Another chapter for you lovely people! I may hopefully get another chapter up on Sunday depending on the whole homework status! On the bright side, Mr Matt Smith is single people! :O Also I'm getting my dress for prom next week, excitement does not cover it! XD Anyhoo, my excitement aside hope you like the chapter! :) X
The Doctor heard Aria scream and bolted to the door, Amy, Alice and Rory following swiftly. "Aria!" He yelled when he got outside. He came to abrupt halt when he saw her standing frozen, wide eyed and petrified of what was in front of her. The Doctor followed her eye line and felt fear wash over him. A Gallifrean blood wolf.
A 5 year old Doctor is playing in one of the many meadows of Gallifray, his younger sister Iota and him are having races up and down the many hills. "This is boring. How about we run to that tree and back? It's much further and we'd have to cross the river." The young Doctor, Theta, suggested.
"But, we not allowed across the river Theta. Mama said it was too dangerous." Iota said quietly. Theta rolled his eyes.
"Mama's not here Iota. Come on!" Theta said pulling his younger sibling to their make shift start line. Iota looked around nervously. "What's the worse that could happen?" Theta continued.
"Okay..." Iota said nervously hoping her elder brother was right, for once.
"Good, so...on your marks..." Theta started, both he and Iota crouched down. "Get set..." They both straightened their back legs. "GO!" He yelled and they both set off running down the hill. Theta had much longer legs than Iota and took off with a major lead his large strides giving him the advantage. He waded through the shallow river water and tapped the tree. He passed Iota as she scrambled out of the water and laughed. Half way across the river he heard his sister scream. Without second thought he turned around froze on the spot. Circling his terrified sister was a large Gallifraen blood wolf and it getting ready to pounce.
Both Iota and Theta returned home that evening worse for wear, both were visibly shaking. There were blotches of blood over their clothes and Theta's arm was at an odd angle. When questioned what had happened neither had responded, Iota would silently cry and Theta eyes would glaze over. It was no question that the fight had been brutal, and somehow they had come away victorious. He was only 5 and she only 4.
They spent the next fortnight in the infirmary; their parents were light on their punishment with their sustained injuries being considered punishment enough. Neither Theta nor Iota had seen a blood wolf since and it's said that the high council hunted them to extinction. Nothing was officially confirmed, but many of the council members did seem to acquire fur coats, rugs and shrugs within the following months.
Back in the present day, well renaissance Italy, The Doctor's brain didn't try to figure out how an extinct species could possibly exist, all he knew was that they had to run. Run like he wished he and his sister had done all those years ago. "Aria, slowly come towards me." The Doctor said annunciating the word `slowly`. Aria didn't budge. "Aria it's vital that you step away. If it thinks your challenging him it'll attack." The Doctor pleaded. She whimpered but didn't move, the Doctor's words seemingly going in one ear and out of the other.
Amy, Rory and Alice came running out from behind him and saw the petrified Aria. The trio followed Aria's eye line and felt fear creep up inside of them. Amy grasped the Doctor's hand. "Doctor how can it be here?" She strained her voice full of fear. The Doctor squeezed her hand back.
"I don't know, but we need to get Aria out of here. If she doesn't move out of its way it'll attack." The Doctor said stepping forward.
"Move? Why would she move? If she stops staring at it then it'll kill her." Amy said confused.
"Wait? What?" The Doctor said, tearing his eyes from Aria to face his wife.
"The weeping angel. It's right in front of us." Amy said pointing to, what the Doctor saw as, the Gallifraen blood wolf. The Doctor's eyes widened.
"Stupid, Doctor. Stupid thick Doctor! It's a shape shifter, taking form of whatever we fear most." The Doctor shouted, causing Amy to jump. "You're seeing a weeping angel; it's what you are most scared off. The question is what is Aria seeing that could have her literally scared stiff?" The Doctor continued, turning on his heels to face his terrified daughter.
Aria stood in the middle of the Italian street, watching her worst nightmares come to life. It wasn't an ugly sight that stood in front of her, it was a weapon, a perfect weapon that knew how to kill in the most violent ways. Someone who had known how to use a gun since they were 5 years old, some one raised to be a killer. Standing In front of Aria Pond was herself.
The creature smirked at her. When she opened her mouth to talk, her words sounded wrong, twisted and dark. "Aria..." It sung. "... You're a killer. But you already knew that. Didn't you." It said, it was a statement not a question. "Aria, Aria, Aria you were raised to kill your own parents. How ironic is that? Yet there's a part of you that still wants to do it, still wants to make them feel the pain you and your sister have had to suffer for most of your lives. Don't deny it, I'm you; you can't hide anything from me." It continued. Aria whimpered. "Awe, you poor little thing. All alone. Your sister had Rory, your parents have each other, who do you have? Answer no one. Aria Pond, what are you? Your mother's the girl who waited, your father the mad man with a box, Alice has her centurion, but what about you? Who are you? Aria Pond all on her own..." But before it could finish the Doctor stepped in front of Aria's line of sight.
