AN: I have found that rewriting cannon makes me use a lot of cannon, and I don't know how else to do it Sorry.

Never knew it would be so difficult.

Chapter 11 – The Vampires of Venice Part 01

Amelia and Rose stood in the open doors of the Tardis, and watched as The Doctor used his never ending gob and a flash of the psych paper to get himself into a giant cake in place of the stripper.

"How he manages that, I'll never know." Rose said.

"Is he really going to jump out of a cake?" Amelia asked.

"He thinks it's clever." Rose answered. "I couldn't stop him."

"Want to go watch?"

"And watch The Doctor embarrass himself? Absolutely. Here." Rose said, handing Amelia a hooded jumper, that appeared on The Tardis' railing. "Cover your hair, so we don't stand out."

Once covered up, the two girls left the Tardis, which was parked behind the pub, and snuck inside. Immediately they noticed all the men in the bar wearing red shirts, that said 'Rory's Stag' on the back, and had a heart with a photo of Rory and Amelia on the front.

"That's him." Amelia pointed out.

From where they stood, they could just make out Rory's voice over the din, as he spoke into a mobile.

"Hey! It's me. Hello. How are you? The reason for this call is because I haven't told you for seven hours that I love you, which is a scandal, and even if we weren't getting married tomorrow, I'd ask you to marry me anyway. Yes, I would, because you are smashing."

"He seems sweet." Rose observed.

The kitchen doors opened, and in rolled a giant cake, that the two girls knew contained The Doctor.

"Oh. Oh. Oh, blimey." Rory said, "I've... I've, er got to go. I'll see you tomorrow."

On queue, The Doctor popped out of the cake like a spring loaded jack-in-the-box.

"Rory! That's a relief. I thought I'd burst out of the wrong cake, again. That reminds me, there's a girl standing outside in a bikini. Could someone let her in and give her a jumper? Lucy? Lovely girl. Diabetic. Now then, Rory. We need to talk about your fiancée."

Rory smiled embarrassingly, thinking this was all part of the show. "She ran away with me last night."

Rose swore that she could hear crickets in the silence. The Doctor climbed out of the cake, straightening his tie.

"It's important that you come with us."

The Doctor grabbed Rory's hand, and dragged him away before anyone could stop him. As soon as they were outside the pub, Amelia followed, and pulled the hood off, taking Rory's hand.

"Amy! What are you doing here?"

"Amy?" The Doctor asked, "You were Amelia a minute ago."

"Yeah, and sometimes I'm Amy." she said.

"But Amelia's a lovely name." The doctor pointed out.

Amy had no rebuttal, as she didn't want to say that she kind of liked it when The Doctor and Rose called her Amelia.

"Anyway," The Doctor said, "I'm The Doctor, and this is Rose."

"He's... He's the raggedy doctor." Rory said to Amy.

"Yes."

"But he was a story. He was a game. How is he real? He was never real. You made me dress up like him, and we played The Raggedy Doctor and Rose defeat prisoner zero. Oh my god, is there a prisoner zero, too?"

"There was." Rose interjected. "But we beat him."

"Now, everyone into The Tardis."

Upon entering, Rory froze by the door, where Amy and Rose waited by him to be okay. The Doctor, meanwhile, went below the Tardis deck and started repairs.

"Oh, the life out there, it dazzles. I mean, it blinds you to the things that are important. I've seen it devour relationships and plans. It's meant to do that. Because for one person to have seen all that, to taste the glory and then go back, it will tear you apart. So, I'm sending you somewhere, together. "

Amelia looked stunned, "Woah, what like a date?"

"Anywhere you want. Any time you want. One condition. It has to be amazing. The Moulin Rouge in 1890. The first Olympic Games. Think of it as a wedding present, because it's either this or tokens." The Doctor turned to Rory, who still looked quite stunned. "It's a lot to take in, isn't it? Tiny box, huge room inside. What's that about? Let me explain."

"It's another dimension." Rory said.

"It's basically another dimension. What?"

"How do you know that?" Rose asked.

"Growing up on stories of the time travelling doctor, I've an interest in science. Read up on all the latest scientific theories. FTL travel, parallel universes."

"Parallel universes are real," Rose spoke up, "I was trapped in one for seventy years."

"I like the bit when someone says it's bigger on the inside. I always look forward to that."

Amy took Rory's hand, "So, this date. What do you think, Rory?"

"Gotta be somewhere romantic." Rose said.

The Doctor adjusted the coordinate setting on the Tardis, then pointed it out to Rose. She looked at it and commented.

"Oh, that'll do nicely."

Moments later, the Tardis landed with a thump, and The Doctor ran to the doors, towing Rose with him, and threw them open. Amy and Rory followed them out.

"Venice!" The Doctor cried. "Venezia. La Serenissima. Impossible city. Preposterous city. Founded by refugees running from Attila the Hun. It was just a collection of little wooden huts in the middle of the marsh, but became one of the most powerful cities in the world. Constantly being invaded, constantly flooding, constantly just beautiful. Ah, you got to love Venice. So many people did. Byron, Napoleon, Casanova. Ooo, that reminds me." He checked his watch, "1580. That's all right. Casanova doesn't get born for a hundred and forty five years. Don't want to run into him. I owe him a chicken."

Rose giggled, "You would lose a bet to Casanova."

"You owe Casanova a chicken?" Rory asked.

"It's a long story." The Doctor replied.

They were stopped by an official looking man who looked quite excitable. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Papers, if you please. Proof of residency, current bill of medical inspection."

