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Author's Note: Here's the third and last part of the Tooth and Claw! :D Well since this is the last part of episode three, I bet you know what that means...? Yes! Your right, the episode School Reunion is coming! I'm really excited for that one because the Doctor and Rose find out that Sophie is Sarah Jane's neice! Both will be shocked for sure but probably the Doctor more so than Rose. Anyway, please leave reviews and tell me what you think of the last part of Tooth and Claw (which is really, really, really long as you can tell when you get the alert for the chap)! :D
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Sophie's POV…
Rose and I ended up being locked up and chained into a cellar with Lady Isobel – so much for her being indisposed – and her household staff. There was cage in the room with us and a man was in there, sitting quietly with his eyes closed. There was something frightening about this man, as if he wasn't a part of this world. I couldn't explain it, but I knew that I was afraid of him. Normally I didn't get scared – I was a big fan of watching scary movies – but this time, I was scared out of my mind. My hands were shaking as I clenched them together, gulping. I took a look at Rose and she was just staring at the man.
"Don't make a sound," Lady Isobel suddenly said causing Rose and I to look at her. "They said if we scream or shout, then he will slaughter us." She shuddered with fear as did her staff and I couldn't help but feel bad for them. They had been stuck down here longer than we have.
"But…he's in a cage, he's a prisoner," Rose told her. "He's the same as us."
Lady Isobel's voice was full of fear as she spoke again. "He's nothing like us. That creature is not mortal."
I looked away from Lady Isobel and looked at the man in the cage, staring at him as if I was trying to figure him out. Then his head slowly rose and once it was completely up, he opened his eyes and my widened as I took notice to the fact his eyes were completely black. I heard Lady Isobel and her staff whimper as they cowered in fear. Rose and I shared looks and I could tell she was just as scared as I was but both of us had questions in our eyes. The same ones… Who was this man? And what did he want with us?
My friend glanced away from me and stood up causing my eyes to widen. What the hell was she doing?
"Rose—"I started to say at the same time as Lady Isobel went,
"Don't child."
But Rose ignored both of us as she slowly edged towards the man, chains rattling slightly. Once she as close as the chains allowed, she kneeled before him.
"Who are you?" Rose questioned.
"Don't enrage him," The Steward warned but I shushed him earning a glare but I ignored it. Though I was scared, I was wondering who this man was and what the hell he was doing here for. There had to be a reason…there just had to be because if there wasn't he wouldn't be locked up.
Rose continued speaking, "Where are you from? You're not from Earth. What planet are you from?"
"Ooh…intelligence …" the man said in a voice that sent shivers down my spine.
"Where were you born?" she asked, trying again.
"This body…ten miles away…a weakling, heartsick boy. Stolen away at night by the brethren for my cultivation." His lips curled up, a smirk appearing, and it seemed like his eyes had darken even more. "I carved out his soul and sat in his heart…"
I gulped as my hands shook even more. Where was the Doctor when you needed him? I closed my eyes, hoping we would get out of this mess soon.
"All right…" I heard Rose slowly speak up as if she was trying process what he just told us. "So the body's human … but what about you? The thing inside?"
"So far from home," he muttered as I opened my eyes, seeing that he wasn't looking at us anymore.
"If you wanna get back home, we can help," Rose told the man, well not really, but we didn't know what he was yet.
"Why would I want to leave this place?" The man asked, eyes snapping back to look at us. "A world of industry, of work force and warfare. I could turn it to such purpose."
"How would you do that?" I blurted out without thinking and his eyes snapped to mine and I forced myself not to cower under his gaze. I hated myself for being so afraid
The man stared at me for a couple minutes before speaking, "I would migrate to the Holy Monarch."
My eyes widened in realization. Queen Victoria, he was here to kill her.
Rose seemed to realize this too. "You mean Queen Victoria?" she questioned though she already knew the answer to it.
"With one bite, I would pass into her blood. And then it begins. The empire of the Wolf!" He glanced at Rose and seemed to be in some sort of daze as he said, "So many questions." Suddenly he lunged forward and everyone including Rose jumped and gasped at the suddenness of it. My heart raced against my chest and my hands clenched and unclenched as I gulped in fear.
"Look! Inside your eyes!" the man exclaimed, eyes boring into Rose's. "You've seen it too!"
"Seen what?" Rose questioned.
"The Wolf!" I noticed how my friend's back tensed up as if she recognized those words and knew what he was talking about. "There is something of the Wolf about you!"
Rose stared at him and I could hear her breathing heavily. I knew then and there that she did know what he was talking about.
"I don't know what you mean," she finally said but not meaning her words.
"You burnt like the sun, but all I require is the moon…"
The sound of the doors to the cellar being thrown open made me jump slightly and I watched as the moonlight flooded into the room. Fear gripped my heart as the feeling of something horrible happening came over me and this feeling seemed to grow even more when the man pressed his face against the bars.
A blissful smile appeared on his face as he looked at the moonlight coming in. "Moonlight…"
I could feel everyone shifting uncomfortably as the chains moved because of this. A wind kicked up and blew all through the cellar. I knew someone had to act so we could get out of here. I pushed down my fear and I stood up.
