Chapter 1

Ayla, riding Whinney breathed in the warm scent of the early spring day, looking around at the river flowing into a small pool, she realised that she felt hot and sweaty and grimy.

Casting her clothes of, she entered the still cool water, and wading in deeper, submerged her head under the water. Holding her breathe for as long as she could she felt the small bubbles from her entry into the water cascade around her skin, slightly buffing her with their softness. Opening her eyes, she watched these same bubbles, chase each other to the surface of the sun drenched water.

Suddenly, she heard a strange whirling sound, and bursting out of the water, with a gasp, she saw a strange, large object, the colour of a thunderstorm sky appear in front of the pond.

Standing suddenly, she rushed out of the water, and just had time to grab her clothes in front of her modesty, before a man walked out of the blue entity, and smiled at her.

"Hello," he grinned.

Startled, Ayla looked at the bizarre man with an inane smirk on his face. He was obviously a spirit, that thing had just appeared out of thin air.

The spirit put out his hand, she looked at it in confusion, but the man stepped forward and carefully taking her hand so that she didn't drop her clothes, he shook it, and said, "Hello, I'm the doctor."

Ayla looked down at the firm warm hand clasping her own, this was no spirit, she decided, looking up at him, she looked in his eyes and suddenly thought of Creb, "hello" she said, "I'm Ayla."

"I know" he responded, rubbing her hand with a finger, he put his mouth to her ear and whispered" I know your sister."

Ayla looked at him strangely, "mmy ssister" she stuttered, "Uba?" she asked him with excitement.

"No" he replied, "your sister, Kallie," turning around he shouted it the direction of the out of the ordinary object, "Kallie, get out here."

A woman walked out of the thing, and walked over to them, Ayla gasped, she looked just like her.

"Kallie" the doctor said, "may I introduce you to your twin sister, Ayla" both women looked at each other in surprise.

And the doctor grinned.

"You're my sister, Hallie" sobbed the woman.

Ayla looked at her, "Hallie" she said hesitantly," my name is Hallie."

Kallie nodded, "Yeah, Kallie and Hallie, our mother always said we were two peas in a pod" she said studying the others face; "you sure do look like me."

"Her name is Ayla now, Kallie" the Doctor spoke quietly.

Kallie nodded, "Ayla, my sister" she murmured. All of a sudden she realised that Ayla was naked, Doctor, I think we should give her some privacy so she can get dressed" she told him.

The Doctor glanced at Ayla and turn a bright beetroot red, "I'm sorry, I didn't notice." Seizing Kallie's hand he dragged her away but Ayla could hear him moaning, "why didn't you tell me she was naked, you know what I'm like."

Now it was Ayla's turn to grin, and laughingly, she quickly got dressed. She took a moment to check on Whinney, who was busy munching the grass and then walked over to the couple.

Glancing in her direction he noticed the horse, "you know, I once knew a horse," he said mysteriously, "it thought I was its mother," he hastily shook off memories of Madame de pompadour, and looked at Ayla. "Arh, you're dressed."

Chapter 2

The Doctor was in charge, as he always was, "come on, you both needs to go in the TARDIS," and he gently took their hands and led them to the blue box.

Happily letting the Doctor take the lead as ever Kallie followed him easily and walked into the machine. Ayla on the other hand, she was different, she was a woman who lived in a dangerous world, so she tried to drag her hand away.

"You have to come Ayla" the Doctor told her firmly, and pushed her in through the door. She found her self in a cavernous space.

The Doctor walked in after her, "I know what you think" he told her, "it's bigger on the inside than the outside, everyone says it."

"I said it" chirped Kallie.

"It's like the Mother" she said in awe, surely this man must be a spirit. She turned to him, "the Mother lives in us, but she is far bigger than us" she said simply.

The Doctor looked at Ayla with astonishment, nobody had ever understood the concept of the TARDIS before, but this woman, who lived in the Stone Age of all places, had, she was truly amazing, now to have an assistant like that, she would be his equal.

Coming out of his reverie, he regarded the woman, "let's get to work." He looked around, Kallie was already seated, "if you don't mind?" he indicated a chair.

