Author's Notes: I'm not sure if I'll be able to double update. If I will then the chapter after this will be MUCH shorter. It's nice to know that some people took an interest in my insanity :)

Disclaimer: Even if I try really hard, I will never own Doctor Who. All I own in my story is Cadence and the monsters I create in my dreams.

Chapter 3

Everything's Alright

The TARDIS finally landed and Cadence swore that she was about to puke in a minute but she swallowed the desire to. She stood up shakily with The Doctor standing by her side fixing his bow tie and suspenders. As soon as she was able to stand up she grabbed the railing tightly and closed her eyes. "Yes, the old girl can do that to you. But don't worry, you'll get used to it." The Doctor patted the younger girl's head and headed off to the console where his blazer flew to.

"This thing can fall off sometimes." The Doctor shook his head and put the article of clothing on quickly. "Where exactly are we Doctor?" asked Cadence once she was able to shake her head of the dizziness. The Doctor was busy pressing buttons and staring at the monitor that Cadence thought that he didn't hear her.

"We are in the planet…" he prolonged the last syllable of the word until the name of the planet flashed across screen in big white letters. "Codermine. Home of the Sarkanys." he was satisfied on where they landed and he had a happy glint in his eye. "Beautiful planet this is. From afar, it looks like the sun only because it's a defensive mechanism."

"Shouldn't we be burning up by now?" asked Cadence staring at the screen as it showed various landscapes from Codermine. "Oh no. No no no no no." The Doctor shook his head slightly and he gestured around the console room. "The TARDIS is a blue wooden box. I would know. Think Cadence, it only looks like the sun. Once you enter their atmosphere it only gives you a slight tickle down your spine."

Cadence furrowed her eyebrows in confusion still looking at the various landscapes on the screen. "Why didn't I feel it?" she asked resting her hand on the side of the console. "The TARDIS has her own defense mechanism my dear. Anyway, the Sarkanys are very hospitable creatures. One of the best cooks in the entire universe! We'll go and try one of their most amazing dishes; the pire krompir. It's a bit like mashed potatoes but they add various spices that enhance such flavours."

The brunette watched as the Doctor disappeared up a long ramp. She raised her eyebrow but just resolved in not following him. She might get lost anyway, the TARDIS was already smaller on the outside. She watched the Sarkanys on the screen fly around their home and she smiled as they blew orbs of bright colors into the sky. They looked strangely like dragons, but with faerie wings.

"You better put these on!" she heard the Doctor distantly and she turned around to see the Time Lord holding a set of clothes for her to wear. "You can't have those clothes on the whole time you're here. If you are not satisfied with my taste in fashion then the TARDIS will show you the way to the wardrobe. I personally think you'll look fantastic in those clothes." he smiled that smile that got Cadence reflecting it on her own face and nodded as she went to find a bathroom distinctly hearing the Doctor say "Now dear, don't confuse her."

She just felt the spaceship hum in amusement.

"Thanks Doctor!" The Doctor whipped around and he had to rub his eyes twice just to make sure that he saw correctly. He scanned the outfit that Cadence was wearing and she seemed to be happy at her wardrobe choice. "Do you like it? I didn't dare wear suspenders since that's a bit too much. I kept the Converse though!" her hair which was tied up in a ponytail bobbed up and down as she bounced in excitement.

She was wearing a TARDIS blue women's polo shirt tucked into jeans and a red bow tie. The Doctor had to use all his willpower from hugging her and telling her that he was so proud of her like a father who had a first honor child. "Brilliant." he said simply and he smiled as she did a little twirl in her new clothes. "I can see why you wear these Doctor! They're so refreshing and I tried running in them too."

The Doctor chuckled at how fast this kid can learn things. He held out his arm for her and he bowed in a gentlemanly way. "Shall we go dear Cadence of Earth?" Cadence giggled and she hooked her arm around the Doctor's own slender ones and they walked out of the TARDIS chatting animatedly – well, mostly the Doctor was the one who was doing the talking.

