Author's Notes: I know I've started and cancelled a few of my stories, but I'm not going to cancel this one. I'm actually quite proud of this idea. I hope I can pull it off. Takes place between after the Satan Pit.


The Doctor smiled at Rose.

"So," he said. "Where do you want to go?"

"Can we go somewhere safe… somewhere like a fairytale?" Rose asked.

"A fairytale?" the Doctor snorted. "Why a fairytale… surely you've got everything you want here?"

"Well, yeah, but I was watching Cinderella last night and it just made me think… why can't fairytales like that happen to real people? Isn't there a planet that has stuff like that?" she asked, biting her lip nervously.

"Don't you like what you've got here?" the Doctor asked, hurt.

"Yes! I love it, more than anything, but every girl wants a fairytale… and wants to meet her Prince Charming," Rose smiled at him.

"Haven't you already found yours in Mickey the Idiot?"

"No! I thought I loved Mickey… but then I started travelling with you… I just left him without a thought. If I loved him I wouldn't have done that. It was over with us when we started travelling together. We never ended it properly but he got with other girls so…" Rose shrugged, letting her sentence linger.

The Doctor thought for a moment. If he took Rose to a fairytale world, and she did find her "Prince Charming", would she leave him? Or demand that her new bloke came along? Why was he even asking these questions? Wasn't like he was jealous or anything… oh no…

But then what was that all about in the pit?

Tell Rose… tell her I… oh she knows.

What was that then? He was about to admit something he shouldn't even feel. It was against the rules. But to Hell with the rules. His father had fallen in love with a human. So why couldn't he? Besides, no-one could tell him otherwise…

"Do we have to?" he whined.

"Yes," Rose stated. "Please," she added, "for me."

"How can I refuse an offer like that?" he grinned across at her, hoping to whatever deity that Rose would not find another man out there. Especially since he loved her so much… "Carytopia here we come!"


Rose almost bounced with giddiness. The Doctor was taking her to Carytopia. There was a reason she wanted to go there, and it wasn't because she was watching Cinderella the night before.

In her dream, and she trusted them a lot, Jack had come to her, told her he was still alive, and told her to come to Carytopia where he was currently staying. He had felt so real in her dream that she was certain it was a message. Not just a dream.

He had explained how he'd built a time ship from all of the scrap parts on the GameStation, and travelled there. He'd then gone on to explain what Carytopia was, and how it had difference eras, such as the "Cinderella" era, and "Sleeping Beauty" era, etcetera.

By telling the Doctor that she had watched Cinderella, she'd assumed he'd take her to the Cinderella era, but just to make sure…

"Doctor?"

"Mmm?"

"Can we go somewhere where there's lots of Cinderella around, seeing as I was watching it?"

"'Course. Tell you what; we'll go to the Cinderella era. Basically it's the Century that is all Cinderella!"

Rose grinned at him. There was one thing she and Jack had planned in the dream. Jack, after being there for some time and earning some respect, had become their king in the Cinderella era. Lucky sod. But, he was "mourning" his lost child, and when the Doctor show's up, he's going to be all happy and such, because he would have found his "lost child". The Doctor will then be names Prince, and taken from Rose. Jack will then arrange a ball to marry off his Prince, and Rose will show up, all masked and secretive. She will be their version of Cinderella.

Rose's grin widened. She couldn't wait.

"We're here! Let's go and meet the neighbours shall we?" he said, offering his hand.

Let the festive begin…