Authors note: Ok chapter two! Not sure how I feel about it, the show never really explores the Tardis but I really wanted too. I don't know all the rules about the Tardis so I may have added something that's an impossibility and if I did I do apologize! Still let me know what you think and thank you Ash1179 for giving me my first review let me know what you think of this chapter.
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We stepped into the swimming pool room containing one very large and beautiful pool filled with crystal blue water. I spun around laughing, I noticed it was missing something … that familiar pool smell. I looked up, opposite of outside, the ceiling showed a bright sunny day with big fluffy clouds. The room had a warmer temperature than the hall, but not too hot. There were a few lounge chairs lined around the pool, they had light blue cushions and sat on a medium brown wood frame. The Doctor sat in one crossing his legs leaning back both hands behind his head.
"What do you think?" he asked picking a pair of sunglasses off of the table, that matched the wood from the chairs, putting them on. I smiled brightly looking at the sparking water, next to some of the walls were tall palm trees.
"Its amazing! You've got a pool in your little box, this is mad, …. I love it!" I said sitting next to him looking up at the sky. He chuckled,
"Yes I suppose it is madly amazing," He looked over at me, "Want to see what else she's got?" I nodded and he jumped up tossing his sunglasses away, "Onward we go then!" he walked out of the pool room, I took one last look at the tropical scene before following him down the hallway.
"Why doesn't it smell like a normal pool?" I asked, "It's missing-"
"Chlorine!" He finished for me stopping and turning to look at me. "The Tardis doesn't need chlorine to keep it clean. Plus its cleaner there's not crowds of kids that cant be bothered to get out of the pool before peeing." He smiled turning the corner disappearing, I quickly followed seeing a large telescope. The telescopes body was brown and its accents were rustic gold. At the bottom front there were a bunch of gears and on the side there was a huge crescent moon.
"Observation tower!" He said running down the stairs to the giant telescope sliding into the seat. I walked in staring up at the tall ceilings made of glass showing a starry night sky. I looked at my phone, it was still only 10 in the morning.
"How is it doing that?" I asked, pointing to the ceiling. "Its still morning,"
"Well its not as fun to look at the sky when its all bright now is it?" He said, looking through the telescope.
"Its magnificent," I said, he looked up at me slowly.
"You're right... It is... I should do this more often you lot still have such... joy and feeling for things. Its enjoyable to watch." He said, I smiled looking around, there were rustic panels right below the glass panes. Further down there was a walk way with a railing.
"Show me more please?" I asked, He got up clapping his hands together.
"Alright, but only because you ask so nicely," He said wagging his fingers at me before, walking back into the hallway, I followed quickly,
"Why do you even need an observatory if you cant travel in space and time?" I asked curiously,
"Don't question my methods on my own ship!" he said not turning to look at me, I snickered. We made a few lefts and rights arriving at an enormous library. It was six levels high completely covered in books. It had large white columns and brown railings.
"Oh my god!" I exclaimed, "I will never remember how to get here but oh my god! This is already my favorite room." I looked at at the bookshelf to my left gliding my hand across a few books.
"You like books I gather." He said following me letting his fingers glide over the same books.
"More than anything...cept the occasional Netflix binge," I replied leaning down to read some of the titles,
"Ah, Netflix, do you know it almost causes the downfall of the human race? I would stay far away from Netflix if I were you." He said, I was barley listening looking at book titles. I can read these but the don't make much sense I thought to myself, I wonder if they are from earth. The Doctor clapped his hands turning to leave,
"Come on we've got loads more to see," He said walking away, I turned to him wide eyed in shock,
"What? Leave? We've only just got here! Let me look around a bit more please?" I asked, he shook his head laughing.
"Not now, I promise you can look more later but we're on a schedule," He said waiting by the door,
"What schedule? This was my idea remember?" I replied,
"Yes, and now its my mission which means there's a schedule." He said walking out of the library. I gave the shelf's one last longing look before following pouting slightly. He made a few more left and rights down hallways that looked exactly the same give or take some different doors.
