He looked at them. All of them. All of the aliens and monsters that hated him. All with the same thought. The Doctor will destroy the universe.
He was the monster. The most dangerous thing, no the most dangerous weapon in the universe. He was the fairytale. The goblin, or trickster or warrior. Or maybe all three.
No! It wasn't possible! He went around saving the universe! He wasn't destroying it, he was protecting it from all of the monsters and evil. And he most certainly didn't cause the cracks. The TARDIS did. Oh, his poor TARDIS. Blaming her for his current predicament. She was about to die and he was shoving all the blame to her. But it was true. Not necessarily her fault, but caused by her none the less.
He remembered River still being in the TARDIS when he last spoke to her. Oh he prayed that she'd landed somewhere safe and that she got out. He thought again, River had been there on the Byzantium, alive!
But, events in history can change.
Like Amy not remembering the Daleks.
Amy! He'd almost forgotten Amy! Two fairy tales traveling the galaxies together who didn't have to go back because Rory...Wait! Rory was back! He's alive! He's a Roman soldier! And with Amy right now! They'll come help! And then he'll go find his TARDIS, find River and stop whatever was going to cause his precious ship from exploding.
No! Remember! That's NOT Rory! It's a trick! He isn't here! He died! None of the Romans were real! None of this was real! It was a trap!
But that means Amy's with a machine that will kill her! No no no no no no. AMY!
He struggled against the metal bindings that held him in place. He tried to talk his captors. Tried to reason with them. Tell them that it wasn't his fault! To let him out!
"I CAN STOP THIS!" ,he yelled. He could. He would save everyone. He would prove the tale wrong. He wasn't a monster. He fought monsters. He wasn't a trickster. But he could trick the tricksters. And he wasn't a goblin either! He could save the universe! If only they would listen!
But they wouldn't. All of them hated him. Despised him. They even banded together just to imprison him. He couldn't do anything. Amy would die. River would die. His TARDIS would explode and cause everything from this universe to all of the parallel universes to collapse. His people on Gallifrey. His family. Susan. Sarah Jane. Adric. Romana. Tegan. Ace. Grace. Jack. Martha. Donna. Rose. Never to even have existed.
Including himself.
And it scared him.