"All of you! Stop looking at it!" I told them urgently. "Flora, don't look at him – all of you have to listen to me, okay? If we want to get out of here we have to pull on the chains.
Rose was the first to listen and she pulled on the chains as she cried, "Listen to her and pull!"
But no one was listening, too frightened.
"Come on! We have to do this together or we won't have a chance! With me and Rose! Pull!"
Growls were emitting from the cage and the Lady Isobel, I noticed, was still staring at it with fear in her eyes.
I tried again to convince everyone to help, "I told you guys to pull! Stop your damn whining and help us!" Then to Lady Isobel, not caring how rude it sounded, "And I'm talking to you to your Ladyship! You want to get back to your husband, don't you? Then you're going to have to be brave and fight! Fight with all you got! Now come on – pull!"
Finally everyone scrambled up to help and I shared a 'thank god' expression with Rose as we all started to pull on the chains as hard as we could while hearing the pain filled screams of the man in the cage. I didn't spare him a glance, not wanting to see what was happening.
"One…two…three… pull!" I cried as we continued to pull on the chains, desperately trying to get the chains out of the wall. "Again! One … two … three … PULL!"
Finally looking at him, my eyes widened at the sight of not the man but a big huge wolf in his place. Fuck… The wolf growled loudly and flexed it claws as everyone screamed.
"Sophie! Come on!"
I snapped back into attention at the sound of Rose's voice. "One, two, three, PULL!"
And with one giant tug, the chain came free, breaking out of the wall. At the same time, the Doctor kicked down the door. And to say I was happy to see him would have been an understatement.
"Doctor, thank God!" I breathed out, but while I was happy to see him, Rose was angry that it took him so long to get here.
"Where the hell have you been?!"
Not answering, the Doctor turned to look at the wolf and his response to it made me sigh exasperatingly. "Oh, that's beautiful!"
The wolf began to bend and break the bars as everyone ran to get out of the room.
"DOCTOR!" I yelled to get his attention.
This seemed to snap him out of the apparent awe of the wolf and he started to help with the evacuation, "Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out! Out!"
"Come on, Soph!" Rose said loudly, grabbing my arm and started to tug me out of the room.
"But the Doctor! We can't leave him!" I protested.
"He'll be fine; he would want us to go! Come on!"
I allowed Rose to tug me out of the room and we ran in the same direction as everyone else. Looking over my shoulder, I saw the Doctor running towards us and I breathed out a sigh of relief, glad that he got out of there.
-0-
As the Steward handed all the men the guns and told Lady Isobel to take the maids and get them out, the Doctor was using the sonic screwdriver to get the handcuffs off of us. He did Rose first as he spoke really fast but I managed to catch what he said.
"It could be any form of light modulated species triggered by specific wave lengths," he said finishing with Rose then going to me. "Did it say what it wanted?"
"The Queen, the crown, the throne – you name it," Rose told him as he took the handcuffs off me and threw them to the side.
I rubbed my wrists, grimacing in pain. They had put those handcuffs on a little too tightly. The Doctor noticed me doing this and he gripped my hands, glancing over my wrists quickly, making sure they weren't hurt. I smiled at his concern.
"You're fine," he told me, both of his thumbs rubbing soothing circles around my wrists. "It'll probably be sore in the morning. I'll get something for it later, yeah?"
I nodded in agreement and he let go of my hands but not before giving them a squeeze. Suddenly there was a thumping sound coming from the direction of the cellar and I tensed up, having a feeling that the wolf was out there. The Doctor went to investigate and I shook out of it before following him but I didn't get that far because Rose grabbed my arm.
"Where are you going?"
"Going with the Doctor," I answered like it was obvious.
"You should stay here, what if you get hurt?" Then she added for what she thought was good measure, "The Doctor would want you to stay in here."
"I don't care," I said stubbornly, removing my arm from Rose's grip. I heard Rose sigh heavily as I made my way out and into the corridor where I saw the Doctor and he was looking at the wolf who was standing on the other end of the corridor. The Doctor didn't notice that I was there, standing behind him, as he and the wolf stared each other down for a couple moments.
The wolf growled loudly as it bared its teeth at the Doctor and I gasped, eyes widening as the Doctor ran back into the room, taking a hold of my hand, pulling me along with him. We got to Rose and he grabbed her hand and we caught up to the men with the guns and we quickly got behind the men and the Steward and watched as the wolf appeared. As soon as it was seen, the Steward cried,
"Fire!"
The wolf stumbled backwards I couldn't help but feel bad for it even though I knew that I shouldn't, the wolf was attacking us and planning on hurting the Queen after all.
"Fire!" The Steward yelled again and there were more shots, seemingly louder than the last. Because of this, I flinched and squeezed the Doctor's hand which was still entangled with mine.
There was smoke in the air as the men stopped shooting and the wolf was nowhere to be seen at all.
"All right, you men, we should retreat upstairs," The Doctor was the first one to speak but only Sir Robert moved back next to him, me, and Rose but the Steward and the others stayed.
"I'll not retreat," the Steward said and I gaped at him in shock. Why wouldn't he want to? "The battle's done. There's no creature on God's Earth that could survive an assault.
