Apologies in advance: this chapter is really short. That's all I have to say.


Chapter Two: I meet a Time Lord

"So while your daughter was sleeping, I had the TARDIS do a DNA scan," said the Doctor, sitting down on the couch. "And I found that she actually got the ability to heal herself from Rose." "What?" said Mum, shocked. "I'm not a Time Lord!" "Neither is River, but she can still regenerate. My theory is that when you absorbed the Time Vortex from the heart of the TARDIS, you still had a remnant left inside you, even after I put it all back." The Doctor said. "Think about it, have you been seriously or fatally injured since the Bad Wolf incident?" Mum shook her head. "No, I guess not..." "Okay, mystery solved!" said River abruptly. "Now let's get to more important matters, like what were Daleks doing tunneling under a magic school?" "They said that they wanted to conquer London by using the new tunnels in the Chamber of Secrets," said James, surprising us. We'd forgotten he was sitting in the room, he'd been so quiet. He brushed his dark hair out of his eyes and said "Yeah, they were all like 'Let's exterminate London!'" "Yeah, but the magical people will be safe, right?" asked Natt. "I mean, the wizarding world is safely hidden from muggles, so we could easily hide it from the Daleks too?" "Um, I just realized that if they could access the Chamber of Secrets then they could easily access the wizarding world... None of us are safe." Athena looked really scared as she said this, which was saying a lot because she was very nearly fearless.

"Well then, what are we waiting for? Let's come up with a plan, shall we?" "Actually," my Dad said, checking the time and looking at our tired expressions, "I think they should get to bed. It's been a busy night for them, and just look at their robes! They need to be washed too." "But-" I began "No buts, Jenny! Just make sure everyone's cleared out of the Ravenclaw common room at noon and we'll tell you our plan." "Noon? Are you insane?" asked Natt, aghast. "Don't you know that we have school off on Saturdays?" "Yes, that's the point... The Daleks won't be expecting us in the middle of the day!" said the Doctor. "And it will also allow you guys to wear something more adventure worthy than wizard robes!" said my Dad, contributing to the point. "Well, you're the Doctors." said James, agreeing wholeheartedly. So, leaving the grownups to discuss the plans for tomorrow, we tiredly trudged off to the fireplace, where we arrived back in the safety of Hogwarts a few seconds later.