The Secrets of Sarah Smith

The Archway

The Doctor hadn't heard what the king had said, he was to busy staring at Clara who had gone off to dance with one of the male guests, He had his hand far too low on Clara's waist for The Doctors liking and he felt both anger and jealousy bubble up as he watched Clara and the blue man dance.

Sarah and The Prince were dancing in the middle of dance floor completely wrapped up in their own little world staring into each others eyes, their bodies dancing in time with the music. Sarah had lots of ballroom dancing lessons and even won awards for it so dancing was like second nature to her. She loved it and never felt happier than when she was dancing. The song ended all too quickly for Sarah

"Do you want to go for a walk round the gardens?" The prince whispered to Sarah who nodded in agreement. The pair headed for the gardens hand in hand.

The King had witnessed The prince and Sarah's exchange and smiled at the sight of his son happy.

"I know the deal was for your eldest to marry my son but seeing as he seems to be smitten by Miss Sarah and I no longer have a queen. Would you consider me marrying her?" The King asked The Doctor.

"What? no! no way Clara's not marrying anyone" The Doctor shouted.

Thankfully with the music playing only The King had heard The Doctor who was still staring at Clara dancing with another man and laughing at something the blue man had said.

"Doctor as King of this planet I can marry whoever I please I was simply asking out of curtsy. I wish to marry Clara. She is very pretty and I wish to have her in my bed" The King snarled

The Doctors head snapped round to The King in anger. pointing a long skeleton finger at The King

"Don't ever speak about my Clara like that again" The Doctor spat

"Are you threatening me? Doctor" The King spat back

"No. Promising" The Doctor snarled before running off the stage and over to Clara pulling her away from her dance partner.

"Doctor!" Clara shouted annoyed

"We need to find Sarah and get out of here" The Doctor explained running into the now dark gardens and pulling Clara along with him. The were running along the lawn when a loud high pitched scream pierced through the night air. Clara and The Doctor look at each other, smile and then rush of in the direction the scream came from. Clara slightly behind struggling to run in her heels and floor length dress.

They ran until they came to a dead end. The Doctor began frantically scanning the surroundings with his sonic screwdriver. He was closely examining the wall when Clara spotted something laying on the ground. She picked it up and her heart sank.

"Doctor" Clara called her hands shaking with the item in her hands. The Doctor continued examining the wall sonicing random bricks.

"Doctor! look" Clara shouted louder this time.

The Doctor turned round and looked at the item in Clara's hand. A pink ribbon. Sarah's pink ribbon. The pair looked at each other a mix of fear confusion and anger. The Doctor took the ribbon and put it in his pocket before turning round and facing the wall his shoulders shaking in anger as he went back to sonicing it.

Suddenly the wall slid to the side revealing a dark passage way. The Doctor quickly looked round at Clara before walking down the passage using the sonic as a torch. Clara sighed removed her shoes lifted her dress up slightly then followed after The Doctor. They walked in silence, Clara wishing she hadn't left her shoes by the entrance as the ground became ruff and stoney hurting her feet.

They walked for about 20 minutes before they came to a door way covered with a tapistery of a blue man being sucked into a painting. The Doctor pulled it aside and stepped into the room Clara following close behind.

The room looked like it had been carved out of a huge rock. The walls ceiling and floor were made of ruff stone. it was dimly lit by fire torches on the walls. A large archway stood in the middle of the room a large piece of canvas stretched across it. a small groan came from the shadows across the room. The Doctor ran towards it and found Sarah unconscious on the floor, her dress dirty and ripped in places a large graze on her forehead. The Doctor sat down beside her holding her head he quickly scanned her with the sonic.

"Shes ok just a bang to the head" The Doctor explained to Clara his voice echoing around the room.

"Oh Doctor Doctor you just can't let me have what I want can you?" The Kings voice boomed around the room as he stepped out from the shadows at the far end of the room.

"What did you do to her?" The Doctor asks standing up

"Oh nothing yet Doctor but soon she will become forever a beautiful piece of artwork" The King answered smugly

"What do you mean?" Clara shouted

"Oh Doctor your daughter is incredibly slow its a good job shes so very pretty"

"She's not my daughter now answer the question" The Doctor shouted.

The king rolled his eyes before answering "I put my pretty girls into paintings where they can not move or talk but they are still alive and they can think. It slowly drives them insane manic energy building up in them and I suck it all in. It feels amazing"

"You get high of killing?" Clara asked clearly disgusted

"No they never die Clara they are kept alive in the paintings forever" The Doctor explained sadly

"Then why keep trapping them? isn't one not enough?" Clara asked

"The hit wears off" The Doctor said darkly

The king started slowly clapping "Well done Doctor now leave I like to have my way with my pretty girls first"

"I don't think so" The Doctor warned stepping in between The King and Sarah as The King charged towards Sarah

"Your welcome to watch Doctor but I always get my way" The King snarled in The Doctors face.

"Yea well I'm the Doctor and its my job to stop the monsters" The Doctor spat back

"Father" The Prince's voice cut threw the darkness behind The King

"Ah my boy" The King turned to face The Prince "Come to test the artwork?" He teased

"Father you can't have her I wont let you" The Prince shouted stepping towards them

The King let out a loud bellowing laugh that echoed around the room. "You'll get over her soon enough just like the last time"

"The last time?" Clara asked

"Hakadem brings me my pretty girls, Sometimes he takes a liking to them" The King smiled

"Not anymore father, I can't allow you to use Sarah" Hakadem started walking towards Sarah

"Fine then. She'll have to do" The King shouted manically lunging towards Clara grabbing her and pulling her towards the arch away.

"DOCTOR!" Clara screamed

"Let her go! let her now!" The Doctor raged
"I need my fix Doctor I need it" The King shouted sounding close to insanity.

The King pressed a button on the side of the archway The Doctor hadn't noticed before. Electricity wrapped around the arch way crackling and pulsing nearly blinding Clara it was so bright. Clara kicked and screamed trying to get away. The Doctor ran towards Clara to try and save her but was thrown back by the electricity and landed beside Sarah.

"Protected circle Doctor you can't get in She's mine! HA" The King shouted joyfully

"No Father! No More!" Hakadem shouted before launching himself into the archway pushing Clara out of the way just as both men were touched by the electricity and pulled into the canvas. captured forever as a painting.

The Doctor ran towards Clara and uncharacteristically pulled her into a hug. The archway still crackled with electricity that was getting brighter and wider.

"Its over loading!" The Doctor shouted after a quick scan with the sonic "Out now Clara. Run!" He shouted running over and scooping up Sarah in his arms. Clara and The Doctor ran out of the passage way as fast as they could. They ran all the way back to The TARDIS just as the archway exploded taking half of the palace with it.

a/n let me know what you think xxx