The Tale of Whoshadow

Chapter One: Regeneration Madness

So, this is the background on my Fan-Based Original Character named, as the title states, Whoshadow. Whoshadow is a mighty Skrill who first appeared in the final chapter of my story Resurfaced and a Dragonstone. My fan, Shadowdragon1317, who says that she is a Time-Lordian dragon from the planet Galifrey, inspired her for me, thanks to her crazy reviews, serious bloodlust, and an amusing hatred for pears. She also inspired me to use the Doctor Who references in my Dragonstone series. So this short story is dedicated to her and my Dragonstone fans. Now, I'll understand that this should belong in a Doctor Who crossover, (I may move it there eventually) but I want my fans to be able to find it. So, let's get on to my favorite Original Character's story!

It was a time of death and darkness on my home planet, Galifrey. We were in the Time War, facing a ruthless army of Daleks. Throughout the area, I could hear the echoing screams of terrified screams of children, and the putrid robotic voices of the Daleks repeating one word: Exterminate.

I had to flee, I could not fight anymore, not in this body anyway, and I was going mad from seeing all the death and destruction as well as hearing the screams of my people.

No more, no more, I can't stand it anymore! My mind screamed. I had to flee. I had to get off this planet before I go totally mad. I ran and found a friend; I could use a companion for what I have in mind. Her arm was bleeding rather badly, so I wrapped it for her and we ran across the city only to pause to stare at a wall for a moment. The words 'NO MORE' were carved into it. Oh no, what is he going to do?

There was no time to dwell on that, we just kept on running. If we wanted to survive we couldn't afford to stop. It wasn't easy, we had to avoid the attacks from the Daleks in order to get to the building I wanted to get to.

Sure enough, once when we got there, he was there with The Moment in hand and he entered a TARDIS. I dragged my companion into another one, and after fussing with the instruments we took off. With tears in my eyes I said: "Goodbye Galifrey. You will be missed."

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We spent a few years traveling through time and space, we met Daleks on several occurrences, and there were some days where we went to places just to relax. On one visit to an intergalactic farmer's market, my companion and I found a crate filled with an oddly shaped green fruit.

"What're those?" I asked.

"Pears, my good friends, I grow them myself." The farmer replied. He picked one up and sliced it in half for us to try…

… Big mistake.

The overall taste was sweet, but the skin was horrendously bitter, the flesh was mushy, and the flesh also had a grainy texture in my mouth. My companion was shocked by the sudden assault of repulsiveness and started choking! I was relieved that she managed to hack it back up before I had to intervene.

"Are you alright, Miss? I am so sorry that happened to you! Please, allow me to buy you a drink." The farmer told us. We tried to decline, but he insisted on giving us some hard cider, and after taking in the sweet smell of apples, we couldn't refuse; but that was the day we developed an everlasting hatred for pears.

I shall destroy every pear I come across. I thought to myself as my companion and I returned to our TARDIS. Despite that it had been a few years since the sudden end of the Time War, my sanity was very limited. Now every time I think of pears, they are repulsive land-piranhas that guise themselves as a benign fruit. For a week they haunted me in my nightmares, and in those nightmares they were just swarms of them trying to attack me with their frightful sharp teeth and obscenely powerful jaws. They would pursue me through time and space, and sometimes the night terrors I had ended really badly for me. So yes, pears are just as evil as the Daleks.

My companion shares my hatred for pears, but not to the extent that I do, and unlike me, she had a greater reason to hate them. They tried to kill her… They are repulsive green devils.

"My friend, you've gone quite mad." My companion told me one day. We paid a visit to Earth, I found a pear tree, and I was in the middle of trying to snap all of its branches off. She dragged me back to the TARDIS and set a new course.

We landed on an island on Earth in the Northlands, homelands of Vikings. Looking up to the sky we saw something incredible… They were dragons!

"Look at them, they are beautiful." I declared pointing to a large purple one with a frill of black spikes.

"They are amazing, but I don't want to stick around them." My companion replied as she was watching a black dragon with fins on its tail. So it was back to the TARDIS for us. Unfortunately, after we plotted a new course, something malfunctioned in the system, and a massive electrical spark discharged and struck us. It hurt greatly, and it was powerful enough for us to regenerate. Now Time Lords can look like humans by choice, but when that spark discharged, my companion and I were thinking about those dragons, and how wonderful it would be to be one.

Guess what we regenerated into?

It was the worst regeneration I've been through; it was long and rather painful, and when we collected our senses, we were shocked to find out that we became Time-Lordian dragons!

"Son of a Dalek, what happened to us?" My companion exclaimed.

"We're dragons!" I exclaimed. We consulted our computer to find out what breed of dragons we were, and we were impressed. The two of us became rather powerful dragons; my companion a Night Fury, and I was a Skrill. Both dragons were known for speed and intelligence, and as a Skrill, I could harvest and redirect lightning! Awesome!

We read up further on what we should eat, our natural defenses, and so on before we went out to practice our flying. Somehow a natural instinct kicked in and we were flying as if we were born to fly within a couple hours. It was a most amazing feeling. I felt like I alone commanded the wind and skies, and so did my companion.

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By that night, we discovered new names for ourselves. During the few years we've been travelling, we've sometimes followed him. He calls himself: 'The Doctor'.

Doctor Who? I thought when I found this out.

I realized that during our travels, I had been shadowing him. I was also a very mysterious and feared dragon, and thus, I came up with the name: Whoshadow. My companion, through reasons I didn't quite know, came up with: Charmcast. I couldn't help but think what beautiful names for beautiful dragons.