Madison King
Chapter 2
Rory and the Doctor tumble out of the Tardis to find Amy waiting outside for them. She laughs loudly at them as they stand up. "Why did you leave the Tardis?" Rory asks.
"It sounded like you were trying to be the 'overprotective father-in-law,' and I don't want bickering," she replies.
"I was not," he answers quite defensively.
"Yes you were," the Doctor states, backing Amy up.
"Technically, I am older than him and I am his father-in-law!" Rory says as he tries to give himself a reason for being that way.
"Rory, first of all, I'm your wife, not River; secondly, we know you're older, but he has had more…life experience than you; third, we don't know how long until you die again, so don't spend your life arguing with the Doctor; and lastly, his Tardis, his rules." Amy points to the Doctor. "Please. I don't want arguing."
He sighs and nods. "Yes Amy."
Now happier that her boys aren't fighting, she focuses on the question circling her mind and puzzling them all. "Doctor, where are we?"
The Doctor looks around. They're in an alleyway somewhere and surrounded by brick buildings. What planets have brick buildings? Earth and New Earth have brick buildings. New New Earth and New New New Earth possibly, but it's unlikely. No matter what, it has to be something Earth. Desert and some water planets have may have stone or wood structures, but Earth and copies of Earth are the only planets with brick buildings. Most planets have metal buildings.
As he tries to think of where they could be, he is reminded of the possibility that they could have landed in a parallel universe. The parallel universe version of the planet Earth has brick buildings. They could be in a parallel universe. He hopes that they were still in their universe.
The Doctor ponders going to take a better look. If he could leave this alleyway, he could see where they really are, but if they are in a parallel universe… He looks at his companions. …Amy and Rory could run off. Things could become very hectic very quickly.
What was he doing? He was thinking like an adult! A bloody adult, and what's the point of being an adult if you can't be childish sometimes? He's the eleventh regeneration of himself. He's 1,200 years old, but he acts like a kid. He needs to relax and have and adventure. Wherever they are, they're going to be trapped there for a while. Why doesn't he just have some fun with this like he always does? He smiles as he claps and finally answers Amy's question, "I don't know. Let's go find out. Come along Ponds." He starts running out of the alleyway as he gives in to his child-like energy. If it is a parallel universe, he can worry about it in a moment. For now, he might as well be himself.
When they step out of the alley and onto the street, what surrounds them is a typical London street. "London?" Amy asks half confused. "Why are we back on Earth? I thought you were going to show us Fairyland."
"Well, I'm not anymore," the Doctor responds as he quickly turns to face his two companions and claps his hands once again. He looks around. He's still trying to figure out which "Earth" they're on. He looks up at the sky and at the buildings. He tries to figure it out scientifically.
"Doctor?" Rory speaks up as he turns around and grabs a newspaper from a stand behind him.
"What?" he looks at his companion.
"This may be easier," Rory half chuckles as he hands the Doctor the newspaper. "You have seen newspapers from New Earth. You should be able to recognize the difference…I think."
The Doctor rolls his eyes his eyes and examines the front page. New Earth newspapers would always have "New Earth" with the location of where on New Earth. The same applies for New New Earth, New New New Earth, and any other forms of Earth that may exist. This paper did not have that. It looked like an average newspaper that you would find on Earth.
He groans internally as part of his childlike energy diminishes. He quickly scans the front page, looking for any indication as to whether this was their universe or a parallel one. He finds only one such indication, and as he does, it collides with him. The newspaper falls ungracefully from his hands. The pages of it fly everywhere. The Doctor catches his balance and turns around to face the stranger, as well as the final proof that they are not in their universe.