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Chapter 15: Cravings
They had just rounded the corner and saw Billy leaning on a wall down the alleyway when the warmth and white light surrounded Wanda. She trailed behind, letting the Doctor and Martha go towards the disoriented man. He was going to get a shock enough in finding out what the Angels had done to him. Best not scare Billy with her suddenly disappearing in a white light. She closed her eyes as the white light consumed her vision, making it impossible to see anything. Then, as she felt herself jump away and appear somewhere new, she let out a startled scream and fell on her knees as the world around her rocked violently.
Wanda stared up in shock to see she had arrived to TARDIS control room. And it was in chaos. There were sparks flying everywhere with fires starting all around the room. The coral pillars came crashing down, barely missing her as they crumbled onto the grated flooring. She rolled over out of the way just in time, in fact, when the one pillar had tumbled over onto the console. The whole placed groaned and creaked as the TARDIS tried to remain stabilized. But it was no good as something seemed to simply destroy the room to bits and wreak havoc. It was not until the golden light which had been filling the room dimmed that Wanda finally noticed the source of the bursting and destructive energy.
It was the Doctor. A newly regenerated Eleven to be specific. She watched as he stumbled a little on his feet as the TARDIS rocked about in flight, still sparking and falling apart like before. A sharp pang went through Wanda as she saw the disorientated Eleven wobble about, blinking rapidly to clear his vision. The Doctor . . . he had regenerated. It was another moment where he had changed faces . . . and she had not been there for him. She had not been there for Nine when he changed to Ten. And now it had happened again. Ten, the one incarnation who so desperately did not wish to leave, had been all alone when he had gone. He did not even have a companion with him to help him through the change like Rose had done for Nine. Ten, who she had been with only moments ago, was now gone forever. Wanda sucked in a deep breath and let her woe and guilt leave her, keeping her mind focus on the new incarnation who needed her now. She smiled brightly, letting her giddy nature pick up in excitement in seeing Eleven again. Oh, how she had missed him. Far too long had they been apart. But now, she was here alongside him and they could have another adventure together.
"Legs!" Eleven suddenly exclaimed. Wanda watched and giggled as he looked down and grabbed onto one of his legs, hoping a small bit to keep his balance as he admired his new legs. "I've still got legs! Good." He gave the one leg a kiss, letting it go as he examined the rest of himself. "Arms, hands! Ooh, fingers! Lots of fingers! Ears, yes. Eyes, too. Nose. I've had worse. Chin. Blimey! Wanda was never kidding!" He tapped at his chin, noticing how large it was.
He then began tugging on his hair, eyes going wide in feeling how much longer it was than his last body's. "Hair. I'm a girl!" Wanda snorted as the Doctor's voice went high-pitched for a moment. He then started to pat at his neck to check for his Adam's apple. "No! No! I'm not a girl. No."
"Well, if you were a girl, that might just complicate things a bit," Wanda spoke up, gaining the Doctor's attention. She stood up on unsteady legs, holding onto the side of the console to keep her balance. "Then again, it might also make things become really interesting." She gave him a sly wink. The Doctor blinked blankly at her for a moment before the biggest, boyish grin appeared on his face.
"Wanda!" He bounced over the best he could to her, stumbling right into her as the ship around them rocked. She blinked in surprise as he suddenly pushed himself flush against her and kissed her hard. He continued to kiss her repeatedly; pulling away and then pushing forward again with very quick and light pecks as he spoke. "Lips! Lips, still got lips. Great lips! No, wait!" He pulled back to grab some of his dark hair and examine it. His face gave a disgruntled expression. "And still not ginger."
"You'll get there one of these days, sweetie," Wanda replied, patting his arm lightly in sympathy. He grinned brightly.
"One of these days, yes!" he agreed. He kissed her heatedly again, making them both lose focus on the chaos around them as they only felt joy for their intimate embrace. The Doctor suddenly pulled away with a smack, making Wanda stiffen at the serious and grave expression he was directing at her. "And I will never let it happen. Do you hear me? Never." He held her possessively against him, giving her a domineering expression that made her shiver slightly. "You are staying with me forever."
"T-Theta?" she questioned carefully, not sure what to think of his sudden change. It was something that did not exactly fit Eleven, being dominant and possessive. Why was he acting in such a way? Blinking rapidly, the Doctor looked her up and down, realizing that her clothes did not match the Wanda who had just been with him. In fact, he noticed how Wanda standing in from of him was wearing multi-coloured dress shirt and light green trousers that he knew for certain resembled the 60s style of fashion. Great choice of clothing for her, really. He loved the 60s.
"Oh? Oh! Sorry! Wrong Wanda. My mistake, just forget I'd said anything." He gave a sheepish smile.
They both let out a startled sound as they fell back onto the grated flooring when the TARDIS rocked violently to the side. Each Time Lord blinked in bewilderment as they suddenly realized what was still happening around them.
"Crashing! I forgot, we're crashing!" Wanda yelled over the noise exploding TARDIS.
"Ha-ha!" the Doctor laughed, bouncing around the console to begin settling the ship the crash landing. Wanda began to help him, going over next to him to see the scanner freaking out in beeping sounds and spinning symbols. The Doctor only whooped, enjoying the great excitement in a TARDIS going crazy. It had been years since a crash landing! It was exciting to experience another one again! It will give him a great challenge in his new body!
"Why are you laughing?!" Wanda exclaimed in disbelief, watching him bounce around the console once more.
"It's been years since I've done this! Isn't this exciting?!" the Doctor said brightly, beaming away. Wanda merely rolled her eyes.
