DQ411: Okay, so you know how I said I couldn't imagine river looking surprised?
CPG: Yeah...
DQ411: I went to and they had this characters page thing, and I went to River's page, and it had a picture of her surprised, and I was like "Hahaha!" because it looked funny, and-
River: I think they've heard enough!
DQ411: Fine.
CPG: Anyway, River since you're here, DO THE DISCLAIMER!
River: I don't see the point in this, but okay. ChickWithThePurpleGuitar and DancingQueen411 do NOT own Doctor Who. If they did would they be writing this on ?
DQ411: No we wouldn't. We would make this an episode and we would actually be in it!
River: Wait, I'd have to put up with you there too? It's bad enough-
DQ411: OI! We are perfectly nice kids...when we want to be...we just think you're annoying!
CPG: Anyway, enough chitchat, get on with the story!
DQ411: We will finish this later.
Chapter Three
Normal= Annie
Bold= Sam
Italics= third person
"OH MY GOSH! WE'RE GONNA DIE! WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO FLY THE TARDIS!" I screeched as 'Sexy' took off without the Doctor. Or Amy and Rory, but who cares about them?
"ANNIE! Did you forget about River?" Sam yelled.
I ignored her, because I was having a dramatic moment.
"Sam, I just want to tell you, you're a one in a million friend!" I screamed to Sam.
"Thanks Annie! You're the best ever!" She yelled back, playing along as our TARDIS ride became extremely bumpy.
"I just want to tell you..." I began.
"Tell me! Come on, tell me!" Sam screamed as it got louder.
"I BROKE YOUR IPOD!"
"YOU WHAT!" She screeched as she tackled me. Then the TARDIS tipped to one side and we went rolling.
River finally decided to step in, yelled "SHUT UP!" at us, and began piloting.
Finally, TARDIS stopped. We stepped outside and...wow! I exchanged looks with Sam (we do that a lot, don't we?)and knew we both knew exactly where we were. I'll use The Doctors words, and we'll see if you can guess, 'Kay?
"...The skies are burned orange, with a city down enclosed in a mighty glass dome, shining under the twin suns. The mountains go on forever, slopes of deep red grass, capped with snow."
Anyone know? Well for those of you who haven't seen that episode, the answer is...GALLIFREY! So, you can guess our astonishment at being here. I honestly thought it was exploded.
Anyway, the air was swirling with gold dust, like the stuff timelords use when they regenerate. Then the dust started blowing, and outlined two clearly female bodies, most likely timelord. One floated up to TARDIS.
"It's been a long time since I've seen you TARDIS." She murmured.
I ran through my Doctor Companions list in my mind to see when he'd had a timelord companion.
"You must be Susan!" I blurted.
"Who?" asked Sam.
"Susan Foreman, The Doctors granddaughter from the 1960's. She was his very first companion, until she left in 1994. The other timelady soul thing must be Romanadvoratrelundar, or Romana. She was his companion from 1978-79. They-"
"Where did you learn all that?" Asked River, stepping outside. "Spoilers." I said, just to be annoying. River gave me a look.
"Fine. I googled The Doctors companions, then a link to wikipedia showed up, which had links to Romana and Susan's pages, and said they were timelords, or ladies, and I decided to check them out, because he's never had a timelord, or lady, companion before and-"
"Annie," began Sam.
"Yes?"
"Do me a favor, and shut up. River probably knows all that anyway!"
"I don't know...She first appeared with Donna and David Tennant, so much cooler than Matt Smith, by the way, so she might not. But anyway, the real question is how did 'Sexy' bring us to Gallifrey?"
"Sexy?" Asked River.
"Long story. That we won't let go" replied Sam.
"Well, since Susan is busy talking to a spaceship, I guess I'll have to start business." Said Romana. "You," She said, pointing at River. "Get back inside TARDIS. This isn't about you. Plus, I think one of the controls is broken."
River begrudgingly stepped inside the TARDIS and shut the door.
"NO LISTENING!" Yelled Romana. "Anyway, now that she's out of the way, we can conduct business. how long have you been following The Doctor? Susan, get over here!" Commanded Romana.
