the hourglass (doctor who fan fiction)

Flesh and Stone pt. 4

"Don't open your eyes. You're on the Flight Deck. The Doctor and Amy are here. I teleported you. See? Told you I could get it working." River said, I assumed she was the one holding on to me. "River Song, I could bloody kiss you." I heard the Doctor say. "Ah well, maybe when you're older." An alarm blared. "What's that?" I asked. "The Angels are draining the last of the ship's power, which means the shield's going to release." the Doctor explained. I heard the noise of something opening. "Angel Bob, I presume." the Doctor said. "The Time Field is coming. It will destroy our reality." Angel Bob replied. "Yeah, and look at you all, running away. What can I do for you?" the Doctor asked. "There is a rupture in time. The Angels calculate that if you throw yourself into it, it will close, and they will be saved."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Could do, could do that. But why?"

"Your friends will also be saved."

"Well, there is that."

"I've travelled in time. I'm a complicated space time event too. Throw me in." River said. "Oh, be serious. Compared to me, these Angels are more complicated than you, and it would take every one of them to amount to me, so get a grip." the Doctor scoffed. "Doctor, I can't let you do this." River argued. "No, seriously, get a grip." he said. "You're not going to die here!" River yelled. "No, I mean it. River, Amy, Juno, get a grip!"

"Oh, you genius."

"Sir, the Angels need you to sacrifice yourself now." Angel Bob said. "Thing is, Bob, the Angels are draining all the power from this ship. Every last bit of it. And you know what? I think they've forgotten where they're standing. I think they've forgotten the gravity of the situation. Or to put it another way, Angels." River put my hand on a handle. "You hold on tight and don't you let go for anything." she said. "Night, night."

The gravity failed, I quickly held onto the handle as tight as I could, my feet left the floor.

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I was wrapped in a blanket, Amy was next to me. "Ah. Bruised everywhere." I said. "Me too." the Doctor said, his arms crossed. "You didn't have to climb out with your eyes shut." I scoffed. "Neither did you. I kept saying. The Angels all fell into the Time Field. The Angel in your memory never existed. It can't harm you now." he walked over. "Then why do I remember it at all? Those guys on the ship didn't remember each other." I questioned. "Yeah, that doesn't make sense. I can remember them too." Amy said. "You're a time traveller now. Amy. It changes the way you see the universe, forever. Good, isn't it?" the Doctor smiled. "And the crack, is that gone too?" I asked. "Yeah, for now. But the explosion that caused it is still happening. Somewhere out there, somewhere in time."

The Doctor went over to River, who was in handcuffs. "You, me, handcuffs. Must it always end this way?" She held up her wrists. "What now?" he asked. "The prison ship's in orbit. They'll beam me up any second. I might have done enough to earn a pardon this time. We'll see." she shrugged.

"Octavian said you killed a man." I looked up at the Doctor. "Yes, I did." River responded. "A good man." the Doctor added to his sentence. "A very good man. The best man I've ever known." she smiled sadly. "Who?"

"It's a long story, Doctor. It can't be told, it has to be lived. No sneak previews. Well, except for this one. You'll see me again quite soon, when the Pandorica opens." she said. "The Pandorica. Ha! That's a fairy tale." I scoffed. "Juno, aren't we all? I'll see you there." she smiled at me. "I look forward to it." I said. "I remember it well."

"Bye, River." Amy waved. "See you, Amy. Oh, I think that's my ride." River looked up. "Can I trust you, River Song?" the Doctor asked. "If you like. Ha, but where's the fun in that?" River was beamed away in a whirl of sand.

The Doctor walked towards me and Amy. "What are you thinking?" Amy asked. "Time can be rewritten."

"I want to go home." Amy brought up, we were sat in the console room. "Okay." the Doctor got up, beginning to press a few buttons around the console. "No, not like that. I just, I just want to show you something. You're running from River. I'm running from something too." Amy grabbed the Doctors hand and pulled him out the door into her room. "Okay cool i'll just stay in here." I shrugged. I got up and leaned on the console. "Hmm..." I hummed, turning around to the monitor. "Hehe..." I grinned, turning the monitor on. A video of the Doctor and Amy in her room was on screen.

"-and it made me think." Amy's voice said. A wedding gown hung on her wardrobe. "Well, yes, natural. I think sometimes. Well, lots of times." the Doctor nodded, sitting down on the bed. "About what I want. About who I want. You know what I mean?" Amy raised an eyebrow. "Oh..." I muttered. "Yeah." the Doctor nodded, then shook his head, "No."

"About who I want." she emphasized the who. "Oh right, yeah." he shook his head again. "No, still not getting it."

"Doctor. In a word. In one very simple word even you can understand." Amy tried to kiss him. "Oh shit-" My eyes widened. The Doctor jumped up off the bed, "No! You're getting married in the morning!"

"Well, the morning's a long time away. What are we going to do about that?" She pinned him against the Tardis and tries to undo his shirt. "Amy, listen to me. I am nine hundred and seven years old. Do you understand what that means?" he pushed her hands away. "It's been a while?" she smirked. "Yeah. No, no, no. I'm nine hundred and seven, and look at me. I don't get older, I just change. You get older, I don't, and this can't ever work."

"Oh, you are sweet. Doctor. But I really wasn't suggesting anything quite so long term." Amy finally got to plant her lips on his. I raised an eyebrow as he pushed her away from him, "But you're human. You're Amy. You're getting married in the morning. In the morning..." he trailed off. "Doctor?" Amy tilted her head. "It's you. It's all about you. Everything. It's about you."

"Hold that thought." Amy said. "Amy Pond. Mad, impossible, Amy Pond. I don't know why, I have no idea, but quite possibly the single most important thing in the history of the universe is that I get you sorted out right now."

"That's what I've been trying to tell you." Amy sighed. "Come on." the Doctor grabbed Amy's hand. "Doctor-" he pulled Amy into the tardis. I quickly turned off the monitor. "Haha... hey guys!" I gave a nervous grin. The Doctor ran up to the console, turning on the monitor, which showed Amy's room. "Juno." he looked over at me. "Hi." I waved. "You saw...?" he began. Amy looked up. "Oh..." she mumbled. "I was curious that's all." I shrugged, walking off into the tardis corridors.