"You crazed moron," she grumbled, shaking her head in a fond and loving manner. Oh yes, she truly did miss Eleven. And she loved him even more for being so insane. It was just perfect! She beamed, bouncing over to give him a peck on his check and held onto a lever with him as the TARDIS continued to spin out of control.
"Geronimo!" the Doctor exclaimed in cheer.
"Eccellente!" Wanda cheered right along with him.
Their cheering did not last long as things grew far too out of control. The whole ship was turning upside-down, spinning them around and around within the control room. Things continued to spark and explode within the room, making the place barely recognizable by the damage. And the noise the TARDIS was making sounded as though the old girl were in pain. At one point, Wanda was holding onto the railing around the console, practically hanging with her feet pointing towards the ceiling because the gravity within the ship was on the fritz. While the Doctor was outside of the doors themselves, holding onto the edge of the doorway with his sonic screwdriver clamped in his teeth and the city of London whizzing by underneath him.
"Hang on, Theta! I think if I can reach the stabilizer, I might be able to—," Wanda began to call out to the Time Lord, but was halted in her statement when the ship tilted harshly, sending her flying down the corridor from the control room. She banged severely against the walls along the way down, until suddenly she was flung right into an open doorway.
The door slammed shut as soon as she fell into the room. She blinked in a daze as she realized she had landed right into a bed. Her own bed, as a matter of fact. She did not get much time to process how she had managed to end up in her own room when she was tossed right off the bed. Screaming, she was thrown around the room in the erratic course of the ship, along with everything else in the room. Eventually, though, everything finally halted and came to a stop when the ship thudded loudly and shuttered on impact.
Remaining on the floor in a daze, Wanda blinked to clear her vision as she stared at the ceiling above her. Different music sheets floated down around her as things finally settled and grew quiet. Sitting up, she blinked again, trying to steady herself as the room tilted and spun slightly around her. Shaking her head quickly, she cleared her vision. A mirror lay beside her, lying cracked on the ground for her to see her image in a scattered reflection. She could not help but giggle upon the sight of seeing her ash-blonde hair a mess around her head. Flattening her hair the best she could, she slowly stood up, looking around to see the Doctor's and her room in such a state. She barely recognized it. But then, her hearts broke upon the sight of something precious lying in pieces on the ground.
"Oh . . .," she breathed, falling back onto her knees beside her smashed violin. Shaking hands grasped it as she pulled it up from the ground. It fell apart even more, splintered to bits. A single tear landed on the instrument as Wanda's bottom lip quivered. Sniffling, she hurriedly rubbed at her eyes, trying to keep herself together. God she was being overemotional. It . . . it was just a daft old violin after all. It's not like she really had time to play it anymore anyway. It's not like she had not been planning on playing it for Eleven to celebrate him being born from the regeneration . . . or even for Amy and Rory's wedding. Wanda sniffled again, rubbing away her tears.
Her grip on the broken instrument tightened as someone suddenly knocked on the door. What? Knocked on the door? Who the heck could that be? She received her answer the moment she opened her door, seeing the Doctor hanging by a rope outside her doorway, soaking wet with the clothes on him ripped and singed in many places. Ten's old suit, no longer clean and pressed as he would always have it. No longer the Foxy Doctor's suit. Now it was the Raggedy Doctor's. Eleven, the Raggedy Doctor, grinned brightly at her.
"Ah! I see the gravity in your room is still working," he said merrily. He thought about this for a moment, tilting his head a little as he was staring at her sideways from the strange angle they had ended up at. "Mostly working. I thought I might find you in here. I knew the TARDIS would most likely send you to your room if you were in some sort of trouble. Or, quite possibly, you just got very lucky in landing in your room when falling through the corridor. I got lucky, too! I landed in the swimming pool." His grin brightened even more as he seemed so delighted in landing in the TARDIS pool.
Wanda smiled warmly, happy for his delight. "I'm just glad you're okay. Do you think the TARDIS will be all right, too?"
"Of course! It takes more than a little old regeneration backfire to mess with her," he responded. At the disgruntled hum echoing through the corridor, he gave a sheepish expression. "Of course, she'll have to redesign everything now. But who's counting technicalities?" He glanced down and his happy demeanour deflated upon the sight of the broken violin in the Time Lady's hands. He felt even worse when looking back up to see Wanda's eyes were still red from obvious tears. "Oh, Wanderer, I'm so sorry. I know how much that meant to you."
Wanda shrugged her shoulders, tossing the now useless instrument back into the room. "It's fine. It was just a daft old violin anyway."
"Yes, but it was your daft old violin." He swung himself forward, giving her an awkward sideways kiss. "I'm sure once the TARDIS gets things settled again, she'll make you a new one."
She smiled, shaking her head. "We'll worry over a silly violin later. For now, let's go see where we've ended up."
"Good idea." The Doctor grinned once more, climbing up the rope as quickly as he could.
Wanda hopped out of the bedroom, catching the rope in a tight grip and following after him. She saw how the TARDIS doors were already open for them as they shimmied up the rope through the control room. Everything felt weird to her seeing the whole place sideways. It felt as about as strange and bizarre as the one time Eleven had taken her to the upside-down party in the future. Very fun, but very disorienting.
Staring at the rope in hand, she knew this must have been the grappling hook the Doctor had thrown out of the TARDIS doors. How he managed to throw the hooked rope all the way from the pool to the open doors, she had no idea. He must have one hell of an arm in his new body. She wondered what else he might—no wait, those were not appropriate thoughts. Nope. Or . . . were they? They were technically together now, both in marriage and in bonding, so . . .
"Can I have an apple? All I can think about, apples. I love apples. Maybe I'm having a craving. That's new. Never had cravings before," spoke the Doctor hanging above her.