The Doctor held out the psychic paper for the man. "There you go, fellow. All to your satisfaction, I think you'll find."

The man bowed before The Doctor, "I am so sorry, Your Holiness. I didn't realise."

"No worries." The Doctor said, "You were just doing your job. Sorry, what exactly is your job?"

"Checking for aliens. Visitors from foreign lands what might bring the plague with them."

"Oh, that's nice." Amelia cried, "See where you bring me? The plague."

"Don't worry, Viscountess. No, we're under quarantine here. No one comes in, no one goes out, and all because of the grace and wisdom of our patron, Signora Rosanna Calvierri."

"How interesting." The Doctor drawled, "I heard the plague died out years ago.

"Not out there. No, Signora Calvierri has seen it with her own eyes. Streets are piled high with bodies, she said."

"Did she now?"

"Trouble?" Rose asked, grinning.

"Could be." The Doctor replied, moving ahead, and towing Rose with him.

Rory took the psychic paper, to see what it was. "Er, according to this, I am your eunuch."

Amy turned to Rory, "Oh yeah. I'll explain later."

"Doctor!" Rose smacked his arm, "Not another Mickey."

He just grinned at her as they walked. They stopped amongst a crowd that was watching something across the river. They heard some whisper 'The Calvierri girls', and knew this was a place of interest. They watched as a man came out of the shadows calling for 'Isabella', pulling up the veils the girls were wearing, until he found her, then one of the girls immediately knocked him down. The man got carried away by a pair of guards, and The Doctor pulled Rose. They were off running, catching up to the man.

"Who are those girls?"

"I thought everyone knew about the Calvierri school." The man said.

"Our first day here." The Doctor commented, "It's okay. Parents do all sorts of things to get their children into good schools. They move house, they change religion. So why are you trying to get her out?"

The man sighed, "Something happens in there. Something magical, something evil. My own daughter didn't recognise me. And the girl who pushed me away, her face, like an animal."

I think it's time I met this Signora Calvierri." The doctor looked to the man who introduced himself as Guido. "Can you help us? Create a distraction?"

Guido ran to the gates, screaming for his daughter, and distracting the guards, while Rose and The Doctor snuck in through the side gate. They moved through the building, and down a staircase into a finely decorated room. The Doctor noticed a gilded mirror on the wall, and checked out his own reflection.

"Hello, handsome." He moved closer to the mirror to adjust his tie and check out his teeth, leaving it to Rose to notice the girls entering the room.

"Doctor." She warned.

"Who are you?" The five girls asked in unison.

The Doctor looked back an forth between the mirror an the girls. Rose looked at the mirror trying to see what he did, and noticed they didn't have a reflection.

"How are you doing that? I am loving it. You're like Houdini, only five slightly scary girls, and he was shorter. Will be shorter."

"You're rambling, Doctor." Rose pointed out.

"I'll ask you again, signor. Who are you?" The girls asked in tandem.

"Why don't you check this out?" The Doctor said, whipping out what was supposed to be his psychic paper. When they didn't respond, he flipped it around to look at it. "Library card. Of course, it's with." He mimed a long nose, referencing Rory.

"Doctor!" Rose cried, on Rory's behalf.

"I need a spare." He turned his attention to the six girls.
"Pale, creepy girls who don't like sunlight and can't be seen. Ha. Am I thinking what I think I'm thinking? But the city. Why shut down the city? Unless?"

"Leave now, signor," The girls said in unison, "Signorina, or we shall call for the Steward, if you are lucky."

The girls bared pointed teeth and began to hiss at them.

"I think it's time to run, Doctor." Rose said.

They backed towards the door, when The Doctor spoke again. "Tell me the whole plan."

The girls just continued to hiss at them as they approached.

"One day that will work. Listen, I would love to stay here. This whole thing. I'm thrilled. Oh, this is Christmas."

He grabbed Rose's hand and together they ran up the stairs, and out of the school. They ran along the causeway, until they ran into Amy.

"Doctor! Rose!" Amy cried.

"We just met some vampires!" The Doctor declared.

At the same time, Amy spoke. "We just met a vampire."

The two spoke over one another, for a moment, before Rory caught up. "We think we just saw a vampire."

"Yeah, Amy was just telling me." The Doctor replied.

"I hope they're vampires." Rose said.

"Why would you hope they're vampires?" Rory asked.

"Vampires are easy, a cross, a wooden stake."

"Makes you wonder what could be so bad it doesn't actually mind us thinking it's a vampire." The Doctor said. "First we need to get back in there somehow."

"What?" Rory asked.

"How are we going to do that?" Amy asked.

"Psychic paper?" Rose offered.

"Too direct." The Doctor replied.

Rory interrupted The Doctor and Rose, "Back in where?"

"Come and meet our new friend."

The four time travellers went to the home of Guido who, after introductions, quickly pulled out a vellum map of Venice.

"As you saw, there's no clear way in. The House of Calvierri is like a fortress. But there's a tunnel underneath it, with a ladder and shaft that leads up into the house. I tried to get in once myself, but I hit a trapdoor."

Amy grinned and spoke up. "You need someone on the inside."

"No." The Doctor and Rose said in unison.

"You don't even know what I was going to say."

"Er, that we pretend you're an applicant for the school to get you inside," The Doctor said, "and tonight you come down and open the trapdoor to let us in."

"Oh, so you do know what I was going to say."

"Are you insane?" Rory asked.

"We don't have another option."

"Sure we do." Rose spoke up, "I go in."