You got to be kidding me! Didn't he see what that wolf could do? I opened my mouth to say something but the Doctor was the one who spoke in an angry tone of voice.
"I'm telling you, come upstairs!"
"And I'm telling you, sir, that I will sleep well tonight with that thing's hide on my wall." Without another word, he strode across the room to look down the corridor.
The Doctor watched on, looking extremely angry but I could tell he was concerned as well. Finally the Steward came back and from the mildly triumphant look on his face, he hadn't seen anything.
"Must've crawled away to die—" A horrified look crossed my face as the wolf's arm went through the ceiling and grabbed the Steward by the back of his shirt and with one quick pull, he was gone and I could hear his screams as he obviously got devoured by the wolf. My stomach twisted horribly at the sound of his screams. The screams died and I heard the Doctor exclaim,
"There's nothing we can do!"
Since he still had a hold of my hand, I was pulled along as he pushed Rose out of the room with us and we followed Sir Robert in this room, slamming the door behind us. The Doctor released my hand and quickly went to the door, taking out the sonic and using it to lock the door.
"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Sir Robert called loudly, going over to the stairs.
Queen Victoria appeared at the top of the stairs and he breathed out a sigh of relief. "Sir Robert!" she exclaimed as she made her way down the stairs. "What's happening? I heard such terrible noises."
"Your Majesty – we've got to get out," he told her. "But what of Father Angelo? Is he still here?"
"Captain Reynolds disposed of him." But from the look in her eyes, I could tell she was lying but I don't think anyone noticed.
The Doctor came back. "The front door's no good, it's been boarded shut," he said as he went to stand next to me, taking my hand once more as if it was the most natural thing in the world. It still amazed me how easy it was being around him but if I had to guess a reason, it would probably be because of the stories I heard from my auntie about him … but I couldn't help but feel as if there was more to it than that. His thumb unconsciously rubbed the back of my hand and I didn't take notice to the fact that Rose's eyes were on our connected hands and the Doctor didn't seem to notice this fact either as he continued speaking to the Queen. "Pardon me, Your Majesty – you'll have to leg it out of a window." Using his free arm, he gestured through a door.
With her head held high, Queen Victoria headed into that direction with Sir Robert, the Doctor, Rose, and I following right behind them. It wasn't that much longer until we found ourselves in another upstairs room. Sir Robert put himself in front as he told the Queen,
"Excuse my manners, Ma'am, but I shall go first, the better to assist her Majesty's egress."
"A noble sentiment, Sir Walter Raleigh."
The Doctor cut in, sounding impatient, "Yeah, any chance you can hurry it up." Now it was my turn to rub circles into the back of his hand with my thumb and I gave him a look, silently telling him to calm down. He seemed to get the look and he nodded at me, giving my hand a gentle. I stopped rubbing his hand as Sir Robert climbed onto the window sill and he opened the window only to have to dodge bullets being shot at him from the monks outside. My eyes widened at the sight of them, wondering what they were doing. I asked the Doctor, whose eyes had widened at the sight of them, this.
"I reckon the monkey boys want us to stay inside," he replied.
I would have asked why but I already knew the answer. They wanted us to stray in here so the wolf would be able to bite the Queen.
"Do they know who I am?" I heard her ask and Rose was the one who replied.
"Yeah, that's why they want ya," she said and from looking over my shoulder, I saw the Queen's head snapped towards her and she faltered for a moment before she continued. "The wolf's lined you up for a… a…"
"A biting," I finished for Rose causing Queen Victoria to look at me and her eyes flashed with annoyance.
"Now, stop this talk, there can't be an actual wolf."
As soon as those words were out of her mouth, a howling rang through the house.
"Then what do you call that?" I questioned with an amused smile as we left the room hurriedly and we ran into a hallway and at the door that was there, I heard, who I knew was the wolf, banging into the door, trying to get in.
"What do we do?" Rose asked.
"We…run!"
"Is that it?!" she exclaimed and the Doctor turned towards her, letting go of my hand in the process.
"You got any silver bullets?" he asked.
"Not on me, no!"
"And that's why we got to run," I told my friend and she looked at me. "That's the only thing we can do."
The Doctor nodded in agreement. "There you are the, we run," he said. Then to the Queen, "Your Majesty, as a Doctor, I recommend a vigorous jog." He jogged on the spot to demonstrate. Good for the health. Come on!"
He grabbed the Queen's hand and led her from the room with the rest of us close behind. There was this staircase and we ran as fast as we could up with the Doctor telling us to come on. We managed to get to the top of the stairs and we ran through the corridors. I didn't have to look back to know the wolf was hot on our tails which was why I seemed to run even faster, closer to where the Doctor was.
I let out a scream when there was bang and I fell to the ground only to quickly scramble onto my backside to see that the Captain was shooting the wolf. My eyes widened at the sight of this happening but before I could even process it, I felt myself being picked up from the ground and pulled into another corridor. I knew it was the Doctor instantly and I looked up, finding the Doctor's concerned eyes.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Fine." I stood shakily on my feet and the Doctor had to put his arms around my waist so I wouldn't fall. It was the Capitan appeared, breathing heavily with the gun up against his chest but not where the bottom of it was pointed at him.
