
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Late that night
"We will protect her and keep her from harm's way until it is safe to return her home to you," Sir Melvin promised. He lifted the child from her mother's arms and carried her off into the night with Sirs John and Ringo following.
They headed deep into the woods to an abandoned cottage they had just finished fixing up. For the next 21 years, Princess Katherine, whom they had taken to calling Dana, would live in peace and safety with her 'Uncles'.
end part 1
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