Monsters [Doctor Who]

C H A P T E R T E N

Chapter 10:

Augusta's POV

Stepping out of the TARDIS unto the silver grass, I looked up at the sky and gasped.

Littering the dark night sky was hundreds of thousands of twinkling lights. Some were dark blue, other purple or pink or yellow or red. Some of them shone brightly and others were dimmed. Some of them were in clusters and others stood alone. Some had a purple hue around them that made it shine even brighter. I couldn't even describe the sight as I stared at it with big round hazel eyes.

"What do ya think?" The Doctor asked, placing a hand on my shoulders.

"I... It's... I..." I took a deep, calming breath. "It's beautiful."

The Doctor grinned, and ran back inside the TARDIS, coming out with a blue blanket. Rose giggled and ran out onto the grass with him. He set the blanket down on the grass and sat on top of it, Rose following him. I sat beside Rose, but on the grass instead, and looked at the beautiful stars in front of me.

I heard the Doctor begin talking about different constellations in the Castiellion galaxy. "What's a con-stall-nation?" I asked, interrupting him.

"Constellation," he corrected, "People called astrologists on earth used to make pictures with the stars. It isn't a very uncommon habit, seeing that most species did it, even the Time Lords. It was a way to provide comfort for the younger ones, and a fun way to learn about the universe."

"Oh... Okay..." I nodded.

"Even some constellations are similar to the ones of earth," he stated. "Like that one," he pointed to a star. "That one is looks like Cancer the Crab. And if you look at that one, it's almost like Orion's belt."

"Who's Orion?" I asked.

"He was a Greek warrior," he explained. "Never liked Orion. He was always so full of himself."

"You've met him?" Rose asked.

"'Course I've met him!" He exclaimed. "He wasn't very self-less, and if it was up to me, he wasn't the handsomest of them all. If anything, Hephaestus was handsomest."

Rose scrunched up her nose. "Isn't Hephaestus the ugly one?"

"No, that's was just a lie spread by Zeus and Apollo. Hephaestus was the handsomest one out of all of them, but since nobody would accept him for it, he was disowned for it," he explained. "Nobody opposed this since Zeus and Hera were the leaders of them all."

"Are you saying you've met the Greek gods?!"

"Yeah, pretty much," he nodded. "Just a bunch of arrogant mind leeches making the human race believing they were being ruled by gods."

I smiled, as I listened quietly to his stories. I looked down, I wish that it could be like this forever. So no one would get hurt. "Hey Auggie look, a shooting star! Make a wish!"

"A shooting star?" I asked, watching the flying piece of light in the air, that left a dusty trail behind it.

"It's just a rock that's crumbling up in the atmosphere," the Doctor explained.

"Then why would you make a wish?" I asked.

"Human custom," he said. "They think that if they wish on a star, their dreams would come true."

"Why? How would it come true?"

"It doesn't actually come true," he said. "It just makes them feel better about themselves."

"Oh... Humans are weird..." Rose laughed and we all looked up at the stars. For at least twenty minutes, we sat there, looking at the stars, a comfortable silence had fallen between us. Suddenly, something grabbed my hand.