Another note (Don't you just love Author's notes?)

Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed, and favorited!

You all mean so much to me.

So much

Also, I've been asked to update more often (love that request, by the way!)

I'm really sorry this chapter has come so late. (Doesn't everyone hate Writer's block?)

But I am going on small hiatus.

I will finish the story, but for now I'm taking a break.

So, that's that!

Now, sit back, relax, maybe even put on some Doctor Who music, and enjoy Chapter Six!

Doctor:

Boredom. Complete and utter boredom. That's all the Doctor's brain could think of now. He had scavenged the complete castle in just under two hours' time. He had trespassed on every loose stone, he had encountered every moving figure (which only consisted of four cloaked vampires and himself), and he had acquired a cloak for himself, which he wore with an air of pride. He had also learned a small smidgen about the other four occupants: two girls and two guys, all around the age of four hundred or so. The girl with the white-blonde hair noted that he himself was much older than any of them, which he failed to believe. But yet, he felt old. But surly no more than four hundred?

Something he found odd was that none of them gave him their names. It was as if it was being kept a secret. However, the white-blonde haired girl, who appeared to be the leader, had called him "Doctor" once, and the name seemed to stick.

Interrupting his thoughts came a quiet voice. "Doctor?" The voice was soft, almost excited even. Looking up, the Doctor jumped lightly and landed where the all of the vampires were.

"Yes?" The Doctor's voice was harmonious, almost sing-song. The other vampires didn't have this blessing with their voices, so the Doctor thought it was only a matter of time before his turned like theirs; raspy and weak almost dry.

"Ve all think it's time vor you to hunt. It is dark out now, and you are surly hungry." The girl smiled to the Doctor as the other vampires nodded amongst themselves.

The Doctor thought of this. Hunting… killing, wasn't it? Yes, that sounded very good at this moment. Ripping apart flesh and drinking the oozing blood from either a screaming or already dead victim… yes… perfect. Why had he not done this sooner? Now that he thought about it, he had felt a quenching tug in his throat ever since he "woke up." He was able to put it off, but now it tugged even more to where it was almost unbearable.

"Please?" His response sounded, again in that sing-song tone. He smirked lightly, just thinking of what was out there…

"Our pleasure, Doctor." Instead of the leader speaking, it was the other girl. She removed her hood to reveal a strawberry blonde tint to her hair, which, at one time, possibly could have been a vivid ginger.

"The time is here, let us depart." This time it was the leader again as she jumped over the Doctor's head and to the area of darkness that led to lower levels and the floor. The Doctor, with an even new feeling in his body, jumped after her, rising a few feet before actually falling. He landed right beside her and the other girl and the two boys landed a few feet away.

"You have to stay with us, is that clear?" The girl sounded intense.

"Understood." The Doctor responded, leaving the castle and going into the outside world for the first time. It was brilliant. A light breeze blew in the direction of the castle so that it lightly hit the Doctor's face. Outside was dark with only a smidgen of light hinting behind the ominous and eerie trees that lined the horizon. The sky that would have looked black to another looked navy blue, highly distinguishable from the blackness of the castle door. Stars slowly blinked into visibility as a crescent moon gave off s fraction of light. The Doctor almost smiled at the beauty of it all.

"Come on, now." The girl who wasn't leader had grabbed the sleeve of the Doctor's coat, pulling him along. "If you spend all your time up 'ere, you're not going to 'ave anything to eat." The Doctor shrugged her off, noted that the group was already miles ahead, but jumped. This jump was not ordinary, for he jumped the complete distance they were ahead of him and even landed just a hair in front of them.

He swore he heard the faint sigh from the leader.

Clara:

"Are we there yet?" Mary's voice was full of eagerness, for reasons Clara knew not. "Please tell me we'll get there soon!"

As if in response, the TARDIS gave a sudden jolt. "I think we're here." Clara smiled at the alien she had just picked up from the planet Olopia. Her ears were perked up, her tail was wagging fiercely, and her face and head were both a deep purple. For some reason, Clara had just noticed the dress Mary was wearing. Red, about medium length sleeve, that came to just above her knees. Around Mary's waist was a black belt, with empty pockets where tools and other supplies could be held.