"Well, we've been watching his show since 2005, when he was Christopher Eccleston, the ninth Doctor, with Rose, the best human companion ever! Any information from before then came from the marvelous thing called Google."
"Told you so!" Smirked Susan. "Told who so? How is this possible? How are you possible? How have we not woken and found out this was dream? I'm so confused! NO comments Sam," I gushed. She fake pouted.
"Well, long story short, there was a prophecy about two humans matching your description that said they would help the Doctor. But to do that they needed to be Timelords." Bubbled Susan. "This is all possible because we used the last of our energy to bring the TARDIS back to Gallifrey, and our souls in a somewhat solid form. We'll evaporate in about 10 minutes, so we need to get this done. There's one way to turn you into Timelords, there's no feminine version, but it will take a while, and you'll be knocked out for a few hours. Do you want to do this?" Asked Susan, turning serious.
"Well...DUH!" Screamed Sam. "I knew it! TARDIS landed in your backyard for a reason Annie! I knew it! I knew it!"
"Jeez Sam, no need to make me deaf. Yes, we'll do it!" I told The Timelords.
"Close your eyes." They instructed. "Clear your mind. Have you done so? Okay, the process starts...now!" Declared Romana. They started chanting in Gallifreyan, then it all went dark.
Next thing I knew, I woke up in my bunkbed in the TARDIS. I walked over to the wardrobe and looked in the mirror. I looked the same. I quietly recited The Beast Below poem. Still sound the same. But my brain felt three-hundred times bigger, like I knew everything there is to know about anything. I guess Susan and Romana's Timelord transformation thing worked!
I walked up to the door and heard Amy, Rory, River and The Doctor whispering.
"Secrets aren't nice!" I declared as I opened the door. They all turned towards me. Then Sam woke up.
"Well, I guess we're still alive!" She said cheerfully.
"What happened?" Asked River, always one to get down to business. Sam and I exchanged glances yet again, and decided not to tell them.
"Spoilers." We said. River gave the same look she gave me earlier.
"No, seriously, it's a spoiler. And you know we can't go around gushing spoilers, don't you? Anyway, what's for Dinner? I'm starving! There is a kitchen on the TARDIS isn't there? You know, I'm in the mood for fish fingers! Do fish even have fingers? They don't have hands so they can't have fingers can they? I don't know! I'm talking really fast aren't I? Sam do fish have fingers?" I asked Sam all in one breath.
"Annie. Annie! Breath. In out. In out. Now in answer to your question...No I don't think have fingers because they don't have hands but then why are called fish fingers? Either way, I'm hungry too, but what time is it? It could be lunch time for all we know! Doctor, what time is it? Never mind, don't answer that it's 3:42 pm, three days from when we took that unexpected trip. Speaking of trips, where are we gonna go next? I don't really care where we go as long as it's exciting! Wow, I'm talking fast too! Annie, where should we go?" Asked Sam, also in one breath.
Everyone else just stared.
"It's rude to stare!" Claimed Sam, snapping everyone out of it. Whatever 'it' was. Sam and I bounced out of our room and into the control room.
"So, we're timelords," I confirmed once Annie and I were alone. Annie nodded, nearly shaking from excitement. I put my hands to my temples.
"You okay?" Annie asked, bouncing up and down.
"Yeah, I'm okay. I just feel like I usually do when my mom forces me to study for three tests in a row. It's terrible, I feel…smart."
Annie grinned at me.
"Yeah, I agree it's weird that we know so much now-"
"And," I interrupted. "How did I know it was 3:42? You and I both know very well that I have a TERRIBLE sense of time!"
Annie nodded in agreement. I frowned. "Man, I'm starving," I commented. "Are timelords always this hungry, or is this a side-effect of being unconscious for three days?"
Annie shrugged. "So, where are we going? Cause I really wanna go somewhere really super exciting so we can have cool adventures, maybe even cooler than our last two, although the first one was pretty scary, with the whole cloning thing and the getting tied up thing, and, you know, all that, but hopefully our next adventure will be awesome and cool and epic, but not scary, and then we can try out our new super-cool timelord powers, that'd be cool, right?"