"We are passing a lot of doors, whats in all of them?" I asked, he didn't look back as he replied,
"Mostly storage, one of them was the power room the rest are storage rooms." He stopped in front of another door. "Are you ready?" he asked grinning, I nodded smiling. "Knock Knock I give you the garden," He said opening the door stepping in,
I followed closely my eyes widening at the sight before me. Like the swimming pool the ceiling resembled a bright sunny day with fluffy clouds slowly moving. There was a small breeze in this room which gave a very pleasantly sweet smell. I could feel the doctor watching me, and yet I couldn't wipe the dumbfounded look from my face. There were so many colours some I couldn't even describe. The grass was deep green, he had hedges and giants trees in a patch I could see some flowers that seemed to be changing colours themselves. I could see flowers the swayed back and forth deep blue resembling a school of fish with the way they swayed. There were flowers shaped like stars and flowers that looked like real stars in the sky they twinkled shone. The doctor bent down to smell a flower that erupted into teeny tiny butterflied who flew away. There was a stream running through it that I could see fish swimming in it, to my right there was a bench swing with a crisp white over hang.
"My garden is not like any normal garden," He said looking around, he waived his hands around naming some plants so fast I couldn't retain any of the information. "Don't ever go wandering off in here, its filled with alien plants. Some that are the last of their kind, its important that they exist unharmed, and others can actually harm you. I have a man eater in here somewhere," his expression fell a bit looking a bit worried. "I s'pose that means more for me than it does you. If you ever find yourself in the garden never leave this front area. That's what the swing is for." I looked around, it didn't seem like the garden ended the gap behind me was the only thing left convincing me I wasn't outside any longer.
"Moving on," He said grabbing my wrist pulling me back through the gap gently. "Do you want to stop, you've seen enough too stun anyone." He said when we were back in the hallway. I shook my head,
"More please," I said making him smiled,
"Alrighty then!" he said walking down another hall making a series of turns again, I wasn't sure anymore if he was just taking the long way round to confuse me or if this was how he really traveled everywhere. He stopped suddenly turning around, "Wait no... I don't think I've been this way yet..." he said pulling out a strange metal wand, it was copper coloured at the bottom then a cream white handle followed by a layer of what looked like black leather. Then its was silver and copper leading up to a claw looking thing wrap around a green bulb of sorts. He pressed something and it lit up bright green and made a strange screeching noise.
"What is that?" I asked, he was pointing it at the doors like he was scanning them,
"It's a sonic screwdriver," He replied, he jerked it and the four claws snapped open and he looked at it hard like he was reading something, "OH!" He exclaimed, "I've been looking for you!" he said yanking the door open running into a room filled with a blue hue. "Come on!" he cried, I followed quickly. The doctor was spinning around laughing, I once again stood still staring around wide eyed.
"The aquarium!" He said pressing his face against one part of the glass looking in. I looked up, the entire room was glass. The the floor was straight and lead down a glass hallway beneath my feet I could see fish swimming and plant life swaying, the room we were in was like a large dome. It was an odd sensation like standing in a bubble in the ocean. A lot of the fish looked odd though, I assumed they were alien as well. I gasped ducking a bit as a very large purple whale passed over head of us causing the whole room to darken under its shadow. I look back down, the doctor was laying on the ground his hands behind his head again staring up at the ocean life moving around us.
"This has always been one of my favorite rooms," he said softly, I sat next to him hugging my knees. "It's so peaceful here... so full of life." he sighed deeply with content. It was contagious, I could feel him, his emotion, how relaxed and at peace he was. It was a heavy feeling, but pleasant, it made me want to sleep. I rested my head on my knees closing my eyes.
I'm asleep, I thought to myself, I'm dreaming, of course...I laid on my side still hugging my knees letting a soft deep sleep take over me.
