Chapter Seven; A New Friend
The Doctor's POV
I sat down at my daughter's bedside gazing down at her and clutching onto her hand tightly inside mine. "C'mon Cassie," I whispered as I gently rubbed the back of her hand with my thumb. "You can't leave me. With Jane now gone most of the year you're the only daughter that I have left." I began with a sniff as I quickly rubbed my nose with my free hand. "I don't want to lose you." I told her softly while I blinked away my tears.
I secretly just hoped and prayed that Peter and Maggie would find a way to wake her up and bring her back to me. That's when suddenly Clara came into the bedroom. "Doctor, you've got another letter. This one is from Madam Hooch." She told me as I looked up at her and nodded.
"Thank you." I began. "I'll look at it later, although I have a feeling Jane got herself into trouble again." I told her without moving my gaze from the little girl who was still in an unconscious state inside the bed.
"How is she?" Clara asked me anxiously.
"I'm losing her Clara." I told her although I still avoided eye contact with her.
"Well don't worry, I have faith in Peter. After all he is the son of a time lord is he not?" she questioned me as I finally looked up at her and smiled.
"Yes he most certainly is." I told her as I gave a slight nod.
Peter's POV
Maggie sat upon the ground while I worked on the consoles. "C'mon Peter, we've been stuck in here for days and we still don't know what's wrong with your sister." She groaned.
"Well I don't care, I'm not giving up. Mum and Dad are counting on me and so are Jane and Cassie." I told her.
"I know, but it's just so hot and she can't fight off a germ without some kind of pill or something." She said groggily.
"Maggie, say that again." I told her.
"Say what?" she asked me.
"That thing about the pill." I told her.
"But how can she take medicine if we don't even know what kind of disease she has?" she asked me.
"Don't you get it? Cassie's Super Strength pills!" I exclaimed brightly as she simply just looked at me.
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Jane's POV
That evening after supper I started to walk back down to the lake. That's when suddenly I bumped into Harry. "Oh, hullo there Jane." He said.
"Hi." I told him.
"Kat told me all about what happened. I'm sorry that you got into trouble." He told me.
"Yeah well I'm sure that Kat's not." I said.
"Look, she is really sorry about the fact that she didn't believe you. And I really think that you guys should talk to each other." He said.
"Alright, I will tomorrow. But first I have to see someone before I go do my detention." I told him as I continued walking down to the lake. Harry didn't ask me anymore questions and proceeded to follow me when suddenly I saw a great green head poke out of the water.
Harry let out a small gasp as the rest of its long green scaly body came out of the water. "It's alright, it won't hurt you. He's friendly." I assured him.
"Actually I think it's a girl." He told me.
"Well then she's friendly." I began. "She's the one who saved my life." I explained.
"But I thought that she was supposed to be dangerous." He said.
"Yeah so did I." I began. "I guess that just goes to show that you can't always judge a book by its cover." I told him as I grinned over at the creature who nudged my cheek affectionately and then started to lick it.
"Hey cut that out that tickles!" I exclaimed with a giggle. "Hey, that's what I call you. Tickle." I told her before I turned back over to Harry. "Do you want to ride her?" I asked him. "I'm sure she won't mind. Will you girl?" I questioned.
"Well alright, we just have to make sure that we don't get caught or Gryffindor will be in even more trouble." He told me. That's when all of a sudden Tickle lowered her head to the ground as if she understood and then I stood on top of it and grabbed ahold of her neck as she lowered me down onto her back and after that she came back for Harry. Then the two of us started riding on the back of our new friend as we glided a crossed the water straight under Hogwarts castle.
