What Happened Before, Missing Scenes, What Happened Next, What Happened Instead, and stories that begged to be told that were not included within the series. Some of these stories were challenge inspired and some, the writers were just never satisfied with what was aired.
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Bloodlines #15 – Trial by Fire by PKMoonshine
Summary: Lady Chadwick returns, seeking to ruin Ben Cartwright and his Ponderosa. This story is part of the Bloodlines series, with the addition of a non-canon character.
Rating: T (123,620 words)
Countess (The) aka My Lady’s Revenge by KateP
Summary: A What Happened Next for the episode ‘The Countess’. What happens when the Countess returns to the Ponderosa?
Rated: K+ (8,675 words)
Dangerous Liaison: The Countess by BluewindFarm
Summary: The Cartwrights had pulled it off; successfully defended the Ponderosa without firing a single gunshot. Yet, the triumph was overshadowed by a persistent question; was anyone truly a winner or a loser when it came to a bittersweet memory from the past?
Rating: G (595 words)
Widow (The) by Krystyna
Summary: A widow arrives in Virginia City who has had connections with the Countess of Chadwick. She also has connections with someone else from the Cartwrights past that cast a long shadow.
Rated: K+ (27,915 words)