Title: Timeline
Rating: PG – This might change to PG-13 in the future, but I'm not too sure yet.
Pairing: Andre Marek/OC
Summary: This basically follows the movie. Except for one thing, there's one other person who is along for the ride......Mareks fiancée.
Disclaimer: I do not own anybody or anything but Marina Lubiano.
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**Chapter One**
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Marina Lubiano sighed deeply as she sat down on the dirt to take a much needed rest. It was a beautiful April afternoon and she had just finished brushing dirt off of a sarcophagus that she and her partner, Andre Marek, had been working on for several weeks.
If you hadn't guessed already, Marina was an archeologist and had been one for 10 years. You wouldn't know that by looking at her though. She was about 5'7, had shoulder length blonde hair that was always kept in a ponytail. She had green eyes, and fair skin. She was quite slim, but didn't wear anything revealing, as a 28 year old, she always looked down on the girls who did.
As Marina took a swallow of her water she stole a glance at her watch and nearly choked. Andre and Professor Johnson were teaching a class in 15 minutes, and she needed to make sure everything ran smoothly. Marina grabbed her backpack then ran to her bike, which had been leaning against a tree and began to ride towards the main camp area. She and Andre had been camping further away down river, so they were closer to their dig site.
Marina smiled at the thought of Andre as she looked down at her left hand, which was sporting a topaz ring on her ring finger. Her and Andre weren't only partners in archeology, they were also engaged. After 2 years of dating, Andre had finally proposed to her last week. Marina couldn't believe how lucky she was to have Andre; he was everything you could hope for. Sweet, thoughtful, kind, handsome and..Marina frowned, protective. Sometimes **too** protective. But that was the only fault she could find.
Marina was pulled out of her thoughts as she reached the camp site. She left her bike leaning against another tree as she walked briskly to the area where Andre said they would be teaching.
"Hi Marina!" A girl greeted as she walked by.
Marina smiled as she turned around and began to walk backwards so she could see the girl. "Hi Laura, catch you for lunch?"
Laura nodded. "Most differently. See ya then."
Marina nodded as she began to turn around to walk forwards, but sudden hit something hard. She let out a yell as she began to fall, but then something grabbed her and brought her standing back up.
"You know should really watch where you are going."
Marina smiled as she recognized the Scottish accent. "Thank you Andre, but shouldn't you be teaching a class right about now?"
Andre sighed as he let go of Marina and glanced at his watch. "Yes, but the Professor is going first, so we have about 30 seconds to get there."
"Then we should really be on our way them."
Andre nodded as he grabbed Marina's hand and they jogged to the group of students surrounding a model of Castle Guard, what it would look like if it was the year 1357. When they reached it, Andre nodded to Marina as he let go of her hand and made his way to the Professor. Marina turned and went to go stand next to Josh Stern, who was a physist, and François, who was an archeologist as well. Josh turned to Marina as she set her backpack down on the ground.
"Well just like usual, you are right on time." He said with a grin.
Marina rolled her eyes. "Yes, just on time it seems, now be quite, the Professor is about to start."
Josh and François exchanged glances. "You've only heard this story a million times Marina." Josh said.
Marina just waved her hand for them to be quite. It was true, they had all heard this story a hundred times, but it was one of her favourite archeology stories. And the fact that they were actually standing where that story took place, it was just too real. Marina glanced over at the Professor, who was giving his son, Chris, more instructions on where to place the soldiers on the model. Christ wasn't an archeologist, but he came to the site twice a year to visit his father, but Marina knew he was there to visit someone else too. The Professor began to speak.
"Listen up class, April 4th 1357 Castle Guard France. The English army in their nice red uniforms occupied the village of Castle guard. The French meanwhile were advancing, trying to drive them out of there in this direction, over the river and past the monastery, and up and over the heights here. ..." The Professor paused as he watched Christ struggle to keep the French soldiers upright, but they kept falling. The class and Marina chuckled. "Just leave it Chris, before you wreck the place. Anyways, the English army meanwhile had retreated to Castle La Rogue, a well fortified, very strong very well supplied and both sides had settled in for a long siege."
The Professor stopped talking and glanced at Andre, who had stepped up and began to take over.
"The French were trying to push the English out of France for a hundred years. Lord Oliver, he tries to take the fight out of the French. Now, he has a prisoner, a woman. A woman of class and a woman of nobility, Commander Arnuats sister, Lady Claire. Now during the battle he hangs her from the battlement, for all of the French forces to see. Now instead of immobilizing the French, no no no, it whips them into a frenzy, and they attack the castle like madmen. And they over power the English, with sheer passion. So, the fortress of La Rouque fell in one night, because of the death of one woman....Lady Claire."
