Authors Note: This is my first fanfic ever, not just for Fringe, but for anything, so I was extremely reluctant to upload this, let alone write it. I have serenie, my amazing cousin, to thank for that. You should check out her fics, they're really good. :) Anyway, I'd like to point out that since I'm very new at this, I'd really appreciate some feedback on how I'm doing so far. This is going to be a multi-chapter fic and I shouldn't take too long on updates. In this one, Peter and Olivia are still at that will-they, won't-they stage, sorry. :D Enjoy and please please review! PS: I'd also like another idea for a title if you have one, I'm not very good at titles. :)

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Fringe. But you already know that.

Chapter 1: Out Of The Blue

Sitting in front of a college professor, listening to him drone on about the basic indicators of a chemical reaction was not an ideal way to spend a beautiful spring day in the middle of May.

At least, that's what Brianna Orlbreck thought. Looking around her, she could see that most of her classmates were fully engrossed in what the professor had to say. She couldn't believe it, what kind of person would enjoy hearing about this sort of stuff? Apparently, a lot more people than she had previously thought. Sighing, she turned back to her notebook and pretended to be jotting down notes, doodling instead.

"Brianna, would you like to tell me at least three of the five basic indicators?" The professor said, staring intently at her, as if to say he knew that she wasn't paying attention.

Caught completely off guard, she fumbled around through her notebook hoping to find the answer. She didn't. Growing impatient, the professor asked again, "Brianna?"

Turning red she stuttered, "Uh... well-"

Just as she was about to admit to not paying attention, the bell rung, dismissing class. "Saved by the bell," she muttered under her breath as she gathered her things, "how cliché." Quickly, she continued outside towards her next class.

"Hey, Bri! Wait up!" Turning around, she saw her friend, Anna, trying her best to catch up to her in four inch stilettos. Shifting her weight to one leg, she laughed as she watched Anna stumble and almost lose her balance on the grass.

"Maybe if you lost the heels you wouldn't almost break an ankle." Brianna said as Anna came by her side.

"Well unlike you, I care about how I look." Anna shot back.

Laughing, Brianna just shook her head, "Anyway, what's up?"

"Not much, how's it going with you and Kyle?"

Things were going great with Kyle, her boyfriend, but just as she was about to answer, two arms tightly wrapped around her shoulders. Her heart gave a little jump, not expecting someone to come from behind her. About to turn around, she noticed that all around her it was beginning to turn brighter. Soon the brightness was painfully white and seemed to be closing in on her. No longer being able to see, and with her head throbbing, she gasped and tightly shut her eyes, hoping it would go away.

The throbbing intensified, to the point where she almost couldn't think. Her knees going weak, she collapsed to the ground, her eyes opening again when she felt that she had collapsed in water. Gasping from the cold, she sucked in a mouthful of water, and started coughing violently, sitting up in a small stream that was about one foot deep. Regaining her composure, Brianna looked at her surroundings.

From the looks of it, she was in a forest, pine trees standing tall in every direction she looked. Shivering in the cold water, she stood and stepped out of the stream only to collapse again on the dry ground from exhaustion. On her hands and knees Brianna coughed again, and turned so she was on her side, curling into a tight ball. Thinking about what had just happened, she started sobbing and shaking uncontrollably, not knowing where she was.

After what seemed like forever, she calmed down and stood up again. Still a little dizzy she leaned against a nearby tree for support. Breathing heavily, she thought. She had no idea where she was, or what had happened. She recalled feeling someone approach her from behind, and it scaring her. She knew that only a few seconds later she had seen white in all directions, so bright it had hurt her eyes. And then she had collapsed in a completely different place then where she had been, as though she had teleported. Brianna groaned and held her head in her hands, just thinking about what had happened made her head hurt.

Looking up again, she decided she needed to find help, but that made her think, what if there was no one to help her? What if she was in the middle of nowhere, not near anybody? For all she knew, she was in a different dimension! It sounded crazy, but what she had just experienced was the definition of crazy. What if she couldn't find help in time? What if... " Stop it!" she said to herself, starting to break down again, "Stop it. Stop it. Stop it!" She couldn't start making up what ifs, there were way too many possibilities, and that was only scaring her more. She needed to start thinking logically again.

