The Past Always Repeats Itself
Chapter 1
Authors Note:So I am seriously excited about this! I have collaborated with none other than Save_Your_Brother_And_My_Unicorn! This is a story were dedicating to Doctor Who. It's the 4 year anniversary since I first saw this and became a fangirl and got into sci-fi. So this is just so we can celebrate our favorite show. I am pumped about this! So hope you enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed writing it!
There was so much screaming! It was impossible to escape! The Doctor was nowhere to be seen and Siobhan wasn't back yet. The Doctor had ordered me to take out any Carrionite guards, but had yet to see any. I was losing it, I knew I was! I heard a rustling and then the sound of pain that echoed like the Doctor…"Doctor," I whispered in a hushed tone. I waited for a moment, then another. There was no response…I took a step, "Doctor!" I yelled louder, hoping he would hear my pleading voice. I heard more rustling and heard a gut-wrenching sound of my name being yelled, "Kate! Help!" I could care less what dangers lurked at that moment, all that mattered was that my friend needed help, and was screaming for me. I couldn't shake that initial feeling of terror when I heard her broken voice. Why did this all feel so familiar? I feel like I have lived this over and over, I'm stuck doing the same thing, like a constant cycle going over and over again. I was breathing hard and was struggling to maintain balance by the time I found her. I still had blood on my face and body from when I had to fight off a few Carrionites, but that didn't matter right now. "Siobhan!" I yelled painfully, my voice broke as I did so. I ran to her and landed on the ground next to her, warm tears blurring my eyes. I heard her mumble something through her gasps for air in response, but it was completely inaudible among the sounds of destruction, and the cackling of the witches surrounding us. I gently lifted her head onto my lap to make it easier for her to breathe. I began to run my fingers through her delicate, blonde hair. She seemed to relax a little when I did this, so I started singing her lullaby. "River, oh river, flow gently for me. Such precious cargo you bear. Do you know somewhere she can be free? River, deliver her there." She was clutching her bleeding stomach, the blood was dark and sticky, and smelled like death, and she was obviously trying to tell me something. I leaned down to hear…"Thanks for coming." It was such an ironic statement coming from the current situation we were in that I couldn't help but laugh pathetically, she attempted to laugh with me but she only coughed up more of the sticky red blood. I went into Doctor Mode again, quickly ripping my jacket off wrapping it tightly around her center, tying it in a knot, and demanding her to put pressure on it. I couldn't bear to watch her die. She didn't deserve to die... Not like this. I turned towards the sky and screamed at the top of my lungs "Doctor where are you! Siobhan is dying!" My voice gave out from the pain that she screaming had caused me. All I could do then was lower my head and whisper "I need you..."
I heard something running towards us, everything was fuzzy. I knew that if we didn't help Siobhan soon she wouldn't make it… It might already be too late. She kept mumbling on and on about how happy she was that I had found her and that she had friends like the Doctor and me. She would cough every now and then from the blood that was slowly filling her lungs. I tried hard not to listen to her cracking voice, since I knew this was her version of goodbye. I pounded my fist into the muddy ground, scraping my hand so bad that it bled. "Doctor!" I screamed in intense frustration! Finally, I saw him break through the last of the forest and set his brown eyes on Siobhan and me. He... froze? We didn't have time for this! "Doctor help me!" I said through slightly clenched teeth, the tears were, by this time, spilling out of my eyes and rolling down my red cheeks. He immediately snapped out of his trance-like gaze and ran over to us. He fell onto his knees next to me, quickly analyzing the situation. I looked to him desperately waiting for orders on how to help, how to save her, how to do something. He just… sat there. With this look of sorrow or despair,"Doctor." I said in a hushed, quivering voice. He wouldn't respond. He just kept staring at her like he had made the biggest mistake of his life, like he had made the ultimate failure. "Doctor what do we do?" I said with as much strength as I could muster in this situation. It only came out as a desperate, pained whisper. His brown orbs found my blue/green ones, and he didn't need to say a word, his eyes said it all… there was nothing we could do but be there for her.
I felt the tears slide down my face. This isn't how it was supposed to be! He slowly reached out and tucked a piece of my chestnut brown hair behind my ear, grabbed my hand, and using his other to grab Siobhan's. Together we sat there in deafening silence. I sang her the lullaby one last time before I knew it would do no more good. Siobhan's breathing was so shallow, so delicate, it almost wasn't there. We all knew what was to come. She finally mustered up enough energy to say one last thing "It's alright." She said with a broken smile on her face. That was the last thing I saw before there she... disappeared? I looked to the Doctor in extreme shock and confusion! He had the same look on his face…where had Siobhan gone?
I woke up screaming "NO!" I was breathing hard and was caked in sweat. I looked around desperately looking for my best friend only to realize I was in our... my room aboard the Tardis. I wish I could tell myself it was just a dream, that Siobhan wasn't really dead, but it wasn't and she was. Siobhan was really gone, and she wasn't coming back. I slowly laid back down and fell into an empty, dreamless sleep.
Authors Note:So hope you enjoyed it! We already have chapters in line so whether you like it or not were still going to post. Hope it's good! Thanks for reading!