Vincent and the Handler Part 2

Alec POV .

I looked up at my brother, my eyes still shining with tears from the surprise, when a ginger woman and Vincent came rushing in.

"Alec!" Vincent shouted, obviously surprised I was here. Can't blame him there. It was a surprise for me too but after that poor creature got frightened by that woman I needed to warn him away from painting without me for the next couple days, just in case he frightens the poor Krafayis.

"Doctor! Are you okay, who's this?" The redhead asked, throwing a glare at me, most likely assuming I was responsible for Thetas' paralysed state. "Who are you? What have you done to the Doctor?"

"B-brother?" Everyone heard the whisper the Doctor came out with, and they both looked shocked and skeptical which I could understand, he was tall, gangly and brown haired while I came up to 5 foot nothing, and had brilliant red hair.

"Stella?" Theta whispered in that lost language of our homeworld. I nodded silently, not trusting myself to speak. In all my 600 years, I had never been so scared of this being a dream.

My brother immediately ran towards me and hugged me so hard I swear I almost started regenerating. " Stella where have you been? How are you alive? What's happened? Wha-"

I cut him off by squeezing back burying my head in his chest as I tapped a 6 set of beats like we used to do as kids when I was still in the Academy and we needed time to answer. Tap-TapTap-Tap-TapTap. It was the first thing I could think of to do to stop the barrage of questions.

"T-" I cut myself off quickly, remembering there were others still in the room. "D-doctor, how did you survive the Time War?" I could feel him stiffen and tap the same back, making me understand the questions could wait as there was still the question as to why he was here.

Before he broke off the hug I sent a small mental hug over to him, whose own mental probe quickly grabbed mine and created a mental link, it wouldn't last long unless we reinforced it via constant telepathy but it would do for the next couple days.

The ginger had obviously ran out of patience by now and was back to shouting questions at us. "Doctor? Who is this woman? How do you know her? Is she really your sister, you look nothing alike?" The woman was obviously fuming (I really need to learn her name it's getting annoying calling her the ginger)

Vincent was also confused but seemed willing to wait until everything had settled. Before Theta could answer gingers question,

Toubib came running in, and sat next to me, growling at ginger as she continued to glare at me, getting her attention and getting her to back off.

"What's your name here? I can't exactly call you Stella when there's others around?" I heard my brother's voice whisper in my head and I shivered happily, thankful that the deafening silence was stopped and my thoughts stopped bouncing around for a bit.

"It's Alec here." I sent back over and watched Theta give his own happy shiver. I was still burning with curiosity as to how he was alive but I wouldn't question it too much if it meant he was here with me again.

"This is Alec, my younger sister, otherwise known as The Handler." I groaned in embarrassment at that title, wishing I had researched more words back then relating to animals, I could have been the Tamer or the Zoologist or something but noooo silly Stella decides the Handler is the best name. I so want to slap my past self.

I waved over to Ginger ( "her name's Amy Pond" I heard the Doctor say in my head, the link slowly getting stronger already, chuckling at my nickname for her) "Hi, how's things? Hey Vincent came over to check on you after that woman scared that poor creature." For some reason I could hear laughter over the link but waved it off to deal with later.

"What creature is it this time Alec?" Vincent chuckled as he rolled his eyes in fondness, showing Theta and Amy that we had had this conversation at least a thousand times before. I could feel Theta stiffen next to me and was slightly confused as to why but figured he would tell me later.

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Doctors POV

I can't believe my little Stella managed to escape the Time War. I need to finish this adventure quickly so that I can make sure she's okay. I noticed the dog and couldn't help but let out a single tear as I remembered our home constantly being overrun by all manner of creatures, with my sister usually in the middle saying that 'they just need some looking after.'

When I noticed Vincent acting so familiar with Stella I couldn't help but stiffen up in annoyance, what if they were in a relationship? How dare this man think he's good enough for my little sister. I shook my head and turned to Stella to ask her questions about this so-called 'poor creature'.

"Alec?" Time, that was a strange name, he wondered where she picked it up. "What's this creature and was it the one who hurt that woman in the alleyway?" The way she shuffled and looked away gave me the answer, making me laugh a little before focusing on the matter at hand.

"Do you know what it is?" She nodded, an annoyed expression on her face as it to say how stupid it was to ask her a question about animals. "Will you be able to find it again? It's hurting people and we need to send it back where it belongs."

