Doctor Who fic: Another Life (1/1)
Title: Another Life (1/1)
Rating: G
Characters: Rory
Timeline: Set post-"Cold Blood" and pre-"The Pandorica Opens"; spoilers
Summary: At night, he dreams. He dreams of a girl with fiery red hair and a mad man with a blue box.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who is the property of the BBC
A/N: Just a quick drabble inspired by certain things in "The Pandorica Opens". I'm not sure if it fits within the context of the episode, but I couldn't resist. Un-beta'd; mind the glaring historical inaccuracies.
He doesn’t see the sword.
When he opens his eyes, he’s back in his tent and the unit doctor is looking him over. A minor blow to the head, the doctor assures him. Nothing to worry about. The pounding in his head tells him otherwise but he doesn’t argue.
Upon waking the second time, he finds Aurelius and Maximus watching over him. They all enlisted at the same time to become legionaries and are his close friends despite his rise in the ranks to optio centuriae. His friends inform him they are to march to Britannia, to hold back the barbarian threat.
“Great Britain.” He speaks as his friends leave his tent. The words leave his lips before he realizes he’s spoken at all. His friends stare at him, unsure of what to make of his declaration.
The land they are to invade is called Great Britain. He doesn’t know how he knows this. Keeping his concerns to himself, he tells his friends to leave.
The march is long, through gruelling weather. He keeps an eye on his centuria, but he doesn’t perform the task as efficiently as he could. At night, he dreams. He dreams of a girl with fiery red hair and a mad man with a blue box. The dreams feel so real. He loves the girl and he trusts the mad man with his life.
“Doctor.” The name comes to him, out of nowhere, one day. A young soldier marching next to him mistakes his revelation as a cry for help and the next thing he knows, the unit doctor is examining him on the side of the road.
After much prodding, he admits to having odd dreams. Trauma from the head wound, the doctor insists. Many remedies are offered, but he accepts none. This isn’t madness. It’s the truth. In another life, he travelled with the fiery girl and the mad man in the blue box.
They reach the barbarians’ land in record time, but he doesn’t care. As camp is set up, he wanders off to look out at the land. Great Britain. The place of his birth.
His name is Rory Williams, from Leadworth. He’s a nurse and he’s engaged to be married. The fiery girl is Amy Pond. His Amy.
He died and now he’s a Roman soldier.
Rory returns to camp. He can’t explain any of it, but it’s his reality for now. The Doctor and Amy will find him.
He can wait.
Rating: G
Characters: Rory
Timeline: Set post-"Cold Blood" and pre-"The Pandorica Opens"; spoilers
Summary: At night, he dreams. He dreams of a girl with fiery red hair and a mad man with a blue box.
Disclaimer: Doctor Who is the property of the BBC
A/N: Just a quick drabble inspired by certain things in "The Pandorica Opens". I'm not sure if it fits within the context of the episode, but I couldn't resist. Un-beta'd; mind the glaring historical inaccuracies.
He doesn’t see the sword.
When he opens his eyes, he’s back in his tent and the unit doctor is looking him over. A minor blow to the head, the doctor assures him. Nothing to worry about. The pounding in his head tells him otherwise but he doesn’t argue.
Upon waking the second time, he finds Aurelius and Maximus watching over him. They all enlisted at the same time to become legionaries and are his close friends despite his rise in the ranks to optio centuriae. His friends inform him they are to march to Britannia, to hold back the barbarian threat.
“Great Britain.” He speaks as his friends leave his tent. The words leave his lips before he realizes he’s spoken at all. His friends stare at him, unsure of what to make of his declaration.
The land they are to invade is called Great Britain. He doesn’t know how he knows this. Keeping his concerns to himself, he tells his friends to leave.
The march is long, through gruelling weather. He keeps an eye on his centuria, but he doesn’t perform the task as efficiently as he could. At night, he dreams. He dreams of a girl with fiery red hair and a mad man with a blue box. The dreams feel so real. He loves the girl and he trusts the mad man with his life.
“Doctor.” The name comes to him, out of nowhere, one day. A young soldier marching next to him mistakes his revelation as a cry for help and the next thing he knows, the unit doctor is examining him on the side of the road.
After much prodding, he admits to having odd dreams. Trauma from the head wound, the doctor insists. Many remedies are offered, but he accepts none. This isn’t madness. It’s the truth. In another life, he travelled with the fiery girl and the mad man in the blue box.
They reach the barbarians’ land in record time, but he doesn’t care. As camp is set up, he wanders off to look out at the land. Great Britain. The place of his birth.
His name is Rory Williams, from Leadworth. He’s a nurse and he’s engaged to be married. The fiery girl is Amy Pond. His Amy.
He died and now he’s a Roman soldier.
Rory returns to camp. He can’t explain any of it, but it’s his reality for now. The Doctor and Amy will find him.
He can wait.