[FIC] Once upon a time, PG, Doctor Who/Highlander

[franavu.livejournal.com]

Title:"Once upon a Time"
Author: franavu
Fandoms: Doctor Who/Highlander
Rating: PG
Summary: Methos tells a story

“Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away... yes laugh Joe, but this beginning is more apt than you think. So once upon a time, in a galaxy far away, there was a race of Lords, powerful as gods, arrogant as only the powerful can be and cold as the crystal domes under which they lived.

“For many centuries they lived in the peace of rigid rules and the prosperity that stagnation disguises itself as. But all things end, and so did their peace. A race of creatures, bred to hate and kill, rose and the Lords went to war.

“War raged through time and space, planets vanished as if they never had existed and billions upon billions died. A group among the highest of the Lords, afraid they could not win the war made a secret plan.

“They created a undying warrior race, invulnerable to the weapons of their enemy, and scattered the babes they produced through time, hidden among humans, those clever little apes that always survived.

“They set their creations upon one another, so the strong would gain the power of the weak, and when they would be called upon to go to war against the enemies of the Lords, only the strongest would be alive to answer, already well trained for the fight.

“That is the story I heard about our origins...and I’ve also heard told that in the end we were these Lords’ greatest sin.”

With that Methos drunk the last of his beer, grabbed his coat and left Joe’s bar.

Comments

[ignescent.livejournal.com]

Oh, interesting! I so want to see the Doctor running into this particular Time Lord's weapon and trying to justify/explain things, including the time war.

[herk227.livejournal.com]

Sounds like something the Gallifreyans might do. The idea of hiding them under earthlings probably was Romana's idea, she came to acknowledge our qualties despite her Timelady arrogance after all.

[kerravonsen]

Oh, what a fascinating idea!

And then how would Methos react if he met the post-Time-War Doctor?

[amarin-rose.livejournal.com]

Myself, I find it ironic that the Doctor basically did everything (except kill) that the Immortals do, and the Time Lords shunned him for it. Oooh, oooh, naughty Time Lords!

[franavu.livejournal.com]

I didn't actually watch the original who, but what I got from the fic was that the time lords were pretty damn cold-hearted. By the time they were actually at war I can imagine they did some seriously nasty things, and this seemed like something they would do.

[juliet316]

I can see it. It would be a brilliant explanation for why the Game continues to go on even as new Immortals are being born/found.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Works for me. Love to see more.

[fractured-sun.livejournal.com]

Ooo this is fun, I want this Methos to meet the doctor :-)

[duskdragonwing.livejournal.com]

Ooohhh. Me Like. What a really cool idea.

[blue-underwing.livejournal.com]

Guh.. This was great! And now I can't help but trying to imagine a confrontation between him and the Doctor. Hmm... But which one?

Maybe all of them. In reverse order.

No, wait. 10, then 9, then 4. 9 ticks Methos off so much trying to justify their actions that he doesn't warn 4 about the war once he realizes it hasn't happened for him yet.

[rhianona]

oh wow! very interesting Immortal origin story!