Wanda blinked out of her wander thoughts. Gazing up to see the Doctor poking his head out of the TARDIS doorway, looking at someone, Wanda snorted and shook her head.
"Why don't you try introducing yourself first before demanding for an apple?" Wanda called from underneath him, her voice echoing around the TARDIS as she spoke. "And can you please move it? I don't think I can hang on much longer."
"Sorry," the Doctor replied, pulling himself up the rest of the way onto the frame of the doorway. He leaned down towards Wanda, holding out a hand to her. She gladly grabbed it, gripping the hand tightly as he pulled her up next to him. "There you go, all fine. Right as rain." He smiled and patted her back as she leaned next to him. Wanda shook her head fondly.
"You. Are. An. Idiot," she said. The Doctor grinned and leaned closer towards her so that way their noses were touching.
"Yes, but I'm your idiot," he said huskily. Wanda scoffed as he tried to kiss her lips hungrily and give her a snog, but she pushed him away.
"Not in front of a child, idiot," she scolded him. She turned her attention the little Amelia who stood in front of them. Wanda smiled warmly, finding it amusing and wonderful to be seeing the little girl. How strange was it in seeing someone she knew so well as a grown-up and was now seeing them as a child. Then, Wanda found herself giddy over seeing little Amelia in her red jumper, little white dressing gown, and red wellies. She was just so adorable!
"Are you both okay?" little Amelia asked them, her Scottish accent heavy with her words.
"Peachy!" Wanda exclaimed merrily as the Doctor leaned over a little ways to stare down into the TARDIS. "We're just sort of having vehicle troubles at the moment. Our ship got into a bit of a mess."
"Just had a fall," the Doctor added in. "All the way down there, right to the library for me. And Wanda here ended up in our room. Hell of a climb back up." Amelia frowned at him, looking him up and down in the way his clothes dripped in cold water.
"You're soaking wet," she pointed out to him.
"He fell in the pool," Wanda explained.
"He said he was in the library," Amelia countered, looking confused by their conflicting stories as to what happened to the man.
"So was the swimming pool," the Doctor told the little girl. Amelia rolled her eyes, looking frustrated with their rambling and explanations that went nowhere.
"Are you both policemen?" she asked them, wanting to hurry up to the real reason for them being there. She hoped that it was Santa Claus answering her wishes. The Doctor stared at the child in bewilderment.
"Why?" he asked her. "Did you call the policemen?"
"Actually, she was praying to Santa. Right, sweetie?" Wanda spoke up, grinning at little Amelia. The girl stared at the woman in amazement, suddenly seeming hopeful.
"Did he send you? Did you come about the crack in my wall?" she asked quickly, smiling happily in her situation finally being taken care of. That crack had been scaring her far too long. She would be glad once it was gone.
"Well . . . not exactly. But we are here to help," Wanda assured the girl that her problem will be solved . . . eventually. "We'll take care of that nasty crack for you." She beamed, joyful to see the great smile on Amelia's face. Wanda always loved bringing children joy. Especially those who were a part of her family. The Doctor's expression held great confusion, unsure as to what either of them was talking about.
"What cra—," he started to say, but could not speak anymore as horrible pain lashed through him. He let out a cry in agony, falling forward off the frame of the TARDIS and onto the ground as he withered in pain. Wanda gasped in alarm, hurriedly falling down next to him.
"Are you all right, sweetie?" she asked him in concern, helping him sit up off the ground. Amelia stared at him in concern as well as the Doctor leaned against the TARDIS underside, panting and wheezing. He gave them a reassuring smile.
"No, I'm fine, it's okay," he told them both. "This is all perfectly norm—." He was cut off in his words again as his body gave another painful spasm. He clutched at his stomach and opened his mouth, letting out wisps of golden regeneration energy. Wanda patted his shoulder, trying to comfort his pain in some way. She knew how painful the after-effects could be sometimes. Amelia, however, stared at him in amazement and wonder.
"Who are you?" she asked, staring back and forth between the two strangers. "Both of you?"
"I don't know yet," the Doctor replied, holding up his hands for them to see the golden glow around them. "I'm still cooking." He glanced up at the little girl. "Does it scare you?" Amelia frowned and shook her head.
"No, it just looks a bit weird," she said.
"No, no, no. The crack in your wall. Does it scare you?" the Doctor corrected what exactly he was asking the little girl. Amelia nodded her head, looking as though she were scared quite often by that particular occurrence.
"Yes," she told him. The Doctor smiled brightly, knowing this adventure with the little girl was going to be just as interesting as she herself was. He bounced up onto his feet, pulling up Wanda with him. Wrapping an arm around his Wanderer's middle, he beamed at the little girl while the Time Lady beside him smiled gently.
"Well, then, no time to lose," he said cheerfully. He pointed at himself. "I'm the Doctor. And this here is the Wanderer." He pointed at Wanda, who waved and bounced giddily at the little girl in front of them. "Do everything we tell you, don't ask stupid questions, and don't wander off." He suddenly let go of Wanda, spinning around to stride off in the opposite direction of the house.
"Wait, Doctor, watch out for that—," Wanda began to warn him. But it was too late for a warning as the Doctor ran smack into the tree and fell onto his back with a thump. The Time Lady let out a puff of air. ". . . tree." She walked over to him, crouching down to snicker at the blinking and dazed Doctor. "You all right down there?"
"Early days. Steering's a bit off," he grumbled. Shaking his head, he tried clearing his vision as he frowned at the snickering Time Lady above him. "Where did that tree come from? Did you put that there?"
"Oh yes, I made sure to jump back into the past, years before this, planted the tree, and made certain it would be in your path so you would walk right into it," Wanda said sarcastically. She stuck out her tongue at him as he gave a wiry grin.
