The Smallest and Most Important Realm There Is

Chapter Twenty Two

Professor: Hello all my wonderful people! And how are you today? I'm actually not too great lately. Issues at work, I won't bore you with the details. But then I delve into my geeky little world and all is better! I mean it; I read a few reviews on this story and suddenly my mood picked right up! Yay! Anyway, I hope you all like this chapter, I tried really hard on it, taking some advice from a guest reviewer on the last chapter.

...Amy's POV...

This hallway was really bloody cold. Colder than that one planet that the Doctor took me to once, and that place had actual snow! It was pretty though... Now that I think about it, why hadn't that place been cold? I'm pretty sure that the Doctor said something about it being 'spacey-wacey' with the atoms or something, but I'm not sure...

I shook my head to clear the thoughts. I needed to focus on finding Quill and the others, not on my memories of the Doctor and our travels.

That did bring up a good point though... What was I going to do when this was all over with? Do I stay here with Quill or keep traveling with the Doctor?

If I stay here, yes then I get to stay with Quill. I get to stay in this wonderful new world and live basically in an adventure. But I enjoyed venturing out with the Doctor and seeing the universe. Maybe I could travel with the Doctor a bit more, clear things up with Rory, and then have the Doctor bring me back here before they even knew I was gone. It was a possibility at the very least.

But would the Doctor be willing to come back here? I mean, he obviously has some history with this place, and now that Ganon is back, who knows how the Doctor is going to react to all of this. Perhaps I should stay here and just write Rory a letter for the Doctor to give to him... No! That was cowardly! If I was going to break up with Rory, I was going to do it face-to-face! Not like a tiny junior high girl who doesn't want to hurt his feelings.

I do feel guilty about Rory though... He did trust me to be...I don't know, faithful I guess. And here I am, in a 'something' Quill. It feels like betrayal...but...different. I know that Rory wouldn't do this...so why am I?

I sighed and continued down the hall. Life was confusing in general. It was all nice and simple before I met the Doctor, ignoring all the times that I had to bail Mels out of trouble with the teacher. That really was the only time my life got confusing while I grew up, was with Mels and then the Doctor.

Actually, now that I think about it, I hadn't heard back from Mels about the wedding and if she was going to show up... I hope she hasn't gotten into trouble again...Wait, what am I talking about? She's Mels! Of course she's in trouble! Oh well, Rory can handle her this time.

The ground in front of me continued to slope slightly upwards. I didn't hear anything going on around me, for which I was actually grateful. The last thing I needed was some fight with a monster when I was freezing.

After attempting to dry my clothes with a nearby torch (which completely failed) I decided that the best way to warm up would be by exercise, that and I certainly wasn't going to sit by and wait for someone to come rescue me when I could kill time and meet them halfway. Once again, I just hoped that I wouldn't run into any monsters while traveling.

The hall was deserted and quiet, sloping upwards the entire time, which made sense since I seemed to have slid quite a ways down. The floor had uneven cobblestones here and there which made me lose my footing if I wasn't careful and evenly spaced torches that provided light but no heat.

I was suffering.

Is it too much to ask for one of the torches to give some sort of heat? According to the goddesses, yes, it was. I held back a groan.

In the past hour that I had been walking, nothing was happening. Nothing. There was no sign of Quill, Link, or Medli; let alone a doorway out of here. What really confused me though was how quiet it was.

When we all first entered this Temple I could have sworn to see something moving in the shadows and some creature whispering, however now, there was none. While I was glad for this, it did put me on my guard. I was too quickly reminded of 'the calm before the storm' moments in movies and books.

However, that is how the next half hour was spent, with me walking down this upwards hall on my guard and waiting for something to happen. The only thing that did happen? The ground evened out.

I couldn't hold back my grunt of frustration when this happened. All of that climbing, and for what? An even ground. Well wouldn't the Doctor be proud. Here I am stuck in a never ending hall when he probably would have gotten to the boss by now, and that was only because trouble seemed to find him. Honestly, he was a magnet for trouble!

But I continued down the hall anyway, despite all of my own discouraging thoughts. No use crying over spilled milk, as my aunt used to say. At least, I think that's what she said. It was either that or 'don't spend more than you earn silly girl!'. I know that she said one of them a lot while I grew up, I just couldn't remember which. Probably the second one as she was a very practical lady, meaning that I must have heard the first from a friend's parent or something.

I shook my head to get rid of my thoughts again. Why was I getting distracted so easily? It was almost like the Doctor and how he switched between subjects! Almost unnatural...

A slight breeze blew through the hall and caused me to shiver slightly. The cold metal cling to my skin underneath my dress was not helping matters at all. Why, oh why, did there have to be a random pool of water in this Temple? And why did I have to be the one who fell in?!

"Just got to move, just move along Amy." I said to myself to break the quiet. I hadn't realized it, but I had grown used to always having some sort of noise nearby. It being quiet like this was strange...

Luckily though I didn't have to worry about it very long. Soon I came upon a door, as if it had appeared out of nowhere, however, I didn't question my luck though. Before it could disappear (why it would I don't know, I mean, it was door for Pete's sake!) I opened it and rushed straight through it.

...Only to slam straight into Quill as he tried to run through the door as well.

Before we knew what was happening, both of us tumbled to the ground on his side of the door, him landing on his back with a 'umf!' and me landing on top of him, accidentally straddling his legs in the process.

"Amy!" he looked at me in complete surprise, "Where did you come from?!"

"A flying giraffe." Was my response as I glared at him.

He bypassed my sarcasm and leaned up on his elbow to get a better look at me, going over my entire body as if checking for injuries, "Are...Are you ok?"

"Of course I am, stupid. If I can survive the Helmaroc King then tripping over you isn't going to hurt me."

"No," he shook his head, "I mean, are you ok? Do you remember everything?"

"Why wouldn't I?" I asked, actually confused.

"Do you remember the Doctor and Ganon and why we're here?"

I nodded as if it were obvious.

"Do you remember Rory?"

At that I had to laugh, "Quill...Quill, who the heck is Rory?"

Professor: And I am done! So, what did you all think? Did it flow well? I had my misgivings about this chapter...