It was a normal day. Or as normal as my days used to be. After being thrust into the other dimension, I had gotten a job in one of the local shops. I was just on my lunch break when I was approached by someone I had never seen before in my life. "Rose Tyler?" He asked. "Yes? Do I know you?" I asked. After everything I had been through with the Doctor, it was quite possible I had met this person, though they didn't really look familiar.
"You used to travel with a man, a man by the name of Doctor?" "Maybe? Is it any concern of yours?" I asked. At that moment, I was worried. Nothing good came when someone asked me if I knew the Doctor. He smiled widely and shook my hand. "Rose Tyler! I'm a friend of the Doctor's!" he said cheerfully as he sat down beside me.
I glanced at him warily. "A friend? Oh really?" I asked skeptically. "You want proof. Of course. Let's see. He travels through time and space in a blue police public call box called the Tardis, he has traveled with many companions yet you were always his favorite, oh, he is a Time Lord, he is from the planet Gallifrey, and we had a band together as kids."
He said with a grin as I looked at him I shock. "Wait, you knew him when he was a kid? But, but that would imply..." I said unable to wrap that idea around my brain. "Correct! I'm a Time Lord as well. I'm called the Master." He said. I swear at that moment I should have known something was up. For one of two reasons, anyone who calls himself the Master has got to be bad news, and he had this look, this look in his eye, like he was destined for greatness but, he hadn't reached his full potential yet.
"Master? That's really your name?" I asked, not wanting to accept that as fact. Although why my main concern wasn't that he was another Time Lord didn't come to mind I have no idea. "Of course! Is there something wrong with that?" He asked looking at me with an offended look on his face. "Well, no I mean, I didn't mean to be rude." I said feeling slightly ashamed of myself for being rude. I mean I was the one who fell in love with a man who called himself the Doctor.
"How long has it been since you have seen him?" He asked me suddenly, giving me a strange look. "Wha-what do you mean?" I asked trying to not show any emotion on my face. "You were sucked into a different dimension, where we are now. I know you don't belong here. And I know you miss him, just as much as he misses you." He said as he stood up and offered me a hand.
"Come with me, let me take you back to him." He said a little too kindly, if that is even possible. "What's the catch?" I asked as I stood up and just kind of stared at him. "No catch, well, not really. All you have to do is when you're back together with him, get him to give me back my ring." He said with a smile. "Why can't you ask him for the ring yourself? Not that I'm questioning the opportunity to go back to him it's just, it seems odd you can't just ask him for it back yourself."
"He is too distressed over loosing you, he doesn't want to talk to me. It's complicated. But if you don't want to go back I mean, I understand." He said turning away. "Wait!" I said grabbing ahold of his arm. "I never said I didn't want to go." I said pausing a moment before nodding. "You take me back to my Doctor then I will get you the ring back." I said as he shook his head. "I can only get you into that dimension, I can't guarantee that you will be right where he is."
"Alright, you get me back into my old dimension then I will get you your ring back." I said with a smile. I should have really been paying attention to his words more carefully. "We had this thing, on Gallifrey, where you give your truthful word, I'm giving you mine, would you kindly give me yours?" he asked as he started walking.
"Alright, I promise you I will get you the ring back, alright?" I asked already getting tired of repeating myself. "Thank you, now, off to see your Doctor!" he said as he held out his hand. I took it awkwardly as he held up his other hand to reveal a Vortex Manipulator. Except this one seemed more decked out then Captain Jack's was. He smiled down at me. "Hold on tightly!" he called as everything seemed to go out of focus. I closed my eyes tightly and tried not to feel sick as everything seemed to go crazy around me.
I can already tell you think I'm a complete idiot. And yes, on my part it wasn't my most brilliant moment, but in my defense, I didn't know who the Master really was, and I was desperate to see the Doctor. If it was someone you loved, if you were suddenly torn away from them, wouldn't you do anything you could to get them back? That's what I thought. I'm not so stupid after all now am i?