Rory and Amy came out of the TARDIS grinning but when they touched the baby blue crack filled ground, their grins disappeared and frowns replaced them. Everything in Tawengay was baby blue. The sky and the sun. Everything. Every blue building that Rory and Amy saw was the size of skyscrapers. Rory looked at the Doctor and saw that he looked awfully Cheery.

"What are you smiling about?" snapped Rory.

The Doctor looked at Rory and Amy and suddenly the cheeriness that he felt was replaced with worry.
"No no no no no no no" said the Doctor taking out his sonic-screwdriver and scanning them both. He stopped scanning them and looked at the readings.

"You shouldn't be feeling depressed yet, that's suppose to come in" the Doctor checked his wrist watch and looked up at the blue sun. "An hour's time, but why now, now of all times, why? Is it because you're both human? That might be why" rambled the Doctor, mostly talking to himself.

Amy stretched lazily and looked at the Doctor with a bored look. She then looked him up and down and yawned.
"Can we go back inside, this planet is so sad" she said frowning at the Doctor and folded her arms over her chest.

"Noooo because we are suppose to save the people on this planet" said the Doctor raising his arms in the air and looking to his left and right.
The Doctor put down his arms slowly and his jaw dropped. No one was outside. When the Doctor was last here, there were people outside, miserable, but outside. But now, as he looked all around him, the planet looked abandoned and there was so much silence that if he was to drop a pin, the whole planet would hear it.

"Come with me you two, we have to find out what's going on here. Rory, take my hand and Amy take his" said the Doctor putting his hand out for Rory to take.

"Do we have too?" chorused Amy and Rory.

The Doctor looked at them incredulously. "Yes. Yes you do have to, now come along, we have to see the king" said the Doctor.

Rory looked at Amy and then back at the Doctor. When Rory shrugged and took hold of the Doctor and Amy's hand, the Doctor smiled and ran east.

The Doctor took left and right and left and left turns and by the last left, he was slightly annoyed. The planet had changed so much. The buildings were bigger, more intimidating, than before and there was a certain creepiness hanging over them. Once or twice the Doctor felt that millions of eyes were watching them.
And Rory and Amy weren't helping either. Rory and Amy stopped frequently and lay on the blue cracked ground, with their eyes slowly closing. The Doctor had to shake them to make sure they didn't go to sleep. Once or twice he had to take hold of their hands and pull them up off the ground, but on both occasions he fell and lay on the ground with them.

But finally, after they had taken a right turn, there, standing tall and valiant was a baby blue castle the size of the tower of London with white drapes that had blue dragon insignias on them.

"My friend, you have changed" whispered the Doctor to himself.

The Doctor, Rory and Amy walked up ten stone steps and stopped before two large oak doors.

"What do we do now?" asked Rory absentmindedly, looking behind him.

"Well we enter of course!" replied the Doctor grinning.

The Doctor knocked on the two oak doors three times then kicked them twice like he was kicking a football and finally head butted them hard. He stumbled backwards into Amy and Rory, who reluctantly caught him.

"Thank you" said the Doctor cheerily and he rubbed his forehead. The Doctor straightened up and fixed his bowtie from being slightly crooked.

BOOM!

The oak doors opened and a large grey blob with sunken green eyes dressed in what looked like Victorian era clothes stood before them.

"Alfonso!" rejoiced the Doctor and he hugged the blob.

The grey blob named Alfonso briefly smiled and patted the doctor on his back with his small middle-age hands.

"Time lord, it's been too long" said Alfonso quietly. His voice was strong, yet elegant.

"Well it sure looks like it! What's happened to everything, it's all, different and quiet and-

"I shall explain later Time lord. It seems you have brought guest with you as well" Alfonso green eyes lingered on Rory.

"Ah yes!" said the Doctor and he stepped back from Alfonso. "Rory, Amy, meet Alfonso! He's one of the few Tawengay people that would crack a smile!"

