Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor Who.

A/N: Welcome! This is the short prologue for While You Were Gone. This is only short because I was trying to establish Rose into the story. The rest of the chapters will be longer. Hopefully. Any who, this is a Human Nature/Family of the Blood AU because I absolutely believe that it would be so much better with Rose. Maybe that's just because I totally ship Doctor and Rose but who cares!

Enjoy!

Update: I thought it best to go back through and fix a few errors before I start writing again. This chapter only has a few differences but the later ones will have more.

"Owwww." Rose grabbed her head as she sat up. Cornfields were surrounding her. "I don't think I made it." She muttered to herself, looking down at her dimension jumper. The jumper seemed to have a major malfunction, if the sparks and blinking were anything to go by. She attempted to get the burning object off of her wrist before it did any more damage. Muttering curse words, she stood up. Rose stuffed the broken device into her standard issue Torchwood bag before beginning her trek into town. She walked a few miles before actually making it to a town. Women in dresses and men in old looking suits were walking all around her. Good thing she's wearing clothes with a perception filter, Rose thought dryly. She continued to look for a place to stay so she could fix up her dimension jumper. She might not need it if she ended up in the right universe but it's better to be safe than sorry. She passed an old newspaper stand and looked at the date. 1913, great, she thought sarcastically. She stopped by the nearest person who happened to be a friendly enough looking gentleman in a fancy suit.

"Excuse me, sir. Where am I exactly?" She asked in her most polite voice.

"Farringham." He looked at her with concern but continued walking. Rose once again stalked off in an effort to find the nearest inn. Then it hit her. She needed money. She couldn't just go to an inn. She walked into the nearest ally to rummage through her bag. She pulled out all of her money but none of it would work for this time. Below she had some jewelry she could pawn off. None of it had any sentimental value, it was more or less for occasions like this or ones where she would need to go undercover at some fancy event. She picked up a pure golden bracelet and a few diamond necklaces. This should do, she thought. She walked to a general store and easily swapped her jewelry for money. She had enough for a place to stay and then some. She walked to the local inn. Behind the desk stood a short woman with dark hair and dark eyes. Rose gave her a small smile.

"I'd like a room for a few days." Rose said sweetly.

"Yes ma'am." She smiled back. Rose dropped the correct amount on the counter and the woman gave her a key and told her to go upstairs to room two. Rose dropped her bag on the small bed in the middle of the room with a sigh. She rummaged through her bag, hoping to find something that can help identify this universe. After finding her leather jacket, she realized she needed clothes. Even if she is only staying there a few days she still needed clothes from this era. True, her clothes right now had a perception filter but this is her only outfit that does. She picked up her bag and put it in the chest at the bottom of the bed. She threw her money into the pocket of her black jacket and walked out of the room back into town. She chose a few casual dresses and one beautifully antique dress just because she couldn't say no. Once she got back to the inn she put away her things and went to a café in town. She ate a few pieces of bread and drank some tea. She stopped by the book store and picked up a few novels she thought she might like and headed back to the inn. She cuddled under the sheets on the bed and read. Rose put the book on the little stand next to the bed and recalled the past events since the last time she saw the Doctor. She didn't want to accept he was gone for good. She couldn't. So she tried and tried to find a way back. After so long, she gave up. After Pete and her discovered she wasn't aging she started trying to find a way back again. Pete gave her everything he could supply her with, whether it be money or access to the more restricted confines of Torchwood. By the time they finally found another tear in the void, Jackie was dying. Rose refused to leave while she was still alive. She ended up staying until after Pete and Jackie passed. She stayed for a little to comfort her brother, Toni, and her sister, Summer. Truthfully, she felt terrible for leaving them. She felt completely selfish to leave her siblings but she just couldn't bear the thought of watching them die too. She finally decided it was time to test the dimension jumper. This was her first test and she landed in 1913. This made it so much harder to tell if she was in the right universe. She finally drifted off to sleep dreaming about finding the Doctor.

A/N: So this was short, I know. It's just to give you the feel of how Rose is coming into this story. There will probably be another chapter up today because I feel bad about it being so short. Also, I love making Rose change because of the whole Bad Wolf thing. Don't question it, embrace it. I'm a little crazy, ignore me. Thanks for reading!