After a few dances, Clara pulled out of the small crowd and went over to the steam. she crossed a small wooden bridge to the other side. She walked along the grass where beautiful flowers were blooming and sat on a bench facing the wall. Past the trees and vines, she could see that the wall was painted. Curious Clara took the vines and leaves and spread them apart so she could see. The wall was painted beautifully. It was what looked to be a continuation to the rest of the room. On one of the hills she could see a statue.
"Doctor!" Clara called. She looked away from the painting to see where he was. When she turned back to where the statue was, it was gone. Clara shooked her head. There must have been something in that punch.
"What Clara? What is it?" The Doctor said as he got to her.
"Nothing, I just thought… never mind." Clara replied, not wanting the Doctor to think anything was wrong.
"Come and join the party Clara! I have a special surprise for you!" The Doctor said, not thinking anything was going on. They walked back over to the dance floor, where everybody was slowing down, just a bit. "Everybody, if you could please join me and Clara over at the tables!" The Doctor shouted over the music.
The walked over to the tables. Clara and the Doctor were so close to each other that she thought of grabbing his hand. She slowly moved her hand, inch by inch, over to the Doctor's hand, but stopped just in time. She had realized, that on the other side of the Doctor was River Song and they were holding hands. Clara felt the sorrow come across her once again, but shoved it down as quickly as she could.
"So Doctor," River started, "Where are we?"
"Last time I saw you, River, we were in ancient Greece. Remember what I did with the TARDIS?" The Doctor replied.
"Oh, you thought that that was the most clever thing that anybody ever did." River said with exhaustion.
"I saved education and learning!" The Doctor said turning to face River.
"Oh, Doctor, guess what!" Martha said. She was a little bit behind them, so Clara never realized that Martha and Mickey were holding hands.
"Oh for the love of, do you have to tell everybody?" Mickey said, rolling his eyes.
"This is the first person I've told!" Martha said looking at Mickey.
"And your mom and your dad and your brother and Sister." Mickey said dryly.
"Outside of family." Martha replied in a low voice. She then turned to the Doctor and spoke, "I'm pregnant!"
"With… with… Mickey's…" The Doctor said, astonished.
"Yep." Martha replied.
"Mickey the idiot, now a father." The Doctor completed.
They walked up to a table. It was a dark-colored wood with the floating blue crystal in the middle. The Doctor walked to the other side and threw his hands up into the air.
"Ready, Clara?" He asked sharply and loudly.
"I guess so." Clara replied as he pointed to where he wanted her to stand.
"Alright. Three, two, one!" The Doctor exclaimed.
Right after he said, "One," a blinding light appeared. Once it settled down, everybody saw what was in front of them. A huge cake was sitting on the table. It was the almost bigger than the table. In the middle of the cake was another ring of cake (only it was floating), and then another, and then another. The whole cake was TARDIS blue, and it had a dim glow rise up and dim down. On the first ring of cake was floating asteroids. Where the next ring was, was decorated to look like a sun. She then gathered that this was supposed to look like The Rings of Akhaten. The next ring had a Soviet Sub going up and down throughout the ring. It was dodging icebergs. The next ring had house and in the windows she could she what looked like a ghost appearing and then disappearing. The ring after that was a huge salvage ship sucking up the TARDIS. She then couldn't see the rest of the rings due to her height, but she figured it was the rest of their adventures together.
"Doctor… it's beautiful." Clara said, astonished of the cake.
"Oh, you haven't seen the best part yet." The Doctor said, waiting for what was to come.
Right after he said it, the song "Happy Birthday" came on. thousands of candles shot out of the cake, but were still on the cake, and lit up. A bunch of red-yellow balls of light flew around them. After the end of the song, confetti and fireworks and streamers shout out and bursted. It was truly amazing. The Doctor looked at her and smiled.
"Why are there so many candles?" Clara asked.
"Because, Clara, every birthday I make a cake for my self and have the exact amount of candles of my age. Therefore, I have a lot of candles." The Doctor replied in the fast tone of his.
The Doctor's face went from happy to terrified in a second. Clara turned around and saw statues climbing out of the wall. She didn't understand. How could they just pull themselves out of the walls? How could they move? After all, they were just statues.
"Doctor!" Shouted River.
"What's going on?" Martha Jones asked
"Doctor, are those Angles?" Jack asked, as if he already knew, but was just awaiting confirmation.
"Everybody, look at them, but not in there eyes!" The Doctor shouted
"Doctor, there are more behind us!" River shouted
"How are they pulling themselves out of the wall like that? It's just a painting." Clara asked, counting all of the Angles surrounding them. There was twenty that she could count.
"The image of an Angle, is itself an Angle. Keep looking! But not the eyes! The eyes are not windows, they are doors. Beware what may enter there!" The Doctor shouted looking around, planning what to do next.
"Where's Craige, Sophie, and Stormageddon?" River shouted over to the Doctor.
End Chapter 2