Title: No Longer Alone
Summary: The Doctor always felt alone, and then one day out of the blue, he found himself face to face with a woman who knew of the Time War, and how to fly a TARDIS. And when he finds out she has two hearts he knows he'll never be alone again.
Rating: T (just to be safe)
Author/s: StormFyre (read the Prophets of Terra's profile, you'll understand)
Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who!
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Rory and Amy were fighting their way through a thicket of vines. "Amy?" Rory's voice wavered,
"What is it?" Amy asked. She looked over at her boyfriend, she still thought 'husband' didn't suit him, and saw how pale his face was. "Rory? What is it?"
Rory glanced back at the tangle of vines "Snake!" he whispered, pointing to what looked like a vine,
"Rory! That's a vine!" Amy sighed, exasperated. She looked at it again and screamed as the snake opened its fluorescent purple eyes and hissed at her. "Run!" she yelled at Rory and the couple managed to break through the vines that had appeared before them. They sprinted through the trees, hands clasped and their hearts in their mouths. Suddenly they found themselves running up a steep slope and down it at the same time. Amy's head started to spin as she tried to remember which way they had come from. She glanced over her shoulder and saw the treetops writhing with snakes of all sizes. Her fear lent her speed and she quickly overtook Rory. Amy kept sprinting, dodging trees and vines and Rory slowly fell behind. She burst from the cover of trees and just as Amy glanced over her shoulder again, the edge of a cliff yawned out underneath her. She skidded to a halt but she was going too fast. Rory's second stash of adrenaline kicked in but he was only just in time to grab Amy before she fell. They both stood there, shaking with fear. Amy leaned over and hugged Rory, burying her face in his shoulder. Her slim frame was racked with sobs and Rory patted her back clumsily. Amy looked up at Rory and kissed him. "Thanks" she muttered,
"We've got to find the Doctor" he said and pulled Amy away from the edge. Amy looked up at him and nodded.
"And Yalaea." She gave Rory a watery smile and took his hand. "Problem is" her face fell "they could be anywhere and we don't even know where we are…" Rory squeezed her hand comfortingly,
"I doubt that we need to find them, they'll find us!" He gave a half-hearted chuckle,
"No" Amy shook her head "All we need to find it the most dangerous being in this world and the Doctor will be somewhere near."
Yalaea and the Doctor were clambering around some of the largest trees either of them had ever seen. They were still above ground as they felt safer in the tree tops. Both Yalaea and the Doctor had gotten used to the rhythm of leaping from tree to tree and they made fast progress. "What are we looking for again?" Yalaea gasped as the rested on a wide branch,
"Dunno." The Doctor shrugged his shoulders, his chest heaving "I think we look for signs of danger and follow them. Rory and Amy always manage to get in the worst of situations. It's brilliant!" he grinned.
Yalaea grinned back, "I know!"
She stood up and they continued through the jungle. Yalaea skidded to a stop at the end of the branch she was running along.
"What is it?" the Doctor asked, nearly running into her. Yalaea just pointed to the massive gape between their tree and the next one. "Oh" was all the Doctor said.
"Yeah" Yalaea replied. Her eyes automatically scanned for a way across and she spotted a vine above them. She turned and grinned at the Doctor "Are you familiar with Tarzan?" she pointed to the vine "That's our way across!" Without another word Yalaea leapt upwards and started to climb. The Doctor grinned and followed her. When they reached the vine Yalaea realised just how thin it really was. She looked down and gasped,
"What?" the Doctor asked,
"Look" Yalaea pointed at the ground,
"Blimey!" the Doctor exclaimed "That's gotta be fifty feet!"
Yalaea smiled grimly "I know." She looked at the vine again "But I think we could make it" she gestured to the vine "I'll go first." Without waiting for a reply Yalaea tied a loop around the bottom of the vine, inserted her foot and leapt, "GERONIMO!" she yelled as she flew through the air. Yalaea only just made it to the other side and the Doctor sighed with relief as he saw her shining eyes grin back at him. "Your turn!" she called, tying a rock to the vine and throwing it back to the Doctor. He caught it, untied the rock and inserted his foot into the loop.
