The Doctor's Daughter

Chapter 15

We go to school in the morning, and I swear everyone stopped what they were doing and stared at us intently for the beginning of the day. I no longer care about the attention, and shrug it off, as does Carl. School, with the exception of maths, is actually quite good. Normal, something I'm not really accustomed to. Everyone, like usual, leaves us alone, but it's different now. Before, everyone was terrified of Carl and me, and they wouldn't dare talk about us. Now, kids snicker and point at us, whispering to their friends some thing that they think is funny.

I'm not sure what changed, but I guess it's because Carl and I are so different from what we used to be like. Colder, more sure to snap. Yet we also are protective and careful, something we weren't before. Others just aren't used to it, but I'm sure if anyone messes with us now it will be worse then it would've any other time; they just don't realize it yet.

After school, I walked to the meadow where the doctor came to save me, Carl trailing at my heels. Once I reach the spot, I pick up my abandoned necklace slightly buried in the soil, and wipe the dirt off of it. The necklace is a gold encrusted locket, and inside there are two pictures. The one on the left side is of Amy and River, laughing over some joke that I probably made. They didn't know I took a photo, and they wouldn't approve of it. The doctor is in the other picture, smiling at River with love in his eyes. He wouldn't approve of the photos either.

Anger wells up inside of me, and I rip the photos out and crumple them up. Tears running down my face, I throw the pictures on the ground and spit on them, hatred boiling inside of me. He isn't going to save me this time. The doctor can't do it this time, and I can't do this on my own. I turn around and look at Carl, who stands there uncomfortably, like he wants to help me but doesn't know how. His facial expression is of one that is broken, despair filling his emotions. I bet he now realizes that there is no hope left. We are on our own.

I drop to my knees and close my eyes, concentrating. Carl does the same, and we both try to leave this terrible world. Wake up. I tell myself. Go to the tardis. I feel a slight tugging on my heart, and my eardrums pop. My body feels as though it's been compressed, shoved into a container and is being tossed about. I don't dare to open my eyes, afraid of what I will see.

Then I hear voices. "Doctor! Doctor, Emily's awake!" It sounds like the real Amy. I open my eyes, and find myself in the tardis. River and Amy immediately embrace me, while the doctor presses buttons on the control board. I see Carl still asleep on he ground next to me. "There! I closed the walls through the parallel worlds! No way to go back there now!" The doctor cheers to my utter horror.

"No!" I scream, crawling over to Carl's cold body. Tears in my eyes, I hold Carl's unmoving hand. Not taking my eyes off of his sleeping face, I speak to the doctor. "Open. It. Now." I say, my voice cracking. The doctor sees Carl, and I hear his sharp intake of breath. "I'm afraid I can't, it's impossible. I sealed it for good, and the only thing that could wake it is.... never mind, nothing. I'm terribly sorry, Emily." He says in what I would assume was a sincere voice.

"What was that 'never mind' you mentioned? There is a way, and you are too selfish to tell me!" My voice raises to a scream, and my body begins to shake. I stand, and pull out what was concealed in my combat boot; a gun that I bought off a shady kid at school without Carl knowing. I press it against the side of the head, and the cold metal makes my skin erupt in goosebumps.

"Bring him back right now! Or there is no use for me to live, I will not live without him. I won't! Bring him back." My voice shakes as I say it, and I look at the doctor with glassy eyes. "Bring him back!" I cry out. The doctor looks absolutely terrified. "The only way to do it is for you to kill me! My death will open the portal." He says. He then takes a deep breath, and wordlessly walks out of the tardis. I follow, and we ended up in a meadow full of dead, dry grass and empty, ugly trees. Holding my gun with a tight grasp, I realize that this is the opposite of the meadow where Carl is now, in the parallel universe. "If you do it here, it will open the portal, and you can go through to Carl. Do it." He says, and closes his eyes, holding his arms out wide.