Chapter 9
The Doctor woke up and was sitting in a dusty, old school chair. He looked around and was in a darkened classroom. Dust and dirt was all over the place. He looked at the board and saw constellation charts. There were students at all of the desks in the classroom.
"Sleeping in class as always, Theta?" asked an older man who was the teacher.
"What?" asked the Doctor, clearly confused, "Where am I? I can't see anything."
The lights exploded on and the Doctor's shielded his eyes before they finally adjusted to the drastic increase in lighting. He could clearly see what the classroom was and where he was. He looked at the teacher and the Doctor said in astonishment, "Impossible."
"Impossible," scoffed the teacher, "You think nothing is impossible. I've been teaching you since you were eight and first entered into the Academy and you have never said anything was impossible. You could just set your hearts and mind to it and you can do anything."
"Yes but," said the Doctor.
"No," chided the teacher.
"No you listen Borusa," said the Doctor, rising to his feet, "You cannot possibly be here. This place cannot possibly be here. It all perished in the War."
"Oh, there you go again, child, letting your imagination run wild again. I mean you are one of the brightest if not the brightest and most intelligent student I've ever had, but you are also one of the most mischievous. You scheme around trying to have fun because you lack the patience to apply yourself," said Borusa.
"You don't understand, Borusa, you're dead," said the Doctor, "When Gallifrey was destroyed, your imprisonment was released."
"Imprisonment from what, Theta?" asked Borusa.
"Rassilon's Tomb!" snapped the Doctor, "Several regenerations of yours later, you will go insane and crave immortality and in doing so you get Rassilon's ring and he imprisons you at the base of his tomb."
"Now your mind is just grasping at straws to divert my attention from the fact you were asleep during my lesson, now sit down, child," said Borusa.
The Doctor didn't listen and started to get angry, "This is not real. Gallifrey was destroyed. Now, where am I!"
"You are on Gallifrey, in the Academy at the heart of the Citadel," answered Borusa, "You should know that."
"No, this is not Gallifrey and this is not the Academy. I am somewhere else!"
"I believe you are mistaken, child," said Borusa.
"I am not a child! I am over 2200 years old and have regenerated 13 times and I am in my 14th life. I am older than you are Old Man!"
"Enough is enough! Sit down and shut up, Theta!" Borusa yelled, "You know a Time Lord is only allowed 13 lives and not more than that."
"That is true, but where I come from Time Lord society has collapsed and Gallifrey has been turned to dust, orbiting our twin suns," said the Doctor, sitting down and rubbing his face with his hands. "Okay, I'll play along. What's the lesson, teacher Borusa?"
"The lesson is about the massive War for Time, where our people fought the people of Quadesia all those eons ago," said Borusa, "It all started when the two oldest civilizations in the universe, the Gallifreans and the Quadesians. The two of them were once allies, but as that stopped when a virus appeared on the continents of Quadesia in the working class of the planet, the Vampires, which the virus is named after. It is called the Vampire Strain or as it more commonly referred to as the V-Strain."
The Doctor sat down in his desk where he once had those two millenia ago when he was just an adolescence, 200 years old. This was completely ridiculous that he had to go through this again. Actually, where was he? Gallifrey was gone and dead and so was the Academy and Borusa. How was any of this real?
"The two side fought for centuries before the Triumvirate rose up and led the Gallifreans to victory over the Vampires. They hunted the surrendered Vampires down and killed them. All but the King Vampire and Tesla Howard. Which brings me to my next lesson?"
"Wonder what that is?" scoffed the Doctor.
"A Gallifrean Vampire," said Borusa, "And there is one right there."
Borusa pointed to the Doctor.
The Doctor's blood ran cold. How could he know that? Heck, how could any of this be here. The memories flooded back towards him. All the memories of the Montana Tower and sub station flew into his mind.
"Now as it is impossible as it sounds, dear Doctor," said Borusa, "It is true. Dr. Tesla Howard's altered V-Strain has infected the Doctor and you know what we do to infected individuals of the V-Strain, don't you class?"
"Yes, sir, Borusa," said a black haired boy two seats behind the Doctor and one row over to his right.
"Koschie," the Doctor's voice was full of sorrow.
"It's the Master!" snapped the child, "And Borusa, we stone them!"
"Correct, Master," agreed Borusa.
"That's not the law of the Time Lords," said the Doctor as the students and Borusa all had stones magically appear in their hands.
"No mercy," ordered the Time Lord professor.
The stones flew towards the Doctor and the Doctor got up and ran towards the exit. He ran out the classroom door and into some kind of courtroom.
"The accused has returned," a voice boomed throughout the room.
"Accused? Accused of what?" asked the Doctor.
"Genocide, time meddling, interference, and down right annoyance," said the voice.
"That last one isn't a crime. What about the lights in this room?" asked the Doctor. Like before, the light blasted on and the Doctor saw that he was in a Gallifrean courtroom. The judge of the court was none other than the Inquisitor. "What in the frickin' universe is going on!"
"What is going on? What's going on is that we are trying to determine if you can remain your Time Lord self of become the new Gallifrean Vampire," the Inquisitor said.
"What are you talking about? I am going to remain myself," said the Doctor.
"Oh, I know that you can, but it will cause a regeneration and I know that you do not want that, especially with that human female you care for more than you should."
"Hey! Get out of my mind!" snapped the Doctor.
"We will not," said the Inquistor, "We will gather the evidence for both cases. Whether you should stay your original Time Lord self or whether you should turn into the Gallifrean Vampire. The trial will begin immediately. Vampire side."
The room transformed into the courtroom where he was on trial during his Sixth self was on trial by the Valeyard. The Doctor appeared on the right side and the Vampire Doctor on the other side.
"Are the two sides ready?" asked the Inquisitor.
"Yes, ma'am," said the Vampire Doctor.
"Bring on, Vampy," snapped the Doctor. The Doctor looked at the Inquisitor and said, "I'm ready."