"I wouldn't put it past you," he joked. Quickly and abruptly, he threaded his fingers through her hair around the back of her head, pulling her down to give her a searing kiss. When he pulled away, he kept his tone low as he breathed into her ear. "You know, apples aren't the only thing I'm craving." Wanda scoffed, hitting him on the arm as he chuckled.
"Perv," she mumbled under her breath. The Doctor only gave her a boyish grin in response.
Wanda had always found it funny how Ten would always flirt openly and be almost perverted with others, but when it came to being around her he would get all flustered and nervous. Then with Eleven, it was the opposite with him becoming confused around others when it came to flirting or any other sort of voluptuous topics or actions. Then when she was around him, he would suddenly snap around and be completely keen on being the biggest flirt or tease. It always amused her with this change from the two personalities. Especially when it was completely different from what she had seen on the telly back in her world.
Wanda helped the Doctor up, letting him lean on her as they followed Amelia to the girl's house. She had them wait in the doorway of her kitchen as she searched for an apple that the Doctor insisted upon. Wanda continued to let him lean against her, feeling his clothes soak her own as the water from him dripped on the floor. Finally, Amelia found an apple in a pantry, holding the red fruit in her hands as she brought it over to the man. She held it out to him, letting him grab it from her. The girl stared at them both curiously but kept most of her perplexed gaze on the Time Lord.
"If you're a doctor, why does your box say 'Police'?" she questioned him.
"It's sort of our way of letting others know we're here to help. Even if we're not exactly the police," Wanda explained to the girl as the Doctor took a loud crunching bite from the apple. She stood there unflinching while the Doctor suddenly spat out his bite and Amelia jumped back a step as the mushy bits of apple went flying at her. Wanda gave Amelia a side glance as she saw the girl give her a look of disgusted confusion. "And before you ask, Amelia: yes. Yes, he's always been this disgusting."
"'Disgusting'? Since when have I been disgusting?" the Doctor asked in disbelief, pouting like a child to being told he was crude. "I'm not disgusting. This is! What is that even?" He held out the apple as far away from him as he could, glaring at it as if it had done something horrible.
"It's an apple, Doctor. Just like you asked," Wanda disputed, placing her hands on her hips as she moved away from him. "And yes, you are disgusting. Like the rudeness, the grossness you have never goes away."
"Tell me when I've ever been disgusting," the Doctor countered.
"Oh, I don't know, how about the time on the Sycorax ship—another time you had just regenerated—when you had walked up and licked blood from their blood control plate. Seriously, who just walks up, sees blood, and thinks 'yeah, I'll go ahead and give that a lick'? I mean really."
The Doctor merely pouted once more, grumbling like a child under his breath. Wanda snickered lightly, shaking her head fondly. He sure was adorable when he pouted like that. Amelia, who had been observing their strange behavior and words, stared at the blonde girl curiously.
"You know my name. How do you know that?" she questioned Wanda. The Time Lady smiled brightly at the little girl.
"I sort of know things before they happen," Wanda explained. Amelia blinked, staring at Wanda in bewilderment as she tilted her head and frowned.
"What, like seeing the future?" the child questioned.
"Uh, no, not really that." Wanda scratched at her temple slightly. "I just know things in advance. Kind of like I've read the book before anyone else, but instead of it being a 'book' it's actually the world we live in. Get it?"
Amelia frowned even more, crossing her arms as if not liking the strange way the woman was trying to explain things. "You mean seeing the future. You're psychic."
"Well . . . no, it's not—hey! What are you doing?!" Wanda exclaimed when seeing stuff flying from the refrigerator as the Doctor dug through it. He pulled away from the frig with a yoghurt in hand, furrowing his brows at them as both females stared at him in disbelief in the mess he was making.
"You both were taking too long. I'm having cravings now," he retorted. He pulled back the wrapping of the yoghurt and downed the contents. He smiled brightly for a second as he savoured the flavour before spitting out in disgust. "I hate yoghurt. It's just stuff with bits in." He threw the container down and began to rummage through the frig once more.
This continued on for some time as the Doctor rampaged through the kitchen in search for the satisfaction for his cravings. He tried bacon. That was poison. Then beans. Those were evil. Moving onto bread and butter, that ended up being tossed outside angrily and hitting a stray cat. Carrots . . . Well, Wanda felt sorry for the poor vegetables after what the Doctor did to them. She finally sighed in exasperation when seeing how dismayed Amelia looked by the state of her kitchen.
"Oh, for Pete's sakes," Wanda muttered, marching over to the freezer to pull out a box of fish fingers. Then another container of custard from the frig. She pushed them into the Doctor's arms, patting him on the shoulder. "There. Try these." The Time Lord beamed, bouncing away to make the items. Wanda turned back to the freezer, pulling out a tub of ice cream. "Here you go, Amelia. Have at it. It's a reward for putting up with the idiot." The little girl smiled brightly, pulling out a spoon from a drawer to begin digging into the sweet treat. Wanda then went over to a pantry, opening the small door. "As for me: custard creams."
She bounced and smiled when seeing the package of her favourite treat. Skipping over to the small table in the kitchen to sit across from Amelia, Wanda dug into her delicious biscuits. The Doctor flopped down into a chair next to her a moment later, stuffing his face happily with fish fingers and custard. He had finally found what he had been craving. He frowned when seeing what Wanda was munching on, staring curiously at the custard creams.
"Custard creams? Why are you eating those?" he wondered aloud.
"Because they're my favourites," Wanda replied, smiling in content when taking a bite of one of the biscuits.
"Rubbish. Those are rubbish. I think jammie dodgers are much better," the Doctor countered.