The Doctor stepped out in front of Aria, breaking her eye contact with the creature. He placed his fingers on the side of her temples and very slowly and very calmly said: "Aria, it's not real. Whatever or whoever you seeing, it's not real. It can't hurt you; it's feeding on your fear. You have to calm down." Aria's glazed over eyes slowly came into focus and she looked up at her concerned father.
"Dad..." She said softly.
"It's real sweetheart." The Doctor said, but before he could even finish the sentence Aria had wrapped her arms around his waist, pulling him into a hug. The Doctor was shocked. Aria had always been distant since their reunion and this was the first affection she'd shown, well, anyone. And the Doctor had to admit that he was overjoyed that he may be getting his daughter back.
The Doctor looked up over Aria's shoulder at Rory and Alice. "You 2 okay?" He asked. They both slowly nodded, their hands entwined. The Doctor noticed this but decided it could wait for later. "Head back to the Tardis we're leaving." He ordered and for once they didn't argue. They both turned in their tracks and started to head back to the Tardis.
Aria lifted her head off the Doctor's chest. The Doctor looked down at his youngest daughter and smiled, wiping a stray tear on her cheek with his thumb. "Want to talk about it?" The Doctor asked.
Aria shook her head and managed out a strangled "No." The Doctor nodded.
"Guessed as much." He said and kissed her on the forehead. "Okay your going to have to face it, face your fear. It's the only way it can go. The creatures called an Isowatt. They feed on fear. You conquer your fear and they go out like a light." The Doctor said reassuringly.
"Why can't you do it?" Aria said, the fear of facing it again terrifying her.
"Honestly?" The Doctor asked, not sure if Aria would want to know the answer. To his surprise Aria nodded. "Because you're the most scared." He admitted.
"Oh..." Aria said, looking down at the floor.
"But don't worry. I'm going to be right here. I won't let go." The Doctor said, holding up their clasped hands.
"And so will I." Amy said standing beside her daughter and holding her other hand. She had watched the entire conversation.
"You can do this." The Doctor said reassuringly. Then with a final kiss on the forehead, he stood aside.
Aria was bombarded with the image of her darker self. "A few words of reassurance, you think that's going to help you Aria. You're in way over your head. Look at you, little Aria. Only 15 years old, still only a child." It said. Aria tensed.
"You're not real." She said through gritted teeth.
"Of course I am. What a stupid thing to say! I'm you, of course I'm real!" It argued its voice raising an octave.
"No your not, your a creature feeding on my nightmares. You don't exist." Aria said taking deep breaths.
"Oh really." It said and whipped out 2 guns. "I'm not real am I?" She said aiming at the Doctor and Amy either side of Aria. Aria smirked.
"Go on then. If you really are me you could never do it. If what you say is true then, what makes you any different?" Aria asked, her voice growing in strength and confidence with every word she said.
The Isowatt's arms trembled; the gun's now looking a 100's tonnes in its arms. It looked at Aria and she almost felt remorse for the creature. The expression now on its faced mirrored that on Aria's only minutes ago. "Help." It murmured. Then in a blaze of black smoke it disappeared, leaving the empty street in its wake.
Aria looked round to the Doctor, to find he was already looking at her. "All gone?" She asked quietly, her voice sounding more like a child than her 15 year old self.
"All gone." The Doctor said softly. Aria then turned to Amy. She let go of the Doctor's hand and wrapped her arms around Amy's waist in a hug. Like the Doctor before, this caught Amy by surprise. She didn't argue though, she hugged her daughter back, brushing her finger through her daughter's long hair. The Doctor's playful mannerisms came back into play, as he wrapped his, what Amy dubbed as, unnaturally long arms around the pair and he squeezed tight. "Owww..." Both Amy and Aria said in unison.
"Kinda need to breathe here Dad." Aria said, trapped in the middle of both her parents' arms. The Doctor unwound his arms, as did Amy when he had let go. They all chuckled.
"Come on, time to go home." The Doctor said, holding out his hands to his 2 girls. His 3rd already back in the safety of his Tardis. Well if being honest, he was their Doctor; Amy's no nonsense gene had definitely been dominant in both his daughters.
Returning to the Tardis the 3 walked in companionable silence. Getting to the Ponte Vecchio Bridge was much easier than getting to Leonardo's workshop, whom they had yet to meet. With a snap of his fingers the doors of the Tardis flung themselves opened and the trio walked into the Tardis threshold and were met with an awkward site... Alice straddling Rory on the jump seat, snogging. "Oi, what's going on here?" The Doctor shouted.
Busteeeddd... So the Doctor has finally noticed Alice and Rory! And a bit of bonding in their as per request! :) Any requests will be happily taken and i'll try and work them in as much as possible! :) Anyways hope you liked! :) x