The Doctor stared at her, almost uncomprehendingly. "You have two hearts?"
"Yes. Gran thought maybe I might be descended from more time travelers on my mother's side. Maybe that extra bit of 'time radiation' as she called it, enhanced my Gallifreyan traits. I don't know if this is true or not though, I've only met my mother's family a couple times, so we don't really have much to do with each other, but my grandmother always seemed more at ease with my existence than my grandfather did."
"Tori, I know we've just met, but would you mind if I ran a few tests?"
"Of course not, Doctor. I was rather hoping you would. I don't know much about myself and I'd like to know more."
"Ok. Just follow me."
The Doctor led Tori though the many hallways until they came to the infirmary. "Just have a seat up on that bed, please."
"Alright, Doctor."
He grinned at her. "I think I'm more than 'Doctor' don't you?"
"Ok, how about great-great-granddad?" she said with a laugh.
He chuckled, "Or just Granddad if you're ok with that."
"Sounds great to me" she smiled, "Ok, so what are you doing first, Granddad?"
"Well first, I'd like to listen to your hearts, if you don't mind. It's not often I get to meet another person with two of them."
He pulled out his stethoscope and put it on the right side of her chest. *thump-thump thump-thump* Then he moved it to the left side. *thump-thump thump-thump*.
"Unbelievable." He said in a hushed voice. He couldn't believe that this girl existed. "Alright, let's get a few vials of blood and I'd like to get an x-ray, then we'll go from there." He told her.
An hour later, the test results were finished. The Doctor looked at the computer screen in amazement. "According to the blood I drew from you, you have 86% Gallifreyan genomes. Very nearly full-blooded."
The TARDIS hummed and the Doctor smiled.
"Did she say something?" Tori asked him.
"She said she is very glad to meet you." The Doctor said, fondly. He patted the wall.
"Tori. I'd really like to meet your mother's family if you're comfortable with that. I have to know how you came to be."
"That's alright, Granddad. I thought you might. Would you mind if I rested for a while first though? I haven't been sleeping well, so I'm exhausted."
"Of course. Let's see what kind of room that TARDIS can come up with for you, hmm?" He held out his arm and Tori linked hers through it and they walked down the halls until the TARDIS started humming. In front of them was a door with beautifully carved roses on it.
"Arkytior means roses." Tori said with a smile.
"Yes it does," he whispered, "but that's not all the TARDIS has done. This was your grandmother's room."
Tori glanced at the Doctor with excitement and pushed open the door. Inside was beautiful room in shades of red and dark pink. It also looked like a retro teen dream come true.
"Sorry for the decade, your grandmother loved the 1960's on Earth."
"I love it. Thank you Granddad! And thank you, dear TARDIS," she said, patting the doorframe. To which, the TARDIS hummed happily.
"She says, 'Welcome home, Arkytior'."
