So I decided not to make the sequel a crossover. I wanted Astéri to grow up first.
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"Rose, she's a young Time Lord, if her brain isn't unlocked soon, her ability to learn will simply stop." The Doctor said looking over to see 5 year old Astéri playing with scrap metal.
"What do you suggest? We can't send her to Galli… We don't exactly have that many options for her to get an education."
"Say it."
"Say what?"
"'We can't send her to…' What? You don't have to protect me."
"We can't exactly send her to a Gallifreyan school."
"There is always home school."
"With our lifestyle Doctor? Are you mad?"
"Maybe not with this regeneration you're right, but with my last one. I have a huge memory gap between Venice and the Time War"
"So what were you like?"
"I was good with kids, a bit brighter, and less reluctant."
"So you could teach her?"
"Yes I could."
TARDISTARDISTARDISTARDISTARDIS
"Daddy where are we going?" Astéri asked wrapping her leather jacket tighter against the cold
"Remember how I told you that when someone like us gets very hurt we change our face?"
"Yep, and you said that you did it eight times before."
"Well, mommy and I are going away for a while so you can learn. So We decided for my eighth regeneration to be your teacher
"Oh." They continued walking in silence until Astéri spotted a blue box
"Daddy it looks like the TARDIS!"
"It is the TARDIS, the very same one. She will recognize you but I won't."
"You won't know me?"
"No and I'll probably act strange as well." He said knocking on the door
"Hello. Who are you?"
"I think you know exactly who I am."
"What are you doing? This could rip a hole in time space! Who's the child?"
" Do you or do you not remember Venice?"
"D-d-d-dad-d-y?" Both Doctors looked at the shivering child "I-I'm c-c-cold."
"Of course, come in."
"It looks different from our TARDIS" Astéri said
"It probably does." Eight said leading them to a sitting room. He gestured at a sofa across from where he had taken his seat.
"So little one, what's your name?"
"My real name or what everyone calls me?"
"Both." He said intrigued
"Only you, mommy, and I can know my real name so you have to promise never to tell."
"I promise."
"Cross your hearts?" She said making an X over each heart
"Cross my hearts." Eight said repeating the motion with a small smile
"Okay, my name is Iotsigmalphbespsilambda, but everyone calls me Astéri"
"Greek for star right?" He asked now fully grinning
"Yup."
"So what are you doing here?"
"I need to go to school but daddy says no to Earth schools and Time Lord school"
"What happened?"
"As you know a learning pace that is too slow would cause her fragile mind to close off and discontinue to take in information. This fact becomes much more urgent when you consider how receptive her 21 time senses are. They're sharp, even for a Time Lord."
"What's wrong with The Academy?"
"I was exiled… again"
"So you want me to teach her. Why not you?"
"Life gets a bit more dangerous when you regenerate."
"I'll do it."
"Thank you."
"Hear that? You get to spent the next eighty years with me." He said to her
"Can I meet any more of your regenerations?" She asked
"Maybe."
"Hey Astéri, how about you go find your room."
"Okay!"she said skipping away
"Are you seriously thinking of taking her to meet our other regenerations?"
"Yes, they deserve to know her. She deserves to see different perspectives, and to know where she got certain traits."
"True. I've had a gob before but never that bad, she's also much more hyper than we've ever been."
"I wonder what Four would think." Giggled Eight
"Please Let me remember that. I would love to see those two interact." Chuckled Nine
"Daddy it's still here!" Said the little girl running down the hall
"Fantastic!"
"I had better get going then, before time tears itself apart."
"You're leaving?"
"Yes, don't worry Eighth me will look after you. Oh, I almost forgot. Here's your bear."
"I'll miss you." She said tearing up
"Don't cry. I'm right behind you. We are the same person after all."
"Okay." Astéri said wiping her tears, and with a kiss he was gone.
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