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The doctor's moon
Chapter 10
The next morning, Luna got up for breakfast in palace. As usual she was reading a book as she ate her food. As she went through her morning routine, the Prince found her and smiled mesmerised by her. He walked over and sat with her. She looked up from her book, swallowed her porridge and smiled nicely at the Prince.
"Good morning Luna." He greeted.
"Hello your highness." She replied.
"Did you sleep well?"
"I always do, Sire. One day, the Doctor crash landed the TARDIS on Mars and I didn't even twitch. He was quite concerned as he thought I might have knocked myself out but I was just asleep."
The Doctor again. The Prince was started to hate every moment that Luna spoke about that annoying Time Lord. Just as he was going to try and change the subject, as if by magic, the Doctor himself appeared wearing his pinstripe suit. The Prince wasn't impressed as the Doctor sat on Luna's other side and helped himself to some toast.
After breakfast, the King took the Doctor and Tom to any astronomer's dream, a room with a huge black telescope. Alice was treated to a spa day. The Prince had noticed that Luna had been reading Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet so took her to the palace library. On the way, Luna was expecting it to be the size of a regular public library on Earth. But when Prince Amory opened the double doors, she was so overwhelmed by the room size and millions of books that her head felt so confused over what book she should read first. The Prince saw the look of eagerness on her face.
"We have copies of books from all planets that can produce fine pieces of writing." He explained
This was evident because Luna saw that the library was split in to section with a heading over each apart from one section that made a ring around the rounded room. Luna climbed up the ladder and moved along to the Earth section. There were books by William Shakespeare, Rudyard Kipling, J.R.R. Tolkien and Roald Dahl and more. She moved along and read the spines of each book she liked the look of. She picked a book written by an alien from a planet called Latina. She flicked through it and, thanks to the TARDIS, could translate what had been written in front of her. She climbed down and sat on a squishy chair to read.
The book was an action and adventure novel that made her pulse race and got her excited. She noticed that the Prince had sat on the arm of the chair and read over her shoulder. She was aware that he was closer than she usually allowed. To avoid anything happening, she remembered about the unidentified section of the library.
"Your highness," She said briskly, "What planet do those books around the top come from?"
"Oh, you don't want to bother with them." He tried to get her attention back on him.
"Oh, I do. Tell me now or I'm off."
He saw that her once warm eyes were hostile. She was tougher than she looked.
"They're from Gallifrey."
Luna's face dropped. She remembered that name, the Doctor's home planet. Without the Prince being able to stop her, Luna dived to the ladder and climbed all the way until she reached the section. She plucked out the three most interesting, replaced the novel she was reading and slid down the ladder. The Prince had a rough idea where she was going. He grabbed her arm to stop her.
"Let go of me!" She demanded.
"Don't you think it would be a bad idea to show those to the Doctor?"
"Why would I thing that?"
"Because he may be very heartbroken to see something from his destroyed home. Put yourself in his shoes and think. Do you care enough for him to do it?"
Luna thought about for a few seconds. The Prince saw he wasn't getting far. He gave up, took her face in his hands and kissed her lips delicately at first then passionately. It seemed to do the trick. Luna literally melted in the Prince hold. This was bizarre to her because no other male had ever been interested in her this way since she was seventeen. Once the kiss ended, the Prince grinned pleased and started to walk out of the room.
"I would like to meet you at nine tonight for dinner. I would like show you what I can provide."
Luna was stuck for words. She had been invited by a prince on a date and had been offered that sort of life that any girl would dream of living, as a princess. She smiled softly and headed to her room with the three books from Gallifrey under her arm.
As nine o'clock approached, Luna found a beautiful cerulean blue dress with a black velvet ribbon around the waist, blue velvet shoes with a silver necklace that she had when she was little. It had a crescent moon shaped pendent on it. She decided not to tell Tom or the Doctor about the date but there was no use in hiding it from Alice. She could sense out a date better than anyone. She helped Luna get ready but was disappointed as she wanted to match make Luna with some one else. At nine, Luna arrived at the dining hall to find that the Prince had researched popular foods from Earth and made them for her. The three course meal started with a bowl of delicious soup with bread rolls shaped like love hearts. Main course was a meat served with vegetables. Luna just took a tiny bit of the meat and carefully spat it on a napkin. It wasn't very pleasant. Finally they were treated to a fruit pie that made Luna's taste buds tingle. She noticed that the Prince had most of his attention on her.
