The Doctor looked down at Amy as she slept peacefully. It had taken a while, but she had finally allowed him access to her memories. He found the ones from the Dalek Asylum -and Oswin- and hid them, so that she would never find them.
He hated doing this to his Amelia, but he couldn't see her as affected as she had been after getting out of the Asylum.
"Doctor, we can't leave her! Please, Doctor, we have to do something! I need her back! Please. Please, Doctor…" Amy stopped screaming and hitting the TARDIS door, but she had fallen to the floor, crying helplessly.
The Doctor took her hands off her face after kneeling in front of her and whispered calming words, his forehead pressed against Amy's.
"I'm sorry, Amy. I am so, so sorry."
He hugged his companion, rocking them softly to get her to calm down. She kept crying for a while, and the Doctor got her to her bedroom and into her bed. Exhaustion got the best of her, and she fell asleep in a matter of minutes.
He felt terribly guilty for hiding Oswin from her, but not remembering meant she couldn't feel the pain.
He only hoped he had chosen the right thing to do.
A/N: Short prequel for next chapter, which you might have guessed is called "The Snowmen". Please review and tell me your thoughts! As always, thanks so much for reading.
