A/N- Ok, this was mainly based on a theory I have, where the Doctor has a living relative of some sort who can and will bring his companions back to him if he needs them. Seems weird, I know, but anyway, here it is. Review with any companion who you'd want to come back and I'll try and fit them in.
And I don't own Doctor Who. That's probably a good thing.
Chapter 1
I don't know if I should be alive. Out of all the people that could've left Gallifrey, my brother gave me a TARDIS that worked better than his own. The worst part is the he was my younger brother. I should have been the one defending him. But he was supposedly a great warrior who had to fight to save our planet. He is still alive, saving the universe more times than I can count: he is the Doctor.
He didn't know that I was still alive. I lied about how many regenerations I had used up, saying I was on my last when I left our home planet. Really, I was on my seventh regeneration. Currently, I am on my eighth- my last. My four others are in the hands of the Doctor. This is how I lost them.
Trying to be human on Earth was fairly easy for me. After all, our mother was human. But when I say fairly easy, I mean as complicated as it could get.
First, finding a place to live. I had no English money, "pounds", they called it. And a police box isn't an acceptable address, according to all places where I tried to find work. Oh, look; another problem: I couldn't get a job. Time Lord Academy isn't a real college, supposedly. Stupid humans. I've learned more there than they probably did in their best college. The only job I could have gotten had to be the worst possible- I'm afraid to say this- temp.
I finally figured out how to make the TARDIS camouflage in front of a house. The disguise worked, and I was on my way to being secretary at the new Didginotes Corp., a company that designed mobile apps.
My cliché white cubicle was empty when I arrived, besides for a desk, an old Earth phone (possibly from the 1990s), an old Earth computer (possibly from the early 2000s), and swivel chair. I put down a small handbag I had in the TARDIS that held three of my only possessions: a wallet I found in the road that contained £300, a paper that had my original name, Queeldshyraknalhonyercharaya rvesad, written in Gallifreyan, and another with the Doctor's in our native language. There were several other office areas beside mine, which made the whole place a maze.
I threw my ginger hair across my shoulder. I felt some strands still hang on my back as I knelt down to turn ye olde PC on. When I got up, I saw someone pop up from the wall of the cubicle beside mine. I fell back and gasped.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry!" she said quickly.
I felt my face burn red as I grabbed onto my chair and stood myself up. "I- it's f-fine," I stuttered (where did that come from? I used to be the most talkative person in our family! And now a stutter?).
My eyes looked to her. She had waves of red hair that matched mine exactly. Her eyes were a perfect hazel, more of green. She grabbed the wall the separated us with both of her hands. "Sorry, didn't realize you have a stutter... Don't worry about it. My fiancé had one for a while. I think that perfects him. Absolutely adores me," she smiled, showing her not-so-perfect teeth. "My first husband died on our wedding day. Poisoning or something like that. The next cheated on me with my mate. Not just anyone, my closest mate!"
I knew what she was talking about. I knew who she was, but I was forgetting the name. Think... Friend?
"I-I'm s-so sorry," I faked the stutter this time.
"Mum and Gramps said they didn't know what to think about Lance or Shaun. But they seem fine with Lee. Maybe it's because we've been dating for longer than I did which those two. I can't believe I've waited this long, either... Sorry, I'm getting off track. I think I talk too much at times. Donna Noble, by the way. And you are?"
Lee. She was getting married to a man named Lee. For any person, this would be just a trivial fact. But for her, it was important information. Especially after she told me her name.
Donna Noble! I watched over my brother's tenth regeneration while she traveled with him. She was brilliant. She was flawless. She was the most important woman in the universe! How could I not remember her?
Her question snapped back into my mind. I did have my name, my nickname, and my earth-name, the pseudonym I used on the planet, to give her. My human name would work best. "Symphony Warren."
"Nice name... Would you be related to anyone I know, by any chance?"
"Yes, the Doctor," I wanted to say but I stopped myself. She wasn't aware she traveled with a Time Lord. I was flying over her house when he took her back. I couldn't just let her die because she remembered what happened.
"No, I don't think so..."
"His name was John Smith, I think. Boring, I know. He looks a bit like you."
A million thoughts ran through my mind. "It's too common of a name. I don't think I am..."
She grabbed the back of her head. "Oi... Ever have that sudden migraine?"
"Y-yeah," I swiftly replied. "I'll... I'll see if I know that Smith guy for you..."
And I would tell her about "John Smith". But first, I'd have to give her back her memories.
"Thank you... Welcome to Didginotes, by the way."
Donna being engaged to Lee was incredibly significant for me. Why? Because it was the first step in proving existence of people who doubted that they were real.
Please remember that the TARDIS can go anywhere at any time. Real worlds and dream worlds. That one day just happened to be a dream world kind of day.
I felt the touchdown and got up from my seat. After one last look around my current room, which resembled the Doctor's eighth regeneration's most, I ran over to the door, ready to push it open, when I heard the banging and screaming.
"Doctor! Doctor, please! It's me, Doctor!"
I recognize each and every voice that my brother has ever heard. The cries came from possibly the most familiar- Professor River Song, his wife. I didn't want to break her heart, but I had to come out to see where I was.
She stepped back as soon as she saw me. We were in what appeared to be a child's room. When I looked behind her, I saw the two children, who were about four or five, ready and in their beds. The boy, on my left, had large, dark eyes with dusky hair, while the girl, who had most of the same facial features, had hair that I now can compare to Donna's.
"I'm sorry," I turned to River again. "He's not here."
"Then where is he? Who are you, even?" she calmed down a bit.
"I don't know where he is. Last time I saw him, he hadn't met you yet. I'm his sister... The last living Time Lady. Just call me Thalia."
She gave a confused look, while the kids watched in fear. "There are no living Time Lords or Ladies..."
I shook my head and mouthed, "There are."
"But the Doctor... He never told me, or anyone, about you."
"That's because he doesn't even know I'm alive."
She covered her mouth with her fingers, shocked. I didn't know what to tell her after that, so I put my arms around her.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't know..."
"I know. It's fine."
I let go a few seconds later. My attention turned to the boy and girl again.
"Who are you?" I asked, now smiling.
They didn't say a word; they just gave empty looks to me. The girl's hand started to tremble as she gripped her sheets.
"They are Joshua and Ella McAvoy," my sister-in-law explained. "They rarely talk, and when they do, it's questions, mainly about their parents. Especially their mother."
I looked at her while she was looking to them. "Why?"
"They lost her once. Or, she lost them. Not in the dying sense. They disappeared after they asked her if they were real or not. Ever since, they've had a fear that they aren't real; that they're just copies of other children."
Memories ran through me of what happened to the twins in CAL's universe. They were lost by a familiar woman who accompanied the Doctor. As far as I was concerned, she no longer remembered them existing. So there was only one thing I could do to change how they were- change their past totally.
"How can they get out?"
"Pardon?"
"How can they get out of being just saved to a computer? How can I make them real?"
"You shouldn't, Thalia, honestly. I don't know if you can..."
"Yes, I can, River. I have more control of the universe than my brother will ever have. I can at least try to fix them," I raised my voice.
She looked at them, and they seemed to agree with me. "You'll have to make sure Donna Noble and Lee McAvoy meet as soon as possible. The sooner they get married, the better. These two will go into the real world once they're bor-"
"Thanks, River!" I shouted as I ran to the TARDIS.
As I opened the door, I heard the voice. "Will you find mummy for us?"
I turned around to look at "Ella". "I promise."
