Don't Travel Alone

by sutchy1992

After losing the Ponds, The Doctor tries to travel to Victorian London to find comfort in his friends. So how exactly did he wind up in London in 1483? And why are his other selves there? Will he finally solve the mystery of the Princes in the Tower once and for all?

2. Chapter 2

The Captain led the four Time Lords into the throne room of the Tower of London. Richard, Lord Protector of England stood by the throne.

"Your Majesty," announced the Captain, bowing low. "I have brought you the Lords of Time."

"Thank you Lord Stanley. Please send for the Soothsayer." Richard stated. Lord Stanley exited the room, leaving only two guards on the door and the Doctors were alone with the future King of England.

"My lord Doctors," Richard stated. "These are dark times. My brother, Edward, died this year, leaving an infant heir and naming myself as Lord Protector, a position I neither asked for nor sought out. My nephews have been kept here in the Tower of London for their own safety, but my spies tell me that rumours persist that they are dead. My soothsayer me that there is trouble brewing domestically and on the continent, where the House of Lancaster's claimant to the throne apparently has the support of the King of France."

"Your soothsayer, who is he?" asked the Eighth Doctor inquisitively.

"He speaks highly of you, Doctors. He told me that he foresaw your coming and that you would be able to help in this crisis," Richard replied.

The Eleventh Doctor turned to his other selves and then back to Richard. "Your Majesty, when you say that you have moved the Princes to the Tower for their own protection, what about the Dowager Queen? Their mother?"

Richard blanched at the Eleventh's Doctor's questions. "That is not a pertinent question to be asking a King!" He retorted.

"With all due respect, your Majesty," the Ninth Doctor chimed in. "You are no King, only a Prince and Lord Protector, and I think we'd" he stated, signalling his two past incarnations and one future self, "like to know why you have not taken the entirety of your brother's family into the Tower for protection."

"My sister-in-law and my nieces are safe in Westminster Abbey! I cannot trust anyone. They doff and scrape in my presence and then sharpen their blades behind my back. I assure you all, Lord Doctors, that the Princes are safe and alive. My soothsayer has advised me that I should parade them around London, but he says that they are not well enough presently."

Lord Stanley re-entered. "Your Majesty, I have brought the soothsayer," he announced.

"Well, well, well," said a booming voice which all four Doctors knew all too well. "We are in trouble, aren't we?"