One Shot- Inspiration
Title: Inspiration
Character/Pairing: Ushas/the Rani
Rating: G, I think...
Word Count: 772
Disclaimer: I one had a dream that I owned Doctor Who...but, alas, it was only a dream.
Summary: Some had gone mad...some had run away...and some had been inspired...
Authors Notes: What can I say, I had a plot bunny! I love the Rani, and when I heard that line in 'The Sound of Drums', I was...well, inspired! This is a one-shot, but if I get more ideas, I may just link them together somehow. This may be crossposted to dwfiction, prydonianfic, or both, if I get the guts to join either of them.
Critique is loved, but only if it's nice!!
She was only eight years old, the day that she saw eternity.
They had taken her, and so many other children, to prepare for their future. They were the future of a race so powerful, all they had to do was sit and watch. They were to be the next scientists, the next mathematicians, the next High Presidents. They were the future of Gallifrey.
So, it was ironic that the first child to look into the Vortex would go mad.
She remembered watching it. She did not know who he was then, but she would know him in the future, sometimes friends and sometimes enemies, but always rebels. She remembered how he had stood there so much longer than all the other children that came after him, just…staring.
The elder Time Lords had to push him away. They knew that something had gone wrong; they knew that he would be trouble in the future. They knew that all they could do now was try to keep him on the right path, and watch him.
She also remembered that the elders had the exact opposite problem with the next child to go forward. He had only gazed into the Vortex for a few moments before running away. Well, he tried to run away, anyway. The elders intervened again, but this time, they held the boy there, forcing him to face something that terrified him. He squirmed and whimpered, but he stayed until they let him go, and then he fled, terrified.
He too would be one who would cause his people trouble. He had run away from his duty as a Time Lord, and was therefore a coward. He was to be observed as well.
A few more children went, neither of them reacting as strangely or as violently as the first two boys. And then it was her turn.
She went forward, watched closely by the elders as she stared into all of space and time. She stared into the raw power of the Vortex for a few minutes, longer than most of the children, but still not as long as the first boy. She stared, and suddenly….
She could see everything. All that was, all that is, and all that has yet to pass. It was if the final piece of the puzzle that was her mind had suddenly clicked. She understood everything around her quite clearly now…
And she hated it.
Everything around her was broken. All the people, all the planets…everything needed to be fixed. They were all living a lie, couldn’t they see it?
She suddenly realized what she had to do.
She was the only one who could see that everything was broken. She was the only one who could fix it.
She could fix not only Gallifrey, but the whole galaxy! The whole universe! All those planets, all those people, and she could help them all!
And what better way to do that than with the power of science? It was something she had always been interested in, and she was sure that she would excel at it when she entered the Academy.
She realized that there would be mistakes along the way, as there were in all great exploitations of science. She realized there would be sacrifice as well, not only of others but of herself. She also realized that she didn’t care. She had been inspired by the Vortex, who had given her a path and a destiny, and that was all that really mattered at that moment.
Years later, the Rani would look back at that moment. She had not known at the tender age of eight what her inspiration and dream would lead to.
Her people, condemning her as a criminal and a renegade, banishing her from her beautiful, glorious homeworld.
The two men that she had considered her closest friends would become her greatest enemies. Her great knowledge of science would cause fear amongst the galaxy, instead of the praise she believed that she deserved.
She would be called back by the people who had abandoned her to fight in a war that she did not believe in.
They had given her the drums, oh, the never ending drums, to keep her and the other renegades and exiles in line.
They had called her back for the very knowledge that had gotten her exiled in the first place.
The Rani had been eight years old when she looked into eternity.
Eight years old when she had condemned herself to her fate.
As she faced her damnation in the form of a great army of Daleks, she did not regret a thing.
Character/Pairing: Ushas/the Rani
Rating: G, I think...
Word Count: 772
Disclaimer: I one had a dream that I owned Doctor Who...but, alas, it was only a dream.
Summary: Some had gone mad...some had run away...and some had been inspired...
Authors Notes: What can I say, I had a plot bunny! I love the Rani, and when I heard that line in 'The Sound of Drums', I was...well, inspired! This is a one-shot, but if I get more ideas, I may just link them together somehow. This may be crossposted to dwfiction, prydonianfic, or both, if I get the guts to join either of them.
Critique is loved, but only if it's nice!!
She was only eight years old, the day that she saw eternity.
They had taken her, and so many other children, to prepare for their future. They were the future of a race so powerful, all they had to do was sit and watch. They were to be the next scientists, the next mathematicians, the next High Presidents. They were the future of Gallifrey.
So, it was ironic that the first child to look into the Vortex would go mad.
She remembered watching it. She did not know who he was then, but she would know him in the future, sometimes friends and sometimes enemies, but always rebels. She remembered how he had stood there so much longer than all the other children that came after him, just…staring.
The elder Time Lords had to push him away. They knew that something had gone wrong; they knew that he would be trouble in the future. They knew that all they could do now was try to keep him on the right path, and watch him.
She also remembered that the elders had the exact opposite problem with the next child to go forward. He had only gazed into the Vortex for a few moments before running away. Well, he tried to run away, anyway. The elders intervened again, but this time, they held the boy there, forcing him to face something that terrified him. He squirmed and whimpered, but he stayed until they let him go, and then he fled, terrified.
He too would be one who would cause his people trouble. He had run away from his duty as a Time Lord, and was therefore a coward. He was to be observed as well.
A few more children went, neither of them reacting as strangely or as violently as the first two boys. And then it was her turn.
She went forward, watched closely by the elders as she stared into all of space and time. She stared into the raw power of the Vortex for a few minutes, longer than most of the children, but still not as long as the first boy. She stared, and suddenly….
She could see everything. All that was, all that is, and all that has yet to pass. It was if the final piece of the puzzle that was her mind had suddenly clicked. She understood everything around her quite clearly now…
And she hated it.
Everything around her was broken. All the people, all the planets…everything needed to be fixed. They were all living a lie, couldn’t they see it?
She suddenly realized what she had to do.
She was the only one who could see that everything was broken. She was the only one who could fix it.
She could fix not only Gallifrey, but the whole galaxy! The whole universe! All those planets, all those people, and she could help them all!
And what better way to do that than with the power of science? It was something she had always been interested in, and she was sure that she would excel at it when she entered the Academy.
She realized that there would be mistakes along the way, as there were in all great exploitations of science. She realized there would be sacrifice as well, not only of others but of herself. She also realized that she didn’t care. She had been inspired by the Vortex, who had given her a path and a destiny, and that was all that really mattered at that moment.
Years later, the Rani would look back at that moment. She had not known at the tender age of eight what her inspiration and dream would lead to.
Her people, condemning her as a criminal and a renegade, banishing her from her beautiful, glorious homeworld.
The two men that she had considered her closest friends would become her greatest enemies. Her great knowledge of science would cause fear amongst the galaxy, instead of the praise she believed that she deserved.
She would be called back by the people who had abandoned her to fight in a war that she did not believe in.
They had given her the drums, oh, the never ending drums, to keep her and the other renegades and exiles in line.
They had called her back for the very knowledge that had gotten her exiled in the first place.
The Rani had been eight years old when she looked into eternity.
Eight years old when she had condemned herself to her fate.
As she faced her damnation in the form of a great army of Daleks, she did not regret a thing.