A/N: So I decided to be brave and really change things up a lot in this chapter. I took quite a few liberties (read: many, many liberties) and I've also been marathon watching most of 'Psych' recently, so all the sass from the main characters in that show may have rubbed off on me.

BloodLily16 is an absolute dear and made a really lovely picture of Di on her deviantart page. So please go and look at that and the rest of her work, as well! Hopefully this chapter goes well since I changed it… A lot…

Susan and her grandfather were still struggling with each other when I pushed myself to my feet. The girl across the console room was pulling herself off of the floor as well. I stared at her for a moment before I rushed across the room, nearly falling over when the ship took another dive mid-flight.

I stumbled over to the girl and grabbed onto her arm when the ship threw us against the wall. I hadn't managed to get a very good look at her earlier before she disappeared and the ship began tossing us around, but standing beside her I found that I recognized the girl. She was slightly younger than the last time I'd seen her and her hair was cut short like Susan's, but it was definitely her.

"Josephine?"

The ship wheezed again and landed with a thud. Josephine suddenly threw her arms around me and pulled me into a hug. I was so surprised to see her that I could barely manage patting her on the back.

"I-I don't… What are you doing here?" I asked after Josephine pulled away.

Before she could answer, Susan rushed over with a gasp. She looked up at Josephine in shock and shook her head. Her eyes had gone wide and she had a disbelieving expression on her face.

"Susan?" I asked. "What is it? What's wrong?"

She hesitantly reached an arm out to Josephine. "You're a… Time Lord," she breathed. "I can sense it."

"Time Lord?" I looked from Susan to Josephine in confusion. "Wait, you're a Time Lord?"

Josephine nodded. "I prefer Time Lady, but yes."

"How did you know she's a Time Lord?" I asked Susan.

"Grandfather always said my telepathic abilities were greater than most of the other Time Lords back home. I can sense the minds of other Gallifreyans much easier than even he can," Susan explained.

"Susan, child, come here!" the Doctor asked. "Help me stabilize the ship!"

Susan glanced up at Josephine and smiled. "Sorry," she said before she rushed back to her grandfather's side.

I turned to Josephine and looked at her for a moment. "So that's how the Doctor knows you? Because you're a Time Lord too?"

"Sort of."

"Did he know you back at the Academy or something?"

Josephine smiled and shook her head. "No exactly. But you'll figure it out. At some point," she said cryptically before walking over to the console.

"What's that even supposed to mean?" I asked, partially to myself and partially to Josephine even though I guessed she wouldn't tell me outright.

She stood beside the Doctor and put her hand on top of his. He started and turned to look at her, both alarmed and confused at her presence. He began to protest when he suddenly stopped mid sentence and stared at Josephine in shock. The girl smiled and nodded wordlessly at the other Time Lord.

"My dear girl," the Doctor whispered after a minute.

"Hello again," she answered.

The Doctor abandoned the console to draw Josephine into a hug, which surprised me greatly. I never pictured his first incarnation being a very intimate person, much like his twelfth incarnation claimed to be a non-hugging sort of person. Yet he was embracing a woman he wasn't supposed to meet until twelve regenerations later.

"What the hell is going on here?" I mumbled, running a hand through my hair as I watched the scene.

Just beyond the console, Barbara began to stir in the Doctor's chair. She and Ian had fallen over when the ship dematerialized and both teachers had passed out momentarily. I rushed across the room and gently tapped Barbara's cheek.

"Barbara? Barbara, are you alright?" I asked softly.

She mumbled something, but stayed unconscious. I stepped back and knelt beside Ian. He was splayed on his side at Barbara's feet, so I very gently moved him so he was leaning against the chair by his back. I ran my hand over his head to see if he had hit it anywhere when he fell, but he appeared perfectly fine.

"Ian? Ian, wake up," I said as I patted his cheek.

That was when Barbara woke up, although I didn't notice it at first. I continued gently nudging Ian in the shoulder, trying to be careful and not to startle him if he was going to wake up anytime soon.

"Ian, can you hear me? Are you alright? Are you hurt?"

The science teacher stirred slightly. I smiled and sighed in relief to see that he was fine. Looking up, I saw Barbara watching me in silence.

"Barbara," I breathed. "Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?"

