Laughing Lions
Prompt: "legend"
From: abbytemple
Words: 474
Before this week's chapter, I would like to say thanks to guest reviewer, "KI" for the prompts!
When the TARDIS crash-landed somewhere in Africa, Donna knew that the day was going to be strange. Well. . . normal. The line between strange and normal blurred a long time ago. Anyway!
The Doctor, being the genius that he is
"Doctor, what are you writing?"
"Or not."
The Doctor, also knowing that they were headed for an adventure (but not surprised about it), checked the TARDIS screen to see where they were.
"But you said it was in Africa!"
"Shush!"
"Doctor. . ."
"Sorry."
The Doctor re-checked the screens to see if they were still in Africa.
"Why wouldn't—sorry! Shutting up now."
As it turned out, they hadn't moved.
"Let's go!" he shouted to Donna.
Donna smiled wide and followed him out.
She gasped in astonishment at what she saw. Greenish grass was all sound them and there were some trees a couple meters away. The sun was very bright and hot, and Donna opened her mouth to complain.
"Oi!"
"I'd say something about resting my case, but you are quite terrifying."
The Doctor suspiciously looked around. It was peaceful. It was never peaceful when the Doctor was concerned. Alright, almost never peaceful.
"Is there a point to this part?"
"I'm getting there!"
"Aha!" the Doctor shouted, pointing to a group of animals that were grazing nearby.
"What?" Donna asked, turning to look at where he was pointing.
"That doesn't look right," the Doctor told her.
Donna followed him to the animals. They were doing their best to be quiet, and cringed when the grass crunched under their feet.
"So you're going for the mysterious air, now?"
"So what if I am?"
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" came a loud laugh from the direction of the animals.
Donna jumped.
"Ahem."
So did the Doctor. It was a very human laugh. But how could it be? There were no people nearby. Not for miles!
"The Princess Bride, Doctor, really?"
Donna pointed to the animals. "Are they supposed to look like that?"
"Like what?" the Doctor asked, putting on his glasses and scholar face.
"Hey! You're not allowed to steal my pen!"
"I was borrowing. Besides, it is a 'scholar face'."
"It is a bit, isn't it?"
"Yeah."
"Can I have my pen back? Thank you."
"That," Donna stated.
"No," the Doctor agreed. "No they're not."
"Get on with it!"
The animals were strange.
"We got that, already, Spaceman."
There were lions, tigers, gazelles, and hamstery-ghopher things.
"'Hamstery-ghopher things'?"
They were all standing in one group, which was strange itself, but they didn't look normal. They looked. . . well, cartoonish. Almost as if they came out of "The Lion King". And they were rather rudely laughing at the Doctor and Donna.
"Doctor?"
"Yeah?"
"You said you were going to write down our 'adventure' and turn it into a legend for the future generations of the animals."
"Oops."
So. . . the thought of the Doctor trying to write down one of his and Donna's adventures hit me and I decided to use it for this. As you can see, he's getting a bit. . . carried away. Also, Merry (late) Christmas! And early New Year! I hope everyone enjoys the holidays and the chapter.