Cadence gasped for the upteenth time that day – or whatever time there was now that they go through it – and her eyes shined adventurously and with glee. "This place is amazing Doctor!" said Cadence kneeling down and touching the orange grass beneath them. Suddenly her eyes glazed over and she sat there with her hand never lifting from the grass, frozen.

"C-Cadence?" asked the Doctor as he tried to touch her shoulder when he felt an electric shock and he jerked his hand away. What was happening to her? Her jaw dropped and her mouth stay opened. Her eyes stared at a fixed point and she didn't even move when the Doctor tried to touch her. "This is not good. Not good at all."

Darkness surrounded her as she fell further. She didn't know if she'll stop falling all she knew is that she was. Her feet finally found ground and it felt actually like grass. Nice dewy grass. She ran her hands through them and she looked at her palms small droplets covered her hands and she smiled at the familiar feeling.

"Cadence dear! It's time for lunch!" she knew that voice. Cadence looked up from the ground and she saw her mother sitting on a picnic blanket in the shade of a tree. Her father was currently setting up the sandwiches and juice. "Come on baby girl. It's peanut butter, you're favorite." Cadence heard a familiar giggle and it did not come from her.

She felt someone walk through her – she shivered at the feeling – and she couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the back of a baby's head no older than 3. "Mama! Dada!" the little girl ran towards her waiting parents and collapsed into her mother's outstretched arms. "Look mama! I made this fow you." the beautiful woman held out her hand and Cadence had to stop herself from gasping.

She gave her a little bow tie made from blades of grass and a flower. "This is fantastic baby girl. Did you make one for daddy too?"Cadence tried to stem the flow of her tears once she recognized the figure of her father. His brown hair stuck up in all directions. His chocolate eyes twinkled in mystery and laughter as young Cadence scrunched up her nose and made claws with her hands.

"Rawr! No bow tie fow daddy, he a madman!" her father laughed at his daughter's antics and Cadence tried to remember the sound of such a low and melodious laugh. "Is this because I obliterated the race of the Lifrids? They were about to attack the banana people! I had to stop them." Young Cadence tapped her chin thoughtfully and giggled when her father tickled her sides.

"Okay! Daddy good madman, he save banana people!" The older version of the girl in the woman's lap stepped closer and she couldn't remember such a thing happening to her. "Oh dad, mom." she tried to reach out to them but smoke wrapped around her and she could hear her name being called…

Her head tipped back and she lost balance. She felt a pair of strong arms catch her and she clutched unto the familiar blazer as her tears flowed harder. "Shh Cadence, I'm here. Everything's Alright." She held unto the Doctor's jacket tighter, afraid that he might go away in a puff of smoke just like her parents did.

Short Steps

Deep Breath

Everything is Alright

Chin up

I can't

Step into the spotlight

Her breathing calmed down slightly as she listened to The Doctor's soft singing. She felt comforted by the big hand running up and down her back and the thumping of his two hearts. She looked up into the aged eyes of her new friend. Friend… It's been a long time since she's had one.

She said I'm sad

Somehow without any words

I just stood there

Searching for an answer

She smiled through her tears. She liked the fact that The Doctor remembered about this song. Acting on instinct, she believed, the Time Lord thought it would soothe her slightly if not at all. She took in shaky breaths and allowed The Doctor to finish the beautiful song that's helped her in more ways than one.

When this world is no more

The Moon is all we see

I'll ask you to fly away with me

Until the stars all fall down

They empty from the sky

But I don't mind

If you're with me

Then everything's alright

"If you're with me then everything's alright." he finished like a mere whisper in her ear. He allowed her to cry herself out and The Doctor stayed ever so patient. After a few minutes, her breathing slowed to normal and she felt very refreshed. The Doctor helped her stand up and she wiped the remaining tears from her cheeks.

"How many times will I cry while I'm with you Doctor?" she said smirking at the Time Lord. He smiled at her but it never quite reached his brown eyes. She took his hand and squeezed it and she knew that everything will be alright for now. She knew that she signed up for danger once she stepped foot in the TARDIS. She couldn't care less as long as the Doctor helped her through it.