She shook her head slowly. "No… But how do you know my name?" she questioned.

Oh, boy. "It's a long story… I don't think you'd believe me."

"I'm almost willing to believe anything at this point," she admitted. "But who are you? Susan said you were friends with her grandfather, Doctor Foreman."

I nodded. "I am. I travel with the Doctor and we're…" We're what, exactly? I asked myself. I can't say really we're dating because then Barbara would probably think he's some sick, crazy person and that I have problems. But if we aren't dating then what are we? "We're… friends. That's really the only word I can think of that describes us. Companions, maybe."

Barbara raised her eyebrows at me, but didn't say anything. She probably already thought I was completely insane and I didn't blame her. Ian groaned suddenly and Barbara and I looked down to see him waking up.

I put my hand on his shoulder and helped him steady himself. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked him. "Are you hurt?"

"I'm alright, I'm alright," he mumbled, waving his hand to push my arm aside. He winced and rubbed the back of his head. "I must have hit my head."

Barbara shifted forward in her seat and rested her hand on his shoulder, making Ian look up at her. She smiled briefly at him before glancing around the console room. I stood up and took a step back, watching the two teachers.

"The movement's stopped," Ian noted.

"Diana?" Josephine called. I turned and looked over my shoulder to see the girl waving me over. "C'mere."

I stuffed my hands into my jacket pockets and walked around the console. Josephine was standing slightly behind the Doctor and was looking up at the scanner.

"Yeah?"

Josephine pointed to the picture on the scanner, the sleeve of her jacket sliding down to reveal a vortex manipulator. I stared at the manipulator in surprise before I shook my head and followed the line of her arm to the scanner.

"Do you know where we are?" she wondered. "I mean, that could be a dozen different planets."

"Layer of sand, rock formation, and a forest beyond that," the Doctor noted from behind us. "Hm. Good, good."

"We've certainly left 1963," Susan said.

The Doctor nodded in agreement. "Oh, yes. Undoubtedly. I'll be able to tell you where presently."

He leaned over one of the control panels and looked at one of the meters. "Zero? That's not right."

"What's not right?" I asked as I turned around to see what had gone wrong.

"I'm afraid this year-o-meter is not calculating properly," the Doctor sighed.

"Oh, well I can tell you where we are," I said.

The Doctor looked at me in surprise. "Can you? You've never been able to do so before."

"100,000 B.C., Earth."

Josephine furrowed her brows in thought. "That's the Stone Age, isn't it?" She glanced back at the scanner. "Hm. That's new. Never been to the Stone Age before."

"Well, anyway, the journey's finished," the Doctor added as he leaned over the console again. He spotted Ian still in his spot on the floor and asked, "What are you doing down there?"

Barbara and Ian shared a look before they both stood up. "What have you done?" Barbara asked, her arm around Ian's shoulders to keep him steady.

"Oh, Barbara, you don't actually believe all this nonsense?"

Susan pointed to the scanner. "Well, look at the scanner screen."

"Yes, look up there," the Doctor agreed. To Susan, Josephine, and I he whispered, "They don't understand and I suspect they don't want to."

"Theta, be nice," I scolded.

He waved a hand in my face and scoffed. "Well, there you are," he said to the teachers. "A new world for you."

Ian walked over to the console and leaned against it. "Sand and rock?"

Josephine nodded. "Yes, that's the immediate view outside the ship," she told him, finally addressing the two.

"But where are we?" Barbara asked. "And who are you? I don't remember seeing you in here earlier."

Josephine smiled knowingly at the other woman. "I'm Susan's cousin. Once removed," she added after a second. "Or something like that. We're a complicated family."

"What's a cousin once removed again?" I whispered.

Josephine shushed me and then placed her hands on her hips. "But that's not important right now. What is important is that you two believe every word that we say to you."

"Why should we believe anything any of you say?" Ian demanded.

"Because we have no reason to lie to you. This old grump," Josephine said as she pointed to the Doctor with her thumb, "doesn't like strangers and really doesn't know what to do with normal people."

"Young lady, I resent that accusation," the Doctor grumbled.

"Shut up," Josephine and I ordered in unison.

"That old grump," Ian countered, "has just kidnapped us!"

Josephine grimaced and nodded. "Yeah, well… he's not really a people person. But I have it on the highest authority that he is actually a good man who's only trying to look out for his family."

