This is my first story and I'm a bit nervous about it. I know my writing style's not very good, but I'm young and just seeing what people think of my stories. Please review and let me know. Constuctive criticism is welcome, as are any suggestions of how to improve my style.
Bindah
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Chapter 1
The TARDIS shook violently, sending two of its occupants skidding across the floor. Meanwhile, the other two kept their balance as the rushed around the console, trying to regain control of the temperamental spaceship.
The Doctor wore a look of confusion on his face.
"No, Sexy, that's not what I told you." He muttered to himself, standing back from the controls and allowing River to take over.
The Time Lord stumbled slightly as his ship pitched to the right, but he was finding it relatively easy to keep his balance, even in this turbulence. His human companions, on the other hand, were sprawled across the floor a few feet away.
Suddenly the ride levelled out and the central column ceased its rising and falling. River skipped away from the console and glided down the stairs. Seemingly satisfied, she reached out to open the blue police box doors.
"River," The Doctor called out.
The young archaeologist spun round. Her parents, red haired Amy Pond and her husband Rory, were scrambling up from the floor. At the top of the stairs stood the Doctor. He straightened his bow tie, tucked the sonic screwdriver into his jacket pocket and then proceeded with his sentence.
"We haven't landed yet." He stated "It didn't make the noise."
"Will you ever learn, Sweetie?" River flashed him a cheeky grin. "You always leave the brakes on."
She spun back round again, pushed the doors and sauntered straight out. Her mass of blonde curly hair bouncing on her shoulders.
"But I like that noise," The Doctor wasn't about to lose an argument with a 27 year old. "It lets me know when we've landed." He gently patted the console as he glanced after River. "Doesn't it sexy?"
The TARDIS let out a tiny rumble, barely audible.
Amy laughed loudly at her friends' habit.
"Shut up Doctor." She grinned widely at him as she bounded past towards the open doors.
She seemed more confident on this first trip with her daughter than Rory was.
The Last Centurion stood on the spot where he'd fallen during the flight. His face was blank, but the Doctor still knew what was wrong. Rory still hadn't fully accepted that this woman was his daughter. The amazing woman who they'd been meeting in the wrong order, the woman who could shoot an alien dead without even looking. He didn't understand how this could be his beautiful baby girl, little Melody Pond.
Amy's words echoed in his head. "Melody Pond is a superhero." She had told him the first time he had held Melody in his arms. Rory had to admit, River Song, the mysterious woman who now stood at the TARDIS doors gazing at whichever world they had landed on, was about as close to a superhero as you could possibly get in the real world.
"Rory?" The Doctor asked, his hand on the young man's shoulder.
He understood. It must be quite a lot to take in when the last time you saw your daughter was as a tiny baby, and yet here she was, at twenty seven years old, having already experienced everything the universe had to offer.
"You alright?"
Rory recovered himself, starting to walk briskly towards the doors, befor turning to answer the Doctor's question.
"Yeah," He sighed as he looked at the man behind him. "I'm fine."
The two men stepped calmly out of the TARDIS. Rory gasped in amazement, but the Time Lord was unfazed. Below them stood an enormous white castle, hundreds of people milling around it. Beyond the castle walls was a small town, and beyond that the ocean. The vast sea stretched almost as far as the eye could see, although the coast of a small island could be seen on the horizon.
It wasn't the amazing view that had the occupants of the TARDIS staring. Half way down the hill they had materialised on stood a teenage girl. Her dark hair immaculate, her crimson cloak billowing in the wind, and her sword drawn.
Beside her stood a tiger.