A/N: Okay, not gonna lie, this chapter could use some work and I will DEFINITELY be editing this once I have more chapters done. Thank you to the followers, the favorites, and the reviews so far. They mean a lot. Chapter 5 is already in progress and I had ideas for that one while writing this one, so hopefully it turns out better. No promises for when that comes out though…my brother got me sick so I feel like crap and I really just want to sleep a lot. I didn't have time to edit this one as much as I edited the first three since I wanted to get this published for you lovely people ASAP, but hopefully it's not too bad. Okay, I'm done talking now. Read on...
Chapter 4: Alone
"Barty Crouch Jr.? Bit of an odd name, isn't it?" Rose asked conversationally, helping the Doctor sit up.
"I've heard stranger," he shrugged.
"What was it? The flashback—what happened?"
"He—or I—was on some sort of…train, I guess. Going to school. That's what it was. I was going to school."
"That's it? You were just going to school?"
"Oh, don't say 'just', Rose. I wasn't 'just' going to school. There was something else. A boy—Snape. Severus Snape."
"Anything else?"
"His mum…she loved him, but he couldn't see it. And his dad wasn't such a great bloke—he was always at work. He felt abandoned."
"Sort of sad."
"He was alone, Rose. So alone. And I could feel his loneliness."
"Maybe it's just empathy. He is not you. We'll figure out what these flashbacks mean, I know it."
"Right. In the meantime, we need to figure out who he—" the Doctor froze mid-sentence as pain pierced his skull once more.
"Doctor? Doctor? What's wrong?"
"It's—it's another flashback—trying to get through—but I think I can—ah, that's better," the Doctor said, smiling and straightening his tie. Rose raised an eyebrow. "I think I can control when the flashbacks happen. Seems easy enough…I just need to put up mind blocks."
"But Doctor, the flashbacks could be important."
"Could be, might be, quite possible, actually. I find them to be a tad inconvenient, don't you?"
"Yeah, suppose so. Can you have flashbacks whenever you want then?"
"I think so. It'll be fun to try, won't it?" Rose grinned. This was the Doctor she knew; the Doctor who loved having new experiences and discovering new worlds. "Alright then…Rose, I need you to go down the middle hallway, take a right, and the third door on your left should be the Research Room. The computers in there have access to files from every dimension, every universe, and every world ever created. Look up this 'Barty Crouch Jr.' and see what you find."
"Yes, sir. What are you going to do?"
"I am going to fix her up," he said, motioning to the steaming TARDIS console. "And maybe have another flashback."
"Okay…meet you back here then," Rose said over her shoulder as she walked towards the hallway. She arrived at the door the Doctor was talking about and pushed it open. Inside were rows and rows of computers; it reminded her of the computer rooms at her school. Each row, as far as she could tell, had computers from different eras. Starting in the front, there was a row of the very first home computers; walking back farther into the room, the computers became more advanced and some rows included laptops. Finally reaching the modern age, she sat down at a monitor that reminded her of the one she had at home. Rose assumed a simple Google search would work, so she opened the browser and typed in 'barty crouch jr'. Opening the first link she saw lead her to what appeared to be a government file.
BARTEMIUS "BARTY" CROUCH JR.
WIZARD, PUREBLOOD
FATHER BARTEMIUS CROUCH SR: WORKS FOR MINISTRY OF MAGIC, DEPARTMENT OF
MAGICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
MOTHER MIRIAM CROSS: UNEMPLOYED
MOST RECENT HOUSE ELF(S): WINKY, BLINKY
BIRTHDATE: APRIL 18, 1963
DEATHDATE: JUNE 25, 1995
NOTES:
ATTENDED HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY: SLYTHERIN HOUSE
KNOWN DEATH EATER, EXTREMELY LOYAL TO YOU-KNOW-WHO
SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN AZKABAN FOR TORTURE OF AURORS FRANK
AND ALICE LONGBOTTOM BY MEANS OF THE CRUCIATUS CURSE
KNOWN TO HAVE USED ALL UNFORGIVBABLE CURSES
DANGEROUS: APPROACH WITH CAUTION
WAS ASSUMED TO HAVE DIED IN AZKABAN: PLOT INVOLVING MOTHER TRADING PLACES WITH HIM ALLOWED HIM TO ESCAPE (SEE DOCUMENT #670)
KEPT UNDER THE IMPERIUS CURSE WHILE LIVING IN HIS FATHER'S HOME
ESCAPED THE CURSE AND RETURNED TO HOGWARTS DISGUISED AS AUROR/PROFESSOR ALASTOR "MAD EYE" MOODY
SOUL REMOVED BY DEMENTOR'S KISS
ALL INFORMATION WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT IS STRICTLY FOR USE OF THE MINISTRY OF MAGIC
Rose didn't understand half the information in the document, but then again, she didn't understand many things from different universes. She sent it to the TARDIS console's video monitor, hoping the Doctor could shed some light on her findings, and walked back to the Console Room. She found the Doctor unconscious on the floor; it was another flashback.
"Here we go again…" Rose muttered.
A/N Update, July 14, 2013: Hey guys. So by now, you have most likely heard the news about Cory Monteith, whether you're in the Glee fandom or not. I'm taking the news pretty hard (harder than I thought I would to be honest). I feel shitty emotionally and physically, so I'm so, so sorry, but I don't think I'm going to be able to update until next week sometime. Again, I'm really sorry. But this is hitting me pretty hard. Not to mention I have summer work to do for school. I would love to update it this coming weekend, but I just can't bring myself to write and I'm really, really sorry about that. :(