"Now those are rubbish. Custard creams are much tastier." Wanda gave another bite of her biscuit.
The Doctor shook his head, grinning slyly as he bit into a fish finger covered in custard. "Nope. Jammie dogers."
Wanda stuck out her tongue. "Nu-huh. Custard Creams."
"Jammie dogers."
"Custard Creams."
"Jammie dogers."
"Funny," Amelia spoke up, interrupting the two Time Lords. Both blinked at her, confused as to why she was staring at them in amusement. They acted like the other children from her school.
"What is?" the Doctor asked.
"You two are," Amelia clarified, eating a spoon full of ice cream. The Doctor and Wanda both grinned happily.
"Good. Funny's good," the Doctor said.
"And being silly is even better," Wanda added. Each adult gave the other a sly grin before turning their attention back to the girl in front of them, growing serious. "So, Amelia Pond—."
"Oh. That's a brilliant name," the Doctor interrupted her, smiling brightly at the little girl. "'Amelia Pond,' like a name in a fairy tale. Are we in Scotland, Amelia?" Amelia gave an exasperated sigh.
"No," she grumbled. "Had to move to England. It's rubbish."
"So what about your mum and dad, then?" the Doctor pressed on to more questions. "Are they upstairs? Thought we'd have woken them by now." Amelia stared blankly at her ice cream for a second before shaking her head sadly.
"I don't have a mum and dad. Just an aunt," she told him. Both adults gave small nods and empathetic smiles.
"I don't even have an aunt," the Doctor said, trying to lighten the mood of the girl slightly.
"You're lucky." Amelia smiled lightly.
"I had an aunt once," Wanda spoke up thoughtfully, staring upwards in contemplation as she remembered her family from her world. She frowned slightly as she tried recalling her aunt, but all she could truly call to mind was her aunt's occupation. "She was an investigative journalist, I think." She shook herself out of her memories, smiling back at Amelia. "Anyway, so, your aunt's out I'm guessing?"
"Not that you wouldn't know already," Amelia said, giving a grin to the blonde woman. "You being able to see the future and all."
"I told you, I can't 'see' the future. I just 'know' the future," Wanda replied, munching on another custard cream. She paused in her eating as she thought her words over. "Well, I mean . . . I sometimes can see into the future. But that's a whole other story."
"I still say you're psychic," Amelia replied, taking another spoon full of her ice cream. The Doctor stared thoughtfully at the two of them for a second before looking curiously at the little girl.
"So your aunt left you here all alone?" he questioned her.
"I'm not scared," Amelia retorted, looking as she said this to adults quite often. The Doctor grinned brightly.
"'Course you're not. You're not scared of anything!" he responded. "Box falls out of the sky, strangers fall out of the box, strangers dig through your kitchen and eat your food," he took another bite of a fish finger covered in custard, holding a studying gaze on the child, "and look at you, just sitting there." Amelia gave him a baffled expression, unsure of where he was going with this. The Doctor and Wanda both stared at her with serious looks on their faces. "So you know what I think?"
"What?" Amelia questioned, shaking her head in confusion as to what he was leading to.
"Must be a hell of a scary crack in your wall," both Time Lords said together. Each of them gave a side glance at the other, then turned their full attention on Amelia. Meanwhile, Amelia gulped, looking as though their words could be no closer to the truth.
Hesitantly and cautiously, after a moment of persuasion on the Doctor and Wanda's part, the girl led them upstairs to her bedroom. Of course, not before grabbing another apple from the kitchen's pantry. Wanda smiled as she saw the girl carving a face into the fruit with a small knife. It was so adorable how determined Amelia seemed to be in either impressing them or making things better for them. Even by making apples more pleasing for the Doctor.
When they walked into the upstairs bedroom, Wanda looked at everything curiously. The room was small and cozy, with a child's bed, a multi-coloured quilt laying on it, toys scattered around, small cute laps on different end tables, and a large doll's house sitting in the corner. The most obvious thing out of place was the large crack above the bed. It some ways, it seemed harmless and normal. In others . . . it felt . . . ominous. Wanda let out a thoughtful hum as the Doctor examined it, trailing his fingers along the crack.
"What are you thinking?" he asked quietly.
"I'm thinking that crack shouldn't be here," Wanda whispered when standing close behind him. He hummed in agreement.
"You're had some cowboys in here," the Doctor noted, glancing over at Amelia who remained by the doorway, seeming too nervous to step up closer to the crack. "Not actual cowboys—."
"Though that can happen," Wanda finished his thought. They both grinned at each briefly before looking back at the crack.
After a moment, Amelia walked over to the Doctor, handing him the apple once she had finished carving the face into it. Taking it gratefully, the Doctor stuffed the fruit into his trouser pocket and continued to examine the wall. He hummed in thought, tapping his fingers lightly over the surface.
"This wall is solid and the crack doesn't go all the way through it," he muttered. "So here's a thing, where's the draft coming from?" He pulled away, scanning the crack with his old sonic.
Wanda's eyes narrowed a bit as she stared closely at the crack, running her own fingers along the line. Very faint whisperings could be heard coming from it, along with a slim bit of light shining in her eyes. She was not sure if the other two were noticing the light or whispers. She wondered if perhaps it was Atraxi guard's message and the prison, or perhaps . . . something else. She wasn't exactly sure. She knew how the cracks were sometimes two parts of space and time meeting together, parts that were not meant to come together. Other times, it could be time energy that was dangerous and could erase people from existence like what happened to Rory within the Silurian city. She wondered, though, if maybe the cracks also held other secrets. She knew they could lead into pocket universes, such as with happened at Trenzalore with Gallifrey. Her fingers halted in tracing the crack as her mind briefly flash images of her memory and a possibility. Gallifrey . . .
