Chapter 1: Snow In The TARDIS
As the smoke cleared, Darlene Turner could get a clear view of what was going on. The TARDIS did not look good, the circular console room was destroyed, its coral like structure was falling apart, this sight somewhat saddened Darlene as she had come to call this magnificent time ship home, when the smoke and fog cleared by use of what Alex called: Extractor Fans, Darlene could see even more damage than what was initially shown to her.
The maintenance droid: ID-RS was no where to be found, curious as he had been in the room not long before the crash was equally curious was the sight of an arrow which was embedded into the left door. Making this strange ship even stranger. This object made Darlene guess that they had crash landed in a forest of some kind as she was reminded of the legend of Robin Hood a legendary hero who stole from the rich to give to the poor.
This was one of Darlene's favourite stories as she remembered reading it every night before an adventure. To be honest it was that or Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Fairy tales, stories to entertain children. For the past few months now Darlene had been thinking of how her own life now was essentially one of these fairy tales. It was then Darlene decided that she was going to have to make a choice. Stay with Alex and go off more adventures or leave and find a new story of her own to explore.
When the TARDIS door opened, Darlene was happy to see that Alex wasn't hurt. But was clearly surprised when the woman followed him. She was small and slender, wearing a white bandits outfit, Darlene could just make out a hint out jet black hair under the hood. The woman was wearing a mask, to protect herself from the fog that still spewed round the console room. "This," the woman had a soft voice and sounded both shocked and awed by the massiv size of the room she ha just entered. When the last of the fog had cleared out, the woman took of her mask. "This is impossible!" She exclaimed.
At this Darlene couldn't help but chuckle, "if you like this place now, you should have seen it before it got destroyed." When she said this Darlene saw Alex's worried expression and began to wonder if she should've taken that comment back. Then again Darlene took another look at her best friend and saw that he was worried about more than just his ship breaking apart. He was looking at his new companion with a look of disbelief and for the first time that Darlene saw, horror. "Alex?" Darlene' voice grew with worry "Alex, what's wrong?"
Alex didn't answer her question, Darlene started to get nervous, if he didn't know what was wrong or where they were, they might as well be trapped in some unknown place. "I think you're friend." The black haired woman said, "is still shocked from when I fired a warning shot at him." The woman then gestured to a bow and a quiver of arrows that she had laid down beside the console. "Sorry about that by the way." She walked towards Alex and shook his hand, after she let go, the woman walked in front of Darlene and did the same thing. "My name is Snow by the way, Snow White."
At the mention of the woman's name Darlene nearly gasped, and she could see why Alex was in shock. This woman standing in front of her was the Snow White, from the fairy tales? From Darlene's favourite stories? No, it couldn't be. "D-Darlene Turner." Darlene said struggling to get the name out. There was hardly time for proper introductions because at that precise moment the Cloister Bell began to ring again.
Which of course meant even more bad news. "That's not good." Alex said softly, his first words since he returned from the forest. He rushed towards the scanner which began flashing a dangerous shade of red. Suddenly the sound the Cloister Bell began ringing even louder that Darlene, Snow and Alex had to put their fingers in their ears.
"What is that awful noise?" Snow had to shout loudly as they ran to escape whatever danger was behind them.
"The Cloister Bell!" Alex called back, "it's a warning for us to get out." Suddenly Darlene noticed an orange glare that looked like it was coming from downstairs. In Alex's words that was not a good sign.
"Run!" Darlene yelled and everyone followed her direction as a huge burst of fire suddenly engulfed the entire console room, with the TARDIS crew barely making it out in time before the entire console room went up in flames...