Episode 5: Angels and Demons Part 1

“Red!” the Goblins chanted around the fire, “Red!”
“Silence minions!” Rack shouted over the crowd, “We are here tonight to discuss are plans for tomorrow! Tomorrow I shall see that the tale is done! I shall make sure that Red will make a visit! I hope nothing will go wrong, if it does I blame you! And then you will all die!”


“Granny!” Red said knocking on the door of the thatched cottage in the clearing of the wood. She knocked again and the door swung open.
“Granny?” Red said again questioningly. When she entered the living room, there was a figure standing by the stove.
“Oh hello dear,” a strange squeaky voice spoke and the figure turned round. It looked like her Granny, but it was strangely out of proportion.
“Granny, you’re much taller,” Red exclaimed.
“I’ve had a growth spurt dear,” her Granny replied.
“Old people shrink they don’t grow,” Red replied, “Wow you’re eyes are very wide today and your teeth are all white.”
“Granny’s been flossing,” Red’s Granny said, “And my eyes are all the better for seeing you.”
“Granny you don’t have any teeth,” Red pointed out, “They fell out, unless you’ve been flossing your false teeth.” Granny looked at Red in a strange way.

Red suddenly saw the impostor’s eyes grow red. Red shrieked and ran from the house, slamming the front door behind her. As she ran she saw something running along side her in the trees, something very fast. The thing saw that Red was far away and it stopped. It let out an ear-splitting howl and scurried away through the trees.

THE CREDITS

The TARDIS landed on the edge of a forest. Georgia got out first followed closely by Conner, who was very happy to be joining the TARDIS crew again. Georgia looked around; she could see a forest in one direction and a large village on the other. The Doctor exited the TARDIS last and locked the door. He smiled at his surroundings.

“Doctor, what year are we in?”Georgia asked.
“I’m not sure, 1920’s at a wild guess,” the Doctor replied, “There aren’t any electrical pylons around so it must be early 20th century.”
“Wow, look at those mountains,” Conner said pointing at the towering mountains in the distance.
“We’re in Norway I think,” the Doctor said.
“Look they’ve got some small shops over there,” Georgia said, clinging to the Doctor’s arm, “Lets go shopping.”
“Please no,” Conner replied quickly.
“I’d rather meet the locals,” the Doctor said.
“Fine I’ll go look at the shops,” Georgia replied, “And you can go and meet the Norwegians.” Georgia walked off to the group of shops. Georgia was always fascinated by the past. She used to go on school trips to open air museums with streets and shops from the past, and actors dressed in old-fashioned clothing, but this was the real thing. She entered a drapers shop and saw a tall snobbish-looking woman at the counter.

“Excuse me,” the woman said, “But what are you wearing?”
“Oh, it’s really out of fashion,” Georgia lied, looking down at her jeans and pretty T-shirt.
“Fashion?” the lady asked.
“It means something that’s really cool, trendy,” Georgia said, but she wondered whether the women would know what cool and trendy meant.
“You aren’t from around here are you?” the woman asked.
“No, I’m from England,” Georgia said.
“You speak very good Norwegian,” the women said and Georgia remembered that she was in fact speaking Norwegian, as the TARDIS translated for her.

“What’s your name?” the woman asked.
“Georgia Bell,” Georgia answered, “And what’s yours?”
“Dalen Eriksen,” Dalen Eriksen replied, “My father was the great Magne Eriksen. You probably haven’t heard of him, since you’re from England. Anyway, did you want to buy some clothing?”
“Yes please,” Georgia said, “Everything looks very pretty.” Georgia thought that some of the dresses could not be less pretty, but she managed to find herself a nice blue dress to try on.


