Really short chapter here, sorry:( I'll get the next chapter up as soon as I can, but I'm going away for the weekend so I won't be able to get a chapter up until Monday. Unless of course I get lots and lots of reviews!
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The Doctor quickly ran out after her, stopping suddenly as he got outside. Rose came out soon after him, and gasped. For a few silent minutes, all the time travellers could do was stare.
"It's beautiful," whispered Rose, staring in awe at the landscape in front of her. The sky was a burnt orange with purple, green and yellow streaks. The sun burnt brightly in the sky, warming the planet. In front of her stretched golden fields, surrounded by lush, green forests. The grass was purple. The leaves of the trees were predominantly green, but there were trees with leaves of blue, bronze and silver. Some leaves were even transparent. Fruit hung from some of the trees. There were brilliant flowers with bright petals, some even as tall as trees. The sounds of animals could be heard coming from the forest, ranging from insects to birds singing. The entire landscape was wild and beautiful.
"It's Gallifrey," said Susan, in a hush voice, as if she didn't want to make to much noise and destroy the peace. She'd been away from Gallifrey for so long before, that now every time she saw it it still took her breath away.
Rose was stunned. The Doctor had described Gallifrey to her before, but she could never have imagined it looked anything like this. From his descriptions, she'd imagined it was beautiful. This wasn't beautiful. This was mind-blowingly, awe-inspiringly, breath-takingly beautiful. At least Rose thought it was. The Doctor and Susan were probably so used to it, having grown up on this planet, that they didn't find it so beautiful and moving.
The Doctor was moved. He had so many emotions flying round his head that he really didn't know how he felt. Surprise, awe, wonder, confusion, relief, happiness, bitterness, sadness, sorrow, loss, guilt, but over all of these emotions there was one that was one that was standing out from the rest. It wasn't so much of an emotion, than a feeling. It was there, and as much as he tried to ignore it, it wouldn't stop. And he knew it was right, somehow, so he stopped trying to ignore it, and let it take over. And when he did, a smile came to his face.
He was home.
