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And here is the chapter many of you have been clawing at walls for. Hope you enjoy it!

I sat on the end of my bed, staring at the shelf where the watch was. River had told me to open it when the time was right, but how was I to know when that time was? I didn't understand any of it. It was just a silly old watch, something that had always been there, it was just a watch.

I put my head in my hands, it was all getting a bit too much for me now. Like I didn't have enough to deal with already. We still didn't know what my stupid headaches were all about and now there was some cryptic message from some woman I didn't even know yet about a watch. And then there was the Doctor, the kiss. What the hell had that been all about?

"Summer? Is everything okay? You don't seem to be quite yourself." I knew I needed to talk about everything with someone, and now I knew exactly who to talk to.

"No, everything is not okay. I thought the Daleks were bad, and then I met the Angels. Then everything seemed to get that little bit worse." I let out a sigh. It wasn't even easy to talk to the TARDIS about it.

"I'm always here if you want to talk. Amy has gone to bed, she finally told the Doctor she was running away from Rory, her fiancé." I couldn't help but smile. I knew there was something more going on with her. I knew there had been a guy, I just didn't know about the whole getting married thing. "The Doctor is worried about you."

I finally pulled my head up. "He worries too much." I looked back up at the shelf where the watch was sitting. "Tell me, how could a fob watch change things to the point where the whole universe could collapse?" I asked.

"It depends on the watch and the person it belongs to. You have a fob watch, why don't you look at it?"

I pushed myself off the bed and tip toed over to the shelf. I don't know why I tip toed, I guess I was slightly afraid. I looked at the watch, just sitting there on the shelf. It just looked like a normal watch to me.

"Pick it up." The TARDIS told me.

I slowly reached my hand out towards the shelf and I started shaking. I quickly draw my hand back and took a deep breath. Why was I so afraid of a ridicules watch? I tried again and slowly my fingers touched the cold metal of the watch. I eventually picked it up and turned it over in my hand.

"The Time Lords of Gallifrey. The brightest Star."

I gasped and dropped the watch. "What the hell was that!" I shouted. I had heard a voice in my head, and I knew for certain it was the TARDIS.

"Summer, don't be afraid. Pick up the watch." That voice was the TARDIS. I bent down, my hand reaching out for the watch again. My hand was shaking badly, and I couldn't stop it. "Don't be afraid."

"The only Star in the Starless sky." It was that voice again. "Time is wrong. Time needs healing."

I stared at the watch, the voice I could hear, it was coming from the watch. The longer I held it, the more it spoke to me. I was hypnotised by it. It was more than just a watch, it was something more, something special.

I had been so focused on the watch that I had failed to notice the hammering at my door.

"Summer? Summer, what's going on? Are you okay in there?" It was the Doctor, he was right outside, trying to get in. The door was locked, but I didn't remember locking it.

"Summer, open the door. Don't do anything, just open the door." He called to me.

"What's in the watch, Doctor?" I asked him, kneeling on the floor with the watch in my hand still. "Tell me. I know that you know something."

"A Time Lord can make themselves human using a chameleon arch. Their Time Lord essence is basically stored in the watch." He was talking quickly, he was starting to worry. "Summer, what are you doing in there? Please, just let me in."

"There's a watch, Doctor. An old fob watch. I never really paid much attention to it before, I just assumed it belonged to one of my grandfathers or something. It's so old, and the design on it is like nothing I have ever seen before." I kept turning it over and over in my hand.

"Summer, whatever you do, do not open it!" The Doctor shouted.

"Doctor? What's going on? What's all the shouting for?" Amy was there now as well. That was good, she would distract him. That would give me enough time to decide what to do.

"Amy, go back to your room, or go to the console room. Just go, get out of here." The Doctor ordered her. I heard them continue to argue outside.

"Now is the time. Open the watch. Reality is collapsing, open the watch."

I closed my eyes and put my thumb on the clasp at the top. I took a deep breath and then pushed down.

I couldn't see anything, it was all just, nothing. I couldn't feel anything around me either, there was just, emptiness. All I knew was that I could hear screaming. I felt someone clamp their arms around my waist and try to pull me backwards. I started kicking and screaming but they were just too strong, I couldn't get out of their grasp.

"What are you doing? Let me go!" I screamed, trying to get away from the person holding my waist.

"Stop screaming or they will hear you." The person holding me whispered. "I'm getting you out of here and sending you somewhere safe. You're my only child, I will not let you die in a place like this."

"Mum?" There was silence. "I'm not going anywhere, he's still out there somewhere and I am going to find him, no matter what."

"No, you're not. He's gone. He left this planet years ago and you know that. Now stop being so stubborn." She hissed in my ear before dragging me off.

"What are we doing in here? Where are we going?" I watched as my mother moved around the control unit in the centre of the room.

