Hello! Welcome to my Halloween-esque story for our Danni-Girl! I say Halloween-esque because it's going to be more Halloween adjacent rather than actually on Halloween! I'm envisioning it being 3 chapters, but then again I thought Home For Christmas would only be 2-3 and that ended up as 5, so let's see how well that goes! I've not got an update schedule for this, but I do have most of it already pre-written as it was an idea I had for a very old story I once thought of writing, so it just needs re-writing and updating for Danni!

I hope you all enjoy it! Leave reviews if possible, but mainly enjoy :D

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The planet Amelia had been expecting when stepping out of the TARDIS doors was a warm one. With golden sand and blue seas, and a palm tree or two if it wasn't too much trouble. She wanted a break with her husband, one that involved sunbathing and a distinct lack of running around and almost getting killed.

The planet that greeted her wasn't a warm one. There was no beach, just a cold wind that blew through tall trees that looked gloomy and dead in the dark. The shadow of what she guessed was a giant, old house loomed above the woods they were stood in, and the only light was coming from the moon that was high up in the cloud-filled sky, she thought it was a full one but it was hard to tell with the clouds that obscured it from her vision.

She was certain it was going to rain, and she was not happy.

"Every time I'm promised somewhere warm and sunny, we always end up somewhere dank and miserable." She grumbled, "I should just get Danni to decide, you never seem to miss when it's her choice."

"That's not true." Danni replied, appearing next to her, taking a step out into the dark night, "Once we were aiming for a planet where, and I quote, 'every 233 days, the sun shone on the sea and mermaids appeared'. Guess where we ended up? Glasgow."

"What's wrong with Scotland?" Amy counted.

"Nothing, but I wanted mermaids." She replied, wrapping her arms around herself to keep her warmth in. She'd only worn a tank top and pair of shorts, this definitely wasn't weather for that, "Spaceman!" She called into the TARDIS, "We're not in the right place!"

"Yes we are!" He replied, bounding out to meet the two women, "We definitely…" He trailed off, looking around and Amy's annoyance rose slightly. It was going to rain, by the look of the clouds above them.

"It looks like something out of Dracula." She retorted, "There's even an evil looking mansion in the distance!" She pointed off to the silhouette of the house above the trees, "Where's my beach, Doctor?" The Doctor didn't reply, instead took another step forwards it and Amy realised her big mistake. If she had just told him it wasn't the right place, they would have gone and he wouldn't have thought twice about it. But now there was a spooky old house in a woods and she almost feel his childish excitement, "We are not going to the house." She warned.

"Let's go take a look at that house." The Doctor declared thoughtfully, like he'd not heard her. He turned to Danni, "What do you think, Danni-Girl? Boring old beach, or interesting creeping mansion?" Danni tapped on her chin a couple of times before grinning up at him. Amy groaned, she knew exactly where this was heading!

"Let me go get changed!" She cried, rushing back into the TARDIS, past a confused Rory who was in his favourite shorts and already wearing his sunglasses. He leant out of the doorway and frowned, pushing the glasses upwards.

"Where's the beach?" He asked.

~0~0~0~

Now dressed in a classic blue dress, an old favourite but there was nothing wrong with that, Danni and the Doctor stood hand in hand at the bottom of a small, gravel path that led up to the crooked house. In the dark, the wood that made the grand house looked almost purple. The whole building looked like something plucked straight out of the Addams Family movies, right down to the small railings that seemed to line the very topmost roof. Suddenly Danni wondered if Amy wasn't far off with her 'Dracula' summation.

"Do you think an actual vampire lives there?" Danni asked him as the Ponds joined them on one side, Amy stood next to Danni.

"Of course not." The other red head scoffed, "Vampires aren't actually real, are they?" She turned to the Doctor for confirmation, but he still had his thoughtful frown on his face, "Doctor, tell her."

"What?" He asked, as if he hadn't heard her, "No, of course not." He reassured Danni, giving her hand a little squeeze, "I mean, of course they might, it's a big universe."

"Yeah, thanks for that Spaceman." Danni replied sardonically, "So are you actually wanting to go inside?"

"Just because the house is a bit rundown doesn't mean that whatever inside is going to be creepy." The Doctor reasoned, "They could be fixing it up, or inherited it off a long lost Aunt who never had any children of her own." He started up the path, obviously having convinced himself that there was nothing to fear, leaving the three behind.