Ian raised his eyebrows, obviously skeptical. "On whose authority?"

"The person who knows him better than anyone else in the universe."

"And who might that be?"

Josephine stepped to the side and put an arm around my shoulder. "This young lady," she said softly.

I felt my cheeks flush for what must have been the second time that day. I glanced nervously at the floor before tucking some of my hair behind my ear. What Josephine said was true. In that moment the Doctor was harsh and untrusting, but I knew better than anyone that he would grow to care very deeply for the Coal Hill teachers he had kidnapped.

Ian shook his head and scoffed. "Well I don't believe a word of it. Any of it. The Stone Age, my foot."

"But that's really where we are, Mr. Chesterton!" Susan insisted.

Ian pointed to the scanner. "There is no possible way that we will see that when we go back outside."

"But it is! You'll see it for yourself once you go out there."

"No." The teacher shook his head again and laughed humorlessly. "No, I don't believe it."

The Doctor smirked and folded his hands over his chest. "You really are a stubborn young man, aren't you?"

"Alright, then. Show me some proof. Give me some concrete evidence." Ian turned to Susan and rested a hand on her shoulder. "I'm sorry, Susan, I don't want to hurt you, but it's time you were brought back to reality."

Susan shook her head. "But you're wrong, Mr. Chesterton."

"They are saying I'm a charlatan," the Doctor said to himself. He looked to Ian again and asked, "What concrete evidence would satisfy you, hm?"

Ian walked around the console so he was standing a few feet in front of the doors. "Just open the doors, Doctor Foreman," he requested.

The Doctor tapped his forefinger against his lips. "Eh? Doctor who?" he mumbled. "What's he talking about?"

I grinned and had to hold back my excitement at hearing the Doctor say those two words together. "Doctor who, indeed," I whispered.

Josephine glanced at me and chuckled. When I asked her what was so amusing, she merely shook her head and told me not to worry.

"Are you going to open the doors or aren't you?" Ian suddenly asked, having previously been whispering to Barbara.

The Doctor pursed his lips and looked away. "No."

"Doctor," I said in a low, warning tone, "will you at least be reasonable?"

"Now, just a moment, my dear. I will not open the doors, not until I'm quite sure it's safe to do so," he told me. He then turned to the console and looked over the readings. "Well, yes, good. Yes, it is, it's good," he mumbled. "Excellent, excellent."

"So is it safe?" Josephine asked.

The Doctor pointed across the console. "You've got the radiation counter there, Sar- er, Josephine. What's it read?"

The girl leaned over the panel and nodded. "It's reading normal, Doctor."

"Wait a second," I interjected. "You just-"

"No time, Diana, no time," the Doctor assured me. "We must show these two strangers what's beyond those doors and I've a mind to-"

"No, wait. You almost called Josephine 'Sarah'."

"Of course I didn't. Don't be ridiculous." The Doctor then stepped past me to check a few more readings on the console. "Yes, everything seems normal now. Splendid, splendid."

"But Doctor-"

"Well, I think I'll take my Geiger counter with me in any case," he said to himself, completely ignoring my questions. He glanced up at Ian, who was still waiting by he doors. "So, you still challenge me, young man?"

"Well, just open the doors and prove your point," Ian countered.

The Doctor gave the younger man a condescending smile. "You're so narrow-minded, aren't you? Don't be so insular."

"Theta Sigma, you're being an absolute pain in the rear end," I grumbled. "Just open the doors and let them go outside."

"My dear girl, I have no idea where we are or when we are."

"But I already told you!"

"You've never known before where we go, so how would you know this time?" the Time Lord asked.

"Can't you just open the doors now and argue about who knows what later?" Barbara wondered.

I looked down at the console and looked over the different dials and buttons. Which one, which one? My hands hovered in mid air over the controls as I tried to recall which dial opened the doors.

"Aha!" I exclaimed proudly. I reached out and turned a large, black dial. Across the room, the doors opened. "Found it."

The Doctor narrowed his eyes at me and exhaled heavily through his nose. He grumbled something under his breath that sounded almost like another language before turning his back on me. He walked over to a small desk and opened one of the drawers, then pulled out a journal and what I guessed was his Geiger counter.

