Chapter two:
~of amusement parks and the discovery of hot dogs~
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"Welcome to the wild side."
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"We're here kiddos!" Exclaimed the Doctor, throwing open the door and was met with the chatter and chaos of many people. "Oooo, where are we?!" he said, jumping out of the blue box and clapping his hands excitedly. Clara popped out next, her red dress practically glowing in the bright summer sun.
"Is it safe?" called Mary from the Tardis.
"Of course it's safe, darling. There are people out there, see!" said Matthew.
"There are lots of people though." said Tom. "maybe it's a riot?"
"I don't think it's a riot," said Sybil softly. "See, they don't sound particularly angry." suddenly, a very angry mother dragged her child past the tardis door, yelling as she went. Clara could practically hear the frown in Sybil's voice, "well they aren't all angry."
"It's very safe! Welcome to Delectationis. It's quite long… anyway, it's a world consisting of an amusement park! One big amusement park full of sweaty humans and aliens, sore feet, and overpriced food! I hope you brought your running shoes." The Doctor grinned and flung his arms out, accidentally hitting a stranger and earning an angry response, consisting of swears and insults towards the Doctor's mother. "See, everyone is kind here!" He said, pushing everyone out of the tardis and locking it up, dropping the keys in his pocket for later.
"Hem, hem, sir." said a deep voice behind him. The Doctor spun around to be met with a sunshine yellow man with spiky black hair. "This isn't the spaceship loading zone, please move your vehicle. you're in the way."
"I don't mean to be rude but, you're not from earth are you?" Asked Tom, going up to the yellow man. The man sighed,
"This is not earth, human." He said. "Now could you please move this box?"
"Look, you don't understand. She," the doctor gestured to the tardis, "hates spaceship loading zones. She looks the smallest, though is actually the biggest, so all the other ships make fun of her! She was terribly upset last time I left her there. Wouldn't take me where I wanted for days !" Clara nodded,
"It's true, she's generally mean to me but she was extra crabby that week. She even made me sleep on the cold, hard floor because she hid all the rooms with couches, beds, you name it." the yellow man squinted at the pair,
"I'm not sure I-" Suddenly, all feeling drained from his eyes and his facial expression wiped from his face. The doctor noticed a slight tremor in his left hand that wasn't there before but left before the doctor could get a good look. "Please move your vehicle to the loading docks." The yellow man said, his voice cold. Suddenly he made a sharp turn and walked away.
"Well I guess we'll leave her here." Said the Doctor, shrugging.
"You're going to completely disregard that man's instruction?" said Sybil.
"Yes. Welcome to the wild side." said the Doctor, rolling back on his heels and grinning.
"Where to first?" asked Tom. "There seems to be quite a few attractions." The Doctor snorted,
"Quite a few? Please, there's a whole planet full! Now dear, fancy some lunch?" Asked the Doctor, extending his arm to Clara.
"I'd love some." Replied Clara, taking his arm. They both fell into fits of giggles and began walking to a hot dog stand on the horizon.
"Where are they headed? Was that some kind of joke? Are they a couple?" Mary asked all of these questions one after the other, leaving no time for anyone to respond.
"Shall we follow them?" Asked Sybil.
"I suppose." Said Mary. She grabbed Matthew's hand and Sybil copied her, taking Tom's hand in hers.
"What's that little shack that they're at?" Asked Matthew. Mary shrugged,
"Some food establishment I assume."
"Ketchup or mustard?" Asked the Doctor, strolling up to Mary.
"On what?" She asked.
"Your hotdog!"
"Oh, I've never had a hotdog before." She replied. Matthew laughed,
"You've never had a hotdog?" He asked.
"No. And you have?" Was her response. Matthew laughed again,
"Oh course I have."
"Oh so it's a middle class food item." she scoffed. Matthew rolled his eyes but Sybil spoke before he could.
"I've had a hot dog." she said. "It was when I was very small. We had gone to New York and I managed to sneak away during lunch. I left the house and went across the street because the hot dog stand there intrigued me. The man gave me a free hot dog but I only got in a couple bites before granny found me. I was in quite a bit of trouble, as I'm sure you remember." Mary laughed,
"I was so concerned! I felt as though I didn't deserve the role of older sister seeing as I was the one that was supposed to be watching you."
"Where was our nanny?" asked Sybil, giggling along with her sister.
"Lord knows, probably off on a lunch break and thought it suitable for a young girl to watch her two younger sisters."
"I'm sure she lasted long."
"If I believe correctly mama and papa fired her immediately when we landed back in England." The two girls giggled a bit more before the Doctor interrupted.
"I do believe your hot dog is getting cold, m'lady." he bowed slightly and handed her the meat.
"Don't call me that." she said, taking the hot dog from him. "It feels… wrong."
"Why not?" he asked.
"None of my friends call me m'lady." she said.
"well, as your friend I think I'm at liberty to call you whatever I please." said The Doctor, grinning. Mary rolled her eyes,
"at least I tried."
"I do believe someone has a hot dog to eat." said the Doctor. Mary sighed and took a tentative bite. Her face wrinkled and she struggled to swallow it.
"I'm sorry but that's horrible! People eat those?" she said, her nose wrinkled. Everyone looked mildly disappointed. .
"Well that was unfortunate."
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hello! this is the edited version of the original chapter :) if you're confused I basically just removed a whole conversation haha. New chapter will be up soon!