Ran out of time yesterday. Here we go, back to the First Doctor and a request made by fbiuzz. I apologize about requests, I have no real order to doing them.

Please remember to review, or the TARDIS will materialize around you and lock you in a broom closet until you do so. :P


Title: The First Good-Bye

Episode: The Dalek Invasion of Earth (Flashpoint)

My Thief and I watch the Grandchild outside. His hearts are torn; one wants to snatch her back and keep running, the other wishes to let her go. Ever since we three left Gallifrey, we have been family, a family protecting its own. But now…

I gently nudge his mind. Do you remember that night, my Thief? The night we three ran away together? She was so young and frightened then, she had never been in a TARDIS before. The noise of my engines firing and of me dematerializing startled her. But she learned quickly. We were her teachers. You taught her to be careful, to examine every aspect of the world around her, to be cautious, and to never lay down any roots. I taught her to keep an open mind, to have a sense of adventure, to adapt to different situations, and to never judge other beings.

And look at her now, my Thief, the Grandchild has grown and bloomed like a wild flower, beautiful, intelligent, unpredictable, and brave. Now she is ready to let her roots sink into the ground, she is ready to take the slow path.

My Thief listens to me, and silently acknowledges that it is time to let her go; to let go one of the only things linking him to his home world. One of the links he has clung to so tightly, and it is time to let go. He shuts the doors, and the Grandchild cries out for him. I observe silently as he lets his Grandchild go. Liquid falls from her eyes. She is crying. I wonder what it is like to cry…

I touch her mind one last time, giving her my word that I will bring her Grandfather back to her someday, and that she will see him again. Until then, none of us can look back, looking back will only cause regrets. My Thief looks away, but the Grandchild and I watch each other until I vanish into the Vortex.

Good-bye, my dear Susan. Make this old TARDIS and Time Lord proud.


I always felt sorry for Susan, the Doctor forgot to give her a new shoe before leaving. That, and other things...