I decided to ignore the Doctor, since he had suddenly taken to grumbling under his breath and ignoring me completely. I looked over the console at Ian and Barbara and smiled reassuringly at them.

"Well, Mr. Chesterton, Ms. Wright, there's your proof," I said, gesturing to the landscape outside. "The TARDIS can go anywhere, anywhen in time and space and right now we're in the middle of the Stone Age."

"You keep saying that, but how can we believe you?" Ian asked.

"Um, does the changed scenery outside not convince you?"

"An elaborate trick."

"Oh, Ian," Barbara sighed. "Just look at it! It looks real."

"Barbara, you can't believe them," Ian sighed.

The woman shrugged. "I can't help it. I just believe them."

Josephine leaned casually against the console, the hint of an amused smile on her face. "Do you not believe what's right in front of your eyes, Ian?" she wondered.

Ian narrowed his eyes at Josephine. "And that's another thing," he added. "How do you know our names? Susan and the Doctor, I can understand, but I've never actually met either of you before."

"We're time travellers," Josephine explained. "I'm from the future and as a matter of fact, I've already met both of you."

"That's impossible!" Ian exclaimed.

"It's not as ridiculous as you think," Josephine answered.

"But it is ridiculous. Time doesn't go round and round in circles. You can't get on and off whenever you like in the past or the future."

"Really?" the Doctor asked, finally deciding to speak up again. "Where does time go, then?"

"It doesn't go anywhere. It just happens and then it's finished."

The Doctor shook his head and laughed. "You're not as doubtful as your friend, I hope?" he asked of Barbara.

Barbara, who had already started to step outside of the ship, looked over her shoulder with a smile. "No," she admitted.

"Barbara, what are you doing?" Ian exclaimed.

"Young man, I suggest you calm down," the Doctor snapped. He pointed to the open doors and said, "If you could touch the alien sand and hear the cries of strange birds and watch them wheel in another sky, would that satisfy you?"

"Well, yes, I suppose so."

"Then why don't you go outside and see it for yourself, hm? It's all right outside those doors."

Ian glanced back at the doors and his skeptical expression faltered for a moment. I stepped around the console and gently placed my hand on his forearm. "Stop stalling, Ian, and just go outside," I urged him. "It's all real, I promise."

He looked down at me in confusion. "But it's not true. It can't be. It's not possible."

"I think you'll find that just about anything is possible when you know the Doctor," I replied with a smile.

The Doctor hurried out of the ship with his supplies in his arms and grumbled incoherently under his breath. Susan and Josephine followed him, which left Ian and I still in the ship. Ian then stepped outside, paused for a minute to look around, before rushing back inside the ship.

"But… That's impossible! We can't have just moved."

Ian stumbled over his own feet when he stepped outside again and I easily caught him by the arms. "Woah, careful."

He leaned heavily against me and sighed as he pressed a hand to his forehead. "I must've hit my head pretty hard," he mumbled.

"You'll be fine," I assured him. "Trust me."

Barbara and Susan were standing close to one another a few paces ahead of us, looking around and whispering to each other, while Josephine was standing by the Doctor.

"You gonna be okay?" I asked Ian. When he nodded in response, I smiled and patted his arm. "Okay. I'm gonna go talk to the Doctor."

The Doctor, however, was extremely worried. "Oh dear, oh dear," he muttered.

"What's wrong?" I wondered as I walked over to him.

"It's still a police box," he replied as he turned to look at the ship. "Why hasn't it changed? Dear, dear, how very disturbing."

"It's the chameleon circuit," I told him with a poorly hidden smile. "It's acting up. But I like the blue boxiness, don't you?"

"I can't say that I do," he muttered before trudging off through the dirt and sand. "Sa- Josephine, would you come with me, my dear?"

"Oh, no," I said as I hooked my hand around Josephine's elbow.

The girl stared expectantly at me, her eyes wide and curious. "Something wrong?" she asked sweetly.

"Why does he keep accidentally calling you Sarah?" I questioned.

She shook her head quickly. "He isn't."

"Josephine, I'm not an idiot. Just tell me."

"I can't."

"I think you can," I countered. "Please, just tell me why he keeps calling you that."

"Can't you figure it out on your own?"

