I don't know what to say. The marvelous DIAlecHotty sent me another list of prompts and I just... well, this one was too good to pass up even for a second, so I stayed up all night researching and outlining. Yes, outlining! I have an outline! As in this story actually has a plot! It's some kind of miracle. If you want to see the original prompt, send me or her a PM. :)
Disclaimer: Neither Doctor Who, Supernatural, or DIAlecHotty's perfectly miraculous mind belong to me. Neither does the christian, islamic, or other religious lore that may have influenced the creation of Supernatural, their characters, or my OCs.
Enjoy!
Chapter 1
The seven of them were gathered around their father, eagerly anticipating the announcement they had been told would be forthcoming. Michael, Lucifer, Raphael, Phanuel, Zadkiel, Gabriel, and Horatiel. Michael, the eldest of the seven, was on the right hand of God, Lucifer on the left. Phanuel, Zadkiel, and Gabriel sat together and Horatiel, still very much a child, was snuggled happily into his older brother Raphael's side. The older angel wrapped his arm around Horatiel comfortingly.
When God finally spoke, smiling widely around at them, they all listened raptly.
"My sons, the eldest of you may know something of my latest project. None of you save Michael and Lucifer has seen my youngest creations yet, but on a planet I created, named Earth, a race of human beings is flourishing. Look." He waved his hand lazily and allowed all of them to see the planet and its inhabitants.
All of them looked on curiously, but Horatiel gasped in unhidden wonder at the sight.
God smiled down at the youngest of the archangels as he continued. "This is my work and my glory: man. It is your job, my sons, to watch over and protect them at any cost. Be their guardians and protectors. Guide them along my chosen paths. Keep them safe, for they are the best of all my creations."
Lucifer frowned deeply and Raphael, Phanuel, and Zadkiel looked confused. Horatiel was still just in awe of the little planet with its little people and continued to stare at it, eyes wide in amazement.
"You seven and the other angels will be there for them always."
"But what of you, Father?" Lucifer asked. "Why must we care for them? If they are the greatest of all, why would you not take a personal hand in their development?"
God sent his second oldest son a harsh look. "I am tasking you with this. It is not for you to ask why."
Lucifer crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes, but did not speak again. Raphael nodded carefully. Michael nodded graciously and said, "Yes, Father. Of course we will do as you ask." Phanuel and Zadkiel also nodded, though less enthusiastically than Michael. Gabriel looked back at the planet, then to God, and then to his brothers before making his move and agreeing as well. Horatiel reached out and touched the image that hovered in front of them. It began to spin faster and the lives of the people on it moved faster.
Carefully, but with a smile on his face, God took the small hand of his young angel and brought it away from the image. "Your powers are not fully developed yet, my son, but you shall be one of the most powerful some day." Horatiel grinned. "Now go, my sons. Take up your roles. Inform your brothers and sisters. I will check in with you again soon."
God flashed out of the room and they all looked at each other, most of them thinking the exact same thing. 'What is this about? What does he mean by "the best"? We must not be good enough...' Phanuel wiped a forming tear from his eye and Gabriel hugged him, hiding hurt of his own. Raphael looked around at all of them with contemplation and resignation written across his face and then took Horatiel's hand to lead him from the room.
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Horatiel simply couldn't stand the curiosity. After seeing that planet, he simply had to know more. He had to understand them, be a part of them, learn everything he could. He simply couldn't get those precious little human beings out of his mind.
So, after making sure he was alone, young Horatiel tore his grace from his body and threw himself towards the beautiful little planet, the need to learn about them overwhelming any reasoning skills or inhibitions his still-developing mind might have had.
The young angel fell and fell, his grace spiraling off somewhere away from him, and fear began to make itself known as the young angel felt more vulnerable than he had ever been able to before.
He fell and he fell and he fell some more, the planet coming closer and closer and his heart beating rapidly.
Without any warning, a huge metal object hit him from his left side, throwing him completely off-course. He flew through space, graceless and alone, for what felt like years, screaming soundlessly, until he crashed down on a planet with two suns and red grass and silver sparkling leafy trees, three moons gracing the skies. A planet that was not his father's.
The poor young angel was scared half to death, but then he didn't have to worry anymore, because his memories were blocked from him and he became a member of the species that inhabited the planet he had finally fallen to. A planet called Gallifrey. Soon, he had friends and family who laughed with him and called him Thete. And then, just eight short years after his arrival, he looked deep into the time vortex and his eyes widened.
He recognized what he saw there—recognized the power of his father and the power he himself had held. He didn't recognize it in such a way that he knew what he was seeing, but it struck him deep to the core of his being and without even thinking, the boy turned away from it and ran. He ran as hard and as fast as he could and he never stopped running. He ran away from the planet eventually, ran into that vortex, and unknowingly, ran back to that planet he had originally been trying so hard to reach. Again and again he ran there and to other places as well, never staying in one place for long and never stopping running.
And now, as he ran, he called himself the Doctor.
I know that the chapter was short, but it is what it is. Please leave a review to tell me what you think!
Thanks for reading!
-MP