Andre paused for a moment to let that sink in with the students, most of them looking at each other with raised eyebrows. "Alright folks, that's enough of the academics today, time to go and get your hands dirty."
Suddenly the quite atmosphere began loud with the students discussing what they had just learned. Marina smiled as Andre made his way to her after answering a few of the student's questions. She gave him a quick kiss as Josh and François began to make gagging noises. "You're becoming quite the expert with this aren't you Andre?"
Andre smiled down on her, and then glanced at Josh and François. "Well my dear, I do believe we should take a walk before Josh and François accidentally poke their throats with those fingers, and thus bleed to death." Josh immediately stopped making the gagging motion. Marina and Andre laughed.
"Josh, you do know that he was joking?" Marina said still smiling.
Josh nodded but didn't continue with the gagging motion. Andre chuckled as he and Marina began to walk towards their bikes.
Andre shook his head. "I can bet you that Josh is calculating the odds of bleeding to death from the mouth right now."
Marina chuckled before she went on to her favourite subject. "So how did the students like the story about Lady Claire?"
"Well most of them wanted me to verify that it was true, then they wanted to know if we were really standing in the same area as the battle."
Marina nodded as she grabbed her bike. "I don't blame them. I can barely believe I'm could be standing where Lord Oliver, or Lady Claire might have stood."
Andre glanced at his fiancée with a grin. "Not to get off the subject of course." Marina snorted. "You know how much I love talking about Lady Claire and Oliver, but would like to race back to our camp?"
Marina raised an eyebrow. "Of course I would love to.......but you do know, I'm going to win."
Andre chuckled as Marina folded her arms. "I'm serious Andre."
"I know you are, that's why I'm laughing!"
She playfully punched him on the arm. "So you think you'll win?"
Andre climbed on his bike. "No my dear, I do not think, I know."
Marina smiled. "Very well Mister. We'll start. You say the word."
Andre brought his bike next to hers. "GO!!" They both set off at a fair speed, each determined to win.
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Authors Note: I just finished watching Timeline about a week ago, I thought the movie was awesome, and then I had an idea about this fic. I thought it would be neat. So here I am, working on it. :Þ This was the first chapter, and therefore, very short, for that I apologize, but I've always thought the first chapter was the hardest to write. Also, the title isn't going to stay Timeline. It will change, but I just couldn't think of anything else, and I wanted to post this.
Anyways, please Read and REVIEW!!
Rating: PG – This might change to PG-13 in the future, but I'm not too sure yet.
Pairing: Andre Marek/OC
Summary: This basically follows the movie. Except for one thing, there's one other person who is along for the ride......Mareks fiancée.
Disclaimer: I do not own anybody or anything but Marina Lubiano.
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**Chapter One**
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Marina Lubiano sighed deeply as she sat down on the dirt to take a much needed rest. It was a beautiful April afternoon and she had just finished brushing dirt off of a sarcophagus that she and her partner, Andre Marek, had been working on for several weeks.
If you hadn't guessed already, Marina was an archeologist and had been one for 10 years. You wouldn't know that by looking at her though. She was about 5'7, had shoulder length blonde hair that was always kept in a ponytail. She had green eyes, and fair skin. She was quite slim, but didn't wear anything revealing, as a 28 year old, she always looked down on the girls who did.
As Marina took a swallow of her water she stole a glance at her watch and nearly choked. Andre and Professor Johnson were teaching a class in 15 minutes, and she needed to make sure everything ran smoothly. Marina grabbed her backpack then ran to her bike, which had been leaning against a tree and began to ride towards the main camp area. She and Andre had been camping further away down river, so they were closer to their dig site.
Marina smiled at the thought of Andre as she looked down at her left hand, which was sporting a topaz ring on her ring finger. Her and Andre weren't only partners in archeology, they were also engaged. After 2 years of dating, Andre had finally proposed to her last week. Marina couldn't believe how lucky she was to have Andre; he was everything you could hope for. Sweet, thoughtful, kind, handsome and..Marina frowned, protective. Sometimes **too** protective. But that was the only fault she could find.
Marina was pulled out of her thoughts as she reached the camp site. She left her bike leaning against another tree as she walked briskly to the area where Andre said they would be teaching.
"Hi Marina!" A girl greeted as she walked by.
Marina smiled as she turned around and began to walk backwards so she could see the girl. "Hi Laura, catch you for lunch?"
Laura nodded. "Most differently. See ya then."
Marina nodded as she began to turn around to walk forwards, but sudden hit something hard. She let out a yell as she began to fall, but then something grabbed her and brought her standing back up.
"You know should really watch where you are going."
Marina smiled as she recognized the Scottish accent. "Thank you Andre, but shouldn't you be teaching a class right about now?"