"Awesome!" Mary's voice had increased in pitch to where it almost made Clara's ears hurt. However, she maintained her smile as she passed Mary to the doors.

"Now, you have to be very careful. This is another planet, so try to stay with me? I don't want to loose you." Clara tried sounding gentle as she opened the doors. Her eyes widened with the sight that met them: one sun setting on the horizon, which seemed to reflect along the entire surface. Clara wondered why, but her answer was given when she stepped out of the blue box. Mary rushed past.

"Water planet! That's what "Spakranian" means in an ancient language… I forget the name of it right now." She frowned in concentration, but soon gave up. Both Clara's and Mary's feet were soaked from the shallow layer of water that covered the planet floor.

"Hey, Clara." Mary's voice had lowered slightly, and now had the slightest tremble in it. She was tugging at Clara's sleeve.

"What is it, Ma-" Clara's eyes widened even more as she looked to where Mary was pointing.

There was a waterfall just to the left of where the TARDIS landed. Right below it, where there was an elevated lake where the water from the waterfall fell, there was a group of people. All of them looked like boys except for the one in the middle, who also differed from the others in how she looked. All the boys had brown faces, red noses, and one eye. The girl looked remarkably similar to Mary: she had the ears on top of her deep blue face, a tail not as long as Mary's, but still pretty long, and she wore a tattered sundress. She was looking from boy to boy with an expression of greatest fear as they kept coming closer and closer. One by one, each of the boys placed a hand on the girl's head and pushed her into the lake, drowning her. Both Clara's and Mary's eyes widened as they started to run for the group. The boys looked up, the smile vanishing from their faces as they turned on the spot and started running, leaving the girl to pass out and fall backwards on the spot.

"Mary, wait!" Clara yelled out as Mary started running to the girl. Clara decided yelling wouldn't do very much good, so she decided to run after Mary, water splashing into her leather boots as she went.

"Oh my God!" Mary reached the girl and helped her up. The girl's eyes slowly opened, looking confusedly at both Mary and Clara, both of them now by her side.

"M-Mary?" The girl looked at Mary, a since of recognizing on her face.

"Jess!" Mary exclaimed, hugging the girl tightly. Jess gave a weak smile.

"I… I didn't think I would ever see you again." Jess's face filled with relief as she hugged Mary back hesitantly, as if making sure she was really there.

"Erm, sorry, but could someone tell me what's going on?" Clara stood there, very confused.

"Oh! Jess, this is Clara. She found me on Olopia." She paused to let Clara wave to Jess. "Clara, this is Jess. She's my sister." Jess waved excitedly, her face turning a purplish tint to match her sister's.

"So, why did you come here?" Jess looked very curious. "I'm not saying it's a bad thing, just… Why Spakro?"

Clara opened her mouth to speak, but Mary beat her to it. "We're making a cure." The purple fled from her face to be replaced with a very lightly tinted blue.

"A cure for what?" Jess looked a little confused. "There are very few things that need anything from Spakro."

This time, Clara spoke up. "For my friend. Erm…" She bent down near Jess and whispered in her ear. "Vampric Timelord" As expected, Jess gasped.

"You can't be serious!" Jess's face flooded in the dark blue tint. "No no no!" She looked up to Clara, fear etched all over her face. "Oh God no…"

"That's why we came here!" Mary said, trying to somewhat calm her sister down. "They need pure Spakro water for the cure."

"Oh… That makes sense." She looked around. "Though that's really hard to get." She frowned slightly. "But not impossible." Her frown quickly turned into a smirk. "If you know where to go."

"Can you take us where we need to go?" Clara asked, her nerves building inside her.

"Of course!" Jess smiled. "Follow me!" She started to walk away from the waterfall with Clara and Mary following.

As they followed, Clara noticed the water under her feet slowly started warming and deepening. "Is it supposed to do that?" Clara asked. Mary and Jess looked at each other and giggled.

"Of course it is!" Jess replied. "It just means we're getting closer!"

Now that Clara looked, she could see the small outline of a town in the distance. There were all sorts of sized buildings; from tall and slim to short and wide. There was one, however, that stood out from the rest, even at the far distance they were at.