Rory and Amy stared at Alfonso and then at the Doctor. There was an awkward silence.

"Are they usually like this when they see a monster like me?" asked Alfonso.

"It's not because of you Al, your planet seems to have this effect on humans by the looks of it. They seem to become lazy and almost recluse. You wouldn't guess it but these two are actually married" said the Doctor excitedly.

"Married?" remarked Alfonso.

"Together. Happy. Like they can conquer the world!" said the Doctor and he cleared his throat. "But that's not why we're here" and suddenly the Doctor became serious and he looked into Alfonso's green eyes. "May we come in? What I have to say needs to be taken seriously but also, I feel like we are being watched" The Doctor whispered to Alfonso and he glanced behind him.
Pure nothingness was all the Doctor could see.

"Yes of course you may come in. I to shall explain my story" said Alfonso sadly and he turned his back on the Doctor and went inside.

The Doctor looked at Rory and Amy and smiled.

"Why are you smiling for?" Amy asked the Doctor, intrigued at his happiness.

"No particular reason, just wanted to smile!" said the Doctor and his smile widened.

Amy's lips felt dry and her chest tightened.

"You're blushing? That means that you feel something other than despair. This is good" said the Doctor and he abruptly entered the castle.

Amy felt her cheeks. They had become warm to her touch. She licked her lips and looked up at Rory who looked at her and shrugged his shoulders.
Amy walked inside the castle warily, looking for any immediate danger.

Inside were four solid gold doors. One was in the east corner, one was in the west corner, one was in the north corner and the last one was on the first floor, two of which, were opened. In fact, everything was decorated in gold, from gold-painted chairs too solid gold tables. The gold painted walls gleamed brightly in Amy's direction and she closed her eyes.

"We shouldn't be here. Let's go back" said Rory, obviously trying to smile but something about it went wonky so one side of his mouth was up and the other down.

"But the Doctor-

"Would you rather be here, a place so" Rory looked at the gold walls and cringed. "So bright"

"I don't know, maybe? I don't know Rory, it's not that bad" said Amy and she looked at the walls, trying to hide her disgust.

"What are you two doing in here?" came the voice of the Doctor.

Amy sharply turned to where the Doctor's voice was coming from. He was leaning on the east door's frame. "We're in here" said the Doctor, and he looked at Rory smiling.

"Can you keep the smiling to a minimum please?" Rory said, avoiding the Doctor's gaze.

"Why? Smiling is good, helps keep you happy, don't you want to be happy? Well you already are so how about happier?"

Rory shook his head and looked towards the two oak doors. It would be so easy just to walk out of them and head back to the TARDIS. But he couldn't leave without Amy. She was his wife, his soul-mate and although he felt miserable right now, deep inside, she lighted this intense pink flame of love and togetherness inside him. And that made him feel happy.

The Doctor looked at Rory and his smile widened. "After you Mr. and Mrs. Pond" said the Doctor and he held the door open while Rory and Amy nervously entered the golden doors.

The room they had entered was the dining hall. It was a long hall that could possibly fit two Lionel trains. And like the main room they entered, everything was gold. In the middle of the room a small golden dining table just stood there as valiant as the castle itself.

"You'll love this" said the Doctor to Amy and Rory excitedly and he ran full speed at the dining table and jumped.

He slid, almost like he was gliding, on the table and stopped abruptly, raising his hands in the air.

"Now come on, that deserves a round of applause don't you think!" cheered the Doctor.

Amy and Rory clapped absentmindedly, their gaze not on the Doctor, but on Alfonso who had just come in from, not a gold door, but a stainless steel one which they had just noticed.

"You really haven't changed have you Time Lord" chuckled Alfonso dryly.

"Well, maybe a little" said the Doctor.

The doctor jumped off the table and pulled out one of the golden chairs and sat down, his left leg crossed on top of his right.

"You may sit you two" said Alfonso looking at Rory and Amy.

Rory and Amy walked and pulled out two golden chairs from the table and sat next to the Doctor, with Rory on the Doctor's left and Amy on his right.

