Who Are You? Who Am I?
Chapter 1: An Old Friend, A New Ally
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Doctor Who and am making no profit off of this story. This is purely for fun and to hopefully entertain some people on the site. So don't sue me because I have no money in the first place.
A/N: Okay, my first ever 11/Rose story. I really like this idea and hopefully I can stretch it out over a few chapters. I would ver much appreciate some feedback on this newest idea of mine. This is NOT connected to and will not reference any of my other Doctor Who stories.
"I'm bored," Amy remarked as she walked into the console room to find the Doctor fiddling with the controls. They'd been drifting through the time vortex for hours now.
The Doctor turned to Amy with an expression of pure indignance on his face "Bored, BORED? Amy, you're in the TARDIS the best, the most amazing ship in all the Universe, no one and I mean NO ONE is allowed to be bored here."
"Well I am," Amy stated plainly.
"Ge exploring," the Doctor suggested.
"Done that," Amy replied.
"Are you sure you've seen everything?" the Doctor asked "The TARDIS is clever, she likes to hide little surprises."
"I don't want to go exploring anymore," Amy replied.
It was at that moment that Rory walked into the console room "I'm bored," he stated as he came to stand beside his wife.
The Doctor threw his hands in the air "Honestly Ponds," he complained "What am I supposed to do with you?"
At the very moment that he stopped speaking, the TARDIS began to shake violently, throwing all of her occupants to the floor. The Doctor was the first on his feet and at the console before Amy or Rory had had time to pull themselves together.
"What's happening?" Amy yelled as she clutched at the railing beside her husband.
"Well," the Doctor called back over the sound of the TARDIS "I don't exactly know!"
"What?" Amy and Rory shouted in unison, more out of indignation than out of fear that they hadn't heard him properly.
"One thing's for sure!" the Doctor yelled gleefully "This is certainly going to be the cure for your boredom."
"I'd take being bored over this any day!" Rory yelled as a particularly violent jolt sent him to the floor yet again.
"Doctor!" Amy shouted as she landed on top of her husband and attempted to pull herself upright again "Do something!"
"I'm trying!" he replied as he attempted to balance himself while frantically working the controls "Nothing's responding!"
Amy growled as she gripped the railing with white knuckles, just managing to keep on her knees. Rory fell into her side and she managed to steady him. The two huddled together as the TARDIS continued to shake around them.
When the ship's shuddering had finally calmed the Doctor looked to his companions "Well," he told them "We've landed."
"Yeah," Amy remarked "But where?"
"Only one way to find out," the Doctor answered as he headed for the TARDIS doors. He paused when he noticed that neither Amy nor Rory had moved from their crouched positions. "Well, come on," in what was meant to be an encouraging tone but held a definite tone of annoyance to it.
Amy stood up first, offering a hand to her husband "Well, we wanted excitement," she remarked "Nobody but ourselves to blame."
Rory walked in step with his wife after the Doctor but said nothing as they exited the TARDIS. The group emerged into a rather dark cobblestone alley. It was obviously nighttime and an eerie light and misty rain fell.
Amy looked up to the sky to see three moons, one was rusty red and crescent shaped, the second was blue and a bit more than half full, the third and by far the brightest and largest moon was golden and full.
"Where are we Doctor?" Amy questioned, hoping that the seasoned traveler of space and time would have figured out their location by now.
The Doctor studied his surroundings carefully before responding "Maladorius," he answered finally.
"What's so important about the planter Maladorius?" Rory asked.
The Doctor spun around to face his companions "Maladorius isn't a planet, it's a rather large island nation on the planet Ida."
"Never mind about that," Amy broke in quickly before the Doctor could go off on one of his rants "Why did the TARDIS bring us here?"
"I don't know that yet Amy," the Doctor shot back, his tone sounding slightly accusatory "Maybe if you two would stop asking questions for a moment-"
There was a sound of tiny scampering paws coming down the alley, a tin can clanging as the small creature knocked it over and a shriek of terror from somewhere nearby that frightened the animal. The small critter jumped into the air with magnificent agility and landed inexplicably on Amy's shoulder.
