Chapter 1- Birthday Morning

It was that time of year in the Tardis, For Emma it was her 19th Birthday. For Emma this was a fun time as she got the day to do what she liked, to do whatever she wanted. However for 11 as much as he smiled knowing it was his daughter's special day, it was also a sad time for him.

For it had been only a few years since the death of his beloved wife and with each year despite his smile, each yeah ripped his hearts even more, especially whenever he looked at his daughter, as the winds of time blew the years by he saw more and more of River in their daughter, from her head full of wild curly blonde locks to her eyes full of wonder, mischief and adventure, even some of Emma's day to day traits screamed River in his hearts from the way she flicked her hair to the journal she kept, filled with adventures, thoughts and drawings.

However he always made sure to try his best to hide his true feelings on Birthdays and Christmases, as much as he wanted to just break down and cry knowing River would miss these magical landmarks her daughter had made and the one she was yet to make. Emma knew there was something wrong around these times, Her father had used a various range of excuses from Diagnostics to repairing the sonic and even to doing laundry, Emma knew something else was happening, she always noticed whenever he'd sneak off would be when a tear began to form in his eyes which he tried to mask with a fake yawn.

Emma ran down the corridor toward her parent's room, she burst into the door to see her dad waiting for her in his pyjamas, armed with a little box with a bow wrapped it, a cup of tea and an envelope. An exchange of smiles as she opened the little blue box. A smile beamed across her face as she pulled the contents out.

A sonic screwdriver of her very own.

She twirled the device in her hand. It had the look of her father's device but also hints of her mothers with a blue light and red settings and the handle with a slot for her little finger and fluid link.

"I love it" She said wrapping her arms around the old time lord's neck, this made him smile despite his inner sorrow.

"I thought it was about time you got your own other than stealing mine" He replied.

"Oh yeah" she said "be right back" She ran off.

As she left, he wept a few tears, putting a photograph out from beneath his pillow; it was of Him, River and Emma. A day he remembered well.