"I probably can, but I want you to tell me I'm right." Josephine sighed and lowered her head. "You're Sarah. Sarah was- you are a Time Lord."

"Time Lady," she mumbled.

"Don't be smart with me," I scolded, but then I paused to think for a moment. Everything she had said about her family and her parents suddenly made sense. "You were born during the Time War. Your father fought in the war, like you said, but it was the Time War."

She nodded and whispered a very soft, "Yes."

A memory flashed across my mind's eye and I let out a loud gasp. I recalled my suspicions regarding Josephine, Faith, and Alistair's true identities and then I recalled the first time I met Susan Smith. "Sait-elle qui Sarah et Hope sont?" Susan asked her father in my memory. I had never guessed what she was asking before, but the sentence was suddenly translated in my mind. The memory replayed in English and I dropped Josephine's arm with a tiny sob. "Does she know who Sarah and Hope are?"

"Oh my God," I breathed.

"Diana?" Josephine asked worriedly. "What is it? What's wrong?"

Before either of us could say anything more, the Doctor let out a strangled cry from near the forest. I was still for a few moments as I tried to recover from my sudden realization. Then I realized that the Doctor was in trouble and had just been kidnapped. By then, Josephine had taken off running in the direction the Doctor's cry had come from.

"Josephine, wait!" I shouted as I bounded after her.

The mixture of sand and dirt was piled in dunes that wove their way across the wasteland with various shrubs along the way. A few dunes over was where I found Josephine, kneeling over the abandoned items that had been left behind when the Doctor was taken. Ian, Susan, and Barbara rushed after me and skidded to a halt beside me.

"These are his things," Josephine whispered. "He's gone."

Susan let out a panicked shriek and screamed, "Grandfather, where are you?"

"Susan, don't panic," Ian instructed as calmly as he could manage.

"I must find him!" she cried desperately.

Josephine jumped to her feet and took off running for the forest. I took a step forward and shouted her name, insisting that she come back, but she only ignored me and ran right into the forest.

"Man, do all my children have no respect for parental authority or is it just her?" I asked myself before I sprinted after her.

Other than my walking trip through London while looking for Twelve, I wasn't used to exerting myself after being shot. My leg surprisingly didn't bother me at all, but I noticed that I was getting winded faster than I normally would have. I slowed to a rapid walking pace by the time I reached the edge of the forest, where I discovered what could only have been a path.

"I really hope you went down this path and not gallivanting off into the pathless part of the forest," I muttered as I started down the trail.

The path lead through the thick of the forest and eventually opened up to a clearing. Before anyone in the clearing could see me, I walked off the trail and hid behind a large shrub. In the clearing was a large group of Stone Age people, young, old, and children alike, all gathered around a central stone. On top of the stone was the Doctor, unconscious. The natives were clothed in animal skins and arguing over what to do with the Doctor.

A hand suddenly clamped down on my mouth and I shrieked in terror. Another hand rested on my shoulder and then I heard Josephine's voice whispering in my ear.

"It's just me!" she shout-whispered. "It's just me, you're fine."

I nodded in understanding and released me. I looked over my shoulder to see the girl and looked at her for a moment. Then I smiled and looked back into the clearing.

"How long have you been here?" I asked her.

"Only a few minutes. Long enough to figure out that those two," she said as she gestured to the two tall men by the stone, "are fighting over becoming chief. And they both want to learn how to make fire, which is probably why they kidnapped the Doctor."

"You can call him 'Dad' if that's more comfortable," I whispered as I continued looking out into the clearing.

Josephine's head snapped around as she stared at me. "You figured it out," she said simply.

I nodded and finally glanced at her. "I remembered something Susan said once a long time ago. Not this Susan, I mean my… my Susan," I added a little awkwardly.

"She said something?"

"She mentioned the names of two people I hadn't met before and after finding out she was my daughter, I guess it just made sense that she would have siblings. I didn't figure it out until just now."

"What else made you realize who I am?" Josephine wondered. "Because it couldn't have been just my name mentioned in passing."

I sighed and glanced down at the ground for a moment. "I met you once before. In your future, I think, because you look a little younger than I remember. And I had my suspicions then, but a lot happened really quickly and I couldn't ask you about it." I met Josephine's eyes and felt tears start to well up in mine.