Whimpering, she leaned back against the tree again and slid to the ground, resting her head on her knees. Whatever it was she needed to do, it could wait. Right now she needed sleep, and she closed her eyes, willing for it to come.

"Aunt Liv! You can't do that! It's cheating!" Ella laughed as Olivia quickly turned off the Operation game just as she was going in for the heart.

"Says who?" she replied, smiling mischievously as she successfully got the heart out, placing it to the side.

"Me!" Ella said, laughing as she picked up the tweezers and touched them to the side of the hole, the game not making a sound like it should have. "See! It doesn't work if you turn it off, there isn't a point if it doesn't make a sound!"

Sighing, Olivia leaned back into the couch, "Fine. But if I can't do that, then you're going to have to deal with the consequences!" Grinning, she leaned down and grabbed Ella before she could get away and started tickling her sides, making her laugh and scream.

As she continued to tickle her, Olivia heard her phone going off in her jacket pocket. Letting Ella go, she reached for her phone and looked at the caller I.D. and saw that it was Broyles. That couldn't be a good sign. Bringing her finger to her lips, she signaled Ella to quiet down. Seeing that her Aunt was busy, Ella stifled her laughter and ran off down the hall.

"Dunham." She said as she answered the call.

"Agent Dunham, we have another case. Get the Bishops and meet me at Harvard Yard as soon as possible." Broyles said.

Shocked, Olivia quickly asked, "Harvard Yard? Sir, what happened?" She couldn't believe that a Fringe case could have happened so near Walters lab.

"I'll tell you the specifics when you arrive, but to ease your mind, no, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with Walter. Yet." Broyles replied.

"Okay, I'll be there soon, along with Peter and Walter." Hanging up, she stood to go get her coat. "Ella!" she called, "I have to go to my job baby girl, I need to drop you off at Lillian's house so she can babysit you, okay?"

"Yes Aunt Liv," Ella replied as she came back into the room with her things, "But when will mom come and pick me up?"

"I'll call her in a second and have her pick you up from there whenever she is ready, but first I need to call Peter." Olivia said as she took her phone again and dialed Peters number. It rang five times before he finally picked up, coughing and breathing heavily.

"Hey, is everything alright?" He said in a raspy voice as he coughed again. Olivia could hear the smoke alarm beeping in the background, along with the sound of clanging pots and pans and Walter humming a familiar tune.

"Uh, how about over there? Are you okay?" She asked, not sure if she really wanted to know. Thinking of all the things Walter had already done, she wouldn't be surprised if he had lit the house on fire.

"Well, Walter and I are fine," he replied, coughing once more, "But the mystery food he was cooking and the stove he was cooking it on? Not so much."

Olivia couldn't help but laugh, "Well, I hope you'll be done cleaning soon because we have a case and Broyles wants us to meet him at Harvard Yard."

"Harvard Yard?" Peter asked in the same tone she had previously used, "That doesn't sound good."

"No it doesn't, which is why we have to be there soon, how long until you're ready?"

Olivia could hear Peter sigh, "Well, there's another thing, our car stopped working. Walter claims he had nothing to do with it but I am convinced he did it. So, do you think you'd be able to stop by and pick us up? I'll have it looked at later."

Smiling to herself, she quickly answered, "Yeah, sure, I'll be there in fifteen minutes, so you two had better be ready by then." Olivia had to admit, she definitely didn't mind having to go and pick them up, just like old times.

"Okay, thanks Olivia, see you soon." Peter said, hanging up afterwards.

Putting her phone away, Olivia finished putting on her coat and ushered Ella into the car. "Aunt Liv?" she asked, as Olivia was buckling her seatbelt, "when will I be able to come over again?"

Looking over her shoulder, she smiled warmly, "Soon, baby girl, when I'm done with work and I have some free time, I'll call your mom and ask her to let you come over. Who knows? Maybe I can take you to the lab to see Uncle Walter and Uncle Peter, would you like that?"

"Yeah! That would be fun!" Ella said, letting a smile light up her face.

"That's good." Olivia replied, as she pulled into the babysitters driveway, "Okay Ella, were here, now behave and mom will pick you up as soon as she can." Leading Ella to the door, she looked up at the sky, noticing dark clouds starting to cover the sky. Great, she thought, another spring day ruined. Little did she know, it was just the beginning.

A/N: So, what did you think? Like I said, this is my first time writing something so I'd like to know what you think! Review please! :)