A/N: A bit of a longer chapter here, not much though. I'll try and write longer ones, I promise. =) I'm not too keen on this chapter to be honest though, it's not my best I must admit. Sorry!
"You are not alone."
The Doctor's eyes fluttered open. He stared through his blurry eyes as he tried to get his bearings. Sitting up, he realised he'd been slumped on the seats next to the controls and had fallen asleep. That was odd. The Doctor hardly ever slept and he'd never just dropped off like that.
He rubbed his face in his hands as he tried to remember the dream he'd just had.
He'd been back on Gallifrey, his home planet. Tears had burned in his eyes as he looked around him. His people smiling and laughing, unaware of what was to come. He'd recognised a few of his old friends and an empty, lonely feeling took over him.
Then he saw her, looking around in fascination. She was wearing long red robes, a tradition on Gallifrey. He tried to move towards her but his feet wouldn't move so he stood smiling instead.
No matter how much he'd pictured her in his head since she'd left him, nothing could compare to seeing her right there in front of him.
It took a while for her to notice him and when she did, that beautiful smile of hers made his hearts swell.
He could feel himself waking up but he continued to smile at her.
"Doctor!" She'd shouted. "Don't leave me here."
He would have given anything to stay there with her but he was fading.
"Rose Tyler." He whispered.
Then everything went black and before he woke up a voice had whispered to him.
"You are not alone."
He had to remind himself that it was just a dream. It all felt so real though and that voice...he'd been too awake for it to still have been in his dream.
Glancing over his shoulders, he looked around for another form of life on the TARDIS. Despite what the voice had told him, he was most definitely alone.
It took him a while to realise the TARDIS had landed and he remembered what it was he was meant to be doing. He'd arrived at the hospital and he was about to witness what had happened to Rose Tyler.
Stepping out of the TARDIS, he saw that he'd landed inside a store cupboard filled with sheets for the hospital beds. At least no one had seen a big blue box appear from nowhere.
He closed the door behind him as he headed down the corridors in search of Jackie and Pete Tyler. He had to be careful they didn't see him.
He soon heard the familiar shouts of one Jackie Tyler and stood quietly outside the door. He waited patiently for this strange doctor to appear and take the baby away.
As soon as the man came around the corner, the Doctor knew he was a Time Lord. Even dressed in scrubs, the Doctor knew. He quickly hid in another cupboard before he could be seen. If the Time Lord saw him now, it could mess things up. He had to wait for the right moment.
The Doctor listened closely for the Time Lord to come back out of the room with the baby. Once he'd gone, the Doctor followed him into a room off one of the corridors.
"What are you doing with that baby?" He asked.
The Time Lord span around quickly to look at the Doctor, the baby in his arms.
"What are you doing here? Why aren't you back on Gallifrey?" The Time Lord demanded.
"I could ask you the same thing." The Doctor replied. "Hang on, Gallifrey's go-" The Time Lord looked at him questioningly. It hadn't happened yet, at least not for this Time Lord. The Doctor couldn't tell him. One wrong word at the wrong time could cause big trouble. The Time War was a fixed point in time, he knew that. He couldn't change it no matter how much he wanted to. The Doctor shook his head and looked at the baby. "What's going on here?"
"This child is in danger." He answered, indicating another baby lying in a cot, whimpering.
"Why is she in danger?" The Doctor asked.
"Her parents stumbled upon and angered the most fearsome creatures possible. They didn't survive the encounter and left the girl to survive on her own. The creatures are hunting the baby so we needed to hide her somewhere safe. Earth should be far enough. She will be given a name and a new identity." He explained.
"But why swap her for a human child, why not put her in a care home?" The Doctor asked, his anger starting to build up. "You can't take away someone's child. How will they feel when she opens that fob watch and they find out she isn't their daughter? They'll never know what happened to their real daughter. How sick is that?"
"When the time comes, things shall be put right." He answered simply. "The humans won't remember the child and their own child shall be returned. It will be as if none of this has happened."
"I still don't understand why you can't put her in care." The Doctor growled.
"She is a Gallifreyan and she will have nothing but the best. She will be well cared for in a loving family." He replied.
"But what happens to their own child?" The Doctor shouted.
"She will be the one placed into care." The Time Lord answered.
The Doctor locked his fingers into his hair as his fury grew stronger. Never had he been so disgusted in his own people. How could they do something as selfish as this?
"There has to be another solution." The Doctor said.
"Not one that we can carry out quick enough." He told the Doctor.
The Doctor glared at him and the other Time Lord stared back indifferently.
"I could stop you." The Doctor said, his voice a dangerous tone.
"Then do it." He shrugged.
He wanted to, he wanted to stop this whole thing from happening. But from the moment he'd stepped out of the TARDIS, he felt it and he knew. Whatever happened here on this date was a fixed point in time. Things had to stay as they were.
The Doctor roared angrily and turned, storming back to the TARDIS.
The door slammed open as he stormed onto the TARDIS. His breath came out in ragged, shaky breaths as he gripped onto the controls.
He took the watch from his pocket as voices started emitting from it, her voice. It was almost time for her to open it.
"Take me to Rose Tyler...the time is coming...I will be opened...Rose Tyler will return..." It whispered.
He hurled it across the room. Why did it have to be this way? Everything he knew about her, everything she was, was all a lie. Yet it changed nothing about how he felt about Rose Tyler. He loved her despite everything.
He had to find a way to get back to her. When she opened that fob watch, he'd make sure she stayed the Rose Tyler he knew and loved. He'd remind her of what it was like to be Rose. He couldn't stop her from becoming a Time Lord but he could stop her from becoming like them.