Fic, It Was Dark Under the Trees .....Challenge 8, The Forest of Dean

[fredbassett]

Title : It Was Dark Under the Trees
Author : fredbassett
Character : Helen Cutter
Word Count : 100
Rating : U
Written for Primeval_100, Challenge 8 : The Forest of Dean

It was dark under the trees.  Ancient, tangled roots thrust down through red soil. Soil the colour of the iron that men had spent so long hacking out of the rock. Blood-metal, some called it. It was a good name.  This place had seen blood spilt in the past and it would see it spilt again soon.

The woman leant against the bole of an ancient yew, lost in thought. Why here? she wondered. Why so many?

They thought she knew. But they were wrong. She had some answers but not all of them. Not ones that mattered. Not yet.

Comments

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Ooh, mysterious. Very atmospheric.

[fredbassett]

Thanks! It's a sort of of prelude to what comes next ............

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

hmm...very interesting.

[fredbassett]

Thanks :)

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

Interesting. So, when do we find out what comes next?

[fredbassett]

eerm, hopefully as soon as I can finish some research and start setting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard ......... I've started the thinking part, but not quite the writing yet! I'll get there, honest!

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I like this it's very mysterious!

[fredbassett]

Splendid, then it looks like I got it right! Mystery was intended. Am now working on the (longer) sequel :)

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

Excellent drabble. very evoking.
wonder which ones she has answers to.

for that matter, wonder if she was gone for 8 years, or if it only seems like it from Nick's perspective.

[fredbassett]

I hadn't twigged that your earlier offer was part of this post! My LJ notifications are coming through in a really weird order at the moment ...

The Forest of Dean is such a wonderfully evocative area, which was one things which really drew me to the first episode, so I absolutely had to post to this challenge. I'd really like to get over there for a good wander around, but with our current weather conditions over here you would be thigh deep in mud :(

I have to admit that the whole time-travel thing ties my head in absolute knots, and has done ever since Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider books, and others. Makes my brain hurt, but its an irresistable concept as well, that's the trouble!

[counselor69.livejournal.com]

Reading felt like I was standing there under the trees! Very well done!

[fredbassett]

Love your user pic! Thanks for this :)

[spacemonkey-27.livejournal.com]

Lovely! Very mysterious.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

ooh, missed this the last time.

[fredbassett]

LOL, this was the 100 words that spawned the entire 48,000 ish Devil's Crowll saga!

How on earth did you stumble on this now? It was last summer, I think!

[fififolle]

Excellent. Nice use of the red soil. She always exudes certainty, and yet, surely this is her, not always having the answer. I look forward to finding out the what for, and whys :)

[fredbassett]

Ah, you've reached the start of the Devil's Crowll saga. It ran to nearly 48,000 words, and you'll see a lot more of Lyle. And Lester. I swore I'd never write another Epic as long as I lived after that one, then I conveniently forgot that and embarked on my current one.

I blame this drabble for sucking in months of my life,, with probably the longest sequel to a drabble ever!

[sarah-lilzfl.livejournal.com]

Oooooh.
Helen creeps me out. She should go back to her dino buddies and stay there, stop causing trouble. *frowns childishly*
:>(

Terrific drabble!

[fredbassett]

I'd forgotten how long ago I wrote this one. This is the start of the monster series The Devi;'s Crowll, which was my first Epic.

[kitsune-flame.livejournal.com]

Y'know, sometimes I really don't know what to think about Helen. I think that comes mostly from not having watched the entire frist two seasons yet. I'm working on it though.

Very mysterious and secretive. Can't wait to read what comes of this! ^_^

[fredbassett]

This is the lead in to the Devil's Crowll series, which I think is the one I'm most proud of. I hope you like it :)

Thanks for all the lovely feedback, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Ohh.. mysterious. Foreshadowing of events to come?

[fredbassett]

Oh yes, very definitely :)

[sunsetdawn20.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved this. It's funny they all think Helen is like a bloody God when it comes to the Anomalies. Ok, 8 years' head start is nice and she seems to like to pretend she knows soooooo much better but she's still a human being.

[fredbassett]

This drabble spawned a series that ate about 4 months of my life!

[tia198.livejournal.com]

Ooooooo mysterious and very nicely written :)

[fredbassett]

Thanks :) This was the drabble that kicked off my biggest series to date, The Devil's Crowll.

[fififolle]

Aha! So good :) You can tell she's determined to get those answers! I can almost taste the Forest of Dean in this :)

[fredbassett]

I've just realised how long ago this was!

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

I don't think I commented originally, as the drabble came before I discovered the fandom.

It's marvellously atmospheric -- and yay for what came after!

[fredbassett]

Thanks :) I'm glad the atmosphere worked. I don't find that type of description terribly easy to write.

[neferitiel.livejournal.com]

Very interesting, buuuuuut... Still hate her! XD

[fredbassett]

For a drabble, this managed to spawn my longest series!

[kerry-louise.livejournal.com]

Yes well maybe she doesn't know it all yet but she knows more than she's sharing!

[fredbassett]

Oh yes, Helen always knows more than she shares.