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How did this happen, how could he be so stupid. Not only had The Doctor been outsmarted, but it had led to the destruction of the entire planet. Outside he could feel the earth falling apart, and it was all his fault. He knew he had to fix everything, and he knew he needed a plan in case Martha failed, wich she wouldn’t because everyone she loved depended on her success, and the doctor had faith in her. But he always said “always have a plan B”.(actually he has never said that, but he’ll start now)

You know, worst of all, he didn’t hate The Master, how could he, The Doctor has spent hundreds of years thinking that he was the last of his kind, the one and only time lord. He knew something that might be able to fix everything, but it would take all the power in him.

“MASTER THIS NEEDS TO STOP” The Doctor shouted out, hoping the master would hear him and come into the room.

He entered the room looking throughly annoyed “Would you shut the hell up, i’m trying to rule the world here”

“THIS IS BARBARIC, you can just go around destroying every planet you don’t like, it’s- it’s evil”

The Master simply smiled, “Oh you’re one to talk Doctor, bringer of death. I’ve heard about you, they say wherever you go death and destruction follows”.

This isn’t the first time the doctor has heard this, and every time he did it was like a knife that cut deeper and deeper. He held himself together. “That is not a reason to hurt all these innocent people. Just tell me why you’re doing this, please, maybe I can help you”.

The Masters face twisted into a somber expression “I just want it all back, I WANT MY HOME BACK AND THIS IS THE CLOSEST IM GONNA GET”.

“GALLIFREY IS GONE MASTER, AND NOTHING YOU OR ANYONE ELSE DOSE WILL BRING IT BACK”.

The Master just stared into his eyes “Do you even remember what it was like because you act like Gallifrey meant nothing to you”

The Doctor was silent, of course he remembered it, how could he forget his home. “Master it meant the world to me too, but all this isn’t going to make it come back nothing will”.

The master began to storm out of the room, and the doctor knew he had to act fast, so he shouted “KOSCHEI”! The Master whipped his head around in horror.

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That morning the bright orange sky lit up with the burning light of the twin suns, and it was the perfect time of day to see the reflection of the suns on the gleaming silver leaves. Two children raced through the dewy red grasses of Gallifrey, chasing each other and giggling madly.

“You can’t catch me” the first child taunted. He was a tall lanky boy, he was wearing what seemed to be a purple button up with a bright green pant suit, he called himself Theta Sigma.

The other boy followed close behind, “we’ll see about that”. He was a tad rounder than the first boy however, he dressed a great deal better than him. He was wearing a dark purple sweater made from an unearthly material, and he had on pants that looked close to what we on earth would call jeans. He was called Koschei.

He burst into a full out sprint and tackled Theta to the ground. The boys stared into each other’s eyes and began to laugh hysterically, “see, I told you I could catch you” Theta shoved Koschei off from on top of him.

“I just wasn’t ready, if I had more time to calculate the wind speed and the friction of the grass, then I could have gotten away”. Though neither of them could be considered dumb in any way, Theta had always been the more logical one.

“Or i’m just a faster runner”, if there was one thing that Koschei had a problem with, it would be Thetas unwavering pride, he always had to be the smartest, the fastest, and the best at everything.

“Well I bet I can beat you to my house”, Theta took off running.

“Oh your on”, they raced up the mountains, climbing over rocks and leaping across tiny valleys that have been carved into the stone, until they reached the peak.

Both of them were panting frantically. “See, I told you that I could win”, he had to pause to catch his breath.

“Well you live up here, so you have to climb this mountain everyday. You had an unfair advantage”, once again the boys collapsed into giggles, and just lay there on the floor. Theta started up at the sky and smiled.

“you know, my favorite thing about Gallifrey has always been the sky, I like to pretend the suns are it’s eyes, and it’s always watching over me”. Koschei just stared at the beautiful boy next to him, and for the first time in his life he wished he could take the sky into his hands and give it to Theta just to make him smile.

With a sudden burst of confidence Koschei reached out and grabbed Thetas hand. Theta just kept staring at the sky not making any acknowledgment of what had just happened, Koschei tried to retract his hand quickly, but Theta just gripped it tighter.

From then on, they never left each other’s sides, if you thought they were inseparable before, well now they were basically one being. Koschei and Theta Sigma, Theta Sigma and Koschei.

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The two boys lay in the grass by the river bank, not a care in the universe (except for each other, of course), their hand were interwound tightly as if at any second someone would come and try to rip them apart.

Theta broke the silence, “You know, someday i’m going to travel the stars, and i’m gonna bring you with me”

“Really!”

“Yah, I don’t think that I could live without you, exploring the stars wouldn’t feel right unless you were right there next to me”. Koschei just reveled in this thought for what felt like forever, but in reality was only a couple seconds.

Suddenly, something did rip them apart, a force grabbed both their wrists and pulled them in opposite directions. The children looked up to see a large boy dressed in academy robes, he had flowing black hair that reached his shoulders, his face was littered with bright pink scars, he called himself Torvic. He spoke in a mocking tone, “exploring the stars wouldn’t feel right unless you were right there next to me”

Theta was the first to speak up, “What the hell do you want Torvic”

“Well that’s not very nice, is it? I was just passing by and happened to hear your conversation about traveling through space. Do you know how stupid you have to be to actually believe that shit”. Torvic had a malicious look in his eyes.

Theta could feel the anger rising in his body, “ WHY DONT YOU JUST PISS OFF”.

Torvic didn’t look phased in the slightest, “Now is that any way to speak to our elders, why don’t you apologize for your rude behavior ”

Theta wasn’t going to apologize for that, he especially wouldn’t apologize to Torvic, and so he showed that deadly pride of his, “why don’t you make me”!

“Whatever you say”, all of a sudden Torvic lunged at Koschei and held his arms behind his back. “Now apologize, or your little friend here dies”, he held Koscheis head above the river.

Koschei cried out loudly, “PLEASE STOP. THETA PLEASE. HELP ME.”

“Oh shut up”, Torvic rolled his eyes and plunged the boys head into the water, Koschei flailed and gasped for air, but the other boy was just too strong.

Theta just stared for a second, too stunned to speak, too stunned to move. From beneath the glistening water he could hear his lovers deafened screams calling out to him. Suddenly Theta felt something that he never had before, it was as if his body was moving faster than his brain could think, he couldn’t even feel the wind stinging his face as he sprinted towards the river. At some point he must have picked up a stone, he couldn’t recall when. As he reached the water things started to blur, it was all a jumble of screams and blood and death.

When the screams ended, it was as if Theta woke form a coma to see what he had done. He looked up to see Koschei staring in horror at Torvics lifeless body. “W- what have you d- done”.