"What's that one?" Clara asked, pointing to it. From what she could see, it was the tallest building in the town, looking as if it had no limit at all. From what was assumed as the top, a waterfall ran down to the bottom. It wasn't like the waterfall they had just seen, but this one looked… cleaner. The one they had walked from looked sort of clean, but nothing compared to the pureness of this.

"It's our destination." Jess replied, smiling as she looked at it. "I've only ever been there one time, and that was to find out where I was… It's also the Government of Spakro building." Jess added on.

"Well, that makes sense. It's all… big and standy-outy." Clara said, still looking at it. "How do we get there? Do we just walk in?"

"If you need the water, you don't have to go in." Jess stated, a little matter-of-factly. "That's what's running on the outside. Until it touches the ground, it's pure. It doesn't even touch the building."

"That's brilliant!" Clara exclaimed, looking at the sparkling fall that was before her.

"Exactly. The Spakronians are known throughout the universe as being intelligent beings… well most of them." Jess shuddered lightly, putting her hand on her shoulder. Her skin was discolored there, and she winced when her hand touched it. Clara assumed that's what bruises looked like on the two girls, since their skin changed colors so often.

"Who were they, anyways?" Clara asked, trying to sound sympathetic.

"Nobody. Just the scum of Spakro… Well, that's what everyone calls them. They're the ones that live on the streets, not intelligent enough to carry on with school… they like to beat up kids who are either smart enough of not from this planet. I'm the latter." Jess winced again, then let her hand fall to her side.

"Wait, so you're not from Spakro?" Clara was starting to become confused. Okay, so they weren't from Olopia, and now they weren't from Spakro…

"Really? Do I look Spakronian?" Jess's voice had an air of disgust in her voice. "No. Neither are my sisters. However, we do not speak our planet's name." She paused, then looked to the water. "We can talk about this later. The sooner we get there, the more lenient the guard will be." With that, Jess took both Clara and Mary's hands and led them to the building.

"It's even more amazing up close!" Mary said in awe, looking up at the pure waterfall. "It's like… It's like…"

"I know, right?" Jess was clearly amused at her sister's amazement. They walked to a guard on duty, who was dressed in a tie dye official looking suit, accompanied with a rainbow tie. He had a full head of black hair, which also had a deep blue streak coursing through in the middle. He gazed at the three girls with an intense look in his single eye.

"Who are you? What are you doing here at this hour?" The guard's voice started off very deep, but gradually rose in pitch, along with some cracks here and there.

"Hello, sir. My name is Jessica. This is my sister Mary, and her friend Clara. We wish to borrow some of the pure water, if you will allow us." Jess looked to the man in a very courteous way, smiling lightly.

"I need a reason. A valid reason." The guard was trying to not fall for Jess's look of courtesy.

"Clara needs it!" Mary piped in, her face changing a little to a blue again. "For her friend!"

The guard now took to intensely staring at Clara. Even if he only had one eye, his stare felt like it was piercing Clara's soul. Her eyes closed, opened, and she spoke.

"My friend has had something… happen to him. There is a cure, and it requires pure Spakro water. I would love it if I could have some." She hoped this was good enough, but of course it wasn't. Everyone always had questions.

"Rarely any cures require Spakro water. Who is your friend, and what has happened to him?" The guard looked serious, as if he wouldn't dare be fooled.

"My friend's name, well not his real name, is the Doctor. He's a time lord." She paused and took a deep breath. "We went to this place called 'Transylvania.' Home to…" Clara's voice cracked as she whispered, "vampires." She looked to the guard, who's face of rock sternness turned to one of shock and worry.

"Oh my…" The guard shook his head. "I didn't even know there were any time lords left! And now you're saying the last one…" His eye had a look of disbelief. "Please, take as much water as you need. Tell me when you're done so I can lock up for the night."

"Thank you!" Chorused Mary, her face slowly turning back to purple. With that, Clara, Jess, and Mary walked up to the gate, which sung open from the guards keys opening the lock.

"What are we going to put it in?" This thought hadn't troubled Clara until now.

