A/N: Dedicated to one of my best friends who always supports me and ecourages me to write. My multi-chapter Clamy/Pondswald story, with many thanks to those who liked my previous stories and requested more. Hope you enjoy and please remember to review!
In his long life, the Doctor had to be saved many times. He has always needed his companions, and his companions had to be saved as well. Sometimes, they didn't even realise they were being saved by a young brunette with the biggest, most brown eyes you could possibly imagine. Amy, however, found her twice. And both times she died.
The Doctor and Amy had responded to a call for help from Skaro, the planet of origin of the Daleks. Turns out it was a trap to imprison the Doctor.
They were in their cell, waiting to be taken to the Dalek Prime Minister and, most likely, to be exterminated. The Doctor was walking from wall to wall, quietly talking to himself. Amy was seating in one corner, thinking about what she should say as her last words before being killed.
Suddenly, two guards came in and took them to the Dalek Parliament, where they learnt that they weren't going to die -not just yet, at least. They had been receiving a signal from the Dalek Asylum, and they were worried that it meant that something could get out. The Doctor tracked back the signal to talk to whatever was emitting human music from the planet below. It was a girl.
Amy's caring nature instantly resolved that they had to rescue her. Oswin -that was the girl's name- was alone and in need of help to fight the Daleks that were attacking her. She didn't hesitate when the Doctor asked if she was sure they should let them throw them at the planet.
"Of course I'm sure. Geronimo!" She said before jumping into the teleport.
Well, the beginning of the adventure had been as bad as it could have possibly been. The "zombie" Daleks had taken Amy's bracelet and the nanogenes were starting the conversion. The Doctor wanted to give her his own bracelet, but Amy didn't believe that he didn't need it. Oswin interrupted their discussion.
"Oh, that is so cool. I'm a genius!" The girl sounded very excited, so Amy -in a grumpy voice, unable to understand what was so funny to the other girl- asked why. "Well, I would say that because I hacked the nanocloud and disabled the nanogenes, but I think something went wrong."
"Very funny, Soufflé girl. I'm guessing you've never been to Scotland."
"If everyone has your legs there I'm definitely going to."
Before Amy could answer, the Doctor interrupted their flirting and Oswin told them that the best option for them was to keep moving, because some of the patients were starting to notice their presence. After going through several rooms filled with broken, insane Daleks, the Doctor and Amy reached a teleport. The Doctor talked to Oswin about technical stuff Amy didn't understand to get it working and escape after dropping the force field. She did catch up when the Doctor mentioned Oswin coming to them instead of going to get her. Amy stood in to voice her disagreement; she was just a girl, even if she was as clever as she clearly was, it was too dangerous for her to leave her ship and walk through intensive care alone. The Doctor agreed that it would be best to go and find her themselves, so Oswin sent them a map.
Amy wanted to know the other girl was safe, so she kept talking all the way to the shipwreck.
"So, Soufflé girl. How did you end up in a shipwreck?"
"You know, I actually have a name. But it's hard to contradict you looking like that." Amy could hear her smirk. She kept thinking that if this girl was as sexy as she sounded she might just jump on top of her when they reached her. She had already convinced herself of inviting her on board the TARDIS. "I joined the Alaska to see the universe and ended up stuck here the first time out." Amy's face lit up; she knew she could give her what she wanted -with a little help from the Doctor.
"Oh, well that's convenient, isn't it Doctor?" The Doctor shot her a look, but nodded after Amy gave him her puppy eyes. "'Cos we happen to have this amazing ship that can travel through time and space and we lack a Junior Entertainment Manager." She smiled at a camera, hoping Oswin could see her. The voice that came through the speakers laughed, but before she could answer the Daleks around them woke up. The Doctor took Amy's hand and ran to the door, trying to escape Intensive Care before being sucked to death by the insane Daleks. Neither of them could open the door, and Amy was certain they were going to die. She tried to block out the horrible voices out of her head, which mixed with the sound of Oswin furiously typing on her keyboard. Suddenly, the voices stopped and the Daleks left. She heard the Doctor talk to Oswin about what she had done, but she couldn't stop thinking she would walk to her and snog her for saving them as soon as the door opened, which to her felt like it took hours.
Finally, the door disappeared, but on the other side there was another Dalek. Amy didn't understand; why was a Dalek in the room were Oswin's ship should be?, it made no sense. She turned to the Doctor, sadness and hate battling in his eyes. He explained the terrible truth, and Amy couldn't believe it. How could she be a Dalek? She wasn't a Dalek, she was Soufflé Girl; they were going to run away together, they were going to see the universe…
It all happened so fast, Amy couldn't get out of the shock. Before she even noticed the Doctor had dragged her back to the teleport and into the safety of the TARDIS.
Floating somewhere in space, the Doctor pressed random buttons in one of the console's panels. Opposite to him, Amy looked at a picture of Oswin displayed on the screen. The Doctor's voice startled her.
"I'm sorry I couldn't save her." Amy could see the pain in his eyes. She wiped the tear that was rolling down her cheek.
"It's not your fault. They killed her. I'm just glad they couldn't take everything away from her. She saved our lives." She walked over to him and stood by his side, placing a hand to his face, a wobbly smile on her lips. "Don't blame yourself, Doctor. I'm just sad because I really wanted to show her the universe."
The Doctor kissed her forehead while putting his hand over hers. With a sad smile, he wished her good night and watched her as Amy disappeared into one of the corridors.
Amy managed to sleep after a couple of hours of struggle. She dreamed about the pretty girl with the brown locks and big eyes, the human Oswin had been. She saw herself next to the short girl in a red dress, holding her hand at the TARDIS' doors as they contemplated the starts before them.