"GERONIMO!" he yelled as he flew after Yalaea. He very nearly didn't make it and it was only Yalaea's quick thinking that saved him. She grabbed his outstretched hand and pulled. The Doctor cannoned into her sending them both flying backwards. They landed against the trunk with a dull thump. Yalaea was the first to recover and as she helped the Doctor to his feet, her eyes were shining with excitement.
"That. Was. Amazing! Can we do it again?" she asked. The Doctor laughed,
"I wish!" his smile dropped "But we've got to find Amy and Rory…"
Yalaea nodded in agreement, "I think we should get back to ground level" she glanced down. The Doctor nodded and they slowly clambered back to earth. Yalaea sighed with relief when her feet were firmly placed on solid ground. As she waited for the Doctor Yalaea noticed that they were no longer in a jungle. The trees surrounding her were the pine trees of an alpine forest and they even had a light dusting of snow. A cold wind flew through the trees cutting through Yalaea's thin shirt. Goosebumps rose on her arms and she shivered just as the Doctor landed beside her. "Cold?" he asked,
"Yeah, just a bit." Yalaea looked around again "How?" she muttered "We were in a tropical jungle and now…this!" she gestured at the snow that had started to fall.
"Hmmm. There's something here that doesn't make sense…" he searched through his memories, "Let's go poke it with a stick!" he grinned at Yalaea who grinned back.
"No. There's something more" she said. Her mind flashed back to when they had arrived, "We were on a grass covered hill but then we were suddenly in a jungle, Amy and Rory disappeared, the ground was too far away and now we're in an alpine forest!" her voice grew louder "Normally we would dismiss these, if it only happened once! But it has happened more than once! So we see…we see the truth!" she turned to the Doctor "They were illusions! These are illusions!" Yalaea gestured around her.
The Doctor stared at her for a moment then grinned "Brilliant! Just brilliant!" his grin faded "But now this makes finding Amy and Rory all the more important."
Amy and Rory were running across sand dunes. Somehow they had left the jungle but neither Amy nor Rory could remember how. Now they were running through an alpine forest. "Rory!" Amy gasped "Stop for a moment!" Rory turned,
"What is it?" he asked,
"I've just realised something. We were on a grassy hill, then we were in a jungle, then I nearly fell off a cliff, we were running across sand dunes and now we're in an alpine forest!" she looked at Rory "Do you get it yet? These are all illusions!" Rory just stared blankly at Amy and then he got it,
"We've got to find the Doctor!" he looked around "and Yalaea!" he added,
"I know, but they could be anywhere!" Amy sighed "This is going to be a tricky one."
Doctor?" Yalaea called,
"What?" the Doctor turned to face Yalaea.
"I felt something. Didn't you?" she glanced around "I think Amy and Rory are somewhere close…"
the Doctor copied Yalaea and spun on the spot "I dunno Yal." Then he saw movement "There!" he pointed,
"Amy? Rory?" Yalaea called…
Amy and Rory winded their way through the trees. "Rory? Look!" Amy said "There" she pointed,
"Amy? Do you think it could be?" Rory asked. As soon as he did they heard a voice,
"Amy? Rory?" the voice said,
"Yal?" Amy said,
"Amy? Oh Amy is that you?" Yalaea and the Doctor stepped from behind the trees. Yalaea ran up to Amy and hugged her. "Are you alright?"
Amy hugged her back "Yeah I'm fine." She looked at Rory "Doctor?" Amy asked, breaking away from Yalaea. "There's something we've got to tell you…"
The Doctor interrupted her "That this whole world is an illusion? Yeah, Yal already figured that out." He grinned and Yalaea grinned back,
"Oh My God!" she yelled,
"What?" all three said together,
"I just worked out what 'rhith' means. It's Welsh for illusion or virtual!" Yalaea gasped "How didn't we see this?" she faced the Doctor.
"I think we should go" Rory said "I don't like this Rhith…"
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