Hello, all! :) Wow. Thank you for all the incredible support on that one shot- everyone seemed to love it, so I thought why not? I'm going to expand on this idea and go all out.
I will be writing a second fic titled "Pursuing the Heart" that treats this one-shot as a prequel. That's right, there will be a sequel, not just a part 2! :D I'm pretty excited to write this fic, so here's a little sneak peak to get ya'll excited, too. Enjoy!
Rose Tyler's breath echoed off the stone walls of the dark, damp tunnel as she raced through it, her small bag thumping against her back with every step. Behind her, the torchlight and yells of her pursuers urged her onward, her tired lungs gasping for breath and her legs burning.
Right turn, left turn, another right turn. She'd lost her way long ago, and even if she did shake her pursuers, she wasn't sure she'd be able to find her way out.
Don't think about that, she scolded herself silently, making another wild turn to the left. Just focus on getting away. Behind her, the light faded briefly, plunging her world into a murky darkness, before the bobbing light reappeared as her enemies rounded the corner.
If I can just get to the Doctor- if he even knows- then I'll be safe. I just have to find the Doctor.
She tried to ignore her mounting doubts, doubts that she'd recognize him, doubts that he'd even gotten her plea for help. Because if he hadn't, she was as good as dead.
He has to be looking for me. He has to!
Behind her, the light got brighter as her pursuers got closer, illuminating more of the path ahead. As she saw more, Rose pulled up short, just barely stopping herself from tumbling off the ledge into the darkness below.
The path vanished into a deep cliff, an abyss. Behind her, the light grew steadily brighter as they got closer. Rose was trapped.
If only I'd never written those stupid words, Rose thought, fighting back fear as they poured around the corner, only feet away.
But no; she'd just had to write Bad Wolf. She'd started this.
Bad Wolf.
The beginning of the end.
Once again, the fic will be called "Pursuing the Heart", and I will be posting the first chapter in two days, on Sunday, May the 11, 2014. It'll be anywhere from 5 to 10 chapters, depending on how certain scenes play out length-wise. Anyway, hopefully this little snippet got ya'll excited. See you on Sunday!
-Qwerty