appologies for the shortness of the chapters, but I can't write much more than the song gives me
note: I do not own any of Coldplay's songs, not even on iTunes
They walked in a quieter part of the island village, Xavier balancing on a low stone wall, Alice and the Doctor walking on the path, hand in hand. To their left were the mountains, towering high in the middle of the island. On the right was the village and beyond that the ocean.
"Every since I was little," Xavier was telling them, "I've always just seen these odd things. Things that aren't even there, that don't actually exist, or do exist but you just can't see them with the naked eye.
"Originally I tried to draw them, but I can't draw to save my neck. So instead I put these things in the form of poetry."
Xavier sat down on the wall, looking out towards the village. "I've always wondered what it would like to be a famous poet, but as you already know, no one likes my work. Maybe somewhere out there someone would, but where would I go? What place?"
"That's how I feel a lot," the Doctor said, "I never know where to go. But if you start going somewhere maybe then you would find the place where you need to be."
Xavier shrugged. He turned around and pointed up at the mountain. "Do you think maybe if I climbed that I'd be able to find something on the other side?"
"Are you crazy?" Alice asked him, looking at the mountain herself. It was extremely steep. "You can't climb that!"
Xavier squinted at it. "You sure? There's a path there, I can see it."
"What else can you see?" the Doctor asked, leaning against the stone wall.
"I can see the planets moving at night" Xavier answered. "And in the day I can see the stars. And when I lie on the beach I feel like my head's underneath the sand." He paused, head cocked to one side as if he was listening for something. "I can hear all this noise too, every day and night."
"What noise?"
"Just noise. Like the waves, but louder than they should be. Or a bird that's miles away. There's also a lot of static sometimes." He shook his head. "I couldn't explain it if I tried. Look!" He pointed, but there was nothing there.
"What exactly am I supposed to be looking at?" the Doctor asked.
Xavier sighed sadly. "You can't see it then. There are these birds, flying really fast. But, here's the crazy part, it seems as if they're coming up from under the ground. You wouldn't understand."
He turned back around to look at the village. "Sometimes I can also see other things, like the plans for buildings or these crazy machines. But, I can't draw so I can't sketch out what they look like so people could build them."
Xavier squinted up at the sun. "But there are some things I can't see, too. Like the light looks weird to me. I can see it all around me, but I honestly couldn't tell you that I see the sun. There's an outline there, where I'm assuming it should be, but nothing else. It's puzzling."
"You're one strange child" the Doctor told the boy.
"I know," Xavier said, not turning to look at him. After a second he said: "there's a storm approaching. Physically and metaphorically. There's a storm on our shore, and danger's around us…"
"What does that mean?" Alice asked.
"A big storm is going to hit the island" Xavier explained. "And that something bad is going to happen soon. I don't know what though."
They sat (or stood) there in silence for a while. Then Alice screamed. Xavier and the Doctor turned to see her get carried off by a giant bird.
"That's one of those birds!" Xavier said. "Well, it's a bit larger, but it's still one of them!" The bird was black, though in the sunlight its feathers took on a more purplish or bluish shade.
"Where is it headed?" the Doctor asked, turning to look at Xavier.
Xavier took a second to think about it. "Follow me" he said, running off.