Chapter Thirteen
"Sorry, who's this?" asked Rose.
"Depends," replied River, "Where are you at?" River asked Eleven, "We just did planet Barcelona. It was beautiful!" she added. The Doctor shook his head.
"She's an old friend," Eleven told Rose. River frowned.
"When did we meet her?" asked Ten, eyeing River.
"Never mind that," barked Nine.
"What's with ears over there?" Donna whispered to Sherlock.
"He's defensive and brusque because he's hurt," replied Sherlock using his powers of deduction. Nine stared at him icily.
"River, how did you get here anyway?" Eleven asked.
"My vortex manipulator went haywire. Something was controlling it, I thought it might be you, but obviously not," explained River.
"So you just popped in here? Where'd you get that pogo stick of a time machine anyway?" The Doctor asked.
"Yes, I just popped in. I got it from Dorian when he still had a body," replied River.
"What do you mean, when Dorian still had a body?"
"Spoilers," replied River with a cunning smile. Eleven shook his head in frustration.
"Fine," he said sadly.
"Where are we, anyway?" asked River.
"We don't know. The TARDIS was dragged here," replied Eleven.
"And what about the obvious massive paradox over here with Ears and pretty boy here, they must be you, yeah?"
"Something is holding it back. Pretty boy?"
"Oh yeah. He's pretty boy," she gestured to Ten, "He's ears," she pointed at Nine, "and you're chin." The Doctor grabbed his abnormal chin self consciously.
"Ain't that the truth," Donna muttered.
"But wait, if both Rose and Donna are here then why is pretty boy not jumping for joy or in tears?" asked River.
"Donna appeared out of nowhere and," he hesitated before he reluctantly said, "Pretty boy doesn't know yet." River looked at Ten and nearly died from the pain that would soon fall on the poor Doctor.
"Did you ever meet me like that?"
"Yes," Eleven said sadly.
"You have? Interesting. I've got something to look forward to." Eleven could've cried right there and then.
"Yes, well, on to other things. What is in this cave or tunnel thing?"
"I don't know, Doctor, I don't even know where this planet is! It was never registered in the Shadow Proclamation," replied River.
"Let's keep walking, look for writing that translates…"
And so they walked. They walked for hours. Maybe even days, but then again a day on this planet could be five minutes Earth time, or a year Earth time. They kept on walking until finally, they found the end of the tunnel. It opened up into a giant cave with a gaping hole in ceiling. A giant yellow jewel filled the hole. It was perfectly chiseled so that the moonlight reflected onto every wall and nearly every velvet clothed thing in the cave. A staircase of stone led up to a second floor. A balcony with a golden banister sat on the far right. The bottom floor where they stood was just flat stone, covered in scraps of velvet.
"Someone or something lives here…" deduced Nine.
"And I think I found out what," replied Ten. He was staring up at a wall. Painted in black by hand was a legend. The legend of The Great One, the Hell raiser, Satan's Child, The Chaos, Good-willed Angel, The One With No Name, The Mystery, The Wordsmith.
I love that bit at the end. Gave me the shivers. Sorry that this story seems so random and weird right now, everything will be explained I promise. Sit tight.