In silent agreement they walked to the rainbow bridge that would take them to the gates. These gates would be the entrance to Codermine's main city. Once in sight, there they saw one of the smaller versions of the Sarkanys. "That's strange." said the Doctor approaching the sleeping Sarkany carefully.

"What's strange Doctor?" asked Cadence from behind his back. "Sarkanys usually don't have guards by their gates. They open their gates to almost every visitor because they can't pass up an opportunity to be nice." Cadence watched as the Sarkany – bathed in the beautiful color of midnight blue – raised its head slightly but went back to sleep.

"If they sense danger, they could also be the most fearsome creatures in the universe but that rarely happens. If they start having guards by their entrances then there just might be a threat that would drive them to protect themselves." The Doctor stepped forward and brushing his pointer finger across a gem in the middle of the Sarkany's forehead. The creature became alert immediately but did not attack them.

"What brings you to our gates Time Lord and… human?" asked the Sarkany in perfect English. Cadence raised an eyebrow at The Doctor and he explained that the TARDIS translates everything she hears. She nodded her head, learn something new every day. "We seek entrance into the city within oh Sarkany of the gates. May I ask, why is there even a Sarkany of the gates? Shouldn't the gates be opened for anyone who visit?"

The Sarkany's opal eyes darkened slightly and he shook his head. "Oh last of the Time Lords, there are beings who seek the blood of our noble king Haut. We must take drastic precautions to protect our kind and respectable ruler." The Doctor nodded his head in understanding. "May we still enter?" asked the Doctor cautiously. The Sarkany lowered his head to stare at the Doctor with one huge opal eye. "Are you in league with the Demandeursmort?" The pupil of its eye turned green and Cadence assumed that the Sarkany was scanning them.

"What? Oh no! We are merely tourists, craving your most amazing pire krompir! Every taste bud in the universe searches for such a delicacy." Cadence saw the Sarkany blush - it looked like it was blushing - and nod its head. "We would also be delighted to speak to your king. I think I know a way to protect your leader without having to guard the gates. It is very ancient mathematics and your king would be very thankful to know that you will be able to live in peace once more."

If anybody knew the Doctor well, they would know that right now he is bottling up his anger towards the Demandeursmort. Was the whole of the universe decided to go all rogue? He may be the last of the Time Lords - as the Sarkany of the gates were ever so prominent in reminding him - but he takes extra care to follow all the rules of time and space. If he were to look closely at their actions... no. It's too early and way too soon for something as dangerous as that.

The heels of his shoes clicked against the marble floor of King Haut's castle. He had a soft but firm grip on Cadence's hand who was currently trying to break her neck in how many times she's been turning it to stare at the intricate designs of the castle. "Our King would like to speak with you now." The Doctor nodded at such a quick entry and the high doors opened before them.

The King of the Sarkanys currently lay on an over-sized pillow in the far end of the room. Pillars of glass rise from up to 1000 feet from the ground to the big marble dome above them. There were guards lining the columns to their right and left and there was a tiny Sarkany - no older than 50 years, a youngling - playing with the orbs of light he emits from his mouth and nostrils.

"You say that you have a way to defend our great nation Time Lord from these death seekers." King Haut said not moving from his original position on his pillow. The Doctor can't blame him, that thing looked of reasonable comfort. "Affirmative King Haut. There is this ancient ritual that involves two very different alien races. It takes only 10 minutes of chanting a, what they call, tuteur.

"We will need a crystal ball or any ball so our energies will go into it and will be taken out by your demand since it is your planet. The energy from both races - though very different - can shoot up into your atmosphere and create a type of shield strong enough to last for at least a few decades. The ball will glow blue if the energy needs to be renewed, and that's when you call me.

"It will need to be renewed every 3 decades to keep the protection strong. This energy will make your planet invisible to any race who wish to impose harm towards your kind." The many Sarkanys present nodded in satisfactory and they all look expectantly towards their leader who was currently sat up on his pillow. "What if visitors come who only wish to sightsee Time Lord? Will it be invisible to those races as well? Queen Booka would not be pleased to find this planet to be seemingly absent."