"Oh, don't worry. There are buckets here, cleaned with the water itself. They are pure, and they keep the water pure. They have hundreds, they won't notice one missing." Jess looked proud at her knowledge.

"Well then, let's go!" Clara grabbed one of the multitude of buckets that presented themselves between the fall and the building. The bucket was a pale green tint, with a blue handle to lift it with.

"How much do you need?" Jess asked, nearing the buckets.

"I don't know. It didn't say." Clara was frowning. How much did they need? What would happen if they didn't get enough…?

"Let's just each get a bucket! That'll be more than enough, right?" Mary already had her hands on a bucket, this one a light purple with a yellow handle.

"That works!" Jess grabbed a blue bucket with a green handle and looked to the fall. "We just stand here and fill." Jess reached her bucket into the fall and it filled rather quickly. Clara and Mary followed until the three girls had three buckets full of water.

"Now where to?" Jess looked to Clara curiously. "Is this your first ingredient? How did you even get here?!"

"You won't believe it, Jess!" Mary exclaimed. "She has an actual TARDIS!"

"You're kidding?" Jess looked up to Clara in disbelief. "And it properly works?"

"Yeah, actually. Though it doesn't like me much. Still working on that." Clara frowned in response, looking to the gate. "Where'd the guard go?" The guard that they had seen just moments before had somehow vanished. Jess's eyes were wide.

"W… What time is it?" The fear in her voice couldn't have been hidden even if Jess tried. Her face drained instantly to the deep blue, looking around. "I need a watch.. Anything!"

Mary looked around, then ran to the spot the man was at. "Here! He's dropped a Pocket Watch." Mary opened the watch, looking at it. "It… It's showing the long one halfway between the biggest star and the one to the… right." It was obvious Mary had never seen a watch like this before, and it sounded alien to Clara. Well… this was an alien planet. "And the short one is on the full moon."

"No!" Jess cried out. "We're in danger. We have to get to that TARDIS now!" Urgency and determination now accompanied the fear in Jess's voice.

"What… What's happening?" Mary's face was slowly changing to deep blue.

"I'll explain later! Now RUN!" Jess took off, looking back and forth as she ran. Clara followed, with Mary not far behind.

"This way!" Clara ran a little faster and took the lead, leading them to the big blue box not visible yet. The water continued to thin out at their feet as the blue object slowly came into a blurry view.

"There it is!" Mary pointed to it, smiling proudly. "There's the time and space machine!"

They were all running as fast as they could until they reached the blue box. Clara hurriedly opened the doors to make sure Mary and Jess made it in okay. Clara was about to enter the TARDIS herself until something grabbed her leg.

"HELP!" Clara cried, clinging to the door of the TARDIS. She didn't dare look behind her… she didn't want to know what had hold of her.

"Clara!" Mary's horrified gasp came. Jess, on the other hand, was out of the TARDIS, already pulling something from her pocket.

"Be gone!" Jess sprayed whatever was holding Clara with the spray can she had just retrieved from her pocket, which caused it to disappear into thin air. Clara's legs fell, and in response, the rest of her body hit the watery ground. Her head slowly rose and she felt a little dizzy.

"What was that, sis?" Mary ran to Clara, checking on her. However, her focus was on Jess, who had a deeper blue tint on her face.

"A Spakronian 'Koloupid.' They were once a peaceful creation, but they were corrupted by some sort of darkness. All they know how to do now is to kidnap, feast, and kill." Jess looked around more. "And there's hardly a single one. We need to leave." She looked to Mary, and together they picked Clara up and brought her to the safety of the TARDIS, shutting the doors after them.

Clara blinked a few times, letting the TARDIS light fill her eyes. Everything looked blurry… even her mind felt that way. Her whole body ached, but she rose to a sitting position and looked around. She was in the floor of the TARDIS control room, next to the sitting figures and intense eyes of Mary and Jess.

"Thank goodness you're okay!" Jess exclaimed, hugging Clara lightly. "It was close, you know. You hit your head on the floor pretty hard."

"But you were awesome, Clara!" Mary said out of awe. "Do you need anything? Any pain killers, any food, any-"

"I need that book." Clara replied weakly.

"Which book? Why?" Mary sounded confused, looking around.