Meanwhile, the Doctor and Conner were walking along the edge of the forest. They saw a woodcutter chopping wood outside his home. The Doctor walked up to him.
“Good morning,” the Doctor said.
“Its afternoon,” the Woodcutter said, raising his eyebrows.
“Of course and I’ve been lost in the forest for a while,” the Doctor explained, “So what year is it?”
“1906,” the man replied, he paused and then said, “Who are you then?”
“I’m John Smith,” the Doctor lied.
“And I’m Conner Bennet,” Conner said, not bothering to lie about his name, “We’re from England.” The woodcutter nodded.
“I’m Thomas Auckland,” Thomas Auckland said. Suddenly, there was a loud scream coming from the forest. Thomas looked up, shocked.

“That sounds like Red,” he said quickly, running into the forest, Conner and the Doctor followed him. Thomas ran through the forest, he had grown up there, so he knew his way round pretty well.
“Who’s Red?” Conner called after Thomas.
“My daughter, she left this morning to visit her Granny who lives on the other side of one of the mountains,” Thomas explained.
“What, on her own?” the Doctor asked, still running.
“She’s been hundreds of times before,” Thomas said, “It takes her about an hour to get to her Granny’s, she goes via a small valley that goes past one of the mountains and straight into another wood, after a few minutes she reaches a clearing and in that clearing is Granny’s house.”
“Why does your mum live so far away?” the Doctor asked.
“Because she likes it out there,” Thomas answered, “There she is.” Red was lying on the forest floor.

“Father, there’s something in the woods,” Red said, as she was helped up by her father. She looked around and saw Conner and the Doctor, both looking interested at her words. More villagers appeared from the trees.
“Red!” a woman called, running to her daughter. Red and her mother hugged. The Doctor stepped forward ready to question Red.
“There’s something in the wood,” Red repeated.
“Is it a wolf?” the woman asked.
“No,” Red said, “But it howled.”
“Only wolves howl,” Thomas muttered.
“Well this wasn’t a wolf!” Red snapped.
“Come on let’s take you home,” Red’s mother said, taking Red by the arm and leading her through the small group of villagers, followed by Thomas and then Conner and the Doctor.


“So, how did you get here?” Dalen asked Georgia as she took off the dress.
“Oh my friend took me here,” Georgia said.
“For a holiday?” Dalen asked. Georgia then heard a faint scream.
“If you like,” Georgia said, “Did you just hear screaming?” Georgia ran to the door, followed by Dalen. A few villagers were standing in the street looking at the forest.
“I’d better go!” Georgia said.

“Come back later and buy the dress!” Dalen called after her, Georgia ran into the forest, she could hear shouting up ahead, she kept running, but could no longer hear anything. She stopped and looked around, the person who had screamed must have all ready left, or Georgia took a wrong turning. Georgia turned to head back, but realised she was lost.

“Doctor!” Georgia shouted, “Anybody?” There was a growling noise from nearby. Georgia spun round, thinking the noise came from behind her. There was a snapping noise, and then gurgling. Georgia looked around, there was nothing. She could see nothing hiding behind the trees, or bushes. The gurgling continued and Georgia looked up and saw that the gurgling was coming from something in the trees. Three little men were snarling at her. Yet, they weren’t men, they had pointed ears; they were bald; they were very small.

“Who are you?” Georgia asked.
“Ziap,” one of them said in a high scratchy voice.
“Yap,” another said.
“I’m Yap you idiot!” Yap snarled, “You’re Kap!”
“Maybe I’m Ziap,” Kap said.
“I just said you’re Kap!” Yap roared.
“Calm down Yap,” Ziap said, “Now girlie.” Ziap turned to where Georgia had been seconds before, but now she had vanished, she was running as fast as she could away from them.

“Hey girlie!” Kap shouted, “We need to erm…”
“We need to speak to you!” Yap shouted, “After her!” Yap, Ziap and Kap jumped down from the tree and began to chase Georgia. The three goblins were much faster than Georgia and were gaining on her.
“If you don’t slow down we’ll eat you up!” Kap shouted.
“We need to talk to her!” Ziap replied as he ran, “Not eat her!”
“Just cause you’re a vegetarian,” Yap replied.
“Shut up and keep running”, Ziap snarled.

TO BE CONTINUED