The Angels of Carlon
Disclaimer : I do not own Doctor Who
AN: Okay this is actually roleplay I was in. We came up with such a good plot I asked to change it into a story. I will be taking most of the story from the roleplay, but will be editing it to make it flow better as a story. Right now I would like to give credit to my fellow roleplayers: Stiles Stilinski, thenerwholivesnextdoor, the garnetto, Flower Gettin' Lady, and Fireb1ade92. Also this since is a roleplay there are a few OCs so I will give a little summary of each OC here.
Athena White: a stowaway in the TARDIS who has a big surprise in store for everyone including herself.
Josie Sophie: a resident of the planet who met and helped the doctor on a previous mission.
Zeus: another resident of the planet.
Elizabeth: the doctors half human half timelord daughter who was stuck on the planet for 3 years after a previous mission there.
Okay now start of chapter one.
Chapter 1: Stowaway
'Staring into space' was a term that the Doctor never found appropriate, knowing the reality of space itself, but for a lack of a better phrase, the Doctor was indeed 'staring into space'. Leaning on the console, arms folded and looking unseeing towards the double doors that lead to impossible places. Okay, truth be told they were never impossible for him; he generally knew what was outside, by a radius of about a thousand earth miles, but it was still exciting to see the reactions of his companions - well, companion.
It was hard to force himself back into reality as, aforementioned companion, Rose, seemed to have been a rather long time in the wardrobe, but the Doctor had to know what she was up to. Shaking his head to bring himself back, the Timelord span on the spot and twisted a few dials on the console, eventually calling out to his companion
"Rose? Are you okay?" Thanks to the TARDIS intercom, Rose would be able to hear his voice wherever she was.
Rose heard the doctor ."Yeah, just had a mishap with some Victorian dresses." Rose called back, voice echoing. She still hadn't learned to use the intercoms yet. 'What time period am I dressing for?" It was always a life of excitement with the Doctor. She never knew where she was going next; that was the thrill of it. She loved all the new places, people, sights, clothes-though at the moment clothes weren't really the best. She shoved the last dress on a rack, wishing she'd put it away properly the first time, so she wouldn't have tripped over it
Hearing Rose's reply and raising an eyebrow to himself, the Doctor moved the screen around to where he was and pressed a few buttons before calling back, reading from the screen: "Well it's the Tenth Empire of the British Reign, the planet Glamforix with the Seventh Era of Colony Chiswick, and Victorian month... so anything from the 1800's collection" he smirked to himself at the random traditions of some of the Human Era.
"Right." Rose glanced over the dresses she'd just put back. After a moment she chose one, donned it, and raced the the control room as fast as she could manage with her skirts billowing around her. "So what do you think?" Rose asked the doctor as she showed off the dress to him. The dress was light yellow, with a simple, ruffled skirt and a pretty, flower-like design on the front. The back was laced up with pink ribbons, and the same kind of ribbons held her hair in a bun.
Before the doctor could answer there was a loud bang as though something had fallen over. Rose tipped her head to the side like an inquisitive puppy. "Doctor, did you hear that?"
As the noise from the corridor opposite the double-doors alerted Rose's attention as she immediately stopped her fashion show, the Doctor wincing as he delayed his response, turning instead to the controls and pulling two levers while twisting five dials and finally pressing the enter key. Of course. Stupid telepathic circuitry going haywire - that's what you got when you reboot the TARDIS after a temporal explosion within the causal nexus...
"Rose..." the Doctor muttered, now sounding cautious as he looked back up from the controls. "I think we have a stowaway. Not often that, I have to admit - a stowaway, I mean - must have last happened to me... oooh, so many, many years ago... Be a dear and check it out for me." He nodded over to the doors leading back into the interior of the TARDIS as if suggesting his companion go and check the weather.
Rose nodded as she made her way to the back of the corridor. She heard another thump and stopped in her tracks looking around. Where had it come from? Looking around she decided she believed the noise came from behind one of the many door in the TARDIS. She believed this one was the library.
Walking in Rose looked around. 'Hello?" She called out. That was when a girl appeared from behind the bookshelf, running past Rose at an impressive speed. Rose stumbled backwards, slamming roughly into the wall. "Doctor, she's headed your way!" Rose shouted.
"She? She!" the Doctor ran around the controls for lack of anything better to do before positioning himself in front of the doors, leaning against the railing, again arms folded in a casual demeanor as the door burst open and indeed a figure came charging through back into the console room. She stopped momentarily nearer the double doors as the Doctor muttered loud enough to hear, "The TARDIS isn't fond of stowaways so I wouldn't try going out that way or even just yet..."
The girl stopped and turned around to look at the man. "TARDIS? What's a TARDIS?"
"Didn't you wonder when you crept inside a tiny blue box only to find this universe inside what the impossibles would be?" The Doctor didn't smile as he looked the girl up and down. The girl had long brown hair and blue eyes. She was wearing black jean, a black T-Shirt with a picture from some movie on it, and old beat up shoes. It was clear she was barely out of her teens. "This" he indicated to the space around him, "is the TARDIS."
The girl looked around. "Okay," the girl said confused. "How can a box not like a stowaway? It's not alive."
The doctor sighed as he unfolded his arms. It was clear this girl was clueless on what she had come across and probably a little scared. The doctor decided to change tact and asked "what's your name?" The doctor looked behind him expecting Rose to show up and was worried when she didn't. Had this girl done something to her?
The girl sighed. She didn't want to tell this man anything, but decided if she was going to get out of this she should play nice. "Athena White," Athena answered. "Yours?"