I woke hours later to my phone chiming, It's two pm, I thought to myself, I slept all the way till two in the afternoon? I grabbed my phone swiping to the right cutting the alarm off. I looked at it squinting it was blurry but I could make out that it said 6 am. The last place I had visited was Japan I hadn't changed my phone back, I liked to do it manually. 6 am in Japan means its 2 pm in Colorado. I sat up rubbing my eyes. Where are my glasses? I wondered, Must of fallen off in my sleep. I looked down to search for them and froze, these bed sheets aren't mine, I thought, I should have known the bed was way to comfortable to be mine. I looked up slowly and gasped the entire front fall of the room was glass showing off the aquarium giving off a blue tinge to the room. I leaned of the bed really hoping it wasn't glass. I sighed softly in relieve seeing light wood planks covering the floor. I was sitting on a large bed to my left there was a wooden end table with a lamp on it, my glasses and a small silver key. I quickly slid my glasses on my face and picked up the key looking at it, it wasn't mine. I turned to my left seeing a door with a blue hue running along the crack at the bottom. It was either a bathroom... or a door to the aquarium, right next to that was a small bookshelf cram packed with books. I smiled not noticing the door to my left slide open. The Doctor walked in,
"Since you fell asleep in the aquarium I thought it might be a nice touch to your bed room." he said sitting in a chair next to the glass. "Oh and don't open that door," He said pointing to my right, "unless you fancy a dip with the fish. Not always bad, though some are a bit bitey." He grinned at me,
"I'm not dreaming?" I asked, he shook his head chuckling.
"No, it's still real, I promise." he said, I bit my lip smiling. I held up the key from the table,
"I think someone left this here." I said, the Doctor plucked it from my fingers, It didn't look like much just a small silver key round at the end just like any only Yale key. The Doctor was staring intently at it then his eyes shifted to me.
"Mmm that would be very unlikely," he said, he said handing it back to me. "The Tardis designed this room just for you. It didn't exist until you fell asleep in the aquarium. I lied about the aquarium in you room being my idea. This key is for you, the Tardis wants you to have it. Its the key to her lock after all I suppose she gets some rights for who they go to. I normally like to do it but have it your way dear."
"You're giving me a key to your invisible box?" I asked looking at it,
"No the Tardis is," he corrected,
"But why me?" I asked, I rubbed my thumb over it gently.
"It seems she wants you to come away with us, not a bad idea I suppose though I do hope your jokes improve." He said looking serious,
"But why?" I asked still confused, it didn't make sense to me I was ordinary in my entire life this was the single most exciting moment that had ever happened and technically we were still just sitting in a park.
"I don't always know why," He said, then he frowned deeply squinting at me, "I don't usually admit that to people... actually," he stood pointing his sonic screw driver at me buzzing it then flicking it open, making me jump, looking at it. "Normal, ok so just sentimental then I suppose." he looked at me grinning, "We still have lots to see are you up for it?" he asked, I nodded jumping out of bed slipping my shoes back on. He jumped up laughing, "Good! I've been getting bored!" he ran out of the room and I quickly followed just catching the ends of his coat making two rights before stopping. It was so sudden I almost ran into him.
"Kitchen!" He said stepping to the side so I could look, I was very modernized and huge, white floors gray cabinets like much of everything it had a very crisp clean look it it. Some of the appliances looked very new age I was having trouble determining what was the oven and what was the dish washer. It looked like a show room kitchen, never been touched. I opened the fridge which was fully stocked. Milk, eggs, juice, veggies, fruit, The works.
"Do you use this room?" I asked, he was fiddling with one of the lights,
"Uh, no kitchens are booooring," he said, looking around, "I thought this was the zoo..." he stepped back out into the hallway looking left then right. "This should have been the zoo..." I smiled following him he walked back down the hallway we came from.
"Ah-Ha!" He exclaimed standing in front of a big door, "Are you ready to see the coolest zoo ever?" he asked, I nodded excitedly giggling. He laughed opening the door, the smile quickly fell from his face. "No this was... the zoo..." He stood scratching his head looking around, The room was sparkling filled with large mounds of beautiful stones, not just stones...
"Diamonds!" I exclaimed, "You have a diamond room?" the Doctor picked up a handful examining them.
"Apparently so..." He said, "wait no these aren't mine." I snorted,
"You sound like a kid trying to get away with having drugs in his locker. Did you steal them?" He looked over at me, ran out of the room.
"Are you playing games dear?" he asked the hallway, I smiled following. "Did I say something offensive? If I hurt your feelings I apologize sincerely!" he touched the hall way wall rubbing it soothingly.
"Can she really do that?" I asked, "Change the layout if she's mad?"
"Of course she can, between you and me as far as punishments go this is actually small. You wouldn't believe some of the tantrums she's had in the past." He said grabbing my hand pulling me down another hallway.
