"Come on, we've met before. You know me." Mai said calmly, walking forward. "Let her go, she's just a child."

"Mai Halo." It screeched.

"Haven't been that in a long time." She replied.

"It's ok Melody, your gonna be fine." The Doctor said from behind her, walking forward and next to Mai.

"I want my Daddy." She said, starting to cry.

"It's ok, we'll get him." Mai said, trying not to cry herself, biting her lip. She turned back and looked at Sadie as she took her phone out of her bag before looking back, hearing mumbles on the phone.

"Am I gonna die?" She asked innocently.

"Of course not, like I'd let that happen." Mai said, giving her a brave smile.

"So if I get out of here, can I do something?" She asked. "Can I set Demon's Run on fire?"

"Sweetie, when we get out of here, we can both set Demon's Run on fire. I think you may have been listening to some of Mummy and Daddy's conversations don't you?" She mentally slapped herself afterwards, only making what was left to happen worse.

"I don't have a Mummy. But she is a special lady who done everything for me. Until she went. But I know how to find her. I just have to find the blue box."

"Melody."

"Yeah?"

"Mummy wouldn't want you to find the blue box."

"Did you know her?"

"I did, very well." Mai gasped, tears rolling down her face. "NO!" She shouted as The Doctor ran forward catching Melody as the Goverhype dropped her. The Doctor checked her over as she passed out and there was a bang, as Goverhype burst into dust. "Melody." She gasped as she ran towards her, stroking her hair. "Is she ok?"

"She's just passed out."

"Melody! Is she ok?" They all turned round to see Luke with a big gun in his hand, throwing it to the side, with Rani and Clyde. Luke rushed to her side, looking at her without noticing The Doctor or Mai. The whole shop was empty apart from them now. "Please, step away from her, she needs to be with her family now."

"Yes, sorry." Mai whispered.

...

"What happened sweetie?" He asked as Melody sat on the boot of the car, The Doctor and Mai watching from a distance.

"There was a woman, talking to Aunty Sadie and Uncle Charlie, and she told me that it would be ok. Then I said that if I wanted to find Mummy then I'd have to find the blue box."

"Who told you about that?"

"Nanny." She said innocently. "She talks about it all the time when your not there. But the lady told me not to go and look for the blue box, that Mummy wouldn't want me to."

"We don't need Mummy, because you have me ok?" He snapped. "I don't want you to talk about Mummy ok?"

"There she is!" Melody smiled, waving at Mai.

"No..." Luke whispered, walking a few steps forward as Mai and The Doctor dissapeared round the corner and into The TARDIS, materializing off. "Nah." He muttered, shaking his head.

...

"I just want today to be changed, I don't want to be away for 10 years." Mai whispered.

"Are you sure? Your gonnna be re-writing time." The Doctor asked, as they walked out the door and back into 2011.

"Sure Dad." She smiled at him. "Do you think I made a mistake? Do you think I should have stayed? Or at least taken Melody with me?"

"You done what was best for your family, what you thought was best for all of us, and that's what we time lords do." He smiled, kissing her on the head.

"Come on you, we've got things to talk about!" Sadie shouted over from her back door.

"Seeya later." Mai chuckled, walking inside.

"Your gonna have to face him at Christmas y'know." Charlie said as they walked into the kitchen, carrying Harley.

"Shit!" Mai muttered, hopping onto the work surface as Sadie out the kettle on. "Forgot about that, do I really have to go? I'll stay with you, Dad can go see Sarah-Jane. Come on, we'll go do something, anywhere in time, I'll borrow The TARDIS. We haven't done anything together in ages."

"We were 14 years old and you dissapeared off with them, and you only came back because he left you here, and that whole time all you done was try and find a way to find him again." Sadie said. "Anyway, don't you want to spend Christmas with your daughter? Your gonna have to sort some sort of custody thing out, but how do you tell the courts that your a time traveller? And we know you still love him, we get your upset, can't you two sort it out? He loves you too, he'll take you back in a flash and-" She blabbed on.

"What?" Mai interupted. "Sorry, I thought you knew. You do understand I left SJ- Melody..." She corrected herself. "With Luke because I wouldn't be coming back for her. She doesn't need me."

"So, your gonna let your daughter be brought up with no mother, and leave her for the rest of her life?"

"I'll pop up every now and then, keep a eye on her."

"What and leave us?"

"No! I'll come back and see you all the time, but I can't with her. She can't have me in her life, I'm too dangerous. I was dangerous before I even knew who I was, so I don't even want to dare to think how dangerous I am now."

"You make yourself sound like a member of outerspace mafia family." Charlie muttered.

"I'm not being headhunted Char. Just I've done shit y'know? When my dad regenerated, time before last, there were these aliens called the Sycorax, remember on Christmas Day? The spaceship?"

"That was his fault?"

"Well they smelt the regeneration energy from millions of miles away in space! Us timelords shouldn't even live on Earth, it's a level 5 planet that can only just be able to track a ship coming into orbit! A bottle of our blood can change the history of the universe, that's why we stayed on Gallifrey!"

"Then why are you still here?"

"Like I'm gonna keep away from you lot!"

"When are we gonna see you again?"

"Soon." Mai sighed, typing away on her vortex minipulator. "Sorry. Love you guys." She pressed one final button, teleporting off.

...

"Happy birthday Mels!" She heard chorus' through the door. She looked around to find herself outside the door of the attic hearing Rani, Clyde, Sarah-Jane, Sadie, Charlie and for some reason, Maria.

"When's Dad gonna get here?" Mels asked as Mai silently walked in and stood by the door without anyone noticing.

"He'll be here soon sweetie." Sarah-Jane said as Mai coughed, everyone turning round and staring at her.

"Happy Birthday Melody." She whispered.

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