"What's wrong?" she asked softly.

"You said your parents left you… That they just gave you away," I said as a tear fell down my cheek. "Why would… why would that happen? I-I wouldn't just give you up. You're… my daughter."

Josephine smiled sadly and cupped my cheek. "It wasn't your fault. That's all I can say. I'm sorry."

"No. No, don't be sorry. I should be sorry."

"Look, let's not worry about this now. I'm fine now, but we should probably rescue Dad."

I nodded and looked back into the clearing. The Doctor had started to stir and was slowly waking up. "Sorry," I mumbled. "It's just a little bit of a shock."

"I know," she answered with a chuckle. "Hey, where are Susan and the others?"

"They should have followed us, but I don't know if they did. I went after you as soon as you ran off." As I spoke, my gaze fell to Josephine's wrist and I spotted her vortex manipulator again. "Hey, Josephine?"

"Hm?"

"Is that vortex manipulator reliable?"

She glanced down at her wrist and tugged her sleeve up an inch. "Yeah, why- Oh. Oh, that's an idea." She smirked and shook her head as she opened the flap and pressed a few buttons. The screen on the manipulator lit up and flashed once. "I didn't even think about that."

"Are you… gonna jump over to his location?" I asked.

"Yeah. Sorry I didn't think of that sooner, by the way. I'm still getting used to this whole Time Agent thing. But if I use the manipulator, then I can take them all by surprise."

"Wait a second, you're a Time Agent?"

Josephine met my eyes again and nodded once. "Yeah… Uh, it's a long story. I'll tell you later," she mumbled. "I'll be right back."

She disappeared with a loud pop and a cloud of smoke just as Susan and her teachers came running down the path. They all skidded to a stop when Josephine appeared in the middle of the clearing right next to the rock the Doctor was still lying on. The natives all gasped in alarm and stumbled back. Josephine quickly typed something into her manipulator, then grabbed the Doctor by his arm, and then pressed a final button. She disappeared again with another pop and a tiny puff of smoke.

The natives all burst into an uproar, speaking quickly to one another as the elders of their tribe seemed to panic. Susan grabbed her teachers' hands and tugged them off of the trail into the brush. I called her name just loud enough that she could hear me and waved her over. The three of them then dropped to the ground and hurried over to me.

"Are you all okay?" I whispered.

Barbara and Ian nodded frantically. "Good. Josephine took the Doctor so he'd be safe and I can only guess that she took him back to the TARDIS."

"Let's hope so," Susan whispered.

"We need to get out of here. Josephine's probably gonna come back, but I don't think we can risk waiting that long or else we'll be captured too."

"What do you suggest we do?" Barbara asked. "If we go back on the path, they might see us."

I ran a hand through my hair and chewed thoughtfully on my lip. "Uh… Well, maybe we could walk parallel to the path. You know, so that they can't see us if they're on the path but we can see it."

Ian nodded. "That seems the only option we have. We should move soon, though."

I looked through the brush and leaves to see the natives arguing with each other. "Yeah. But try to stay low to the ground so we aren't as noticeable," I suggested. "Susan, I think you should go first."

She glanced at me, then at her teachers, and finally nodded. "Alright."

Within the next minute, all four of us had managed to creep away silently and walk parallel to the path through the trees. We were forced to walk slowly so as not to break any branches or crunch any leaves, as well as to keep the trail within sight. A few minutes of slow walking later, Josephine appeared with a pop and a gasp right in the middle of the trail.

"Josephine!" I exclaimed in surprise.

She hurried into the trees with a smile and the rest of us gathered around her. "Sorry it took so long for me to come back. I was trying to take care of the Doctor. He was hit in the head, but he'll be fine with some rest. He's sleeping now."

"He's going to be alright?" Susan asked.

"Yes. I promise."

"How did you find us?" I wondered.

The girl gestured to her vortex manipulator. "Mine's one of the newer models, so I can scan things and look for specific DNA signatures as well as find safe places to materialize. The signature of one lovely Time lady and a location of the trail helped tremendously."

"What exactly is that thing?" Ian questioned.

"I'll explain later. Right now, we need to get you all back to the ship. Those natives will be looking for us. Now, everyone grab onto me. My arm, my shoulder, anything. Just make sure you're holding on very tight. This could be a bumpy ride."