"The reason why we are here Alfonso is because we have something important to tell you, which I'm sure you've already guessed" said the Doctor, his voice tranquil. Alfonso only nodded his round head.

"Right now, heading towards Tawengay's Atmosphere, is a ship filled with Nageshi, on a crash collision course to Tawengay and their plan is to destroy it."

Alfonso's eyes widened and his bottom lip quivered. He paced by the Doctor and where he stood but then he stopped. He looked at the Doctor sadly and made a grunt sound that was surely meant to be a sigh.

"If that is why you have come here Doctor, then I must say you came here in vain. I know about the Nageshi because I, how would you say it, called them here"

The Doctor raised his left eyebrow and got up from the chair.

"You called them here? You do know that they're coming to destroy this planet right?"

"Yes Time lord"

"But there are people here! You can't just up and go 'hmm, I think today's the day that I want to blow up my planet!' this is madness, this is insane!" said the Doctor and he too started to pace.

"It was a hard decision Doctor, but a necessary one. Now sit, I must explain on how it came to be" said Alfonso and he put his hand on the Doctor's shoulder, leading him back to his seat.

When the Doctor sat reluctantly on the chair, Alfonso looked at Rory and Amy. "

Maybe we should discuss this between ourselves, Time Lord" said Alfonso, a hint of caution in his voice.

"No" said the Doctor with finality in his voice and he put his right index finger on the corner of his mouth and the others under his chin, his eyes fixed on Alfonso.

"Very well" said Alfonso, frustration creeping into his voice. "I'm sure you've noticed that there isn't anybody outside and like you said, you've gotten the feeling that the Tawengay people are watching you. I have as well and that's why I've called upon the Nageshi's help"

"Why?"

"Because I, unfortunately, am the last of the Tawengay people"

"When you mean last" the Doctor said staring down Alfonso.

"Yes. The Tawengay people are dead"

Silence.

The Doctor closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead. "What happened to them" he said, trying to keep his voice steady.

"A war happened. When you left us all those years ago, Dylan chose to lead those of us that yearned to be free, be happy and leave this wretched place. But Lyrus wouldn't have it. They each recruited the Tawengay people. Some wanted to leave like Dylan while others that followed Lyrus didn't want the others to leave because they felt that if the others left, something evil would plague them. When Dylan and what you call an army were ready, they made their way to the escape pods you had built for those that wanted to leave. But they were greeted by Lyrus and his army. Families were divided and they fought each other. And in the end, only I survived"

"So now you think this is your fault?"

"Of course it's my fault!" roared Alfonso, and he turned a purple color. "All those people died for no apparent reason! All we, the ones that wanted to love and feel, wanted to do was leave and experience the wonders of the other planets! But instead we fought for three days, depressed and angry that we were denied our freedom! And I watched as the numbers dwindled from ten to two and then me . . . all alone, on this" he threw his hands in the air in frustration. "On this deserted Island with nothing better to do than build"

"But then why didn't you take one of the escape pods after the war?" asked the Doctor, his eyes still closed.

Alfonso laughed dryly. "I tried, I honestly tried. But dear Lyrus had beaten me to them. Someone we knew must have told him about the pods because as soon as I got to their location, they had been dismantled. And I tried to fix them, but I didn't understand which part went where so I left them"

"But why destroy the planet? If you really didn't want to be here, although I advise against it, why not end it right then and there?" Asked the Doctor, and he opened his eyes, got up from the chair and started walking around Alfonso. "Unless something startled you or gave you hope. Something reached to you and I'm guessing in the form of one of the fallen"

Alfonso shifted uncomfortably. "Three days after the war, I started hearing voices of those I knew. Two days after that I saw Dylan. And ever since then, those that had fallen appear to me, whispering evil things in my ear. I couldn't take it Doctor. So I went into my communication area and called upon the help of a race that destroyed planets. They were stunned at first, not many planets called them wanting to be destroyed, but I just couldn't take it Doctor" said Alfonso and he slumped into the chair the Doctor had sat in.