Andre sighed as he let go of Marina and glanced at his watch. "Yes, but the Professor is going first, so we have about 30 seconds to get there."
"Then we should really be on our way them."
Andre nodded as he grabbed Marina's hand and they jogged to the group of students surrounding a model of Castle Guard, what it would look like if it was the year 1357. When they reached it, Andre nodded to Marina as he let go of her hand and made his way to the Professor. Marina turned and went to go stand next to Josh Stern, who was a physist, and François, who was an archeologist as well. Josh turned to Marina as she set her backpack down on the ground.
"Well just like usual, you are right on time." He said with a grin.
Marina rolled her eyes. "Yes, just on time it seems, now be quite, the Professor is about to start."
Josh and François exchanged glances. "You've only heard this story a million times Marina." Josh said.
Marina just waved her hand for them to be quite. It was true, they had all heard this story a hundred times, but it was one of her favourite archeology stories. And the fact that they were actually standing where that story took place, it was just too real. Marina glanced over at the Professor, who was giving his son, Chris, more instructions on where to place the soldiers on the model. Christ wasn't an archeologist, but he came to the site twice a year to visit his father, but Marina knew he was there to visit someone else too. The Professor began to speak.
"Listen up class, April 4th 1357 Castle Guard France. The English army in their nice red uniforms occupied the village of Castle guard. The French meanwhile were advancing, trying to drive them out of there in this direction, over the river and past the monastery, and up and over the heights here. ..." The Professor paused as he watched Christ struggle to keep the French soldiers upright, but they kept falling. The class and Marina chuckled. "Just leave it Chris, before you wreck the place. Anyways, the English army meanwhile had retreated to Castle La Rogue, a well fortified, very strong very well supplied and both sides had settled in for a long siege."
The Professor stopped talking and glanced at Andre, who had stepped up and began to take over.
"The French were trying to push the English out of France for a hundred years. Lord Oliver, he tries to take the fight out of the French. Now, he has a prisoner, a woman. A woman of class and a woman of nobility, Commander Arnuats sister, Lady Claire. Now during the battle he hangs her from the battlement, for all of the French forces to see. Now instead of immobilizing the French, no no no, it whips them into a frenzy, and they attack the castle like madmen. And they over power the English, with sheer passion. So, the fortress of La Rouque fell in one night, because of the death of one woman....Lady Claire."
Andre paused for a moment to let that sink in with the students, most of them looking at each other with raised eyebrows. "Alright folks, that's enough of the academics today, time to go and get your hands dirty."
Suddenly the quite atmosphere began loud with the students discussing what they had just learned. Marina smiled as Andre made his way to her after answering a few of the student's questions. She gave him a quick kiss as Josh and François began to make gagging noises. "You're becoming quite the expert with this aren't you Andre?"
Andre smiled down on her, and then glanced at Josh and François. "Well my dear, I do believe we should take a walk before Josh and François accidentally poke their throats with those fingers, and thus bleed to death." Josh immediately stopped making the gagging motion. Marina and Andre laughed.
"Josh, you do know that he was joking?" Marina said still smiling.
Josh nodded but didn't continue with the gagging motion. Andre chuckled as he and Marina began to walk towards their bikes.
Andre shook his head. "I can bet you that Josh is calculating the odds of bleeding to death from the mouth right now."
Marina chuckled before she went on to her favourite subject. "So how did the students like the story about Lady Claire?"
"Well most of them wanted me to verify that it was true, then they wanted to know if we were really standing in the same area as the battle."
Marina nodded as she grabbed her bike. "I don't blame them. I can barely believe I'm could be standing where Lord Oliver, or Lady Claire might have stood."
Andre glanced at his fiancée with a grin. "Not to get off the subject of course." Marina snorted. "You know how much I love talking about Lady Claire and Oliver, but would like to race back to our camp?"
Marina raised an eyebrow. "Of course I would love to.......but you do know, I'm going to win."
Andre chuckled as Marina folded her arms. "I'm serious Andre."
"I know you are, that's why I'm laughing!"
She playfully punched him on the arm. "So you think you'll win?"
Andre climbed on his bike. "No my dear, I do not think, I know."
Marina smiled. "Very well Mister. We'll start. You say the word."
Andre brought his bike next to hers. "GO!!" They both set off at a fair speed, each determined to win.
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Authors Note: I just finished watching Timeline about a week ago, I thought the movie was awesome, and then I had an idea about this fic. I thought it would be neat. So here I am, working on it. :Þ This was the first chapter, and therefore, very short, for that I apologize, but I've always thought the first chapter was the hardest to write. Also, the title isn't going to stay Timeline. It will change, but I just couldn't think of anything else, and I wanted to post this.
Anyways, please Read and REVIEW!!