Doctor Who
One Normal Day
After watching "Flesh and Stone" and "Amy's choice", I wanted to make a Doctor Who fanfic. I already watched all of the episodes in Series 5, so as I said in the summary, beware of spoilers. 11/Amy was a couple I liked a lot while watching, even though the Doctor wanted her to be with Rory. Hopefully, I can pull off making a Doctor Who fic without putting a planet in danger of being blown up... like Gallifrey (No offense to the Doctor). SO, in this fic, Amy tries to spend time with the Doctor and Rory again in a strange version of Leadworth. I would explain more, but it would be better in the story.
Chapter 1
Leadworth and a Normal Day
The Doctor's POV
"Doctor?"
Ugh. I slowly opened my eyes and sat on the edge of my bed, and I looked at the blue clock next to me. 7:00 a.m. Oh, why so early in the morning? Why not 9:00? Maybe 10, or 11. OR-
"Oh, Doctor?"
I turned my head to see Amy Pond leaning against my door.
"What is it, Amy?"
"Now, Doctor. You wouldn't mind telling me why we are in Leadworth now?"
"Leadworth? Did you just say, Leadworth?"
"Yes. What did you think I said?"
"I don't know Amy, I wasn't really listening considering the fact that I just woke up at 7 o'clock in the morning."
I put my clothes over my pajamas out of courtesy for Amy, who was clearly watching me. It reminds me of the incident at the hospital in Leadworth's hospital when I had to change out of my Tenth incarnation's clothes. At that time, Amy and Rory were with me, and Amy didn't turn around when I said to and watched me change out of my clothes. I felt kind of strange having a kissogram watch me change clothes in a hospital with her soon-to-be husband standing right next to her with his back turned, but the feeling was probably natural. What was with the Raggedy Doctor nonsense, anyway?
I opened the doors to the TARDIS and stepped outside. We have landed in Upper Leadworth, but there was something strange. There were beautiful, baby blue birds chirping near the TARDIS. Leadworth was different from how it normally was. Instead of the large brick houses and winding road, there were small cottage-like houses scattered about. The sun was shining and the sky was clear. Children were playing in one of the grassy fields, and older adults were walking around, speaking to each other. Everything seemed far too normal.
Rory walked out of the TARDIS and asked, "How ar we in Leadworth when we just left?" I had forgotten Rory was traveling with us. He and Amy had both came back into the TARDIS after their wedding day, although I still thought Amy would have left. Most of my companions either leave after a long battle against different species or they just die. On the other hand, people die whenever I just show up in their timeline and interact with them. Rory was not the smartest companion, but he has become Amy's husband. Not such a surprise considering the fact that he protected Amy in the Pandorica for 2000 years. I'm surprised that he isn't afraid to follow Amy into the TARDIS after he was erased from time. I was lucky Amy remembered me, and it was the first time she had ever, ever surprised me.
"I'm not sure. However, this could be a trap. This is NOT the Leadworth we all know and love. Well, the Leadworth you two loved anyway," I said.
Amy started walking towards a small town not too far away. She turned around and said, "Why not ask the people in town? They could tell us where we really are. And if we're on another planet and we get attacked by more creatures, I blame you, Doctor." I smiled in response and ran to catch up with her, Rory following me. While walking through the field, I kicked something. I crouched down and looked at the small object. It was a key, a very small key. The part I was holding was shaped like a rose. On the other end of the key was actually a red rose petal, the key piercing the center. I stood up and put the key in my pockets, and Amy looked at me. She had stopped and walked back to me, and Rory was standing farther away, waiting for us.
"What was that you just picked up?" Amy asked.
"Oh, just a key. A very small key. Shaped like a rose."
"A rose? That's strange. Well, let's just keep going before Rory leaves us behind." I followed her back to Rory, and the three of us continued to walk to the town. When we finally entered, we looked at possibly everything outside. Amy looked at an empty duckpond (which clearly didn't have any ducks) and Rory looked on the lawns and roads for anything strange. I started looking at the houses, into windows. When I looked into a cottage, that was painted red all over, I saw a small chest. The inside of the house had many red roses on the walls. There were roses on the walls, on a circular table, a bed, and on the windowsill in front of me, something I didn't even notice. No one seemed to be home, but the door was locked and, because the door was made of wood, my sonic screwdriver couldn't unlock it.
"Doctor, what're you doing?" I turned around to see Amy with her hands on her hips. She tried to glare at me, but the glare on her face was more of a smirk or a smile. Rory walked up to the cottage and looked into the window.
