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"Left!"

The Doctor winced as the TARDIS groaned slightly, protesting at the overly eager motions of his companion. She wasn't entirely awful at driving, per say, he thought with a slight frown. She just hadn't quite grasped the idea that it was working WITH the Time Machine, rather than controlling its movements. He'd already had to dive in once or twice to stop them crashing into certain time zones.

Rose nodded, brows furrowed in concentration, and turned a dial sharply to the left, actually causing a spark. The whole room shuddered in response. She instantly took her hands off the console, holding them high, wincing.

"Sorry, I'm sorry!" she gasped, looking close to tears of frustration.

Now that wouldn't do at all.

He stepped closer, so close that his front brushed her t-shirt clad back, reaching out a hand to still her motions.

Rose turned slightly to look at him, her white teeth worrying her lip.

"I'm doin' awful, aren't I?" she asked sheepishly.

He pulled a slight face. "Well." he began, dragging out the word. "not awful, just..."

He took her hand in his, guiding it to what looked like a bubbly paperweight. Her eyes followed the motion helplessly.

"...inexperienced. You just have to pay attention to what she wants too, see?"

She nodded slowly, twisting the paperweight slowly, until the groan became a smooth hum, and the room stilled.

"Now landing," The Doctor murmured in her ear, "is very simple. Listen to her, she'll guide you through it.."

Rose shivered as his breath brushed the skin at her neck, and tried to do as directed, listening to the subtle changes in the hums of the console, letting the Doctor lead her to different switches and levers, until the familiar landing wail emanated around the room.

"So, come on then," Rose said, steeping slowly out of the doors. "Where are we?"

She loved this bit of the adventure, it never got old, stepping out into the unknown. And this did not disappoint.

It was a huge cavern, built up of huge structures rising like pillars to the ceiling. And each and everyone was crystal, towering above her head, surrounding her with their luminescence. Most of the crystals were almost transparent, but some were misty, different colours that drew the eye.

It took her breath away, and she beamed at the Doctor as he took her hand, whistling in appreciation.

"Not bad." He mused. "Not bad at all."

His voice echoed slightly, the sound bouncing off the structures and multiplying until it sounded like several Doctors talking at once. And then beneath that, there was a harmonious note in the air, almost tangible, like a choir all around them. He tugged her along with him before she could mention it, walking away from the TARDIS and into the unknown.

"Where's all the light coming from?" She asked him, and he pointed up, to the ceiling. She hadn't noticed that it was crystal too, geodes forming around small holes that allowed thin shafts of light through.

"If we're where I think we are," The Doctor said confidently, "Then out there are two moons, orbiting and only crossing paths once in a month. Judging by the amount of light, they're in alignment tonight. Lucky us, eh?"

"And where are we?"

"Where?" He replied. "A little planet called Halcyon. They're famed for these caverns, see."

She nodded, and the conversation trailed away as they both admired the view around them.

She didn't get bored of the walk, surprisingly. Though it did indeed take a while, she had the Doctor's hand swinging in hers, and they kept up their usual banter.

And then there was the light of the twin moons entering the caverns through the thick crystal roof, refracting off the many faceted structures, and multiplying again and again and again into a myriad of colours until she could no longer tell where the source came from. The sound of their footsteps, though weak, also rebounded off the structures, filling their path with sounds that echoed like the chimes of bells. Rose could swear she could still hear the singing.

"Here, you've done well pickin' this place." Rose said softly, her voice joining the chorus of sound.

"Me?" The Doctor's brows raised innocently. "I only stopped you from crashing into the 70's, this was all you, Rose Tyler. Job well done, too. Top banana! There's not an evil monster in sight, or a villain hell-bent on destroying the planet, or even an angry mother ready to slap a poor defenceless alien."

His eyes sparkled with mirth, even as the light show around them began to shift and to dim to a single orange-y glow. The floor beneath them was no longer littered with chips of crystal either, just coarse and uninteresting mud and grit and stones. They were going deeper underground, the roof above becoming dull stone and not stunning crystal, taking the music with it.

"Oi, watch it," Rose grinned. "It's not too late for me to take us back to the TARDIS. Mum could probably use a visit."

The horrified look on his face was enough to make her laugh, and he joined her, though his chuckles faded away as he looked down the cavern.

"Is it just me or does that orange glow look suspiciously like a fire?"

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