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Sleeping Scully, part 2
21 years later
"I cannot believe that twenty one years have passed already. I do believe that it is time to take the Princess back to her parents. Don't you agree Sir Melvin?" Sir John asked as he worked on his latest experiment.
"I don't know, Sir John. As far as we know Lord Smoke-Ass is still alive and kicking. I don't think we should risk it." Sir Melvin was in a corner reading a book.
Sir Ringo walked in from the other room, a tall vial in his hand. "I must agree with Sir John. We've been here for over 20 years and still, even with that damned wheel thing here, nothing's happened to her. Princess Katherine needs to meet her parents."
"Yes, but she thinks her parents are dead and that he name is Dana. This will come as such a shock to her." Sir Melvin argued. Just as he was about to belabor his point, the beautiful Princess Katherine, or Dana as she was now called, came bounding down the stairs of their forest cottage dressed in riding gear.
"What are you boys up to?" She asked as she grabbed her hat from it's hook.
"Up to? Nothing, dear girl, we were merely discussing our latest project, nothing more than that," Sir John stumbled in an attempt to avoid alarming the young beauty.
"Oh, well OK. I'm going riding. I should be back for supper. Don't wait for me though OK?" She headed for the door, Sir Melvin on her heels.
"Hey, remember none of that 'man' riding. I caught you yesterday. It's not lady-like Dana. Ride side saddle OK? And don't talk to any strangers." He helped her onto the horse and she smiled.
"Of course." She rode off deep into the forest.
He went back into the cottage. "She's riding like a man again. I told her not to, but she will."
"Oh, let it go," Sir Ringo urged. "You know, if we don't pay attention, this little -project- will turn to an inedible paste instead of the icing for our dear charge's birthday cake." Sir John had to agree, and proceeded to stir the ingredients.
"Sir Melvin, can you pour three teaspoons of sugar into the vial over there?" Sir John pointed to the table in the corner.
"Icing?? You two have been concocting icing all this time? Good lord, what have we come to?" Sir Melvin inquired quite exasperated. "What's next, sewing and baking?"
"Well the sewing is your job Melvin. . . Sir John and I are handling the baking. We need a gown for her to wear when she's presented to her parents." Sir Ringo said snickering as he threw Sir Melvin a spool of thread and needle.
"Baking and sewing, what have we turned into?" Sir Melvin mumbled as Sir John and Sir Ringo laughed.
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Briar Woods
As soon as Dana was out of site of the cottage she threw her leg over the horse and sped into the forest. "Come on girl! Let's see what we can find today!"
She galloped through the trees until she came to a clearing, where she slowed and got down, looking around. There were birds singing and she could heard water running. But the noise she heard most distinctly was the clapping of horse's hooves echoing through the woods. "I wonder who is out there. Come on, let's go find out." She mounted the horse and sped in the direction of the noise.
After Dana disappeared into the wood a young man on another horse slowed on the other side of the clearing. "Whoa, boy. Did you hear that?" The man removed his hat and jumped down from his steed. Prince Fox of Mulder had wandered into the clearing. "Someone was here, there are the hoof prints." He noticed a blue riding hat on the ground. "Ah, it was a lady that was here. She went east, toward the sun. Let's go give this back." He mounted and headed back to the woods.
As Dana crashed through the other side she saw the man speeding into the woods. Fox heard her come through and he halted and turned around. Dana felt her breath catch in her throat. "You have my hat, Sir. I'd like it back."
He laughed at her statement. "Oh, would you? I saw you riding. You don't ride like a lady should. Do you think you could catch your hat from me?" He held out the hat to taunt the young woman, as he guided his horse to back up into the forest. Suddenly, he gave his steed two light kicks and he was off and running.
"Of course I can." she shouted, and before the young prince knew it she had almost caught up to him. Dana continued to make a good chase after him over hill and dale. Though the prince rode his horse hard and sure, the young woman easily kept up.
"Where did you learn to ride like this?!" He yelled over his shoulder.
"I taught myself. No one would ever teach a lady this!" Then she saw it. The branch caught her eye before it caught his. "Look out!" She slowed to a stop and hoped he could as well. He didn't.
