Yay only one more chapter to go!
Chapter 4
Ron watched in fascination as the Doctor and River bickered away, pulling levers and pushing buttons seemingly at random.
"Riverrr"
The Doctor growled angrily as the blonde woman pressed a red button which had been flickering feebly a second before. She merely huffed with an air of superiority and turned away.
Amy laughed from the seat beside Ron.
"That's my girl" she told him brightly.
Upon hearing this the Doctor faced her curiously.
"Yes, sorry, forgot to ask, what happened to Rory?"
Without waiting for an answer he went on,
"And how did you end up on Ursa Minor 1 together?" "What do you mean Doctor, you dropped us off 2 hours ago!"
"No, he didn't Amy"
Bewildered , Ron, The Doctor and Amy turned around to stare at River.
"It's too early in his time-stream"
This information seemed to make sense to Ron but the Doctor and Amy seemed to understand now.
"So you, River Song, were the one that sent the message on my physic paper?" the Doctor asked, a slight smile on his face.
River smiled back in reply.
"Then tell me, why did you teleport poor unsuspecting Ron Weasley here onto the planet and then leave him stranded? Wait, don't tell me, i'll get it soon. Let me see, Ursa Minor 1 was previously a star, it simply died out 2 million years ago and then the first settlers began to arrive. They carried Hydroponics machines so that explains the jungle but at the core of the planet..."
Here he stopped, the answer suddenly dawning on him,
"At the core there should still be some of the star's heat because when the star died it didn't just simply die, the heat folded itself like an envelope. That heat is still perfectly preserved beneath the ground! So you and Amy went there to what? To extract the heat, yes, but then the Gargantuan sensed the sudden change in temperature and attacked. And you needed a distraction!"
The doctor stopped short, a look of distaste crossing his face that made Ron want to quiver in fear. River however stood her ground.
"You used him as a distraction and then left him stranded at the mercy of Giant Space Spiders!" "You said they weren't spiders!"
Ron attempted to sound indignant but it came out as a squeal.
"I didn't leave him stranded Doctor, he had you!" River replied defensively, ignoring Ron's comment.
The Doctor took a step closer to her, "What did you want the core of a dead star for anyway?" he asked suspiciously.
River grinned and raised an eyebrow, "Spoilers!" she said as the Doctor took another step towards her.
River blew a quick kiss to Amy before reaching down to press a button on the strange watch she wore. A second later she disappeared.
"River come back here now!" The Doctor cried in frustration at the spot where River had stood.
The Doctor's explanation of the death of a star...yeah i made that up. I'm told there's 3 paths a star can take at the end of its lifespan,
1. Supernova 2. Blackhole 3. it simply fades to a cooler temprature.
no folding like an envelope! :D
