This is the first chapter in my Doctor Who series.
No copyright infringement is intended, - I do not own Doctor Who or any of the characters. I own only my characters.
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
I can't remember.
All I remember is falling. I fell from the cliff and into space, the darkness consuming me and the stars blinding me. It seemed to go on forever until... there was screaming. A lot of screaming. The screams and cries of people pierced my ears no matter how much I tried to block out the sounds. I remember the ground growing smaller and smaller and smaller and... then there was darkness. Hang on - I don't remember landing, so why am I covered in blankets?
I panic and jerk myself upright, only to find myself in a large room with blue walls and no windows. Ouch. I moan with pain. My head hurts...my arm hurts – everything hurts. I've got to get out of here. I try to stand and cry out as I'm overwhelmed with dizziness and fall back down. This is not good.
I try to slow my breathing and remain calm. I survey my surroundings. In the corner of the room there's a wardrobe and a bookshelf. Okay, so clearly someone put me here. I mean, I can't remember going here... wherever here is.
Suddenly, I hear footsteps and see the silhouette of a tall, manly figure walking towards the door. My heart beats rapidly, and I slowly edge close to the wall.
The handle turns, the door creaks open. And standing in the doorway is the strangest looking man I've ever seen.
"Who are you? And where on earth am I?" I croak.
The man takes one step forward. Then another. And he looks me straight in the eyes.
"I am the Doctor."
That's all I hear before I am overwhelmed by dizziness and everything turns black.
Ouch. My eyelids flutter open and the blurry shapes in front of me slowly come into focus. The Doctor is sitting next to me. I immediately lurch myself upright.
"Wha...w...what...?" I splutter.
"Shh, it's okay." The Doctor stares at me, concerned. "You're going to be fine."
"But...where am I? Who are you? What am I doing here...how did I get here? Where are my parents? Are they safe? What...?" I am abruptly interrupted with "sh!"
Wait...what? Why can't I speak? It's as though my lips are sealed together! Okay, now I'm starting to freak out. I hear the doctor say something and suddenly I can speak again.
"Sorry 'bout that," The doctor smiles gleefully. Hey... He doesn't look sorry at all!
"You're going to have to trust me. Do you think you can do that?"
"Um...". I have no clue who this man is, no idea what he wants and no idea where I am. But if he had wanted to hurt me, he would've done that by now. And he's the best shot I have at escaping this...place.
I take a deep breath. "Yes."
"I'm the Doctor and this is my space ship. It's called the TARDIS – "Time And Relative Dimension In Space and, as you can probably tell by the title, it can travel through time and space. Cool, right?! Oh, and it's bigger on the inside."
I stare at him, awestruck. "Bigger on the inside?" I shriek.
"Hush now! But yes, I know, it's awesome. Oh, and you're somewhere in space at the moment."
"But what happened to me?"
The Doctor's face fell and his eyes turned sad. "This is going to be hard to digest."
"I'm sure I can handle it," I assure him.
"Well, you sort of fell...off the planet. And, um, I was in the TARDIS and you fell inside and I popped you into bed and treated your wounds and then you just sorta slept...for a while..." The Doctor shifted uncomfortably.
"Doctor, how long was I asleep for?"
"Ah, well...sixteen days?"
"SIXTEEN DAYS?" I shriek. "Oh, no, no, NO! My parents are going to FREAK OUT! Please can you take me to my parents?" I plead. My parents are extremely overprotective of me. Like, crazy overprotective. It drives me absolutely insane.
"Err, I am so sorry, but I can't."
I freeze. "What?"
The Doctor looks crestfallen. "I am sorry. I am so sorry. But you can never see your parents again."
My eyes swell with tears., and I whisper, "Why not?"
"Look, I'm going to do something I've only ever done once before. And I'm sorry." He comes over so that his face is only inches away from me. He gently places his hands on my head. I quiver, scared.
"Please, what are you going..." BANG! That's when he bangs our heads together and I see it. His life flashing before my eyes.
"You're a time lord!" I exclaim.
He nods, smiling faintly.
And then I see what I wish, oh I desperately wish I'd never seen. It's Gallifrey. My planet, my home. And it's burning. I see the Daleks, people running and screaming and falling and dying. And then I see the Doctor and all of the other Doctors. That's when they do it. The freeze Gallifrey. Deep, deep down, I know it's for the better. It's better than destruction, endless war, the planet burning. But part of me is screaming: That's my home! That's my life, my everything – my friends, my family.
Tears are streaming down my face and they don't stop coming.
"No!" I blurt. And I sob. I sob until I ache with sadness and I have no more tears to cry.
The Doctor looks at me with such pity and sorrow, and he holds me the entire time.
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Imogen