"Just leave Doctor. There's nothing left to be done here"

"Well of course there is! We can stop them from destroying the planet!" said the Doctor.

"But don't you ever listen? I said leave"

"Well the thing is I rarely tend to listen" And the Doctor put his hands on Alfonso's shoulders. "But listen to me when I say this. It was not your fault for what happened. This planet doesn't have to suffer!"

"But what about me Doctor" cried Alfonso. "What about me, the only one left of my kind that doesn't even want to go and see the world anymore. I've had years to wallow in my depression and nothing can change that. If you are the man that you were all those years ago, you would most definitely leave this place and not come back"

The Doctor removed his hands from Alfonso's shoulders and looked at Amy and Rory. The Doctor bit his bottom lip and nodded at them.

"Does this mean we're leaving?" asked Rory unable to keep the excitement in his voice under control.

Amy looked at Rory with such ferocity that she got up from her chair and hugged the Doctor tightly.
The Doctor looked to his left and to his right and at Rory, who looked at Amy with confusion.

"Amy you don't have to hug me, well not that I don't appreciate it but we can always do the hugging stuff when we actually leav-

but the Doctor was cut off when Amy's lips had brushed onto his. The Doctor's hearts almost stopped. His mind couldn't comprehend what was going on.

"A-A-Amy what are you doing?" spluttered the Doctor trying to push her away gently.

"This is almost like déjà vu" thought the Doctor.

"Shut it brain!" said the Doctor aloud.

"I feel like I might regret it if I don't do this. Something about you makes me feel funny" said Amy and her lips began to tremble.

"Ah, okay, but I'm sure you're mistaking me for Rory, who by the way, is over there! Hey Rory!" said the Doctor, looking at Rory, trying to signal to him to get her off him before she does something she regrets.

But Rory just sat there watching.

"You could help you know!" the Doctor shouted to Rory.

But still he sat there.

"Stop fighting Doctor, I know you want this"

"NO no no no no no no no no" said the Doctor, still trying to push Amy away, but she wouldn't budge.

And then time seemed to stop.
Her lips had brushed the Doctor's again and this time, an electric sensation ran down his spine. The Doctor closed his eyes. He couldn't believe he was doing this! But something inside him did want this. Something inside him ached to be with the girl who waited for him and believed in him.
The Doctor opened his eyes abruptly and looked at Alfonso.

"Can you get her off me Al? I promise I'll leave afterwards"

Alfonso got up off the chair reluctantly and grabbed hold of Amy's waist and separated her from the Doctor.

The Doctor looked at Rory and knew that his world was crashing down before him. But he knew it was because of this planet. Amy would not and could not kiss the Doctor because she loves Rory. Rory was the one for her and they were going to be together forever.

"Rory keep Amy away from me. She didn't want to kiss me Rory; it's because of this planet and that's it" said the Doctor and he started walking out of the castle. "Come along you two! We are going to get you back to normal!"

Rory nodded his head at a sorry looking Amy and got up. He looked at her hands and caressed them gently.

"Do you love me?" said Rory; his voice cracking

"Yes" said Amy.

"Do you love him?"

"Yes" said Amy her voice cracking as well.

"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it?" said Rory, obviously trying to hold back tears.

Amy nodded and she took Rory's hand.

They both ran out of the Dining hall and met with the Doctor, who had given them a faint smile when he saw them coming.

Alfonso sat in the dining hall, alone at last.

"Why did you send them away" said a voice chuckling near Alfonso's ear.

"It's you again Lyrus" said Alfonso, smiling.

"But of course! I have to keep checking on the one person that told me about the escape pods" the voice chuckled again.

"That is a mistake that I will regret even after I and this planet are gone" said Alfonso and he closed his eyes.

And finally, after all those years, tears fell from his round face and hit the golden carpet like rain on windowpanes.