Disclaimer: I still don't own anything Doctor Who, especially not the few lines I've stolen (hopefully got them right, I couldn't be bothered to actually watch the episodes again). The Brilliance and all of its dialogue belong to the BBC. I do though still own Shafry, so no stealing that!
Warnings: Everything from the first chapter. Bad dialogue. Over-zealous use of italics. Also, the Doctor's a bit more bipolar here than usual ^^'
Lots of notes/ramblings here but only the River-thing's important storywise, though.
River-related note/warning: When I first saw River in the Silence in the Library, I disliked her. Then in Forest of the Dead, I hated her. But, then came The Time of Angels and I sort of started liking her more and more with every episode...until Let's Kill Hitler, where she went all fluffy in the end and I just went back to disliking her. My point is that...I don't think we'll see all that much (if any) of her in this fic, except if she's mentioned.
A/N: Lookie, lookie, lookie, what I found! The muse for this story! When I posted Of Wolves and Burning Suns I held the firm belief that this chapter was dead and buried at least 9 ft under. Then, umm...this is gonna sound so lame...I got reviews!
But yeah, try and enjoy :D
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Dedicated to Lumendea and sunraye36 for making me think this might actually grow up to be something with actual plot...though I'm still not 100% sure :D
And thanks to MaryMatthesen for answering the question :)
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Concerning Fear and Wolves
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"Have you ever dealt with people who have lost everything in an hour? In the morning…You leave the house where your wife, your children, your parents live. You return to find only a smoking pit. Something in you snaps - to a certain extent you stop being human. You have no need for money or glory, revenge is your only joy. And because you no longer cling to life, Death avoids you, the bullets fly past. You become a WOLF..." (Russian General Aleksander Lebed, Veteran of Afghanistan)
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"Doctor, what does it mean?" Amy hadn't seen him like this before, "Doctor!"
The Doctor's head popped up from under the console. "There was a time, Amelia, that those words stroke fear into the hearts of monsters. Those words toppled a false god and saved billions of lives." Amy and Rory were staring at him with dumbfounded looks and the Doctor smiled fondly at some memory, "Those words are the reason I stand here now." he shook his head and jumped up in front of them.
(of course he noticed the shock, it was there! for rassilon's sake. all shocking and shocked and whatthehelldidhejustsay?)
"Now then, shall we go see who's playing with powers they understand nothing of?" maybe the manic grin was a bit overboard.
...I can see everything...all that is...all that was...all that ever could be...
The Doctor's face set in grim determination. What had she done?
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Amy was cold, confused and irritated. (1)
The Doctor wasn't helping any of this with his stubborn silence and refusal to stop or even explain anything to them. And this planet (moon, the Doctor had said) was weird, for the lack of a more appropriate word, and not weird in the usual "oh those are the two purple suns"-sense. It seemed to throw her sense of direction all the time and she wasn't even sure how long they'd been walking. Had they actually moved anywhere?
She looked back in the direction of the TARDIS and was surprised to note she could barely see the ship in the distance.
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The Doctor's mind was awhirl with questions and theories and memories and even more questions. One thing, though, stood out.
I made my choice and I'm never gonna leave you!
Had she found a way back? What had she done to get here? Was it all something the Bad Wolf had planned from the very beginning? What of the metacrisis? And how in the world was he going to explain this to Amy and Rory?
(did rose know about river? and what river was to him?)
So many questions he hadn't answers for. He didn't like it one bit.
(don't think about them, just don't think about them and keep them in a neat box locked away at the back of your mind and don'tthink about them)
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Static like on an old TV.
"i consent and gladly give"
Sudden cloud of fog.
her mother was crying and happy
Even more static.
"i'm sorry missis noble"
A deep cryhowl from the depths of her soul.
"TONY!"
There was something stirring inside her.
"you ruined our plans, girl, more than once"
She felt something cold and wet nudging her.
"you will watch them die"
And she burned.
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The sudden noise that penetrated the abnormally silent atmosphere send chills down their spines.
"What was that?" Amy sounded jumpy.
The Doctor seemed to have frozen where he stood...and then it came again.
"Doctor, was that...a howl?" Rory (bless his good, rational heart) this time. He was holding Amy's hand while Amy looked like she was ready to bolt at the first sign of life besides them.
"Yes, it was and that means that either we're getting close or this moon isn't quite as uninhabited as I thought." the Doctor actually sounded excited at the prospect.
It was then that the sky turned golden.
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(1) If anyone can give me a synonym for irritated that starts with c, I'll...probably throttle you 'cause I'm dense enough to not have thought of it -.-
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A/N: Also, if you're expecting this to pop-up at Teaspoon... I'm throwing a tantrum at them -.-' Will get over it at some point. :D
REVIEWS are love and hugs and all those cuddly things, but it also seems they feed my muse, which would make them bloody and dead things filled with Time. ^^' Go figure.