"I'll take this position and hold it," The Capitan said, speaking to the Queen, as he got his gun ready again. "You keep moving, for God sake! You're Majesty – I went to look for the property, it was taken. The chest was empty."
"I have it," Queen Victoria told him, clenching her bag to her chest. "It's safe."
The Capitan nodded. "Then remove your Ma'am." She nodded quickly and he looked over at the Doctor. "Doctor, you stand as Her Majesty's protector." Then to Sir Robert, "And for you Sir Robert – you're a traitor to the crown." He cocked his gun.
"Bullets can't stop it!" The Doctor told the Capitan loudly.
"They'll buy you time. Now, run!"
With that he positioned himself at the end of the corridor, gun at the ready. Seeing that Queen Victoria and Sir Robert were already running down the corridor, I took off after them with the Doctor behind me. We ran all the way to the library and I looked to see Rose had stopped outside the door.
"Rose, what are you doing?!" I yelled, fright in my voice causing the Doctor to notice her standing out there.
"Rose!" he cried and he ran out of the room, grabbed Rose around the waist, and pulled her into the room just in time to slam the door shut.
"Barricade the doors!" I heard Sir Robert yell and we all went to work doing just that except for the Queen who stood behind watching us. Once the door was barricaded, the Doctor went,
"Wait a minute, shh, shh, shh, wait a minute."
Listening to the Doctor, we stayed quiet and heard the sound of the wolf howling but it sounded as if it was going silent.
"It stopped." He went to stand on a chair and pressed his ear against the wall, listening.
After a couple minutes, I asked in the quietest voice I could muster, "Is it gone?"
The Doctor turned and nodded. "It's gone."
But before I could breathe a sigh of relief, I heard the sound of footsteps paddling around outside of the room.
"Listen…" Rose said, pointing a finger to her lips.
We did that as the Doctor quietly climbed down the chair and there was a dead silence in the library as we followed the wolf's process around the room, all of us absolutely frightened. The silence was so quiet I could hear the loud sound of the beating of my heart.
"Is this the only door?" The Doctor asked Sir Robert in a whisper.
"Yes…" And again before I could breathe a sigh of relief, he exclaimed, "No!" He dashed to the other door with the Doctor and they barricaded that one shut as well.
"Shh," Rose shushed them and I listened as hard as I could, glancing around uneasily. The Doctor had the same expression as he looked over at me and we held it while the sounds the werewolf was making continued. Finally it stopped and the sound of footsteps padded away into the distance. I knew then and there that it was gone and I was finally able to breathe out a sigh of relief.
"I don't understand, what's stopping?" Rose questioned confused.
The Doctor broke his gaze with mine to look at his friend. "Something inside this room."
From the corner of my eye, I saw Sir Robert sit down on one of the chairs that was barricading the doors and he put his head into his hand. I felt bad for him and wanted to go over and say something reassuring, but I didn't know what to say to him.
"What is it? Why can't it get in?" The Doctor asked himself, looking around the room, trying to figure it out.
"I'll tell you what though…" Rose started to say, going over to the Doctor who turned to her.
"What?"
"Werewolf…!"
The Doctor grinned. "I know!"
Rose half laughed as they threw their arms around each other in a hug and I watched them, but not really looking. Too caught in my thoughts about what happened. All those people dying… it was sad and I knew that I would probably have nightmares about today. I mean, who wouldn't? I snapped out of my thoughts by a hand being placed on my shoulder and I looked up at the Doctor, already knowing who it was before I looked up.
"What about you? You all right?"
"Of course, I'm always alright," I said, patting his hand that was on my shoulder with my hand before pulling it back just as Sir Robert spoke up.
"I'm sorry, Ma'am," he said softly and we looked at him. "It's all my fault. I should've sent you away. I tried to suggest something was wrong, I … thought you might notice. Did you not notice something strange about my household?"
"Yep, especially with that Father Angelo," I said instantly responding and I shuddered to myself at the creepy feeling that tall monk gave me.
The Doctor nodded in agreement. "And they were bald, athletic…"
"That too." I crossed my arms over my chest, giving a nod of agreement as he continued.
"And your wife's away, I just thought you were happy," he finished.
"I'll tell you what though, Ma'am, I bet you're not amused now."
I looked at Rose and gave her an exasperated look. Really Rose? She just had to say that now of all times. Queen Victoria didn't appreciate the comment either.
"Do you think this is funny?" she asked angrily.
Rose winced. "No, Ma'am, I'm sorry," she replied meekly.
"What, exactly, I pray someone please – what exactly is that creature?"
The Doctor scratched the back of his head as he answered. "You'd call it a werewolf, but technically it's more of a lupine wavelength haemovatriform."
"And should I trust you, sir? You who change your voice so easily? What happened to your accent?"
… Oh right … his Scottish accent wasn't there any more I realized and the Doctor realized this too.
"Oh… right, sorry—"
Queen Victoria cut in with a hard tone of voice, "I'll not have it. No sir—you…not that thing… none of it. This is not my world."
