Disclamer: I do not gain or achive anything from this chapter
Chapter seven
Missing you
Rose clung to her child as they were thrown through the void and into an alternate universe. "Mommy, where are we?"
"Honey, we're far from home. Don't worry."
"Where are all the monsters mommy?"
"They're all gone, we're safe here."
"Mommy, what's that smell?" Bell asked wrinkling her nose at the odd aroma surrounding them. Rose hadn't noticed until her daughter had mentioned it. She sniffed the air. Apples, it smelled like apples, memories flooded back.
Rose and the Doctor had lain, sprawled out on top of his long brown coat, talking about chips, and they're 'first date' as she called it. He had taken her to see the end of the world. That was when she had become possessed by Cassandra, and couldn't remember anything that had happened that day. Rose smiled fond of the memories. Then her mood went somber yet again, as she remembered that he was gone."That dear Bell, is the smell of apple grass. We are on New Earth. Honey here, you look freezing." Rose said as she wrapped her coat around her shivering child.
"Thanks." Bell sniffled. Rose took a moment to take in her surroundings. They were by a house, surrounded by trees in a tiny clearing. She thought she saw somebody staring at her through the window, but before she had time to process this thought, she tripped over a rock and was sent flying into the bushes. There was little space, but overall it created a nice safe shelter away from prying eyes, and large animals.
Bell eventually fell asleep with rose constantly on alert. Thoughts floated around in her mind. Why were they on New Earth and not Earth itself? Were they supposed to be here? Who was that man in the window? Did the dimension cannon not work? Rose drifted off to sleep with Bell huddled in her lap, her steady breathing lulling Rose deeper into slumber.
When Rose awoke, Bell was playing in the dirt; drawing circles in the sand." Common 'jelly belly'! Let's go see the town!"Bell looked up at her mother; a golden light flickered in her eyes. She also has the vortex flowing through her veins. The trip there must have triggered something. She grabbed Bell and swung her around her hip, as she jumped out of the bushes. She landed on her feet, but stumbled backwards as blood rushed to her head."Oh, dizzy spell." Rose said aloud, assuring her daughter that everything was fine.
"Mommy?"
"Yes sweetheart?"
"Your eyes look funny." Bell said cocking her head to one side and staring up at her mother."They're all gold and swirly."
Meanwhile, The Doctor landed softly on the grass beneath him, as he jumped nimbly out of the window. He looked around; trying to remember the way Pedareos and Dehman had lead them through the forest and to the house. He headed in the direction he thought most reasonable, although, hardly anything was visible at this time of night. The Doctor trusted his instincts (A.K.A his finely tuned tracking senses as he lead his companions to believe) to lead him out of the woods.
After what seemed like hours of walking, the Doctor swore he'd passed the same tree at least a dozen times. Finally he gave up, and settled himself against a tree and fell asleep.
When he awoke, he was not lying against a tree; he was in a small meadow. He shivered. It must have gotten cold while he was sleeping, he thought, for there was frost covering the grass on which was surrounding him. He sat up and surveyed his surroundings. The meadow was surrounded with what used to be a magnificent forest, now in ruins. The trees and bushes had been stripped bare of all their leaves; the wood was charred as if it had suffered a major forest fire, the branches sticking out in odd angles. The sky was a bleak gray, clouds covering it completely. Suddenly he heard a stifled sob. He stood up, noting that he wasn't alone. He saw a figure, humanoid, that had feminine features. She was hunched over, tears streaming down her face, her blond hair in a mess of tangles and braids. Her face was covered, but he didn't need to see her face to know exactly who she was. Sitting there in the middle of the meadow was the one, the only, the love of his life, Rose Marion Tyler.
But, what could have caused her this much pain? He was tempted to run to her, and hold her in his arms, to feel the warmth of her skin against his, to smell her sweet coconut shampoo. He yearned to comfort her, make her forget all the grief and pain he suspected she was going through. He moved closer. Her head snapped up at the sudden movement. He stood, frozen in his tracts, unable to move. There in her eyes was the golden glow of the time vortex. Now he was sprinting towards her, but for every step he took she became farther and farther away. Everything was being pulled in the opposite direction until… suddenly it was gone. The Doctor woke up to find that he was in the very same spot he'd been when he went to bed. "Just a dream." He reassured himself."It was all just a dream."He heard a twig snap somewhere in the distance, and was instantly on his feet. A large man stepped out of the brush.
"Oi mate, w'acha doen on my land?"