"Please, forgive me for this, but it's the only way." She was crying.

"Tell me what's going on!" I demanded, still trying to understand. I felt like I was going to start crying soon.

"This is the only way to keep you safe, I'm sorry. Just remember that I love you." She kissed me on the head. The next thing I knew, pain was soaring through my body. Everything was hurting so much and I couldn't bare it.

All I could feel was the pain. Apart from my screams all I could hear was my mother crying in the background. The tears were streaming down my face as a golden light shone all around me.

Everything I was, the person who I had become, was being ripped out of me. All my memories, everything I knew. All the deaths I had seen, the people I had lost and mourned for. It was all being pulled out of my head, and it hurt.

He wasn't there. He said he would always be there to protect me, he promised he would never leave me but he did. He was gone and now I was going to lose everything.

"Oh God! Make it stop!" I cried. I was remembering, Remembering everything that I had been forced to forget.

He was playing with my hair. He was always doing that when we were out in the fields and away from everyone else. I rolled over onto my side and looked at him.

"Are you really planning on going?" I asked him. I didn't want to him to go, and he knew that.

"Yes. But you know you can always come with me." His face was serious, but we had had the same conversation so many times before. "I want you to come with me."

"I can't. You know I can't. I want to, I really do, but I can't." The tears were building in my eyes now.

"I'll come back for you. I promise. And I always keep my promises." He stopped playing with my hair and gently ran his hand across my face. "I'll always come back for my Star."

"No, stop. I don't want to know. I don't want to remember!" I cried. My head was pounding and the tears were streaming down my face.

"Summer! You have to let me in!" The Doctor called through the door. "You don't understand, we need to talk about this."

I ignored the Doctor's pleas. It wasn't that hard as I was too busy trying to block out the pain coursing through my body and the memories that were flooding my mind. The pain was getting too much for me to bare.

I couldn't stop the tears from falling and I finally managed to open my eyes. Everything seemed so different and yet exactly the same. I looked down at the chain hanging around my neck and grabbed hold of the pendant hang on the end. "Please, make it stop. Just make it stop." I screamed.

I heard the Doctor still arguing with Amy, she was refusing to go anywhere. Then I heard what I thought was an explosion. I looked around and saw the door was burning away and the wall was scorched.

The Doctor came charging into the room and over to me. "I am never doing that again." I mumbled before collapsing into a heap on the floor.

I could still hear the Doctor and Amy talking.

"Doctor, what just happened? Is Summer okay?" Amy asked. Her voice was full of concern.

"She's not Summer anymore. Well, she is, but she isn't." The Doctor told her.

"What do you mean? Who is she then?"

"I don't know. Her mind is completely closed off, I can't find out anything." There was silence for a few moments before I felt someone picking me off the floor. "Who ever she is, she's pretty powerful. And that can be dangerous, especially since I have no idea who she is."

He placed me down on my bed. I felt his hand against my head, it was there for less then a second before he whisked it away. "She's burning up. Amy, go get me a cold cloth." I heard soft footsteps go towards where my bathroom was. "I know your still conscious." He whispered to me softly. "So tell me who you really are."

"Where would be the fun in that?" I mumbled quietly.

"I'm not playing games." The Doctor told me harshly. "Tell me who you are, right now."

"Right now, I'm still trying to work that out for myself." I groaned as a sharp pain soared across my head. "Can you make it stop, Doctor?"

"I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do for the pain right now." He said softly. "Just go to sleep, Summer."

I woke up sharply when I landed on the floor. I looked around me and realised that I had rolled out of the bed. Letting out a sigh I pushed myself off the floor and stood in front of the large mirror in my room.

"Okay, so what's the damage then…" I mumbled as I looked at myself. My golden brown hair was falling over my shoulders and down my back. "Could have been worse I guess. Oh well, it will do." I spun around and headed into the bathroom.

I turned on the shower and sat on the edge of the bath, my head in my hands. The tears had already started again. I needed to get rid of them all before I went out there, I was not going to waste any more tears on anyone.

I quickly finished in the shower and grabbed some clothes from the wardrobe. Jeans, vest top and a baggy black and grey striped jumped. I pulled out the black boots I had worn before and started to get dressed.

I couldn't help but think about everything that had happened. I had opened the watch, I had all my memories back, but that also meant that all the pain was back as well. Everything was going to change now, life was going to be that little bit more unkind for me.

I knew that I had to go and face the Doctor, but I was dreading it. I was absolutely petrified. My mental barriers were up, he wasn't able to hear me in his mind, and he was able to creep into mine. I had even blocked the TARDIS out, I didn't want anything distracting me from my own thoughts.

I stood there staring at the door for what felt like hours. It had been repaired, and you never would have known it had been burnt to ash not so long ago. Even the walls were looking perfectly new. I knew I couldn't really put it off any longer, I had to go and face the consequences.

