They crawl in on either side of me, and I hear their soft whispers to each other before I fall asleep. "Goodnight Rose." "Goodnight Doctor."

"Wolfe? Time to wake up! Breakfast is here!" I hear the Doctor's gentle voice, and a warm hand rubbing my back. "Come on, sleepy girl."

I open my eyes, and roll onto my back.

"Hey." I murmur as I stretch slightly "What's for breakfast? What time is it?"

"Nearly 8. Breakfast is waffles." The Doctor helps me up and out of bed.

I yawn before smiling "Waffles sound good."

"Come along, then!" He starts out of the room and I follow him.

"Morning Wolfe! These waffles are amazing. You have to try them!" Rose calls me from where she's seated at the table.

I hurry over and she pulls out the chair next to her so I can sit down. I clamor into the chair, and she fills my plate with a large, fluffy waffle and hands me the syrup container.

"Enjoy!" She laughs as the Doctor takes his seat across from her, and piles his plate with waffles.

I take a bite of the syrup-covered waffle, and it's heavenly.

"This is amazing." I try to say around my mouthful

"I agree." The Doctor says, at the same time as Rose says "Wolfe don't talk with your mouth full."

I chew and swallow before repeating myself. "This is amazing."

"Good! I heard that the room service was amazing and I couldn't resist!" Rose smiles, before looking at the Doctor "What is the plan for today?"

"Well in about an hour we have a boat ride booked to an island, about and hour away. When we get there, we have a picnic and snorkeling planned. Then we'll ride home, and get ready for our dinner tonight." The Doctor explains.

"I need at least 3 hours to get ready." Rose warns

"What is it with earth girls and needing a lifetime to get ready for an event." Groans the Doctor

"Oh, you mean this is a common problem for you Doctor?" Rose asks, innocently.

The Doctor's eyes widen as he realizes the mistake he made "Er, no I meant, you…you took a while last time we dressed up, when we met Charles Dickens?" He offers

"You met Charles Dickens?" I gasp "That's brilliant! He's one of my favorite authors, my others being Agatha Christie and Issac Asimov!"

"Maybe I'll take you to meet one of them one day!" The Doctor promises. "Anyway, we ought to get ready soon so hurry up finishing breakfast!"

After breakfast, I go to my room and put on a dark blue bathing suit, and I pull on jean shorts and a purple top over it. I brush through my sleep-tousled hair and put it up in a ponytail.

"Doctor?" I call as I walk into the main room again "What time do we have to leave?"

"About ten minutes!" He calls back

I go to the porch door and heave it open, walking out onto the balcony, closing the door behind me. The wind is sweet and soft and smells like the sea. The turquoise waves lap lazily and the crowds of tourists buzz and hum with excitement and babble. The suns are hot already, but there isn't a cloud in the sky. It's a perfectly lovely day out.

I turn around to go and show Rose, when I see through the glass door, Rose and the Doctor talking together, quietly, as if they don't want me to see or hear them.

The Doctor has a folder of some type in his hand and they seem to be debating something quietly.

He keeps looking over his shoulder as if he is keeping an eye out for me.

I cock my head to the side in confusion, but I don't interrupt.

After a few moments, the Doctor takes the folder and returns to his room.

I see Rose start to look up so I quickly turn around, and pretend I've only been looking at the view.

A couple minutes later, the door behind me opens

"Wolfe! Ready to go?" Rose says, poking her head out.

"Yep!" I follow her back through the door, trying to ignore whatever it was they were talking about.

"Hello, my name is Captain Leo Gibbs! Welcome to the Mysterious Island Tour!" Cries a very happy human-looking man, with a headful of grey hair, and bright blue eyes. "What are your names?"

"Rose." Rose offers her hand and he shakes

"I'm the Doctor." The Doctor offers his hand, too. Instead of making a fuss about the Doctor's name, the Captain takes it in stride before looking down at me

"And is this your beautiful little girl?" he says, and I giggle

"Yes." Rose and the Doctor chorus, smiling at me affectionately

"I'm Wolfe." I offer him my hand, and he gives it a kiss. I laugh and so does he

"Welcome! Follow me on board! Be careful, she's a bit wobbly." He warns us as he steps off the dock and onto his boat, named The Silver Lining.

The Doctor follows, stepping onto theboat with ease. The Captain offers me his hand and helps me aboard.

The Doctor offers his hand to Rose who steps on.

Rose skids just slightly, and the Doctor's other hand flies to her waist to steady her

"Thank you." She smiles gratefully at him.

"No problem." He says, helping her from the side of the boat into the lower part, where the seats are.

I scramble down beside her, and the captain starts talking again.

"Alright ladies and gentleman, its nearly nine now, we're going to set sail now, head west for about an hour, and we'll come upon this littlest island of mine. I made you all a picnic basket, so you can go and hike around, and find yourself a nice spot to eat. Then, three to four hours after we land I'll call you all back, we'll set sail again and get you home by three, yeah?"

"Brilliant!" crows the Doctor, and the engine starts

"We'll use the engine until we get far enough out that the wind'll take us." The captain explains to us

"By the way, the nets are a favorite place to sit. There are two on the front of the boat as well as one on each side. Watch yourself on the boom." The Captain gestures to the main horizontal pole, supporting the biggest sail. "It's called that because of the sound it makes when it hits peoples heads!"

We laugh, and I go to clamor to the front of the boat when the Doctor stops me.

"Wolfe, you've only just learned to swim, put a life vest on." He says, handing me a very small, bright orange life vest.