"Oh that's more like it!" he said cheerfully, "Thanks dear!" He stood in front of the same large doors in front of the diamond room. "Now, I ask you again, are you ready too see the coolest most amazing zoo in all of history?" I bit my lip nodding he opened the door to a large hallway lined on each side with huge windows each one at least a hundred feet tall. Each window showed some different type of landscape. One had a big desert with hills of purple sand and the sky glowed bright orange instead if blue and the sun was deep crimson red.. It had a big lizard laying in the sand it was a dark brown color and it had two humps on its back almost like a camel. I saw a large red spider scuttle by and scooted back. The one next to it looked a bit more like a safari it had lots of dead looking grass, I could see large tan creatures grazing looking large as an elephant but with the face of a cow with two sets of nostrils and four eyes. A few feet away I could see a large cat with four eyes and big tusks. I looked over at the Doctor who was standing in front of a window that looked like rain forest. I walked over to him and gasped at the sight in front of me,
"Dinosaurs!" I said, moving closer, I could see lots of different types of dinosaurs grazing trees in front of me. It was so surreal. I touched the glass gently watching one brachiosaurus move closer to the window eating from a tree.
"Each one of these holds an extinct race of animal. That's what so special about my zoo." he said, "Well its not really even a zoo they are habitats and these windows just look in on it. They cant even see it its a one way road. There's a whole world in there.
"How?" I asked curiously,
"Its the Tardis, each one of these windows contains a world bigger on the inside we are seeing just a glimpse. That way I can keep them safe with out interfering." He said touching the window gently. I looked down the hall way. It looked like it never ended,
"Now, what next Art Gallery? Gymnasium? Maybe the sun room? Sauna? Laboratory?" He asked his hands waiving in the direction each one was in, "I have a star chamber somewhere with a small galaxy in it or better yet we could take the Tardis into space?"
"I don't get it, how does it all work? This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen and I can't wrap my mind around it." I said, he frowned.
"You don't want to know, even if I could make you understand it where is the fun in taking the magic out of it?" he asked, I smiled nodding.
"You're right its better if I don't know, all I need to know Is it is magnificent." I said, letting him grab my wrist running back to the console room. The trip back seemed so short,
"I feel like getting there took longer than getting back.." I said, he nodded.
"Like I said the Tardis changes things sometimes if I really want to get back to a room fast she makes short cuts. Or you would end up walking for ever just to get to the bathroom" he said. "You would probably have to pass through all 9 squash court" He said
"9 squash courts?! Honestly how can you possibly need 9 squash courts... Do you even know how to play?" I asked walking back down the stairs with the Doctor heading back towards the console.
"Of course I know how to play!...maybe," he said sliding to the console. "Now all of space and time where do you want to go?" he asked smiling,
"All of space and time..." I lightly brushed my finger tips against the consoles surface.
"Yes," he said We can go see planets and galaxies, we can see the past or the future, the only question is what do you want to see first?" I looked at him,
"Is it bad to say it sounds a bit scary?" I asked staring at the console. I could feel him looking at me,
"No it's not bad," He said, walking around the console towards me. I looked up at him, "It's human to be scared, how about something small first? Lets go see earth from the outside." I nodded smiling,
"Sounds nice," I said,
"There it is!" He said cheerfully, he spun around laughing flipping switches. The Tardis gave a large jerk, I reached out grabbing to console tight looking at the Doctor. The Tardis started making a wheezing groaning sound then gave big shake. I gasps panic struck my chest hard as the Tardis rocked. Before it got worse a could feel a warmth spreading in my chest calming me. I looked of at the Doctor, who was smiling flipping switches and pulling levers. I smiled with him giving a shaky laugh, the panic slowly leaving me. The Tardis settled and the groaning sound faded.
"Is it always so bumpy?" I asked, The Doctor laughed shaking his head,
"The Tardis can feel your fear, she's messing with you" he said looking at the center console, he petted the cylinder in the middle. "Be nice, you invited her." he walked to the doors, "Ready to see?"
"You cant open a door in space, I saw that Star Trek movie, we will be vacuumed out!" I said, he chuckled.
"You think the Tardis can contain a small galaxy and a zoo of different worlds and it cant keep up a simple oxygen barrier?" He reached he hand out. "Come see," I looked back at the console once patting it before running over to the Doctor. He held my hand tight as he put his other hand on the door.
"Welcome to Space," He said opening the door.