Chapter Twenty-One

"If it pleases the court, I would like to say a few words," Rain said and Draco nodded. She walked down the aisle, opened the door in the wall and walked over toward the dock. "First off, I want to talk about my life before I met the man I am glad to call my husband. My mother died giving birth to me and for a very long time I blamed myself for it. I also know that even my own sister used to hang it over me that it was my fault."

Rain looked back at Amber as she nodded at her and Rain looked back at Draco.

"I grew up thinking that I was worthless and ugly."

"Which is a big honking lie because you are a hottie!" the Doctor shouted and they laughed.

"Yeah, she is!" Theta shouted and Amato whistled at her.

"One day, his brother and my two sisters came to my father's home and introduced me to a very strange but amazing life. It was during our travels that I met my husband. Like me, he was a lost soul that needed a friend. We grew close and he was my first lover. My only lover and I cannot stand to think that I will have to live the next three hundred years without him. We complete…" she said when she broke out in tears and the Doctor reached out to touch her hand. She ran to the cage when she took his hand and he wiped the tears from her eyes.

"Latara," he whispered when she wiped her eyes and looked at Draco.

"He taught me to believe in myself and I grew into the Time Lady and mother that I am today. I was HONORED to be the mother to our adopted daughters and I AM the mother of our three miracles! It is true that I have to deal with his loony brother but that is the only downside to all this."

"Hey!" Alan shouted as she smiled at him then looked at Draco.

"As for Theta, I remember the first time I met him. He was sitting in a wheelchair because he had spent a year in a coma. He was so shy around us until my husband and bratty little brother broke through the walls he had built around himself and I love him with all my hearts."

"I love you, too, Te'lesu," Theta whispered and she took his hand.

"Then there is Amato. He is the most innocent of them all. Even though he doesn't think he is. He made some bad choices but he isn't evil. None of them are."

They watched as she walked back to Clara when Clara wrapped her arms around her and rocked her. Her father, John, held her as well as the Doctor looked at Draco but couldn't see any sympathy in his eyes.

"Is there anyone else?" Draco asked.

"Yeah, I have a few things to say!" Adam said as he stood up, walked down the aisle, opened the door in the wall and walked over toward the dock. He walked to the cage while Theta looked at him and he reached through the bars, taking Adam's hand. "I remember how angry I was after my brother abandoned me and my wife. I never thought I could EVER forgive him. I was surprised when I found out there was a way for us to see each other again and…"

"You punched me in the face!" Theta said with a smile.

"You deserved it, you git!" Adam teased and squeezed Theta's hand. "Now, over the years, we became close but it wasn't fair that his being the Doctor took him away from us. In fact, for a year, I had no clue if he was alive or dead. If it wasn't for him…." Adam pointed to the Doctor when he walked to him and wrapped his fingers around the Doctor's fingers after he slid them through the bars. "…I would never have known that my brother was alive. It is true that I didn't want to be a Time Lord at first because I wanted to watch my children grow and grow old with my wife. It was after we found my niece that we decided to become Time Lords and Time Ladies."

"You weren't already a Time Lord?" Draco asked.

"No, we were human."

"You are a fool!" he said and Adam growled at him. The Doctor saw that Adam's eyes were turning black and he squeezed Adam's fingers.

"Tiri'me'su, he isn't worth your anger," he whispered and Adam nodded.

"After my family and I were again abandoned by my wife's family, my brother offered us, all of us, a place to stay and we were welcomed into his already crowded family. Like my brother, I also had built walls around myself and he helped me become…"

"You're my straight man!" Alan shouted and Adam placed his hands on his hips and glared at him.

"I believe that's the other way around, old onion peel. YOU are MY straight man!" Adam shouted and Alan walked down the aisle, walked toward Adam and breathed hard through his nose.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, YOU are MY straight man!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Now now, you two, this isn't time for one of your silly spats," the Doctor teased and they looked at him.

"Then you decided! Who's the straight man?!" Alan shouted when Draco grabbed the gavel and banged it on the table.

"This foolishness will stop now!" he growled and they smiled.

"Then you're going to let them go?" Alan asked.

"No, now go sit down!" Draco shouted while he pointed to the benches and Alan flipped him off as he went to sit down. "You, finish what you were saying or sit down!"

"Well, since you asked so nicely. Amato, it is true that we got off to a bad start…" Adam said while walking to Amato and took his hands.

"That's because I kidnapped the ones you love just like your Valeyard did," Amato thought and Adam walked to him, reached through the bars and took his hand.

"Yep, but the only difference is I didn't kill you for it," Adam thought.

"No, the Master did that."

"And Imiko brought you back. If she thought there was once ounce of evil left in you, she wouldn't have nor would we have accepted you. Face it, Brother, you are a part of this loony bin we call a family!" Adam thought with a smile and Draco growled, making him look at him.

"Right, as I was saying, Amato is a good man and a great brother. If you can't see that then you are blind!"

"Is that all?!" Draco asked and Adam nodded. "Then go sit down." They watched as Adam walked back to the others and sat down next to Marion. "Is there anyone else?"

"Yes, M'lud, our former Highlander piper and his lovely wife wish to say a few words," Alan said while Jamie and Jenna stood up, walked down the aisle, opened the door in the wall and walked over toward the dock.

