Always Winter
Written by: running out of ink
Summary: While exploring a cabin on a planet that is "always winter", the team discovers a secret room, and possibly a way to return the planet back to normal
Setting: Takes place sometime during/after season 9… some spoilers may occur later on.
Disclaimer: Stargate, and all things related, belong to all respectful owners, and not me.
Author's Note: Be prepared to experience my first attempt at writing a Stargate story! Please don't shoot me for inaccuracies, or basic weirdness.
The planet was completely covered in snow. Not the type of snow that a scientist such as Samantha Carter had expected to find. It was light and fluffy, but at the same time had a menacing quality about it.
The four members of the infamous SG-1 team were rummaging around in an old log cabin on the latest planet they were exploring. Carter was looking at some shiny looking gizmo in the corner, Dr. Daniel Jackson was examining an old, and very faded notebook in the corner, Teal'c was standing with his interested-look on his face, and the newest member of the team, Cameron Mitchell, was poking around the bookshelf in the corner. He would never admit to it, but he was secretly looking for trap doors in the book case, you know, pull out a book and it spins around. This idea had sprung into his head when the four members of his team had entered the large cabin only to find a small, square room.
Daniel glanced up at him and immediately went into panic-stricken-archaeologist mode.
"Please, please, do not touch anything! These books are centuries old, they could crumble at the slightest touch. This is the oldest place on the entire planet as far as I can tell! Probably the only thing to have kept it from crumbling to the ground is the fact that it's been nothing but pure winter for a hundred years."
"Yes, Jackson, we all heard those villagers. 'Always winter, never spring. A curse brought on by the Snow Goddess!'" Mitchell replied, pulling out another book.
Now, what happened next surprised everyone. Even Mitchell himself, for he had not really expected anything to come from pulling random books from the shelf. But it did. The wall spun around and Cameron Mitchell found himself on the other side of the bookshelf. He had discovered a hidden room. There was a desk in the corner, and another bookshelf on the wall, all layered in inches of dust and cobwebs. From the other side of the wall he heard his name being called.
"Cameron!" That was Sam calling.
"Cameron Mitchell, are you alright?" That would be Teal'c.
"I told you not to touch anything!" Ah, yes, and that would be Dr. Jackson.
Mitchell sighed and shouted back, "I'm here! It's some kind of office. It doesn't look like anyone has been in here in years!"
And then he placed the book back on the shelf, and the wall spun around to its original position. Daniel, Carter and Teal'c were nowhere to be seen.