It was rather cold today Sarah Jane Smith mused as she made herself a cup of tea. Luke, Rani, and Clyde had gone off to the movies to see some comedy and she was enjoying a nice quiet afternoon with no aliens in sight. She threw herself onto the couch and began to flip through a book that she had been meaning to read but so far had never had the opportunity.
The sound of the doorbell suddenly reverberated throughout the house and shook Sarah Jane out of her pleasant, relaxed state. She carefully put her book and tea down (stains were so unsightly on couches) and walked towards the door, curious as to who it could be. Aliens rarely knocked so she deduced that it was most likely a human being.
She pulled the door open and to her surprise and disbelief she saw the Doctor standing on her doorstep. "Doctor!" she gasped, absolutely thrilled, "what are you doing here?"
As soon as she opened her mouth she looked down into his arms, and to her shock, there nestled in a thick white blanket was a baby.
"Why have you got a baby Doctor?" Sarah Jane asked, slightly stunned.
"Can I come inside?" he asked, face creased with worry "it's a rather long story."
Sarah Jane ushered him inside and into the living room, offering him a cup of tea which he declined.
"Do you remember the Prime Minister Harold Saxon?" the Doctor queried "the one who went crazy and killed the President of the United States."
"How could I forget him," Sarah Jane exclaimed. "Especially since it happened only three months ago."
"Sorry, I thought I had arrived a bit further into the future, I get confused sometimes as you well know." The Doctor said scratching his head.
"So the baby?" Sarah Jane pressed, wanting to get to the issue at hand.
"Ah yes," the Doctor said, seemingly having forgotten the infant he was cradling. "Well Harold Saxon was in fact the Master."
"I thought he was dead." Sarah Jane stated, "he died last time I saw him."
"Well he didn't, instead he enslaved the world. Only it has now been erased from time so no one can recall it. Anyway this is his daughter."
Sarah looked at the squirming baby in disbelief. "That's a Time Lord?" she said.
"Well she's technically only half human, but we could address her as a Time Lady or perhaps a Time Tot because she's still very little."
"Is her mother Lucy Saxon, Harold's Saxon's wife?" Sarah Jane asked.
"Yes but after being condemned in a secret trial and sent to Broadmoor Prison she isn't going to have a large part in her baby's life. You were the only person I could trust to keep her safe. Martha and Jack would be too angry to take care of her properly. I can't care for her, growing up in the TARDIS is no place for a child. I need you to protect her Sarah, she's is the only other Time Lord in existence."
"You want me to raise her?"
"Pretend she's adopted like Luke; no one will ask too many questions."
Sarah Jane nodded her head shakily and reached out for the baby, trying to settle her comfortably in her arms. Though she considered babies 'rubbery' instead of 'cute' she had to admit that the little girl she held in her arms was rather pretty. She had large brown eyes and wisps of blonde hair that clung to her perfectly shaped head.
"Have you got any names for her?" Sarah Jane asked.
"No, I'd prefer that you pick one, something nice and ordinary." The Doctor replied.
"How about Hazel?" Sarah Jane suggested, the baby's eyes reminding her of hazelnuts.
"That's a pretty name," the Doctor commented looking at the baby with fondness.
"She's going to have a rather complicated upbringing;" Sarah Jane laughed "she's going to be the smartest kid at school."
A ghost of a smile crossed the Doctor's face. "Are you kidding? She's going to have a complicated life!"