"Doctor." I whine.

"Nope. You're not having a near drowning experience today!" He tugs me towards him and straps me into the life vest.

"Now you can go." He says, ruffling my hair.

"Oi!" I shuffle away from him, and hurry to the front of the boat, much less gracefully with the life vest on.

I sit on the net, and the wind blows my hair. It's cool and crispy and lovely to experience. I take a deep breath and lie on my back, watching the blue sky race above us.

Rolling onto my stomach, I watch the water stream underneath the netting, the only thing between me and the waves.

I sit back up when I hear Rose's giggle. Turning, I see that she is walking on the larger net on the right side of the boat. The Doctor is already lying down on it, arms behind his head and sunglasses on, his legs crossed.

"Come here!" he says, and she flops down next to him, knees curled into his legs, laying her head on his shoulder. He shifts, and wraps his arm around her shoulders.

"This is beautiful." She grins at him

"It is." He grins back.

"I should've dressed warmer though." She shivers slightly.

"Here." He sits up, takes off his jacket and lays it overtop her.

"Thank you. Why are you wearing a suit anyway? We're going snorkeling!" Rose says as she and the Doctor settle back down again.

"Well, I knew it wasn't going to be warm on the boat so I figured I'd wear my suit and pack my bathing suit."

"Where? Its not in my bag!" worries Rose

"Pockets. I have really big pockets." Explains the Doctor

"Of course you do." Rose sighs, chuckling.

"Alright everyone! I am going to put the sail up, and then I'll hand out some refreshments." Announces the captain, hopping about the boat, untying things and moving different things around.

Then he hops back down to where the wheel is, and uses a handle to raise the sails.

The billow up, artificial white clouds, and flap in the wind. The engine dies down, leaving only the sound of the water slashing against the ship and the ripple of the wind in the sails.

"We're almost there!" The Captain yells, and I look up from my apple-tasting pastry. The captain had apple-like pastries and lemonade and many other delicious snacks onboard. He says his wife loves to bake so he lets her pack a cooler full for his guests.

I look out at the sea, straining my eyes for the little island we we've been heading towards for the better part of an hour.

Through the haze at the horizon, I see just the faintest outline of a bulge.

"Is that the island?" I ask, scrambling up for a better look, pointing out at the shadow.

"Yep! There she is! Now did I ever tell you the myth about the island? Or how she got her name?" The captain says and I shake my head.

Rose and the Doctor look over, interested as I hop over and sit down nearby the captain, waiting for his story.

"Once a long time ago, when this island called Paradise was formed, there were many native people living on her. She was indeed, a paradise. Perfect in every way. She provided well for her people, and kept them safe and warm and dry. But only when she was alone with her people would she be perfect. When visitors first discovered her, they took too much, and her perfect world started falling apart. One man tried to help her, and tried to warn everyone to protect her, but no one listened to the mad man. She fell in love with him, but he left, unable to help, though promising to return. Years passed, and her mad man never returned, and she kept getting sicker and weaker. She grew very angry and finally, exploded with rage, sending burning lava and scorching ash all over until everything on her island was dead."

"That's so sad." I whisper, as he continues

"But all wasn't lost. Her mad man came back, decades after she had exploded, and her beautiful paradise lost. He cared for her and planted new seeds and brought back her animals. Soon, little saplings began to grow out of the harsh soil, the waves broke down the dried lava into silky black sand and the animals ran free and happy all over her, paradise restored. Then, it came time for her mad man to leave, and she made storms for three days, because she was afraid she'd never see him again. But he promised one day to return, and that he would always protect her. He left and went to the mainland, where we came from, and told one fisherman of the islands' location. He instructed him to never tell, but to take people there to visit her so she wouldn't get lonely. The fisherman did what he asked, and made a lot of money, got married and had a son. When he lay dying, the fisherman told his son of the island and the mad man, and instructed him to do as he did. Generations passed, the location of Paradise passed from father to son again, until me. Now, my son, Charles, will one day take people to Paradise the way I have since I was a young man."

"Wow." I gasp, wide eyed "That's amazing." I crane over my shoulder to look at the steadily growing outline of Paradise. "That's her?"

"Yep." Chuckles the Captain.

I climb back to the front of the ship, and watch as Paradise grows bigger and bigger. Now I can see all of her palm trees, and a pod of dolphins swimming near her shoreline. I see a small, very modest dock and we pull alongside it as we land.

I hurry onto the dock, awed to finally set foot on Paradise. I walk into the sand, which is hot and silky between my toes.

The island is bursting with life and beauty and I find it hard to believe that it could have been barren and lifeless.

Rose comes to stand beside me, gazing up at the mountain which makes up the majority of the island.

"It's lovely." She murmurs "Paradise."

The Doctor walks on the dock. I turn to say something to him, when I catch sight of his goofy smile, the same one when he saw Sarah Jane again. He steps off the side of the dock, into the sand, and I could have sworn the whole island shuddered, birds flew up in the sky singing joyously, and a warm, sweet breeze whipped through the air, the sun shone brighter than ever and the whole island seemed to smile.

Realisation hits me in the gut.

I walk over to him.

"You're her mad man. The story is true! You're her mad man." I say to him, and he looks up at me, eyes twinkling. "It's been over a century since I saw her last."

He walks forward, grinning.

Rose has made the same connection I did, and she walks over, nudging the Doctor with her shoulder "Of course you saved the island. I should have known the moment I heard of the mad man saving an island it was you."

He grins down at her, "Come on then! I didn't return just for old time's sake! Let's have some fun!"