"It's going to be vampires, isn't it?" Rory declared, "I just know it is."

"Because he seems so sure it isn't?" Danni asked in reply and he nodded, "You're definitely learning, my dear Roman. Let's go and get ourselves into a load of trouble." She marched off, trying to cling onto the fact that the Doctor wouldn't really lead them into danger if he really felt that something bad would happen to them. Of course, that wasn't always exactly the way things went in their lives. She didn't blame him, but then again he could have walked away instead of heading up towards the creepy old house. She had thought it was a good idea to begin with, but now it was starting to feel straight from a horror movie.

The Doctor was stood in front of the door, rocking on his heel with his hands clasped behind his back. He looked up at the imposing door, with its claw-shaped metal knocker. The whole thing screamed of an Earth 'Haunted House'. The others were probably right about the dangers that may lurk behind the wooden door, but he had never been able to resist a locked door. He was like a child; put something wrapped up in an exciting box, and he'll rip the top off in seconds. It had got him into a lot of trouble in the past, and no doubt it always would.

He looked down at Danni as she stopped by his side - at the very least it would give him another memory with his ginger time jumper, "Do you actually think there are vampires in there?" She asked, pulling one of hands from the other, linking her fingers through it.

"I don't know." He replied, "Could be vampires. Could be a lovely house full of Catkin. Could be a bunch of murderers looking for some new people to bury under the patio." She looked at him, eyes wide, "Or, it could just be a very old house."

She narrowed her eyes for a moment, suspicious over his choice of words, "You're trying to scare me." She accused.

"I am doing no such thing!" He protested, "However," he used her grip on his hand to pull her slightly closer, "if you are feeling particularly spooked..." He trailed off, a hint of a smirk on his lips and she raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

"No." Amy declared firmly as she and Rory joined them on the porch, "No snogging outside the haunted house. I strictly forbid it."

"That's nice to know." Rory murmured, "Are we doing this, then? Heading blindly into the creepy old monster house?"

"Of course not." The Doctor replied, "That's incredibly rude; we're going to knock." He raised his hand but paused as Danni raised hers. His brows furrowed slightly in confusion but she just shot him a grin in return, grabbing the bottom of the knocker. Realising this was her going into the adventure with him, he beamed back and took hold as well. Together they gave it three strong slams against the metal underneath, hopefully echoing the knock throughout the house for the owner.

There was nothing, and the pair were just about to try again when the door clicked, unlocking. They waited to see if it opened, and when it didn't the Doctor gave it a push, swinging it into the dark entrance hall.

"Anyone home?" He called, taking a step in with Danni right by his side. The moment they stepped out of the doorway to let their companions follow them in, the door swung shut behind them, slamming closed with an almighty bang. Both the Doctor and Danni spun around on the spot.

"What are you doing, Ponds?" The Doctor asked them, taking a hold of the handle, "You are not getting out of this." He held onto the handle, pulling it but the door didn't budge. He let go of Danni's hand to try with all his strength, but it just wouldn't open.

"We're not trying to!" Amy shouted from the other side, "It won't budge! What have you done?"

"What have I done?" The Doctor replied, thoroughly offended, "What makes you think I've done anything wrong? It's probably just an old lock." He took a step back, pulling out his sonic and aiming it at the door, "There, try now."

There wasn't even the sound of the handle being shook, "Nothing!" Rory replied, "What should we do?"

"Doctor?" Danni called lowly, "We're not alone." Startled, he grabbed her, pulling slightly behind him as he turned to see the man in a suit that seemingly appeared from nowhere. He was an aged gentleman, with white hair and gloved hands, the image of a grand British butler.

"Good evening." He greeted in a very stiff tone, a frown on his face.

"Oh, hello!" The Doctor greeted brightly, "Sorry for dropping in on you unexpectedly, but we landed in the woods and couldn't resist such a spooky-" Danni nudged him hard, "right, sorry, I mean unique. Such a unique house, it's like a kid in a sweet shop, isn't it?" He nodded to the door, "Do you mind letting our friends in,"

"Or us out." Danni muttered.

"So we can leave you to get on with your evening?"

"I'm afraid that is not possible." The butler replied and the Doctor frowned.

"Why not?" He asked.

"They did not knock." The butler replied simply, as if it explained everything. Danni and the Doctor shared a slightly concerned look.

"Why would that matter?" Danni asked the man.