Shaking her head, she focused her mind back onto the crack in front of her, feeling strange as the whisperings picked up, growing louder. Even the Doctor's rambling with Amelia behind her seemed to grow softer and mute compared to the whisperings. Wanda wobbled on her feet as the growing voices seemed to echo around her, surrounding her. She closed her eyes, trying to focus on the whispers. But the more she focus and concentrated on them, the more her mind ached. She began wincing from the growing headache. Her head began to pound from pain as the voices increased in strength. The barriers in her mind, blockages keeping unknown memories and secrets at bay, began to creak and crack. The one particular barrier, the one which she knew for certain that held something within, stirred, becoming restless and anxious. Wanda's hand pressed flat against the crack as she leaned towards the wall, trying to keep herself steady.
I'm sorry, Alpha . . . I don't think she wanted to live anymore.
What? No . . . no, don't say that . . . NO! TINA!
"Wanda?"
She gasped, yanking her hand away from the crack and stumbling back from the wall. Hands held her by the arms, helping to steady her. She turned around abruptly, staring with wide eyes at the Doctor as he blinked in bewilderment at her.
"I remember," she breathed in a rush. The Doctor stiffened, looking alarmed by this.
"What?" he questioned immediately. Wanda blinked, finding her mind suddenly go blank. What . . . what happened? What were they doing? Were they not looking at the crack in the wall? Why were the Doctor and Amelia looking at her cautiously?
"Huh?" she wondered, staring at the Doctor in concern. Why did he seem suddenly so on edge, holding her upper arms tightly as he stared at her in fear? "Doctor, what's wrong? Are you okay?" He opened his mouth to say something, then quickly to seem to think otherwise, shutting it and shaking his head while holding a strained smile.
"Nothing. I'm just worried about this crack," he said in a reassurance. Wanda shrugged, turning back around to face the wall. The Doctor wrung his hands around nervously for a second as he stared at Wanda's back in uncertainty. He felt a tug on his shirt from behind, which made him startled a bit as he forgotten that little Amelia was still with them.
"Wait, aren't you going to ask her why she—?" Amelia began to ask him, frowning in confusion at Wanda. The Doctor hurriedly shushed the girl, crouching down to face her at an equal level.
"We don't talk about that," he said in a hushed tone, bopping her lightly on the nose. He stood back up, moving to be beside Wanda to stare at the crack with her. Amelia behind them glared at the Doctor, rubbing at her nose in irritation. She glanced up at Wanda who suddenly came to stand beside her to get out of the Doctor's way as he moved the small dresser in front of the wall out of the way as he talked quickly.
"The only way to close the breach is to open it all the way," he said rapidly. "The forces will invert, and it'll snap itself shut. Or . . ." He walked back over to stand beside both Amelia and Wanda, suddenly seeming uncertain by this plan he was about to do. Amelia stared at him, seeming uneased by his worried expression.
"What?" she asked. The Doctor grimaced slightly, appearing to be hesitant to respond to this question. But soon, he gave the little girl a serious and even stare.
"You know when grown-ups tell you everything's going to be fine, and you think they're probably lying to make you feel better?" he replied carefully.
"Yes," Amelia sighed, nodding in as if she was used to adults telling her this. Wanda patted the girl's shoulder, gaining Amelia's attention.
"Everything's going to be fine," Wanda said in assurance, smiling and winking at the girl. Both Time Lords grabbed onto one of the girl's hands, making all face the crack head-on. The Doctor lifted his screwdriver, pointing it at the wall. He glanced at Wanda briefly.
"I think it's best if we do this together," he said. Wanda nodded curtly.
"Right," she replied, pulling out her own sonic from her trouser pocket and aimed it at the wall as well.
Amelia watched as each adult aimed their strange tools at the crack, making the devices in their hands light up in blue and purple colours, buzzing in a weird high-pitched noise. She scooted around to stand slightly behind the Doctor as her fears grew when seeing the crack glow and slowly open. Once fully parted, they saw a dark hallway on the other side with cell doors.
"Prisoner Zero has escaped," barked a distant voice that echoed around the prison they were gazing at. Both the Doctor and Wanda moved a hair closer to the new appearance in the room, looking curiously in.
"Hello?" the Doctor called loudly after the voice rang out once more in their exclamation of Prisoner Zero. They all jumped back when an enormous eye with a blue iris suddenly appeared in front of the other side, staring searchingly at them. Amelia pressed behind the Doctor in fright.
"What's that?" she asked fearfully. Wanda moved slightly in front as to keep herself as a protective barrier for little Amelia, squeezing the girl's hand lightly in comfort.
"Don't worry, we won't let it hurt you," Wanda whispered to the girl. They all tensed when a blue electric light suddenly shot out and went straight to the Doctor, making him fall backwards onto the bed. Then the crack snapped shut with a lingering glow.
"There. You see, told you it would close. Good as new," the Doctor said quickly as he pulled out the psychic paper from his trouser pocket. He stared at the message that had appeared there in interest.
"What was that thing? Was that Prisoner Zero?" Amelia asked, refusing to move her eyes away from crack, too frightened that it might open again and let out that eye. Wanda rubbed a soothing hand on the girl's shoulder, making Amelia relax somewhat and feel less frightened.
"No, it was just a guard from the prison," the Time Lady said. She patted Amelia's shoulder. "Don't worry, he won't get through that way." Amelia nodded, feeling at ease with this knowledge.
"Whatever it was, it sent me a message. Psychic paper. Takes a lovely little message," the Doctor muttered, waving the paper in his hand when Amelia gazed curiously at it. He glanced back down to the glowing message. "'Prisoner Zero has escaped.' Why tell us?"
