Told you I'd update it! Childish moment aside, I'm glad you liked the first chapter. Here we have the next bit with a considerable time jump from the last section. Hope you enjoy.

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"Jenny, I'm bored." The five year old kicked her feet against her desk absentmindedly, swinging slightlty on her chair, "I don't want to do Gallifreyan today. I want to do weapons!"

As a display of her ready-ness, she jumped onto the table, crouching low, gun in hand – a miniature warrior. She did a quick turn, screaming as she fired her gun for an unexpected reason, the recoil sending her flying from the desk to the hardwood floor. She stood abruptly, eager not to show any weakness, though tears appeared in her eyes, and curious as to what had landed her on the floor. Jenny's mood appearing to have changed, she shepparded Melody towards the door, blocking her view of whatever it was she had just fired her gun at.

"Wait outside, I just need to clean something up..." Jenny glanced nervously to her left before affixing her forced smile again. When Melody ran back for the door, she grabbed her arm, halting her in her tracks, "Melody," She sighed in a warning tone as the girl smiled sweetly, knowing how to use her cuteness to her advantage, "You can do an hour of your combat training before lunch if you go now."

Not stopping to question, the girl shook her arm free, skipping along the corridor, gun limp in her hand. Within three seconds, she was out of sight and a holographic hatch appeared before her tutor, a stern look upon the image it held.

"What happened?" Madame Kovarian questioned sharply, her eye staring deep into the young woman's.

"She shot another Silent, mother, killed him instantly." Her voice hid undertones of jealousy and awe as the face before her contorted into a smile.

She knew it was ridiculous, but since Melody had arrived, Jenny had found herself in constant competition with the child, even if she loved her as a sister.

"She's never liked them." The smile now firmly in place, her tone changed to that of a proud parent giving her an all together less ominous feel, "Keep her entertained, I'll have someone deal with the mess. Pity Silent DNA won't meld with the flesh." It was obvious which of her 'children' she favoured best and she wanted it that way; she wanted the competition between them.

With that, the screen cut out, leaving the blonde's ganger staring at the winding hallway before her. Her skip was much the same as the child's, her joy at spending time in the Gamma Forests clear. Since she had become second favourite, it was only when Melody wished to practise her weapon's training that the blonde was allowed to leave the confinements of Kovarian's 'house', even if it was only in the ganger form. Catching up with the child, she found her just outside the building, drawing something in the loose soil with a twig. UV shield on, Jenny stepped out into the sunlight, marvelling at its true brightness. She stopped however as it became apparent what the girl was drawing – a cluster of circles of various sizes, overlapping as they were completed.

"Don't let mother see you writing that."

The voice behind her caused Melody to jump, ruining the line on an outer circle. She turned abruptly, scuffing over the marks with her shoe.

"I won't." She said simply, fiddling with the button for her UV filter, causing it to flicker slightly, "I only write it outside, she doesn't check out here." Her hand was slipped into the older girl's, sharing the remnants of mud between them, a look of longing flickering onto her features, "I want to meet him though, just once, see if the stories are true."

"You'll only meet him once sweetie, you know that. That's how mother wants it to be." She crouched in front of Melody, wiping the tears that crept from the corners of the child's eyes, "Don't dwell on the stories if you want to do the job you're being trained for." Her voice dropped to a low whisper, causing the other to lean in close to hear it, "But if you don't want to do that, if you'd rather travel through time and space with that gloriously mad man, listen to what I tell you and never forget his name."

Nodding softly, Melody smiled, her curls bouncing with each small movement. She didn't know what it was about her teacher but she was different; she understood things the others couldn't comprehend, she was more like herself. They began walking, heading towards the first in a long sequence of heavily guarded gates. It took a full twenty minutes, time for one of the many suns of the forest to set and rise once more, for them to pass each security protocol. Jenny keying in the code while Melody focused hard to pick up any psychic energy she gave out about the codes. From what she had learnt so far, they changed each day but were on a rotating system, coming back round again at the end of each cycle. When finally they stepped past the last barrier, the sound of the forest hit them; the purest sound the youngest had heard. It was the sound of her dreams and she couldn't understand why her mother never dared venture out into the trees. This was her place to explore and she handed Jenny her blaster before swinging herself into a tree with ease. She climbed the branches as the woman replaced her weapon pack for the equivalent of blanks, taking that extra precaution for the young girl's safety. With her ability to regenerate not yet confirmed or denied, her wellbeing was imperative; Madame Kovarian had already tried and failed to raise one Timelord's daughter as an assassin. She was closer with this one though; she'd done something right.

"You know I'll just shoot you out of that tree." Twirling the newly loaded gun in her hand, the older girl smirked before taking aim. It was remarkable how similar they were considering they weren't linked by blood, only species. It was for this reason the 5 year old loved spending so much time with her.

As her shot was fired, the younger one began her movement, grasping a branch before using it as a pivot to swing herself to the tree's other side as the blank hit the limb she had been on, leaving a redish tinge on the bark. Before the gun had time to recharge, she had jumped behind her combat partner, plucking Jenny's gun from her holster and pushed it firmly against her back, as high as she could reach.

"Good." Her breathing quickening though there was no real threat, Jenny raised her hands in surrender, "But remember aim the burst at the left heart, not the right, if you want him to live. An alpha meson burst through the right heart prevents regeneration."

When the gun was lowered from her back, she turned, facing the red faced girl before her. While outside the confines of their home, the girls had their only chance to talk freely about the Doctor and share their true feelings about the man.

"How do you know so much about Timelords?" Her voice now sweet as she posed the question, Melody tilted her head to the side in curiosity, sitting cross-legged in the undergrowth.

She got the answer she always did when she asked Jenny a personal question, "Spoilers." The five year old could never understand it, but she assumed that one day she would and she couldn't wait for that day.