Fox crashed head first into a thick branch. He felt his body hit the ground and felt a pain in his back and neck. The last thing he remembered was a woman's scream and a beautiful face hovering over him. He closed his eyes and gave into the pain.
* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *
"Come on, wake up." Dana began to worry. It had been a long time since the man had fallen and hit his head. She had ripped her dress and wet it, washing the cut on the side of his forehead.
His eyes began to flutter and then he opened them, seeing the beautiful red headed angel. "Oh. . . that hurt." He said as he attempted to sit up. She watched as he leaned up against a tree, his hand reaching up to touch his wound.
"I washed the cut. You took a nasty fall. I tried to warn you. But it was too late." She explained as he look around. Hanging on the nearby tree were his cape and hat and her drenched riding hat. His boots were on the bank.
"Sorry about the hat. I would have given it back."
"It's OK. That was an amazing ride though. I didn't think my horse could pull it off." She smiled at the young stranger. She felt a strange and safe connection to him.
He felt the same. "I'm William, who are you my lady?" He reached for her hand and gently kissed it.
She felt the blush creep into her cheeks. "I'm Dana. How come I never see you in these woods? I come here all the time."
Fox didn't want to reveal his royal status so he called himself by his middle name. "I live in the Mulder Kingdom. I don't come here often. But if it means seeing you again, fair Dana, I shall come here morning, noon, and night!"
She smiled and stood up. She didn't even know this man, yet she felt that she could trust him. "I must be going. My uncles will begin to worry. I'm sorry."
"Oh please don't go. I've only just met you. When will I see you again, Dana?" He stood and took her hand in his.
"I don't know." She stopped to think. "I live in the small cottage West of this clearing. Be there tonight. I will see you then." She walked to her horse then turned around. She impulsively blew him a kiss and then she was gone, riding to the west.
Fox walked over to his horse and mounted it. "Well, I guess we'll be back tonight. We must go back and tell father the news." Then he was gone.
end part 2
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Sleeping Scully, part 2
21 years later
"I cannot believe that twenty one years have passed already. I do believe that it is time to take the Princess back to her parents. Don't you agree Sir Melvin?" Sir John asked as he worked on his latest experiment.
"I don't know, Sir John. As far as we know Lord Smoke-Ass is still alive and kicking. I don't think we should risk it." Sir Melvin was in a corner reading a book.
Sir Ringo walked in from the other room, a tall vial in his hand. "I must agree with Sir John. We've been here for over 20 years and still, even with that damned wheel thing here, nothing's happened to her. Princess Katherine needs to meet her parents."
"Yes, but she thinks her parents are dead and that he name is Dana. This will come as such a shock to her." Sir Melvin argued. Just as he was about to belabor his point, the beautiful Princess Katherine, or Dana as she was now called, came bounding down the stairs of their forest cottage dressed in riding gear.
"What are you boys up to?" She asked as she grabbed her hat from it's hook.
"Up to? Nothing, dear girl, we were merely discussing our latest project, nothing more than that," Sir John stumbled in an attempt to avoid alarming the young beauty.
"Oh, well OK. I'm going riding. I should be back for supper. Don't wait for me though OK?" She headed for the door, Sir Melvin on her heels.
"Hey, remember none of that 'man' riding. I caught you yesterday. It's not lady-like Dana. Ride side saddle OK? And don't talk to any strangers." He helped her onto the horse and she smiled.
"Of course." She rode off deep into the forest.
He went back into the cottage. "She's riding like a man again. I told her not to, but she will."
"Oh, let it go," Sir Ringo urged. "You know, if we don't pay attention, this little -project- will turn to an inedible paste instead of the icing for our dear charge's birthday cake." Sir John had to agree, and proceeded to stir the ingredients.
"Sir Melvin, can you pour three teaspoons of sugar into the vial over there?" Sir John pointed to the table in the corner.
"Icing?? You two have been concocting icing all this time? Good lord, what have we come to?" Sir Melvin inquired quite exasperated. "What's next, sewing and baking?"
