Picture this.

A sky streaked with orange, crested with wisps of burnt scarlet.

Children running, laughing, playing.

Time Lords and Ladies, dressed in robes that were bursting with colour.

No-one heard the little Gallifreyan cry.

No-one, except a small boy.


It was the end of another boring, long, awful day at Gallifrey and Theta Sigma was anything but happy. He was frightened. He was so, so, so afraid. Because today was

the day that he would stare into the heart of the time vortex. Would he be inspired? Would he run away? Would he turn mad? He dreaded to think about what might

happen.

He was on his way there, when he heard something. It sounded like crying. Soft, sad tears. Theta frowned. Eyeing the officials and the other children carefully, he slowly

slithered away.

"Theta! What do you think you're doing?" It was Koschei, his best friend.

"Shh! Doesn't matter, just go - I'll catch up soon."

Koschei smirked to himself. Theta wouldn't make it far until someone found him.

Theta tip-toed lightly, careful not to make a sound. He could hear the crying more clearly now.

"Hello?" Silence. "Hello?" He tried again.

"He spun around and gasped, as he came first to face with a small, frail girl.

"Hello? Are you alright? I heard crying, and, er..." Theta trailed off, seeing a tear slowly dripping down the little girl's face. "What's wrong?"

Her petite frame quivered as she looked up at him. "I'm scared." She admitted.

"Scared? Of what?"

"I just turned eight and I have to look into the untempered schism an am scared for the initiation process bbbecause apparently it hurts!" She cried, shaking in fear.

"Shh, it's okay!" Gently, the boy wrapped his arms around the little girl, comforting her. "I'm going too, and I'm scared as well. But don't worry, we'll get through it."

"You're scared too?"

Of course. Now come on, let's go -before anyone catches us!" He holds his hand out and she gladly accepts it, the two running off into the crimson night./span/p


"Some say that's where it all began. The Master's madness, the Doctor's desire for travel, and the girl's inspiration.

Little did the three know that their friendship would one day break and shatter./span/p

Little did they know, that Gallifrey could not survive forever.


OMG I'm so sorry! I updated this story online to find everything deleted and all the HTML showed up ahhhh! So I re-did it quickly, yay!

I really hope you guys like this. I'm still going to continue with my other story, but I'll be updating this more frequently.

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Imogen xxx