"Only those who knock may enter." He replied, "Please follow me, Miss Fielding, Doctor. The master of the house is waiting for you." The Doctor grabbed Danni, pulling her close as her heart sped up slightly.

"How do you know who we are?" The Doctor demanded, making sure that he had a firm grip on his Danni-Girl. They'd not introduced themselves, he made sure that he didn't say any of their names, so he couldn't help but wonder how he recognised them both.

"We always know who our visitors are." The butler replied with a distinct air of boredom. "Now, if you could please follow me." He turned on his heels, back straight, and headed into a room to the left of the entrance hall they were stood in.

"Are we going to follow him?" Danni asked the Doctor in a loud whisper.

"I don't think we have much of a choice." He replied, giving the door handle one last firm shake, "Ponds, go straight to the TARDIS." He called through the door in his best authoritative voice, "Do not stay, head straight there. We won't be long." The Doctor took Danni's hand in his, making sure he had a tight grip in case anything tried to take her away from him and the pair headed off to their left.

~0~0~0~

"Ponds, go straight to the TARDIS." The Doctor called through the door, his tone firm to make sure they knew he was being serious, "Do not stay, head straight there. We won't be long." Amy sighed angrily, giving the door another firm shake but it wouldn't budge. She gave up, slamming her hand against it.

"Well, you heard him." Rory declared happily, clapping his hands together, "Let's head back." Amy turned on the spot, hands on her hips as she looked over the unkempt front yard.

"There must be another way in." She replied as if he hadn't said anything at all, "Probably a back entrance or something." She started back down the stairs, "Let's go have a look."

"Amy!" Rory protested whilst jogging slightly to catch up with her, "He told us to go back to the TARDIS."

"He and Danni are trapped in a spooky house. Do you really want to leave them in there?" She countered, "They could be in actual trouble."

Rory sighed in annoyance; she was right, of course. Still, he did hope that one day they could stay out of trouble.

"Plus, he is not getting out of taking me to my beach!" Amy continued, her boots crunching the gravel underneath as she headed purposefully to the side of the building.

"Amy, we've talked about this!" Rory exclaimed and she paused, "He doesn't do this just to annoy you!"

"Do you not think that this is a little bit suspicious?" She countered, turning on the spot to face him, "Every time he asks me where to go next and I suggest a beach, we end up somewhere distinctly not sunny, with no sand and no sea!"

"That doesn't mean that this time was on purpose!" Rory protested, "He wouldn't put us all at risk just so he didn't get stuck on a beach for a few hours."

"How do you know?" She argued back, "No one knows what goes on in that alien brain of his!"

"Because," Rory trailed off, "you know why! Don't make me say it!"

"Say what?" Amy snapped and he sighed, knowing exactly what her reaction was going to be.

"Because you know how much Danni likes swimming." He replied and it took a moment for Amy to realise what he was implying. Swimming meant swimwear, and her husband was right; the Doctor would never turn down an opportunity to see Danni in a bikini.

Didn't stop her being angry at the fact that Rory brought it up, "Rory!" She exclaimed, "Why the hell would you bring that up? You remember what they did on Entho!" She turned and stormed off towards the back of the house.

"I don't want to!" Rory insisted as he followed her, "I don't want to ever think of them like…" He grimaced, the Doctor wasn't someone he liked the think of in any sort of… adult situations. Even though he had been with Danni the entire time they'd known the Time Lord, it still felt rather unnatural to think of him as anything but a bouncing, bounding child.

"You're the one who brought it up!" Amy retorted, coming to a stop as the sight at the back of the house caught her attention, "Woah!" Rory fell into place next to her.

"That… That is a lot of graves." He commented, looking at the graveyard that seemed to stretch out in front of them. Really, it wasn't that many graves, nothing like an actual cemetery but for a house it seemed quite a lot. Beyond it was what seemed to be a large pound with some sort of dilapidated summer house and a lot more trees.

"They tend to be family graveyards, don't they?" Amy reasoned as she started to head down the slight slope to the overgrown graveyard. Already she could see that some of the stones were worn and beyond repair, with moss and grass growing over any surface it could, "Maybe we can find a name or something, find out what we're dealing with."

"You cannot be serious!" He called down to her, "Amy get back here now!"

"Oh, don't be such a wuss!" She challenged, heading into the grass and Rory rolled his eyes. What did he expect from her, really?

"I'm not a wuss." He grumbled, "At least wait for me!" He called, heading quickly down the slope after her.