I slowly opened the door and look around the corridor, no one was around. I stepped out and closed the door as quietly as I could behind me before walking slowly towards the console room. The closer I got to the console room, the more my chest pounded. It was bad enough having to cope with one heart pounding but having two made it just that little bit more unsettling.

I could see the light spilling in from the console at the end of the corridor. And I could hear Amy and the Doctor talking.

"So, have you worked out who she is yet then Doctor?" Amy asked. She was being her cheerful self.

"No. And I want you to stay away from her until I have worked it all out. You saw what she done to that door last night, she's dangerous." The Doctor told Amy firmly. I felt something catch in the back of my throat, Amy was being told to stay away from me. Amy was my friend.

"Oh, come on, Doctor. She can't really be that bad."

"Listen to me, Amy. I have made a lot of enemies in my life, some of them were my own people. I've already had one survivor of the Time War try to destroy me. She could be just the same." I just stood there, my eyes wide. Someone else had survived?

"Oh, come on, Doctor. This is Summer, do you really think she could be a bad person? I mean look at all the things she has done already." Amy was doing well to defend me, and I couldn't help but smile at that.

"Yeah? The Master was actually a good person when he was hiding as a human. Then as soon as he opened the watch, he turned back into who he was before." I froze. The Master. That was one name I never thought I would hear again.

"I don't believe you, Doctor. I'm sorry, but I can't see her being your enemy." Amy was almost shouting at him now.

"Amy, you don't understand. That woman is already dangerous, and you need to understand that. You stay away from her unless I tell you otherwise. Do you understand?" I felt a tear slip down my cheek but I was quick to wipe it away.

Amy let out a sigh. "Fine." I could tell by her tone that she didn't want to agree to it but what else could she do. "I'm going to make some tea. I take it you want some as well?"

"Tea would be lovely, off you go then Amy." The Doctor said as he bounced around the console.

I ducked out of the way as Amy came towards where I was hiding. I was lucky, she didn't see me. Once she was gone I took a deep breath and stepped out from my hiding place and into the console room.

The Doctor didn't seem to notice me. I cleared my throat and he finally looked over at me. The look he was giving me made me want to turn away and cry. He was glaring at me, his eyes were full of fire.

I took a deep breath, it was time to get it all over with. "Okay, you don't want me here. I know that, and that's fine. So just take me somewhere and drop me off and you will never have to see me ever again."

"Who are you? You're being very secretive and not letting me in. I don't know who you are so you need to tell me." He was trying to be calm but I could tell from his tone that he was angry. He was probably also confused as well, he had no idea who I was.

"I'm no one. No one at all. I'm not out to get you, I'm not like the Master. I remember you from back home, but I can forget about you if you want." My hands were shaking. I was constantly playing with them, I was nervous.

"I just want you to tell me who you are." I couldn't look at him. If I looked at him then I would probably lose control.

"Maybe it's better if you don't know who I am. Maybe it's better if you just forget about me."

"Tell me who you are!" He shouted, taking a step closer to me. I backed away a little, he was definitely angry now.

"No." I finally managed to whisper.

He charged towards me and grabbed hold of my shoulders tightly. "Tell me who you are!" He spat, shaking me a little.

I was struggling to breath, I hated it when he got angry, and he was angry with me. It scared me. "I don't want to." I managed to say.

"Tell me, right now. Who are you?" He was still shouting and shaking me.

I could feel my eyes filling up with tears. "I… I won't. I don't want to. Please, just let me go."

"I won't let you go until you tell me who you are."

I struggled to get away from him but he was holding on tightly. It was hurting. "Please…"

"Who are you?" He shouted again. I couldn't take it anymore, he was just getting more and more angry.

I closed my eyes as tight as I could. "Please, you're hurting me. Just let me go." He didn't. He kept holding my shoulders tightly. I couldn't take it anymore, I was going to have to tell him.

"Make this easy for yourself, tell me who you are." He didn't shout this time, but I could tell by his tone that he was still angry. The fury of a Time Lord is something best avoided.

"And then what? I tell you who I am and then what are you going to do? There's a reason I don't want to tell you so just accept that and let me go." It was my turn to start shouting now. I could feel the energy burning within me, if he didn't let me go soon, it was going to be more than the fury of a Time Lord making an appearance.

He slammed me back into the wall he had me up against. "Who are you?" He spat again.

"Theta you're hurting me!" I cried. "Let me go." I felt the tears roll down my face and his grip on me relaxed a little.

"I'm sorry." He said quietly before backing away from me. I slid down the wall and rested my head in my hands. After a while I pulled my head up and looked straight into the Doctor's eyes. "Why don't you want to tell me who you are?" He finally asked.

"Because if I tell you, it will just drag up bad memories. For both of us. It's better if it's just left alone. Just take me somewhere, anywhere, and leave me there. Please." I asked him softly.

