DISCLAIMER: I do not own either Doctor Who nor Harry Potter. I would like to express my gratitude towards J.K. Rowling as well as the authors of Doctor Who making my fanfic possible.
The Doctor and his companions, Amy and Rory, were safely taking a break from traveling after returning from Third Reich's Germany and encountering a dangerous, but confused River Song. Melody Pond just discovered that she was River Song after trying so hard to kill the Doctor- only knowing a promise of an exciting future awaits her with this man, River used her remaining regenerations to save his life. Doctor needed to cope with the shock of nearly getting murdered by one of his closest confidants. He knew that the Ponds needed to cope with the idea that they had lived a bizarre scenario: Melody Pond grew up along side them. Sadly and understandably, that was not enough for Amy and Rory. No one expects themselves raising their daughter as their best friend. Well, some people view children rearing as such but they do, as adults, watch their child grow into an adult. Those same parents may never have the unique experience of growing up at the same time as your child.
Everyone is now somewhat enjoying a reprieve, if possible, from real life after trying to wrap their minds around what had happened. The Doctor did not know what Rory was up to at that moment but he did have a guess on what Amy is doing. Amy would be involve with some aspect of Harry Potter. She may be re-reading the novels or writing fanfiction but he knew what ever Amy is doing, it involves Harry Potter. The Doctor figured that this may be her coping mechanism but he felt that it was stifling. In her everyday life, Amy was seeing ties to Harry Potter. She sorted everyone, except herself, in the Tardis. Rory, the Last Centurion, is a Gryffindor because he waited for nearly two thousand years for her return as well as doing anything he could, walked through a fire, to protect her. The Doctor was placed in Ravenclaw because as she stated "It's the obvious choice for you." The Tardis was a hatstall between Ravenclaw and Slytherin but was ultimately placed in Ravenclaw because "she couldn't bear being separated from her boy". Amy did not know what house she should be placed in and she felt it was going to be more difficult when Rory told her that she encompassed all of the houses good traits. Until Rory made it easy for her by telling her that he would want her to be sorted in Gryffindor because like the Doctor and the Tardis' situation, he would want her in the same house.
River had been placed in Slytherin, due to mostly her cunning, and was the center of all of Amy's Harry Potter fanfiction. The Doctor figured that this could give Amy an odd sense of watching River grow up- all those strange years were years River Song was a witch and needed magical training so she went to Hogwarts where she was proudly placed in Slytherin. He supported Amy's friendship as well as Rory supported the love he has for Amy by reading some of her stories. They were great but the Doctor felt her stories were too involved. If she wasn't careful, she was going to spend most of her time dreaming instead of living. He decided to put that problem on the backburner and resume his book for now.
The Doctor was currently enjoying reading next to his console. He had found a book called Before Tomorrowland by Brad Bird, Jonathan Case, Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof. It was about a secret society, Plus Ultra, trying to come out publicly, despite working against an unknown adversary, in 1939 including all of the possibilities of another world. Like some of his books, the Doctor does not really know where this particular book came from; he didn't know if it had been a gift or a departing companion left it by accident. There were no inscription in the front.
The Doctor braced himself for the onslaught of memories that were rushing towards him. He had found a book that was left by his Sarah Jane Smith, the book was The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne. That was a book he treasured. He'll be needing it soon for solace.
The day was coming too soon, the day he was told that his Sarah Jane passed away from cancer. He would receive the information from the hospital and would have to pass it on to his other incarnations: The third, fourth, and tenth ones. Him, the Doctor, who did not like endings having to share this ending three times. He will be attending the funeral for the fourth, and last time soon. He remembered being the other Doctors so he knew the part he had to play so well. It did not make it less difficult though. He would see the sadness, despair in the eyes of his third incarnation, he would see his fourth incarnation crumple from the news, and he would see tears that rolled down his tenth incarnation's face. He remembered being them, seeing his exhausted, sad, and frail face because he was hardly able to keep it together. It was like feeling all of his incarnations feelings at once. He had to face reality and be brave for his fourth incarnation's sake. He took a comforting thought that after the funeral, all of his incarnations and K-9 were at Sarah Jane's graveside.
The Doctor rubbed his eye and returned to his book. He felt it was a nice escape until he encountered the Nazis. Thankfully these Nazis were confined to a book and were not after the Doctor.
