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When You Were Young

"Remember what I told you when you were seven."

"What did you tell me?"

"No. That's not the point. You need to remember." –Flesh and Stone

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"That's the crack from my bedroom wall when I was a little girl." –Flesh and Stone

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"For those of us who can't read the base code of the universe: 26 06 2010" –Flesh and Stone

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"'Course you're not scared. Box falls out of sky, man falls out of box, man eats fish custard, and look at you! Just...sitting there. I'll tell you one thing though. Must be one hell of a scary crack on your wall." –The Eleventh Hour

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Amelia shot straight up in a bit of a cold sweat. What a terrifying dream.

Her imaginary friend The Doctor had come back to visit her twelve years and then two years later. She smiled slightly at that.

She was older. Around 20 years old.

She was a bit confused.

In the dream, she called herself "Amy," and she was engaged to Rory Williams, who lived down the street from her.

The Doctor had told her that her name had a fairytale-like quality the way it was. Why would she ever change it?

It had only been a month since The Doctor had came to her about the crack in her wall. She waited out in the garden for him to return all night and into the early afternoon of the next day when her aunt found her.

The Doctor never came back.

She caught a nasty cold that kept her bed-ridden for about a week. Even then, her aunt was only there every other day scolding her for being out in the garden all that time waiting for her "imaginary friend."

Rory came by to bring some soup and flowers with his mother's help a few times.

"I'm not other people."

Amelia was so confused. The Doctor had to be real. He was as real as the crack on her bedroom wall.

She remembered in the odd dream she'd had that Rory had died saving The Doctor and the crack ate him.

She felt a chill go down her spine as she observed the crack on her wall.

Worst of all, she'd forgotten Rory. Her best friend, and according to the dream she'd had, her fiancé.

Then, Rory had come back, like The Doctor supposedly had, or would. Only, she didn't remember Rory; and when she did, he turned out to not be Rory and had zapped her.

She shuddered.

It was so real. Everything.

It seemed impossible to think otherwise.

Near the end of her dream, she remembered an odd explanation The Doctor had given her.

"Remember that night you flew away with me?"

"'Course I do."

"And you asked me why I was taking you with me and I said no real reason? I was lying."

"What so you did have a reason?"

"Your house."

Amelia looked around her bedroom. It seemed ordinary enough.

"My house.?"

"Does it ever bother you, Amy, that your life doesn't make any sense?"

What did that mean? Her life made enough sense. Too much sense actually.

Too much sense that it almost didn't make sense.

"Amelia!" Her aunt called from downstairs. "You don't want to be late for our trip to the museum, do you?"

"Remember what I told you when you were seven."

Aunt Sharon was taking her to the museum today to "cheer her up."

Amy looked at the crack on her wall and noticed that it was growing wider; both vertically and horizontally.

As they walked up the stairs, Amelia noticed that above the entrance to the museum, was engraved a message.

It read: Silence is Golden.

Upon stepping into the museum, a harsh voice echoed throughout the building.

"SILENCE WILL FALL!"

Amelia turned around to see that she was completely alone, no one else was in the museum.

Not even Aunt Sharon.

The doors they'd come through had even disappeared.

"I always come back."

"Amy's Time."

Amelia stepped further into the museum trying to hide her fear.

Kinda disappointed that I didn't manage to upload before The Big Bang aired. =(

Oh well, busy day today (my niece's birthday party) and I refuse to watch The Big Bang until I finish this ficlet. Lol ;)

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