I'm back! And managed to make it through my exams alive! Phew! But it looks like i'm going to be retaking maths next year! :/ On top of this lovely thing, I have 2 PE exams, English Controlled Assessment, Health and Social Controlled Assessment and Re exam all before christmas! :( I swear school it trying to kill me! Anyhoo, rant aside here is another chapter for you! Hope You Like! :) x

The Doctor bounded gleefully up to the wooden door. The group had managed to make their way through the maze of streets in Florence, after hitting several dead ends, to the infamous workshop. The Doctor straightened his bowtie in his usual manner, ran his fingers through his hair then proceeded to knock on the door. Everyone seemed to hold their breath in anticipation of meeting the famous Da Vinci. They were all sorely disappointed when only a small hatch in the door opened to reveal a bright green eye. "Can I help you?" said the gruff voice on the other side of the door, his thick Italian accent only confirming to the group that they were in fact in Italy.

"Ah yes, is Leo in I said I would pop for a visit. Been a while though." The Doctor began.
"Signor I must ask you to leave." The man replied urgently.
"I think we'll stay thanks and I'd much prefer not talking to a door, why don't you come out and we can chat?" The Doctor asked, his patients wearing thin. The man sighed deeply.
"Signor what is your name?" The man asked.
"Me? I'm the Doctor. Now can I speak to you rather than you're umm... Eye!"

The man's eye widened and he suddenly shut the hatch. "Well that could have gone better!" Aria quipped. Her comment was ignored and Amy walked over to the Doctor taking his hand.
"You've met before then?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes, a long time ago. Lifetimes in fact." The Doctor mused. Amy didn't have a chance to press the issue further as the sound of an animal's growl filled the street. It wasn't a small dog that could make a growl this big; it was a feral animal and something that obviously terrified the locals.

"Doctor, what was that?" Rory asked his grip tightening on Alice. Alice wearily eyed the now deserted street. The growling had ceased but the danger was still imminent. She gave a small yelp when the growling started again, louder and closer than before.
"I don't know, but I don't plan on sticking around to find out!" The Doctor said banging on the door again with one hand whilst the other wrapped itself around Amy's waist. "Leo open up!" He yelled at the door.

Aria stood a little away from the 2 couples, she had an aching feeling in her chest. It was a strange feeling and seemed to hurt more than any physical wound, and she had had lots of those. This feeling was different though. It wasn't jealousy, she was happy that her sister had Rory and her parents had each other; after they'd been through they deserved it. She wasn't jealous of them, nor did she envy them. No the aching wasn't that. The only pain she could relate it to was those first few months in the Stormcage when she was missing her parents. But how could she miss something she never had?

Amy glanced around trying to get a sight of the growling creature that had the locals terrified. She didn't see it. But what she did see was a scared Aria standing on her own. Amy instinctively put her hand out and grasped Aria's, squeezing it for reassurance. Aria looked up at her mother and gave a weak smile. Both jumped as the growling came from only a few metres away, around the corner in the next alley.

"Leo, open the door!" The Doctor yelled. The door remained shut and Rory lost his patients. He gently pushed the Doctor aside and gave the door an almighty kick. The locked busted open and the door flew open, straining to keep attached to its hinges.
"In, in, in." The Doctor urged, almost pushing the girls into the small room. Amy, Alice and Aria quickly ran into the room followed by Rory, the Doctor hung back at the door trying to get a look at the creature. What he saw chilled even his bones. Then without hesitation he stepped back into the room with the others and slammed the door, putting his full weight against it to ensure to himself that it was closed.

The Doctor was now breathing heavily and his complexion had gone decidedly pale as Amy watched him stand at the door. For the first time in her life Amy saw genuine fear in her `Raggedy Doctor's` eyes. "Doctor, what was it?" She asked cautiously. The Doctor looked up at Amy, their eyes met for a second before a large smile spread across the Doctor's face. "Oh nothing to worry about. Not too bad." The Doctor said in his usual cheerful tone. But Amy saw differently, looking into his eyes she could see that the `On Coming Storm` was terrified.

Amy turned around to face the others; they looked concerned as well, none of them quite believing the Doctor's words. But it seemed the Doctor ignored the concerned glares he was receiving and continued blabbering on. "Now that didn't seem to be Leonardo at the door, more Andrea Del Verrocchio. Meaning that the man himself is not back yet." The Doctor blabbered.
"So what are we meant to do until he gets back?" Rory asked.
"Well Roronicus, we're in Leonardo's Da Vinci's workshop. What do you reckon we should do?" The Doctor said, spinning around the room.
"Not touch anything." Aria said sarcastically as the Doctor walked over to one of the half completed statues and ending up breaking a bit off. Alice and Rory sniggered and the Doctor fretted on what to do with the pocket and ended up putting it in his pocket, much to Aria's hilarity.

"Why don't we go and see what creature was? That's what you do isn't it, save people and planets from horrible creatures?" Aria asked, now slightly bored of watching her father break priceless pieces of artwork.
"No, well yes. I do do that, but we're not going to catch that creature. It's too dangerous." The Doctor finished his usual light hearted tone gone, replaced by one that was deadly serious and even strained with fear. Everyone nodded in response, slightly scared of the Doctor's tone. "Brilliant." The Doctor said with a smile. "Now, what do we have here?" The Doctor said to himself and walked further into the depths of the workshop. Amy followed him muttering something along the lines of "better not break anything".

Alice and Rory stayed in the corner huddled together, having a quiet conversation. This left Aria on her own, again. Cautiously she looked up to make sure her parents were out of sight. She then looked at Alice and Rory who were both deeply enthralled by their conversation to notice her. So slowly she made her way to the door. With a final glance behind her to make sure no one was watching, Aria opened the door. She took a step outside and another and another. Then she screamed.

Sooo... what's the creature the Doctor saw? What has got him this terrified? Well your gonna have to wait and see! ;b Review much appreciated! :) x

P.s: OMG Who saw the trailer for the xmas episode on Children in Need the other night? It looks AMAZING! :) I can't actually wait until christmas! :) x