The Doctor was absolutely enthralled by Before Tomorrowland and he only wished a couple of times that at least one writer came back and read the whole novel before publishing it. There were a few grammar mistakes and he was not sure he was going to have all his questions answered. But the book did have a comic book in the back which delighted the Doctor. He even eagerly waited until the character received his comic book before reading it. It had a neat cryptogram at the back, intriguing the Doctor further.
The Doctor had been a tad upset when he had reached page 140 where the "robot" had decoded the last part of the message: "WE ARE WAITING FOR YOU". Nothing irritated his sore ego more when the authors made the claim that the "robot" solved the puzzle in 0.7 seconds. He had been trying to solve it and thought that the numbers that Faustus said earlier had correlated with the letters of this puzzle- it didn't. Yet the excitement of trying to solve a puzzle still coursed through his veins that he had to find more puzzles. The Doctor actually wondered if Plus Ultra was real. He knew that there were plenty of think tanks in the past and tried to remember the ones he had been apart of and their corresponding members. Of course, a member could be in multiple think tanks so he decided to search the database. He found a website called Plus Ultra Society which had a blue and orange background that asked for a password. He put his name and the date he usually joined a think tank in but was unsuccessful so he started putting his companions' names and dates of when he first encountered them. None had panned out so far. Then he decided to put the characters from the book in the space. Nothing. Nada. Zip. He wanted to see if he can crack this puzzle and be able to log in. He had tried the characters with significant dates. What clicked for him was putting Nikola Tesla in with the date of 1893 World's Fair- he felt that there was something significant in the World's Fair to match up a storyline that is encouraging futuristic endeavors. Finally when he was about to give up he remembered that Walt Disney was involved in 1964 World's Fair as well as having a theme park called Tomorrowland. So in his scratched out notes he wrote Disney's full name, when that had failed he put in initials.
PlUS ULTRA- NIKOLA TESLA 511893 NT511893 ALBERT EINSTEIN 4301939 AE4301939 Alexandre Gustave Eiffel 561889 AGE 561889 Walter Elias Disney 4221964? *WED4221964*
He had logged on to the website. The Doctor was able to view old documents of Walt Disney, quite a few said "For Eyes Only Destroy After Reading", and able to view a picture of Disney with Amelia Earhart. There were a few pictures of Disney's Attractions espescially Tomorrowland. Seeing these items gave the Doctor a rather good idea, an idea that would hopefully help Amy.
The Doctor was going to take Amy, Rory and even River to Orlando, Florida, United States, Earth. They were going to do what any family would, they were going to bond over a trip at Disney World as well as going to Universal Studios. This would give him the opportunity to enjoy solving more puzzles at Disney World, get to view Tomorrowland, and the chance to allow for the Ponds to have more bonding time with their daughter. They most definitely be spending time at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. He could almost see River's face as he thought of breaking her out of her cell and telling her about this vacation. He was willing to bet that Amy was going to buy River any Slytherin souvenir that she could get her hands on. In Amy's fanfiction, River is a Slytherin Beater. The Doctor was going to have to tell River to grin and bear it, wear the Slytherin regalia occasionally for her mother's sake.
"AMY! RORY! COME TO THE CONSOLE ROOM NOW!"
The Doctor having a big grin plastered on his face was greeted with curious and questioning looks as Rory and Amy were running in to the Console Room. Now, the Doctor knew how Rory was spending his time: swimming. He actually thought Rory had been reviewing medical textbooks. He was correct about Amy though, clutched tightly in her hand was her copy of Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.
As he opened his mouth to give them the good news when something had distracted him. Someone had flickered behind Amy and Rory. He was wearing what may be a cloak or a robe but the expression on his face look like he was on top of the world with that huge smile soon to be looking very menacing. The man was drenched with sweat and his face had a waxy look to it as well as being gaunt. His black curly hair was unkempt. The Doctor was looking at a man who did not care about himself. That makes a dangerous man.
During the time the Doctor was looking at this unexpected visitor, Amy and Rory turned around, kept an eye on him like the man was a Weeping Angel, and backed away slowly. The question of why the Doctor had called them disappeared from their minds as they all wonder who is this man and how did he get in the TARDIS.
The Doctor did not failed to notice that the man was holding a stick in his right hand.