Maebh is running through the forest, swiping at the air. {Y/n} was not far behind her.
She soon came to a stop to place down her pencil case on the ground before starting to run again.
Suddenly, she holts after spotting a small group of people dressed in quarantine suits surronding a tree from the forest. She stands to watch what they're about to do and gets a fright when someone grabs a hold of her shoulder.
She looks up, expecting the worse but calms once noticing it was {Y/n}. She let go of her shoulder to speak but Maebh lifts her finger to her mouth, pointing at the men.
She follows her gaze with discern and carefully reaches down for her hand. They began running again, this time the opposite direction from the men.
She remembered to stop however when Maebh had to place down another item from her bag.
Not long after they left, the Doctor and Clara stopped at the same bit they once were and spot the men from before as one of the members told them to stay back.
Clara crouched down to the ground after noticing the pencil case lying there and picked it up to show the Doctor.
"She's been leaving a trail for us," Clara points out.
"Smart girl," he says.
The men behind the two tried to burn down the trees but were left in shock when the flames only died out as if it was being absorbed and stored away into the bark.
The Doctor turns around when they all began shrieking in fear.
"What? Why aren't they burning?!" One called out.
The Doctor looks down in thought and walks away, Clara soon noticing and following.
"Trees control the oxygen on this planet. They withhold it, they smother the fire. What sort of forest is clever? What sort of forest has it's own in-built fire extinguisher?" The Doctor thinks out loud.
"What do they want?"
"Why now?"
"What do you mean 'Why now'," Clara quotes.
"The whole natural order is turing against this planet. But why? Why now?"
"Well, what else?"
The Doctor stops to think and pulls out the school jotter from the TARDIS.
"How did she know this?" The Doctor asks, handing over the jotter to Clara to look at; Displayed on the paper was a small drawing of the sun sending a massive solar flare heading straight for earth.
"This is Maebh's, where did you get this?" Clara ignores his previous question.
"You left your marking on the TARDIS," he replies.
"Oh, great, right. Well, that's just brilliant, isn't it. You don't think Danny saw this, do you?" She asks worryingly.
"I've just informed you that a solar flare's going to wipe out your entire planet, you're worried about a row with your boyfriend? How does she know this? She even put the date on it!" The Doctor exclaims, walking away from Clara in frustration.
"I always make them date their homework," she shrugs.
"Its today's date!" The Doctor yells, making Clara's face drop to concern.
"Well there must be...a way,"
"They want something. They're saying something. If there's a way, the way is Maebh Arden," he begins to walk, leaving Clara behind to glance down at Maebh's jotter.
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☆ Alone In this World ☆
FanfictionI really think the 12th Doctor is underrated. I absolutly adore the man! Personally, I think that a lot more people should write more fanfics about 12 :) Before, it was just a man and his box. But one day, he finds someone oddly intriguing on their...
