The Ring

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I woke up on the seat in the console room. Luckily I wasn’t plagued by another bad dream. Thanks goodness! I look up to see the doctor looking at a screen.it looked like he was looking at someone’s body scan.

I thought it might have been Amy since it had a girlish figure. But then I saw my name on the screen. The information read:

Name: Kenzi Amethyst Salem

Birth: March 18th, Year unknown

Astrological sign: Pisces

Talents: playing the oboe, singing, dreaming

Strengths: intellectuality, stealth, experience, strategy bound

Weakness: Dreams, past events, emotion control

Verdict: Still being processed

He seemed to completely ignore my existence. He seemed to be focusing on one word that appeared more than once on the screen. Dream.

“Why would dreaming be a talent?” he mumbled to himself.

After he said that he pressed a few buttons and it seemed to retry the scan. I saw lots of symbols cross over the body scan. Suddenly I see the doctor turn and look at me. I pretended to fall asleep just in time.

He then proceeded to walk closer to my “sleeping” body. He gently stroked my hair and whispered “What are you hiding from me?” he said with a little more kindness in his tone.

He then proceeded to walk over to the screen and turn it off. I peeked open my eye to see he was zoning out. I quickly took that opportunity to sneak back to my room.

I wrote something down in my journal quickly and slipped on my favorite ring and went to the console room.

I enter and see no one in there. Not even the doctor. “Doctor?” I asked questioningly. Oh well, he must be dealing with the Pond’s.

Time to have some fun.

I slipped off my favorite ring and placed it on the ground.  “Naga” I whispered under my breath

Suddenly my favorite ring morphed into a small asp. The snake hissed at me with a look that says 1 inch closer and your toast. I have always wanted to do this. I slowly took out my oboe, And played one of my favorite pieces: Egyptique. I learned it in band and I have loved it ever since.

Slowly slurring my notes I loved to see the snake slowly dance to the melodious vibrations. Once I was done I saw the snake inching closer to me. I knew it could smell fear. But luckily I had dealt with an asp or two. I slowly let it slither onto my arm, little did I know about the prying eyes.

Suddenly the doctor Amy and Rory jumped out of the corner to clap. Great! They had eavesdropped again!

When they saw the snake on my arms I could see panic written all over their faces whilst the whole entire time I had a calm demeanor.

“Kenzi, Put that snake down! It could be poisonous.” Rory said inching closer to me.

“Well duh! It’s an Asp. The famed snake said to have killed the Royal Cleopatra herself and all of her royal servants.” I said as the snake slowly made its way up my arm.

Suddenly I could sense that the snake smelled fear.it smelled Rory.it suddenly started down my arm and slowly making its way towards its new lunch, Rory.

“You have to do something!” Amy said looking at me in desperation.

“Kenzi, answer me this… How did a snake get onto the Tardis? Were in space right now!" The doctor said as he looked at the snake.

“Spoilers.” I said to put it simply

The doctor looked at me with a face like “how did you know that?”

I just smiled. I then returned my gaze to see the snake about 3 inches from Rory.

“Help!” Amy said a little annoyed.

“Don’t worry I have the situation all under control” I said with a small smirk.

Rory was slowly being pinned against the Tardis console by a small snake. I stifled a laugh.

“This isn’t funny anymore!” Amy said on the verge of tears. I was trying to control the asp but it was starting to get its own personality.

Suddenly the snake reared up and right before it bit Rory I bent down my head “Naga” I whispered under my breath.

In midair strike my ring fell onto the Tardis floor with a small clang. And everyone went silent.

Doctors POV

Suddenly when the ring touched the floor I saw the design.it was a simple gold ring with a Hexagram.at each point there laid a jewel symbolizing each of the elements intertwined .in the middle laid a small diamond.

I picked up the ring and looked at Kenzi. Was she connected to this?

Kenzi’s POV

“Copy do you read me? Earth to doctor?” I said in my best darth Vader voice.

He snapped out of his trance. The whole entire time he was looking at me. It was a bit unnerving actually.

“Doctor Can I please have my ring back now?” I asked him as kind as I could trying not to bring suspicion. But I had faired that it was too late.

“Kenzi, would you mind telling us what you said before the snake turned back into a ring?” he said suspicious.

“Umm. Nothing. Why?”

“Yes you did. Don’t lie to me. Lying is pointless right now so tell me what you said.” He said. I could slowly see some rage emerge.

“I said “Nada” “I said a partially distorted truth.

He then came to me and put his hands on my shoulders and looked at me with kind eyes and said

“Kenzi please stop lying and please tell me what you said”

“I’ll just show you” I said solemnly “stand back” I told to Amy and Rory’s confused faces.

I set the ring on the ground gently.

“Draco”

I said this time a bit louder. I watched their faces as my favorite ring slowly shaped into a small Chinese dragon about the size of a bunny. I loved seeing their jaws drop.

I then faced and it and pronounced “Draco” and in the place where the dragon sat the ring was glittering.

I saw the doctor looking at me the whole time. I saw a softened expression. He also seemed puzzled by me.

“So does that answer your question?” I said smiling

“I suppose it does” the doctor said with a kind expression.

Later that night when Rory and Amy were talking about something I was talking to the Doctor.

“Doctor there is something else I need to tell you.” I said sheepishly

“Yes?”

“I think I may be a Prophetic dreamer”

And the Tardis went silent.

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