~0~0~0~

Danni and the Doctor followed the butler into a grand dining room. The walls were covered with a mixture of wooden panelling half way up, and dark wallpaper stretching the rest of the way up to the ceiling. There was a large dark table in the middle of the room with a man sat at the far end, illuminated only by the chandelier hanging over them all and the few candles in holders around the room. He was wearing what appeared to be a dark red robe, a glass of wine in one hand, the image of a Victorian gentleman. In front of him, in front of two of the many chairs that surrounded the table, were two more glasses with the same red liquid that Danni assumed was the same wine he was drinking.

"Master, Miss Danielle Fielding and the Doctor." The butler announced and Danni couldn't help but wonder if there really were vampires in the universe, and if they'd just stepped into their lair.

"Nice to meet you." The Doctor greeted, "We hope you don't mind us dropping in on you but your house was too good to resist."

"Of course not, we were expecting you." The man replied, waving his hand at the chairs, "Please have a seat." Danni looked up at the Doctor, but he didn't seem to move so she didn't either, keeping a tight hold on his hand.

"How were you expecting us? We weren't expecting us." The Doctor asked in return. He was quite well known, but any time they met someone who knew his Danni-Girl it put him immediately on edge.

"We always know our guests." The man replied simply, "Please, sit." The Doctor tightened his grip on Danni, put walked over. It would be best to play along until it became clear that he needed to get her out immediately. He pulled a chair out and she smiled her bright smile at him, sitting down. He chose the one to her right, between him and the Master of the House, "Wine?" The man offered but the pair shook their heads.

"We have a room on the second floor made up for you," He explained without any attempt at small talk, getting right down to business, "I hope you do not mind sharing but only a couple rooms are hospitable at the moment. You must understand, we do not get many guests and most of the rooms have fallen into disrepair."

"We don't need to spend the night, thank you." The Doctor replied firmly while trying to sound polite, "If you can just show us the exit, we will be out of your hair very quickly."

"I'm afraid that's not possible at this time. Once you have knocked, you cannot leave until you have spent the night." He explained, "It's the rules, I'm afraid."

"Well, can you at least let Amy and Rory in?" Danni asked, seeing no point in hiding their names if he already knew hers and the Doctor's, "I'm sure they're worried and waiting."

"I told them to head back to the TARDIS." The Doctor told her lowly, trying to calm her worries but she just shot him a look that told him she didn't, for one second, think they'd have done as he said. He didn't quite believe they would, either.

"Unfortunately your friends cannot enter." The man replied, "Only those who knock can enter, and no one else until they have departed."

"Well, we do not go anywhere without them." The Doctor stated firmly, the politeness dropping out of his voice, "They're under my care."

"It is just not possible, I'm afraid. Those are the rules of the house, but I assure you they will be fine until you depart in the morning," He smirked, pausing with his glass of wine against his lips, "as long as you don't try and escape of course." Next to the Doctor, Danni let out a scream of surprise and the Doctor was already turning around, ready to pull her away from whatever had attacked her. She was smiling, though, looking down in her lap where a black and white cat had taken a seat, allowing her the pleasure of petting it.

"Sorry, the cat startled me." She apologised to them both, scratching the cat behind its ears. It turned its head, pressing against her hand and she looked up at the man. She wasn't too happy about them being held captive in a creepy house, in fact it was rather terrifying but she really didn't want to let on to the creepy man that she felt that way. Or, in fact, Theta who she had learnt from experience reacted rather impulsively to her being frightened, "I do love cats. What's his name?"

"That is Maximus." The master of the house replied, "There are many other cats in the house, I'm sure you'll stumble upon them during your stay." The Doctor let over and ran his hand over the cat's back, the cat purring in reply.

"Yes Maximus, she is very loud." He replied to something unheard and Danni smacked his arm gently.

"Stop talking cat when no one else can. It's very rude." She chided him, "I'm guessing the stay is non-optional then?" She asked the man, keeping her attention on the cat in her lap. He was such a cute thing, almost completely black except for a white ear. He had curled up on her lap, obviously finding her a comfortable place to sit.

"Humphrey here will show you the way to your room." He offered as a reply and she sighed, looking up at the Doctor, who was eyeing the man suspiciously. Rightly so, but then he broke out into a grin and jumped up from his chair.

