Chapter 2

After the initial shock of the sudden appearance, Rose managed to calm the poor woman down enough to learn that her name was Donna, and she was supposed to be getting married. But for some reason as she was walking down the aisle, she had appeared here! She had stopped accusing them of kidnapping (mainly from lack of cause), but still wanted to go back home.

The Doctor landed the TARDIS in Britain, but unfortunately for his eardrums, it happened to be twenty minutes away from the church. Donna launched into a whole new fit, upset at him even more now. Rose just kept trying to calm her down while simultaneously telling the Doctor to land them closer.

He refused to take the screaming bride anywhere.

She got even more angry, and almost hit Rose in her rage.

Rose became slightly ticked at both of them and threatened to do something to the ship if they didn't both shut up.

They were quickly quiet.

"Now, Doctor, lets take her closer to the church." She told him, looking stressed.

"Thank you." Donna muttered.

"But Donna, you need to stop picking fights!"

"Fine."

But as soon as they had re- landed, the church was deserted. And the yelling commenced once more. This time, the Doctor simply left the main room and disappeared inside the TARDIS.

"Great." Rose groaned. "Now he's gone off somewhere. You realize how hard it's gonna be to find him?"

Donna huffed and stepped out the door. "I'm going home." She walked away, leaving Rose alone.

Rose sighed and shut the door, then crossed the room and went to go find the Doctor. He has to be somewhere here… She thought.

She found him leaning against a wall in the pool room, eyes closed in thought. "You okay?" she asked.

The Doctor breathed in, then said: "Yeah. Her voice was giving me a headache. And I needed to think."

"About what?" She leaned against the wall next to him.

"How she appeared like that. You can't teleport into the TARDIS. So how did she get here?" He rubbed his temples slightly, then messed up his hair with both hands. He sighed, then turned his head towards her. "Anyway, where is she? You didn't leave her alone in there did you?"

"No, she left. Said she wanted to go home."

He nodded. "Good. Shall we go?"

"Where too?" Rose asked eagerly.

"I was thinking to this planet called Midnight. Its very pretty- it's only made of crystal. Or I could take you farther back in time than I have ever gone…" His eyes twinkled with that idea.

"I like the sound of that one." She told him, and they ran back into the control room where he started the TARDIS up. "How far back?" Rose asked, staring at the Gallifreyin symbols on the nearest screen.

"Let's try… The day earth came to be." He pulled a lever, and the TARDIS whooshed a few times before stopping again. And when he ran and opened the doors, they were greeted with a lovely sight.

The sun was still surrounded in clouds of gas as it was fairly new, but still the light shone brightly through the vapors. Rocks floated randomly nearby, and in the distance you could see some of them start colliding and joining together.

"Its so beautiful." Rose remarked, leaning against The Doctor slightly.

He smiled and nodded. "And look over there- that group of rock? That will be the Earth."

"Really?"

"Yep. There will be a big rock, and the gravity of that rock will pull the others to it and they will form a big, solid mass."

"Cool! So that right there really is Earth?"

"Yup. Hard to believe that that bunch of rocks becomes one big rock I have had to save countless times. You humans… you can't let me rest for one second!"

Rose rolled her eyes and smiled. "Well, at least you don't need to save anyone here."

But as these words left her lips, The Doctor tensed and looked towards a large mass moving slowly towards them. "What on earth…" he muttered, leaning closer.

"What is it?" Rose leaned out as well, trying to get a good look.

A spider-like ship emerged out of the darkness of space and floated over near them. Rose saw The Doctor out of the corner of her eye pull himself out of the doorway and turn ack inside.

"What is that?" She asked, not taking her eyes off it.

"That is an old ship... I wonder what it's doing here…" He said from the controls. He had whipped out his glasses and stared up at the screens, only looking down occasionally to mess with some buttons. "What's happening? Is it turning towards us?"

"No, it's just… floating."

The Doctor was silent for a moment. Then he said: "Why aren't they attacking us? We are perfectly visible." He came back over to her side and watched it with interest.

The ship suddenly became motionless. After a while, a small rock floated near and became stuck fast to it.

Then another, bigger rock.

Then another.

Then another.

The ship became entirely covered in rocks and soon was gone. Rose turned to the Doctor. "My planet is formed around a spaceship?" She asked.

"Makes sense. But then why have we not known about them? Unless… Oh…" He rubbed his face tiredly. "They must not be awake. They are all asleep. No wonder." Then he caught his breath and ran back in. Rose followed when she heard the sound of the TARDIS beginning to leave.

"Who's not awake? Who are they?" she asked in alarm.

He didn't answer, instead he hit a button and sent them back to where they had been. He opened the door and was about to leave when he stopped. "Do you hear that?"

They were quiet for a moment, then Rose heard the sound of soft crying. She ran out of the doors to investigate, the Doctor following soon after. They turned the corner to find Donna, still in her dress, her face in her hands.

"What's wrong?" Rose knelt by her. "Are you okay?"

"They didn't bother waiting for me." she said between sobs. "They were partying, and they didn't bother trying to find me."

"I'm sorry." Rose hugged her slightly. "It's okay."

The Doctor knelt by Rose and put his hand on the bride's shoulder. "I need to know something. There is no way you could have appeared like that on my ship. Can you tell me everything that happened?"

She nodded, and began her tale.

(A/N: Okay, do not shoot me if I get anything wrong… I have not seen this episode for… *counts* a year? Maybe two? Anyway, I'm also trying to make it closer to how it really is in the show for now… but eventually I'll probably have a chapter or two where it ships the Doctor and Rose more than the others. But I'm trying to stay very cannon for a while. Hope you enjoyed! Please tell me what you think!)