Voyages of Discovery (Chapter One)

I'm so pleased to share this first chapter.  At the moment, I'm working on chapter fifteen, so we've got a long road to hoe together.  It was challenging to write The Calm Before The Storm (which really should be read before this) with the full knowledge that the storm of Doomsday loomed in the future for the Doctor and Rose.  This is the story of what happened next, for Rose, for the Doctor, and yes, for Jacob.

Enormous thanks to my lovely betas, ivydoor, platypus, and sensiblecat for their fantastic help in getting this into shape and keeping me on track.

I've referenced Antoine de Saint-Exupery's book The Little Prince in this chapter, and for anyone who has not read it, an online version with full text and illustrations is available.  It is a classic, and a work of genius.

( Chapter One )