Behind The Scenes

by WTv1.0

All those moments behind the scenes, all those other, unnoticed characters' thoughts. You never thought about them, wondered about them. This is the story of what we didn't see- the thoughts and views we never knew existed, and the moments lost to time.

1. Table of Contents

I do not own TUC. I'm just borrowing Collins' characters and settings for a few stories. :D

Look at a circle, my friend.

Simple, it seems at first, a line looped about to meet itself to form a round shape. Perfectly balanced, perfectly round, perfectly everything. But if you look closer, you realize something odd, something that shouldn't be- it never ends. It just goes on and on and on. Try it- place your hand on the circle, anywhere you please, and try to find the end. Interesting, no? And another thing- does it have sides?

If this was a riddle, the answer to that question would be yes- an inside and an outside. But this isn't, I believe, a riddle. And so the answer to the question is still yes, but a different kind of yes- yes in that there are many tiny, tiny sides, sides so small we cannot even see them, that make up a circle.

Why, you may now ask, am I putting you through a geometry lesson when you could be reading fanfiction? Because this is an explanation. A story is, in its own right, a circle. It never ends unless you say it does. It has many sides and pieces and points of view, some that we'd never even think about. But they're there, just like the sides of a circle- behind the scenes but right before us, unnoticed but essential.

This is what this series of oneshots is about. Those crucial moments behind the scenes, the story before- and maybe even after- the Chronicles, and the thoughts of characters we never cared to see the point of view of. These are all sides or the story, sides that must be looked at if one is to consider TUC to its full potential.

Read on.

The Stories

1.) You Don't Have To Do This- Goldshard's last stand at defending her pups. Abuse and violence.
2.) Better Off- Twitchtip knew she was better off alone. Poem. Because Twitchtip pwns you.
3.) I'm Not Crazy- everyone thinks Pearlpelt is insane, but he knows he's really not... Poem. Because dementia pwns you more.
4.) The Prophecy of Pairs- Sandwich's clearest and prophecy yet tells who is destined to be together. Humor.
5.) Plauge- Ares' thoughts as he lies in the hospital, fighting a disease as deadly as any gnawer. Some AAAR.
6.) Jungle- with her wing dislocated, Aurora has little to do but rest- and think. Companion to Plague. Unwritten.
7.) Music to My Ears- once, Gregor enjoyed music. Now, it's downright painful... Unwritten.