"Not to worry Great King of the Sarkanys. As I said, only those who seek to harm your kind. Those who only want to play tourist in your land will be able to see your planet as it is. If their intentions change, then they will be transported back where they came from." It was the only plan the Doctor had left. The King had to accept it. He was not in the mood for fighting at all, or ever.

"That was surprisingly easy."

"Yes quite."

The Doctor and Cadence were on their way back from the castle - after they were served some scrumptious pire krompir by the best cook on the planet - and were currently choosing which planet or timeline to go next. The Doctor had planned a surprise for young Cadence once they come back. She told him that she hasn't gone to school in years. He was going to teach her new lessons in ways that normal teachers wouldn't.

She would be taught sciences by Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton. She would be taught English by J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen - both very remarkable writers. She would learn arithmetic from himself because he really doesn't trust anyone else to give her knowledge in that field. Maybe Andrew Wiles could help or Euclid but he will finalize it later when she's asleep and unsuspecting.

He wanted her to have a good education. He wanted her to be able to at least understand a particle of information he babbles on about to her. He can't just let her stay this clueless child for long. She soaks up information like a never ending sponge so at least that was one less hurdle he has to face. "Can we go visit this Jack fellow you mentioned before?"

The Doctor stopped walking and Cadence bumped into his back. "Why would you want to do that?" Cadence shrugged and continued on to the TARDIS. "He just seems interesting." The Doctor scoffed and opened the TARDIS doors for her and they stepped in. "I do not want you near that man until you are at least 55." he said with slight panic in his voice.

"Why? Is he trouble?"

"More trouble than you're worth. Stay away from him until you're 82."

"Now don't be too drastic Doctor, he seems like a nice guy."

"I change my mind, until you're 150."

"You're going up Doctor."

The Doctor rubbed his face in frustration "I knew that I shouldn't have mentioned him. If only you didn't ask! Uhp, there I go again with the rudeness." he bounded over to the console and smiled as Sexy hummed in glee. "We're going somewhere special to be exact. Nowhere near Captain Jack Harkness, the biggest flirt in all of the universe." he rolled his eyes as he said that and punched in the coordinates to his first surprise.

"Oooh, special? How is it special?" Cadence asked watching the Doctor from the railing as he turned knobs, pulled levers and pushed buttons once more. "You'll see Cadence of Earth. You'll see." He had a manic glint in his eye that got Cadence slightly worried but he flashed her a smile that got her giving him the sheepish grin that the Doctor grew to love.

Whoah, love? He glanced back at his companion and she smiled a little bit wider at him. Weird feeling, I'll figure it out later. He shook himself back into sense and he gave Cadence the signal that she should hold on to something and he pulled on last lever before the TARDIS threw them back in time to Cadence's first lesson...

"He has acquired a new companion mistress."

Her long slimy tail tipped her glass into her thin mouth. She tasted a concoction similar to white wine. She punched in the commands to give her information on this strange new companion that the Doctor has taken. She hissed at the mere thought of him. That Time Lord, the last of his kind mind you, is an interfering brat who loves getting his own way.

Her trusted right hand Dalek served her a plate of dead rats from earth, her favorite delicacy and she thanked it before it rolled away. "She is a different one." she said her voice full of curiosity. Cadence Jameson. What an odd one this is. She is not merely human. The mistress narrowed her eyes at her screen and she gasped at her revelation. She let out a low and menacing laugh and then it turned high and intoxicating.

"This is perfect." The Mistress said with the cheeriness of her forgotten childhood. "She possesses such an energy so akin to magic yet... it is different. She cannot summon it unlike the descendants of the Sulders of Corfling. No, she has not found it yet." she crushed the glass in her tail, letting the shards fly everywhere and into her skin.

She let in one drop of orange blood into her long mouth and chuckled evilly. "I have to make sure that you will never find it Cadence Deliah Jameson of Earth." she pushed a button to enlarge the picture of the girl on her screen and she laughed once again.

"No. I have to make sure you die before that happens."

End of Chapter 3