"Midnight Fears Friendly Clearings"
By: Me/Dragea
This is my take on the episode, Midnight, if my character Briazra Sparks had been involved with the Doctor and Donna Noble.
Author's Notes and Disclaimer: I do not, and will never, claim to own Doctor Who, the episode Midnight, or any of its characters. The only character in this that is my own is one Briazra Jazzlyn Sparks. I also really hoped I can keep myself interested in this project enough to finish it.
"Come on, please! I don't want to go alone. They'll be boarding in like three minutes!" The Doctor ushered his raven-haired companion, both of them seemingly normal, but far from it. Like his second, albeit missing, companion, she seemed unwilling to go with him. The Raven-haired girl gave a sigh and light toss of the head, shoulder length strands of her hair swaying with the motion.
"Why don't you call and ask Donna again. Maybe the minute delay has given her enough time to change her mind. You never know." She offered, hoping somewhat. It wasn't that she didn't want to see the sights. Really, she did. But, she could feel strongly that she wouldn't want to be there for any sight in the world.
"She's not going to want to go, Briaz. I've tried." The Doctor sighed, but picked up the phone he was at, anyway. It would be worth the bugging if he could get just one of them to go. In his mind, he was a little preoccupied with wondering what had been worrying Briazra, his insightful dragonoid friend. But, quickly came back to his thoughts again as a rather loud, frustrated "I said, 'No'!" was voiced into his eardrums.
"Sapphire Waterfalls!" He offered, almost desperately, hoping it would be enough to change the fiery woman's mind. Or even Briazra's, who was very easily overhearing both sides of their conversation. "It's a waterfall made of sapphires! This enormous jewel the size of a glacier reaches the Cliffs of Oblivion and then shatters into sapphires at the edge. They fall a thousand feet into a Crystal ravine."
Briazra winced slightly, knowing that description of the view didn't help to keep her away, but perked up visibly to hear the conversation without missing anything. She held to some desperate hope that Donna would somehow change her mind. "I bet you say that to all the girls." The voice on the phone murmured, seemingly beginning to give in and yet obviously wasn't going to.
"Oh, come on! They're boarding now! It's no fun if I see it all on me own. Four hours, that's all it will take!" The Doctor continued to attempt to persuade, causing Briazra to chuckle. "Is that all? Might as well be an all day trip." She joked, as equally not swayed as Donna on the phone, who had just compared to four hours there and four hours back to a school trip. "I'd rather go sunbathing." Donna told him, finally.
"Well, be careful. That's extonic sunlight." The Doctor warned, hoping somewhat to scare her from sunbathing and going with him to no avail. She knew she was safe, due to the 15-feet thick glass. "Why doesn't Briazra go with you?" She asked, curiously, and a little bit worried. "She's right here. She says she doesn't want to go." The Doctor murmured, exasperatedly. "Alright. I give up. When I get back, we'll try that anti-gravity restaurant. With bibs." He told them, resulting in getting a chuckle from Briazra, chuckle getting louder as Donna told him to get off the phone.
"And, you be careful. Alright?" The feisty, sun-bathing redhead demanded, before the Doctor gave one of his usual reassurances. But, this one made Briazra frown. "Taking a big spacetruck, with a bunch of strangers, across a diamond planet called Midnight. What could possibly go wrong?" He asked, hanging the phone up.
"I hate you. You did that on purpose." Briazra grumbled, pinching the bridge of nose and sighing. The Doctor seemed innocently confused, asking her what she was talking about. "You know the whole, never say 'What could possibly go wrong?' because then everything goes wrong..." She muttered, rolling her eyes.
"Ah, I did say that, did I?" The Doctor asked, with a slight smirk, as they made their way to the spacetruck. He really hated to board alone, but he'd never seen the sights and that was rare. "Seeing me off, then? What do you plan to do then?" The Doctor asked Briazra, curiously. She very rarely went a separate way than him, and he had to admit, he found it a little bit upsetting.
"You did say it on purpose! What is it with you and danger?" She uttered, rolling her eyes, as she followed behind the Time Lord. When he asked what she planned to do, she smirked. "Oh, whatever you do, I suppose. I'll admit, I'm not very good with long trips, so let's just mostly keep to the same conversations and whatever. Okay?" She joked, smirking and reflecting the one now on the Doctor's face. "Bought a ticket earlier. I was just hoping I wouldn't have to use it. We can't have you facing danger on your own now, can we?" She teased, jokingly, as they boarded together.
"I thought you said you didn't want to go." He retorted.
"I never said I wouldn't go. I was hoping Donna would change her mind so I wouldn't have to..." She explained.
"Danger?" The Doctor asked, smiling.
"Definitely." Briazra answered, returning the grin.
