Hi! Hope you enjoyed the first chapter, here's the 2nd! :)

Meanwhile, onboard the same TARDIS, but many, many years later...


Rose hopped into the console room to find the Doctor in the captains chair, feet on the console, reading a large book. 'So you fixed the thing then?' Wondered Rose skipping up to him. 'The thing?' asked the Doctor, looking up from his book, 'Oh! The filters on the parallel warping time matrix? Nope.'

Rose snorted, 'can I help?'

The doctor considered for a second before saying, 'you could try, but probably not, I mean I just can't really be bothered- although, I will have to fix it soon, because something very bad could happen if I don't... Immediately...'

Rose looked confused, but the Doctor carried on, 'You know, Rose, if the parallel warping time matrix breaks, It's probably what you would call an emergency... But you know how it is... You put things off for one day and the next thing you know it's one hundred years later!'
'It's been broken for a hundred years?' asked Rose

'Nope, just today, so I had better fix it!' The Doctor said, smiling, and going back to his book.

Rose watched the Doctor for a few seconds, he had nearly finished his book. 'Aren't ya gunnu fix it Doctor?'

'What?' Said the Doctor, drawing his attention away from the book again, 'oh, I'm going to finish my book first.'

'What'cha reading?' asked Rose, inquisitive.

'Can't tell you that Rose!' The Doctor said, closing it up, and putting it next to him, 'It's from your future... Spoilers!'

'Aww, c'mon Doctor! Who's it by?'

The Doctor smiled at her cheekily and gave her a knowing look, 'J.K. Rowling' he muttered.

Rose's eyes went wide in hope, 'More Harry Potter books?!'

The mischievous Timelord grinned, 'yup!' he said, popping the 'p'. 'Actually, just the one, and no Harry, sadly,it's kind of like a prequel- before Harry was born, it's mainly about Dumbledore, -it's confusing. '

Rose looked ecstatic, 'it's good right?!'

'Oh yeah' The Doctor raised an eyebrow at Rose, 'and you know what, Miss Tyler...' He said, pausing, 'your in it!'

Rose looked dumbfounded, 'what?'

The Doctor nodded mischievously 'you and I are in this book!'

'How come?'

The Doctor looked at his time traveling companion, bubbling with his timelordy happiness, 'no idea-AHH!' All of a sudden a sharp stabbing pain his him in the chest, his face scrunched in pain, he brought his hand to his chest and rubbed the spot. 'AH!'
The sharp stab bit him again, and he slid his feet off the console, hunched over in pain.

Rose rushed over, shocked, and - moving the book onto the console- sat down next to him, cautiously wrapping an arm around his back . 'Doctor! What's wrong?'She said, scared, but trying to comfort him.

'Aahhhh!' The Timelord moaned, making Rose hug him tighter, 'Aahh!'

What had happened all of a sudden?

After a while The Doctor sat up straight, pain and worry hidden behind his eyes, 'what the hell was that?' Rose demanded quietly, slipping her arm from around the Doctor.

'Just a twinge of cosmic angst,' muttered the Doctor, now trying to reassure Rose, although she could still see a flash of worry behind his eyes.

'Are you Ok?' She asked, concerned.

But the Timelord was hesitant, 'I think I'll be OK,' but he felt like parts of him were being washed away, like something was missing, and he couldn't pick out what. But then like lightning, the bolt of pure white pain hit him in the chest again and oblivion sucked him in.

Rose watched her unpredictable Doctor carefully, he seemed to relax for a few seconds, he said he thought he was Ok, but Rose was unsure as this 'cosmic angst' thing had come out of nowhere - with zero warning. She was about to stand up, out of the captains chair, when she felt the Doctor stiffen next to her. 'Doctor-' and without warning, he went limp and dropped off the console chair with a thud.

Rose ran to the Doctor hurriedly and pulled him onto his back, kneeling next to him. 'Doctor! Doctor - can you hear me?' she muttered, gently shaking his shoulders, 'Doctor, what happened? Doctor...'

All of a sudden the TARDIS began shaking violently, and Rose's mind was spilt between gripping onto the console or holding the unconscious Doctor, who was helpless- and would inevitably get dangerously tossed around if Rose didn't hold him. Instead, she reached her arms out to hold the console and the Doctor simultaneously, while the TARDIS continued tossing them about, threatening to pull Rose's arms off.

'Doctor!' She she shouted - hopelessly, hoping the TARDIS would stop shaking - it felt like some sort of earthquake. What had happened? She tightened her grip on both the Doctor and the console, keeping her head down- hair in front of her face and she squeezed her eyes tight and braced her self from the TARDISes 'earthquake'.

After what felt like a long time- Rose felt the Time machine lurch to a stop, as suddenly as it had started.
She held her grip and kept her eyes shut; waiting for her head to stop spinning and the sick feeling inside her to leave. Slowly, Rose let out a breath, she realised she'd been holding.

When Rose opened her eyes, her breath caught in her throat in shock. She blinked.

It was dark.

Rose reluctantly let go of the Doctor and felt the console with both hands. Shakily, using it to pull her up, Rose stood and leant on the console, breathing heavily. The time-rotor was glowing faintly, but other than that all of the lights had gone out.

As if from nowhere - Rose heard the sound of the cloister bell.


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