Ayla looked at him in puzzlement, and then seeing where he had pointed, and that her sister was already on an identical one, she sat down and watched the Doctor bustle around.

Soon he came over to them, "this won't hurt at all" he told them both and then attached what looked like little green leaves to their temples. Walking over to the large object in the middle, he seemed to press it in places and then…

Ayla felt herself drawn into her head, and expecting to be in the Mother's spirit world was surprised to find herself somewhere else. Looking next to her, she was sat next to a woman, who had such an excruciating beauty that she could only have been her mother, her long lost mother. And right there was a man, he was dressed in an odd outfit, she thought for a moment, "a suit" she remembered and he was her dad. "Hey, Hallie" she heard a little girl speak, and turning she saw the child who would become the sister she had just met, "do you want a sweet?"

Popping a sweet in her mouth, which brought back a host of other memories, she looked to the other side of her, looking through the window, she thought that was what it was called she gazed down at a view that was forever etched in her brain, the scene that Creb had not been able to see. Gasping she suddenly understood, back at the Clan gathering, in the Mog-ur's cave, it hadn't been a vision when she saw the 'boxlike structures and long ribbons of stone', it had been a memory. With a rush she whispered to herself "and I am in one of the 'huge birds flying without flapping their wings', an airplane

The scene changed, she was in a field, "no" she thought to herself "a garden," someone was singing.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Kallie and Hallie, happy birthday to you."

And there was her mum and dad, smiling down at her and her sister.

"How old are you now" called a boy, and lifting her hand she held up five fingers.

The scene changed again, she was laughing, "this is fun", she was hiding, under a pile of clothes, in a shop.

"Hallie" came a frantic voice "where are you?"

But she only giggled.

"Hallie" the voice was farther away, this was not so fun anymore, she started to pull the clothes off her head when she felt arms grab her, and whisk her backwards, and she blacked out.

Yet again, the scene changed again, she was in a dark shelter, with a woman.

"What happened" she asked, rubbing her saw head.

"Its okay" came a voice, "You have lost your memory, but I will look after you."

"But who are you?" she inquired.

"I'm your mother" said the voice, "now go back to sleep" the child closed her eyes and fell into a deep slumber.

When she woke again, it was light, getting up quickly, and glancing at the bundle of blankets at the other side of the shelter, she said, "I'm going out to play mother".

She received a mumbled groan in return.

The naked child ran out towards a rocky beach, splashing and swimming first in the river, she then started to sort all the pretty pebbles. She had just finished piling some of them on top of each other when the ground began to shake and they rolled away. She started back to her mother, but a crack appeared under the shelter causing it to fall into the deep chasm.

"Mother! Motherrr!" she cried but she was alone.

Ayla came to, with a gasp, she remembered everything.

Chapter 3

"Our parents have never given up searching for you" Kallie informed her, "it's been twenty years of sadness, and fear, but they always believed that you were alive, somewhere out there, and they were right," she hugged her.

"Uh, uh, the Doctor, coughed, "now, Ayla it is time you tell us about how you got from being a lost five year old to being the woman that stands before us."

So Ayla told them everything, about the cave lion, about being picked up by Iza, and being adopted by the Clan, about Broad, and Durc, and living in her valley for so long, and the rest of her life up till then, and she told them about Jondalar, the love of her life and about her little girl, Jonayla. She didn't leave anything out, and by the end of her story, Kallie was in floods of tears, and even the stoic Doctor had a tear in his eyes.

"That's some life you have led" he told her, "and you have another baby on the way too."

"I have?" Ayla was astounded, "how do you know?"

"The TARDIS scanned you when you walked through the door, and it shows me here, look," pointing at a screen.

Ayla looked but as she could not read, did not understand it. But then she realized she was having another child, touching her stomach slightly, she smiled.

"Come and see my room" Kallie said changing the subject; she wasn't really comfortable with the thought that her long lost sister was even more tied to this age. "Do you remember ours?" she asked.

Ayla thought for a moment, "yeah, two beds, with pink blankets on them" she remembered, letting Kallie lead her into another room.

