The Aftermath
"How many are dead?" Jessica asked Mark.
"Three hundred," he said looking at the massive pile of bodies, "and several hundred are missing still." Jessica looked at the devastation around her; the castle was ransacked by intruders thirteen hours before this and all she chould think about was how many people were killed, how many people were bleeding and alive, and how many people were still missing. Death Eaters flooded the castle and killed whoever was in their way; they got what they came for, thought Jessica.
"Try and find the missing," Jessica told Mark as he sighed.
"We are trying," he said in frustration.
"Well try harder," Jessica said storming away and sitting on the stone steps leading toward the front of the castle. The Death Eaters not only killed a quarter of the student population, but they completely destroyed the castle, leaving some parts of the castle erect and other parts in complete ruin. Large gray stones littered the courtyards around the castle, and so did the bodies; this was Jessica's breaking point. She sat on the steps and surevyed her surroundings; then suddenly broke into uncontrollable tears. She buried her face into her knees until someone tapped her on the shoulder. She looked up and saw the one face that instantly made her feel better. Jessica stood up and almost jumped into his arms.
"Oh my god you're alive," Jessica said attacking his face and lips with kisses. "I thought you were dead."
"I thought you were dead too," Dereck said hugging her tightly. During the battle, Dereck and Jessica were seperated to lead their own groups; the last time Jessica saw Dereck was the north tower collapsed on top of him.
"How did you survive? That tower should've killed you," Jessica asked as Dereck wiped the tears from her face.
"I created a force field that protected me from the initial blow, but didn't protect me from being his by a few stones," Dereck said showing Jessica sseveral wounds on his head. "I'm here now and that's all that matters." Before they could kiss each other, they heard a weird noise; wind gathered around the courtyard and as they looked a tall blue police phone box appeared there with a light on top that blinked off and on. Once it was a solid object, Jessica and Dereck approached the box with extreme caution; then a man popped out wearing a bowtie and suspenders.
"Hello there," he said as Jessica and Dereck looked at each other in a confused manner.
"Who are you?" they asked in unison.
"I'm the Doctor," he said as Jessica raised her eyebrow. Out of nowhere, a young girl limped over the blue box and looked into the Doctor's eyes.
"Are you the Doctor?" she asked pleadlingly.
"Yes I am," he said stepping out of the TARDIS and looked into the girl's sad eyes. "Why did you call me?"
"We need your help," she said tears rolling down her face. "Look around you Doctor. People are dead and it's because of the three of us. We didn't do our job and lives were lost."
"What do you need from me?" he asked.
"To travel back in time and prevent this from ever happening," she said as Jessica grabbed her sister.
"Bianca, you are asking this man to do the impossible," she said, "he cannot travel in time."
"That blue box is called a TARDIS. Time And Relative Dimension In Space. Trust me on this," she said as Jessica sighed.
"So you need a mad man with a box," the Doctor said smiling.
"Can you help us?" Bianca asked holding her sister's hand.
The Doctor smiled, fixed his bowtie, and said, "Step inside and let's get going."
