AN: The inspiration for this and the song 'Those Voices' comes from A Very Potter Sequel which is the second fan-made Harry Potter musical. I urge any Harry Potter fan to watch both because they will not be disappointed. Cookies for whoever guesses who Olivia's parents are :D
The device which came through the rift glowed slightly in Olivia's hands and an image shot out and hung in front of her. It solidified and cleared showing two people. A man and a woman smiled at her. Olivia stared at them. She knew them; she had never spoken to them. But she knew them. They were her mum and dad. Her mother died when she was a baby and her father died when she was three. She never knew her father; she'd been raised by her grandparents after her mother's death. Olivia stared at them hungrily. If she could stay like this forever; she would be content. La, la, la, la, la... La, la, la, la, la... la.
I know you.
I've seen you in a dream,
An old familiar scene, from somewhere...
You know me.
There's glowing in your eyes,
I know I recognize, from somewhere...
Those voices,
Singing out,
"La, la, la, la, la..."
"Olivia,"
"Jack what is this? Why am I seeing them?" Olivia asked, fear and curiosity caused her hands to shake slightly but the image of her mother and father remained.
"It's a device from a planet in the Red Galaxy. It shows your greatest wish. You see your parents because you never knew them." Jack explained as the image changed for him. Olivia's mother vanished but her father remained. Jack knew he would. Because to see Olivia's father again was his greatest wish.
I see them.
They were people that I loved,
you were barely old enough
to be there.
But I know you.
You have your mothers eyes,
beneath your dad's untidy dark hair.
Those voices,
ringing out,
"La, la, la, la, la...
La, la, la, la, la…
La, la, la, la, la...
"They're just an image though aren't they? They wouldn't be able to speak to me, or touch me. They'd be like ghost parents." Olivia mused. She looked at her parents. She had her mother's eyes but her dark brown hair and facial features were more like her father's. Growing up with her grandparents all she had were photos of her parents looking young and carefree. Olivia always wondered how different would her life be if they were alive. Would she still be working for Torchwood or would her parents ensure she never stepped foot inside a Torchwood Institute?
"Sorry Olivia; they're nothing more than a wish now. An unattainable wish." Jack said as he tried to avert his gaze from the man he was seeing. "I knew your father, we were… we were good friends." A lie he knew but Olivia wasn't to know that.
I would never do
Anything that could hurt you!
They were both my family!
You're all that's left of what I knew,
you must know somewhere that it's true!
Do you understand me?
Yeah, I do.
"They can never come back, you know that right?" Jack asked, reaching and putting a hand on Olivia's shoulder. Olivia nodded.
"I know. Bye Mum and Dad." Olivia whispered and deactivated the device. As she turned away to rub her eyes, she missed Jack mouthing a silent goodbye to the man they had both seen.
Those voices
Reaching out,
"La, la, la, la, la...
La, la, la, la, la…
La, la, la, la, la... La."