"Well the sewing is your job Melvin. . . Sir John and I are handling the baking. We need a gown for her to wear when she's presented to her parents." Sir Ringo said snickering as he threw Sir Melvin a spool of thread and needle.
"Baking and sewing, what have we turned into?" Sir Melvin mumbled as Sir John and Sir Ringo laughed.
* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *
Briar Woods
As soon as Dana was out of site of the cottage she threw her leg over the horse and sped into the forest. "Come on girl! Let's see what we can find today!"
She galloped through the trees until she came to a clearing, where she slowed and got down, looking around. There were birds singing and she could heard water running. But the noise she heard most distinctly was the clapping of horse's hooves echoing through the woods. "I wonder who is out there. Come on, let's go find out." She mounted the horse and sped in the direction of the noise.
After Dana disappeared into the wood a young man on another horse slowed on the other side of the clearing. "Whoa, boy. Did you hear that?" The man removed his hat and jumped down from his steed. Prince Fox of Mulder had wandered into the clearing. "Someone was here, there are the hoof prints." He noticed a blue riding hat on the ground. "Ah, it was a lady that was here. She went east, toward the sun. Let's go give this back." He mounted and headed back to the woods.
As Dana crashed through the other side she saw the man speeding into the woods. Fox heard her come through and he halted and turned around. Dana felt her breath catch in her throat. "You have my hat, Sir. I'd like it back."
He laughed at her statement. "Oh, would you? I saw you riding. You don't ride like a lady should. Do you think you could catch your hat from me?" He held out the hat to taunt the young woman, as he guided his horse to back up into the forest. Suddenly, he gave his steed two light kicks and he was off and running.
"Of course I can." she shouted, and before the young prince knew it she had almost caught up to him. Dana continued to make a good chase after him over hill and dale. Though the prince rode his horse hard and sure, the young woman easily kept up.
"Where did you learn to ride like this?!" He yelled over his shoulder.
"I taught myself. No one would ever teach a lady this!" Then she saw it. The branch caught her eye before it caught his. "Look out!" She slowed to a stop and hoped he could as well. He didn't.
Fox crashed head first into a thick branch. He felt his body hit the ground and felt a pain in his back and neck. The last thing he remembered was a woman's scream and a beautiful face hovering over him. He closed his eyes and gave into the pain.
* ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *
"Come on, wake up." Dana began to worry. It had been a long time since the man had fallen and hit his head. She had ripped her dress and wet it, washing the cut on the side of his forehead.
His eyes began to flutter and then he opened them, seeing the beautiful red headed angel. "Oh. . . that hurt." He said as he attempted to sit up. She watched as he leaned up against a tree, his hand reaching up to touch his wound.
"I washed the cut. You took a nasty fall. I tried to warn you. But it was too late." She explained as he look around. Hanging on the nearby tree were his cape and hat and her drenched riding hat. His boots were on the bank.
"Sorry about the hat. I would have given it back."
"It's OK. That was an amazing ride though. I didn't think my horse could pull it off." She smiled at the young stranger. She felt a strange and safe connection to him.
He felt the same. "I'm William, who are you my lady?" He reached for her hand and gently kissed it.
She felt the blush creep into her cheeks. "I'm Dana. How come I never see you in these woods? I come here all the time."
Fox didn't want to reveal his royal status so he called himself by his middle name. "I live in the Mulder Kingdom. I don't come here often. But if it means seeing you again, fair Dana, I shall come here morning, noon, and night!"
She smiled and stood up. She didn't even know this man, yet she felt that she could trust him. "I must be going. My uncles will begin to worry. I'm sorry."
"Oh please don't go. I've only just met you. When will I see you again, Dana?" He stood and took her hand in his.
"I don't know." She stopped to think. "I live in the small cottage West of this clearing. Be there tonight. I will see you then." She walked to her horse then turned around. She impulsively blew him a kiss and then she was gone, riding to the west.
Fox walked over to his horse and mounted it. "Well, I guess we'll be back tonight. We must go back and tell father the news." Then he was gone.
end part 2
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