"Oh and they're not married," Rose added in, nodding towards me and the Doctor, obviously wanting to point that out. I rolled my eyes. Was I just me or was her jealousy getting annoying?
Since I knew we were going to be in here for a while, I decided to look around the library. There had tons of books in here. I defiantly wouldn't mind staying in here for hours, reading all these books, learning more about stuff. As I was near the book selves, I took notice to something interesting looking. I went over to it, bending down to get a closer look. It was a door and it had an interesting carving on it. I recognized it immediately. It looked like mistletoe… I didn't know why but I felt like this was important. So I did the only thing that I could do…
"Doctor?" I called getting his attention. "Look at this."
He went over to me and bended down next to me, looking it over and touching it as he did so. "Mistletoe…" he mused to himself. Then to Sir Robert, he asked while standing up with me following him, "Sir Robert, did you father put that there?" He pointed to it and Sir Robert shook his head.
"I don't know…I suppose…"
"On the other door, too…" he said as I went to stand to Rose. He was obviously thinking to himself out loud as he looked at the door that Sir Robert was near. "A carving wouldn't be enough…I wonder…" He quickly stood up on a chair and licked the wood work earning a disgusted look from Rose. Well at least that wasn't as disgusting as him licking blood off his fingers at Christmas… "Viscum album, the oil of the mistletoe – it's been worked into the wood like a varnish!" He jumped off the chair, grinning at Sir Robert. "How clever was your dad?! I love him!" He went up to Rose and me and explained, "Power stuff, mistletoe. Bursting with lectins and viscotoxins."
"So the wolf is allergic to mistletoe so that's why they can't get in?" I asked, seeing if I got it right.
"Well, it thinks it is," The Doctor said. "The monkey monk monks need a way of controlling the wolf, maybe they trained it to react against certain things."
I nodded.
"Nevertheless, that creature won't give up, Doctor, and we still don't process and actual weapon."
The Doctor rolled his eyes. "Oh, your father got all the brains, didn't he?" he asked.
"Doctor, being rude again," I told him but I knew he totally meant that one and I was right because he said,
"Good. I meant that one." He strides towards the books shelves, gesturing around to all of them. "You want weapons? We're in a library. Books! Best weapons in the world." He turned around and slipped on his glasses. "This room's the greatest arsenal we could have." He pulled out some books from the shelves and chucked to Rose and me.
I caught mine with a grin and without consciously realizing it, I exclaimed, "I knew there was a reason why I married you Doctor!" My grin widened when he winked at me for the comment.
"Arm yourselves," he told us, being serious now.
After what seemed like forever, the Doctor found something in one of the books he pulled down from the book shelf he was nearby and he opened up the book, putting it down on the table.
"Look what your old dad found," he said, pointing to the page he was on. "Something fell from Earth."
I managed to get in the middle of the Doctor and Rose, looking down at the page which was an illustration of a rock falling to Earth from the sky.
"A space ship?" Rose guessed.
"No, it looks like a shooting star," I said, slipping on my own glasses to get a better look. When I did, I nodded, leaning back crossing my arms over my chest. "Yep, definitely a shooting star."
Sir Robert nodded as he began to read from the book, on the other page next to the one with the shooting star. "'In the year of our Lord, 1540, under the reign of King James the Fifth, an almighty fire did not burn in the pit.'" He looked up at us. "That's the Glen of Saint Catherine just by the Monastery."
"But that's over three hundred years ago," Rose said.
I nodded. "Yeah, so what has it been waiting for?"
"Maybe just a single cell survived," The Doctor suggested. "Adapting slowly, down the generations. It survived through the humans. Host after host after host."
"But why does it want the throne?" Sir Robert questioned.
"That's what it wants," Rose said and the Doctor looked at her. "It said so, the… the Empire of the Wolf…"
The Doctor looked up and said with foreboding in his tone, "Imagine it…the Victorian Age accelerated…starships…and missiles fueled by coal and driven by steam…leaving history devastated in its wake."
I shuddered to think about that.
"Sir Robert!"
I looked up to see that the Queen was standing up and Sir Robert went over to her. Once he was in front of her, she continued.
"If I am to die here…"
"Don't say that, Your Majesty."
She regarded him seriously. "I would rather destroy myself rather than let that creature infect me. But that's no matter. I ask only that you find some place of safekeeping for something far older and more precious than myself." She opened up her bag.
"Hardly the time to worry about your valuables," The Doctor commented and the Queen looked at him.
"Thank you for your opinion, but there is nothing more valuable than this." She took out this beautiful diamond from her bag and held it in her palm.
I recognized this jewel instantly and I remembered reading about it. This was the Kol-I-Noor…
"Is that the Kol-I-Noor?" Rose questioned with amazement in her voice.
I nodded, staring at it. "Yeah, it is," I breathed out. "The Kol-I-Noor or most commonly called the greatest diamond in the world." The Doctor, Rose, and I went closer to the Queen so we could get a better look at the beautiful jewel.
"Given to me as the spoils of war," Queen Victoria told us. "Perhaps its legend is now coming true. It is said that whoever owns it must surely die."
"Well, that's true of anything if you own it long enough," The Doctor said. "Can I…?" He held his hand out for the diamond.