The one thing I've always loved about Annie (and that her English teachers have always hated) is that she can make a super-long run-on sentence make sense.
After Annie finally took a breath, I tried to answer her question.
"I don't know where we should go. All I do know is that we can't show off our timelord powers until we have to, because we don't want the Doctor finding out."
Suddenly, a thought came to me and I laughed.
"What's so funny?" Annie asked. I grinned evilly at her.
"You know how the Doctor is always saying how awesome he is because he's the only timelord left?" Annie nodded, looking as if she had no idea where I was going with this. "Well, not anymore."
"That's true! Too bad we can't rub it in his face...yet..." I said with a matching evil grin. "Well, we should go see where we're going! I hope it's New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York! That's always looked exciting! Or starship UK! OH! We should take the tour of planet Midnight! That would be so cool! As long as the alien doesn't come back!" I started bouncing again.
"Let's go tell The Doctor then!" Declared Sam. We went back to the control room. "Where are we going?" I asked The Doctor.
"You tell me!" He replied. I pretended to think. "Could we...Take a tour of the planet Midnight?" I requested.
"Midnight it is then!" He said. "That okay with everyone?" I expected someone to contradict and say 'no' but everyone seemed all for it. Doctor began pressing buttons and pulling levers, the TARDIS made its famous whooshing noises, I hummed the theme song, and we were off.
Once we landed on the infamous (to us, at least) planet Midnight, the Doctor pulled us off to the side to "talk."
"Where were you?" he asked. He didn't have to say what he meant. "What happened when the TARDIS took off? You weren't gone for very long, yet I know something happened. River came back angry and confused with you two unconscious, so tell me where you were and what happened, or I'm taking you home now."
Wow, I thought. I don't think I've ever seen the Doctor this angry! Not as Matt Smith, anyway.
I glanced over at Annie. We didn't know what to do. We could lie, but I doubted that would get past the Doctor. We could tell where we were, but not what we'd done. Either way, we were in trouble. Finally, I chose the second option and spoke up.
"Gallifrey," I whispered, staring at the ground. "We landed on Gallifrey. We don't know what happened there, though. We...we didn't see any people. We just arrived, somehow got knocked unconscious, and woke up back in the TARDIS." Suddenly, I spoke louder.
"And I just realized something. We never got our fish fingers! We're kinda still starving here!"
I know, I know, lame attempt at changing the subject, but hey, it worked. The Doctor brought us to the kitchen, opened the fridge, and was about to pull out the deliciously yummy food, when suddenly the three of us froze. Voices spoke, whispering the same things over and over again. "Timelords. Timelords."
"Timelords. Timelords." I heard voices, then glanced at Sam to make sure she wasn't messing with me (OW! You know you would do that, you didn't have to hit me!). She wasn't.
Then, as suddenly as they had started, the voices stopped. I would've shaken it off as a side affect of being a new timelord, but it appeared The Doctor heard it too, and he's nine-hundred something years old.
Suddenly losing our appetite, Sam, The Doctor and I power walked out of the TARDIS, pretending that nothing happened. Amy walked up to us.
"I have our tickets- What happened?" She asked. No one answered. "Well, I guess you're not going to answer, so here's your ticket! Now, the train's boarding now, so you might wanna hurry!" She jogged off. We followed.
A couple hours later, we were sitting in our seats, admiring the view of The Diamond planet, when the voices came back.
"Timelords. Timelords. Exterminate! Timelord! Exterminate the timelords! Exterminate! Exterminate!" Came a Dalek's voice, and visions began rushing into our minds.
Visions of the Timewar, burning ships, and TARDIS's. Gun fire, Dalek guns, dead timelords unable to regenerate. Then it stopped. I was sweating, my face was burning, and I felt nauseous. I glanced at Sam, and she looked like I felt. We glanced at the Doctor and he looked pale and sweaty, clenching his armrests until his knuckles turned white. We guessed he had seen what we had. Then the hostess walked by.