Ayla looked around her twin's room, it was lovely, the floor had pink carpet, and the walls were patterned with pink and blue flowers, the bed at the side was covered in pink cushions, and soft dolls, it was a very girly room, she looked at one doll, and picked it up to examine it closer.

"That's Emily", she said she was your doll looking at her sister as she was obviously flood by memory after memory.

Ayla batted the tears away but her eyes and smiled weakly, "this room is lovely", she told her.

"And that's not the best of it", Kallie beamed as she went over to a machine that looked familiar to Ayla.

"Listen to this her sister" shouted and suddenly the room was flooded with music that was so piercing it was painful after nearly a life time in the moderately quiet Stone Age.

Holding her ears with a grimace she exclaimed "it's a bit loud."

"Oh sorry" Kallie apologised, turning the volume down and then she started dancing in time to the music.

"This is a really good one" and Ayla listened the singer was singing about "being a slave for you".

"It's certainly different from Zelendoni's songs" she exclaimed.

The Doctor walked into the room, he was wearing an outfit very similar to Ayla's, tossing another outfit to Kallie, he said "buckskins, I thought we should dress for the occasion, we're going to visit Ayla's family."

Locking the door of the TARDIS, the Doctor turned to hear Ayla whistle her horse.

"This is Whinney," Ayla introduced the horse, climbing up on her, she reached out her hand to Kallie, "would you like a ride" she said.

Kallie nodded and felt Ayla's firm head pulling her to sit on top of the horse's back. She had never ridden without a saddle before.

Looking apologetically at the Doctor, Ayla said "it is not that far to the ninth cave."

They started on their short journey, the Doctor striding beside the slow strolling horse.

They followed the river down the way it had taken Whinney five minutes to gallop up and soon they arrived at the ninth cave.

Chapter 4

Jondalar was at the entrance of the cave looking out nervously for his mate, standing next to him was Zelendoni, who was trying to calm him down.

"She'll be okay" she was saying to a barely listening Jondalar, "she knows the terrain, and if anything dangerous should come near her, Whinney can bring her back in five minutes."

Jondalar nodded, but kept looking, and then he noticed her, she was on Whinney and the wind was in her hair, he frowned, as she came nearer he could see she had someone riding with her and there was a man jogging alongside. He looked closer, the other woman it was…Ayla.

"Zelendoni, look" he pointed "two Ayla's."

The holy woman looked, "there is only one Ayla" she started, but looking again, she continued, "but the other woman looks just like her."

They stood watching at the strange sight, the Ayla's got off Whinney and accompanied by the mysterious man climbed up the rocky hill until they reached the mouth of the cave.

The man put out his hand to Zelendoni, and grinned, "Hello, I'm the Doctor."

Zelendoni barely noticing what she was doing, she was too overcome by the appearance of a second Ayla, copied his action and grasped his hand. Abruptly, as if coming out of a trance, she stared down at the firm hand shaking hers, and then looking up at him, saw in his eyes that he was one of their own, a Zelendoni.

"I can see such power in your eyes" exclaimed the donier, "and wisdom beyond the age."

The Doctor smiled understandable, he knew his eyes were a window to the love and pain he had always carried through his long life, "I don't get to 903 without something showing in my eyes" he thought. Glancing around he saw a tall, deeply muscled blond man staring at Ayla and his traveling companion. "Ayla" he said, "don't you think you should introduce your sister."

Jondalar gasped and gawked at the two women, "your sister?" he asked with incredulity, shaking his head he said in bewilderment" but you haven't got any family."

Ayla looked at her mate, "yes I have, and she was born at the same time as me, this is Kallie, you could say I am her long lost sister" she laughed.

"My my" grinned the holy woman "this is wonderful, a cause for a celebration."

"mama" screamed a voice, when they entered the cave, "Jondalar was scared that something had happened to you, but I told him you would be okay" Jonayla told her, but she had a tear stained face.

"Oh my Jonayla" Ayla put her arms around her up like a mother hen protecting her chicks, "I will always be with you no matter what" she would talk to her mate later about scaring the child. "Jonayla" she said, "I've got some people I want you to meet" picking her up, she felt the child wrapped her legs around her waist, "this is the Doctor and this is Kallie, my sister."