"Come on then, Danni-Girl." He declared happily and she stared at him in bewilderment at the change in his demeanour. What, now he wanted to stay? She wasn't convinced, but still she carefully lifted Maximus up onto the table, where he hissed his disapproval, but curled back up into a ball once again after she gave him a farewell pet.

The Doctor took hold of her hand once again as they followed Humphrey – which Danni couldn't help but think was an incredibly Butler-type name – out of the dining room and towards the main staircase, "Why are we going along with this?" She whispered to him, hopefully so the butler didn't hear her, "Shouldn't we be, you know, running away screaming from the creepy man and his butler?!"

"How, exactly?" He whispered in reply, "They've told us we can't leave. Once we're on our own, maybe I can find us a way out."

"Fine." She grumbled, still not happy about being inside the house, especially when Rory and Amy were outside it. Everything always felt better when they were all together.

Humphrey came to a stop at the bottom of the stairs, "Your room is on the second floor. You must keep to the left, you cannot miss it." He told them dryly

"I thought you were going to show us the way?" The Doctor asked.

"That is the way." He replied shortly before giving them both a bow, "Miss Fielding, Doctor." He turned on his heel and headed back the way they came, leaving them stood at the bottom of the grand staircase.

"Well, he was rather grumpy." The Doctor stated looking upwards. The staircase seemed to lead to an open hallway which overlooked the entrance they were currently stood in which seemed to stretch equally left and right, leading to two doors.

"Of course he is. Spooky house, creepy owner. There's bound to be some sort of grumpy butler." She looked up the stairs. Even though she could see the top clearly, it felt like they stretched up into oblivion and she backed slightly away from it out of instinct, "It does seem rather dark up there though, doesn't it?"

The Doctor squeezed her hand and she looked up at his reassuring smile, seeing past it and to the nerves he was trying to hide, and smiled at him, "Onwards and upwards?" She asked and he nodded.

~0~0~0~

The conclusion that Amy came to as she and her husband walked through the graveyard was that the garden was in a much worse state of disrepair compared to the house, which was not in any state to be lived in to begin with. Most of the gravestones were too old and faded to read and they had to go quite near the opposite end of the graveyard before they found anything of any use.

The graves lining the back row were obviously newer than the rest of the graves they'd come across, with newer stones and grass covering the top, "These two have been freshly dug." Rory pointed out, the two he was stood by had no grass at all growing over them.

"So people have died recently, that doesn't mean anything." Amy reasoned, bending down to read some of the other graves, "People die all the time. Look at the house, it's really old, the people who owned it probably were as well." She read the names and frowned, "Although, none of these have the same family names."

"These two were born in two completely different times." Rory replied, "Jazath Freegon, born 23rd February 54,320 died 22nd June 34,200. He wasn't even born when he died." He looked up at Amy, who at least was starting to look like she was starting to take this seriously.

"Mary Delight, died of fright 14th December 34,199." She read off one she was stood by, "That sounds like something out of a bad fairground ride."

"Jerry Singer, died alone 15th October 34,199." Rory added, "Francis Singer, died alone 16th October 34,199." He looked up at his wife, "We should head back, I don't think they're part of the family."

"Danni and the Doctor are in there." Amy replied almost frantically; it wasn't looking good for their two friends, "We need to find a way in to get them out." She turned, hurriedly heading towards the house once again.

"Amy, he knows what he's doing!" Rory argued as he followed her, "He just pretends he doesn't, but he wouldn't put Danni in danger like that!"

Amy looked over her shoulder as she stormed towards the house, "He just pretends to know what he's doing. Do I have to remind you about when we were captured by those giant wasp things?"

"In all fairness, you're the one who tried to spray the princess with insect spray." Rory pointed out as Amy tripped over a weed as it got tangled around her ankle. She yelled in surprise, falling onto one of the graves, the stone crumbling underneath her fingers.

Rory started chuckling until she looked around at him with a sharp, unimpressed look, "That wasn't me. Something's tangle around my foot." She looked down, her intentions to remove the weed that had caused her to stumble. However she froze, eyes wide at the sight of a skeletal hand wrapped around her ankle. She screamed, kicking her foot out and sending the hand, along with the forearm it was connected to, flying towards Rory, who jumped out of the way. He bent down, inspecting it closely when it didn't move from spot it had landed.

"It was probably dug up by some animal." He reasoned, "Maybe we should…" He trailed off as he stood back up again, staring back the way they came. Amy frowned in confusion.

