Chapter 11: The Princess and the Rose
The TARDIS flew through the time vortex, and was carrying many more passengers than usual. In addition to the Doctor and Rose Tyler, Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip had run into the TARDIS to escape Maleficent and Robin Hood as well ran inside to escape the witch, while the rest of his Merry Men returned to their camp in the forest where they would reunite with Marian and Roland. Rose was lying on the floor under a magic sleeping curse.
"What is this place?" Robin Hood asked.
"It's the TARDIS." Aurora said. "This is the Doctor. He saved my life."
"Where did you go?" Phillip asked.
"We ended up first on another world made of ice and there was a dragon." Aurora said. "Then we came to a world called New New York. It was amazing."
"Promise you won't ever leave me again." Phillip said.
"I promise." Aurora said.
"Doctor." Robin said. "Maleficent says you know this woman. Are you her true love? Can you awaken her?"
"There's always another way." The Doctor said.
"I would like to present you with something." Robin Hood said as he took out a small blue glass eyeball, the Eye of Life, and gave it to the Doctor. "It's to say thank you for saving us all from Maleficent."
"This is the Eye of Life." The Doctor said. "It holds incredible magical power. How did you get this?"
"I stole it from Maleficent." Robin said. "Someone as evil as her does not need such power. I'd feel much better if you kept it."
"I got it!" The Doctor said. "We can use this to wake Rose!"
"Do you know how to use magic?" Aurora asked.
"I'm a Time Lord." The Doctor said. "I'll figure it out."
The Doctor then took the eye from Robin's hand and bent down by the sleeping Rose. The Doctor then held the eye over her face. Soon, Rose was surrounded by a blue aura. She practically glowed.
"It's beautiful." Aurora commented.
Suddenly, Rose woke up and the blue aura disappeared.
"Doctor?" Rose asked "You came back."
"Of course I did." The Doctor said.
"Maleficent..." Rose started to say.
"Is all taken care of." The Doctor said. "Don't worry about her anymore."
The Doctor helped Rose to her feet.
"What's that?" Rose asked, referring to the eye.
"Magic." The Doctor said. "We used it to save you. Now I'm going to take our fairytale friends back home."
The TARDIS appeared in the forest, a few feet from Marian, Roland, and the Merry Men. Robin Hood stepped out and greeted his family and friends. Before Marian could even ask him about the blue box, it was gone.
The TARDIS appeared in Aurora's bedroom, where it had originally arrived. The Doctor, Rose, Aurora, and Phillip all stepped out.
"Thank you again for saving my love." Phillip said to the Doctor.
"Thank you for getting Rose out of the Forbidden Fortress." The Doctor said.
"What will you do with the Eye of Life?" Aurora asked.
"I'm going to keep it." The Doctor said. "I want to make sure no one will ever get their hands on it."
From her office at 3W, Missy watched the Doctor and Rose talk to Phillip and Aurora. She noticed the Doctor holding the Eye of Life.
"Why don't you just take it from him now?" Seb, her assistant, asked.
"That would ruin the timeline." Missy said. "This Doctor hasn't been through that whole Harold Saxon business yet. He still thinks Gallifrey is lost. I can't just ruin everything now. That would spoil the fun. Now that I know he has it, the Eye of Life will be easier to take later."
The Doctor and Rose said their final goodbyes to Prince Phillip and Princess Aurora. Then they walked inside the TARDIS. The Prince and Princess watched with excitement as the magic blue box faded away from the Enchanted Forest off on its next adventure.
(to be continued in "Once Upon a Time Machine 2-4: The Poison Fairy", a Doctor Who and Once Upon a Time Crossover. The Evil Queen knows the Doctor has the Eye of Life and she'll do everything in her power to get it back. Thanks for reading. I hope you enjoyed.)