"Most likely to warn us," Wanda said, looking warily towards the hall outside the bedroom.
"Warn us about what?" the Doctor asked.
"About something that might have already came through before we got here," Wanda replied. She rolled her eyes when seeing the blank look on the Doctor. Jerking her head slightly towards the door and motioning with her eyes, it abruptly dawned on him. He made a slight 'o' in expression, then looked wary as well.
"But he couldn't have. We'd know," he countered.
"Would we?" Wanda gave him a pointed look, jerking her head once more towards the hallway. The Doctor blinked, then bolted out the room when realizing what she meant. Both females hurriedly followed after him, standing in front of him outside the bedroom and staring down another hallway that led to the stairs going back down. At the very end of the hall, they could see an ordinary door. Then, right next to it . . . The Doctor tilted his head to the side, then looked back at Wanda and Amelia, though keeping a side glance at the end of the hallway.
"It's difficult. Brand-new me, nothing works yet," he said quickly. "But there's something I'm missing in the corner of my eye." He slowly turned his head, finally seeing the extra door at the end of the hall. It was wrong, feeling off within the house. Especially in the way it appeared to just be jammed into the corner next to the other door. Wanda nodded when he looked back at her, telling him she could see it as well. Both Time Lords whipped their heads towards a window next to them when the Cloister Bell chimed loudly from the TARDIS outside.
"No, no, no, no, no, no!" the Doctor exclaimed, sprinting in a rush down the stairs towards the entrance of the house. Wanda and Amelia hurriedly ran after him, hastening outside into the backyard with him. They could hear the TARDIS bellow throughout the night air in warning as she smoked greatly while still laying on her back within the rumble of a shed that once stood in the yard.
"We've got to get back in there, Wanda," the Doctor said rapidly in a panic. "The engines are phasing. It's going to burn!" Wanda sped up her pace, getting to the TARDIS at the same time as him. She quickly helped him grab the grappling hook and begin to tie it around the TARDIS doors that way they could close them when jumping back into the ship.
"But . . . It's just a box!" Amelia panted from her sprint as she ran up next to them. "How can a box have engines?"
"It's not a box," the Doctor replied as he fixed up the rope.
"It's a time machine," Wanda explained. Amelia blinked in disbelief.
"What, a real one?" she questioned, greatly bewildered by how casual the two were about suddenly announcing of them owning a time machine. "You've got a real time machine?"
"Yep! Ain't she a beauty?" Wanda responded, patting the ship's side in admiration.
"Though not for much longer if we can't get her stabilized," the Doctor countered, directing a worried face towards the Time Lady. Wanda nodded quickly.
"Right, right," she said, hurrying to secure the rope around the doors. Yanking the rope tightly, she nodded to the Doctor, letting him know everything was set to go.
The Doctor clapped his hands together, ready to jump. "Five-minute hop into the future should do it."
Wanda nodded in agreement. "Should." She glanced at Amelia standing beside them, seeing the excited look on the child. Oh . . . Right. Wanda sucked in a small breath and puffed it back out, feeling saddened in knowing what would happen now.
"Can I come?" Amelia asked hopefully, smiling brightly at the pair.
"Not safe in here, not yet. Five minutes. Give us five minutes. We'll be right back," the Doctor said in a rush, hopping onto the frame of the TARDIS doorway. Amelia's smile fell as she stared in great disappointment. Like she had heard that one before.
"People always say that," she mumbled. The Doctor halted in jumping when hearing this, staring at little Amelia curiously. He noticed Wanda next to him holding a regretful expression, staring sadly at the girl. Seeing the Doctor looking at her, Wanda nodded her head towards the girl and gave him a look. He nodded in return. Hopping back down from the TARDIS and walking over to the child, he crouched in front of her and gave her a smile. Wanda came up beside him, giving the girl a small smile of her own.
"Are we people? Do we even look like people?" he said, indicating to both himself and Wanda next to him. "Trust us. I'm the Doctor and she's the Wanderer. We always come back. Promise." He gave one last grin before going back over to the TARDIS. He bounced up onto the frame again, gave one last glance at the girl, and then jumped down into the ship with a cry 'Geronimo!' as he fell down back into the pool. The two remaining females could even hear a distant splash coming from within the ship.
Wanda gave a heavy sigh, rubbing at the back of her head as she stared at the smoking ship. Glancing at Amelia, she slowly crouched down in front of the girl, holding a humourless expression. "Amelia, now I need you to listen to me. You listening?"
"Um . . . sure?" Amelia responded, though seemed uncertain by this sudden change in Wanda. The Time Lady sighed once more, appearing to be very regretful and sorry.
"I'm not going to sugar coat things for you just because you're young. I know you're a big girl and you can handle tough news, right?" she said, staring steadily at the girl. Amelia nodded, straightening up as if to show she could handle anything. Wanda smiled, feeling proud of little Amelia, knowing she would grow into a wonderful and brilliant woman in the future. "Good. Now, this is going to be really, really hard to hear, and I'm sorry. I'm so, so, so sorry, but . . . we're not coming back in five minutes."
Amelia's face dropped, looking devastated. "What? But he said—."
"I know what he said. He's wrong. We won't get back in five minutes for our time machine won't' be able to. She's not stable enough to make it back in that short amount of time."
"But he promised!" Amelia appeared to be greatly upset now, staring down sadly at the ground. "I should have known. Grown-ups always promise and never keep it."