Once the food was eaten, the Prince took Luna's hand and took her to a stunning ballroom. The ceiling was made of glass showing the starry sky and the lights were dimmed for a romantic aura. A small orchestra was sitting in the corner and started up. The Prince offered his hand. Luna hesitantly took it and allowed him to lead in a dance. The Prince had a feeling that his plan was starting to work. However, the ballroom was directly below the room Tom and the Doctor were sleeping. The music drifted upstairs and woke up the Doctor. He got up, threw his long coat on, pocketed his sonic screwdriver and headed downstairs. He followed the music to two large doors. He picked one, opened it enough for him to see inside and peered in. He saw the Prince facing the door obscuring the view of the female dancing with him. The Doctor could only see her hands holding the Prince.
'Please be Alice.' He prayed.
To the Doctor's disappointment, the dancers turned slightly and he saw Luna. She looked beautiful. But the Doctor felt his two hearts breaking. From what he knew about this planet's culture (which is a lot), as soon as the prince fell in love with someone, that person would become the new queen. Feeling tears starting to fill up in his eyes, the Doctor went back upstairs.
The Prince continued twirling Luna around and watched her carefully. Her eyes hadn't left his since they started dancing but now her mind was starting to wander. She lost concentration and zoned out. The face of the Doctor entered her mind. The Prince suddenly noticed and stopped.
"Luna?" He said waking her from her daydream.
She looked up innocently. However it wasn't the Prince's face that was speaking to her. The brown hair and eyes of the Doctor were looking back at her
"Is there something wrong?"
Suddenly the Prince's true face was in front of her. She let go of the Prince's hands and moved away.
"It's the Doctor isn't it?"
"You've been very kind, your majesty, but I can't live here forever. I've never wanted a life of a princess. And the Doctor has been amazing to me and I can't just leave him."
The Prince looked into her sapphire eyes and saw that she was serious. He understood and bid her goodnight. She returned the bid and headed back to her room.
The next morning, Luna got up to find that Alice had gone. At first she thought she was downstairs but noticed that her bag was gone. Worried, Luna got dressed and went to the boys' bedroom. She peered inside and saw that Tom and the Doctor were gone too. Panic stricken, she sprinted downstairs and found the King in the throne room. He greeted her brightly as though she part of the family.
"Your highness, have you seen the Doctor?" She asked quickly.
"Yes, he and your two friends left just ten minutes ago." He replied.
Angry and scared, Luna burst out of the palace and set off after the time lord. She used her useful tracking device, dubbed 'Spots', to find the TARDIS. Luckily it was still on the planet but the Doctor was metres from it.
At the blue police box, Tom and Alice were cursing and shouting at the Doctor for insisting on leaving Luna behind. They failed to notice the heartbreak in his eyes.
"You didn't even say why we're leaving her!" Tom demanded.
"And you didn't let us say goodbye!" Alice snapped.
"YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY!" The Doctor finally lost it and roared at them.
The pair backed away wide eyed but nodded all the same. The Doctor explained what he saw and what it meant. They listened intently then were distraught to learn that their best friend was leaving.
"I suppose it's what she deserves." Tom commented sadly.
"All that luxury" Alice stated.
"All that happiness" The Doctor said quietly to himself.
"Who said I liked luxury and that I wasn't happy already?" A familiar voice said.
The three looked towards the door and saw Luna standing there with her hands on her hips.
"LUNA!" Tom and Alice screamed, running to hug.
As they hugged, Luna looked over at the Doctor and saw a delighted, but tearful, smile on his face. She let go of her friends and strode gently towards him. Suddenly she slapped him hard across his cheek.
"That was for trying to leave me here." She stated threateningly.
She then smiled softly at him then. Without a word, she put her arms around him and hugged softly. He hugged back. Alice and Tom watched then looked at each other.
"Luna," Alice called when the hug broke, "We have decided that we want to go back to Earth."
"Why?" Luna asked confused and upset.
"We're getting in the way," Tom replied, "and your mother could do with company."
Luna's eyes filled with tears.
"Besides, there aren't enough beds on the TARDIS."
Once it was settled, the Doctor set the TARDIS for Earth and they were off, Luna savouring every moment with her best friends.
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