"It's a Krafayis Doctor, an invisible creature that travels the universe hunting for food. After they are done with one world they move onto the next, leaving the weaker or disabled ones behind to die, survival of the fittest seems to be their motto." Stella said, reciting the information as though it was common knowledge, making me feel proud that she continued her expertise in her favourite area.

"Wait, you mean this Krafayis has already hurt people and you're calling it a 'poor creature?'" Amy scoffed, not noticing when I winced and immediately started waving my hands, trying to shut her up. If there is one thing I know about Stella, it is that she would happily go to war over an animal and has on multiple occasions put animals lives over other people and even her own.

Stella immediately narrowed her eyes and her dog, which had been looking around the room, immediately tensed up and suddenly, and weirdly, managed to GROW. It went from being around 3ft to 5ft in about two seconds, and it didn't stop growling the entire time. I immediately jumped in front of Stella, hands out, not wanting her to hurt one of my companions over a careless comment.

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Alec POV

I glared over at Amy, and was about to start shouting when Theta got in between us with his arms out as if to stop me from slapping her. Toubib started growing which made me shift my attention from Amy to him and I started stroking his fur to calm him down, I didn't want him to hurt anyone.

"The thing you need to know about Alec, Amy," I heard Theta start explaining, allowing me to calm Toubib down and get him to stop growing. "Is that she absolutely loves animals, she always has and always will put animals' lives over people's. It's gotten her into trouble more times than I can count with other people." I glared jokingingly at him, still too happy about his reappearance to really be angry at that comment, especially when it was true.

Vincent came over to me and Toubib, putting his hand in front of the dog's nose and waiting for him to lick before getting closer. "So Alec, will the sheep be okay with you and Toubib out here? This Krafayis won't hurt them?" I smiled, thinking about my little farm I've built up over the years. I had been on earth for about 30 years now and so far I've only had minor trouble with thieves, the odd alien wandering by, thankfully I've managed to keep myself well hidden and I am still on my second body.

"They'll be fine, I've got some protections set up there, I just need to find the Krafayis again, see what's wrong with them, and then I get a new pet!" I clapped my hands and jumped a little in glee, calming Toubib enough for him to shrink back to normal. I sent a quick mental question over to Theta," what are you even doing here? I highly doubt you knew I was here and I would have taken care of the Krafayis myself. "

"The Krafayis showed up in one of Vincent's paintings, I got worried that he might be in danger so myself and Amy came here to make sure he lives to his proper death date." Theta answered, while also assuring Amy that she wasn't about to be torn apart by my dog, the woman fairly pale which makes sense considering Toubib did grow from around hip height to shoulder height in about a second or two.

"Anyway, Doctor the Krafayis won't bother us here, I told him to keep away from people for a couple days so we should be fine." I went into the kitchen to make everyone a cup of tea, feeling everyone needed a moment to calm down from the hecticness of the last few minutes. Toubib followed me in, Theta following, obviously either not wanting to leave me alone or wanting answers which I also wanted.

"So why Alec?" Theta asked (Guess I'm gonna have to call him Doctor from now on otherwise I'll probably slip up and say Theta out loud.) I turned around, waiting for the water to boil, and smiled up at him.

"It's the name of the woman who found me when I landed here about three decades ago. She looked after me for about ten years before she passed away. She was a nice woman and she left me her farm for me to run and live on." I shed a tear thinking about that kind old lady, who was happy to welcome a strange woman who literally dropped out of the sky. "Besides," I said, looking over at him with a smirk, "it gets less weird looks than if I went around calling myself the Doctor." I laughed at his gobsmacked look, slapping his arm lightly before turning back to the water.

The Doctor sputtered a bit, before shaking his head and smiling at me. "Will you come with me?" He suddenly asked, shuffling about like he truly was nervous, making me smile softly as I realised he truly needed me to come with him so he wouldn't be alone anymore.

"It'll take a week or two before I can get everything squared away here so I can come with you Doctor, I can probably leave my animals with Vincent and he can sell this cottage and go live on my farm." I mused as I poured the tea, sipping mine and grinning at the taste. "How did you get here anyway? Vortex manipulator? I hope not, you know what I'm like with those and I can promise you I have not gotten any better with them."

The Doctor smirked suddenly, I recognised that smirk as the one he usually wore when he knew something I didn't, which happened more often than I would like to admit growing up. He was always the smarter of the two of us while I was the stronger one growing up, though now it feels like he could give me a run for my money.

