Falling Through Time
THE TIME OF ANGELS
Time travel was a tricky business, but there was no denying that it was the one thing that River Song understood best of all. And with time travel on her side, it was only a matter of time before River finally found the people she loved most in the universe. Time travel gave her the chance to meet the parents she always seemed to be separated from.
River Song was always one to make an entrance, and her flight from the Byzantium to the Tardis was no different, especially considering who River knew for certain would be on board: Amy. It would be the first time that Amy would meet River, her daughter…not that Amy would know this for quite some time yet. So yes, River was bound to make an entrance, show off quite a bit. It was what she was best at, after all.
It was so hard to wait to be introduced. Amy so obviously didn't know River yet, and River so desperately wanted to tell her mum everything.
And River couldn't help but be nothing less than delighted about just how much her mum seemed to approve of her. Amy had taken a liking to River, there was no doubt about it, but it was still much too soon for motherhood to be thrust upon the fiery redhead. River's joy at being in the presence of her mother could not be contained, though, even if she was the only one who was aware of the situation. And naturally she fueled all of this excess joy into flirting with the Doctor. River really did love to see him squirm…
And of course Amy guessed it right away. She had guessed from the very beginning that River was the Doctor's wife, and she had seemed to approve. It was stretching it a bit, but years later River couldn't help but remember that approval when she and the Doctor really had gotten married.
But even with all of this, there had been a brief scare. River had been sure that Amy would be the first victim of the Weeping Angels on Alfava Metraxis. Reflecting on it later, however, River couldn't help but laugh at herself for worrying. She should have known all along that Amy would survive. After all, River hadn't been born yet. Oh the joy of paradoxes…
A/N-Because I feel like things might get a bit confusing, as tends to happen when time travel is involved, I just wanted to clarify something about this story. Although they are all technically the same person, I view Melody, Mels, and River as three separate characters, we'll call it. And honestly, because of the nature of regeneration, that's basically what they are; they are all a singular person, but their different experiences as literally three different people gives each of them something unique, if that makes any sense. So, for example, in this chapter I said that this meeting was the first time that Amy would meet River, because it is. Yes, Amy knows Mels, but Mels and River are two incredibly different people, although still techinically the same person.
I'm not sure that this clears anything up-if anything, I've just complicated things even more. But I wanted to explain the distinction I see between Melody, Mels, and River because it isn't entirely apparent until later chapters. Anyway, enjoy!