A/N: Like I said, decided on a mega rewrite. Had a brainstorm the other night and thought of a better and more interesting way to tell the story. The first chapter at least is going to be in Amy's POV, cause I love how witty she can be. Still might crossover with Torchwood later, cause I love Jack and Gwen so much, but that might not happen if I can't find a believable way (it is Doctor Who, though). Anyway, let me know what you think of this new storyline, and what I can do to make it better! Thanks, and R&R!
The Doctor, Rory, and I were sitting listening to River describe one of her many exploits into the world of espionage and thievery, shooting those annoyingly simpering looks at the Doctor every couple of minutes. I liked River enough, and breaking her out from time to time was always a laugh, but things seemed to be that much more dangerous when she was around. I still think that now.
She was about to reach a really thrilling bit, probably she was going to shoot the men around her with a bow and arrow or something, when the time rotor made a strange thumping noise, and we were thrown from our feet. I landed between Rory and the Doctor, holding onto my boys as tight as I could as the TARDIS shook violently, almost vibrating. I kept my eyes tight shut. It only lasted a couple of seconds, though, and when I opened my eyes the familiar bright yellow and orange of the TARDIS was gone, replaced with cool greens and blues. I was lying on a metal grill instead of clear glass, and right in front of me was a pair of red converse trainers.
"Oh no no no no NO! Not this again!" The owner of the trainers was saying, holding out his hands to me and my fellows. Rory and I looked around curiously, but the Doctor walked up to the man in the trainers, who I now saw was wearing a lividly blue suit with a red t-shirt.
"How is this possible?" The Doctor was saying quietly to the man.
"Let me guess," the man said, "you regenerated?"
"Yeah, not long after..." he trailed off, looking at a woman who had just appeared from the back of the room that looked, if I thought about it, a kind of TARDIS made from coral. The woman was blonde and dressed a bit like an action hero in a leather jacket and jeans.
"Doctor, what's goin on? I felt the TARDIS shake something awful! Who are they?"
She spoke these words to the tall suited man, who hesitated.
"Hi Rose," The Doctor said, almost sadly.
I looked behind me at River, who for the first time seemed out of sorts. So she didn't know these people, that was a first. She even seemed to know me the first time I met her. This should be interesting.
"No," the woman, Rose, was saying, "No. You can't be him, how is that possible! You said it was sealed off forever!"
As she was saying this, the Doctor and the tall man were running around what looked like another time rotor. Like in our TARDIS but almost completely different. I was starting to get a headache.
"Doctor, how is this a TARDIS too? You said your people were gone! And what is she talking about, what was sealed off?" I demanded.
But I was ignored. The Doctor was talking his "Doctor-speak" with the tall man, running around pulling levers and pressing buttons at alarming speeds, while distantly the familiar sounds of bells sounded. That wasn't good.
River, Rory, and I stood in equal, confused silence, watching the two men in their frantic work. I noticed the woman Rose on the other side of the room leaning against a large coral column, looking dazed.
Finally the alarm bells stopped, and the two men leaned over the time rotor lookalike panting. The room stood in silence for a full minute, then Rose walked forward slowly towards the men. She took the suited man's offered hand, then stepped towards the Doctor.
"I'm not mad at you," she said. "I know why you did what you did. And he told me about the Ood saying you were going to regenerate. It wouldn't have been the same, would it." She stepped forward and hugged him. "Thank you," she said tenderly, "for giving me my Doctor." The man behind her smiled.
"Excuse me!" I spoke, maybe a bit too loudly, "but who are they, and where the hell are we?"
"Sorry!" The Doctor said, the spring back in his step, "introductions! Amy, Rory, River, this is Rose Tyler, a former companion of mine! She was the best. Well, one of the best anyway," he smiled fondly at her. "Rose, these are the Ponds, Amy and Rory to be exact, and this is Dr. River Song. Ask her questions, seriously, she can't pull the 'spoilers' card on you!"
"And everyone, this is me. Well, part me. Basically he's the past me, but part Time Lord part human. Very long story, might tell you the rest of it later. Right now, let me tell you what's happened. We have crashed into their TARDIS. In a different universe. What I think caused it was a small crack in the universe that opened for a split second, maybe a star went supernova, or maybe it was just a blip in reality, but in that second, two TARDIS's were in the same place at the same time, but in two different universes. Ours in our universe, and their's in their universe. One in 5 billion chance of happening, but of course who am I to go with statistics. Long story short, our TARDIS is now finding the nearest point of gravity, the moon of Dufalto 6 to be precise, and we've been pulled into another TARDIS in a parallel world. Any questions?"
A beat. "How is he part you?" Rory said.
I thought for a moment, then a memory came back, "he's not like the Dream Lord, is he? We're not asleep again?"
"No no no, like I said, very long story, but he's as real as I am." he turned back the Rose and the man, "You have no idea how glad I am to see you two happy."
"Right," said the part-Doctor, "I think it might be best if we head back home, figure out how exactly the TARDIS crash happened, and find a way to get you guys back. Allon-z!"