Smiling for the first time as the girl stated her name to him - after a bit of deliberation - the Doctor nodded, "Very mystical, 'Athena White'... My name is the Doctor, just the Doctor, and yes, the TARDIS is alive and extremely temperamental." He gave the console a playful thump as he added, "And the girl you passed on your way to escape is Rose Tyler."
Athena looked at the doctor. "Okay Doctor, can you explain any of this to me? I mean this thing, what did you call the TARDIS, is a box, but it's a live. It's bigger on the inside then the outside. I don't understand how any of this is possible."
"How about..." the Doctor changed tact again, "You explain to me how, and why, you managed to get in my little-big machine and in reward to an honest response I'll let you in on the secrets of the TARDIS" The Doctor did his eyebrow-wiggle he tended to do from time-to-time.
The last thing Athena wanted to do was share personal information with this man, but she seemed to have no choice. "Fine," Athena mumbled. "Look, I just needed a place to hid away for a bit. I couldn't go home my parents..." Athena paused as she thought things over. She didn't want to tell the doctor that. "My parents are..." Athena once again paused. "Let's just say I was avoiding them. My boyfriend and my best friend are..." Athena paused. She didn't want to tell the doctor that either. "Let's just say I couldn't go to them. I couldn't go home, couldn't go to my friends, or my boyfriend. I saw this just sitting on the street and figured it would be a good place to hid out for a few hours. I went inside and saw this..." Athena held up her hand to show what she meant. "I was shocked. I looked around and then I heard people coming. I freaked and hid. I didn't mean to stowaway"
Listening to what Athena was saying the Doctor couldn't help but smile once more. It was clear she was keeping something from him. There was something she didn't want to tell, but she was being truthful. It confused the Doctor though. Athena said she had just walked in, but the Doctor always kept the door locked. He shrugged. Maybe he forgot to lock it one time. When Athena finished the Doctor finally stated "Well, there's nowhere else on Earth were you can get away from quite literally everyone. Well, there may be one or two but none in contention to the TARDIS. Okay then, the secrets of the TARDIS? Where do I start? Well I suppose the beginning is always a good place. This is a machine, a living breathing machine - well, not so much breathing in the term that you'd understand. It can travel through time and space, literally anywhere in the universe and in any point in time, oh and it's dimensional transcendental - basically meaning that it's bigger on the inside. TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimension In Space... Speaking of which..." he ran past her and opened the door, revealing that the TARDIS was hovering high above an Earth-like planet in the dark canvass of space. He turned to Athena with another playful smirk
Athena stared not believing what she was seeing. She was hundred of miles above Earth, or at least it looked like Earth, in a little blue box that was bigger on the inside then the outside. "Um... oh... I don't know what to say. That's awesome. Completely and entirely awesome. It's like better then actually walking into an episode of Star Trek." Athena looked at the smirk that was on the Doctors face as she took this in. "Wait you said travel through time. You can go anywhere in this. Different places? Different times?"
At that time Rose walked back in looking rather disgruntled. "Sorry, I was drowning in books." She smiled at Athena, rubbing her wrist. "And I banged my arm on the bookcase. So, what'd I miss?"
Athena turned away from the view to look at Rose. "Yeah, sorry about that," Athena said feeling a little bad that she had pushed Rose into that bookcase. She had just been scared and ran not really giving anything a second thought.
"Completely like Star Trek" the Doctor ginned, still looking down at the planet before doing a double-take, "but in a way that Star Trek isn't at all..." he tuned back into the TARDIS and gently closed the door behind him, looking to Athena as he continued, "And yes, anywhere in time." The Doctor told Athena before turning about to face Rose. "This, Miss Tyler, is Athena White, as you can tell she's entirely apologetic to what happened earlier and indeed will be joining us on our next little adventure because she is in desperate need of one." He winked to Athena as he wandered back up to the console, now dialing in a few coordinate
"It's okay." Rose said to Athena. "I'm Rose. Yeah, I guess you could say it's Star Trek-y... though I can't say I've ever seen more than one or two episodes."
Athena smiled at Rose and nodded. She was a bit overwhelmed. This was the coolest thing that had ever happened to her. Probably the coolest thing that had ever happened to anybody. "Seriously?" Athena said to the Doctor. She had kind of thought the Doctor would just bring her home which was the last place she wanted to go. The Doctor nodded. "Awesome. Where or is the correct word when are we going?"
"You're getting used to this quickly" the Doctor stated to Athena with curiosity as Rose move over to him.
"Me talking abut Star Trek isn't enough to let you know I'm a bit of a nerd. I've always dreamed about something like this happening to me." Athena said, but didn't say out loud she had always dreamed about someone taking her away from her life.
The Doctor nodded and said "Nevertheless, Athena, we're about to land on the planet of Glamfori, home of the British Reign's Tenth Empire, but don't be surprised if you find everything rather... familiar. Oh, and it's a colony planet!"
"Lots of colonists to annoy!" Rose concluded cheerily. "Just be ready to Run, Athena. This one likes to get into trouble." she said it affectionately, loving the way he could talk himself in and out of a sticky situation like it was nothing. "Plus there's the added benefit of never really knowing much about the culture, and unintentionally offending the people nearby..."
Athena laughed. "Okay be ready to run. Anything else I should know?"
"No you'll get use to it," Rose said as the Doctor was tinkering with the controls.
"Okay ladies, we're here," The doctor announced.
AN: okay that's the end of chapter 1. Chapter 2 will be up whenever I feel like going through the roleplay forum and editing things to make it into a good chapter. Don't know when that will be. Between school, my pretty little witches story, and TSC project this is sort of a side project I'm doing whenever I have free time. I will get it done eventually so leave a review and tell me what you think.