Amy looked up at the small furry thing. It had the agile and sleek body and tale of a cat but the head and floppy ears of a dog. It's eyes were wide with fear and glowed bright violet.
The Doctor was to preoccupied with locating the source of the scream to explain to Amy about the harmless nature of the creature. He pulled his ultraviolet portable sunlight light wand and began searching the ground with it. It wasn't long before he located the source of the shriek.
She was human, staring at him with wide brown eyes. Her blond hair falling haphazardly in her face. Blood trickled down the side of her head and her clothes were torn in several places. She was a right mess but the Doctor would know her anywhere.
"Rose," he murmured, dropping to his knees beside her "What happened to you?"
There was no spark of recognition in her eyes. She scooted backwards and away from him, pulling her knees up to her chest "Who are you?" she asked.
"Rose, it's me," he said quietly, staying where he was so as not to frighten her "The Doctor."
"Rose," she repeated "Is that my name? Who am I?" her eyes clenched shut tightly "I can't… I can't remember," she shook her head violently as she began to cry.
"Come here," the Doctor said gently, holding out his arms to her "Let me help you."
Rose opened her eyes and stared at him for a long moment in confusion. She silently slid closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, still crying "I'm scared," she whispered.
The Doctor rubbed comforting circles on her back with one hand "I know," he whispered soothingly "Don't worry, I promise I'll help you."
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"Who is she?" Amy asked as the Doctor scanned a now unconscious Rose with equipment from the TARDIS infirmary.
"Her name is Rose Tyler," the Doctor replied, not looking up.
"Yeah," Amy nodded "You told me and Rory that part already but who is she, to you?"
The Doctor paused and looked up at Amy. The Ossynx from earlier was still perched on her shoulder. He took a deep breath "An old friend," he replied simply, hoping desperately that Amy would drop it.
Thankfully she did. Amy and the Ossynx left the infirmary and headed to the room that Amy shared with Rory.
"I hope that I did not cause any harm to the Rose Tyler," a voice suddenly popped into Amy's head.
Amy turned to look at the black and deep blue fur covered creature on her shoulder "Did you say something?" she asked, feeling absolutely foolish.
"I did not mean to frighten you Mistress Amy," there was that voice again. It sounded oddly human, young but wise. The voice sounded comforting in Amy's mind.. "My species are telepathic in nature. Please do not be afraid. This is simply how I communicate."
Amy smiled a bit "No, it's fine," she said out loud. A moment later she thought of something "Just how telepathic are you? I mean, can you read my thoughts?"
"No Mistress Amy," the creature replied "Not without your permission and physical contact between my cranium and yours."
"Oh," Amy replied, feeling a little more secure with the idea "Why would you think that you hurt Rose?"
"When I saw her," the Ossynx began "I attempted to make contact with her mind. Normally I would want permission for that but she appeared to be in such distress that I had to know what happened to her. My effort to make contact seemed to have frightened her though. It brought her out of unconsciousness and caused her to scream, frightening me."
"What did you see?" Amy asked, curiously.
The Ossynx was quiet, his violet eyes growing sullen in appearance "Darkness," he replied "Her own mind is hiding her memory from her. She seems to be in some sort of self preservation mode."
"Amnesia," Amy stated "We call it amnesia. And the Doctor already said that she didn't know who she was…"
The Ossynx hopped down from Amy's shoulder and looked up at her "This Doctor of yours, will he be able to help her?" he asked.
"Of course he will," Amy stated with absolute certainty, bending down to the small creature "Don't worry about it. He said she's an old friend of his. I'm sure the TARDIS brought us here especially to find her."
Amy didn't realize yet that Rose wasn't the only reason that the TARDIS had brought them to this place. And as she knelt there, stroking the fur of the tiny creature she couldn't imagine how big a role that little Ossynx would play in the adventure that was to come.
A/N: So Rose has somehow ended up on some random planet, having obviously been through some sort of horrific trauma and has amnesia. And Amy is bonding with some little furry puppy kitten thingy. Let me know what you think.