She gave it to him and he pushed his glasses down his nose, much like I did when I examined something really closer. I giggled to myself internally, remembering what Sam said before I left to go see Rose for Christmas:
You really should put your glasses closer to your eyes… might back you see better…
Thinking of Sam made me miss her; I would have to remember to call her the next time I was on Earth.
"This is so beautiful," The Doctor said, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"How much is it worth?" Rose asked probing the jewel with wide eyes.
He answered while still looking at the jewel, "They say…the wages of the entire planet for a whole week.
"Good job, my mum's not here," Rose said as she looked at the jewel. She laughed lightly. "She'd be fighting the wolf off with her bare hands for that thing."
Just the thought of that made me giggle earning a grin from Rose as the Doctor said with his own grin,
"And she'd win."
Rose laughed louder this time.
"Where's the wolf?" Sir Robert suddenly asked as he walked away. "I don't trust this silence."
Now that he mentioned it, it was getting a little too quiet in here and if it was that quiet, it wasn't a good thing.
"Why do you travel with it?" The Doctor asked about the jewel as he looked up at Queen Victoria.
"My annual privilege," she said. "I'm taking it to Heiler and Carew. The Royal Jeweler's at Hazelhead. The stone needs recutting."
Rose frowned as she touched the jewel with a soft, small stroke, "Oh, but it's perfect."
"My late husband never thought so."
The Doctor took off his glasses. "Now that's a fact – Prince Albert kept on having the Koh-I-Noor cut down."
"It used to be forty percent bigger than this, if I remember correctly," I added after the Doctor.
"Yes, but he was never happy, kept on cutting and cutting," he finished off. It was then I took notice to something… we seemed to finish our sentences a lot … I wonder why …
"He always said…" Queen Victoria started off which shook me out of my thoughts of why the Doctor and I seemed to be finishing each other sentences. "The shine was not quite right." Her eyes turned sad. "But he died with it unfinished…"
"Unfinished…" he trailed off and his eyes sparked with realization. "Oh yes!" He threw the jewel at Queen Victoria who easily caught it and he started speaking really fast, so fast, I had to pay close attention so I could hear everything. "There's a lot of unfinished business in this house. His father's research –"He turned to Queen Victoria. "Your husband, Ma'am, he came here and he sought out the perfect diamond – hold on, hold on…" He was literally pacing back and forth as he ruffled his hair violently in his eagerness to work out whatever he was working out. "All these separate things, they're not separate at all, they're connected! Oh my head, my head! What if – this house, it's a trap for you – is that right, Ma'am?"
"Obviously."
"At least, that's what the wolf intended. But! What if there's a trap inside the trap?"
As smart as I was, I had no idea where he was going with this. "An easy, uncomplicated explanation would be great, Doctor," I told him. "And talk slowly this time."
This time he spoke slower but it was fast enough where we could comprehend what he was saying. "What if his father and your husband weren't just telling each other stories. They dared to imagine all this was true. And they planned against it. Laying the real trap for the wolf."
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We ended up being forced out of the library because the wolf had broken through the glass window that was in there so now we were running, yet again, through a corridor to get away from the wolf.
"Gotta get to the observatory!" The Doctor exclaimed as we continued running.
We ran around a corner with the wolf close behind. When I saw that Rose wasn't beside me anymore, I whirled around and saw that she was transfixed by the wolf who was charging her way.
"Rose!" I screamed at the same time she did but before the wolf could get her, Lady Isobel appeared from out of nowhere and threw something at the werewolf.
Rose screamed again even though the wolf, because of what I guessed was mistletoe water, bounded back down the corridor. I ran to Rose and gave her a hug as I heard the Doctor exclaim enthusiastically to Lady Isobel,
"Good shot!"
I squeezed Rose tight for a couple minutes before I let go of the hug. With that, we – along with the Doctor – checked to see if the wolf was gone. When we did, we ran back and the Doctor told Queen Victoria and Sir Robert to come on and we set down the corridor again.
"The observation's this way!"
We followed Sir Robert in the direction he went and we reached the central stair case, hurrying up it. We made it there and the Doctor, who was in the lead, opened the doors.
"No mistletoe on these doors," he said, walking inside with us following him. To Sir Robert, "Your father wanted the wolf to get inside! Get inside I just need time. Is there any way to barricade this?!"
"Just do your work and I'll defend it."
The Doctor seemed to ignore him but I didn't and my eyes teared up, already having this feeling he wasn't going to survive. "If we could bind them shut with rope or something!"
"I said I'd find you time, sir," Sir Robert pressed determinedly. Rose and the Queen stared at him, aghast. "Now get inside."
The Doctor looked at him for a second. "Good man." Sir Robert closed the doors and he quickly went over to the Queen. "Your Majesty, the diamond?"
"For what purpose?"
"The purpose it was designed for." She handed him the diamond from her bag and he ran over to the mechanism.
I was right behind him but he had to call for our blonde friend,
"Rose!" Not wasting anytime, she ran to the Doctor who exclaimed after she was there with us, "Life it! Come on!"
