Chapter 2: The Princess, The Doctor, and The Pond
(*FLASHBACK TO THE DOCTOR'S LAST ADVENTURE IN THE ENCHANTED FOREST WITH SNOW WHITE*)
Snow White had been on the run from the Evil Queen Regina for a long time now. She evaded all of the Queen's attempts to kill her. Regina was getting angry. She strutted about her palace furiously. She sent three hunters out to find and kill Snow a few days ago, but the princess escaped them. The three hunters were now in the Queen's hall at the top of the castle, waiting for their next task, when the Queen barged in.
"One of you better have a fantastic excuse as to why you are all standing here in my hall without Snow's dead corpse rotting on the ground!" she shouted at the hunters.
"We're sorry my queen, but she escaped us." He said.
"Wrong answer." She replied in a fierce tone.
Regina raised her hand as if she was holding an apple. Then, quickly and without warning, she twisted her hand. At the same moment, the first hunter's neck snapped and he fell on the floor dead. The other two hunters tried not to show fear, but failed as looks of terror consumed their faces.
"Well. I'm waiting." The Queen said impatiently.
"Um…" the second hunter began to say. He was trembling to find the right words. "Well…your majesty,…"
Neither of the hunters could find the words. The Queen was too intimidating and impatient. They just stood there, trembling in her presence.
"Worthless." She said addressing both of them.
Regina's patience had finally run out. She raised her hand again and this time levitated the two hunters and the dead body. She watched angrily as they begged for their lives, but she wasn't hearing it. She threw them out of the window and they fell hundreds of feet to their deaths. Then she turned toward her magic mirror and shouted.
"Why are all my attempts to kill Snow White useless? Why can't I find one person in this world who can kill her without letting her escape or being enchanted by her pretty little eyes." She yelled to the mirror.
"What you need my queen," the mirror began, "are killers who are not from this world."
"What do you mean?" Regina pondered, obviously intrigued by this statement.
"There are a race of creatures who's only goal is to kill. They are called Daleks. They are ruthless and will kill Snow White without even thinking about it because she is not a Dalek and therefore inferior." The mirror responded.
"Perfect." Regina said with a smirk of satisfaction.
"Well I don't think that would be a good idea. Daleks are untrustworthy and won't stop until every living thing in this land has been killed. You can fight them, but in the end, they will kill even the most powerful beings such as yourself. Even the Dark One couldn't handle the Daleks." He responded to her.
"Then what is the point of you telling me this! And you better have a good answer."
"Because I know the next best thing. They're called Sontarans. They share the Dalek's ambition for battle. In fact it's what they live for. Sontarans are born with knowledge of fighting and killing and it's all they crave. Fighting is even the only way that they want to die. And I haven't even told you the best part. They can easily be manipulated and controlled."
"Now that's more like it."
Without wasting a minute, Regina cast a spell and brought three Sontarans from their spaceship millions of miles away and into her hall. They looked like little potato men in blue uniforms. They were holding laser guns which would've intimidated a lesser being, but not the Evil Queen.
"What is the meaning of this?" The first Sontaran shouted as the other two readied their guns with surprising agility.
Regina merely stared at them. They certainly were strange. Yet she figured her magic would have the same affect on them, no matter where they were from. So she waved her arm in their direction and magically paralyzed them.
"Release us at once!" the second Sontaran yelled.
"Oh I don't think so." Regina said with an evil grin.
Then, one by one, she ripped out their hearts. With their hearts in her hands, she could control them and make them kill Snow White. Regina had perfected this type of magic years ago and was ready now to use it to hunt down and kill the woman who took everything from her; Snow White. Snow was currently walking about the forest to the nearest town where she hoped to get some food and shelter before nightfall. Regina magically transported the three Sontarans near her location and watched as her vengeance unfolded in the magic mirror.
Snow was walking innocently around the forest with her trusty bow and arrows when she paused. She heard something behind her like a rustling of the bushes. When she turned, she saw nothing, but something saw her. By this time, Snow had learned to trust her instincts. She knew something was there. So she took out her bow and drew up an arrow and aimed it at the direction in which she heard the noise.
