Chapter 4

Amy's POV

Once again the Doctor is whirling and prancing around the console room, pushing several of buttons, levers, and dials. Even after all this time, I sometimes wonder if he knows what he is doing or if it is all just a show.

" Good morning, Ponds! I see that we just are getting up." He greets us, while pushing down a red lever. Rory is behind me, probably rubbing his eyes or something.

" What's up? I thought we already landed?" Rory yawns, and rubs his eyes. It was obvious that he wants to go back to sleep.

" Oh sorry about that," the Doctor comes up to us, " I was taking a little pit stop for the old girl. It was just a quick stop, nothing to worry." He goes back to his twirling and fiddling with the Tardis' console.

" Pit stop?" I push. I didn't want to go back to sleep, fearing the nightmares would just return. One nightmare pure night was enough for me.

" Umm…yes," he says without looking at me, " there is a certain rift located on Earth, that gives the girl a sort of an energy boost."

" Really, where?" I press on.

" Cardiff," he still doesn't look at me.

" Cardiff, London?"

Wow, Cardiff? I think, Out of all the places in the world…

" Yeah…"

I look at him hard. To anyone else, they way he responded would have sounded normal, but to me, his voice indicated something much deeper, much more sad. This isn't the first time, whenever we bring up something from his past he gets like this. He first says nothing. For a while, he starts distancing us, but after River or I knock some sense into him, he straightens up like nothing ever happened. I just wonder what goes on inside his head.

" Doctor?" I step towards him. He looks blankly at me, but smiles, as if he just remembered we are there.

" It looks like you guys need some more rest," he nods to Rory. I turn around to see Rory, leaning against the rails, arms crossed, head hanged back, and mouth open and flowing with salvia. I laugh at the sight of him.

" Alright, Mr. Pond," I walk over to him, uncrossing his arms, and put my arm around his waist, " I think you need some more sleep."

" Dad…" He mumbles, " I don't any more pancakes…"

I would back a laugh, but the Doctor let's his go. I glare at him and he shuts up, but keeps a smug look.

" O.K., no more pancakes, but we have to go back to the room," I say slowly, still glaring at the Doctor. He is leaning on the side of the console, with his arms crossed. I lift up Rory and try to move him, but he wouldn't budge.

" Help me," I whisper to the Doctor. He bounces up and walks over. He grabs Rory's other side and we drag him all the way to our room. I don't bother turning on the light, because the light from the Tardis hallway is enough. We lay him down on the bed and he curls up into a ball, clutching a pillow.

" Amy…" he murmurs.

I kiss him on the forehead.

" Don't worry. I am here," I whisper in his ear. He softly breathes, his face looking completely peaceful and content. I gently touch his hair, pushing it away from his closed eyes. Looking at him now, reminds me why I choose him. I will and forevermore love him.

" You will be going to back sleep, Ms. Pond," the Doctor says behind me. I turn to face him. He seems his normal self, but in the dim light, I can't tell.

" Yeah. It will be a few hours until he wakes up," I nod to Rory, " Once we are ready to go, I'll call you."

The Doctor nods and shuts the door. I walk back to Rory and sit on the bed. I don't want to go to sleep, but I am tired. The welcoming darkness and light hum of the Tardis didn't help, and soon, without noticing it, I feel asleep.

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I suddenly wake up a dark red room and the Tardis alarm ringing loud in my ears.

" What is going on?" I hear Rory say. He is sitting up and is fully awake.

" I don't know," I sit up. I look around. We are still in our room, but something is not right. I stand up and run to the door. I grab the doorknob and it shakes a little, but doesn't open.

" Doctor!" I bang on the door, "Doctor! Doctor!"

I stand back and try to kick the door down, but it doesn't budge.

" O.k, we need to figure a way out of here. Do you have any ideas, Rory?" I turn to face, but he isn't there.

" Rory. Rory!" I panic. How could one person disappear in a small room, " Rory!" I yell over the still ringing alarm.

Then suddenly everything goes quite. The room is still aglow, but the alarms have silenced. I run over to check under the bed, if Rory was hiding under there. Of course, he wasn't. I go over to the fireplace, checking every spot, seeing if there I could unlock any hidden passages the Tardis sometimes have.

Nope, nothing. All of a sudden the room starts to shake. It was brief, but as soon as it was over I knew something is wrong. A loud tearing sound rips through the air.

" That can't be good,"

I turn around and find that there is a big crack where the door should be, and the crack was just getting bigger.

" No, not again…" I whisper. It takes all of my sanity to not panic. This could be just another dream. Just one of those silly, awful, unreal dream.

" Dreams " a voice chuckles, " dreams are only disguises. What lies under them is a simple mystery. Catching them is the hard part."

I turn around to see a girl. It is hard to see in the red light, but I could tell she has no shoes on, wearing a dress, and is blonde. I can't see the details of her face, but she seems familiar. A million questions run through my head. Who are you? You look familiar? Where's Rory? Why are you here? Why are you wearing any shoes? Am I dreaming? Is this real? Before I could focus on my million questions, she answers them all.

" I am… a friend. Yes, but we haven't met. Rory is asleep. I am here for you. I don't like shoes, too stuffy. You are dreaming my dear, but that doesn't mean it isn't real," She says while a wide toothy smile with her tongue caught in between. She has her hand on her cheek, fingers spread across her face. Her head tilted.

" How did you…" I begin.

" Knowledge of the future is very helpful and I look them lay out, but I am in hurry. So…"

" What is with the Dumbledore quote?" I say quickly. I am feeling overwhelmed and I don't like it. I need to stop the pace a little. If this is a dream, then it is mine, and I should be the one controlling it.

The girl stares at me, like she is bewildered that I interrupted her.

