Here it is! Chapter 3. Thanks to everyone who's reading this. Again, I always appreciate reviews. Plus, I'm open to suggestions. I've got a pretty good idea of where this is going, but if there's something you'd like to see, feel free to put it in the reviews.

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The Doctor and River sat across from each other in the corner of their guest room, where there stood a little table. "So what do you want to do today, dear?" asked the Doctor.

"I was thinking we should check out the town, talk to people, and maybe end up fighting some monsters along the way. Who knows?"

The Doctor smiled. "I was thinking the exact same thing!"

"Of course you were! I'm sure you just want to investigate the whole 'no humans' thing," River said with a sly smile.

"That may have something to do with it," the Doctor grinned back.

They walked down the stairs, past the guard, and out the door. The city was absolutely beautiful. It wasn't like the usual pictures of big cities with back alleys and ghettos. This city was completely uniform all the way through. For this reason, it felt kind of odd, but it was nothing they hadn't seen before. After all, at least the people here looked human, even if they really weren't.

As they walked hand-in-hand down the street, the Doctor began to notice that something wasn't quite right. For one thing, the town was huge, yet everyone seemed to be good friends with everyone else. Also, as they walked past groups of people, some would stare at them as if they carried weapons. Others would move over for them as if they had a disease. Some would even go inside and shut their windows. Something was definitely not right here.

The Doctor leaned over to whisper in River's ear. "River, have you noticed—,"

"The people cowering in fear from us? Yeah, I've noticed," she replied as she tried not to look worried.

"What do you suppose is bothering them?"

"Well, I guess we won't know until we ask."

The Doctor gave her a 'yeah right' look and said, "River, we can't just walk up to someone and say, 'Oh, excuse me. I was just wondering why you were afraid of us.'"

"And why not?" she asked.

The Doctor's expression now became slightly confused. "Well…, you…just, can't?" He didn't sound so sure, and that was enough for River. She walked right over to the nearest person, who was a woman planting some strange looking flowers in her garden.

"Excuse me. I was just wondering why everyone here is afraid of us." The Doctor rolled his eyes.

The woman, who had had her back to them, now turned around, and when she saw who it was, she jumped slightly and grew pale. "Um, I… probably shouldn't tell you."

Even though the Doctor was urging River to back down, she kept going. "Don't worry we're not human. Just tell us and we'll be on our way."

"Oh, you're not?" At this the woman seemed to relax a little. "Well then I guess there's no harm in telling you." The woman paused in slight hesitation and then began her story: "A long time ago there used to be a huge colony of humans living here. We lived right alongside them in peace. Then they came, the new rulers. At first we thought this was a good thing, since they promised peace. After a few weeks, though, people started to disappear. All of them were humans. Only a year later, the last human disappeared. Some who were good friends with the humans began to protest. Soon, the protesters began to disappear too. However, once they were all gone, the disappearances stopped. The king told us it was the humans' fault. We were required to learn the face of every person living here so that we may know if any more humans show up to cause the death of our people."

For a while, neither the Doctor nor River could speak. They just stood there in shock. Finally, though, the Doctor began to work things out in his head. "Okay, so the people are scared of us because since they don't know who we are and we look human, they assume we are human?"

The woman nodded. River thanked her, and they left. "I thought you said these people were known for their hospitality?" said River.

"Well, in fairness, everyone I heard that from was alien." River rolled her eyes. However, she did feel better knowing that they didn't have anything to fear.

After a lot of walking, they finally ended up in the hills outside of town. They sat down on top of the tallest one and sat overlooking the shining city. It was nearly sunset, and the buildings practically glowed from the sunlight reflecting off them.

"It's beautiful," said River softly.

"Yeah, it is," agreed the Doctor who wasn't really talking about the city at all. His eyes were focused on River. He leaned over and kissed her neck softly. River wrapped her arms around him brought his chin up so that his lips met hers. They continued kissing, and then the Doctor leaned back in the grass, pulling River on top of him. River only giggled. For a while they just laid like that, motionless as they took in the warmth of the setting sun and each other.

Soon, however, it grew dark. River had fallen asleep, and the Doctor woke her to tell her that they should probably be heading back to the castle. She mumbled in agreement, and they made their way down the hill, through the city, and back through the castle doors. Before they knew it, they were back in their room.

River was now wide awake all of a sudden. "So where were we?" she smiled slyly. Clearly the adventures of the day had not dampened her honeymoon spirit any. The Doctor did not object. However, ever since they heard the story of the humans, the he had the strangest feeling in the back of his mind that they were not safe.

I love writing cliffhangers. I hate reading them, though. Especially if the story won't be updated soon. But don't worry, because it will be. So if you have any suggestions, please leave a review.