They look around at their surroundings taking everything in. There Is a couple of small houses which look more like barns. They are all have their own farms but apart from that there was nothing else in sight. The area they had landed in as a huge desert as far as they could see. Clara gives a small whistle "So this is the famous Gallifrey then, no offence but I thought there'd be more here" The Doctor rolls his eyes at her. "Clara this is only a very small part of Gallifrey, the stupid instruments must've landed us in the wrong place. We were meant to end up by the Citadel where the High Council is sitting there doing nothing, waiting for me to save them" He sighs and looks around "Looks like we're going to have to walk. I can't risk taking the TARDIS or we may not be able to land again" Clara nods and smiles brightly "Well the sus coming up it, it seems like a nice day I'm sure a walk would be lovely how far is it anyway?" She asks with a happy smile on her face. The Doctor looks around and gives a casual shrug "Around 100 miles give or take a few feet" Clara's face falls "100 miles? Are you joking? Wait stupid question of course you're not, fine let's get on with it but if I die of exhaustion I'm going to be very cross" She folds her arms and starts walking in a random direction. The Doctor starts walking in the opposite direction. "This way Clara" She grumbles mumbling under her breath as she follows after him.
"So of course after that he got caught because I made him go and place it in Borusas quarters, I knew it was stupid to try and break in and he was always the reckless one. He got locked up for 2 weeks in the council chamber but I felt bad so I broke him out. I wish I hadn't now though after everything that happened" The Doctor rambles on, having been talking like this for the past 3 hours about his old stories from his days at the academy. At first Clara had been very interested but as they walked on and she got very tired as the sun was causing her to sweat profusely, she was starting to get frustrated and losing her temper. "Doctor please no offence but I don't really care what you and the Master got up to during your schooldays we've been walking for hours, I have sand in my shoes and I'm probably going to have a terrible sunburn tomorrow so please give it a rest" The Doctor frowns down at her. "Fine I was trying to take your mind off the long walk but by all means focus on how tired you are and how bad this is I'm sure that'll make you feel a lot better" he says sarcastically. She sighs" I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap but I'm not exactly a big walker, how much further is there?" The Doctor takes his sonic screwdriver out and scans the area. "We're over half way there and we'll be out of this stupid desert soon so it won't be as tough a walk. I'm sure they'll have some Time Lords waiting for us so we won't miss them.
After another half an hour of walking they are still in the desert and neither are talking much to save their energy, but Clara couldn't hold her tongue for long. "For god sake we're on Gallifrey a planet that invented Time Travel surely you lot have some way of getting through a desert" The Doctor looks at her. "No we don't this whole area was surrounded in a time bubble millions of years ago, meaning that only a TARDIS could get through it. It was done to stop thieves and criminals escaping. I can't believe we landed here of all place" He grumbles. Clara looks at him "Why? He shakes his head "never mind" Eventually they see something in the clearing. It's an old tattered barn just standing there like a relic. Clara squints at it "Random place to put a barn" The Doctor frowns ignoring her and moves quickly past her and goes straight to the barn. Clara follows as he walks in it. He walks through it slowly taking it in. Clara follows him in and gasps as she recognises it. Both Clara and The Doctor had been in this barn. They were in the barn that the Doctor planned to use the moment and end the Time War until Clara had stopped them and they had formed the plan that bought them here. Clara had also been here very recently though The Doctor didn't know this. He was standing in the same position his predecessor stood in about to press the moment, he then moved to a place where Clara knew his bed had been when he was a child. Clara walks over to him. "So we're back here again ai, it's kind of full circle you coming here he day you return, to the place where you slept as a child" She says it without thinking, he instantly whips around looking at her. "What did you say?" She tenses up looking down a little. "You um you grew up here didn't you" He frowns even more" How do you know that?" She bites her lip nervously trying to play it cool. "You told me didn't you, the day we saved Gallifrey you said it was where you grew up" He shakes his head frowning at her. "I don't talk about my childhood especially that" He frowns then gasps as he has a memory of a dream that he had completely forgotten about. Or he thought it was a dream. The words play in his head from a now very familiar female voice with a northern accent. He remembers her speaking to him.
"Listen. This is just a dream. But very clever people can hear dreams. So please just listen. I know you're afraid, but being afraid is alright. Because didn't anyone ever tell you- fear is a super power. Fear can make you faster, and cleverer and stronger Fear can bring you home. One day you're going to come back to this barn and on that day you are going to be very afraid indeed. But that's okay. Because if you're very wise and very strong, then fear doesn't have to make you cruel or cowardly. Fear can make you kind. It doesn't matter if there's nothing under the bed or in the dark. So long as you know its okay to be afraid of it. So listen. If you listen to nothing else listen to this. You're always going to be afraid, even if you learn to hide it. Fear is like a companion. A constant companion, always there. But that's okay. Because fear can bring us together. Fear can bring you home I'm going to leave you something. Just so you always remember fear makes companions of us all."
His eyes lock onto hers frowning at her. "It was you, you were here. You came into here, said 2 names I didn't know. You are the monster under my bed. But that's impossible how could it have been you? Maybe it was one of your echoes I suppose it makes sense." Clara sighs and shakes her head." No Doctor it was me. It was that time when we went to the end of the universe, you were knocked out and whatever was out there was breaking in. I put my hands in the telepathic circuits and ended up in this barn, you were crying and scared I couldn't just leave you I'm sorry I know it was wrong" He frowns more pacing around the barn his eyes not leaving hers. "You told to leave and not look where we were" She sighs nodding. "I knew you'd be mad I knew we shouldn't have been there, and its not as if we were on proper Gallifrey were we I mean you couldn't have bought it back from there?" He nods "no I couldn't have, you made the right decision getting me to leave Clara" He sighs and looks down. "You could've changed the future, you could've changed me with what you did, you know the rules Clara and you broke them." She shakes her head getting defensive. "If I had done nothing what would have happened?" He frowns. "It's impossible to tell I could've stayed the same as I am now, or I could've joined the army like they wanted. Look we'll talk about tis later we've got work to do"
They leave the barn not talking at all until the exit the desert .They see in the distance a shining palace. "That's it that's the Citadel come on last stretch" They walk towards it to 2 waiting guards who say they're to take him to the council chambers. He gruffly agrees as they lead him and Clara to a door and opens the door. The Doctor and Clara face the High Councils table.
The first meeting of Galifreys return was now in session.