"The.. The one on the controls." Clara put her hand to her head, trying to stop the pulsing pain in her forehead. "I need to know if th-this is worth it."

Mary nodded and stood up, running to the controls. However, Jess was looking at Clara with a mixture of awe and stupidity. "You don't even know what danger lies in this, and you would still risk your life?"

Clara gave a sort of weak smirk. "Of course I would. He's the Doctor. I have to."

Jess opened her mouth to speak again, but was interrupted by the sound of Vampric Timelords and How They Affect the Universe landing in Clara's lap. "Thank you, Mary." Clara smiled to Mary, who smiled and began to turn a light purple.

Clara flipped to the table of contents, searching for any chapter title that could indicate that it told of the dangers of Vampric Timelords. One title seemed to pop out.

"'Why be so concerned, Page 87.'" Clara read outloud as she flipped through the pages to find Page 87. Finally, her finger landed on it, and she began to read aloud:

"'Vampric Timelords impose a special danger unto the universe. Yes, any other species would as well pose such a danger, but none quite as dangerous as the Timelord. Let's take a little Timelord 101 here. Timelords are the ancient race of Gallifrey. They have two hearts and ay regenerate to avoid dying. They have thirteen "lives," we'll call them, which they attain by regenerating after being mortally wounded or killed. The Timelords live a peaceful life on their great planet, and try not to be involved as much as possible.

Now, the Vampric Timelord problem.

You see, let's take humans for this example. When a human is bitten by a vampire, the venom runs through their veins until it reaches their heart. It kills the heart, therefore killing the human. However, the venom creates a living dead body environment within the human, transforming them into a vampire. Most of the time they can remember their normal lives and memories.

Now we compare this to a Vampric Timelord. When a Timelord is bitten by a vampire, the same rules apply at the beginning. The venom run through their veins until it reaches the heart. This is where it changes. Since the Timelord has two hearts, the venom becomes confused on where to go. Half of it attacks the left heart, causing it to slow down tremendously and eventually stop. However, the other half of the venom becomes even more confused, so it splits itself up. Half of that goes to the right heart, which usually can fight it off with ease; and the other half goes to the Timelord's brain. This is why Vampric Timelords are so dangerous. The venom tampers with their memories, so they can remember nothing of their life/lives. The people they knew are familiar to them, but all they can do is hate. There is no more love left in the poor fellow.

Another danger they impose is their strength. Since they have two hearts, they are almost twice as strong as the average human vampire. They can run faster, jump higher, fall quieter, and the list goes on. They also are prone to loose control of their thirst much more quickly than an average vampire.

However, there is a plus to all of this. Since the hearts are not completely dead, there is hope do return the Timelord to their original state. Found on Page 1987 is a simple cure that can be easily made if you have the ingredients handy. In order for the cure to work, the vampire must think it is blood to drink it. Otherwise it will refuse and… well, you'll never hear the end of it.)'"

Clara finished reading, her eyes wide with fear. So, he was dangerous… Her Doctor was more dangerous than anything in the universe. She looked to Mary and Jess, both of their eyes wide and faces blue.

"We… we always heard stories, but never really known…" Jess shook her head in disbelief. "We thought they were just kid's stories, to keep us in bed at night. I'd even told it to Mary when she was little." Jess looked to Mary.

"I remember that!" Mary exclaimed, looking horrified. "You made them seem so real… and now we know they are."

"We need to find the rest of the ingredients. And fast." Clara's voice was tense. She couldn't get the image out of her head… Her Doctor a terrible monster, fangs, red eyes…

"Well, maybe I can help drive?" Jess looked eagerly at Clara. "Pleaaaase? It's not everyday someone gets to fly an operational TARDIS!"

"Oh! Oh! I wanna help too!" Mary jumped up and down, excited.

"Well, it was meant for six drivers. I'm sure some help would be appreciated." Clara smiled to the two girls, standing up and walking to the controls.

"Where are we going next?" Mary asked, smiling.

"Next stop… Neoplitious!"

The girls set to work, flipping switches and pushing buttons, until Clara pulled the starting lever, the TARDIS gave a jerk, and they were off.