"Remember that old TARDIS we found in the museum that I stole?" He said grinning like a madman. I nodded curiously, then I stopped and my eyes widened. "No way you've still got that old girl, you failed every pilot's license there is!" I shouted, disbelief written all over my face.

The Doctor laughed in glee at my obvious shock. "Parked her just outside the cafe, got a couple issues to fix with her but she's running better than when I first stole her." He shook his head, obviously wanting to get serious for a moment. "Alec, will you be able to find the Krafayis again? We need to get it off this planet, it doesn't belong here, we both know that."

I sighed but nodded my head. "Yes Doctor, I told him to wait at the church Vincent and I were going to visit tomorrow. I was going to get him to come live with me on my farm, but if I'm going with you then he can come with us right?" I questioned, vaguely remembering our parents telling me that asking was more polite than outright stating something and I really didn't want to start an argument with my brother, I had only just got him back.

The Doctor looked a bit worried. "So long as you can control him, fine you can keep him in the TARDIS, but do not use him to kill hunters, got it?" He waves his finger sternly at me, obviously remembering the times we went to Africa and I helped the lions escape the poachers and used them to get revenge by ripping the hunters to shreds. It was always a cause for argument with us, the Doctor wanting to preserve life when possible, whereas I preferred the rule of an eye for an eye, happily getting revenge on any human who harmed an animal.

I rolled my eyes but reluctantly nodded, knowing he was serious about it. "Look on the bright side, Doctor, now we will both have pets." I grinned widely at him, always happy when we managed to make our minds up without shouting.

He shook his head fondly. "How many times Alec, my companions are not pets, they are friends. We've talked about this, remember?"

We had, a lot of times because it just seems so obvious that they were pets, they didn't live long, they were vaguely amusing to watch and he got sad when they died.

I just sighed. "Does this mean I'll have to be nice to Amy?" I whined, already not liking her. He chuckled and ruffled my hair, earning a scowl from me.

We went back into the living room to see Vincent bent over a painting, Toubib lying next to him while Amy was looking over his finished work. She turned around as we entered and grinned at the Doctor, waving her hand at all of the work.

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Doctors POV:

"Doctor! Come look at all this art!" Amy shouted, grinning over at me, seeming to ignore Alec as Alec walked over to Vincent, hopefully talking about how she would leave soon to come travel with me. I grinned at Amy and went over to her where she was looking at a half finished Starry Night.

"Are you okay Amy?" I questioned, knowing she was at least a little unsettled by the insane Time Lady. He had never hated the Time Lords more than when Alec had come back from her time in front of the Untempered Schism, unable to talk in any language but instead barking, chirping, growling, even sub vocalising. I was the one to reteach her how to speak Gallifreyan, helped soothe her after a breakdown, came up with coping mechanisms for her to be able to continue a mostly normal life.

"Y-yeah, yeah I'm fine Doctor just, who is she? Why haven't you said anything about her before?" Amy asked, obviously still confused as to how Alec brought out my emotional outburst when in all the time Amy had known me, I had only had outbursts of anger like back on Starship UK, or was generally going around with a smile on my face.

"She's my sister, Amy, my youngest sister. She was my biggest supporter in whatever I did and has even saved my life once or twice. When the War ended I thought she died along with Gallifrey, and I could not bear to think of her any longer." I sighed, then shook my head free of the depressing times of just after the War.

"I want you to get along with her Amy, she's coming with us because I can't leave her here, I know she will be hard to get on with but she means well, she just has a hard time identifying when she's being rude and she doesn't really care for anyone apart from animals and me." I was desperate for Amy to get along with Alec, not wanting it to be awkward on the TARDIS, and really not wanting to have to choose between my long lost sister and The Girl Who Waited.

Amy huffed, but nodded her head, getting a smile and a hug from me. I glanced over to Alec and Vincent to see her hugging Vincent, whispering in his ear things I couldn't hear.

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Alec POV:

I had just finished explaining to Vincent when and why I would be leaving. He took it fairly well, claiming he knew that I wasn't meant for the quiet life of a farmer, which was true. I craved the adventure that the Doctor could give me, all the animals and culture that I could find.

I did tell him that he wouldn't be able to paint as much after the 29th of July this year, as that was what history thought his death date was. He seemed to be rather concerned that his death date was so close but I reassured him that I took care of it, which I had. He would not kill himself if he felt he had something else he had to live for, which my sheep would provide. He could live the quiet life of the farmer for me.

