Wow it's been a while. Sorry about that... go back to school on wednesday! Not fun! :( This chapter is though... it has a flashback and everything! ;O Doctor who on Saturday was, I have to admit, a bit meh! It could of been sooooo... much scarier. But I guess it's on at 7, so it can't be too scary. :( Anyways... back on with the chapter! :) Hope you like! :) x

"Daddy... do you believe in ghosts?" Alice asked the Doctor. They were both in the console room, the Doctor standing at the console, whilst Alice was sitting on the seat swinging her legs.
"Well... it depends on what you mean by ghosts. I met this guy once, bob, brilliant guy... well not really a guy, they were asexual..." The Doctor started and then remembered who he was talking to. "Anyway he was transparent and could do the whole walking though wall thing. He was kind of like a ghost. Why do you ask princess?" The Doctor said twirling around to face his daughter.
"No reason" Alice lied, giving her father an innocent smile.

The Doctor shrugged it off. It wasn't something unusual; Alice asked a lot of random questions. "Daddy, when are we going to see auntie River again?" Alice asked. The Doctor gulped.
"I don't know sweetheart." The Doctor said softly. He had a feeling that they wouldn't see `auntie River`, for a very long time if ever again.
"Oh..." Alice replied. She then hoped down from the seat and walked over to her Dad. He crouched down to be at her eye level and gave her a hug.

They stood there for a few seconds. "We're not going to see Auntie River again are we?" Alice asked in Gallifraen.
"I don't know princess. Things have gotten... complicated." The Doctor replied, also in Gallifraen.
"Daddy... is Aria, Auntie River?" The Doctor stood their astounded at his daughters observations.
"You don't miss a trick do you?" He asked with a grin. Alice shook her head. "Yes she is. But you can't tell her... not for a long time. Okay?"
"Yeah...spoilers right!" Alice replied smiling. The Doctor stood their gobsmacked.
"You are only 5?" The Doctor joked. Alice nodded unsure what he Dad was getting at. "Just had to make sure." The Doctor reassured her and kissed her on the forehead.

They were abruptly cut off by the sound of a scream.

Amy and Aria were sitting in the nursery. It was Aria's nap time, but she had profoundly refused. Hence this led to Amy sitting Aria on her lap reading a book to her. It was a book of Gallifraen fairy tales such as Snow White and the Seven keys to Doomsday, The Three Little Sontarans and The Emperor Daleks New Clothes. Amy would read what each page said, usually allowed in Gallifraen whilst Aria would trace the circular writing with her finger. It was a brilliant partnership.

"And Snow White found her Time Lord and lived happily for all of the centuries." Amy read in Gallifraen.
"I prefer the Earth one." Aria declared once Amy had finished reading.
"Shhh... Don't let your father hear that or he'll go sulk again. Remember that time you threw away his fez." Amy said in a mock warningly tone.

She inwardly laughed at how such a young age Aria, who would one day become River, despised the Doctor's fez'. Alice was partly to blame for that.

Aria laughed at the memory of her stealing her father's fez.

He had been sitting on the stairs, reading one of the books from the library, head down and fez placed on his head. With Alice's encouragement, Aria had slowly stepped down the stairs behind him, not making a sound. She braced herself then whipped it off his head and ran back up to Alice in the corridor. She quickly passed the fez to Alice who sped off as the Doctor can running up to her. He scooped her up and started to tickle her, demanding that she tell him where his beloved fez had gone. After crying through the laughter, Aria caved and told her father where Alice was. Picking her up precariously the Doctor ran to Alice's location. The soft play area. Needless to say the search for his beloved fez became increasingly difficult when Aria ran off to hide as well and when the Tardis took his children's side and when Amy refused to help. After an hour of searching he gave up and flopped in the ball pit. He closed his eyes for a second... then jumped sky high when 2 small children jumped on him. One of them sporting a very familiar fez. The Doctor hid his fez collection after that occasion and Amy or the children seen neither hide nor hair of them since.

"But do you want to know a secret..." Amy whispered, snapping Aria out of it. She nodded vigorously. "I do too."

That set both the girls off...

...When suddenly they heard crying. Amy instantly became alert, pulling Aria closer to her. "Hello, who's there?" Amy asked, she slowly stood up. The sobbing continued.

Amy turned round and her heart melted. A girl, of around Aria's aged, was sat in the middle of the nursery crying. It wasn't a loud cry you'd expect a 2 year old to have; it was a cry that was thick with sadness. One that was uncontrollable, one that any mother knew meant that their child was in pain.

Amy put Aria down and approached the girl. The girl didn't look physically there. She glowed an ominous blue. Amy also noticed that she was slightly see through and casted no shadow in the well lit room. "Hello." Amy said softly, crouching to be at the girl's eye level. Aria came up and stood behind her. The girl didn't respond.

"Hello, can you hear me?" Amy asked again, the girl didn't respond. She lifted her head a little and seemed to spot something. She looked directly at Amy and Aria. But Amy could tell with her heightened sight she wasn't in fact looking at them at all. She was looking through them. The little girl couldn't see Amy or Aria.

"Can you hear me?" Amy asked gently. The girl's eyes widened in shock and then she screamed. This caused Amy and Alice to jump. "Sh, sh it's okay." Amy said reassuring the little girl, even though she couldn't hear her. The girl scrambled to her feet and ran, right across the room and...through a wall.

"Okay that was weird." Amy said, standing up. Aria clutched to her leg.
"Mummy, who was that?" She asked scared.
"I don't know sweetheart." Amy replied and this was when the Doctor and Alice ran in.

Soooo... the Tardis has gone all super natural! :) And i've decided to bring back the sneak peeks! So the first say... 4 reviews get a sneak peek at the next chapter! The only compromise is that I need 4 reviews for these sneak peeks to be sent and the next chapter to be put up! :) So the question is... deal or no deal? ;) Jks! :) Hope you liked! :) x