Diary of Rose Tyler: Story of the White Rose
Chapter 4
"Fredrik" I went to him.
He was sitting next the Francis´ dead body. "We joined Duke of Wellington because we needed a plan to escape home. We had planned to run away after the battle and disappear. Start our live together somewhere nobody would recognize us…"
"Oh, Rose…what am I going to do without her?"
"Look…My friend, the Doctor…" I started "Maybe he can help" There had to be a way to help them. It was so wrong for her to die…
"…"
"Doctor, can you help them?" I asked him.
"There´s nothing we can do. I`m sorry. I´m so sorry. " he looked at Fredrik and walked further away from us.
"There´s got to be something!" I followed him "We can´t just leave them like that!"
"Look, Rose" he explained "it was meant to be. They were supposed to die today…"
"But he came back to life…" I started "he came back ´cause of me…"
"…"
"No, it´s all my fault. It´s ´cause of me…Obviously I didn´t take all of it out…"
"All of it? What all of it?" It was high time for me to get answers. "You´ve got to tell me!"
"Doctor!"
"It´s about the Satellite 5, isn't it, Doctor?" I knew something had happened there.
It all started there…
We were on Satellite 5, when the Daleks attacked us. There were about half a million Daleks and only a few of us left. Doctor tricked me to get into the Tardis and sent me away. I tried to get back to him, but it didn´t work. He was all alone, fighting against the Daleks. I don´t remember much, only a bright light and someone singing…
"Tell me, Doctor. What really happened? Where did the Daleks go? Why did you change your face?"
"Alright, then…"
"You looked into the heart of the Tardis, into the Time Vortex, Rose…No one´s meant to see that. You took the time vortex into your head…"
Just like déjà vu it all came back to me…"I remember…It hurt" all that light…And all that knowledge…"I could see everything…"
"You controlled life and death…"
"Oh my God!…Captain Jack! He was dead…and I brought him his life back"
"You had too much power…the energy…"
"It would have killed you, so I took it away…"
"There was singing…" Someone sang, and then…I felt this tender touch…The Doctor…he…
Oh my God! "You kissed me?"
"I took the Time Vortex out of your body and took it back into the heart of the Tardis…" he avoided answering… "So, that´s why I had to regenerate. Otherwise it would have killed me."
"A tiny bit of the energy remained inside you, so that you were able to bring Fredrik back to life."
"You kissed me!" I smiled. Speaking of kisses…
Fredrik caressed Francis´ face; bent over to her "I love you" he whispered and kissed her. One last kiss before the final goodbye…his eyes were wet…
I was unable to look. It reminded me too much of my past. That time the Doctor took me to see my dad…
…how I said goodbye to my dad…I was there when he died.
"Doctor…"
He took my hand "Rose…" he knew my pain. I thought he was gonna comfort me, but…
"Rose, they´re going to be fine!"
"What you mean "fine"?"
"Look"
So I did. Fredrik had just separated his lips form hers and was just looking at her, when she opened her eyes…
"You´re alive!" Fredrik yelled with happiness "My love, you´re alive!" he then caressed her.
"How´s that possible? He didn´t have Time Vortex in his head." I asked the Doctor.
"No, but when you kissed him, he extracted the residual energy of the time vortex from you…"
"But how?"
"That white rose…she´s his great great grandmother…"
"What?!"
"Yeah, flowers have certain abilities…"
"So, he´s partly a flower?"
"Well, only a tiny bit of him, actually. After all, only one of his ancestors is a flower. A rose."
"Well, I wouldn´t have never guessed."
" Haven´t you noticed the colour of his eyes?"
"So, that´s why…" but wait…"Is she a partly flower, too?"
"No. Only him. But he doesn´t know it."
"You see, Rose. She brought you here, to her great great grandson, so that we could save them."
"But why me?"
"I don´t know. You have some kind of connection. After all, you´re Rose, too…"
Fredrik and Francis walked to us. "Doctor, Rose…" Fredrik started "I want you to meet my…a very special person…" he looked at her so gently "This is Francis Winchester"
"Hello!" we said in unison.
" I want to thank you both. I don´t know how you did this, but you saved us…"
"Oh, well…we wouldn´t be here without Rose" the Doctor said.
"Since travelling with him, he showed me a better way of living my life…he showed me how to help people…So, it´s all ´cause of him…"
"Thank you, both of you. This means so much to us…"
"Well, we still got that Napoleon lurking around…"
"Yeah…Do you have a plan?"
"No. Still working on it." he replied.
"Mind you, I wish we had something to eat…"
"What?"
"I´m sorry, Doctor. I´m just so hungry…"
"Hold on…" Doctor started to think "That´s it! Food!"
"What?" He had figured out something "Doctor, what are you planning?"
"Dionaea can´t function if he eats too much…" he started "And after that we can capture him!"
"Yes!"
"Does anyone happen to have a white handkerchief?" he asked.
"I have" Francis said and gave it to the Doctor.
"Alright, then" the Doctor said and went outside…" We surrender" he started waving the handkerchief "on one condition"
"And what´s that?" Napoleon asked.