Jonayla looked at the strangers intently, dismissing the Doctor as someone a bit boring, little did she know, she looked at the woman and gasped "she looks like you Mama."

"That because she is a very special sort of sister, we were born at the same time" she whispered in her daughter's ear.

Jonayla giggled, the boring man was smirking at her stupidly, and waving his hand at her like a mad man"

Zelendoni went to find Johorran, "we have some special visitors" she told him.

The leader looked up at her, "special" he asked, "in what way."

"See for yourself," the holy woman instructed him enigmatically, pushing him towards a commotion.

Johorran saw that Ayla was in the centre of the fuss, he smiled, "in the middle again" he was about to laugh at his brother's mates ability to always be in the heart of a situation, but then someone stepped out from behind her, and he was so shocked that he nearly fainted, but Rushemar managed to catch him before he slammed in the cave floor, shaking his head to clear it, he looked at the women.

Concerned, she looked in Johorran's eyes, and quietly spoke, "may I introduce you to my sister, Kallie,"

Everyone gasped at this statement, but they could see the truth in it, the sister looked just like their friend.

Johorran, remembering himself, put up both of his hand, and greeted "I am Johorran, leader of the ninth cave, mate of Proleva, brother of Jondalar, son of Marthona, blessed of doni, I greet you Kallie of the…."

"I am Kallie of, well I suppose I am Kallie of Finsbury Park, of London, of the UK."

"I have never heard of those places" Jondalar interrupted.

Morona having seen that one of their guest was a handsome brown haired man, had sidled up to him, and had whispered with the most seductive voice she could muster, "While they are busy talking, why don't you come with me, I'm sure you would find it a pleasure."

The Doctor had looked at the woman with disinterest, but Ayla hearing the furtive comment, decided to come to his assistance, "and this is the Doctor," she told Johorran making the leader pull his eyes away from the enigma in front of him, and look at the man.

"I am the Doctor, last of the time lords, of the Celestial city, of the district of Frey, of the planet of Galafrey, friend to the helpless, defender of the Earth, scourge of the Daleks, enemy of the Master, friend of Kallie, I greet you Johorran, leader of the ninth cave, mate of Proleva, brother of Jondalar, son of Marthona, blessed of doni," he reeled off in one breathe.

Johorran was impressed, to have such ties, "who are the Daleks?" he asked.

The Doctor looked at him, "you really do not want to know" he stated.

Chapter 5

That night, at the celebration, sitting around a large fire, after they had all eaten it was story time. Jondalar had talked about his journey with his brother Thonolan. Ayla had spoken about raising Whinney. Willomar talked about some of his trading missions.

"Why don't you tell a story Doctor" Kallie suggested.

The Doctor sighed, looking around he saw many faces full of delight, and said "when I was a child, no more that five of your summers, I was sent to a new dwelling, a place where boys were taught many things, called a school. In this place I met a young boy, new like myself, and we quickly became friends, he was called Zebatan and we had many dreams of all the things we would do together. One time, at the school, another boy was teasing me, saying I was short, but Zebatan stuck up for me, and another time, I was struggling with my work, and he helped me. I thought we would be friends forever, but one day his mother's mate came, and took him away. The next time I saw him, he had changed, and gone a way I could not," he sighed "I still think about how things could have been different, we never had the adventures, we planned, though I certainly had them myself." Looking at the tears in his listeners' eyes, he stopped, thinking for a moment, he said, "I will tell you a story about a young lady that I once knew, she was called Rose Tyler, and I used to travel with her, like I now travel with Kallie. She had blonde hair, and was so cheeky and fun, and I loved being in her company. Once day, we went to a area called New New York, the grass there smelled of apples, and they had a place called a hospital, where people could go to get healed of their sicknesses, we went to the hospital and helped a group of people that were not being looked after, freeing them to become a people of their own right, like the Zelendonii. The last time I saw Rose she was back with her mother, and her family" he hid the sadness at this statement, this was supposed to be a party after all.

"Kallie, why don't you sing us one of your songs" Ayla abruptly instructed.

Kallie shrugged, "Okay, let me think, oh I know" and she started to sing, "I'm just a love machine……"