"We are NOT going to Appalapachia!" Amy argued.
Me and The Ponds were sitting on the seats on the end of the console room, The Doctor bounding around the controls, suggesting dozens of places we could go.
"What's wrong with Appalapachia?" He asked, Amy raising a eyebrow at him. "Oh yeah, forgot bout that."
"Wern't one of your best days..." Rory mumbled.
"Morning gorgeous!" The Doctor said, looking to the staircase, grinning. River was walking down the stairs, smiling, giving The Doctor a kiss. "We can't decide where to go today. Any suggestions?"
"What about Asgard?" She asked, already putting the coordinates.
"Picnic?" The Doctor said grinning, pulling a fully made picnic basket from out of nowhere underneath the console.
"Brilliant."
...
"Do you two have to do that?" Rory asked.
"It is a kiss father dear, we are married remember?"
"Yeah keep forgetting that."
"Do not get on the bad side of the roman." The Doctor muttered to me. "He has a very pointy sword."
"Ok." I giggled. "Its beautiful here." I said, admiring the view. We were sitting on a grassy hill over a waterfall, with a dip behind us and a small lake. "Aaah pins and needles!" I moaned, getting up. "I'm going for a walk." I said, walking down to the small lake.
"BE CAREFUL!" River shouted after me. "There could be a casual Sontaran down there or something!"
"Why would there be a Sontaran?" I called back.
"You never know!"
I chuckled, skidding down the slope and sitting down by the shallow end of the lake, slipping of my sandals and slipping my feet into the water, gently rubbing my feet.
"I remember the feeling of it." I looked to the side of me, a girl, about my age in a leather jacket and black jeans sitting next to me, I looked up at her, blood and dirt over her face. She looked exactly like me, I opened my mouth to talk, being interupted by her. "Before you ask, yes I am you. I'm just remembering everything I said when I was you, and when it's your turn, you'll have to remember all this too, to tell yourself."
"What happened to you- me?"
"You have to be prepared ok? Because Mum and Dad did want us. There is a storm coming, and let's just say we have to fight a angel."
"The angel the Goverhype was talking about?"
"Yes."
"Mum and Dad, if they wanted us, why did Mum let them take us away?"
"She had no choice."
"The voices, when I touch The TARDIS..."
"I'm still not that sure about that."
"That's our voice though!"
"I know." She sighed. "Your gonna have to prepare for the worst, your gonna have to be a proper time traveller ok? Your gonna have to fight, and try and put on a brave face, for everyone's sake." She got up, looking up the sky before looking at me again. "Don't tell them lot ok?"T
"It's gonna be some battle eh?" I said, nodding to the state she was in.
She smiled weakly, a bright blue light appearing, like when we were going onto The Face Of Boe's ship, and vanished.
"Not looking forward to that." I muttered to myself.
...
"Doctor." I said, sitting back down at the picnic with the others.
"Yes Mai?"
"You know that light?"
"Which light?"
"The blue one from when we were at New Earth? Going onto the Face Of Boe's ship?"
"Yes?"
"How did that work?"
"Well those bracelets, they have a teleportation link on them, feed coordinates to it and off you go!" He smiled. "Why?"
"Just wondering."
"Come on then Halos and Songs and Ponds!" The Doctor said, picking up the picnic basket, as we walked to The TARDIS, the sun setting. "Oh, here you go." The Doctor said, reaching into his pocket and taking out a key, handing it to me. "Key to The TARDIS, bout time you had one."
"THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" I squealed, snatching it out of his hand and jumping up and down, giving him a hug.
"It's ok." He chuckled.
I ran ahead, unlocking The TARDIS door and running in, up to the console room. I looked round at the scanner, a sticky note stuck on it, picking it up.
So from this point of view I guess you've just got your TARDIS key yeah? You need to get him to teach you to fly The TARDIS, it's important. The TARDIS needs you to know as well. She knows what happens in the future, so she'll let you do what you need. Good luck. - Future You.
I screwed up the sticky note, stuffing it in my pocket before carefully placing my hands on the controls, barely moving them, looking with interest.
"What you doing Mai?" The Doctor asked as they all came through the door.
"Just taking interest in the controls that's all." I said, looking up and smiling at him.
We ended up spending nearly 2 hours flying The TARDIS, The Doctor teaching me, and afterwards pretty much knew how to fly her. It scared me that I had to learn, and that my future self came to warn me and make me do this stuff. I was scared for what was coming. I didn't want there to be a war, I wanted to stay happy, us lot flying around having adventures in The TARDIS together, but I guess, it comese to it's conseqences in the end. It was dangerous.
"I'm gonnna die." I looked up at The Doctor bounding around the console, after he finished teaching me how to fly The TARDIS, the others long asleep. He froze, looking back round at me.
"What?" He said calmly.
"There's a storm coming." I said, tears slowly rolling down my face. He beant down, cupping my face. "I don't want to go!"
"Go to bed sweetheart." He whispered, kissing me on the head.
I raced through the corridors, tears streaming down my face. I leant against my bedroom door, The TARDIS screaming at me.
'Who are you?'
'Mai Halo.'
'What are you doing here?'
'I'm here for The Doctor.'
'The Doctor sent you?'
'He's in danger, I need your help!'
'Well he should of been here today! Where the hell was he?'
'She would have wanted you to help.'
'What do you need us for?'
'Please just help me, death is coming for me.'
'Then live, get The Doctor to save you.'
'Not that kind of death, my death as a time traveller. I'm gonna have to leave and they won't know who I really am. I don't know who I am either, but I will find out soon. I don't want to go it's not fair!'
I slumped down against the wall, crying and screaming out in pain.
"Sweetie are you ok?" River rushed out in her pyjamas, down to my side stroking my hair and trying to calm me down.
"River what's going on?" Rory and Amy rushed out, the other side of me at the floor. "Is she ok?"
"She's... dying!"
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