Diary of Rose Tyler: Story of the White Rose
Chapter 2
I opened the door and looked outside; it was already dark, but that didn´t bother me. I had been hanging in a barrage balloon in the middle of a German air raid, faced Ghelts and Daleks, had a house collapsed on top of me…So, if I had survived all that, nothing here would frighten me…
I left the rose on the control panel and stepped outside. It was quite warm, "definitely a summer" I said to myself…But where? And when? The people that passed by seemed to be human and the way they were dressed, told me that I was in the past, somewhere around the 18th -19th century. "I should probably just stay in the Tardis and try to find my way back to the Doctor" I told myself. "Nah!"
"I wanna check this out" so I walked further to get more information.
I heard rumbling further away "Is that Thunder?" I thought. "Well, at least it's not raining here."
The evening was quiet, only a few people were passing by. The only sound that broke the silence was the sound of someone weeping. I just knew something was wrong. So I walked closer towards the sound…
Soon I approached to the front of a church and saw a soldier sitting on the stairs, crying. He was a handsome blond soldier..."Hello! Are you alright?" I asked "Need any help?". But as soon as I approached him, he ran away. I couldn´t help but looking at him, because he seemed like a whole world had fallen on his shoulders…"Poor guy" I thought. I felt sorry for him.
Then I turned to look at the church…There was something that was bothering me…Maybe…maybe there was something disturbing inside the church that had upset the soldier? But what could it be? Soldiers usually weren´t afraid of anything, at least-according to my mum´s ex-boyfriend… "Well, there´s only one way to find out." I said and walked closer to the church.
I took a brick from the street, just in case I needed something to defend myself with. I opened the door carefully…"Hello! Is someone there?!" I yelled, but got no answer. I went inside and looked around. Then I saw a stand further inside the church. And there was something on it-or rather; someone. "Hello?" I walked towards it slowly, and I saw a man lying there. "Hello! Are you alright?" I asked. But still no answer. When I approached him, I immediately noticed that he was dead. A soldier shot to the chest…But otherwise he seemed more like he was just sleeping. I dropped the brick and sat beside him.
"Oh my God…" Whatever happened to him? Poor fellow; he was still quite young, and…quite good-looking, actually. He reminded me a little bit of Captain Jack, but in slightly different way… This man looked like some sort of a prince, just like in one of the Disney stories; he was tall, he had the perfect face, his dark brown hair was darker than the night, and his lips of his…I could only imagine, what color of eyes he had…
"Hold on" I thought "That soldier outside was crying because of this? He was crying over him?" His heart seemed to have been broken. Were they friends? Or perhaps…were they lovers? A gay couple in the 19th century…wow, must have been tough for them. I remember hearing about that stuff in school; being a gay was illegal even during the World War 2. A crime punished with imprisonment.
"I wonder what´s his story?"
Looking at him made me feel strange. As if something inside me was telling me to kiss him…"Have I entered into a fairy tale?" I thought. "First the rose, and now this…"Everything was possible since travelling with the Doctor. "But if this is a fairy tale, what would happen if I kiss him? Would he come back to life?" I wondered"…or turned into a green frog?"
"Well, here I go then" I thought and bent towards him. My lips got near his and…"Oh my God…" I closed my eyes and…kissed him. I felt his lips, and they felt so warm…so…suddenly I felt strange…so strange…I had a feeling…a sad feeling. It was almost the same I felt only a moment ago while staring at that rose. My eyes became wet…
"Why did you have to die?" I cried…"he is so lonely without you…" I felt my tears falling on his cheeks…"Please, live! Live!" I hoped as hardest I could…"Live!"
Then I felt his lips moving…and I quickly stood back. He opened his eyes…They were green, or more like turquoise. I´ve never seen anything quite like…
But at least, he hadn´t turned into a frog. Instead, he had come back to life, and even the wound on his chest had disappeared. "How´s that possible?"
He looked at me, and said…"Francis!"
"Francis?" I was confused."Who´s Francis?"
He got up and walked towards me. He looked at me and smiled. Then he went down on his knees in front of me, took my hand and kissed it. Now I was confused…
"What is your name? He asked me…"Are you my Guardian Angel?"
"I…" I was speechless…It took me a while to say my name…"Rose, Rose Tyler."
"Rose? What a beautiful name for an Angel!"
"Why do you think I´m an Angel?" I asked.
"Because you gave my life back" he smiled…"I guess you felt sorry for me…"
"What do you mean? Felt sorry for you?"