Together, we tried to turn the wheel but it was a struggle to do so, but after a couple minutes, the cogs started to shift and the telescope to rise.
"Is this the right time to be stargazing?" Rose asked the Doctor sarcastically despite straining to turn the wheel.
"Yes it is," he answered.
It was then we heard the screams of Sir Robert and Rose and I shared terrified looks as he screamed his final screams.
"You said this thing doesn't work!" Rose exclaimed once his screams died down.
"It doesn't work as a telescope because that's not what it is! It's a light chamber! It magnifies the light rays like a weapon. We've just gonna power it up!"
"But there's no electricity!"
"Rose, don't you get it! We're not going to use electricity! We're going to use…!" I nodded towards the moonlight and her eyes widened as the Doctor grunted, still trying to get it to start.
"Moonlight!" she said loudly in realization. "But it needs moonlight! It's made by moonlight!"
"Exactly!"
"You're seventy percent water but you can still drown. Come on!"
Finally the light chamber started to align with the moon and I grinned. "Yes!" I cheered.
"Come on!"
At last, it was properly aligned and we stepped away from the gears as the moonlight bounced off the primes. Just as the wolf broke through the door, the light spewed forth from the end of the light chamber onto the floor far too short of the werewolf. I held my breath as the werewolf advanced on the Queen but from the corner of my eye, I saw the Doctor dive across the floor and threw the Koh-I-Noor into the beam of light. I gasped in amazement when a fantastic, brilliant prismatic beam of light hit the werewolf. He was lifted off of the floor and just hung there, caught in the wash of the moonlight. The Doctor had got off of the ground and was now standing next to me as we watched as the werewolf retook a human form.
"Make it brighter," the human said quietly. "Let me go."
Before the Doctor went to go back to the light chamber, I grabbed his hand and squeezed it.
"You're doing the right thing, okay? Don't forget that," I told him softly
He nodded and surprised me by lifting my hand and kissing the back of it before he let go of it and finally headed to the light chamber as I stared after him, my thumb on my other hand unconsciously rubbed the spot where he kissed me at. He got to the light chamber and flicked off a switch. With one final howl from the wolf form, the creature vanished and Rose breathed out a sigh of relief but Queen Victoria didn't do anything. She seemed to be staring at something on her wrist… I wasn't the only one who noticed … the Doctor did too.
"Your Majesty? Did it bite you?" he asked.
"No, it's … it's a cut."
"If that thing bit you…"
Queen Victoria cut him off. "It was a splinter of wood when the door came apart."
"Let me see." The Doctor reached for her hand but she pulled it away sharply.
"It is nothing."
The Doctor and I stared at her, obviously not believing her.
-0-
The Doctor, Rose, and I stepped forward and kneeled before the Queen. Wow… never thought I would ever say that …
"By the power invested in me by the Church and the State, I dub thee: Sir Doctor of TARDIS." With the sword in hand, Queen Victoria tapped the Doctor on both of his shoulders. She turned to Rose. "By the power invested in me by the Church and the State, I dub the: Dame Rose of the Powel Estate."
She tapped her on both of her shoulders like she did with the before turning to me and I couldn't help the excitement building in me. No one at home would ever believe this. Me, Sophie McQueen: resident bookwork, kneeling before the Queen of England getting dubbed something! I looked up at the Queen and she met my eyes.
"By the power invested in me by the Church and the State, I dub the: Lady Sophie of the Stars." She tapped me on both shoulders with the sword and a look of confusion filled my face. Why did decide to call me that? I guess I would never know. "You may stand."
We stood up and the Doctor was the first one to speak.
"Many thanks, Ma'am."
"Thanks!" Rose turned to me with a grin. "They're never going to believe this back home!"
"I know," I couldn't help but squeal but sobered quickly at the look on the Queen's face and I ducked my head slight. "Sorry Ma'am." Glancing over at the Doctor, I saw an amused look on his face and I scowled at him playfully.
But the amused look didn't last long as he looked at the Queen. "Your Majesty, you said last night about receiving a message from the great beyond; I think your husband cut that diamond to save your life. He's protecting you even now Ma'am, even from the great beyond."
"Indeed," Queen Victoria agreed. "Then you may think on this also: that I am not amused."
The Doctor groaned while Rose was beaming, grinning widely.
"Yes!"
"Haha, I told you she would win." I laughed, poking the Doctor in the side. This made him groan slightly more and I covered my mouth to hide another laugh.
"Not remotely amused," she said and Rose tried her best to hide her smirk while I continued to keep my hands on my mouth, knowing if I didn't I would burst out laughing. "And henceforth … I banish you."
A stunned look appeared on each of our faces as I removed my hands from mouth, now too stunned to even think about laughing.
"I'm sorry…?" The Doctor managed to say.
Queen Victoria looked angry and it showed in her voice as she spoke. "I rewarded you, Sir Doctor. And now you are exiled from this empire, never to return." She stepped closer to us. "I don't know what you three are, but I know that you consort with stars…"
Well that explained the title she gave me…
"And magic – and think it fun. But your world is steeped in terror and blasphemy and death and I will not allow it! You will leave these shores and you will reflect, I hope, on how you managed to stray so far from all that is good. And how much longer you will … survive this … terrible life." Queen Victoria stepped away from us angrily and with a commanding voice, she said, "Now leave my world. And never return."