Wanda gently reached forward and softly held the girl's chin, pulling up her head so their gazes would meet. "I know. Sometimes people make promises that they don't even realize they can't keep. For they really only make the promises in the first place to give comfort to others. Even if the promise is impossible to begin with." She smiled sadly as Amelia sighed. "I know, I'm just as disappointed as you are. I really did want us to come back in five minutes, but . . . some things were never meant to happen." Her smile brightened, giving Amelia a hopefully feeling at the way Wanda's face cheered up. "But I do have good news. We will be back for you in the future."
Amelia stared curiously at her. "When? How long will you both be away?"
Wanda hesitated for a moment, giving a nervous grin. "Twelve years." Amelia's face dropped once more, looking more or less completely shocked by this. Wanda nodded, letting her hand drop from the girl's chin. "I know, I know. It's a really, really, really long bloody time from now. And I don't exactly know on which day we'll show up. Just that it'll be twelve years from now."
"Wanda! We need to go!" the Doctor suddenly called from within the TARDIS. Wanda looked over her shoulder.
"In a second!" she called back to him, turning her attention back to Amelia. "Look, I promise, with all my hearts, that we'll be back then. I know it's a long wait, but trust me, it will be worth the wait once we get back."
"How can I trust your promise?" Amelia retorted, crossing her arms tightly as she stared in frustration at Wanda.
"Because I'm 'psychic,' remember? I know what promises to make," Wanda replied, giving the girl a light wink. Leaning forehead, she gave little Amelia a strong and warm hug, even giving the girl a kiss on the cheek in reassurance. She then patted Amelia's shoulder, standing back up to go over to the TARDIS. Turning back around to Amelia, she smiled brightly. "Just know that we're coming back. I'm dead set on keeping that promise for you no matter what."
"Why would you even bother coming back? What's so special about getting back to me if it's really going to take that long?" Amelia suddenly asked, wondering why exactly this woman seemed so determined to come back for little old her.
"Because I'm your Wanderer, too. And just like for the Doctor, I will always come wandering back to you, Amelia Pond. Remember that." Wanda hopped onto the TARDIS frame, grinning at the little girl as Amelia stared thoughtfully at her. "See you around, Amy." Giving a small salute to Amelia, who seemed surprised by the name she had been called, Wanda grabbed a tight hold on the end of the rope and jumped down into the TARDIS, through the corridors, and fell into the pool beside the Doctor. And with a tug on the rope, the TARDIS doors slammed shut and the ship was off.
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In the end, they had somehow managed to get the TARDIS stabled and upright again. Wanda was not really sure how the Doctor and she had achieved this, but she did not complain. Repeatedly, as they were trying to materialize back to Amelia, the TARDIS kept giving them problems. As the Doctor was busy working on not letting the ship burn up, Wanda concentrated on setting course to the right time of Amelia. Repeatedly the TARDIS kept slipping in coordinates, almost trying to arrive far later in the future than twelve years. But Wanda kept getting the ship back on track, trying to get to Amelia as soon and quick as possible. However, there was also the issue of her trying to reach Amelia in the five minute range as the Doctor had promised. But no matter how hard Wanda tried, the TARDIS simply refused to arrive any sooner than twelve years. Those years exactly. Wanda let out a frustrated sigh as she finally was able to get the TARDIS to set on the date and slowly materialize there.
"Hurry, Wanda!" the Doctor called as he ran outside hurriedly into the backyard of Amelia Pond. Wanda ran out as well, in a hurry to see the now grown-up Amelia and to get out of the dangerous smoke that had been filling within the TARDIS. She coughed as she exited, glancing up to see the Doctor had already run inside the house. She could even hear him yelling for Amelia and Prisoner Zero within the home.
Wanda sped up her pace, trying to get to both the Doctor and Amelia as soon as possible. Not wishing to delay any longer. Bounding up the stairs, Wanda turned the upper corner and halted. She blinked in surprise as she found the Doctor knocked out cold, lying on the ground at her feet. What? She did not remember this happening. Did Prisoner Zero reach him or something? Crouching down, she looked over him briefly, making sure that he was merely unconscious. A small gasp made her turn her attention away from the Doctor and towards who had been startled. Both females blinked in shock when their eyes met.
Wanda smiled brightly as she saw Amelia Pond, a now very mature and much older Amy, standing before her. The older girl, a young woman, was standing a few ways from the Doctor, wearing a strange getup of a policewoman. Her ginger hair was just as red as ever, and had been tied up and tucked within her helmet. Really, Wanda almost saw little Amelia standing there before her, but she shook her head slightly, clearing her mind to see the true Amelia Pond standing there. This was now Amy Pond, the companion and family member for the Doctor and Wanda's life.
"Amy! It's so good to see you again!" Wanda exclaimed merrily, standing up right to face Amy happily and in excitement to get to adventuring. Amy only blinked rapidly with wide eyes of astonishment, her mouth even slightly hanging open in shock. But her amazement slowly seemed to leave her as her mouth snapped shut and her eyes narrowed. The cricket bat, that Wanda just now noticed Amy was holding, was tightened in the young woman's grip.
"Oh, is that a cricket bat? Lovely! Makes me sort of wonder what you use it for," Wanda stated, staring at the bat in interest. "For playing cricket I suppose." She laughed lightly, grinning at the girl. She blinked, letting her grin fall as Amy raised the bat up in a strong grip. "Amy?" She blinked, glancing down at the Doctor by her feet, then back at the red head. It then dawned on her. "Oh . . . No, now, Amelia, let's think about this for a moment." She raised her hands in a gesture to surrender and try to keep the other girl calm. Amy only replied by raising the bat even higher. Wanda chuckled nervously. "Yeah . . . you're going to hit me, aren't you?"
"Yep," Amy said through gritted teeth.
WHACK!
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