Purple Vortex [II]

The Girl in The Fireplace Pt1:

"It's a spaceship. Brilliant! I got a spaceship on my first go!" Mickey exclaimed as the group walked out the Tardis and they saw the inside of it had pieces of equipment scattered around. "It looks abandoned. Anyone onboard?" Rose asked, not seeing anyone in sight. "Nah, nothing here. Well, nothing dangerous. Well, not that dangerous." The Doctor said and Galaxy gave him a look, "You know what, I'll just have a quick scan, in case there's anything dangerous."

"So, what's the date? How far we gone?" Rose asked. "About three thousand years into your future." Galaxy said and she found a light switch on a console and she flipped it causing part of the ceiling to show them the stars, "Fifty-first century, the Diagmar Cluster. You're a long with from home, Mickey. Two and a half galaxies away." She carried on as she wrapped an arm around his shoulders. "Mickey Smith, meet the universe. See anything you like?" Rose asked him. "It's so realistic!"

"Dear me, had some cowboys in here. Got a ton of repair work going on. Now that's odd. Look at that. All the warp engines are going. Full capacity, there's enough power running through this shop to punch a hole in the universe, but we're not moving. So where's all that power going?" The Doctor said as the others came to stand at the console with him. "Where'd all the crew go?" Rose asked.

"A good question. I'm not getting a reading of any other signs of life." Astro said after he did a scan of the ship, the only life signs he did get were Galaxy's and the others but that was it. "Well, we're in deep space. They didn't just nip out for a quick fag." "No, I've checked all the smoking pods. Can you smell that?" "Yeah, someone's cooking," Rose said. "Sunday roast, definitely," Mickey said and Galaxy chuckled as she used the console to open a door behind them.

They walked through the door to see a blazing fire in an ornate fireplace against a wall, it had an ormolu clock on the mantlepiece. "Well, there's something you don't see in your average spaceship. Eighteenth-century. French. Nice mantle. Not a hologram. It's not even a reproduction. This actually is an eighteenth-century French fireplace. Double-sided. There's another room through there." The Doctor said as he and Galaxy walked up to the fireplace and examined it.

"There can't be. That's the outer hull of the ship. Look." Rose said as she looked out of a porthole and the Doctor went to have a look while Galaxy stayed put and she crouched down to see a little girl sitting before the fire on the other side. "Hello, there." Galaxy said as she looked at the girl and Astro sat down next to her. "Hello." "What's your name?" Galaxy asked her gently. "Reinette." "That's a lovely name, Reinette. Do you think you could tell me where you are right now, Reinette?"

"In my bedroom," Reinette told her. "And your bedroom is where? Where do you live, Reinette?" "Paris, of course." "Right, sorry about the stupid questions." Galaxy said causing Reinette to laugh lightly. "Madame, what are you doing in my fireplace?" She asked Galaxy. "Just a routine fire check. Can you tell me what year it is Reinette?" "Of course I can. Seventeen hundred and twenty-seven." "Ah, one of my favourites, I enjoyed the dresses. Well, that's all for now. Thank you for your help. Hope you enjoy the rest of the fire. Night, Reinette." Galaxy said and waved. "Good night, Madame." Reinette waved back and Galaxy stood up.

"You said this was the fifty-first century," Mickey said. "The Doctor also said about the ship generating enough power to punch a hole in the universe and I think that was the hole." "Must be a Spatio-temporal hyperlink." The Doctor added from what Galaxy said. "What's that?" Mickey asked. "He made it up, didn't want to go with magic door." Galaxy remarked as she smirked at the Doctor. "And on the other side of the magic door is France in 1727?" Rose asked. "She was speaking French as well as the right period French."

"She was speaking English, I heard her," Mickey said. "That's the Tardis. Translate for you." Rose told him as Galaxy checked over the fireplace some more. "Even French?" "Yeah." "There we go." Galaxy said getting their attention only to see her press something on the fireplace. "Galaxy!" Rose and the Doctor shout as they watch the fireplace rotate taking her and Astro to the other side.