I try again

" Who are you?" I say slowly.

The girl quickly smiles and simply replies, " A friend of Dumbledore."

I can't tell if she is being joking or if she actually means it.

Why should she actually mean it? I think to myself, She is being sarcastic. I tell myself that, but something in the girl's voice doesn't seem like she is joking.

" Amy Pond…" the girl's voice interrupts my thoughts. I look up and she that she was closer to me than before. Actually, her face is only a few inches away from mine. I step back, but my footsteps onto nothing, and I fall. I let out a short scream as the rest of my body follows my foot. I close my eyes, expected a sudden rush of air or a sudden crack of my bones against a hard ground, but none of that happens. Something is grabbing my arm. Whatever has hold of me feels soft and warm, and as I slowly open my eyes, see a bright light.

" Jeez, watch where you step," says a disapproving voice, "This is your dream,"

Even though I am grateful for the help, but I am really starting to hate this girl.

With a soft chuckle and one swift movement, I am pulled back up from the trench.

" You are a lot lighter than you look," the girl snickers as I roll to my feet.

Yeah, I hate her.

" So, would you now tell me what is going on?" I cross my arms, but I could see my "room" crumple around me. I'm getting scared.

" Not even a thank you…" she murmurs.

" I thought you were in a hurry!"

" Oh yes!" she says like the room wasn't dematerializing. She grabs my hand, " Close your eyes and hang on tight."

I immediately close my eyes.

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"A…"

"Am…"

"Amy…"

"AMY!"

I snap my eyes open. Rory and the Doctor are hovering over me, both having worried look on their faces.

" Are you alright?" the Doctor says. He looked really sacred, and it is then I remember, the Doctor doesn't know about my strange dreams.

" Yeah, don't worry," I sit up, " Umm… I was just having a… bad dream, that's all."

The Doctor sighs, but Rory has a questioning look on his face, but soon straightens it. I give him a quick look, which the Doctor didn't see, meaning I will explain later.

" But the real question, why are you two in my room?" I glare at the both at them, but mainly at the Doctor.

" It is my room as well, you know," Rory says, playfully offended.

" Technically, it is my room before, you moved in," I teased back.

Before Rory could answer the Doctor interrupts us.

" Well, we could have a mushy conversation, that would only lead to long kisses, or we could have an adventure,"

The Doctor gestured to the door.

" Alright, captain, adventure first," I say strictly, but look to Rory, and change my tone, " then long term kissing."

Rory smiled wide, " Or we could just skip the adventure, all together." He leans in and presses his lips to mine. I immediately close my eyes and move my hands to his cheeks, pulling him closer. I could practically hear the Doctor rolling his eyes.

" Alright, I will be in the main room. You know, figuring the long mystery of how long humans could keep their lips pressed to another, without suffocating," the Doctor says, his voice slightly frantic, " So, come when you are ready."

With that he goes out to the door, and I pull back, out of breath and smiling.

" I should get dressed,"

Rory nods and I get up from bed. I gather my clothes and a towel.

" Hey, love…"

I turn to Rory, who is standing only a few feet. He stared at me with the same questioning eyes as before.

" Why not tell him about your dreams. You know he will help," Rory finishes.

I take a deep breath, not quite sure myself.

" I know it is just…" I start, but stop. I don't actually know myself, but all I know is that I mustn't tell the Doctor, not now at least.

" It's alright, but you will tell him soon won't you?" he comes closer and places a kiss on my forehead, " now go get dressed. We are properly going to have another dangerous, we will die more than once, kind of adventure. I will mentally prepare myself,"

I laugh and hop into the shower. I must be one of the luckiest girls in the universe to have fallen in love with someone great like Rory, I think, I don't know what I would do without him.

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I walk into the Tardis main room, and see the Doctor messing with the console, as usual, and Rory siting with his head laid back in the captain chair.

" All right," He claps loudly, noticing that I have entered the room. His loudness woke up a sleeping Rory, " Don't I have a treat for the both you. Have you ever looked at piece of cheese and ever thought ' This could be a little more cheesy'?"

" I pretty sure that I haven't?" I say, as I walk over to Rory and plopping into his lap, officially waking him up. I grab is arms and put them around my waist.

" Well, then that will change," He starts his show of whirling and twirling around the console, pulling, pushing, and hitting random objects, " My dear Ponds, where we are about to head is one of the most cheesiest places in the universe, quite literally."

He pulls a lever, and shakes. I hold on to the rail and Rory is holding on to me. After a few seconds the shaking stops. Rory and I pop up from our seats and head for the door, but the Doctor beats.

" Ponds, let me introduce you to the Willy Wonka Factory of Cheese, smallest and tastiest planet in the whole Universe," He grabs the doorknob, while still facing us. He is smiling really wide, but I feel something is very off. It seems like he is trying to hard, " Chersmerick!"

He flings the door open, and as he turns around, the first thing that his face meets is the muzzle of a gun. Of course, it is going to be one of those adventures. I look at Rory, and I can tell he was thinking the same thing.

" Well, hello," the Doctor waves, as if there wasn't a gun in front of his face. I roll my eyes.

" Doctor," the woman with gun says, "My name is Captain Broschette. I need you and your two companions to come with us."

I look over the Doctor shoulders, and I see the woman named Broschette and about seven military guys, all with guns pointing at us.

The Doctor slowly walks out and we follow him, Captain Broschette is behind us, the seven-so military guys surrounding us. We precede into a tall strange building, with all guns pointing at us. Where we go again…

Hey, Readers. I am so sorry for not posting anything for the last two weeks, I was away… Sorry for all the spelling and grammer errors, and Thank you for waiting. Please rate!

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AlyseofWonderland