Amy and Vincent went to bed not long after, both offering their goodbyes to their respective friends. The Doctor and I, as Time Lords, did not need sleep as much as our humans did so we were sitting on the sofa, cradling cups of tea as we looked at each other, basking in the fact we were both still there, still alive.

"I- I don't recognise this body." The Doctor stuttered, and I knew he was upset that I had regenerated since the last time he saw me. "How did it happen? How many times? How old are you now?" These questions all came out rapid fire and I had to do our tap for him to stop. Tap-TapTap-Tap-TapTap. He looked sheepish that he got carried away, but I just smiled at him and answered each of them.

"To answer them in order, and answer how I got here, our mother pushed me through the Schism, saying that she had seen that it was my best chance of survival. It was … horrific Doctor, I'm pretty sure my mind fractured even more than it already was." I don't think I could have stopped talking if I tried, I had been holding this in for 30 years with no one to truly understand the hell the Schism was for me. The Doctor had been one of the only ones who stuck by me while the madness tore through my mind. I truly loved him for that and considered his life more important than my own, along with any other animal.

"I fell through the Schism for what felt like eternity, but was most likely seconds before I crashed to the ground about a mile from the farm I now live on. I - I died on impact, Doctor." It truly had been horrific, that first time regenerating. You know that you can regenerate but those seconds before it happens, when you can feel death approaching… I had never been more relieved in my life when I saw my hands glow gold.

"I started regenerating almost immediately, the blast attracting an old farming woman called Alec, who found me unconscious, in a deep crater, breathing what looked to her like golden dust. I wouldn't have blamed her if she left me there, but she dragged me into her house and looked after me while I slept the regeneration off." I was feeling better as I spoke through the events of my arrival, almost cleansed in a way. I could tell my brother was devastated that he wasn't there when all this was happening, but I didn't blame him, not until I got all the information on what he had been up to.

"When I woke up, she explained what had happened and how she found me. She explained that she did not want money or anything for doing it, but you know I hate leaving debts unpaid Doctor. I worked for her for a couple of years, before she got ill. I tried to help her, but I was never any good with healing. She left me the farm and the cottage, and I've been living there for the past 25 years. I am now 600 years old, 601 in a couple of weeks actually." I had been looking forward to my birthday, Vincent said he wanted to do a painting of me.

I sighed and smiled at a tearful Doctor, knowing he was beating himself up about it. I gave him a small mental hug, letting him feel that I was happy, hoping it calmed him down. He had always been the worrier of the family, always wanting to protect me, but he failed to realise that sometimes he needed to be protected as well. Well he wouldn't have to worry about that now, I was back with him, and nobody was going to take him from me again.

"So that's my story from the War to now Doctor, I also don't recognise that face, how many times have you regenerated from the War Doctor?" He immediately glared at me, knowing that I knew he didn't think of that body as the Doctor, however I just couldn't think of any body of my brothers as not a doctor. He would always be a doctor to me.

"This is my 12th face, I'm the 11th Doctor." He seemed happy with this body, more at peace than most of his other bodies. However I worried slightly, if this was his 12th body then he only had one body left, he had burnt through too many, protecting his human pets.

"I'm only on my Second body Doctor, I can give you some of my regenerations." He immediately stopped me, panicking slightly.

"Don't you dare Stella, I will not be the cause of you having to cut your lives in half. I have accepted I will die sooner rather than later, I don't like it but I've accepted it. The Earth is in a better place than it was when I found it, UNIT, Torchwood, and Sarah Jane are all looking after it for me when I'm not there." I could tell that he hated the thought of his death, it terrified him, but he was putting on a brave face so I wouldn't give him my regenerations.

I kept my quiet about it, however if the Doctor started dying in front of me, then I would give him my regeneration energy, and I wouldn't care what he said so long as he lived.

"So, how did you survive the Time War, Doctor? I know you were only in it for a short while, compared to the rest of us." I didn't blame him for not taking part in the War, as a Doctor it was practically the complete opposite of what he was meant for. I also knew he was one of the best warriors Gallifrey had, a brilliant strategist with a strong link to one of the most sentient TARDISES out there, managing to destroy Daleks in the hundreds.

The Doctor looked away from me, a tear in his eye, and I knew he was scared of something, my reaction to his story most likely.