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Now back in the TARDIS, I was getting ready for bed, thinking over what Queen Victoria said. This life that I now lead maybe dangerous but I wouldn't change my decision in coming with the Doctor and I knew that I never would. I was heading to the bathroom to brush my teeth as I was already in my pajamas (a tank top and a pair of short shorts) but I stopped in my spot.
'Sexy.' I called for the TARDIS in my head and I heard her voice in my head seconds later.
'Yes Lady Sophie.' It sounded teasing and I shook my head at her.
'Just call me Sophie.' Remembering what I had called her for, I continued speaking, still in my mind, 'Now if I go through this door…" I pointed to the door where the bathroom was … or at least I hope that's what it was. 'It won't be in the kitchen or anywhere that the Doctor is at. And promise me that.'
'Yes Sophie, it will be bathroom. I promise you it is."
I believed her. 'Alright.'
Sexy's voice was gone from my head now and I started to walk towards the door once, not knowing that the TARDIS was smirking to herself. I grabbed the doorknob and stepped inside, closing the door behind me. When I turned around, I found myself not in the bathroom but in another bedroom. I growled to myself. That little minx! She lied! I whirled back around to go back to my room, but found that I couldn't open it and in a couple minutes, I realized that she had locked the door. I heard laughter in my head and I growled again, this time out loud again but before I could say anything, I heard the Doctor's voice and I froze, my hand tightening around the doorknob.
"Sophie? What are you doing here?"
The Doctor sounded stunned and I couldn't blame him. This must be his bedroom and from what my aunt told me, no one knew where his room actual was. Well, I didn't where it was either. But here I was because the TARDIS sent me here. If I didn't know any better, I would think that the TARDIS was trying to set me and the Doctor up. I shook my head out of that though. I was broken out of my thoughts by the Doctor's voice, repeating the same question.
"What are you doing here?"
I took a deep breath and turned around, now facing the Doctor who was dressed in his sleep wear. I didn't say anything for a while just stared at him and he stared right back. I wondered what he was thinking as he looked at me. For the first time since I met him, I didn't know. Finally I decided to speak up.
"The TARDIS brought me here," I told him simply. "And she locked the door. I'll—I'll see if it works now." I quickly turned back around and tried the doorknob again but it was still locked and I heard the TARDIS laughing my head. I groaned out loud. "Sexy, what are you playing at?" But I didn't get answer just like I knew I wouldn't. I rubbed my temples, feeling a headache coming on. I leaned my forehead against the door for a moment before I pulled back and turned back around, facing the Doctor once more. I bit my lip as he stared at me. He opened his mouth to say something and when he did, it sounded awkward and nervous.
"Well … you could stay in here if you want," he managed to say and I held back at how cute he looked when he was nervous. It was adorable. "But you don't have to. But since the TARDIS has locked you in here, I think it would best if you did that way you can go to sleep but again you don't have to…" The Doctor was rambling and he probably would have continued if I didn't stop him.
"Uh, yeah, that sounds fine," I told him.
He breathed a sigh of relief. "Good. Gooood." He dragged out the last good while running a hand through his great hair making it messier than it already was.
Watching this movement, I couldn't help but wonder if his hair was as soft as it looked. I blushed at the thought. A silence came over us as we couldn't find anything else to say so I headed over to the surprisingly large bed. I could feel the Doctor's eyes on me as I pulled back the covers and I got in the bed on the left side. I leaned back against the pillow and looked at the Doctor who was in the same spot staring at me. Again I wondered what he was thinking. Meeting his eyes, I tried to figure it out but when I couldn't, I spoke up.
"Um, I don't mind you sleeping in here," I told him and his eyes widened.
"No, it's fine. I'll just sleep on the floor."
I laughed. "Come on Doctor, I'm not gonna bite you…at least not hard." I added the last thing without thinking it through but when I realized what I said, I blushed at how bad that sounded.
This seemed to shock the Doctor as he sputtered non coherent words and gaped at me like a fish out of water. I laughed nervously, still blushing.
"I mean…" I decided to just change the subject. "Just come to bed, Doctor, we're just going to sleep that's all."
The Doctor stopped gaping at me and gulped hard before he nodded, but it was little hesitant. "Alright then."
That was all he said and I nodded as I moved the pillow down and I laid my head down on it, turning my body, so I wouldn't be facing him when he came to bed. I closed my eyes and I felt the covers being moved back and the Doctor slipping into the bed as he pulled the covers back over. There was silence between us for a moment until the Doctor spoke in a soft voice.
"Goodnight Sophie," he told me.
"Night Doctor," I mumbled back as sleep came over me.
TBC...
*squeals* I just love the ending to this episode! I just love how awkward and cute the Doctor and Sophie were. They're just an awesome couple! Well, this finishes off the Tooth and Claw and this means the School Reunion episode is next! Yay! But look forward to some original stuff before the episode actually start and I think you'll enjoy the beginning of it because... well you'll see ;) Anyway, please leave reviews and tell me what you think! :D