Disclaimer: I do not own 'Doctor Who' or any of the characters in it. All rights belong to the BBC, though I would love to own it myself. Sigh.

A/N: So glad you're enjoying the story :) Thank you for all of your reviews, and I replied to all of them :) This chapter's quite short, but I'm already working on the next chapter which should be up in a couple of days.

After Amy and the Doctor had finished getting ready, they hurried back to the TARDIS console room, both eager to leave the ship and start their adventure.

"I hope you haven't parked the TARDIS in the middle of an alien animal cage," Amy muttered to the Doctor, "I really don't fancy running away from a mechanical alien, thank you very much."

"But that's always the fun part!" The Doctor replied enthusiastically, hopping out of the TARDIS, "You can't tell me that—oh bugger it, we've landed normally."

"Your version of 'normal' is different to mine." Amy said dryly, following him out of the ship.

She was surprised to find that the Doctor was indeed right; the TARDIS was parked right outside the entrance of the zoo.

"Well, half of the excitement has vanished already!" The Doctor remarked gloomily as they walked through the entrance, "You know, I was really looking forward to—Oh my Saturn!"

Amy's eyes left the Doctor's face to gaze around the zoo, wondering why he looked so amazed. It didn't take her long to figure out why.

There were over five hundred different types of alien, all queuing to get into the zoo, all different shapes and colours. Some were colossal, some were miniature, some had two legs, and some had twenty legs.

Amy was completely mesmerised by the sight. She had experienced plenty of alien forms with the Doctor, but never all at once like this.

She assumed this was a first for the Doctor as well, noting that his open mouth and wide eyes probably mirrored her expression exactly.

"Oh Amy, this is extraordinary," The Doctor breathed, awed, "I take back what I just said; the excitement starts here!"

"What are all of these creatures Doctor?" Amy whispered back, "They're incredible!"

A grin spread across his face, "It would take me weeks to tell you all about these marvellous beings!" He exclaimed, taking her hand and pulling her forward, "And we simply don't have time today! We have to actually get into the zoo first before we can talk to any of them."

The Doctor and Amy wove in and out of the crowds, hands tightly clasped for fear of losing the other in the great herd of aliens.

"Doctor, I think we're supposed to queue," Amy told him as he headed straight for the ticket booths.

"Amy, I'm the Doctor, I never have to wait!" He replied cheerfully, not seeming to notice the annoyed shouts of frustration from the other aliens as they pushed past them.

It didn't take the Doctor long to reach a ticket booth, and luckily for him, an alien had just been served, so he stealthily cut in front of the next customer. Amy gave the alien who had been waiting next an apologetic look, but he snapped his teeth at her.

"Alright, keep your hair on," She muttered, turning her back on it to face to face the Doctor, who was waving his physic paper around.

When Amy looked at the alien in the ticket booth, she had to hold back a laugh.

The alien had a human body, but it had a Labrador's head. Amy tried to catch the Doctor's eye, but he refused to meet her gaze, for fear of laughing along with her.

"Excuse me, you can't just cut in," The dog-human alien told them; it's tone of voice rather snooty. Amy had to press her face against the Doctor's jacket to hide her smile.

"I think I can!" The Doctor replied, shoving his physic paper under the alien's nose, "As you can see here, I'm a Time lord, and this is my fiancée, therefore, we make the VIP list."

Amy's head shot up at the word 'fiancée', and she stared at the Doctor in shock, annoyed when he avoided her gaze again.

When Rory referred to her as his fiancée, it made her nauseous. But hearing the Doctor call her his fiancée was a different matter entirely. It made her heart swell with excitement, warmth…and it made her feel loved.

She shook herself from that train of thought by concentrating on the Doctor's conversation with the alien.

"Indeed, you're right Sir!" The alien gasped, looking up from the VIP list, "I'm truly sorry for keeping you waiting. Is there anything I can do to compensate for my mistake?"

"No need," The Doctor replied with a smile, "Just ensure that our VIP tickets are free of charge."

"Of course Sir…right away Sir!" The alien babbled in reply, passing him two golden tickets, which made Amy think of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', "I hope that you and your fiancée have a great day."

"Thank you very much!" The Doctor replied, shaking the alien's hand, "I'm sure that we will."

As Amy and the Doctor passed through the gates, the Doctor commented, "He was a nice fellow. Shame about the dog smell though."

Amy ignored his remark, and nudged him in the ribs. "So, you didn't tell me that you were like, a celebrity here."

The Doctor rubbed the spot where Amy had elbowed him before answering her question. "It never came up."

"Well, I would have liked to have known that, especially now that we're 'engaged'. And speaking of engagements, why did you say we were engaged? "

The Doctor's cheeks flushed a light pink. "Well, he had to know that we were together in order for us both to get VIP tickets. And I also had to lie about your alien form, so I'm sorry about that."

"Being human isn't good enough around here?" Amy asked in disbelief.

"Well, humans aren't really supposed to be here. After all, there are plenty of aliens that want to eat them. So, moving on, there are—"

"—Eat them!"

The Doctor winced at Amy's shrill voice. "Uh…yes. Didn't I mention that before?"

"No, you didn't!"

"Oopsie."

Hope you enjoyed this chapter ;D

Hayley x