Alright, alright...
So I had some requests for a sneak preview to "Not-Quite-A-Sex-Pollen Story," which is what I've decided to call it. Heck, I can't think of another decent title for the story, so why not? Anyway, here you go. You're welcome. I'm off to rehearsal.
Donna stuck her head out of the TARDIS and looked around. They’d landed in a beautiful green garden with too many varieties of plants and flowers to name. “Oh, Doctor, it’s lovely!” she exclaimed.
“Thought you might like a trip where there’s some greenery,” the Doctor replied and sniffed in disdain. “That desert planet wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. Sand gets in all the wrong places.” To demonstrate, he pulled one of his trainers off and turned it upside down. A heap of yellow sand spilled onto the ground.
Donna stepped out into the garden and smiled. Several small rabbit-like creatures were hopping across the green grass. Their soft fur was the same green as the grass and shrubbery, acting as camouflage, but Donna could see them just fine. They had floppy ears like Earth rabbits, but they also had long antennae that sprouted from between their ears. Donna instantly thought of them as Space Bunnies. Their tiny noses quivered with curiosity as they regarded her and her strange bespectacled associate who was dumping sand out all over their abode. She squatted down and held out her hands. The space bunnies didn’t seem afraid of her, as she’d expected. One of them hopped up to her and sniffed at her fingers. “Oh,” Donna mumbled. “I don’t have...oh, wait! Yes, I do!” She reached into her pocket and pulled out a biscuit. “It ain’t much, little bunny…” The bunny sniffed at the biscuit, took a cautious nibble, and then snatched it from her hands. The action startled her and she jerked, causing one of her sparkly gold earrings to fall into the grass.
Donna reached down to pick it up, but the little rabbit dropped the biscuit and caught up her earring in its mouth. It turned and scampered away towards the bushes. “Oi! You’re not a rabbit, you’re a bleeding magpie!” Donna cried and dashed after it.
The Doctor had just emptied the sand from his second trainer. “Donna, wait!” he called, hopping after her as he tried to run and pull on his shoe at the same time. “This planet isn’t exactly…”
She didn’t heed the Doctor’s warnings as she raced after the bunny. “I bought those from Marks and Sparks! No Space Bunny is going to steal them from me!” she hollered. The thieving green rabbit disappeared into a hole in the bushes and Donna dove in after it. She crawled through some undergrowth and wound up in a small clearing. The rabbit was sitting inside a nest of eggs at the foot of a giant plant, contentedly nibbling on her earring. Despite her anger, Donna had to smile at the sight. It was too cute. “Is this your home, then?” she asked. “Are those your eggs? Blimey, I thought you were a mammal.”
Her eyes traveled up the stalk of the plant and she saw an enormous pink bloom. In the center was a stamen the shape and thickness of banana, except it was twice as long and bright red. It was fuzzy with yellow pollen.
The Doctor suddenly crashed into the clearing behind her. “Don’t run off! How many times have I…” the Doctor trailed off and Donna could hear the trepidation in his voice. “Donna,” he said carefully. “Back away. Very, very slowly. Whatever you do, do not go near that flower.”
Donna stuck her head out of the TARDIS and looked around. They’d landed in a beautiful green garden with too many varieties of plants and flowers to name. “Oh, Doctor, it’s lovely!” she exclaimed.
“Thought you might like a trip where there’s some greenery,” the Doctor replied and sniffed in disdain. “That desert planet wasn’t exactly my cup of tea. Sand gets in all the wrong places.” To demonstrate, he pulled one of his trainers off and turned it upside down. A heap of yellow sand spilled onto the ground.
Donna stepped out into the garden and smiled. Several small rabbit-like creatures were hopping across the green grass. Their soft fur was the same green as the grass and shrubbery, acting as camouflage, but Donna could see them just fine. They had floppy ears like Earth rabbits, but they also had long antennae that sprouted from between their ears. Donna instantly thought of them as Space Bunnies. Their tiny noses quivered with curiosity as they regarded her and her strange bespectacled associate who was dumping sand out all over their abode. She squatted down and held out her hands. The space bunnies didn’t seem afraid of her, as she’d expected. One of them hopped up to her and sniffed at her fingers. “Oh,” Donna mumbled. “I don’t have...oh, wait! Yes, I do!” She reached into her pocket and pulled out a biscuit. “It ain’t much, little bunny…” The bunny sniffed at the biscuit, took a cautious nibble, and then snatched it from her hands. The action startled her and she jerked, causing one of her sparkly gold earrings to fall into the grass.
Donna reached down to pick it up, but the little rabbit dropped the biscuit and caught up her earring in its mouth. It turned and scampered away towards the bushes. “Oi! You’re not a rabbit, you’re a bleeding magpie!” Donna cried and dashed after it.
The Doctor had just emptied the sand from his second trainer. “Donna, wait!” he called, hopping after her as he tried to run and pull on his shoe at the same time. “This planet isn’t exactly…”
She didn’t heed the Doctor’s warnings as she raced after the bunny. “I bought those from Marks and Sparks! No Space Bunny is going to steal them from me!” she hollered. The thieving green rabbit disappeared into a hole in the bushes and Donna dove in after it. She crawled through some undergrowth and wound up in a small clearing. The rabbit was sitting inside a nest of eggs at the foot of a giant plant, contentedly nibbling on her earring. Despite her anger, Donna had to smile at the sight. It was too cute. “Is this your home, then?” she asked. “Are those your eggs? Blimey, I thought you were a mammal.”
Her eyes traveled up the stalk of the plant and she saw an enormous pink bloom. In the center was a stamen the shape and thickness of banana, except it was twice as long and bright red. It was fuzzy with yellow pollen.
The Doctor suddenly crashed into the clearing behind her. “Don’t run off! How many times have I…” the Doctor trailed off and Donna could hear the trepidation in his voice. “Donna,” he said carefully. “Back away. Very, very slowly. Whatever you do, do not go near that flower.”