"If you don't mind, I would like to go first," Jenna said and Draco nodded. Walking to the cage, she reached inside the cage and Theta took her hands, giving her a sad smile. "For a long time, I thought that my father didn't want me. I used to cry myself to sleep wondering if he even thought about me. If it wasn't for my husband, I think I would have gone insane from not knowing the truth. When we were reunited, I found out that there wasn't a day that went by that he didn't think about me."

"No, there wasn't," Theta whispered and touched her cheek.

"My father would never hurt anyone and putting him on trial is a gross injustice. As it putting my uncles on trial for something that, as my Uncle Doctor has said, was your own doing."

"NO, IT WAS HIS FAULT!" Draco shouted and Theta smiled at her.

"I love you," he whispered and stroked her hair.

"As my Uncle Doctor, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have been reunited with my father, married my husband, met and adopted my oldest children and have two wonderful children. My Uncle Amato, well, he has his faults but that doesn't make him evil. The only evil ones here are…YOU!" she said and Draco glared at her.

"Sit down!" he shouted and she went to sit down. Jamie glared at him when he walked to the cage and looked at the trio.

"I just want to say that if it wasn't for the Doctor, I wouldn't be the proud husband and father I am today," said Jamie when Alan walked to him and wiggled his finger for him to come closer.

"Jamie, you're talking properly," Alan whispered.

"I thought it would be a good idea," he whispered and Alan nodded.

"When the Doctor found me, I was a torn man. He helped me put the pieces together and saved me from slowly going insane. I was stunned when he told me that he wanted me to be a Time Lord and I have never regretted one day. It was the Doctor that found my oldest children and I was stunned one more time when he made the arrangements that allowed us to adopt them. Also, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have my twins. I owe a lot to him and to Theta. As for my relationship with my father-in-law, well, that's a completely different story. He and I were these two lonely souls in need of someone. He had lost his son and I lost my family. So, in a way, we adopted each other. I know that I annoyed him when I tease him about things..."

"Yes, you do!" Theta said and everyone laughed.

"But that's what a father and son do. I tease my own kids! Anyway, I am proud to be his son-in-law."

"I love you, Lasau'y'Neda," Theta said.

"I love you, too, Dad," he said as he leaned his head against the bars and Theta pressed his forehead against his. "In closing, I have something to say about Amato. He is a fine man, even if he doesn't think so. He has changed so much over the last ten years and I am proud to be his friend." Amato's eyes went wide as Jamie walked back up the aisle and he blinked. He never knew Jamie thought of him as a friend when Jamie smiled at him and nodded.

"This is taking too long!" Draco growled and the Doctor smiled.

"Well, Badger Boy, I can't help it if I have such a large family!" he said.

"And you did say we could have character witness to plea on our behalf!" Amato said.

"Yes, you say that!" Theta agreed.

"No, you are only delaying this!" Draco growled and they looked at each other.

"Oh, dear, he is onto us!" the Doctor gasped.

"Yes, our "let's have everyone testify on our behalf" ploy has been undone!" Theta said dramatically.

"Whatever shall we do?!" Amato asked while the others laughed and Draco pounded the gavel on the table.

"Order!" he shouted, banging the gavel one more time when the gavel snapped in half and half of it flew into the air.

"Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo, it looks like we made him mad!" John said.

"Think he'll make us ALL regenerate now?" Adam asked.

"Gee, that would take a long time, wouldn't it?" Alan asked.

"Aye, it would," Jamie said, nodding.

"I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! WE WILL ANNOUCE THE VERDICT NOW!" Draco shouted when Frankie stood up, walked down the aisle, opened the door in the wall and walked over toward the dock. They watched as she walked to the cage and Theta reached out, toughing her cheek.

"I never was one for being brave. I had to endure an abusive father and a mother that didn't give a fuck about me or my little brother. No matter when we did, it wasn't good enough for them. It didn't matter that my little brother was a genius. That he made our dishwasher so powerful that it blew the door off, sending water, dishes, glasses, cutlery and silverware sailing through the air…"

"Remind me to never let him fix anything when I get home, ok?" Theta whispered and she smiled.

"We only had each other so I was a wreck when my little brother went missing. I tracked him down but he was working for an evil man and I became a prisoner. The only good thing about it was I met my husband. He was so ill and needed twenty-four hour care. Over the course of a year, we fell in love with each other and he taught me to believe in myself. He also dedicated his time and effort in looking for my little brother after he disappeared. He didn't have to, seeing that he had reunited with his own little brother, but that's the way he is, always caring about others instead of himself. When I finally decided to become a Time Lady, we were married and eventually had a child of our own. It was only recently that we found my little brother and I finally got the family I always dreamed of. Now, as for the Doctor, I could never repay him for helping me free my beloved and for allowing me to become a part of this large, crazy family. He is an amazing man and the others are right. What you are doing is wrong. He would never do what you are accusing him of doing. Finally, Amato isn't a bad person. He is a kind and gentle man whose life, like the Doctors, was filled with heartache and pain. He changed because of it but, with the love of a special little girl, turned back into the man he was."

Theta kissed his fingers as he pressed them to her lips and she nodded, turned and went to sit down. Draco looked at them when he sighed and sat back in the chair.

"I have made my decision. The court…."

"Hold it!" Alan said as he held a hand up and stood up, looking at Draco. "Don't you think you should talk it over with your friends over there? How do we know they think the same as you?!"

"Yeah, maybe they think otherwise!" Adam said and Draco looked at Yap, Dory, Awan and Zed.

"Do you?" Draco asked and Yap, Dory, Awan and Zed shook their heads. "Well then, the court finds The Doctor, Theta and Amato…"