Note: This is a series of snippets from Noah "Saxon's" life. It's all from his point of view, of course, and some chapters may not be in chronological order. I'll let you know.

I do not own Doctor Who.

A/N: This is Noah's first memory. He was seventeen at the time.

Memories

Pain! Intense, horrible, indescribable pain! It was everywhere at once, this pain. The terrible pain!

Make it stop! Please!

And with the pain, there was Him. He was cruel and merciless. He burned me, worming farther into my mind, blocking out everything else.

No more! Please, no more!

He laughed at me and raged, hurting me again… killing me slowly… taking my strength and turning it against me. He coiled around me, extinguishing all light and hope.

...why?

He was crushing me, destroying me. I was almost gone.

Please…

He withdrew and I was back in my body, back in my cell on Gallifrey. He was standing over me, his two soldiers hold me up. Without them, I would have crumpled to the floor a long time ago.

The Lord President nodded to his men and they dropped me. I fell to the floor with a thud. A drawn out moan escaped my lips and His mouth twitched into an evil smirk. He stared down at me for a moment longer and swept from the cell.

The door slammed shut on me as another, weaker moan escaped. I was in darkness. No thoughts crossed my mind, except for the occasional mental whimper.

You felt me and reached out and I shied away from You. But I was weak and defenseless and soon You were around me.

But You didn't hurt me. No. You were gentle and kind and unsure of Yourself.

It's okay. You have a friend here.

You were quiet. Like You were far away. But You were there. You were real. And I clung to You desperately.

I'm going to protect you. Take you somewhere safe. Somewhere Rassilon won't dare to come.

I didn't know where that could be.

Don't worry. Rest. I'll take care of you. I promise.

…where will you take me?

Earth.

A/N: It was brought to my attention that the characters mentioned here are not identified clearly. Let me fix that.

You (always with "Y" capitalized) = The Master

He (always with "H" capitalized) = Rassilon

This is from Noah's POV and set in a reminiscent fashion.

All other characters are named.

Time Lords are slightly psychic. All the italicized words are mental.

I'm sorry if that confused you (it did my sister too). You can go back with this new information and re-read the chapter. If you don't need to re-read it, please pay in the Review box. :)