"Because I didn´t want to leave my Francis…" he stood up.
"Francis?" I thought. That name sounded very familiar to me. Then I remembered the story of the White Rose. The same rose that had brought me here…"You´re…?"
"Eh…What´s your name?"
" My name is Fredrik. Fredrik Grand." he replied.
"Grand? Where have I heard that name before" I wondered.
"…Nice to meet you, miss Rose. And thank you for saving me." he smiled…"I couldn´t leave her…she needs me…" he continued… Then he looked at me into my eyes and asked:"Have you seen her? My Francis?"
"I don´t know. What does she look like?"
"She´s tall and beautiful…" his eyes were shining as he described her…"she has a long golden hair and her blue eyes makes her look like…"
That man was indeed deeply in love. I truly envied her…If I, too, could find someone…
"Well…There was a blond soldier…" I said the first thing that came to my mind.
"That´s her! Where did you see her?!" He yelled. The soldier outside was a woman?
"He…" no, I had made a mistake and I corrected:"She was outside awhile ago, but then she ran away…" I didn´t even got a change to finish my sentence, when he ran away.
"Wait!" I yelled…"Fredrik!" but he didn´t hear me. He had already left the church. Then I realized what I had done…
"Oh no!" I´ve done it again…I have brought a life back to a dead man…
And where was I anyway? "That rumbling…that rumbling wasn´t thunder, but it was canons…canons of the battle of Waterloo…
"Oh my God!" I made a mistake, just like that time…Only this time I even didn´t know what I had done. As if I had been dreaming…I only knew that I had somehow managed to bring his life back.
"How could a one kiss wake anyone up?" Well, this did seem like a fairytale, but it would only get worse from here…What if those monsters would come back and try to clean up the wound in time just like before? This would soon turn into a nightmare…I needed the Doctor right now. I hoped that he would have some solution, that is-some other than…
But before I even knew it, there he was; leaning on the wall near the entrance of the church. He was looking at me…"Rose…"
"Doctor!" I shouted and ran to him. I hugged him "Gosh, it`s so wonderful to see you!".
"You, too"
But wait…"How did you get in here?" I asked…"I mean…I took the Tardis…" Oh, yes…I was embarrassed. First I stole the rose and then left the Doctor alone taking the Tardis…
"Well…I had…" he stopped…"Is that all you want to say to me? Like…You missed me?"
"I missed you!" I smiled.
"Now, that´s better!" he smiled. He started his usual flirtation…Usual ever since he regenerated, anyway.
"And what have we here…" he started to look around…That was weird…he wasn´t angry with me? He should have been, ´cause I took the Tardis…
"Doctor!" I walked after him. He stood beside that stand and was staring at it…
"I`m sorry that I took off like that…"
"It´s okay."
"What? You´re not angry with me?"
"No! No, no…why would I be angry with you?"
"Is that supposed to be funny?"
"No, Rose…" he turned to me…"You were kidnapped…"
"What?!"
"Sorry, it was all my fault, really. I should have warned you about the rose. It has way to affect people´s emotions." He explained.
"…" I was stunned. .."Doctor…Are you telling me that the rose kidnapped me?!"
"Well…You can put it that way…"
"…"
"Never heard of the story about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?"
"Yeah, but I thought it was just a legend…"
"All legends born from truth. Thousands of years ago inhabitants from the Paradise Planet made an emergency landing…" he started.
"…So they built the Gardens…"
"Yes" he explained "The plants aren´t just ordinary plants, but they have their own mind…and feelings…"
"But how does this rose connect to the couple?" I wondered.
"The plants tend to get close to the people they like. According to the story, the rose just appeared in the garden of Winchester manor."
He then started to walk outside of the church "come on. We have to take it back."
"Wait a minute. How did you get here?" I asked.
He showed me his wrist "A Time Vortex Manipulator" he blinked at me "it was first used by the Time Agency in the 51st century"
"It takes you where you want to, but I rather use the Tardis…" he smiled "the journey was a bit bumpy"
"Speaking about the Time Agency…What ever happened to captain Jack? He was on Satellite 5 with us, but…"
"Never mind about him, he´s fine."
"But Doctor!"
"Rose, we need to take the rose back…" he rushed towards the front doors of the church.
Then I remembered…"Oh my God! Doctor!" I stopped…How would I explain this to him…"I kind of…"
He turned to look at me…"What?"
"I sort of…"
"I might have brought a life back to…a dead man"
To be continued…