I need to preface this fanfiction stating- I do not own the rights nor anything else related to the Twin Peaks television series.
I do however love it, and have seen it countless times so please let me know what you think about the below!
As the sun rises slowly over the
redwoods surrounding Twin Peaks, the mist sinks deeper into the town's rich
earth. It is here that the esoteric reigns supreme, and where secrets lay
beneath each of the fallen pinecones that litter the forest.
Agent Dale cooper has arrived to
investigate the appearance of a local girl washed ashore, shrouded in a
polyethylene wrapper in a town where littering is not commonplace.
The sleepy-eyed special agent alights from a newly polished silver bullet of a greyhound announcing into his pocket Dictaphone, a message for his personal assistant:
"Diane, it is 6.38am and I have, after a lengthy and arduous journey found myself in Twin Peaks," Pausing, he scans the town to take in it's beauty and gauge the quality of the architecture before continuing; "The air here is pine-needly fresh with a tang of newly turned earth, a fresh cup of Joe calls to me and my fingers stay crossed, that it’s flavour is on the level of deliciousness the air surrounding me has reached."
He returns the loan of the Dictaphone back to his ever-faithful friend his pocket and in no particular hurry, with his chin high and grin wide, lends his gravity forward through the streets in search of a warm and caffeinated beverage.
The sleepy-eyed special agent alights from a newly polished silver bullet of a greyhound announcing into his pocket Dictaphone, a message for his personal assistant:
"Diane, it is 6.38am and I have, after a lengthy and arduous journey found myself in Twin Peaks," Pausing, he scans the town to take in it's beauty and gauge the quality of the architecture before continuing; "The air here is pine-needly fresh with a tang of newly turned earth, a fresh cup of Joe calls to me and my fingers stay crossed, that it’s flavour is on the level of deliciousness the air surrounding me has reached."
He returns the loan of the Dictaphone back to his ever-faithful friend his pocket and in no particular hurry, with his chin high and grin wide, lends his gravity forward through the streets in search of a warm and caffeinated beverage.
The
Double R Diner finds Norma putting the finishing touches on the day’s pie,
spooning freshly brewed berry compote into dishes to cool. A stainless pot shakes
momentarily, indicating the coffee’s readiness to be drunk.
The
two scents meld into a sweet steamy entrance curtain through which Agent Cooper
passes on his way to the counter.
Norma, spotting the entrance of the
well-kept stranger, acknowledges his entry with a toothy "Good morning to
you sir, what might you be looking for this early?”
Coop, in his ever polite fashion, is now itching for that first coffee for the day yet as ever, manages politeness with ease, "Why thank you Ma’am, it is a sample of your finest cup of Joe that I am in search of."
Norma leans away from the counter without averting her gaze from the eyes of the Agent and breaks the thermos’ seal, pouring it’s first offering for the day.
"What might bring you to Twin Peaks Mr...?"
"Special Agent Dale Cooper at your service, Mrs...?"
"Mrs. Norma Jennings, owner of the Double R Diner."
"Might I say Mrs. Norma Jennings, that this here is one of the finest diners that I've seen in some time. A joy to behold."
Norma hesitates a smile before her response, "Thank you sir, might you be in town for long?"
"I sincerely hope not Norma, in this line of work the shorter in a place the better."
"Oh?"
"Tis a sad case when an agent has too much time in one location, it is representative of the solving of the issue taking too long."
"Well then," A downwards gaze and a flicking of apron, "May your visit be speedy, and your coffee be acceptable Agent Cooper."
"I would find it impossible to believe it would be anything less than, thank you Norma."
Gripping the tall white mug with both hands, Agent Cooper brings the steaming coffee to his mouth. He sips, shut-eyed, and declares: "Now that is one very fine coffee indeed!" to nobody in particular, continuing on to sit in a large ten-berth booth.
Seated, Coop produces a dossier, and with his mug in one hand and a page in his other, is surrounded by an incredibly large space unfit for a man on his own.
Coop, in his ever polite fashion, is now itching for that first coffee for the day yet as ever, manages politeness with ease, "Why thank you Ma’am, it is a sample of your finest cup of Joe that I am in search of."
Norma leans away from the counter without averting her gaze from the eyes of the Agent and breaks the thermos’ seal, pouring it’s first offering for the day.
"What might bring you to Twin Peaks Mr...?"
"Special Agent Dale Cooper at your service, Mrs...?"
"Mrs. Norma Jennings, owner of the Double R Diner."
"Might I say Mrs. Norma Jennings, that this here is one of the finest diners that I've seen in some time. A joy to behold."
Norma hesitates a smile before her response, "Thank you sir, might you be in town for long?"
"I sincerely hope not Norma, in this line of work the shorter in a place the better."
"Oh?"
"Tis a sad case when an agent has too much time in one location, it is representative of the solving of the issue taking too long."
"Well then," A downwards gaze and a flicking of apron, "May your visit be speedy, and your coffee be acceptable Agent Cooper."
"I would find it impossible to believe it would be anything less than, thank you Norma."
Gripping the tall white mug with both hands, Agent Cooper brings the steaming coffee to his mouth. He sips, shut-eyed, and declares: "Now that is one very fine coffee indeed!" to nobody in particular, continuing on to sit in a large ten-berth booth.
Seated, Coop produces a dossier, and with his mug in one hand and a page in his other, is surrounded by an incredibly large space unfit for a man on his own.
Like his seat at the booth, the sole
Federal Agent on the case is merely one soul in a town with a population count
of just fifty thousand, to solve the riddle that is the death of Laura Palmer.
Coop, Having read the first of many
pages on the case, reclines into the supple pleather, closes his eyes, and drifts
into slumber.
The agent approaches the water’s edge,
A blue-grey mist gorges on the town’s streets,
seeping from the roots of the redwoods, whose movements reach him through the
thickness and echo in his mind.
An apparition appears: a woman cloaked in black.
Arms spread open as though calling for an embrace.
Her face covered by sheer silk.
Her feet touch not the water’s surface, but the air
between.
Her wake is a warped reflection of reality.
Her face reflected, is a dreadful and shifting
caricature.
A nefarious other, in the presence of she.
Her approach does not quicken.
The distance between them closes not.
Coop tries to ask her: “Who is the dead? What lies
between? Who is the other?” but his vocal chords fail to ignite. His body succumbs
to the pressures of gravity, slumping into the water-smoothed pebbles on the
shore.
His head, like the appendages he remembers as his
arms and legs, hang low and motionless.
His mind calls out “LAURA!”
Her reply is abandonment.
She turns and is speedily lost, fading into the
heaving fog.
A broom from under the table he is
leant over knocks a foot, waking him.
The Agent, once upright and free of
the brooms person, records a note home: “Diane, I have been proffered a vision I
believe shows there is more to this case than a dead girl in plastic. I will keenly
search for what this is, though I believe further meditation on the matter is
in order.”
He
abruptly leaves the diner, his destination the pebbly crime-scene on the lake.
Again
there will be a woman, though not moving.
She
will be shrouded, though not in black.
He
will have questions, and again they will remain unanswered.