"It was just after the fall of Arcadia, everything on the planet was either dead or in the process of dying. I had just watched children being killed, regenerating, then killed again in some sick form of amusement." I could tell the Doctor hated going back to those memories, but he felt I deserved an explanation and so he would provide it.

"It felt like my mind had broken in that second, and I decided, no more. I stole the last forbidden weapon from the Omega Arsenal, The Moment, and … and used it on Gallifrey. I put the planet in a massive Time Lock, forever keeping the War from the rest of the universe. The Daleks had all fired one last attack on the planet, but because of the Lock, it got sent to the Daleks on the other side of Gallifrey and killed them all. There's only a few remnants still roaming around."

I was in shock, The Moment was the most powerful weapon the Time Lords devised, nicknamed the Galaxy Eater for being able to wipe out all life in whole galaxy's in a single moment. It was also rumoured to have become sentient, to have developed a conscience even, which was why the Time Lords had never used it, even at their most desperate. However I felt the Doctor wasn't telling me the whole story, he was stronger than that, and I knew he wouldn't have had a breakdown over lives cut short.

"What aren't you telling me, Doctor? There's something else, something horrific that drove you to The Moment, to save the Universe from the Daleks and the Time Lords." I knew I hit the nail on the head when he flinched and looked away from me, focusing on his now cold tea. I didn't know why he did what he did but it was obviously the lesser of two evils.

"The High Council had convened hours before I ended the War, Rassilon had managed to convince the High Council to initiate The Final Sanction, a plan to rip the Time Vortex apart, obliterating the Universe, leaving the Time Lords as 'creatures of consciousness alone,' I could not allow the entire Universe to be destroyed from the Time War, so I saved it. If you hate me for it Alec, I understand."

I was shocked, and horrified at what the Time Lords were about to do. I couldn't say anything, so I just launched myself at my brother, crying into his shoulder as I hugged him to an inch of regeneration. I couldn't believe what he had had to do to save the Universe and I would never hate him for that. I swore a promise there and then in my mind, keep the Doctor alive and happy at all costs, up to and including my own permanent death.

We laid there till morning, the Doctor crying on my shoulder as he was tormented by his memories. I just soothed him, getting Toubib to sit next to him so he could stroke my dog and calm down.

By the time Amy woke up and came into the living room, the Doctor had his smile back on, happily talking about the plans for the day while I went to wake up Vincent. I found him having an attack, moaning and writhing on his bed. I sent Toubib to care for him and I went back to the kitchen to make some breakfast of eggs and bacon for everyone else, and porridge for me.

By the time Vincent came in, we had all finished eating, and I had just plated up Vincent's own eggs and bacon. I was sitting on the sofa, focusing on seeing Vincent's timeline, wanting to make sure he would be safe when I left, and found him dying of old age, looking after my animals. I was happy for him living a peaceful life and managing to battle back his depression, he deserved a nice, private life.

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Doctors POV :

We were all walking over to the church for Vincent to paint, where Alec said the Krafayis was waiting. She had apparently already got meat for the Krafayis to eat so that it would be well fed and, therefore, less likely to attack so long as we didn't startle them.

I felt lighter today for some reason, more cleansed, as if a great weight had been taken off my shoulders that I hadn't even noticed. I knew it was because I had told the story to Alec and she hadn't hated me for it, or left, or even slapped me. She had just hugged me and cried on my shoulder, apologising that I had been the one to do it. I would have understood if she needed time to wrap her head around it, expected it even. To have instant acceptance hadn't even crossed my mind.

She hadn't said anything as I then cried on her shoulder, and I knew she wouldn't bring it up unless I brought it up first, for as insane as she was, she understood some things that didn't need to be spoken about. I loved her for that and swore she would enjoy her time with me, all of time and space at her fingertips once more.

We arrived at the church and Vincent set up his easel and his paints, while Alec went into the church to get the krafayis. Amy walked up to me while all this was going on and sat down on the grass next to me.

"So what did you and Alec talk about Doctor?" Amy questioned, most likely still iffy about Alec but trying to get over it, which I appreciated. I knew Amy was most likely feeling somewhat jealous, and worried she would be replaced.

"We talked about what had happened since the last time we saw each other, how we survived, what face we were now on. She explained how she regenerated, and I… I explained my role in ending the War. She didn't blame me, hugged me in fact and apologised for it having to be me for ending it." I explained almost everything we had talked about, keeping my own tears a secret, not wanting to seem weak to the person who looked to me for all the answers.

