Chapter 5: by Malteser24

The TARDIS or whatever the Doctor called it landed with a crash. Lights were flashing, but it felt like we had finally stopped.

"Dan, I think he is waking up." Phil said to me. I walked the short distance between where I once stood and Phil and the Doctor.

"Argh. That hurt. A lot. Anyway, no use wasting time, huh?" The Doctor stood up, brushing off his clothes and straightening his jacket.

"Doctor, do you know where, or when, we are?" Phil asked, his face a mixture of excitement and worry.

"Not a clue. Isn't it exciting?" The Doctor smiled, before walking over and opening the doors of the TARDIS.

"Mmmm. Smell that historic air. Definitely the past." He stepped back inside, and turned to Phil and I.

"Quick question before we embark on a memorable adventure... Do any of you have money?"

"I have a few coins... will that do?" Phil replied.

"Perfect. Could I have it please? If I'm right, and not to sound too full of myself, but I usually am, the TARDIS should convert this into appropriate currency if we need it." The Doctor said, before bounding out the doors again.

"Should we follow him?" I asked Phil.

"I don't see why not. I'm curious as to see where we are."

"You believe him?"

"Somehow, yes. He doesn't seem too crazy. What do we have to lose?"

'Our lives' I thought, but I didn't say anything. I just followed Phil outside to where the Doctor was waiting.

"Took you long enough. Anyway, I confirmed with a local, and we are currently in France, 1792." He said, with a grin.

"1792, as in, past, past times?" I asked.

"Well, yeah. You are in 1792. Technically, before you were born."

"Doesn't us being here mess with the future or something?"

"Unless you kill your ancestor Dan, no. We are just mere observers of previous historic events... for now." He trailed off.

"What do you mean... for now?"

"Well, the TARDIS obviously landed here for a reason. What, or who that reason is, I don't know yet. I do, however, intend to find out."

Phil had been quiet for a while, but he spoke up now.

"Umm, excuse me Doctor. But isn't 1792 the middle of the French Revolution?"

"Aah, you're a smart boy. It is, which means, and I hope on my regenerations it's not there, around the corner will most likely be a guillotine."

As he spoke, we walked around the corner. And, sure enough, standing before us, was a guillotine. A substantially large crowd, considering the lack of people walking around the streets, were crowded around it. If the stage wasn't so tall, we wouldn't have been able to see. I would rather it was shorter.

"Small suggestion, I would look away if I was you." The Doctor said.

The crowd started cheering slightly, as someone was led up to the stage. It was a girl, a young girl, around 10 by the way she looked. It was a horrible sight. Her hair was messy, her dress mostly in rags, her feet were bare. She was as skinny as a stick, dirt and grime covering her. Tears were pouring down her cheeks, but no one seemed to notice or care. As she was led up the stairs, and put into place, I looked away. I couldn't stand it any more. Phil walked over to me, and I wrapped my arm around his waist. The Doctor stood there with a serious expression on his face, as if he was hiding his true emotions. There was a clean slicing sound, and the crowd erupted into loud cheers and happy cries. Phil started crying and buried his face in my shoulder. I rubbed his back as he wept.

"She was just a little girl, Dan. She could have led a long life, fallen in love, gotten married, had children. But she can't now. Because they murdered her."

The Doctor tapped me on the shoulder. I gently let go of Phil, slipping my hand into his, as he stifled his tears.

"Best for you to wear these. And, I know it's hard, but if you don't show emotion or tears, you will survive. This is a horrible time, but we need to find out why we are here. Someone, or possibly something, is here and I don't think it's for the greater good of humanity."

He handed us tri-colour ribbons. Red, white and blue. A sign of revolution.

FRENCH REVOLUTION. Are you excited? I'm excited! I'm so sorry I took a ridiculously long time to upload her wonderful chapter, but I'm sure you enjoyed it as much as I did and I'll see you with the next part very soon! Thank you to Enderblaze23 and animefangirl-isnotonfire for their lovely reviews! :D

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