"I guess it's no wonder why he'd look in here, Amy. This place is practically a home for roses!" Rory told her. Amy peeked into the house and she began to look curious.
Amy's POV
I couldn't blame Rory and the Doctor for looking into a house. It had so many red roses on the inside! The cottage was even colored in a rosey-red! I did think it was wrong to do this, since the person who lived in this house probably just had a love for roses. Well, not a 'love' for roses, but an 'obession'.
I turned back to the two men and said, "Well, I think she should just leave this place alone... for now. We could try looking for other people in town and ask whoever lives here later. After this is all solved we can just leave, right Doct-"
"But the box, Pond! The box!' There's something inside of it, and I want to know what it is!" The Doctor interrupted me. He went to the window and pointed at a little box on a round table. It had a red rose painted on top and looked like a small chest.
"Doctor, what is so important about one box? We could find a million boxes somewhere else!"
"Amy, what about the key I picked up? This could open it! And what better place to use a rose-shaped key to open a red rose box in a red house full of red roses?"
I thought about this for a moment. The key could open that box, but it's in someone else's house! It's like stealing! On the other hand, why throw a key out in the middle of a field away from your home if you're keeping the box? Why lock up something you have but throw away the key?
"Fine, but can't we do this later? We really should ask the people around here," I told the Doctor. I remember the times we came back to Leadworth, but one time, we were actually just in another dream with that Dreamlord who made me choose which man I wanted to be with: Rory or the Doctor. Clearly, I had chosen Rory. Although, there was that sense of adventure inside me that kept telling me to choose the Doctor. I could have chosen him but I loved Rory more. Plus, the Doctor had shown me (Well, not shown, but I tricked him into showing me) a collection of girls he had traveled with. The first few pictures had older or elderly women, but possibly 4 or 5 pictures later, the girls were younger. The last three seemed to be the most recent pictures, since they looked more new and cleaner. The first one was of a girl with hair tied in a high ponytail, and on the bottom left corner was the name 'Martha'. After that was a lady who had red-brown hair. She looked like the oldest out of the three girls. Written on the bottom left corner was 'Donna'. The last picture was of a girl with blonde hair. What was different about this picture was the girl was smiling for the camera. This was different from all the other girls, since the pictures were of them when they weren't expecting the picture. On the top right corner was the name 'Rose Tyler'. Rose seemed like an appropriate name for her, since she was beautiful. I had wondered why the Doctor had written what was probably her last name and had taken the picture when she was so happy. There couldn't have been something special about her right now though. The Doctor had taken the photo of Rose out of my hand when I read her name out loud. After he placed the photo in a brown box with the number '10' on the top of the lid, he told me we should probably go to bed. I never asked the Doctor about Rose Tyler, but now that we were at a house filled with roses, I think I should ask now. Rory had gone ahead and was far away from me and the Doctor. I slowed down so the Doctor could catch up. When he did, he looked behind him, and a sad look appeared on his face.
"Doctor, what's the matter?" I asked.
"Oh, nothing, Amy," he said, trying to hide his sadness with a smile. I could tell he was faking his happiness. "Why would you ask?"
"You seemed sad a few seconds ago. What's wrong?"
"Nothing." I glared at him and put my hands on my hips. After some seconds passed, the Doctor finally sighed. "I was just thinking of an old memory. 10 times as thoughtful as usual now that I remember that memory." When he said 10, I heard him sigh a bit as he said the number. The sad look returned on his face. He remained silent for the rest of the walk until we reached an old, abandoned house. The Doctor looked up again and wiped his eyes. As he did this, I saw a small tear fall before he wiped it.Wonder what's making him so upset... I never saw the Doctor this upset about anything. Nothing, not even River (Wherever she went.) Well then, I should just ask later. The Doctor opened the door to the house and entered, Rory and I behind him. The inside of the house was very dirty. There were a lot of cobwebs on the shelves and stairs. I'm surprised a huge spider didn't live here.
Rory's POV
We have just entered an abandoned house. Why in the world did I follow them inside? It's very creepy and... well, dirty. Never really thought things through before I do them. Oh well, I'm already inside. I walked into one of the rooms without a door, which seemed to be a small bedroom. There was a kid-sized bed to the right of the door, and the head post was near a drawer. This room clearly hadn't been touched in years. There was pretty much nothing in the small room besides the bed, drawer, and TV. I left the Kid's room and went into the room next to it. This was the room where the parents would've slept. A Queen-sized bed was in the corner across from the door, and a huge chimney was on the other end of the room. A drawer bigger than the one in the Kid's room was also next to the bed. Both of the rooms were small. This whole house looked bigger on the outside, which was different from how a lot of places looked. One example, the TARDIS. I still am not used to calling that place home. On the other hand, Amy and I have only been here for a few weeks, and it's been probably only a month since we left the Leadworth we know and love. Oh, Amy. I hope she doesn't go for the Doctor like she probably would have when I wasn't with her before our wedding day.