"That we have our last wish"
"No."
"Oh, come on! Think about it; we´re only hungry and we´d like to eat before surrendering to you. You could refuse, but what good is that for you? You only prolong this…"
Napoleon though for awhile, but he had to admit that the Doctor was right; by refusing it would only prolong this. And he didn´t like waiting.
"Fine" he finally agreed…"You´ll join us dinner where we celebrate our victory"
" I thought he might fall for that trick" he whispered to me "he´s known for his greed"
"Oh, you´re kidding me"
"Nope" he winked. So, we all walked into Napoleon´s lodging and sat around a big table sat to celebrate Napoleon´s victory.
I sat next to Francis…
"You´re alright?"
"Yes, I´m fine. It is just so weird sitting here and celebrating our defeat…"
"I know Francis, but the Doctor will handle this. He ll safe us. Just trust him, okay?" I tried to comfort her "I know the Doctor and he´ll always get´s everything right…"
"By the way…What is it with you and the Doctor?" she asked me.
"Well…We´re just friends."
"Really?" she smiled "You seem so close."
"We´ve been traveling together for some time. I love it, but…"
"But?"
"I thought I knew him, but then he changed. "
"Changed? How?"
"He…He´s an alien…"
"What? An alien…?"
"Yeah, are you shocked?"
"No. I mean…after all you saved Fredrik´s life…and now this green Napoleon. I think I can believe you…"
"It´s just that he´s so different…" but wait…"but he changed ´cause of me…" he regenerated ´cause of me!
"Now, you see? He does care about you. "
"Sometimes I wonder about the future…"
"You love him? Are you getting married?"
"…" I didn´t know what to answer…"He´s never gonna settle down, so I won´t either."
"So, we just keep on travelling"
"It took me awhile before I realized that I had everything right beside me…" she said "Maybe one day he´ll figure it out, too."
"A toast! A toast to a brilliant man!" the Doctor interfered us. The dinner was almost over, and Napoleon had finished his eating, but the Doctor needed him to carry on, just for a bit, anyway…
"Have I told you about the time I met Beethoven himself?"
He started to tell jokes and other stories about his adventures, so that everybody would sit still and eat…He had come up with a plan, and soon it was fulfilled: Napoleon and his men were greed and ate far too much, so that they started to suffer from colic.
Then they collapsed…
"Rose" he winked at me and me and Francis ran to release the Duke and his men.
"Thank you, Doctor and Rose" said Duke of Wellington. "Lady Winchester…" he turned towards Francis…
" She´s coming with us" Said the Doctor "One more thing, could you tell everybody that they died?"
"If that s what you wish for"
"Yes"
So we said goodbye to the Duke and his men and left them.
" Come on, it´s time to move on" The Doctor said "back to the Tardis"
"So, what´s your plan? With Fredrik and Francis, I mean?" I asked him.
"Well, obviously they cannot stay here. Everybody thinks they re dead, and that s the way it should be. The paradox is still waiting to happen…" the Doctor explained…"the only way is to take them far away from here."
"Into the future…"
"We appreciate your help" they answered.
We walked to the Tardis, it had been in the same place I had left it. The Doctor opened the door.
"Come on" said the Doctor taking my hand and stepping inside the Tardis.
"What is this? A wooden box?" They wondered."Public call box?"
"Don´t be shy! Come on in!"
Francis and Fredrik hesitated for awhile, but then stepped inside "oh my God!" they yelled and rushed outside. It happened every time we invited people here.
Then they came back "It´s much bigger on the inside!"
"It´s a space ship" the Doctor explained "it gets us anywhere" he took a hold of the control panel.
"Here we go! Hold on!" Then he started the engines and off we went…
WHOOSH
WHOOSH
"Ah…"
"Here we are…" We had landed. "Alons y!" The Doctor said when we got out of the Tardis "London 3000."
"Wow!"
"Wait a minute! We´re in the future?"
"Yep. Exactly thousand one hundred and eighty five years into your future. "
"Wow!"
"Here you don´t need to worry about the class difference. You have new identities and you can live free"
"Together" Fredrik smiled to his beloved one…"We´ll get married…"
"Maybe a couple of children…"
"Take this. It´s a psychic paper. It tells whatever you wish to the person, you´re showing it, to see" the Doctor said "it´s quite handy in many cases…"
I had the white rose in my hand.
"This is your rose. Take good care of her..." I gave her to Fredrik.
"Her?"
"I mean it. Just promise me, will you? I can´t explain, but it helped us to solve this case…"
"Really? Then, of course I will. I promise that." he replied "maybe I will build a museum…Grand Hall… "
"´Grand Hall`Of course! That´s why his name was so familiar to me…" I thought. The museum, where all this had begun…
We hugged each other. "Take care"
"Goodbye! And good luck!"
"You, too!"
"Come on, Rose" he said and took my hand "Let´s go"
So we stepped inside the Tardis, ready for another adventure…Just me and the Doctor…
"Doctor…"
"Yes?"
"Where are you taking me next?"
"Where´d you like to go? It´s your choice…"
"Well…in that case…"
"How about that planet Barcelona?"
The End.