"Who's there?" she yelled into the forest.
No one answered, but the three Sontarans were there hiding in the trees getting a good aim at the former princess. Suddenly, a man shouted at Snow White.
"Hey!" this man said approaching Snow at a distance from her left side.
Snow turned her bow and aimed at the man.
"Stop!" she shouted. "I'm not afraid to use this."
"It's ok," the man shouted from a good distance away, but close enough that the she could make out this man's physical features. "I'm here to help you."
Snow studied the man intently. He was a tall, skinny, and light skinned man with one hell of a chin. From this distance she could recognize a red bow tie and red suspenders. The suspenders were showing a little when his light brown jacket opened a little in the slight breeze.
"Who are you?" she yelled at the man.
"My name is the Doctor. I'm here to save you." He yelled back.
"From what?" she yelled back to him while still continuing to be holding her bow and arrow.
Almost simultaneously, a red laser beam was fired from the trees causing a small explosion which barely missed Snow White.
"From that!" The Doctor replied.
Snow lowered her guard in a state of confusion and fright. The Doctor ran swiftly towards her while the Sontarans struggled to come down from the trees.
"What's happening?" Snow said once he caught up to her.
"Never mind that just run!" The Doctor replied.
So the former princess and the Doctor ran through the forest to escape danger. By this time, the Sontarans had successfully arrived on the ground and were chasing after the Doctor and Snow. They fired mercilessly at them, but were unsuccessful in hitting them. The Doctor and Snow kept running, while small explosions boomed behind them. Soon, Snow saw a small blue box in the distance that got much larger as they ran towards it.
"What's that blue thing?" she asked the Doctor while running and avoiding lasers.
"Safety!" the Doctor replied.
They kept running until the box was merely a few yards in front. Snow noticed two tall doors on the front of the box.
"It looks a bit small." Snow said almost out of breath.
"Trust me; it's a magic blue box." The Doctor replied.
This was all the convincing that the princess needed, having been surrounded by magic her whole life, she was not new to the concept of it. They ran right through the doors and into what seemed like a whole new world. Snow marveled at this new world. She could hardly describe it. The inside of the box was much larger than the outside. How wonderful! This surely must have been magic. The doors shut behind them and Snow stayed there to adjust herself to this situation while the Doctor kept moving up the ramp to the TARDIS console. That was the name of his magic blue box: TARDIS. After a few moments, Snow walked up to where the Doctor was standing and noticed a girl sitting on a small couch. She had orange hair and young brown eyes.
"Ok Doctor," Snow began to say. "It's time for you to explain."
"Oh plenty of time for that later," The Doctor said. "but, right now we've got three angry Sontarans pounding at our doorstep."
He maneuvered around the TARDIS console pressing buttons and pulling levers until the magic blue box disappeared from the forest.
"What did you just do?" Snow questioned the Doctor.
"I flew us away." He replied.
"So the magic blue box flew away?" she questioned yet again.
"Yep," The orange haired woman replied. "that's sort of what it does. My name's Amy. Amy Pond. And you're Snow White ya?"
"That's right. So can you please tell me what's going on now?" She replied politely.
"Alright then. Amy and I are travelers," The Doctor began. "We travel around to distant places in this magic blue box and we sort of help people whenever we can."
"That's wonderful." Snow remarked.
"Thank you," the Doctor responded. "Anyways my box picked up a spatial disturbance regarding the Sontarans."
"What are Sontarans?" Snow asked the Doctor.
"Sontarans are creatures from another world that just tried to kill us. They love two things in this world: war and fighting. Maybe that gives you an idea of why you should avoid them. Anyway, the Sontaran homeworld is incredibly far away from the Enchanted Forest. It's literally impossible for them to be there. The fastest Sontaran ship couldn't even make it halfway. So their presence on this planet caused an alert and brought us here." The Doctor told her.
"So what do they want with me?" Snow asked.
"We don't know." Amy replied.
"So what are we going to do?" Snow asked again.
"We're gonna stop them." The Doctor said with a smile.