The Doctor's POV
"Amy, Rory. I think we should go outside," I said aloud. Rory left one bedroom and Amy walked down the staircase to me.
"Doctor, what is it?"
"I don't know, but I just have this strange feeling to go outside."
"Well, does this strange feeling have anything to do with the guy outside of the house smiling at us?" Rory asked. I turned around and saw the person that had sent us to this Leadworth last time: the Dreamlord. We walked out of the house and didn't try to do anything else but talk.
"...Why are you here?" I asked.
"That's a nice way to greet yourself. But I do have a reason. I'm here to give you what you want, Doctor!" the Dreamlord said with a smile. "I'm here to give you a NORMAL day! You know, one day without having to run away from being electrocuted, stunned, hit in the head, captured, etc!"
"I like those kinds of days," I said in a serious tone. He only laughed.
"Oh, DO YOU now? Maybe it isn't you who wished for a normal day then!" He replied, switching his gaze from Amy to Rory. I turned around to look at them. Rory had the look on his face saying I-have-no-idea-what's-going-on. Amy looked confused and a bit nervous, but I know she wouldn't want a normal day.
"Doctor," Amy said. "I was the one who wanted a normal day."
"What?" I shouted, a surprised look on my face.
"It's just that I wanted a day to hang out with you and Rory without having my life threatened! I wished! I didn't say I wanted one to happen here though! I wanted to be in the real Leadworth, not the stupid country side Leadworth from dreamland!" Amy replied nervously. When she said stupid, Rory glared at her, although she didn't notice.
The Dreamlord smiled. "Well, you have a normal day now! And this time, I don't have any other species in here!"
I looked at him and asked, "Why would you do something this 'nice'?"
"Let's just say, I've had a change of heart. Oh, and Doctor? I have a big surprise for you later on in the day," The Dreamlord answered. In a quick flash, he was gone. I turned back to Amy and Rory.
"Amelia, I can't believe you made him make today a normal day!"
"I didn't make him! I just thought of having a normal day, I didn't want to have one here! Why couldn't this be one Earth?"
Rory piped up and asked, "Hold on, if we're not on Earth, are we dreaming?"
"Yes. We are. If the Dreamlord is here and in person, and he can disappear in a flash, then I am absolutely, positively SURE we are dreaming," I told him.
"Well, Doctor," Amy said, her hands on her hips. "What are we supposed to do now?"
"Pond, it is your normal day. Do what you please. Talk to people in town, play in the fields, stay in the TARDIS, do what you want," I told her.
Amy smiled at me. "Doctor, you're coming with me and Rory too." She tried to grab my hand, but I pulled my hand away from her into my jacket pocket. Then, Amy tried to grab my arm, but I stepped back. "Come on. What are you going to do the whole day?"
"I think I'll just stay in the TARDIS. You and Rory have fun," I answered. I started walking to the exit of the town, to the small blue dot far, far away in the fields.
Amy's POV
Rory and I watched the Doctor as he walked away. I didn't want him to be bored. All he would do is just walk around the TARDIS, go in the swimming pool alone, read in the library, sleep. There was something else he could do: Look at the picture of Rose. I forgot to ask him about her! I would've shouted for him, but for some reason, I just couldn't. What would I ask? 'Doctor, were you and Rose best friends?' 'Doctor, did you and Rose travel around London together?' 'Doctor, is Rose your girlfriend?' Wait, why would I ask that? There were tons of girls the Doctor had in those photos. I really shouldn't have thought of that last question.
Well, that's the end of the first chapter. I couldn't find a better ending for this, so I just ended it with Amy's POV. Rory's POV was short because I just couldn't write in his POV. I have no idea how to write it. Yup. SO, I have no idea if i should continue writing this since I am currently working on my Pokemon fanfiction, so sorry if I update late. There were a lot of references to other episodes in Series 5 and in a few other episodes. The part about the Doctor 'showing' Amy the pictures of his companions was in an extended scene on the DVD, and is in 'Flesh and Stone'. If you don't understand the story so far, don't continue reading the fanfiction.