"Girls, is something wrong?" She asked. "No." Sam answered, since I still felt queasy. "No, just air sickness." The hostess smiled understandingly and moved on to talk with some other people.
Sam and I took sips of our Apple juice and tried to pretend we hadn't been hearing things all afternoon. Then the train froze. And The knocking began.
I jumped when the knocking started.
I gripped the seat as hard as I could and muttered, "No, no, no, this can't be happening."
Then I turned to Annie (who was also gripping the seat in fear) and snapped, "You HAD to pick Midnight, didn't you?"
"I thought it would be fun!" she squeaked.
"Doctor, what do we do?" I asked nervously.
The Doctor was sweating and shaking, looking more scared than I'd ever seen him, even on TV.
I glanced at Annie, remembering what had happened the last time the Doctor had been visited by this alien. It didn't end well.
The creature knocked again on the wall of the ship.
I closed my eyes and muttered repeatedly, "Please don't let us die. Oh, dear God, please don't let us die. Please, please, please, please, please."
Meanwhile, Amy, Rory, and the other random passengers (River had stayed with the TARDIS) were very confused. See? We should get t-shirts. None of us timelords (I love saying that) felt like explaining, so we pretended not to notice them. I closed my eyes again. I would not die! I would not!
"Remember how I said I didn't want to wake up and find out this had all been a dream?" I asked Annie, my eyes still closed. She didn't say anything, so I figured she'd nodded. "I take that back now."
Suddenly, the knocking stopped. Everything was silent. Then, an unbearable pain exploded in my head and I slumped against the seat, unconscious.
Annie and Sam slumped against the seat, just after the knocking stopped. "Doctor? What's going on?" Asked Amy.
"Doctor? What's going on?" repeated Sam and Annie.
"No. This can't be happening!" Muttered The Doctor.
"No. This can't be happening!" mimicked the girls.
"Oi! Doctor! What's happening?" Questioned Amy.
"Oi! Doctor! What's happening?" imitated Annie and Sam.
"Stop, that's not funny!" Commanded Rory.
"Stop, that's not funny!"
"I mean it!"
"I mean it!"
"Shut! UP!
"Shut! UP!"
The other passengers eyes flicked back and forth as if it was a tennis game.
"What's going on?" Asked the Hostess.
"The alien's back." Whispered the Doctor.
"The alien's back." copied Annie and Sam.
"Everyone, keep quiet, don't say a word." commanded the Doctor. "Everyone, keep quiet, don't say a word."
"Girls, if this is a joke, I will take you home right now!"
"Girls, if this is a joke, I will take you home right now!"
"Doctor, what's happening? Has this happened before? Is there anyway to stop it?" Amy whispered.
The girls repeated her.
"No. There's no way to stop this." The Doctor murmured.
The girls mimicked him.
"Wait! Didn't this happen before?" Asked The Hostess.
"A few months ago? They fixed it by killing the possessed people!"
The girls said everything back, still in perfect unison.
"Then let's throw them off the train!" One passenger suggested.
The others nodded in agreement.
"No. There might be another way." said the Doctor.
"What way? The report said they tried everything!"
"Not everything. By throwing them off, they didn't have a chance." Said the Doctor.
"Well what else then? Kill them here?"
The girls repeated everything.
"Doctor, that's the only way." Whispered Amy gently.
The girls mimicked her.
"I guess you're right." muttered the Doctor.
The girls said nothing.
"Wait, they stopped!" Cried one passenger.
"Girls, are you okay?" asked the Hostess.
Still nothing.
"Well, we won't have to kill them then, will we?" Asked Amy.
The girls repeated her words.
"Wait. What's going on?" Asked Amy.
"Wait, what's going on?" Mimicked Annie and Sam.
"Well, I guess they didn't stop." Muttered one passenger.
"If you're not gonna do anything, then I will!" Declared another passenger. He pulled out a gun and shot them. Right In. The. Heart. But remember, they're timeladies, and have two hearts.
But one was enough for the Alien, he fled their bodies, leaving them back to normal.
"What's going-Ow!" Yelped Annie, trying to sit up, but her chest wound stopping her.
