They don't know who I am. It's not fair. After all these years I finally find my parents – finally look my mother in the eye again – and there isn't even a flicker of recognition. She obviously doesn't remember, assuming that this is post-Trenzalore anyway. I think it probably is; judging by the bits I heard of their earlier conversation. She was talking about Gallifrey. I wonder what Gallifrey is. He said I was his home planet. Does that make it my home planet too? I don't think so. I don't have a home planet at all; or at least, not yet.
How old would my mother be now? She was 24 when I was born; so about 39. Goodness; that makes her sound old. She isn't old now though. She isn't old enough to know me. I felt it, you know. There was a force I could feel when she almost touched me. I don't think she noticed it, and I don't think he did either. I think it's called something like the Blinovitch Limitation effect; I heard that in one of my first lives, when my mother worked for the Time Agency. Anyway, it means I can't touch another version of me.
I'm watching them now, the Doctor and Clara. Clara is curled up asleep with her head on his chest, and he's got his arms wrapped tightly around her small body. I wish he would hold me like that; that's what fathers are supposed to do, isn't it? No, I can't keep calling him my father. I'll slip up and then they'll know. And I don't know what they'll do then.
I can see the Doctor turning to me after staring at Clara's sleeping face for a while. His eyes tense when he sees me looking, and he pulls Clara just a little bit closer to him. I just stare back at him with a mildly annoyed look on my face. He seems to take this as reassurance, because although his arms don't loosen their grip around Clara, his eyes soften slightly.
"Are you really a Time Lord?" He asks me, and I reply with a nod, then frown.
"Well, I'm at least part Time Lord anyway." I say quietly, looking down. Wait; that's the first words I've ever spoken to my father. I smile, and look back up at him. He's looking at me with a slight frown, as if trying to figure out my thoughts. "I'm not from... Gallifrey isn't it? I'm from Earth." His eyes widen at this.
"You don't know about Gallifrey?" He asks, shocked, and I shake my head sadly, staring at the floor. "Hey," he says softly, and the tone of his voice makes me look up, "that's okay. I can tell you about it if you want?" He's leaning forward slightly now, and his grip on Clara has loosened.
I nod, smile, and watch him as he begins his story. "Gallifrey was in a binary star system in the constellation of Kasterborous. The second star rose in the south in the morning, making the mountains glow. The main star was huge and a beautiful golden red. The system had five other planets, the biggest were Karn and Polarfrey, and there was an asteroid called Kasterborous the Fibster. Gallifrey had two big moons and a ring system – a bit like Saturn's – and one of the moons was Pazithi Gallifreya, which was copper-coloured and shone so brightly it could even be seen during the day." The Doctor's face lights up as he speaks, and a smile spreads on his face as he continues. "And the sky was orange, there were fields of red grass, and trees with silver leaves that reflected the morning sunlight, making it look like the forests were on fire. And there were green forests and snow-caped mountains and golden fields and red deserts." I watch as his smile turns sad. "But it's all gone now."
I want to know more, but I can tell by the way he's pulling Clara closer to him that that's all he's going to say for now. It's more than I expected, and I can't help but try to piece this picture together; get an idea of this planet that my father loves so much. I feel my eyelids start to droop and the Doctor obviously saw too, because his next words to me are, "Get some sleep. I'll keep watch." And with a warm feeling in my stomach, I drift into sleep.
A.N: I am so sorry for the really short chapter, and for the fact that it's only Scarlett's POV, but there are two reasons. 1) I wanted to update today because I said I would, and 2) I wanted to know; should write a bit from the Doctor's POV? If you think I should, please review and tell me, and I will have it up by Friday (tomorrow). Otherwise I'll just write from this point and the next update will probably be Saturday or Sunday. Anyway, please review, and I shall update as soon as you lot choose.
-Weird :)
P.S: Thank you to all the people who reviewed last chapter; It got more reviews than any of my others! :D
Updated: 15/6/2013