Amy hummed and said "well at least you've got another Time Lord now, you aren't the last any more. Will you be … dropping me off at Leadworth now you have your sister?" I could tell Amy was scared of the answer so I hugged her and whispered that I would never just drop her like that.

Alec came over while we were hugging and wolf-whistled at us hugging. "Hey Doctor, is Amy your girlfriend? Gotta say you've gotten better at picking them." Me and Amy immediately jumped away from each other as though burned. I glared over at my sister, while she just winked at me.

Amy blushed and stuttered before glaring at Alec and storming off to where Vincent had finished setting up. Alec cackled like the madwoman she was and came over to me, arm around an empty patch of air.

"Well Doctor, meet Yoshi." I deadpanned at her as I exaggeratingly looked around. I obviously couldn't see anything, which she seemed to get from her suddenly sheepish look.

She came over to me, stole my sonic, which I yelped at and tried to take back, but she had already ran back and pointed it at the Krafayis.

Like a waterfall, the air around the Krafayis washed away and I was stuck looking at a rather strange looking alien. It was weird, with bird-like feathers but a reptilian looking body, extremely sharp claws and teeth, and white, blank eyes. The Krafayis was blind, which explained why it didn't go around killing people, it couldn't see them and had to rely on his most likely amazing hearing.

I heard Amy scream suddenly and spun round to see her and Vincent staring with horror at the exposed alien. Yoshi's head darted to where Amy's scream came from, the sound obviously playing on his hunting instincts, before Alec's hand patted his head to calm him down.

Yoshi stopped staring in Amy's direction and lay down on the grass next to Alec, crooning in a way, repeatedly saying that he was "warm, fed, safe."

I smiled at Yoshi and sent a look over to Alec, silently asking if it was safe to approach. She nodded and I slowly walked over and sat on his other side, patting Yoshi's side as Vincent regained his composure and started to paint.

Amy came over slowly, obviously extremely apprehensive of the massive feathered reptile hybrid, sitting on my other side as she kept a cautious eye on Yoshi until she was safely next to me.

"So, what is that Doctor? Why did it suddenly pop into existence?" Amy questioned slowly. In turn I told her to direct the question to Alec, as she was, and always would be, the expert when it came to animals of all shapes, sizes and species.

"This is a Krafayis, Amy, like I told you back in Vincent's house. It's visible right now as I remembered the wave their invisibility ran on and used the Doctors sonic to counteract it. By the way Brother, here you are, your sonic back" Alec said all this in a crisp, professional tone, showing to me that she would be respectful to Amy so long as she was respected in turn. I took my sonic back with a smile as I fiddled the settings back to normal.

Amy still seemed slightly stiff to Alec, but Alec just sent me a look that promised she would try to not be mean or rude unless Amy started first. I knew that if Amy did start anything though, there most likely wouldn't be much left of her, Alec could be rather vicious when it came to defending herself.

We sat there, chatting idly as we watched Vincent paint the church as the sun went down and the stars came out.

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Alec POV:

It was the morning after the painting, and we were all set and ready to leave. I was saying goodbye to all my sheep and Toubib, leaving him here for Vincent to look after and help him deal with the sheep. I was crying as I said goodbye, but I managed to tear myself away. I went back to Vincent's cottage in time for the TARDIS to show up. I immediately burst out laughing.

"d-d-Doctor! Why is she STILL a police box when it's been over 500 years!?!" I could barely breathe as I asked that question, practically choking on my laughter as the Doctor stood blushing with embarrassment at my laughter.

"It's not my fault! I can't fix the Chameleon Circuit, and besides, I love her looking like this, it's iconic." The Doctor said defensively. I finished giggling and just threw my arms around my brother.

I gave another hug to Vincent in farewell and made him promise to be healthy and happy as much as he could be, which he promised he would.

I walked through the doors and gasped in wonder at the feeling of being inside a TARDIS once more. It felt practically overwhelming to my mental senses, and I was glad Yoshi followed me through so I could grab hold of him to anchor myself to reality.

I heard the TARDIS beeping and humming in my mind, and tears started to flow down my face as I ran around the console, looking at every inch of her. I stroked the console as I looked at the Doctor, a smile so wide it hurt my cheeks

I was finally home.