"You know who I am, do I know who you are?" I just nodded at him. "Then why won't you tell me?"

I pushed myself up off the floor and wrapped my arms around myself. "It's difficult. Thing's have changed, you know that. We knew each other a long time ago. Longer for you than it has been for me."

The Doctor let out a sigh. "Why are you being so difficult? Why can't you just tell me?"

"I'm not being difficult. I'm trying to make this as painless as possible for you. You've had to suffer so much already. I don't want to add to that." My voice was getting louder now. Part of me wanted to tell him, but I really didn't want to see him hurt anymore.

"What are you so afraid of?"

"I'm afraid of you!" I shouted. "I'm afraid of losing you again. I can't do that anymore. I just won't!" I kept my eyes locked onto his the whole time.

"What do you mean?" He asked, taking a step closer to me again.

"You always promised to come back for me, but you didn't. You left me there. You left me alone. You have no idea what I went through once you left." I was screaming at him now. I could feel my skin starting to burn, the energy that had been building was getting too much now.

I watched as his eyes widened. "No… there was only one person I left behind. And I did go back for her, but she was gone."

My gaze hardened, I could feel my eyes burning now as well. "Are you sure about that?"

"You can't be…"

"Why can't I? Tell me why I can't be her?" I glanced down at my hands and saw they were already glowing a mix of orange and red.

"Because she died. In the first days of the Time War, she died. If she were still alive, I'd know. We were…"

"Bonded, ever since the Academy. But no one ever knew, until closer to the Time War." I clenched my fists and trying to control the energy that was trying to overcome me.

He stepped closer to me again so that he was standing right in front of me. He took both of my hands and looked at them, they were still glowing but not as much now. "I should have known, I should have seen it. The Latin, the threatening to give me hell. It is you, isn't it?" His voice was calm and soft now.

I nodded at him. I hadn't had to tell him, he had worked it out himself. But just because he knew who I was, it wasn't going to make things any easier. "I'm Star." I said quietly.

He dropped my hands and put his arms around me and pulled me closer to him. "Oh, Star. I'm so, so sorry." I buried my head against his chest. "Why didn't you just tell me?"

"Because I thought it would be better if you didn't know. I heard what you were telling Amy, you told her I was dangerous and you know that's true." I told him quietly.

He pushed me away a little to look into my eyes. "That doesn't matter. None of that matters. But I want you to tell me what happened. Something happened when I left, I need you to tell me." He tucked some of my hair that had fallen over my face behind my ear.

I didn't know if I wanted to tell him. I hated to think about it, and remembering it had hurt so much. "I can't. Not yet at least. For you, the Time War was a long time ago now, but for me…"

He looked at me, there was that sadness in his eyes. "What regeneration are you up to?" He finally asked.

"This is number 5. I'm still getting used to it." I told him quietly. This was the first time I had been myself in that body.

"Still getting used to it?" He questioned. But then it dawned on him. "The chameleon arch made you regenerate."

I nodded at him. "Yeah, that's why we have bigger problems then me getting used to this body." I told him as I pulled the chain out from under my jumper. "The link isn't working. I can't control it yet, and the power is stronger than before."

I saw a smile on his face as he looked at the glass pendant filled with cogs and springs hanging at the end of the chain. "I remember when we made that. The night before…"

"The night before you left. Parts of the TARDIS. That's why she brought you to me when I needed you. Even as a human she still knew it was me."

"We can fix it, you just need to focus. You done it earlier, I saw you. The energy was spilling out but you controlled it. You just have to keep doing that, directed it, re-establish the link." He was being so calm. "Star, why are you keeping yourself closed off?"

I pulled away from him and walked over to the console. "Because I'm scared."

The Doctor followed me. "Why are you scared?"

I let out a sigh. "Because the bond has been broken for such a long time. So much has happened. I don't know if I can handle that just now." I turned to face him, I knew how much it was hurting him, knowing I was there but not having the bond, it was hurting me as well. "I need time to sort my head out. I want to tell you what happened before you see it."

He nodded at me. He understood how bonding again would instantly connect our minds and our memories. We would see everything each other had done, know everything that had happened. There were some things I would rather tell him.

"When ever you're ready. I'm here, and I am always going to be here." He gently tugged at my hand and pulled me back towards him. "See, I was right." He said as he kissed the top of my head.

I pulled back a frowned at him. "Right about what?"

He just smiled at me. "I knew there was something special about you." I shook my head at him. Maybe things weren't going to be too bad after all.

A/N: Well, what did do you guys think? I've been a little apprehensive over this chapter, but I hope that you all enjoyed it.

Now, reviews are wonderful things, so keep them coming! I love them all.

So how much do you think Summer/Star is going to change now? Has life in the TARDIS just gotten that little bit more complicated?

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