"Aww!" Rose gushed as she and the Doctor looked under Tony's bed. "It's a teddy bear. How sweet." The Doctor balanced on his toes and carefully squatted a little more to see for himself, shining his torch on it.
"Tony, it doesn't look like a monster to me." The Doctor said, getting up and looking at the small boy. Tony crouched down cautiously and looked under his bed. The monster Rose had called a teddy bear beared it's teeth and began to lash out at him. Quickly, Tony rose and backed away.
"Tony," Rose said, going to him and resting a hand on his shoulder. She kneeled down to look him directly in the eyes.
"What's wrong mate?" She asked gently.
"It's not a teddy bear Rose. It's a monster. I saw it. It was lashing out at me." Tony babbled and Rose pulled him into a hug.
"Are you sure?" She asked, pulling away. Tony nodded, fear in his eyes. Rose turned to the Doctor.
"Tony, I want to leave it for tonight. Ok?" The Doctor asked, crouching down beside Rose. "I want to see if you have any more nightmares. Ok?" Tony nodded slowly.
"Do you think you can do that?"
"I'm brave." Tony smiled.
"Ok." The Doctor said. "And if you do have any nightmares, we'll try and get to the bottom of this. I believe you Tony. I think that it is a monster. It's just that Rose and I can't see it."
"Thank you Doctor." Tony said as Rose and The Doctor stood up again and left the room. The Doctor paused in the doorway. "Night Tony." He said. "Sweet dreams."
The Doctor turned to Rose, his eyes wide and held out his hand. "Rose, I think we'd better run!"
"Rose? Doctor?" Tyler called out without turning around. "Don't look back or it'll get you! Don't look back and don't stop running!"
"Ok!" The Doctor called back. "If you say so Tony!" He and Rose picked up their pace a little and kept on running, Tony not far in front.
Rose squeezed the Doctor's hand anxiously.
"What is it Rose?" The Doctor asked.
"It's the thing behind us." Rose said. "I can hear it coming for us."
When The Doctor listened hard, he realised that he too could hear the thudding, crashing footsteps behind them. It only pushed him to go faster and to make Rose go faster along with him.
Both Rose and The Doctor awoke with a start. Mirroring each other, they sat up and looked at one another.
"Was that dream what I think it was?" Rose whispered.
"What did you dream?" The Doctor asked.
"Like Tony said. You're running in the dead of night. You were right next to me running too, Tony was ahead, He told us not to stop running and not to turn back." She said.
The Doctor nodded. "That's the exact same dream I had."
"So, did you have a nightmare last night?" The Doctor asked.
Tony nodded. "It was a little different though. You and Rose were running behind me and the monster was behind you. I was telling you not to stop running and not to look back."
"We had the same dream." The Doctor said. "Rose and I."
"You were right Tony. Something's wrong here." Rose said.
"I see what you mean Tony." The Doctor agreed, quickly rising from looking under the bed. "About it not being a teddy bear."
"That thing is scary! No wonder you've been having nightmares." Rose said, looking sympathetically at her brother.
"Wait." The Doctor said thoughtfully. "That's it."
"What?" Rose asked, looking over at him.
"Rose, you and I only started having the nightmares after we saw the teddy bear under Tony's bed the other night."