Author's Note: Hola!

I'm going to try and keep updating every day or two, but I'm also working on a series of one shots about Rory waiting with the Panorica, 2000. Feel free to check it out!

Rough draft, please forgive any errors

Apparently I'm actually not an owner of Doctor Who. Shoot!

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Peace, Love, ALLONS-Y

Chapter Six: Memory Circle

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality." –John Lennon

"What do you mean, explaining?" Eleven asked, trying to avoid his former self's eye contact. "There's nothing to explain. We're just travelers. I see you've uh, met River before, she's a friend of mine, and we like to travel on occasion. As friends. Nothing to it." His tactics to skirt around the big questions just seemed to make Ten more curious however.

"Who are you?" he asked, squinting at the man with the bowtie.

"Just…a traveler. Tell him, River, won't you? A traveler," Eleven reiterated, trying to add credibility to his story.

"You're not…no!" Ten exclaimed, eyes widening in realization. Eleven shook his head. "You're- but- really? I look like that!?" Ten exclaimed, inspecting Eleven.

"Oi! I look great thank you very much! And I have a bowtie. Bowties are cool."

Ten shrugged. "Still not ginger, eh?"

"Unfortunately, no. Of course this is now a very bad situation because you just had to be clever, didn't you? Or I did I guess…our time streams shouldn't be crossing. This is bad. Very bad," Eleven muttered, starting to pace.

"Never mind that, we'll fix it later. How did you do that? How did you save her?" Ten asked, suddenly looking at River in a new light. "What's so special about you, River?"

"Everything, Sweetie," she replied with a smirk.

"Well, other than that," Ten replied, squinting at the woman who continued to mystify him. River was seriously considering slapping his precious young face when Eleven started explaining.

"She's a…relative of this young Melly. Upon hearing her heartbeat, Melly's brain was forced to realize that she had to continue existing. One huge shot of the will to live. Isn't the mind fantastic?" Eleven beamed.

"You two are related?" Ten asked, looking between the two women. "That's brilliant! Sure does explain the hair!" Melly gave a hesitant smile at River, who managed to briefly lift one corner of her lips. They could go with the word related.

"However, Melly's body is still dying, which doesn't give us much time," Eleven explained, quickly turning his wrist to glance at his watch.

"Time for what?" River asked.

"A memory circle. These events are very mysterious. Which means the two of you," Eleven nodded at Ten and Melly, "are going to have to tell us what happened through your thoughts."

"How's that going to help?" Ten demanded, concern for Melly returning as he was told she was still dying. He ran over to her again and sat down next to her. Gently brushing the hair away from her face, he stroked her cheek. "You're going to be okay, got it? You're going to be more than okay. You're going to be brilliant, you hear?" Melly nodded. "Oh, you brave, brave girl," he whispered, kissing her forehead.

Eleven pulled River towards the two figures sitting on the ground, situating her between the two Doctors.

"Alright, now it's imperative that River not touch Melly, and I don't touch…me," he started to explain as he lowered to the ground. River did the same.

"You know how the memory circle works, yes?" he asked Ten.

"You do know you're asking yourself if you know how the memory circle works. Of course I know how the memory circle works!" Ten exclaimed, fury in his eyes. However, one glance at the now shivering Melly made his eyes soften. He gingerly took off his coat and placed it on her shoulders. "Let's just make this quick okay?"

"Everyone grab hands," Eleven commanded. The four interlaced their fingers with one another.

"Now, Melly and Doctor, try and remember everything that led to this encounter right here. Melly, start where you regenerated, Doctor start with what lead you to Melly. Try and leave out the boring bits." Ten and Melly had their eyes closed, concentrating on recalling all that had happened.

"Once you think you've remembered everything, put it all in one spot in your mind. This spot can be shared among all of us once you say the right word. A trigger word. Saying this word will result in the memories travelling through the whole circle, into everyone's mind. Got it?" Melly and Ten looked into each other's eyes. Mischievous grins lit up their faces. With a nod, they both give out a joyful cry.

"ALLONS-Y!"