"What do you mean, a ride?" Barbara asked as she hesitantly placed her hand on Josephine's forearm.

"Just trust me," the girl answered. Once everyone had gripped onto either her arm or shoulder, Josephine typed a long string of numbers into the manipulator. "Okay. Deep breaths everyone aaaand-"

My vision went completely white and a nauseous feeling rose up in my stomach. The TARDIS console appeared only a second later and I stumbled away from Josephine with a low moan.

"Oh, God," I mumbled as I doubled over. "I hate those things."

Ian and Barbara were both leaning heavily against the console and Susan was standing still with her hands pressed against her forehead. "Whatever that thing is," Ian grumbled, "let's never use it again."

"Agreed," Barbara gasped.

Josephine chuckled and shook her head. "First time's always the worst, but you get used to it."

"I don't think I could ever get used to something like that," Barbara sighed. "I've the most terrible feeling in my stomach-"

"It'll pass," Josephine assured her. "Now, Susan I want you to stay in here with Ms. Wright and Mr. Chesterton while I take Diana to check on your grandfather. Alright?"

Susan looked up and nodded with a half smile, half grimace. Josephine then started for the doors and led me further into the ship.

"I took Dad to his room. He's resting now."

"Is he okay? He wasn't hurt or anything, was he?"

Josephine shook her head. "No, he's fine. But he was hit pretty hard, so he has a bad headache."

I nodded wordlessly and fell into step just behind Josephine. But as we walked, I couldn't help but think back to our conversation in the forest. I remembered everything she had told me as a little girl and felt a pang of guilt in my chest.

"Josephine?"

"Hm?"

I reached out and lightly grabbed the girl by her elbow, tugging her back as I slowed. She looked curiously at me as we stopped in the middle of the hallway.

"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly.

I looked right into my daughter's eyes and felt them welling with tears again. "Did I abandon you?"

Josephine immediately shook her head. "No. Absolutely not. Neither of you abandoned me."

"But you said-"

"I already told you too much. But I promise you, on my honor, you did not abandon me," she assured me as she took my hands in hers. "You were the best mother I could have ever hoped for."

"Y-You said you were angry a-at your father…"

Josephine shook her head. "No. I'm sorry, but I'm not telling you anymore. You know I shouldn't have said anything that I did."

"But Josephine… I mean, Sarah…" I smiled a little awkwardly and glanced away for a moment. "What do you want me to call you?"

"Whatever you want." She patted the back of my hand and then dropped them. "Come on. We should probably check on Dad now."

Josephine took me to the Doctor's room, where we found the Time Lord asleep on his bed. I told the girl that I wanted to stay with him and then suggested that she go back to the others and explain her vortex manipulator and who she really was. Once she was gone, I walked further into the Doctor's room and looked around a little.

It had been a few weeks, or months even, since I was last in the Doctor's room. Because he was still in his first incarnation, there weren't any photos on the wall. The only picture in the room was on the table by his bed; it was a polaroid of me with Susan Foreman, embracing and smiling.

The bed itself was a simple, double size with white sheets and a dark red throw. The bedframe was made of some kind of dark wood and had a plain headboard. The walls of the room were similar to the console room walls and were the same off-white color. A dark colored desk was placed across the room with dozens of papers and a few notebooks strewn across the surface. The only other furniture in the room was a small, dark red reading chair and a short, white bookcase.

I looked back to the Doctor and smiled when he let out a light snore. I wasn't sure exactly what his relationship with me was like so early in his timeline, so I figured it might be too presumptuous of me to jump into bed beside him. Instead, I walked to the reading chair and turned it so I could see the Doctor easier before finally sitting down.

Well, I thought to myself, things are certainly a lot different than I expected. We got out of that caveman nonsense easier than I anticipated, which is technically good. But my daughter is both travelling with her father before he really even knows her and is a Time Agent. I sighed and leaned forward to lower my face into my hands. Nothing's happening the way it's supposed to and I don't know if that's bad or not.

A/N: For the longest time, I was doing fine with inspiration for this chapter. And then I took a break for the weekend and now I can't write to save my life. The next chapter might not be up for a little while, so I'll give you a little something to look forward to… When Di jumps next, she'll end up with Nine. That's all I can say for now. ;)