My first Doctor Who fic, woot—woot! Enjoy! I kind of like Amyx11 (RIVER/11 LOVER NOW!), but in this story it is just a strong friendship. I just graduated from high school so I was thinking of my experience…this is what came out…it will be multi-chaptered! We have to find out what happens don't we?
"Ha ha, look at that one!" A female voice echoed through the TARDIS and a male voice laughed along with her. BANG! "Oh!"
The Doctor had just leaped from the upper level of the TARDIS console room below and squatted next to Amelia Pond, his human companion and her husband Rory Williams. "What are you two looking at?" The Doctor adjusted his bow tie.
"Oh nothing really," Amy had pushed some sort of book aside. Curious… "You should really say something like 'I'm coming down there!' or ''Oi guys!' when you jump upon us like this. It scares me every time!"
"Yes, yes. No really what are you looking at?" The Doctor grabbed the book from Amy's side. Rory giggled. "Leadworth High School Lions: Class of 2006? What is this?"
"It's my high school yearbook, give it here!" Amy snatched the book from the smirking Doctor. "Don't laugh, but look—"Amy turned to the senior class of the book. "There I am…freckles and all."
Rory spoke tauntingly. "Once a ginger, always a ginger." Amy gave him a little smack, but Rory kissed her on the cheek. "You know I love you."
The Doctor starred at his young companion in her school photo. She looked the same, just shrunk down a bit; more freckles and her beautiful white teeth were bounded into braces. "You had braces?"
"My mum insisted!"
"Hey what's going on down there?" A tall, curvy woman lowered herself down next to the Doctor and peered over his shoulder. "Oh dear, that one needs a haircut!" The woman pointed to "Roberto Googlianio."
"It's Amy's high school yearbook, River." River smirked at the Doctor's laugh. Three members of the group were busy laughing at "Amelia Jessica Pond's" photos while the one who was in the photo frowned.
"Is it that bad?" She cringed.
"A bit." Rory snorted and River laughed even harder at that.
"Oi! Be kind, I had a hard senior year…" Amy trailed off into a whisper. The Doctor looked up from the fading pages from being stuffed into Amy and Rory's TARDIS room somewhere. Amy looked back down and twiddled her hands. Something was wrong. Maybe it wasn't a good idea bringing back these memories…
"Amy?" Rory took her hand. "Dear it's okay."
Amy sighed and flipped her hair. In a strange way she just smiled and giggled. She shrugged off the moment, but something was wrong. I always know. "Amy? What happened?"
"Nothing."
"Amelia Pond—"
"Don't call me that!" Amy snapped at the Doctor, everyone was silent. Amy starred into the Doctor's eyes and he starred back. Concern and fear.
River patted the Doctor's shoulder and gestured to Rory. "We should go, you two can talk alone."
"But not too much time alone!" Rory shouted as he left the room and broke the tension for just a moment. A light laughed passed between two old friends.
"That's the Pond smile I love." The Doctor smiled even bigger as Amy blushed. "Now tell me what's wrong."
Amy paused a moment, but took a deep breath. Her whole body shook as she inhaled and exhaled with meaning. This was going to be a story of some sort. "I'm thinking about," She didn't finish and the Doctor scooted closer. He patted her knee and an understanding passed between them. Tell me…I care. "I had a friend in high school," She paused again, but when she spoke her voice cracked. "She died my senior year."
"What? Why haven't you told me this before?"
"I never thought it was important."
"Everything is important." The Doctor took Amy's chin in his hand and pulled her face up to gaze at his. "I've learned that."
"She had cancer and I couldn't do anything." Amy started to cry and pulled away from the Doctor's touch. "She was so sick and all I could do was watch her die!" Amy cried out and dropped her face into her hands.
The Doctor rubbed her back. "Shhh, shhh, it's all right. I'm here." He held her close. "Tell me about her."
She spoke into the Doctor's jacket as she buried her hot and wet face into it: "Her name was Thalia. She had long blonde hair, but it fell out because of chemotherapy. She loved riding horses, but she couldn't after she got sick. It was so sad. She was my best—"
The Doctor grew cold. The heat of Amy's body was gone. The sweet smell of Amy's hair was gone. The Doctor's eyes flew open. Amy was gone. "Amy?" No response. "Amy!" Silence. The Doctor got up quickly and ran towards the rooms. "Rory!" Nothing. There was literally nothing; everything Amy owned was gone and so was her husband. No Rory, No Amy. No existence, which only meant—"River!" The Doctor ran to River's room and she was gone too. All three of his friends, his family were gone. Just like that. "No…" The Doctor mumbled and pounded his fist against the wall. "NO, NOO! This will NOT happen again!" He slammed his face into the wall and shouted. His memories were fading too, their existence was fading in his memories…"WHY?" The Doctor shouted. Quickly he stopped mourning. Time moved too quickly in the universe. He thought out loud as he ran to the TARDIS console. "Why would Amelia Pond disappear from time now? What event could possibly trigger this?" The yearbook still lay on the floor, but why? He quickly opened it up and flipped through page after page. "Ouch!" A paper cut. He was shaking so intensely with so many emotions he could barely move coherently. Things were different when he got to the senior page. Where the photo of Amelia Jessica Pond was, was a photo of another girl: Thalia White. Thalia White and no Amy. The Doctor turned the page and starred in utter horror and shock.
The Girl who did not finish her journey with us…
Amelia Jessica Pond
1989—2006
Amy Pond was dead.