"What is it?" She turned to see what had caused the colour to drain from her husband's face. As if by magic, one by one skeletons were appearing on each of the graves within the cemetery. Some were bright white, like the bones had been cleaned, while others were covered in dirt from the ground they'd emerged from. The most horrific ones were still covered in peeling, obviously rotting flesh that had Amy's stomach churning. However, the most worrying thing was the fact that the moment they became solid, they turned toward the couple and started heading their way.

Amy turned to her husband slowly, eyes wide and a look of terror on her face that mirrored his own. In unison they screamed and together they ran into the depths of the overgrown garden behind them.

~0~0~0~

The Doctor and Danni stood at the top of the stairs, looking at both doors as they stood, hand in hand. Above them the lights shone down an eerie yellow glow, bathing them both and the dark décor in shadows that weren't really there.

"He said stay to the left." Danni told the Doctor, who had paused just before opening the door, "We should do as he said, in case they come looking for us."

"Unless they're expecting us to go left and come looking for us there instead." The Doctor reasoned in reply, although that wasn't the reason that he had paused. He'd been told to go left, but the fact that there was a right that wasn't an option for him just made it all the more tempting. His curiosity was already winning out, despite the woman's hand he held tightly in his own. He worried about her, he always worried about her, but he could still feel the rebellious side of himself pulling off to the right-hand side of the house rather than the left.

Danni watched the conflict shine in his eyes as he stared at the two doors. He was trying to pull of an air of indifference, but the fact they hadn't just headed left like they were told just said he was tempted to go right. And she knew the fact they hadn't was because she was there; if he had been on his own, or even with the Ponds, he would have just gone left. He was worried about her, but even that hadn't stopped him going directly left.

"Come on then, Spaceman." She said, deciding to take control and headed to the right side door, "Let's get this over with." He pulled her to a stop.

"Danni, it might be dangerous." He warned her lonely, "You're right, going left would be the better, safer option." She nodded, smirking slightly.

"We're in a spooky house with a creepy owner and a grumpy butler." She replied, "What's a bit of danger thrown in with that? You've shown me the stars, now show me a bit of danger."

He stared at her, amazed by how amazing she was. He knew she hadn't wanted to go that way, that she'd just wanted to get to the Ponds and go to a beach, but she was still diving in head first. She was determined to experience everything and anything she could and her adventurous shone from her. He pulled her back, but only so he could kiss her quickly, pouring everything into it for the moment their lips were joined.

"Let's go right." He declared and he took hold of the handle, giving it a firm shake when it didn't open. That had never stopped them before, however, and he quickly pulled out his screwdriver, unlocking the door with a quick buzz. It opened towards them, and they both stepped into the dark room, looking for a light switch or something. Then the door behind them slammed shut. Danni jumped, her fear of the dark causing her to cling to the Doctor, who very happily let her hold onto him tightly as he set off his screwdriver to give them some form of lighting.

"Did I not say to stay left?" The voice of the butler rang out throughout the space they were in, the Doctor pulling Danni closer as he tried to see in the dark, "Now you will never find your way out!"

"Perhaps you could help us!" The Doctor called up, but there was no reply. They stood in the darkness for a few more moments until the lights came back on. They were in another hallway, this time with two doors straight ahead of them.

"What do we do?" Danni asked as she blinked the light spots from her eyes that had appeared after being blinded, "Left or right?"

The Doctor glanced behind them, only to see the door they had come from had disappeared. He didn't point that out, though. Danni didn't seem to have noticed and he didn't want to worry her, even as his hearts sped up slightly at the panic he was feeling.

"We came in from the right." He replied, "Maybe we should keep the to the right?" He looked down at her for some input, because he really had no clue what to do, he just knew they had to keep going. It looked like they were in this until the bitter end; no leaving and no heading back. The chances were the same would happen every door they stepped through, so they had to be sure.

"He sounded awfully mad we didn't stay left, though." Danni pointed out, looking over the two doors warily, "I think we should go left." She looked up at him expectantly, and he knew she was expecting him to make the choice. He'd known her for so long now, watched her, gotten to know her incredibly well. He knew when she was trying to hide what she knew was coming, and when she genuinely didn't have a clue what to do. This was one of those times, so he knew it was purely down to him.

"Left it is, Danni-Girl." He declared, using her nickname to reassure her. It worked, he watched her relax just slightly. They found the door unlocked, but even the Doctor hesitated before stepping side.