"Yeah, what-Ouch!" Cried Sam.
"Girls, you were just possessed by an alien. To get it out we had to shoot you. But you're gonna be just fine. You got that? Just fine." Whispered the Doctor gently.
Sam squeezed Annie's hand.
"You're right Doctor, we're gonna be just fine. Trust me. Ow!" Moaned Sam, clearly dying.
"Yeah, trust us-Ow! We'll be-Ow! Fine-yowch!" groaned Annie, also dying. Apparently their young second hearts couldn't sustain them.
"Sam, you ready?" Asked Annie.
"Yeah, you?" Replied Sam. "Yeah." And with that, both girls winked at each other, though it went by unnoticed by anyone else, then shut their eyes as their breathing came to a stop.
Gold dust circled the two timeladies as their regeneration cycle began. The Doctor's eyes widened.
"No. This is impossible," he whispered.
"What's happening?" Rory asked.
"They can't be...regenerating, can they?" said Amy. The Doctor didn't answer.
"Amy, give me your phone," he commanded. She handed it over.
After pushing a few buttons, the Doctor put the phone to his ear and shouted, "River! What happened in Gallifrey? What are you three not telling me? AND DON'T YOU DARE SAY SPOILERS!"
After a few seconds of silence, River quietly answered, "I don't know what happened. Honestly. We met up with your granddaughter and old partner, but they made me stay in the TARDIS. I found the girls unconscious later."
The Doctor thought this over, watching the two regenerating twelve-year-olds.
"Susan, Romana," he muttered. "What have you done?" He gave Amy her phone back.
"What have they done?" she asked. The Doctor sighed.
"Susan and Romana are...timelords, essentially. Or at least they were. Apparently, Annie, Sam, and River ended up on Gallifrey, my home planet, and Susan and Romana used an ancient Gallifreyan spell to...turn them into timelords."
Suddenly, the girls sat up straight, the gold dust disappearing. They looked completely different. Instead of Dark Brown hair and Hazel eyes, Sam had curly red hair down to her hips ("Why do you get to be ginger?" the Doctor asked)with sparkling emerald eyes. Instead of honey blonde hair down to her knees and blue-grey eyes, Annie had auburn hair with intelligent blue-green eyes.
"Did that really just happen?" Sam asked. Annie nodded.
"I think so."
They looked down at themselves, admiring their new looks. Finally, the Doctor stepped forward, his face red.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he growled.
The girls exchanged glances, and simultaneously answered, "Spoilers."
OH MY GOSH! We actually REGENERATED! Yippee! Okay, I woke up a little dizzy, but it didn't last long. After Sam and I said "Spoilers" I added, "At least you're not the only timelord left!" And his expression softened just the tiniest bit.
The rest of the ride was spent in silence, Sam and I admiring the view. WE looked calm on the outside, but on the inside I know we were both gong OH MY GOSH! WE JUST REGENERATED! YIPPEE! (or at least I was! You didn't have to hit me Sam!) But as soon as we stepped into the TARDIS our faces fell. "I guess we're going home then." I sighed.
"Yeah. You said that if we didn't tell you what happened you would send us home." Added Sam.
"But if you ever want other timelord company, come and get us! You know where to go!" We turned towards our room.
"Did I say that?" asked The Doctor.
"Yup." We nodded.
"Well, maybe I can make an exception for you two." Our faces lit up. "Thank you thank you thank you!" Sam and I shrieked. Then we did the weirdest thing ever. We walked up to the Doctor, gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. Then we skipped back to our room.
DQ411: See, we are nice!
River: To the Doctor maybe, but not to me.
CPG: JUST DROP IT ALREADY! River, we don't like you because you blew up the Doctor's fez. And his Stetson. And those hats are cool!
DQ411: I know! The scene would've been funnier if the Fez had landed on the Dalek, then River blows it up along with him. But it'd still be a great loss.
River: Sorry, I think fezzes are goofy!
CPG: HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT! DQ411, we must shun her until she wears a fez and calls it cool. *DQ411 and CPG turn away from River*
DQ411: Anyway-
CPG: Review! PLEASE!